Day-In-A-Glance

Hello Friends!

Well, it is really beautiful out right now because the campus has that “earthy springtime” feel. We’re not trying to get too excited about the fact that it is 40 degrees and (to us!) warm, but we will remain optimistic. It has showered on and off today and the sky has been gray, but the breeze is wonderful.

Anyhoo, I figured I haven’t up-dated you all yet on my “normal” life here, so I’ll give a day-in-a-glance…
Monday: Expos @ 8, Fit For Life @ 9, Chapel @ 10, Plant Biology @ 11, Lunch @ 12, and Animal Biology @ 1. Most days are like this and it seems to work well. Since I (almost) live in the science building, I get to leave my books and such in a coatroom so I don’t have to lug 20 pounds around to chapel and meals. That brings up another wonderful part of my day: meals! I love eating lunch and dinner because it is the one time I have to drop everything I am doing and thinking about, and I simply enjoy the conversations with my wing. It is really great to connect with the girls throughout the day, but meals are definitely a time of learning and discussing. Quite enjoyable.

If people thought there wasn’t going to be enough to do around here, or if they ever thought that I’d be bored, they were terribly, terribly mistaken. It is actually a matter of deciding what NOT to do…especially on the weekends. For example, last weekend, I went to Payne’s (THE local coffee shop) to celebrate a friend’s birthday on Friday, participated in Grant County’s annual Walk-A-Mile (for homelessness) on Saturday, went to Indy for a rock climbing pick-a-date on Saturday night, and watched the Olympics with our brother wing on Sunday night. Whew! It was great fun (and I managed to get some homework done…), but now I am sore and tired.

Before I forget, on Thursday night, I went to “Nostalgia Night” (similar to Taylor’s notorious “Airband”, but with older songs and acts, think Chicago and James Taylor). It was A BLAST! All the songs were really well done and the commercials in-between acts were hilarious.

Here’s a link to my favorite commercial (watch it and laugh!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8q3GNpm1x4

If you need help understanding some of the jokes, I’ll explain…
1. This commercial is based off of a SNL act and the guys that made it are communication majors, which is why it is so good!
2. “Mrs” degree…duh!
3. “The Loop” is what couples walk when they first “step out”.
4. English (a dorm) girls are famous for being good “marriage quality”.
5. DTR-Define the relationship
6. “Steve-o” is the dean of students
7. President Habbs=President Haubecker
8. Pick-A-Date…pretty self explanatory
9. “Ring by spring”, “junior jumble”, and “senior scramble” are all referring to dating and/or marriage!

Anyway, you should really check out all of the videos from Nostalgia Night (just YouTube “Nostalgia Night” Taylor University 2010) and be prepared to be amazed.

On that note, you should really check out any of our chapel speaker’s messages. They are always amazing and usually on-line for reference. They should be on Taylor’s website. The guy that spoke today was hilarious (and smart!)

I am off to do some homework and eat dinner with my girls, but just wanted to drop in to say hi!

All my love,
Rinny