Nabbed It!

The open door. The light from the stairwell shining into my dorm. Is that Molly? Wait, is that Sabrina in my room!? Is this real? Sabrina is telling me congratulations and is handing me a letter. Be ready by 6? Meet in front of Ave? No camera call until 7:35? Alright.
Thus went my 5:30 AM wake up call and welcome into student leadership. Fumbling around, I finished getting presentable before walking over to the front of Ave, where 70 or so students were milling around and congratulating one another. Still in shell shock, I reread the letter that stated that I had been chosen as to serve as staff writer for the Creative Communications Team. This wasn't a dream.
I didn't blog about this earlier, but a while back I heard that our university was starting a new creative communications team that was offering staff writer positions - something I was totally interested in. I went to the mixer, filled the application, helped with the conference afterparty, went through the interview, and left it in God's hands.
So that is how I ended up bleary eyed and confused in the morning. So crazy how one hour I was curled up underneath my covers like a baby and the next hour I was at Chic-fil-a surrounded by the university's student leaders. It was humbling.
What have I learned from this experience? Well, I was second guessing myself before I applied, envisioning scenarios where I tried and was denied. Thankfully God brought to my mind a quote from a book had reading (The Art of War) - "Opportunities multiply as they are seized". Not a Bible verse, but some old-fashioned battle advice.
I am absolutely stoked to have received the spot, and have one of the best leaders around - I knew I wanted to work with Sabrina the moment I met her.
I feel like I just graduated from high school yesterday and now I find myself in the middle of my spring semester at college. I feel overwhelmed by how God worked everything together beyond what I could ever have planned or imagined.

The Art of Spectating a Race

 

 

5 AM Sunday morning I drove the cheering crew to Tampa, not guided by a GPS, but by directions scrawled across notebook paper in black ink. By God's grace we survived without an accident, ticket, or mishap. 

Spectating for the half-marathon was like watching a running fashion show - in between screams of "You go girl!" and "Looking good!" we were commenting "I love her neon socks" or "check out that tutu".
After a Starbucks stop we headed over to St.Pete Beach for some tanning and ultimate frisbee with the team.
I had my first encounter with driving on the highway at night on our way back to campus from the beach. Tired and terrified, I almost gave the wheel to Mary or Rachael.

 

Strawberry Shortcake & Such

Cross country went out with volleyball for some team bonding over strawberry shortcake. Everything you see in the bowl above was demolished.

 

Grocery shopping is one of the most fiancially eye-opening experiences when you go from living at home to college. Everything is totally overpriced - for example, the items that you see above cost $17.47, and will definitely not last a full week. Meh.