all she wants to do is DANCE DANCE DANCE!

How to stay busy in college.

Go to the BCM. It's simple. You will also become very experienced with filling out paperwork.

Steve Masters has this crazy way of making you the busiest person you have ever been. And you will never see it coming. When I started going to the BCM, a ministry of over 300 people, I did not expect what is happening now.

I sing in the freshman praise band. I am working with an upperclassman to learn how to sing harmonies. (Funny how you get volunteered to do things you don't know how to do) I was just a member of the Transitions Team (this is a team that minsters to high school juniors and seniors before they come to college). Now I am leading it. I'm in a Freshman Family Group. So amazing!

Crazy right? That's not including Freshmen Council and TNT on Tuesdays and all the other random things that pop up. Kudos to Steve Masters for not allowing me to sit on my butt this semester.

I know what you're thinking. OVERBOOKED!

But here's something you don't know. I'm flexible. Not in the human pretzel kind of way. In the, I'm not too proud to step down from something kind of way. I've made my list of priorities. If something starts to get too stressful, the list just gets smalller. It's that simple. I really am sticking to this plan for this year. I tend to get so busy living life that I don't have time to just live life. That's one of my goals for college. Take time to stop and smell the roses. And the garbage.

Oh wait, I can't smell the garbage. Because they collected it. At 1:30 AM. AGAIN. I still don't understand this stupidity. Who told them that is OK? I'm writing up a mean note to leave on the dumpsters. Not even joking. I'll take a picture of it before I tape it out there.

Also, my parents are coming to see me tomorrow! Don't tell, but I am so excited! I'm not going to lie, I miss home. Not in the homesick way. Trust me, I don't have time in the day to be homesick. But it will be very nice to see them.

Tips for 2010:
Get involved. Not too involved though. Be careful. Know your limitations.
It is one hundred percent OK to wish it was Saturday night at Tiger Stadium! Even if it is Sunday morning.
Sometimes, doing the reading just isn't worth it.
Prioritize. Prioritize. Prioritize.