Just a note: my suitemate moved out! I feel a little less crazy, although, definitely still crazy...

A group of students on campus (including myself) felt the need for a new organization/gathering. Tonight DRIVEN@9:19 is starting led primarily by Adam Jones and others. I'm excited about it, but kind of nervous that it will crash and burn. It's something that a lot of us recognized a need for, but it took several of us to voice that to get it going. We were all sitting back waiting for someone else to do it or just ignoring it. It's kind of a contemporary worship service (not exactly my favorite)/kind of a youth group for college students type setting. We've had an incredible amount of feedback from people, so hopefully it will be successful. I think we all know that it's something that will take a lot of time to build and get going and figure out what's best. Hopefully it will break down some barriers and bring people together to one gathering that's not aimed for one type of person (like men, women, athletes, etc...). I'm excited to see how it goes and watch this grow (hopefully) over the next few months!

I found out at Christmas that I'm going to be an aunt!! My sister-in-law is pregnant and due August 25th. Everyone's excited about it but also a little stressed. My brother will be in his 3rd year of law school and my sister-in-law is a teacher...you do the math. We've talked a little about me moving down there in the fall and taking care of the baby through May. It would help them out greatly, but I don't know if it's really best for all involved. I think I'd have to work at night and on weekends just to get out of the house. My parents have agreed to help me out with some expenses since I clearly wouldn't get paid for doing it. But nothing is definite. Hopefully we'll talk about it more soon, because I feel like I need to be thinking about next year about now...

Classes are classes. I dropped Dr. Davenport's Intertestamental Literature class. I think I really would have enjoyed it, but it was just one thing I didn't need to deal with this semester. So I'm down to 12 hours and loving it. I have a night class on Tuesdays, but no class at all on Thursdays. So nice! I feel a little lazy, but I really do have a lot to do with RLC, comprehensive exams, classes, and trying to prepare for the summer!

Tomorrow is important for two reasons - it's Super Tuesday and Fat Tuesday. What more do you need in life? Although I won't be voting in the primary, I do have some fairly strong opinions about the candidates. I'm interested to see where this country will potentially be going over the next 4 years. I'm convinced that change is a necessity; I just hope that it is a good change. And Fat Tuesday - who doesn't love a little Fat Tuesday? I have a few ideas of what I want to do for the season of Lent, none of which actually involve giving something up. My goal for 2008 was striving for overall health. I truly believe that to fully give of yourself, you have to actually take care of yourself. Well, I haven't exactly been caring for myself as much as I should over the past few years. It has gotten better, but overall health isn't achieved overnight (unfortunately!). I think the list may be longish, but it will be all small things - I have 4 in mind right now. And heck, why not work on all of them. The season of Lent will be interesting, but my Book of Common Prayer will be right by myside. Maybe I should just become an Episcopalian?