Week One.

Last week was a week of firsts...

I had my first night in my house by myself.

I had my first week of living with friends as roommates.

I had my first week as a junior in college.

I had my first week back at work in two months.

I had my first night back at biblestudy since we broke for the summer.

Ok so they weren't huge firsts...but it was a week of getting back into the groove. And I'll be honest, I wasn't so joyful about it. Almost everyday I had to get up earlier than I expected, to meet a maintenance man or have blood work done (two of my MOST favorite things!). But it wasn't all bad. Really, it wasn't!!

Even though it's only been a week, I can say that I am a huge fan of living off campus with friends rather than on campus with acquaintances. Not that my on campus experience was bad. My roommates were not bad, we just never really developed a friendship. So we never shared meals together or just hung out. But I am thrilled to say that my new roommates are awesome. Our schedules are crazy and don't really match, but the few nights we're home together we did share meals and hang out in the living room watching trashy tv. It's just a totally different experience and I am so thankful for it!

An then theres that lovely thing called school, yes this week was the first week back. My classes, though I like most of them, are going to be incredibly demanding this semester. After Monday's classes I was thinking it wasn't gonna be too bad of a semester. But then Tuesday came and lets just say I was a little overwhelmed when I got my remaining three classes syllabi. And when I say a little, I mean a lot. Considering I chose to take three upper level history classes I should have seen this coming. Anyhoo, I'm gonna take it as a challenge and do the very best I can do. Even though there seems to be an unimaginable amount of reading to do this semester, I think I learn more when I'm more challenged. So we shall see.

Speaking of all that reading, I need to do a bit before I get to bed. But this week, my challenge to myself is to delight in it all. To find the silver lining and be joyful. Even when I'm up too early, or overwhelmed by my workload, I can be joyful because the Lord is faithful, always good and he's always looking out for me. And if that's not enough to be joyful about then I don't know what is.