Today was the last day of classes! I had one, 8-9:15, and now I am done! I have one exam due by next Thursday, one on Monday morning and one on Wednesday afternoon. After my exam next Wednesday, I am going home for 3 full days! I cannot wait. It'll be nice to get away from Virginia, even if it is only for a few days.
On May 10, I'll be leaving Rochester and heading back to Virginia for Rockbridge, our week long end of the year retreat with InterVarsity. It's in Goshen, VA at a Young Life camp. It's a great time of being in the mountains, relaxing and learning a lot. I am taking the track called Good News, which is about how we can be sharing the Gospel wherever we are, and no, not in the annoying Bible thumping way. I am excited to take this track and see how I can be stretched in that, since it's one of the things I find myself shying away from.
Not too much has been going on. I bought a fish not too long ago. His name is Incahuasi El Segundo, which means Incahuasi the Second. There was a first, however he died a few hours after I got him, but this one is thriving. I started packing last night to bring stuff home before I move out. I bought a DVD case and put my movies into it and am taking the cases home. I have to put some of my things on Craig's List so I can get rid of them, or else they're going to be donated, which isn't bad, either. I got on-campus housing for next year! I will be living in the Dominion House, one of the brand new Quads. I'm excited about.
I also cannot wait to start the summer and work. I'll be living at my aunt's house in VA Beach and enjoying the life out there. It'll be great to get away from Norfolk for a while. It's nice, but every now and then I have to take a step back.
Not too much else is going on, just sweating. A lot. Since this past weekend it's been close to 90 every day. It's great, but man, I cannot wait to be living close to a pool!
Well, it's off to work now. I'm working every day this week so my paycheck will be great, but I'm going to be a little more tired.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Praxis II
I woke up this morning and found that I passed Praxis II! That takes a lot of stress off. Two tests down, two more to go. Today might not be such a bad day!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter
This semester is flying by. Today is Easter and there are 2.5 weeks left of class. I cannot wait for the semester to end. No classes will make everything less stressful and I can just work and relax. I am excited to be here this summer and just relaxing.
I've been pondering about Easter lately: what does it mean? For me? For everyone else? How does it affect my life? Every night I have been going to sleep pondering these questions. In the secular world Easter is a great time to get together with your family, eat a nice meal, eat tons of candy, and if you're lucky, get presents from your parents. You get to dye Easter eggs, hide them, and then later find them. But what is the importance of Easter for them? Do they celebrate it solely for the candy?
For myself, Easter has a greater meaning. At Christmas we celebrate the birth of Christ. For a few months we go back to living life. A few months later (of course, it depends on the church's calendar as to what month Easter is in) we celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Jesus lived for 30 something years and was then crucified, died, was buried and on the third day he rose again. I know I sound like a Catholic mass, but hey, it's who I am.
But what does Easter really mean? Yes, Christ rose again, but what does that mean? The scriptures were fulfilled and through it we are seen perfect to God through Jesus. This resurrection gives us hope to look at our lives and know that we have hope because our Creator did this for us. We undeservedly received this grace, and Easter is a reminder of His power and how much He loves us. It's a hope to reexamine our lives and see where we can ask Jesus to come into them and help us.
This is also a hope for non believers, it's a chance for us to share with them the Easter mystery. It's not always easy, but it's a great way for us to share what we believe. I have the hardest time doing this sometimes, but I feel that God is really pushing me more in that direction; to not sit idly and share my faith.
This weekend was a great one! St. Patrick went on Spring Break last Thursday and I haven't worked since Tuesday and don't have to until after next week. It's going to be great to relax and get all caught up on work before the semester ends.
I have been driving back and forth from Virginia Beach to Norfolk so many times since Thursday night. Oh well, it's been a lot of fun. One of my aunts came down for Easter and it was fun hanging out with them all weekend.
This has been a long weekend, but one I am glad happened. A lot to think about in respect to Jesus being resurrected and fulfilling God's promises. It's something I still cannot wrap my mind around. It's inspiring me to read more scripture and learn more about it.
I hope everyone had a great Easter and can think more clearly about what it means in their own lives.
I've been pondering about Easter lately: what does it mean? For me? For everyone else? How does it affect my life? Every night I have been going to sleep pondering these questions. In the secular world Easter is a great time to get together with your family, eat a nice meal, eat tons of candy, and if you're lucky, get presents from your parents. You get to dye Easter eggs, hide them, and then later find them. But what is the importance of Easter for them? Do they celebrate it solely for the candy?
For myself, Easter has a greater meaning. At Christmas we celebrate the birth of Christ. For a few months we go back to living life. A few months later (of course, it depends on the church's calendar as to what month Easter is in) we celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Jesus lived for 30 something years and was then crucified, died, was buried and on the third day he rose again. I know I sound like a Catholic mass, but hey, it's who I am.
But what does Easter really mean? Yes, Christ rose again, but what does that mean? The scriptures were fulfilled and through it we are seen perfect to God through Jesus. This resurrection gives us hope to look at our lives and know that we have hope because our Creator did this for us. We undeservedly received this grace, and Easter is a reminder of His power and how much He loves us. It's a hope to reexamine our lives and see where we can ask Jesus to come into them and help us.
This is also a hope for non believers, it's a chance for us to share with them the Easter mystery. It's not always easy, but it's a great way for us to share what we believe. I have the hardest time doing this sometimes, but I feel that God is really pushing me more in that direction; to not sit idly and share my faith.
This weekend was a great one! St. Patrick went on Spring Break last Thursday and I haven't worked since Tuesday and don't have to until after next week. It's going to be great to relax and get all caught up on work before the semester ends.
I have been driving back and forth from Virginia Beach to Norfolk so many times since Thursday night. Oh well, it's been a lot of fun. One of my aunts came down for Easter and it was fun hanging out with them all weekend.
