Week 12: Freezing Fun

So we get back from break, back to the cold Hume weather ready to cozy up in my room and what is awaiting me when I get there? If you guessed a broken heater, you would be correct! Our room was 55 degrees and we had no way of warming it up. The whole entire wing of girls dorms was out. The first night wasn’t fun. We all slept in jackets, thermals, extra blankets, and footie pajamas. It was absolutely freezing! The next day, Rich had some of the boys move portable heaters into our rooms, which was totally awkward considering we had just gotten back and all my clothes were everywhere from doing laundry. Anyway, the heater got our room up to about 63 most the time and 69 on one good day. They were finally able to fix them on Friday! Unfortunately, my roommate took advantage of it and I woke up sweating in our now 80 degree room.

Tuesday we started our first day of our Major Prophets: Isaiah class, taught by the one and only Rich Baker. I’m really enjoying this class. It’s very fat paced and it’s a lot of self-learning, but I find it really enjoyable. We have our first test tomorrow on lessons 1 & 2.

Thursday, I had SWEEPS in the Gift Shop. I spent most my time scanning books and placing price tags on toy cars. Thursday was also our 50 Year Reunion theme dinner! We all dressed up like we were in our late 60s, early 70s. Shelby and I used cornstarch to grey our hair. There were lots of walkers, wheelchairs, and wrinkles! For dinner we had soft foods, like mashed potatoes, jello, and creamed spinach. After dinner, we all played Bingo. Unfortunately, I didn’t win. I don’t have great luck when it comes to Bingo. The night ended early, around 7:30 and it was funny because a lot of people actually went to bed around 8. Pretending to be old had its effect on everyone. It’s Sunday and the boys are still rolling around the building in wheelchairs.

Friday night, half the Joshua girls met up in Bella and Megan’s loft where we ate junk food, told stories, and sang at the top of our lungs. It was so much fun. They even built a blanket fort, but as more girls showed up, the hotter it got, so we had to take it down. The girl community here is so awesome.

This weekend has been great! There were no conferences so nobody was working. It’s been raining all weekend which means everyone’s in the building most the time. Saturday night, EVERYONE was playing board games! It was so awesome. Everything from Settlers of Catan to Nuclear War to Quelf. I don’t think I’ve played so many board games in such a short period of time. Since I had a ton of free time, I got some drawing in. I taught myself how to draw Ariel and Stich.

This weekend, I also got to spend a lot of time with Sara, who’s like my best friend at Joshua. It was really nice to have someone to talk to all weekend. We spent Sunday together from walking down for lunch to walking up after church. I was great to spend so much time with her and talk about everything.