Today Began Far Too Many Hours Ago

Having been heckled by relatives and friends over my winter break from school, I now feel obligated to do something to keep folks updated on my life while I live at my home away from home. ("Home away from home" being the University Christian Union (UCU) Women's house at the lovely University of Washington Seattle campus.)

I'll start by reviewing my journey into college life in rapid fashion:

• Running Start student at Clark College, graduated with an AA and High School diploma in 2011.
• Application was accepted to UW, but I wanted to go to PSU. God had other ideas, and had to slam multiple doors in my face before I would accept this.
• Dad found out about a Christian house at the UW online.
• I applied to the house. Shortly after, I learned that there was *insert dramatic music* no room for me in the dorms at UW. I started praying hard.
• I was given the OK to interview for the house, which I scheduled during my UW orientation.
• When I arrived for orientation, I ended up getting an infection in the tender area from which one of my wisdom teeth had recently been extracted
• I survived orientation, interview, and infection
• Fall arrived. I went on a fall retreat with the UCU Men and Women's house. We played ultimate frisbee, ate food, put together jigsaw puzzles, drew pictures, played foosball, and signs. We also had a great speaker.
• I started attending school and freaked out because the Japanese Class was a lot harder and was
  "reviewing" things that I'd never learned. 
• However, some of the new grammar was stuff I'd already learned... it was odd.
• I went on a quick ministry trip in Downtown-ish Seattle where I helped cook dinner.
• I got used to my classes, actually figured out how to take the bus, and returned home for Thanksgiving.
• I finally decided on a church-- Paradox Bible Church, which is tiny but awesome, and meets in a movie theatre. Yeah.
• I went home for Winter break.
• Now I'm back for more Japanese, International Relations, and Communications.

So there it is. Hopefully I can keep people relatively updated on this little lovely, and now I don't have to try to bug everyone with humongous emails.

I'm kind of tired now, since I've been traipsing all across campus and desperately seeking wayward buildings, not to mention the ever elusive IMA (InterMural Activities building). Perhaps today I will be able to find the IMA, and also buy my last textbook.

In the meantime, I'll do homework, avoid the rain, and try to ignore the gloomy overcast grayness that is settling in around the UW.

So long and fare thee well!