Rounding Third

It is officially September! This is exciting to me for numerous reasons, and not just because my birthday is this month. I'm not really looking forward to turning 22...I think it's more weird than anything else. How did I get to be 22 years old and a fifth year college student?!? Anyway, back to September. September is obviously the best month of the year. First of all, it is the beginning of fall, my favorite season of the year! Instead of hot muggy walks back and forth to campus, you have sharp blue skies, colorful trees, brisk Autumn temperatures, and the surprisingly fresh smell of dying leaves. Ahhhhh. And obviously, fall is the start of all things football. College football, NFL football, and even intramural football! I don't need to talk about this because you already know how excited I am about football. Going back to school in September is pretty awesome too. Fall is the most exciting time on campus because everything is new again and there are so many new people!

In other news, this marks my last Sunday in Texas. Which brings me to another stark realization. How have I been here for over 5 months?!? These last few weeks have been pretty crazy. Work has been really busy. It's been non-stop stuff coming in to do. I really don't mind it too much, and actually probably prefer it over the antithesis. It definitely makes the days go by much quicker...it can just get to be overwhelming at times, though. But on top of that, I've been studying for the GRE (which I took on Tuesday), and packing and cleaning up my apartment with any other free time. I moved out on Friday and am living at my smallgroup leaders' house: Greg and Jan Riggs. They are pretty awesome! It's nice to live in a real house for a few days. The GRE went pretty good, though. I'm not planning on taking it again. So now I can start applying to schools and what not. Exciting times!

This week should be crazy too, but hopefully in a fun way. It's a short work week with only 4 days of work. And thankfully, I have all the stressful "crazy" stuff done, so I'll be spending each day hopefully hanging out with different friends one last time before heading home.

One more week. And then the epic journey back to the great state of Ohio begins!