Tired of Reading!

I need to take a break from reading. I would like to read my fun books but no time to read those. Monday's for me can be summed up as meeting days for me. I usually have 3 meetings. During my impACT meeting, we did the Touch Two reflection. This is where everyone closes their eyes, and the person in charge of the reflection chooses two people. The leader reads something like "touch two people who you admire" and then those two people taps two people with their eyes closed. It really just boosts your confidence and shows you just what other people might think of you. I was surprised when tapped at some of the things mentioned and somethings mentioned, I knew I would get tapped. Like being funny. I mean, having a sense of humor is certainly a gift, but it seems with this use of humor, I have no depth in personality. Many times I was tapped at the prompt "touch two people who you want to get to know better". It just makes me realize how much I use humor as a defensive barrier to become a distraction at really getting to know me.

This month, every Monday I have been typing up my schedule for the week and printing it off. This schedule is detailed - even to the time I eat and it even includes time for walking and what emails I need to send out. It's kind of sad how much I rely on this schedule to keep me on track. When I went home for Thanksgiving break, I felt so restless and anxious at what I was supposed to be doing next. Maybe next semester, I'll try to be more flexible.

I'm actually quite stressed though. Not only with exams, but for my ASB trip, I have to find cheaper housing - so it's kind of back to square one. On top of that, I'm part of this committee - MLK Challenge. I'm the hospitality coordinator, basically the person that asks for food donations. The MLK Challenge hosts 200 students in which they do service on MLK day. With service, breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served. I'm kind of really stressed out at getting that food - all for free. So far, Subway has donated 2 party platters (which can feed around 24 people) and a local bakery has donated 50 cookies. Although I sent out 20 letters around food restaurants in Boone, I'm sending out around 15 more this weekend. Once I get enough donations, I have to schedule pick up times plus send out reminder letters. I have to do this when I get back from break - I only have a 1 week window before the event actually starts. But then I have a retreat for ASB the week coming back to Boone too...

OOO, today was kind of crushing, but I guess God wanted to show me to not over commit. I was doing a contact table with a friend, and he was really pushing me to go to Bolivia this summer (May 10-25). I however, have this program that starts May 24th. I was really about to call my mom and ask for the deposit money if it wasn't for the date overlap. But there is always next summer!

I'm kind of just writing all this out so that when I look over it during winterbreak I can get reminded of what I need to do.

Hmmm...my sister is graduating, so I need to get her a graduation present too. December 17th. It's coming up. Argh, maybe a scrapbook?

Oh yeah, I'm volunteering at the Operation Christmas Child processing center. Haha, I'm going to be like one of those people in the video! It's cool because this is on Samaritan Purse's property. It's crazy, how blessed this organization is. You have to reserve volunteer spots and they have been booked for months - so volunteers have been turned away!
I've visited samaritan's purse once. It's pretty ballin.
Franklin Graham got some good decorators.