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I came to college looking for a place where I could escape all the drama of high school. On my graduation day, all I could think of was how happy I was that I wouldn't have to deal with many of the people that annoyed me most. Well guess what? College has just as much drama, and at some times, more. Maybe it's because I chose to come to a small school, or maybe it's just because I did everything to avoid what little bit I could in high school. It's little things, maybe it's because we are all in close proximity on our hallway. Too many girls sharing a space can get old rather quick. I've realized that drama is always going to be a part of life, but it's the way that we deal with it that defines who we are. I constantly pray that God will help me react in a way that is pleasing to Him and glorifies His name for all to see. I'm in no way perfect, and i've frequently reacted in ways that i regret, but i'm working on it.

I've talked about it before, but I really do love my Bible study! My brother and I have always had little verbal fights back and forth. He knows exactally what to say to really make me mad, and he uses it to his advantage. I have been praying about for quite some time, and something that Beth Moore wrote into the study made me feel a lot better. We have been studying Jesus's upbringing, and Beth wrote that she wonders what kind of sibling rivalries Jesus had with His many siblings. Just reading that made me feel immensely better. While my brother and I are still probably going to fight, those words encouraged me to continue to reach out to my brother and not react when he makes me angry.

On a much lighter note... The bathroom in my dorm is frequently out of something (soap, paper towels, toilet paper) and it's even more common for us to run out on the weekends. One weekend, we ran out of paper towels, another we were out of soap,. I guess it's just something we get used to. Almost every weekend, the first stall runs out of tp, and we just use the other two till Monday mornings when the cleaning lady comes to replace it. This weekend, the first stall was out by Friday night, and by Saturday afternoon the second stall was out. By mid-day Sunday, we were competely out of tp, and we had to have one of the guys from downstairs bring us up some from his bathroom. I'm not saying that we use the bathroom or not, there are 16 of us and the cleaning lady has a bad habit of only putting one half-roll into each of the stalls. I got a slight chuckle out of it, but I knew it was coming and I wasn't one of the poor souls that found out the hard way...

The weather was beautiful this weekend, and I actually did my homework outside at the campus lake. It was peacefull without the ducks that will soon be there again. My friend Brian took this picture of us studying/napping. The beautiful blue sky really made up for the dead grass :)