so school. it is going fairly well. my classes aren't super overwhelming yet but i am sure they'll get there at some point. my favorite classes are probably chemistry lab and anatomy lab. we get to work with chemicals in chemistry and is makes me feel like a super smart scientist, even though in reality i just read a sheet of paper that tells me exactly what to do. and anatomy has pretty much made me a doctor. i pricked a student's finger to test their iron levels and dissected a sheep heart. how much more intense could it possibly get? am i right? overall, this semester is off to a great start.
i have also been getting back into the routine of turbokick and piyo. for those of you who haven't ever heard of them before: turbokick is a a form of exercise that involves lots and lots of cardio and incorporates some kickboxing stuff. piyo i have heard described as yoga and pilates, but i call it pain. i have also been lifting weights. lifting weights is the new love of my life. (haha yea right) just be prepared, i will be able to beat you in arm wrestling dad. be afraid. very afraid.
is it dragging yet?
my youth group had the opportunity to go to winter jam. its a christian concert with 10 bands for 10 dollars. however, our church was gracious enough to buy us "exclusive platinum access". doesn't that sound fancy? all it meant was that we got in an hour or two before the normal folk and got to ask some of the artists questions. the artists that preformed included: jason castro, obb, capital kings, royal tailor, newsong, sidewalk profits, jamie grace, matthew west, red, and the beloved toby mac. before the actual concert started they invited all of the youth leaders to a secret meeting. they didn't call it a secret meeting...i just thought it makes it sound more intense. (like camping...in tents. intense.) some of the artists came back to this room to talk to us. i stood like five feet away from jamie grace, matthew west, anddddddd......
yep. toby mac. we are pretty much best friends now. be jealous. we also go to learn about world vision's child sponsorship program. we discussed it with our youth and decided that we, as a youth group, would sponsor a child. very cool. at this concert i realized i am getting old. it was really loud. there were people everywhere.
literally..everywhere. i also decided screamo music is not my favorite.
dear red, you broke my eardrums and probably caused physical damaged to your throat.
but overall, it was a really great experience and i think our kids really enjoyed it. can't wait til next year! (maybe i should invest in some ear plugs?)
you're almost to the end. i believe in you.
my latest adventure was applying to be a resident assistance for fall 2013. i filled out an application in december and submitted it in january. this past saturday we had group processing day. the first part of group processing day was an interview. some students interviewed with resident directors from the different halls. i, however, interviewed with two assistant resident directors. i was super nervous. i have never interviewed in my life. the first question they asked was my name. that's easy. bethany cummins. the second question? what's your i.d. number? uhhhhh......it took me a second but don't worry i remembered. now the third question. if you could describe yourself as any two animals, what would they be and why? WHAT?! what kind of a question is that??? of course i didn't want to sit there for ten minutes thinking about it, but there are so many possibilities....so i just said the first thing that came to mind. i bet you're wondering what i said. buuuuuttttt i am not going to tell you. cause i find it super embarrassing. i guess the world will never know. anyway, the rest of the question obviously pertained to my spiritual life and the position. it was a grand time.
then came the real group processing day. i was put in a group with sixish people (no, there was not a half a person...i just can't remember how many there were.) we had three different tasks to complete. one was planning an event on a specific budget that completed certain objectives. this was not my group's strongest activity, but we did have a lot of good ideas. the next was putting a list of things in order of importance. we were placed in the position of an RA and had to determine which of the given tasks were most important. a flooded toilet? a car crash? the absence of a master key set? a depressed resident? all of which could possibly happen while on duty. this was difficult but i feel that my group worked well together. the last event was the most fun and one which i feel my group succeeded at. behind a piece of poster-board there was a lego figure. one person was allowed to go back at a time and study the figure for 30 seconds. after, they came back and had to tell us what they saw. they, however, could not build the legos until another person had rotated in and out of the poster-board. stressful but fun. there were different lego sizes and colors and it had to be exact. we also had a 10 minute time limit. we had been going for a while and our supervisor said we had time for one more person to go back....i was the last one. in like 2 second i got super stressed out. but i went back for 30 seconds. when i came back all i said was that a little flower lego had to be moved to a different dot on the figure. that was all i got.....and that is all we needed. whew. if i hadn't have caught that, we would have gotten it all wrong. my group also thought i was funny for coming back from the poster-board in the middle of the game and all i said was the hat on the guy is turned to the right. it's the little details right people? right.
anyway, so that is my whole group processing day adventure. now i am waiting for interview offers from different resident directors. they are sent by e-mail. i am sure i am not the only one checking my e-mail every two seconds...even though they aren't supposed to come out until tomorrow. oh well. =)
you survived! congratulations. you deserve a gold star...but i don't have one....so you are out of luck.
until next time.
-b
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