"How did this even happen..."
Well today, I witnessed a miracle.
True,
it wasn't walking on water
or bursting something into flames
or witnessing a new sister or brother come into the family.
But it was a miracle-- no matter how small.
The subject is volleyball. You see, I aptly title my blog posts so if no one else reads this, at least I'LL know what I'm writing about. Else, getting off-topic becomes a common enemy, and a deadly censor to creativity if I fail to eventually get around to my point.
And no, it was not me who was wearing the skinny pants. And no, it wasn't the other girl on our team either. 2nd West Smith Hall guys decided to create a volleyball team for inter-murals, and the primary rule is 2 guys and 2 girls minimum. Apparently, we HAD 15 people on the roster: 13 guys and 2 girls. We were totally set right? Wrong. Our other girl could not be at our first game at 8:15pm.
Well shucks.
Did anybody think to ask a few more girls?
So upon finding a replacement in the form of my neighbor, Bethany, we set out to meet our team, only to find 3... not 13... THREE Smith guys waiting outside. One of which was the RA who almost fractured my jaw, so his eyes were a bit downcast as I asked his name again. I told him to not worry about it; the doctor confirmed it wasn't broken, so he he shouldn't feel bad!
We arrived to West Campus 10 minutes late for our first game.
And the referees weren't looking too happy about their thrown-off schedules.
Looking around the gym, we come to the conclusion that we will get spanked.
Russell: Oh my gosh, we are totally going to get raped.
Kat: Oh we'll be fine. I think it'll be more of a mild abduction. But nothing too serious. Hopefully.
We get on the court, and yes, we totally lose hands-down. I don't think we made it into two-digit numbers. But then the RA's roommate (called RAR. Get it? Rawr? hahahaha!) came later and we had a full team of six. The next game stunned us all:
WE TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY OWNED!
The other team was older and more serious.
We were laid back and relaxed, totally laughing and joking the entire time.
I guess that is a good strategy, but God totally granted us an undeserved win.
The sudden death round went as quickly as it began; it was momentum at it's finest, and we had the win.
Currently:
-I am on vocal rest.
-Spent the weekend away from campus, varied and exhilarating experiences entailed.
-I got my fillings in today (25 October 2010) and stitches out on thursday (21 October 2010).
-Learning how to read music, for reals.
-Researching for her first paper in Christianity and the Creative Process.
Subject: Cormac McCarthy.
- Loves her Alpha group to death.
- Falling in love with the music department and it's atmosphere.
-Had callbacks for the Spring musical, Man of La Mancha for the part of Antonia.
-Still eats at the Dining Hall everyday, but no longer with a new person.
-Craves Bible study.
-Is in awe over how many talented people are on this campus. Professors and students alike.
-Will be teaching middle schoolers how to loan money for their dream car.
-Hahaha... oh that should be exciting!
-Loves cereal, and chips and salsa.
-Walks everywhere now. No bike, no trolley. Occasionally I wear leg weights.
-Loves how often she gets mail from her beloved friends and relatives.
-Dislikes how few letters she has sent out to her beloved friends and relatives.
-Feels the thickening presence of God changing her heart and molding her toward a less worried, less insecure, more loving, caring, listening, challenging, patient, gentle child of God.
-Our next Volleyball game is at 11:15...pm!
Now if only our faith was as automatic as using a fork.
We do not hesitate or question whether we'll grab something.
We just know. :)
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