Well, I made it!

First off, I realized I didn’t state this before. I am not a gifted writer! Some people think I must be a great writer with my parents having raised me, but I did not get that gift from them. But it’s not their fault. And they still try to help me with my horrible spelling. I just felt the need to put that out there close to the beginning of my blog.

Now, I don’t plan on blogging every day, but these first few days have a lot going on so I’m going to try and keep up with all the events. This morning we went to North Point Christian Church which blew my mind away! It was huge! The parking lot had to be bigger than Busch Gardens, but the people directing traffic were much better than the people who direct the traffic at Busch. Sorry, but it’s true. So, their kid’s areas are insane!!!! I thought our kid’s hallway looked like a street! It does, but not like their hallway! And their Kidstuff stage is kind of ridiculous! Now, for big church they actually have two auditoriums that back up to each other that have service at the same time. They can flip the video feed between the two auditoriums! Today was their grad Sunday so they celebrated all the graduating seniors. Their had to be about 100 graduating seniors! And when they came in, they played a rock version of Pomp and Circumstance and had all the graduates run in like crazy. The first kid out did a back flip down the isle! There are two worship bands leading worship at the same time in both auditoriums. After worship, the preacher then comes in one auditorium and is on a life size screen in the other auditorium. Andy Stanley was preaching today so that was cool. Oh, and the worship equipment all gets striked off the stage for the sermon. And this is for Brian...I counted at least 22 intelligent lights just in that auditorium! There is probably just as many in the other auditorium and who knows how many in the kid’s worship room and anywhere else in the building! So needless to say, this church is crazy! And lucky for me they broadcast it online so depending what my schedule is on Sundays, I may be able to “attend” a Christian church after all.

Can I just go ahead and say that driving through downtown Atlanta is insane!?!?! It should not be called an interstate. It should be called a speedway because that’s what I felt like I was driving on! And somehow people drive like crazy people but it all works better than in VA. Like, merging is really scary, but you just kind of go over into the lane you need to get into and if the person behind you wants to go faster then they just go around you. They don’t honk at you and wave their arms at you like you are an idiot for merging. The road belongs to everyone here...you just have to be crazy to fit in.

So, I made it to VSU and got all checked in a moved in. Granted, it took me forever to find the front door of the residence hall I’m staying in. Whoah. You know you go to CNU you when you take the time to type residence hall instead of just saying dorm! Anyways, I pretty much had to unload everything into my room and then walk over to the fine arts building for our first company meeting! They just went over basic stuff and then we all had to take an ethics test as employees of the college. The theater itself is not quite what I expected, but it’s a good size. I think they said it seats about 300. And my parents can relax because there are no catwalks. I will probably still be on some ladders, but no catwalks. My apartment is pretty decent. I found out it’s a handicapped accessible apartment so it’s a little bigger than other apartments. I also have the corner room on the street side of the building so I have two windows that have a decent view of a parking garage and a cemetery. :) But my suite mates seem great so far and we get along so that is exciting. I have a room to myself so that is also nice. And I just put my Christmas lights up so it feels like home. My call time is at 8:30 in the morning and we work from 8:30 to 12, then 1:30 to 4:30, and then 6:30 to 10. So we put in a lot of hours and I need to get my sleep now! The homesickness kind of comes and goes but I think now that I’m here and preparing for a busy schedule, I’m feeling pretty good. It’s kind of cool being one of the few from out of state! It’s like “woah...you’re from VA? That’s a long drive.” I’m not really used to that considering I go to college 10 minutes from home! :)