Updates following Boston and UCLA

(started on Thursday, March 13th)
Well, I'm back from my travels. I still have a cold - which is a bummer. I got it right after my parents left and right before I left for Boston. I may stop into the Dr. tomorrow just to see if there is any way to get rid of it faster. Already, it's kept me from going to Bearobics since I've been back. Boo!

What a fun and full week I had! We left Waco at 4:45 am last Wednesday (the 5th) and headed up to Dallas. It was really fun to travel all together. Once in Boston, we checked in at the hotel and then headed to eat. Thursday started the marathon interview experience. After checking in and attending an orientation, we started the process of sending out our resumes to various schools, hoping for interviews. I went to Boston with two interviews scheduled, and after dropping off a few resumes for mostly resident director positions, I added one interview to my schedule. The interviews went well, and I was really encouraged by them... even though I was pretty congested and sick.

(at this point, I was down for the count for the entire weekend, so I didn't get to finish my initial post, nor the follow up…. But I am feeling better now, and am back to blogging as a form of procrastination! date: 3/24/08)
I was able to tour around Boston on Saturday - and though it was rainy (!!!) it was really neat to get out and see some places I had previously only heard of, including Paul Revere's House, Old North Church, the Freedom Trail and Harvard (!). We had a fun time despite the weather and enjoyed each other's company! On Sunday, I went with a few friends to Fenway Park - it was a tour offered by the conference and we got to tour the inside, including the press box. Great fun! Our tour guide was crazy and we loved him!

After leaving Fenway and walking back to the hotel, we had just enough time for a quick lunch before I had to finish getting packed and hop a cab to the airport and head west.

It was pretty neat to see the Atlantic AND the Pacific in one week! When we were in Boston, it kind of weirded me out, because the sun was rising over the ocean instead of setting - I couldn't get my bearings. Thankfully on Tuesday, I got a glimpse of the Pacific and the sun was in its proper place again. :)

My visit to UCLA was fun and informative. I met a lot of great people and got a lot of questions answered, and got a lot more questions to ask. I'm working on that right now.

I'm still not sure what my future holds, but I'm grateful to know that God's will is not a little tiny path, but rather a bigger picture. I'm glad to know that my calling it to influence college students, and that there are a lot of ways I can do it.

That's it for now. At some point I have to get back to homework, so I'm going to act like I might start at 9pm. Or… I might make a phone call. :)

Blessings, friends.