sic 'em!

i never knew that i would feel this way. i arrived home from baylor line camp yesterday afternoon. i used to lean towards being upset about leaving, but now i'm completely wanting to be in waco. right this second. i have never felt like i belonged anywhere like i feel at baylor. i met so many amazing people. just being there with those people completely engulfed me. and i didn't want to leave. i was somewhat homesick, only because i missed my bed and my mother's home cooking. everything else was absolutely captivated me. i am so grateful baylor is the college i chose. i know this is where God intended me to be. because i don't know if anything else will fill that void.

it felt so good to be able to meet brand new people that have never seen you. you get to create a new image of yourself. these people don't know your past, what you did last summer, or who you used to be. they take you for who you are at that exact moment your hands meets theirs in a friendly american custom called the handshake. you introduce yourself. "hi, my name is christine." you ask the obvious questions. "where are you from?" i'm from arlington, texas. squished between dallas and fort worth. sometimes forgotten about. but we have six flags and we house the texas rangers and soon, the dallas cowboys. "what's your major?" i'm majoring in public relations although i've had thoughts about being a kindergarten teacher. "which dorm are you going to stay in?" north russell. i'm on the third floor. countless times, i've answered the questions above and similarly, asked them. but i don't mind at all. i tend to love name games and introducing myself. trying to develop a new image. i like thinking of things about myself in order to interest people. so they'll get to know me. and hopefully like me, and think good things about me. which, according to baylor, one of my strenghts is woo. i 'derive satisfaction from breaking the ice and making a connection.' they could have never been more right.