Spirit Week

I do have a valid excuse for not updating my blog recently! The college has been upgrading its internet servers, but in the process, wifi has been very hard to find.  The database that I call from at work is down as well, so we've been calling from computer printouts.  That's cool though, because when we finish our sheets, we get to leave!  I've been leaving work about an hour early every day this week.

 

This has been a very exciting week at the college.  We had Spirit Week, with the classes competing against each other in different games.  I participated in an interesting relay race called the mattress race. In the first round, teams of four guys carry each girl on a mattress across a gym.  In the second round, teams of six girls carry the guys back the other way.  Let's just say it's harder than it looks.  I also managed to lose a shoe in the middle of the gym floor during that race.

 

Next Wednesday, we will find out which team won.  I missed being in classes, especially Linear Algebra, but I did have fun cheering on the Sophomore team.  The best thing about Spirit Week was getting to wear denim all week!  Woo-hoo!  It may be hard to go back to dress clothes next week.

 

On Thursday, my friend Alicia and I went to tryouts for the college's summer tour groups.  I played for two vocalists in two different keys, and I feel confident about my audition.  It's out of my hands now.  I wanted very badly to try out last year, but I wasn't even able to make it to the first audition.  I felt like that was God saying "not yet."  So I'm confident that if He wants me to go this year, it will happen.

Chapel has been phenomenal this year.  The spirit of Hyles-Anderson College has never been something that could be described or explained; it must be experienced.  It could be said this year that the students are cautious, anticipating more adjustments as First Baptist Church moves toward calling a new pastor.  But the spirit is still here!