Year three at the good ol'LU and it has been off to a fantastic start!! Junior year has been the year of familiarity and of change. It's familiar in the sense that I am now an upperclassman- I know the ropes that are before me- how to get around campus, where to eat, how to budget time for classes, friends etc. I am established in my major with my profs and higher ups. I understand leadership (cause I'm one of the leaders)... I know Lynchburg well and I go around campus constantly seeing familiar faces--for this I'm grateful for, I missed this back in NOVA.
Some changes include I live on a new dorm in a different part of campus called the hill. Yes, it's an actual hill with a ton of steps, so it's a grand time haha. But I actually enjoy the third floor. It's homey :)
It's the same in the sense that I have quite a few friends from both my previous halls on my dorm. It's different because every hall has their own dynamics. We have an awesome bro dorm, which is great. It's also different living so close to them and having such fantastic leadership from them and unity.
One of the biggest changes so far is my new job here at Liberty. Over the summer I randomly put an application in for a job as a writer for the news stories that go on the website. I forgot about it and assumed I wouldn't get it...well I got a call last week, interviewed, got offered the job and started working effective immediately. So now I get paid for all the events I go. Not gonna lie, I have very little experience as a writer, yet alone a journalist. I kind of feel like I just put on a hat I didn't know existed and I'm supposed to wear it like it's my job...because IT IS my job.
I get paid for going to convo (because I'm writing a story on it). I get paid for attending random events like the one I wrote about in my first article. It's a pretty sweet hook up. The down side is I have to be in the office at 8 every morning and leave close to 5 (with classes in between). The upside is I don't have to work nights anymore...So yes, I finally turned in my Chick-fil-A days. Thursday was my last shift....my pleasure.
With the new changes and shaping of the beginning of the semester I am still adjusting to life here on the mountain. The sheer familiarity can be deceiving. I may have unrealistic expectations and can't count on certain things or people. I have to be flexible to the new, which God is constantly teaching me.
Over the summer since I was in a new town I started becoming a homebody. I felt like my endurance isn't as great anymore, at least sometimes. I feel like I'm only focusing on people on my hall (which isn't bad) but not spending as much time with good friends who are in a different part of campus or moved off.
I've also tried to lessen my attachment to my cellphone. This is good and bad. Good because I don't want my life to be run by technology....bad because I miss things.
Sometimes it's just the little things that can make or break a day. I need to remember to give myself grace and find my own niche again like every year. Not be run by the familiarity, ignoring the new, nor get anxious about the new responsibilities and forget the past.
It's the beginning of the semester highs and lows...in it all, to be God be the glory.
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