greetings from winston-salem!

i am FINALLY at an ihs seminar.

in an effort to maximize my time with brittney, she, her boyfriend, and i made a pact to stay awake for something like 2 days straight. that worked out well until early this morning, when we couldn't even keep our eyes open, so we went to bed at 4:30 am with very intention of waking up an hour from then.

at 9:30 am, spider (brittney's boyfriend) ran into my room freaking out over my train, which had left the raleigh station hours before. nope, not even close to what time i needed to wake up. we three all just overslept, through our alarms and all.

brittney stepped up to the plate by being an AMAZING friend and drove me all the way to winston-salem from raleigh. i think this makes me forever in her debt. ;)

so, now i'm at the ihs seminar. it's all right, i guess. the subject matter of the lectures is interesting, and wake forest university is a gorgeous institution, but i still feel a tad uneasy around my fellow student. however, i came all this way, so i'm keeping an open mind.

speaking of which, i've realized that i seldom take the "easy" path in life; i much prefer the "difficult" one. however, i've decided that i am more than okay with this. i may have chosen a difficult major at a school that's burying me in debt, but honestly, how boring would life be if i always opted for the easy choice? a lack of challenge would be, simply put, dull. my life as i know it will be much more interesting for me to watch on the videotape in heaven than one had it been easy. :P

i guess i'm going to try to get some sleep. my first lecture is at 9 am tomorrow, and i'm terrified of sleeping in too late. :( more on the ihs seminar as it comes.