This weekend

What a college kid can accomplish in 61 hours, starting on a Friday morning:

Go out for breakfast with cousins Matt and Laura. Eat yummy stuffed french toast and talk about Trinity.

Go to an international teaching job fair. Ask recruiters what credentials they look for. Ask about student teaching options.

Try to take a nap. Fail.

Do a little homework.

Go to a talkback after that night’s showing of A Plague of Angels to discuss theological and ethical implications of the plot.

Party at the Art Raid to Save. Listen to live performers at the open mic. Watch people knit and crochet like no tomorrow.

Drink hot apple cider. Color a picture. Buy an appliqued t-shirt. Not know how to dance. Play Apples to Apples.

Sleep.

Go to the Palos Heights Library with several friends. Get a library card. Borrow “The Very Best of Artie Shaw.”

Hang out in Alumni 221 with a few upperclassmen friends (Allison, Caitlin, Liz, and Roz). Drink hot chocolate. Talk.

Do a little homework.

Run fun errands with Allison and Caitlin. Buy roller blades at Salvation Army. Buy rice, tortillas, and tea at Trader Joe’s. Plan a
pre-Thanksgiving meal of rice and beans.

Attend a gospel choir concert. Damage my ears. Enjoy it anyway.

Do homework.

Sleep.

Congregate with Hope Church in Oak Forest. Sing. Listen. Read. Eat cake.

Do a little homework.

Have my family over. Have them bring me food and an internet cable that is long enough to wrap around the outside of the
room so I don’t have to duct tape the shorter one across the ceiling to reach my desk.

Attend Eric’s senior recital. Listen. Laugh. Hear him sing in his bass range and his soprano range.

Visit my cousins. Savor soup and sandwiches. Swing little boys around by their feet. Bounce them on knees. Bake bread with a bigger boy, the big brother. Eat pie and ice cream. Inspire Jonathan (first grader) to ask his dad if he could get a laptop too.

Ride back to campus. Sing Keith Green songs loudly. Discuss global warming.

Write a blog.