February at the Grove

*The sun shone for about 2 hours last week.  It was the most glorious part of the week. I didn't know sunshine in Grove City was possible this time of year.

*Oh wait!  Make that...sunshine is a miracle here, unless there's a tour.  Then the sun will most definitely be shining.

*Perhaps this is God smiling on Grove City College so all the young, unsuspecting high school seniors are led to believe this is a sunny place.

*Oddly enough, despite the gray, there has been very little snow. 

*Running on a treadmill is pretty close to torture.  Running in tiny circles on the indoor track is painful. 

*Nothing will ever beat running outside.  Even the 25* weather and 6am morning can't deter me.

*Memories are one of my sweetest treasures.  Can you imagine a life without memories?

*Oh! Don't do that. It's not fun.

*I'm ready for Spring.  For so many reasons:

-sunshine

-warm breezes

-flip-flops

-sunshine

-almost graduation time

-light jackets

-Touring Choir's tour

-sunshine

*I love getting packages. And mail. And letters.

[This may seem random, but it is amazing how a simple letter can bring so much sunshine to a gray February day.]

*This comic strip reminds me of a recent conversation I had with my own dad about the large amount of homework and what college is about:

*While I have perhaps reached the age when I can indeed see some of the pleasures in learning...I can also sympathize with Calvin here

*Homework seems, at times, never ending.

*Speaking of parents...I talked to them right through the closing of the cafeteria the other night (my fault - not theirs!) and so had to eat Ramen for dinner.

*Oh the great delights of being a college kid.

*God is good. So good. I only pray that I can learn to see it more often.

*How quickly we forget the Gospel. February is a good month to preach the Gospel to yourself.

*Okay. Every month is a good month to preach the Gospel to yourself, but this is the "February" post…

*One week until Spring Break! 

*4 weeks until Spring actually begins…!