But, looking back... I still really had no idea.
My little circle of friends began to broaden... and I discovered that I had a decidedly frustrating incapability to remember people's names! So I started out with the ones I lived with. An early bonding experience I remember was hastening to the CVS on a Sunday afternoon with my roommate and our neighbor, Nicati. In the pouring rain.
I love adventures like this. Nothing brings folks together like a good soaking!
I also found a church family pretty early on, placing membership in an average-sized church at Antioch. They welcomed me and many other "college kids" with open arms. Settling down meant more new names to memorize, but they all did such a good job of remembering all of ours that it was a shame not to reciprocate the effort! Of all the congregations, this one felt the most like home, and it was such a blessing to me throughout the entire school year.
Schoolwork marched ever on. I remember all too well several occasions when I called home in tears because I thought I was failing my classes... my plain-and-simple, write-it-down homeschooler brain didn't understand the fancy online grading method very well. That same brain was also trying to process the whole semi-new concept of deadlines. My days grew fuller every week, and I began to burn the midnight oil. Not one single night during the entire school year did I go to bed before eleven, and even that occurred only a few times. At first I enjoyed the independence of going to sleep whenever I wanted to... but as I soon discovered, "want to sleep" and even "need to sleep" didn't make a speck of difference when there was work to be done. But I wasn't the only one pulling all-nighters, and company made the task a sight easier.
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