Human Contact! Pay attention now!

whew! i am ready for a break!....spring break, that is! (yes, miriam, i know.) ;) Tuesday I had class at 8:30AM, then went straight to the hospital afterwards, didn't get home until 8PM, ate dinner and dropped into bed. Wednesday I was up and at the hospital by 6:45AM, got home at 3:30PM, took a quick nap, showered, dashed off to class at 7:00PM, then had to work (finally, work i get paid for! as opposed to the hosp.!) got off home at 11:00PM, then was up until 2:00AM working on homework for my 8:30AM class today. Then, of course, after that class it was off to the hospital again. Home at 3:30PM to cram for an exam tomorrow, then back to work tonight from 7:30PM-11:00pm, and up again for my 8:30AM tomorrow. I tell ya what, I am BUSHED! But no one ever said college was easy, eh?
Here's a few quick pointers for all of you planning to go to college. Two bits of wisdom I GUARANTEE no one has ever shared with you before. Ready? Okay:

What has college taught me?

1. Krispy Kremes can count for a whole meal.
2. There are benefits to on-campus jobs.
3. Sometimes it's a good thing to learn from watching rather than doing. i.e. Sem Pond Jumps through a hole in the ice when it is only 20 degrees outside. Yes. Really.
   
4. When a prof tells you that you are the first class that he has taught in 30 years......believe him!
5. Boiling noodles really can burn mouths.
6. Squirrels can move faster than humans.
7. God can and does do miracles.
8. There's a good reason for goggles in lab.
9. Nothing matches a midnight dash to BR 31 w/ a roomie for cheering a girl up.
10. Things could always be worse...than, i don't know, say... a hornet infestation lasting over 5 days with a Kill Count of over 50, in your apartment where they're crawling out your heating and cooling ducts...(right?)

And here's 2 Bonus Ones:

1) When you live in a dorm (as I did my first 2 years) your own SPACE constitutes only the floor you are standing, and sometimes not even that. Believe me when I tell you that now is the time where you and your automobile, be it 17 years old with a cassette player, over 200,000mile, no AC, ( anything else "cool" for that matter) will become bosom buddies. Your car belongs to YOU (or your parents). It becomes a sanctuary as you never knew it to be before. Yes. It does.
2) There really is something to the idea of the importance of Human Contact. When I was a mere freshman, I unknowingly started an experiment to see how long I could go without the touch of another human being. I had no family around, my friends and I had just met, and really...who was I going to hug? Let me tell ya, THREE MONTHS is waaaay too long to go without a hug, a pat on the back, a kiss on the cheek, or anything else. Think about it, really. How long could you go? I found out a person can be lonely even while living in the most compact quarters I had ever known. I was starving for human contact. That, of course, had the potential to lead to trouble in and of itself, but I should have known better.

Thankfully, that time only lasted a short (yet severe) time before God blessed me with some really awesome relationships, including refreshing an old one. But I've always remembered that, and tried to be sure that if I know someone is new to the area (or the CHURCH) I try to welcome them warmly....even if only a handshake! You may not know how long it has been since they have been touched, or felt acceptance and love in human contact! Why not touch them with a sample of God's love?