So it's been awhile, but that just means there is more to update on. This past weekend was probably the best weekend of my junior year so far. First of all the weather is finally getting nice and seems like it is going to stay that way. I had planned for Saturday to be my homework day, but when my Google weather alerts said that it was sunny and 57 degrees out I decided against that. But first, Friday: Friday night MCB held an open mic night. It wasn't very well attended, but those who were there had a really good time. It didn't look like there was going to be many acts, so I quick wrote a poem to read and it went over really well. Then I got to sing the song "Bubbly" with one of my friends.
After open mic night, we all decided to head out to Denny's where I officially became a Lumberjack. They have a breakfast platter there that includes: two pancakes, two eggs, two pieces of bacon, two sausage links, a pile of hashbrowns, and a slab of ham. Once you eat it all, you get to join the Lumberjack club. The meal in itself wasn't that exciting just because I tried to trick my stomach by eating really fast so I was done in under 10 minutes. But the fact that we had a group of over 25 people all being really loud and pretty much taking over the restaurant was so much fun. I thought the manager would keep coming out to tell us to be quiet, but he actually kept encouraging us. He even made us do the Beaver Call at one point.
I came back and took some tums and I slept fine all night. Like I said, Saturday was supposed to be my homework day, but that didn't turn out so well. It was such a nice day that I just decided to go walk around campus and see what I could find to do. I met up with some friends in the student union and we decided to check out the Nature Preserve. It is a little over a mile hike out to the preserve, but our whole group was all about getting outside to enjoy the sun no matter the walk. At one point we got on the trail and I realized that there was about an inch of mud/water covering the path. I thought I would turn around to see my three friends turning around to go back, but I turned around and they were all rolling up there pant legs ready to stick with it. It was probably the most fun, random Saturday afternoon I've ever spent. We got back and we all had mud splattered up and down our backs. Awesome.
That night, my roommate and my other friend and I took a campus tour to every floor on campus just to see who we could hang out with. We got a lot of free food, and some really good company from people we normally wouldn't hang out with. Another great activity.
This morning I got to go hear quite a few of my friends lead worship at a local church with Shining Through, the music ministry on campus. It is the first time I've ever gotten to hear them do their entire program and it was relaly good. I used to think that there was a lot of tension between Shining Through and Camerata because we're both about music and worship, but more and more I realize that there's is a completely different setting and they do it really well. I was really touched by their sincerity and joy they had just for worshipping God.
This afternoon were two Senior recitals of two of my friends. They were both really good and it just got me really excited next year for my hour to shine. This next Sunday, though, is the Junior recital. I'm pretty excited about that, but it's considerably less time/work than a Senior recital. It will be good just to have this over with. That's all I can think of for the best weekend ever. Here's to many more.
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