Learning To Love

Whats the word I'm searching for....smitten I think thats it and that would pretty much describe my feelings for this girl I met a week ago. I find myself thinking about her alot, wanting to talk to her(one would say just call her...my reply being "I don't talk well on the phone") I find myself wondering when I'll have time off from work to go and see her. I think that would be a pretty good definition of the what I'm feeling right now.

And yet again I feel like a little kid learning to ride a bike for the first time. You know trying to ride that bike you wanted so hard to get it right the first time. They say you never forget how to ride a bike once you learn. Well I feel like that with the inklings of this new relationship I wanna make sure I get right on the first try and have it develop into something. But still I find myself wondering how much is too much and am I setting myself up for failure I never really had much confidence in the relationship dept.

Oh well I'm off this weekend so we'll see what happens. its just once step at a time and steady as she goes.

The New Burke-Tarr

It was good week this week went up for the final home game of the season this year on Thursday spent some time with some friends. It was another edition of past midnight driving in which I try desperately to keep myself awake. Well as you can tell I'm typing this post so I made it back safely.

Pics of the New Stadium

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Homecoming Report

Well this past weekend was Carson Newman homecoming. Really didn't feel like I was coming home to anything cause I've been up there off and on this semester already (APO activities and such).

The New football stadium is incredible well worth the wait especially the field with the synthetic grass turf. So Nick Campell at the game wish to give him congrats on his recent engagement. The whole weekend was fun. The Gamma Sig/APO float tied for second so we won some money for our organizations. I also got beat on my old drum with the band this weekend was tons of fun I must admit. had fun hanging out with the Brothers again.

As it turns out my abilities to hang out with a member of the opposite sex are still functioning well. Met one of the Gamma Sig pledges this weekend and I think I hit it off well. We had lot of common interests being we like everything music from Classical to Country to Heavy Metal (haha).

Good Jams

No I'm not talking Strawberry or Blueberry. I'm talking about my new music that I just recently bought.

I got off work and just had a urge to buy a new cd so I saundered on over to Lifeway(first mistake) and then went back to cd racks(2nd mistake). Mistakes??? yeah Lifeway is not known for their inventory and selection. I ended up buy the demo cd off of them.

Its Jars of Clay: "Redemption Songs" its totally awesome its collection of "old timey" hymns and they're revamped and up tempo it sounds so good. Songs such as "I'll Fly Away", " It is Well with My Soul"

Back at the Grind

Well today it was back at the grindstone well not really more like the scoop and the spade being that I work @ Marble Slab.

I had a good trip this past weekend but for some reason I just felt out of place. Yes visiting friends was great and getting to get away with friends those being Sartain, Casey and Jenni was great. But, alas I felt out of step with the rest of them. See Sartain, Casey and Jenni are still @ Carson Newman and I'm out of school and working. I guess its my longingness to be back at school or the desire of the college life again.

Repeatedly I was asked was something was bothering me and I just brushed it off and said I was fine when I should have opened up and said what was on my mind. How do you move on from something that was such an integeral part of your life for 4 years? Again, this weekend finds me travel towards CN in part b/c its homecoming.

Back from Florida

Our road trip was so much fun it started late that night and we drove throughout the morning all the way down to Palmetto we had so many funny things happen while we were down there that we kept and list.

We go to Palmetto and crashed for a few hours then we join Melissia and Nate's dad and went to see the team that Nate helps coach play. Sadly to say the team lost but the sting of the loss was quickly wiped away when embracing with his Frat Bros. We went out to dinner that night and had a good time just catching up and cutting up.

The following morning we set out for Orlando and Epcot. Several things have changed since how you say 1987 (the last time I went), but there were a few things that hadn't changed. The rides Mission Space and Test Track were awesome. We stayed in the Beach Club Villas one of the Disney hotels there. One word to describe this hotel Immaculate. It was unbelievably big thanks to the graciousness of Nate's family we didn't pay one red-cent to go to Epcot or stay in this Hotel.

We came back to Palmetto the following day and just chilled and hung out. Once again Nate's family demonstrated their generosity and fixed dinner for us. As a gesture of thanks Sartain, Casey and I went out and got a little something in return for all the things that the Varnadore's had done for us.

It was great trip in which I met some new friends. Now its back to the routine of working and living life.

Psalm 55:22
"Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall."

Road Trip

Well my friends its time once again for a Road Trip. That's right tonight after getting off work Sartain, Casey and Jenni Gann are hitting the road to visit our fraternity brother and friend Nate and his fun-rocking awesome wife-to-be Melissa.

Other than that its been a pretty abbreviated week for me seeing how I'm leaving out of here tonight won't be back until Sunday night. I'll be sure to make a blogger post via cell phone while I'm down there. Kinda like doing the whole mobile blogging

Great Weekend

This weekend was good and bad. My Alma Mater came up short and lost this weekend so did my Tennessee Vols. But all is not lost for I was able to travel a short ways up the road and visit my Brothers from APO and have a good night havinga couple of drinks and just having a down-right good time.

Well in a change of pace this week I get to again breakaway from the reality of working everyday; and with that take a road trip with some Fraternity brothers and one sweet sorority sister(Gamma Sigma Sigma...our sister organiztion) down to Florida to visit a good friend and Brother in Orlando(yes casey Orlando).

I just want to say that I love my job. I mean scooping and serving Ice cream and getting paid for it. I mean does it get any better than that? If it does then I'm totally blind to an even better job.

Week In Review

Finally made it to the weekend. For some reason this week has seemed longer than usual. Caught up with some of my compadres this week seeing how they were doing. I'm heading up to Carson Newman tomorrow to participate in an APO pledge activity. I'm off on Saturday so I considering staying the night just because I can.

As for me I've just been trudging along working from day to day now I really know what it feels like to be out of college and working pretty much everyday with a day off here and there b/c I'm working a P/T - F/T job.

I'm putting this out there for you all does anyone know a good book with which to do a daily devotional? I'm kinda in self-conviction mode as of late I realize that the reason I feel so unfulfilled is b/c simply put I'm not in the Word on a daily basis.

I look forward to the suggestions because I'm needing a little motivation and plus I would like a guide so that I can walk through the word instead of jumping from passage to passage.

I think what I'm looking for is something that will help me really sink and dig into the scripture.

Same Training...Less Controversy.

Well, I didn't fall off the face of the earth as some you may have begun to think. I just haven't had much to say in the form of a blog post.

After soul-searching and really putting some careful thought into it the Lord seems to be pointing me in the direction of Southeastern. Truthfully I would receive the same training at both schools but in the end there would be less controversy in me going to Southeastern than there would me going to Gardner-Webb. From what I've garnered from all the advice that I've received going seminary is about trusting God to provide when you don't know how all the aspects and variables are going to get taken care of.

My job at the marble slab is going great there is no real stress with this job. Mainly cause the owner has a system in place that alleviates alot of the stress that would be. Me and the owner really work well together cause we both know where each comes from meaning that we are both christians and it good knowing that he strives to keep his establishment a christian friendly enviroment