First Week

Wow...I've been in Lubbock for a whole week now!

Well I guess I will update you on what's been going on in my life.

The 3 days before I moved up to Tech I went on a retreat called Foundation Camp. This was put on by Tech students and it was just a way to get plugged in with other incoming freshmen who are seeking Christ. There were over 250 campers and it was AMAZING. It was an incredible few days and I met some really great people. The friends I've spent most of this past week with in Lubbock are the friends I met at Foundation. It was a great time of growing closer to God while building solid relationships with fellow believers! Foundation was a HUGE blessing and helped make the transition to Tech a lot easier.

However, there was one down side to Foundation camp...

We played different games while we were there, one of which was called flamingo football. In flamingo football, it was guys vs. girls and we just played football, but the guys feet were tied together. Even though their feet were tied together and had to hop around, if they got close enough to whoever had the ball, they could tackle them. One time I was running the ball and I got tackled from the side and ended up tearing my MCL and meniscus. The MCL did not completely tear, so I don't have to have surgery, but I have to wear this huge brace for 6 weeks which isn't fun. After those 6 weeks I'll go back to the doctor and see if I need to get my knee scoped for the cartilage.

Oh, but even though I got hurt, I scored the touchdown

:)

Needless to say, move-in day was not easy...

Well, actually, it was very easy for ME! I sat in my room and told my family where to put all of my stuff since I couldn't help carry anything in! haha

Now, a week later, I am almost completely settled and have my dorm almost completely set up the way I want it! One of my friends I met at Foundation and one of my friend's mom came in and helped hang stuff up on the walls since I was a little helpless, crippled girl and couldn't do it myself... haha

My roommate, Patrice, is from Allen, Texas and she is awesome! She's SO sweet!

I didn't know her before, but it's been great so far!

I've been to each of my classes once and they went well. I go from about 9am-noon every day and it's been nice having the afternoon to do whatever I need to do. I am taking 16 hours and I'm taking intro to mass communications, atmospheric science, history, intro to journalism, and contemporary math.

Last Sunday, I went with 2 of my best friends from Midland to Trinity Church and we really enjoyed it. It was a great church, but we still want to visit a lot of different churches. Tomorrow we are going to a non-denominational church called Experience Life, and we have a few more picked out that we want to try out. Because of Foundation, we've had so many different connections to different churches which is great because now we have a lot of different options!

Well that is just a little taste of my life as a college student! It's now 2:53am and I think I'm going to try to get some sleep! Yes, I blogged at nearly 3am...because that's the ONLY time I have to do this! haha

I know there are many more stories and memories to be made and can't wait to see what God has in store for me!