Sleepy and procrastinating

Just as the title might suggest, I am very sleepy at the moment. I would love to take a nap, but I realize that I will get nothing done for the rest of the day if I do. So I'm forcing myself to stay awake, even though I've kinda set myself up for failure, as I changed into a comfy pair of shorts and snuggled up on our cushy couch with my cozy comforter. And so I procrastinate by updating my blog. A lot has happened in the past couple weeks. I shall start at the beginning:

Saturday, March 14
My friend Scott and his friend Pilgrim went on a road-biking extravaganza all around SW Michigan. They stopped in GR Saturday to spend the night. The day got off to an early start with me moving back down to my apartment in the morning. I found that I had quite a bit of time on my hands before the gents were scheduled to arrive, so after I unpacked everything I decided to go to Panera for lunch and then stop and go through the car wash on my way back to campus. For those of you who don't know me that well let me preface this story by saying that I don't particularly enjoy new experiences when I'm by myself. So it was a big step for me to go through the automatic car wash for the first time all by myself without any friends back at school yet to offer me moral support. :-) So I got in line for the car wash and waited for the five or six people in front of me to go through. The lady in front of me finally went into the wash and I waited until it stopped to put my money in. I started making my selection when I realized that the lady in front of me was still in the car wash. She rolled down her window and said, "It just stopped working! I don't know what to do!" She couldn't drive forward because the bar had stopped dead center in front of her car and the door on the other side was still down. So I got out and went to the man behind me, explaining the situation, and he backed out of the line, and I slowly backed out as well, proceeding to go up over the curb and ruin some landscaping. Oh, well. It wasn't as bad as the poor woman who had been stuck in front of me. It took her a good five minutes to back out of the wash, hitting just about everything she could before she finally turned around and drove away, her car still sudsy. I went inside and asked the gas station attendant to fix the car wash, and I was able to go through unhindered. I emerged freshly washed and waxed, triumphant, and proud of myself for gracefully handling a near-catastrophic (not really) first time car wash experience.

So then, Scott called me, and he and Pilgrim were out near Alto, fighting a really strong headwind. They had biked all the way from Lansing, and were trying to make it into GR by mid-afternoon to visit a friend in the hospital before dinner. I went out to Alto and picked them up, and somehow we managed to fit both of their large road bikes in my little station wagon and drove back to campus. We unloaded the bikes, went to the hospital, enjoyed a delicious dinner of Jimmy John's downtown, and came back to campus so they could shower. After cleaning up, we ended up going to this ridiculously amazing concert at Calvin College. The guy's name was Victor Wooten and he is a PHENOMENAL bass player. The concert was incredible, and we headed back to campus afterwards to get a restful night's sleep. Special thanks to the men's leadership house for letting Scott and Pilgrim crash on the couches.

The next morning we woke up early and I sent Scott and Pilgrim on their way to Benton Harbor. I went to church, Meijer, and came back to my apartment. And I worked on homework. ALL. DAY. :-(

First week of classes after break
Not too much exciting happened. Just scholarship applications and a few random assignments. One day at a time.

Saturday, March 21
Abby took me to see The Producers at the Grand Rapids Civic Theater. It was amazing! Thanks for the birthday gift, Abby!

So...my life in the past week and a half. Blessings to you!