4. Are you rushing?

So on Thursday I proceeded to make my way from chapel (very interesting) to the courtyard outside the cafeteria where I would spend the next twenty hours. I arrived and looked around anxiously awaiting the arrival of "the guy" who would start the campout. No one wants to be that guy and so everyone was looking around waiting for someone else to start it. Finally, I met with a couple of guys and we agreed that we would wait until like two to start it and we would go grab some lunch and hang around to see if someone else started it before then. We left and got lunch in the cafeteria and someone came back, but with a huge bag that contained the makings of a tent that would be set up. So at this point everyone out there that was waiting for the campout to begin came over and we were like well I guess we better start it so we started the campout at 12:00 knowing that we would be out there until seven the next morning. NOT A SMART MOVE!! We started way too early!
It was a lot of fun though and I got to meet some amazing guys. We were confined to the courtyard area unless someone took our place while we went wherever we had to go. Some amazing freshmen girls brought us some great-tasting food: cookies, brownies, pigs in the blanket, cake, hot chocolate, pizza. It was great and very much appreciated. I ate way too much, but it was okay. Everyone needs a fat day every now and then. :) Thank you for those of you that came out and hung out with us or brought us food or anything for that matter. We watched a movie on a screen we hung up. It got quite chilly during the night and I received no sleep at all. I bundled up with sweats and blankets and a cup of hot chocolate. It was great. I had fun. Then at 7:00, we made our way above the caf and signed our names for the club we wanted. After that, I went to my 8:00, 9:00, and 10:00 classes. Then, I spent the rest of the morning and the afternoon in bed ASLEEP. I was exhausted.
I am excited though about rush because of the fact that it is a brotherhood. It is a great way to be surround by amazing Christian influence and serve the Lord and your fellow man. It will be challenging, especially with my major being pre-med and all the homework and studying associated with it. But it will be well worth it, as I am told.