Today is my awesome pen pal's 65th birthday. Hitoshi-san, Tanjoubi Omedetou Gozaimasu.
It's nearing the end of the third week of school. So far, so good. Classes are great, I've made some great friends, and I finally have a light bulb for my desk lamp - so I'm all moved in and officially adjusted to life here at San Francisco State.
I don't think I've shared that light bulb story - basically I bought a desk lamp at Target because at night, well, it gets dark, and I can't study. So I bought the light maybe on the second or third day of school, and it was in a box, and I just assumed there would be a light bulb in the lamp. What did I learn - Never. Assume. Anything. Especially when it's only $8.99 at Target. Yikes! I guess I really did "expect more (than I should have), and pay less".
This Tuesday, I was walking back to the apartment on campus and I just kind of looked around me for a moment and stopped. I think that it finally hit me that I'm here, where I've wanted to be since 2009, in college, preparing for the rest of life, studying Japanese, doing what is important. I think that having all these beautiful thoughts rush through my mind brought some kind of stupid smile to my face. I just wanted to tell someone right then and there what I hadn't even had the strength or calmness of heart to do when I first moved on campus, "YOU GUYS! I'M IN COLLEGE!!" Getting here was difficult, down to the day of moving in- but I'm here, and I'm so glad that God came through for me, it's insane, I just can't believe I'm really here. So what next? Here I am so excited to be going to school, what do I do with all this joy? ... I don't know. Here's to hoping it rubs off on someone else.
It's nearing the end of the third week of school. So far, so good. Classes are great, I've made some great friends, and I finally have a light bulb for my desk lamp - so I'm all moved in and officially adjusted to life here at San Francisco State.
I don't think I've shared that light bulb story - basically I bought a desk lamp at Target because at night, well, it gets dark, and I can't study. So I bought the light maybe on the second or third day of school, and it was in a box, and I just assumed there would be a light bulb in the lamp. What did I learn - Never. Assume. Anything. Especially when it's only $8.99 at Target. Yikes! I guess I really did "expect more (than I should have), and pay less".
This Tuesday, I was walking back to the apartment on campus and I just kind of looked around me for a moment and stopped. I think that it finally hit me that I'm here, where I've wanted to be since 2009, in college, preparing for the rest of life, studying Japanese, doing what is important. I think that having all these beautiful thoughts rush through my mind brought some kind of stupid smile to my face. I just wanted to tell someone right then and there what I hadn't even had the strength or calmness of heart to do when I first moved on campus, "YOU GUYS! I'M IN COLLEGE!!" Getting here was difficult, down to the day of moving in- but I'm here, and I'm so glad that God came through for me, it's insane, I just can't believe I'm really here. So what next? Here I am so excited to be going to school, what do I do with all this joy? ... I don't know. Here's to hoping it rubs off on someone else.
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