Limbo.

It all started with an 8 a.m. wake-up to pack in high speed and run last minute errands, and it didn't end until 11 o'clock the following night. We hit the road at 11 p.m. on Thursday and made it here at 8:00 the next morning. I didn't do more than doze off now and then on the way here, so I was pretty eager for bedtime on Friday night.

It wasn't really hard leaving home, and it wasn't hard having my family leave. It felt so surreal, especially by the time they were leaving on Friday cuz I was sooo tired. I couldn't quite wrap my mind around it. Even right now I'm still half expecting to jump in the car and be driven to Omaha to fly home any time now.

The campus is truly beautiful. The people here are all so nice. I just need to get to know more people. It kinda stinks eating lunch alone and feeling like a freshman again. One of my friends who transferred to CUC after a visiting semester there did warn me about this feeling, so at least I had a heads-up, but it still is kinda rough. I just keep focusing on how it'll get better once the stress of new classes and all is over as well, and once I meet more people.

Guess it didn't help that I was crazy-busy today. Mondays I'll be having 5 classes (including a voice lesson, yaaay!), but Wednesday and Friday it's only four, and (even better!) only ONE on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Unfortunately I can already tell that most of my waking hours are going to be spent doing so. much. stinking. reading. Thank God I was born a reader, huh?

Oh, and let me tell ya how incredibly cool it was to spend most of a class period talking about Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire"! Ask me about that one sometime if you're interested. I think it was one of the best ways to start a class...ever.

I can already tell that this semester holds a lot of ways to deepen my faith. I already am reconnecting after only a few days on campus. =o)

Anyways, I'm trying to stay busy so I don't think about being homesick or anything. I am, after all, going to be home in a few weeks for a wedding. I'm pretty excited for that. Until then, there's PLENTY to do and see!

~"So what, I'm still a rock star, I've got my rock moves, and I don't need you. And guess what? I'm having more fun, and now that we're done, I'm gonna show you tonight I'm alright, I'm just fine, and you're a tool, so so what? I'm a rock star, I've got my rock moves, and I don't want you tonight!" ["So What" - Pink]~