Keeping Up

Hard to imagine that I was moving in right around this time last week. It's been a week and it seems like it's been such a long time.

After the first few days, I'd settled in and unpacked pretty much everything by the time classes got going. I got pretty lucky and managed to get back to taking five courses each semester. So my Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays are pretty relaxed as I only have one class each of those days - they're in the afternoon as well.

It's amazing how much energy the people on res have. I've found myself being exhausted at the end of most days and how much I enjoyed quiet time in the evening. I think this really confirms how much of an introvert I am. It's strange because I feed off of energy from the people around me, but I never realized how much I loved silence until now.

Anyways, everything is going underway now that the school year is back in full flight. Getting to meet some new people at church has been nice too. The only thing I find strange is that for some reason, the pastor and I somehow agreed upon not introducing me as the practicum student yet. So going to the junior high and high school fellowship on Friday, and then going to Sunday school this morning, felt really strange because all the kids expected me to be their age. So I had to cave and tell a few of them who I am because it'd just be strange if I told them that I'm in grade 11 or 12. One thing that I do like though is that the youth seem pretty open and energetic here, a lot less reserved than the ones back home in NEAC.

It's much tougher trying to get to know people without already having previous connections in the church like I did last year to kind of show you around and introduce you to the people. And add to the fact that the size of South Gate is closer to the size of NEAC, so it will definitely be tougher to remember people's names. But it's not like I'm not used to meeting new people right? Haha.

So I guess with the second week coming up, I'm pretty excited. I look forward to continuing to get to know people better and build stronger friendships down the road.

I have a feeling that I'm going to get owned by Greek.

Speaking of which, HOCKEY'S BACK! YEAH!