A Brisk, Blustery Battle
Good day today.
I received two good lab reports from Computer Science, and I earned a little bit of extra credit on the final exam just for showing up to class when half the other students were late. Just goes to show, it does pay to be punctual.
I had a very nice lunch with Dawn, Jennifer, and Colleen (well, they did, anyway. I got mine early because I got our meeting times mixed up). Then Jenn and I headed to Lakeview to log the last of our observation hours. I still need to go back one more time next week before I'll be finished. Today was a pretty slow day, so we spent a lot of time staging pen wars, napping, and talking with a student named Vinnie in the class. He's a pretty funny kid.
After a quick CVS run to pick up some notecards, I headed over to the North Village field for Friday Afternoon Football. Today was a special treat because Chris and EA Cox showed up unexpectedly. And so my team had to play against both Chris and Taylor; plus, we were outnumbered 8 to 7. We also got some different people to come and play, like Stephen Ramey and Michael Wise. The game was, as they say, fast and furious. My team took an early 35-14 lead, and it looked like we were going to cruise to a win. But sure enough, the Cox team battled back and eventually tied it at 42-42. We got the ball back and were driving to score, but found ourselves facing 4th and 1 deep in their territory. I scampered toward the left corner of the endzone, and then Andrew (the QB) tossed the ball in my direction. All I know is, I made a grab for the ball, lost my footing, and bounced in the far corner of the endzone. I opened my eyes to the sight of my teammates cheering, and it was only then that I looked down and saw the football clutched in my hands. I must have lost nearly all feeling in them by that point (it was pretty darned chilly outside). But somehow, I made the TD catch, and my team jumped back on top 49-42.
This was one exhilerating game, and I felt glad to be a part of it. Both of our teams made their share of incredible plays and breath-taking ball skills. In the end, neither squad could snatch the decisive advantage, as we fought to a 56-56 tie and closed up around 5:00. But the evening wasn't over yet. After getting cleaned up, we headed out to Firehouse for some quality time and delicious, mouth-watering sub sandwiches. I chatted a lot with Chris and Andrew and Brandy Scott. Great times were had. Afterward, we headed back to South Housing, where I hung out on Geer Base with Jon, Lauren, and Michael Reddish. There were Tiger Woods games, cow jokes, stalker stories, Jon bonding with turkey jerkey, and TJ bonding with a laptop...wow. When I'm with this fabulous group of people, our randomness knows no boundaries. Fun doesn't always need to be structured. Just let it happen.
Lauren tells the funniest cow jokes, by the way. Ask her to tell you one sometime. It'll make both of your days.
Let it be known that I had one super-terrific day, which more than made up for this impossibly difficult week.
Goodnight and God bless!
Song of the Day: Bethany Dillon - "Beautiful"
Verse of the Day: "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." - Ephesians 3:20-21
I received two good lab reports from Computer Science, and I earned a little bit of extra credit on the final exam just for showing up to class when half the other students were late. Just goes to show, it does pay to be punctual.
I had a very nice lunch with Dawn, Jennifer, and Colleen (well, they did, anyway. I got mine early because I got our meeting times mixed up). Then Jenn and I headed to Lakeview to log the last of our observation hours. I still need to go back one more time next week before I'll be finished. Today was a pretty slow day, so we spent a lot of time staging pen wars, napping, and talking with a student named Vinnie in the class. He's a pretty funny kid.
After a quick CVS run to pick up some notecards, I headed over to the North Village field for Friday Afternoon Football. Today was a special treat because Chris and EA Cox showed up unexpectedly. And so my team had to play against both Chris and Taylor; plus, we were outnumbered 8 to 7. We also got some different people to come and play, like Stephen Ramey and Michael Wise. The game was, as they say, fast and furious. My team took an early 35-14 lead, and it looked like we were going to cruise to a win. But sure enough, the Cox team battled back and eventually tied it at 42-42. We got the ball back and were driving to score, but found ourselves facing 4th and 1 deep in their territory. I scampered toward the left corner of the endzone, and then Andrew (the QB) tossed the ball in my direction. All I know is, I made a grab for the ball, lost my footing, and bounced in the far corner of the endzone. I opened my eyes to the sight of my teammates cheering, and it was only then that I looked down and saw the football clutched in my hands. I must have lost nearly all feeling in them by that point (it was pretty darned chilly outside). But somehow, I made the TD catch, and my team jumped back on top 49-42.
This was one exhilerating game, and I felt glad to be a part of it. Both of our teams made their share of incredible plays and breath-taking ball skills. In the end, neither squad could snatch the decisive advantage, as we fought to a 56-56 tie and closed up around 5:00. But the evening wasn't over yet. After getting cleaned up, we headed out to Firehouse for some quality time and delicious, mouth-watering sub sandwiches. I chatted a lot with Chris and Andrew and Brandy Scott. Great times were had. Afterward, we headed back to South Housing, where I hung out on Geer Base with Jon, Lauren, and Michael Reddish. There were Tiger Woods games, cow jokes, stalker stories, Jon bonding with turkey jerkey, and TJ bonding with a laptop...wow. When I'm with this fabulous group of people, our randomness knows no boundaries. Fun doesn't always need to be structured. Just let it happen.
Lauren tells the funniest cow jokes, by the way. Ask her to tell you one sometime. It'll make both of your days.
Let it be known that I had one super-terrific day, which more than made up for this impossibly difficult week.
Goodnight and God bless!
Song of the Day: Bethany Dillon - "Beautiful"
Verse of the Day: "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." - Ephesians 3:20-21
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