Fires and blood drives and Scrubs- oh my!

It's definately been a different week than I'm used to. In a good way though.

Tuesday night was a good time (see picture to the left) as Corey, Slurpy, Phill, and I went with Wade to his parent's house just a few minutes from campus and had a fire and some solid bonding time. The theme was "It Ends Tonight" as it was the official end of summer and the start of Autumn. Well, it just so happened that we decided to do this on that night I think. I really don't know, they just invited me and I thought what the heck. We did the whole cooking hot dogs over the fire thing and talked about our summers. Dispite it raining a bit and getting bit up by mosquitoes, it was a pleasant experience.

Then Wednesday was slow as usual, but my weekly visit with Phill to the Bradfield Community Center in Lima was definately more lively than our first time last week. The kids were just really wound up and had so much energy. It was a lot of fun just getting to play bingo and kickball with them for a couple hours. While I was kind of nervous and didn't know what to expect before we started going, I'm starting to really enjoy my time there.

Today was one of those days where I just didn't want to get up. I tend to be up too late for no good reason (case in point- it is currently just before 3 a.m. as I am writing this!) and I have an 8:00 a.m. class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. But I got through it and I can sleep in the next couple days. But today was no ordinary day. It was pretty cool because Shaun Groves was here today for Chapel and then he played a couple concerts tonight as well. If you've never had a chace to hear him speak or sing, I strongly encourage you to check him out. He definately had a powerful message during Chapel and I am upset I couldn't go to the concerts tonight (more on that below). Also today was one of the year's blood drives (Bluffton has a couple every year) and that's always a good day. I always look forward to these days because it's a simple way for college students to help other people out. Plus, I am like the world's fastest blood donor. Or at least I like to think so.

Tonight was fun, despite missing the concerts. Since I was on duty and still had to complete another floor activity for the month of September, I decided to combine the two and had a Scrubs marathon in the main lobby. There was a pretty decent turnout (20+ that came and went) so that made for a good time. It's a good thing that that many showed up too, because I bought a lot of snacks that I wouldn't have known what to do with otherwise. We ended up watching Scrubs for about 5 hours, which was definately long enough for me. I mean, I love that show, but I was the only person there the whole time, and 5 hours is just a long time for anything.

So now all that stands between me and the weekend is... well nothing. I love not having classes on Fridays. But I do have a project for the weekend- getting my fish tank up and running. I'll keep you posted.

Here you can see what I have to work with. I'll be glad once it's up and going and filled with fish.

Hope you have a great weekend! Until next time,

Scott