This has been a long weekend, but one I am glad happened. A lot to think about in respect to Jesus being resurrected and fulfilling God's promises. It's something I still cannot wrap my mind around. It's inspiring me to read more scripture and learn more about it.
I hope everyone had a great Easter and can think more clearly about what it means in their own lives.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
[es.toy.kan.sa.ðo] I'm tired
Today is April 2. That means there are only 26 days left until classes end. I cannot wait. I'm kind of done with this semester. I'm ready for it to be warm full time and to be summer. Speaking of summer, I now have a schedule for this summer. I will be working 7-3 every day M-F. 40 hours is just what I want and need. I'll be able to save a ton of money and relax. It's going to suck a little having to commute from VA Beach every day to Norfolk to be there by 7, but I can't really complain since they'll be paying me oh so well.
For a while I was thinking about getting a new car. This was if a job I had been interested in worked out, due to a lot of driving, but it didn't so I decided that I didn't need to get a new car. Now however, my car seems to be falling apart. One of my back windows will never go down again, and the other day, the other one went down and wouldn't go back up. My friend had to help me manually get it up. Blue also now starts shaking when I hit around 65 mph. Never used to do that, it also always smells like gas when I drive. Maybe these are signs to look for a new car, or to just wait until it dies completely. It has 203,000 miles and is a 1995. Let's hope that my car and I can keep it together long enough to be able to get a new one!
Not too much else is going on. I get to register for classes soon. This is my last time worrying about scheduling and if my classes are available, but let's be honest, I've never worried about that because I get to register first (Honors College, athletes and seniors), and no one takes upper level Spanish classes. My title is in Spanish, but it's written out phonetically, this is what I've learned in my Spanish Phonetics class. It's very interesting stuff. Next spring, graduation semester, I will be student teaching and not taking any classes. I am very excited to graduate and move on to the next stage, which is grad school. The more I think about it the more I will most likely stay at ODU. I know everyone says, "Don't get your Master's from the same place you got your undergrad." But I don't really care. I love it here and they have a good program. Why move? I know I won't be moving back to NY again, well, hopefully. I love Hampton Roads and am eager to start teaching here. Virginia school systems, in my opinion, are not as good as the schools I went to. There are a lot of factors that play into that, but I hope that I can bring my enthusiasm for learning and my subject to the children here. Time will tell!
Yesterday I wrote my Urbana support letter. Urbana is a conference hosted by InterVarsity every three years and it's coming up this year! Exciting. It's a student missions conference and I cannot wait to go and see all the different mission organizations and 20,000+ people there worshipping God. It will be amazing. The only downside is that it costs around $600 with air fare, hotel, food costs and the cost of attending the conference, hence why I wrote a support letter. Hopefully God will move in people's hearts to donate and get me there!
Last night we had our push for signups for Rockbridge. Another event InterVarsity hosts at the end of the school year. It's a week long retreat in Goshen, VA (The mountains) and is amazing. This is my third year going and I am as excited as ever. The track I signed up for is the Good News track, one that encourages/teaches us how to share the Gospel. It should be very challenging, but I'm sure God will meet me there.
Not much more to do today, just work and a ton of homework. Good thing about April 28 is that classes end. Bad thing about it being April 2 is that there is a ton to do. Oh well, such is the life!
For a while I was thinking about getting a new car. This was if a job I had been interested in worked out, due to a lot of driving, but it didn't so I decided that I didn't need to get a new car. Now however, my car seems to be falling apart. One of my back windows will never go down again, and the other day, the other one went down and wouldn't go back up. My friend had to help me manually get it up. Blue also now starts shaking when I hit around 65 mph. Never used to do that, it also always smells like gas when I drive. Maybe these are signs to look for a new car, or to just wait until it dies completely. It has 203,000 miles and is a 1995. Let's hope that my car and I can keep it together long enough to be able to get a new one!
Not too much else is going on. I get to register for classes soon. This is my last time worrying about scheduling and if my classes are available, but let's be honest, I've never worried about that because I get to register first (Honors College, athletes and seniors), and no one takes upper level Spanish classes. My title is in Spanish, but it's written out phonetically, this is what I've learned in my Spanish Phonetics class. It's very interesting stuff. Next spring, graduation semester, I will be student teaching and not taking any classes. I am very excited to graduate and move on to the next stage, which is grad school. The more I think about it the more I will most likely stay at ODU. I know everyone says, "Don't get your Master's from the same place you got your undergrad." But I don't really care. I love it here and they have a good program. Why move? I know I won't be moving back to NY again, well, hopefully. I love Hampton Roads and am eager to start teaching here. Virginia school systems, in my opinion, are not as good as the schools I went to. There are a lot of factors that play into that, but I hope that I can bring my enthusiasm for learning and my subject to the children here. Time will tell!
Yesterday I wrote my Urbana support letter. Urbana is a conference hosted by InterVarsity every three years and it's coming up this year! Exciting. It's a student missions conference and I cannot wait to go and see all the different mission organizations and 20,000+ people there worshipping God. It will be amazing. The only downside is that it costs around $600 with air fare, hotel, food costs and the cost of attending the conference, hence why I wrote a support letter. Hopefully God will move in people's hearts to donate and get me there!
Last night we had our push for signups for Rockbridge. Another event InterVarsity hosts at the end of the school year. It's a week long retreat in Goshen, VA (The mountains) and is amazing. This is my third year going and I am as excited as ever. The track I signed up for is the Good News track, one that encourages/teaches us how to share the Gospel. It should be very challenging, but I'm sure God will meet me there.
Not much more to do today, just work and a ton of homework. Good thing about April 28 is that classes end. Bad thing about it being April 2 is that there is a ton to do. Oh well, such is the life!
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