Ready, set.............go? As far as academics are concerned, this semester has been flying by like any other, waving as it goes along, but as far as extra curricular activities are concerned, the fall semester of 2010 has been putting along, hoping to catch up with its fast flying friend. But hey, the year is still young, it may just find the boost it needs to soar after all! Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed this new year, and it is crazy to think that this is already well into week five.
One thing in particular that I find especially fascinating is a little something that my roommate brought to my attention one afternoon while, if I remember right, walking to the third story of the James building together. She was on her way to a graphic design class as I was headed to yearbook. Where were just passing the palm tree in front of the new temporary grass parking lot that always reminds me of a pumpkin patch when I hear, “Hey Nik, you know what I just realized? I started here at CBU with you two, and now I am ending with both of you! It has been a well rounded experience.” She said something along this order, but its difficult to remember exactly, word for word.
My two roommates and I got to know each other at the mere beginnings of our adventures here at this lovely place known as California Baptist University. My roommate Faith had come early, being an international student, I had come about four days before freshman orientation began for music camp, but orientation was the very beginning of the story for my other roommate, Lailani. The ironic part of this tale is that Lailani was friends with my best friend and her family for years and I actually met her just earlier that summer while picking up my friend. Funny how life works sometimes, how special it is when you realize how God ordained a matter is when looked at over a course of time. God is good! These two girls have been a great blessing in my life. We can laugh when we're together, so hard that our sides hurt, and be sarcastic while understanding the other, but we also are there for each other when one of us needs a lift or some words of advice from a trustworthy friend. Our apartment this year, the year that brings Lailani's journey of a traditional CBU student to a close, has been a blessed place, and has felt like a cozy home to others who come in as well!
A quick side note of a story I have with these girls that I particularly remember with affection and a grin on my face and a suppressed giggle within my chords is a time when the three of us went to the beach. Lailani just had to take us to her favorite cupcake joint called Sprinkles. Just from the name alone one can tell that this certain treat will be loaded with sugar. I have never before heard my ears buzz from a cupcake or have been so wild in a car. The music was up, Faith and I were in the back making our own moves and adding 'Ah's' to the beat. I don't know how to ride a bike like the rest, but my little scooter made its way along the path, matching their pace. Last but not least, that song entitled “The Breakfast Song” by the Newsboys now has a new lyric. Instead of 'breakfast', there is now inserted in its place, the memorable noun of......Sprinkles. These three years have tied together nicely, like a bow on a package, and I am grateful for every single experience that the Lord has blessed me with here.
