So, today I woke up at 7:51, only by the grace of God and through my roommate, for my 8:00 class. Man, it's been hard adjusting this week.

BUT... I arrived to class just on time*, and I got a pretty good sleep last night after a few nights of not-so-good sleep! So I say it's a win-win.

I made a friend-ish in my Intro to Christian Ministry class! Her name is Kendra. She's really sweet, and she's a freshman. I talked to her briefly after class on Wednesday because in all our little introductions she mentioned that she grew up in Glorietta, New Mexico at the camp, and basically that she's lived in church camps her whole life because her parents run them or something (isn't that awesome?). Anyways, this was particularly interesting to me, or at least at the time just interesting enough to mention, because as some of you know my parents met at Glorietta that fateful summer of ('85?). Her parents apparently met around the same time at that camp as well. Anyways, we both thought that was neat.

British Literature was fine enough - we are reading Beowulf. I am really proud of myself; I actually have been keeping up with all the reading (it's not been that much so far - Tuesday, though, I read "The Story of Caedmon", so I FINALLY understand completely where the band name "Caedmon's Call" comes from!). I read Beowulf senior year...but those of you who have kept up with my blogs for that long know that that doesn't mean much. But I am understanding Beowulf pretty easily, am staying focused while reading it... and I'm even kind of enjoying it! Funny what being at college does to you.

Then I went to yoga. As the title of this blog suggests, we actually did some yoga today. We didn't even really do that much - just 15 or so minutes, after she spent the former half of the class explaining things and showing us step-by-step the positions that comprise the "sun salutation" that we'll be doing at the beginning of class (and, yes, it does involve "Namaste", or at least just the gesture). The yoga instructor (profile: her name is Fanny, she has short blonde hair, is by my best guess mid-to-late 20's, has probably 10 or so tattoos in various places, is tall and slender and has maybe 0.5% body fat. Oh, and you can actually SEE the muscles in her arms. It's ridiculous. This woman is INTENSE) made it look so, so easy, and as she was doing everything kept saying things like "don't be surprised if this hurts" and such. Of course, I was confused as to why she was taking so long to explain, and why she was warning us when it looked like all we would be doing was doing the "namaste" gesture, getting into a lunch pose, curving our back, touching our toes, etc.

But I was SO wrong.

Yoga is not for the faint of heart. After just five minutes of doing these seemingly elementary poses, my arms were sore and my heart was beating fast as pretty much every muscle in my body had been engaged. Granted, I'm not as in-shape as I should be right now, but it's usually not difficult for me to get back into aerobic/muscular activity. Thankfully, I was not the only one. Everyone else in the class was feeling the same. This should be a fun semester!

After yoga, I went to the Sub and got two tacos (in the Sub we have two little "restaurants": the generic one that doesn't even really have a name - serves burgers, grilled cheese, etc. - and Tierra Del Sol, which is pretty much heavenly. I usually get a burrito or two tacos. Delicious! It's like T-Bell... but it feels slightly more legit), and then met this sweet Taiwanese girl named Irene who came to UMHB straight from Taiwan to get her MBA just last semester! I love meeting the International Students here on campus.

Then I came back to my room, and since then have done laundry (even washed several items twice... washed some stuff with this new towel I got, and tiny pieces of towel got all over a few articles of clothing that are lint-prone. Sigh), painted my toe-nails, took a shower, etc.

Tonight, I'm going to one of the greatest places on earth, CVS, and then Jamie and I (and maybe Anna?) are going to watch That Thing You Do! downstairs in the lobby! Woohoo!

And tomorrow Amanda arrives. Sweeeet!


*Benefits of small schools. This also brings up the fun-fact that I've been meaning to blog on, that here at UMHB most people drive to class. This could come as a shock to people/make people angry for several reasons: 1) If you've ever been to UMHB, you know that there's no reason whatsoever why anyone should drive to class because it's so small; 2) People at larger schools, or even just slightly larger but more hilly schools such as DBU, don't get the same leisure as we do - our small student population + flat terrain + parking lots right by buildings = awesome, convenient parking spots; 3) Driving as opposed to walking/riding a bike is just plain lazy. But, today, for me this particular advantage was a life-saver. Go Cru!