The nonsensical ponderings of Eric Frisch...

Well... the rest of the band came today. We had a really good rehearsal tonight. The band sounds awesome! I'm excited about marching band now, when it was just the drums, the drums sounded good, but there was no telling about the band. Now I know that the band sounds good! We have breakfast at 7:30 tomorrow (yikes!) before rehearsals start at 8:00... but we have a little bit more time off in the afternoon than we have so far.

I haven't seen my roomate since 1:00 yesterday afternoon... he never came back last night and obviously hasn't been here today either, cause his stuff hasn't moved. I think there's a chance that he went home for the weekend, cause I heard him say something to somebody else about that earlier this week... but I thought the idea got shot down. Oh well, I just wish he would have told me before he left! Not that I'm minding having the room/tv/ac to myself, but you know...

I had a very discouraging conversation earlier today. It pretty well shattered the good mood I've been in for the last couple of weeks. Now I have more emotional crap to sort through (fun!). In any case, I'm kinda depressed tonight and a little bit homesick for the first time since I got here. Not homesick as in wishing I wasn't here... cause I really like it here; I'm just missing certain people back home and elsewhere. Oh well, I'll be alright, I always get through crap with God's help...

I'd like to post a scripture that I found a couple nights ago while I was reading my Bible. This hit me like a ton of bricks!

"If you love me, obey my commandments, And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, who will n ever leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world at large cannot receive him, because it isn't looking for him and doesn't recognize him. but you do, because he lives with you now and later will be in you. No, I will not abandom you as orphans-I will come to you. In just a little while the world will not see me again, but you will. for I will lilve again, and you will, too. when I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. those who obey my commandments are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them, and I will love them. and I will reveal myself to each one of them."

That's from the Gospel of John, Chapter 14, Verses 15-21 in the New Living Translation. To me, this verse speaks volumes about being salt and light in the world... a message that I really needed to hear as I start college here. I know I have a lot of friends that are also starting college or facing other challenges... and I hope it means something to them too.

Well, that'll do it for tonight, I'll post again soon.