nostalgia + Thanksgiving update

hey guys. back home in Tulsa for a couple of days, and it feels great just to have a break. i feel like the moment i re-enter Norman, it will be like stepping back onto a war zone - two weeks and then finals. things really have been great - i've tried a little more to hang out more and be dedicated to my studies. it's come at the cost of sleep, though - so much that i keep sleeping until 11 am now that i'm back home (it must be the bed!)

but academically, things have been fine, and i'm looking forward to the next semester as well, because i'll get to take classes like Device Programming (it's iPhone app development), Artificial Intelligence, and hopefully something like Computational Complexity (i'm not sure what it's called). i guess it's been a while since i've really posted anything up here.

things have been a bit hectic lately. EPIC was discontinued and there were tensions in relationships. there were days when i just wanted to quit, when i would feel so emotionally drained and couldn't determine why. there were periods when all i wanted to do for the entire day was play basketball at the Huff at night. i feel like things back in Tulsa actually do push me towards approaching God. there's not much to do at my house, so there are fewer distractions. and this is the place where it all started.

the couch i sit on as i type this is the couch where i fumed, i grieved, i spent hours playing guitar and reading books. this room, this house, this city is where i began to meet God, began to get serious about Him. it seems only natural to pursue, to bring back integrity, purity, for body and life to be sacrifices and offerings of praise.

a bit nostalgic, though. suzi's off to california and ruth is off to houston. sometimes i feel distant from everyone in the youth group, just since i left for college like three years ago (and there's something about Thanksgiving, that you're supposed to just spend it with your family). went back reading through some past notes and just feeling like i want to be a part of something great, a bigger picture, something larger than myself.

mm... doh. this is poorly written. anyways, yes - it is just nice to be back home. been reading and listening to sermons. hopefully hanging out with everyone tomorrow. don't know what i'm going to do tomorrow with all of the shopping. hope everyone reading this can relax!