here we go again...

I have pictures from the break!


Here's one thing that Bluffton students do for fun...we sit in our dorm rooms and throw beach balls around! The ball actually came from Marbeck Center Board, the group that does activities. They stopped by the dinner table a month or two ago and gave out stuff to promote their Friday night activity, which was a luau. I only stopped by the luau for a little while, but this ball has lasted awhile.

This is Eli, who came to visit us. Good times!

The last couple of days have been unremarkable. People gradually trailed back to campus on Monday. I think I hung out with the guys but I don't really remember! I didn't do much of anything yesterday because I didn't have classes. Last night, Chris and I both had papers we had to work on, so we didn't watch a movie or anything, but each of us had done the paper that the other one was doing, so we helped clarify stuff for each other, which was helpful. The papers were for Introduction to Biblical Worldview. His was an in-depth study (well, a few pages' worth of study) on Matthew 5-7, while mine was about "the good life."

Hall Association is winding things up for the year. I thought of an interesting idea last night to boost our income from the Pepsi-brand vending machines in the lobby. We used to get around $200 every month and now it's down to less than $50, so I wondered if maybe a change of selection would help boost the sales again. We're going for more "girly" drinks, like more flavored water and less straight energy drinks. We'll see how that change goes over.

Little Sibs Weekend is coming up soon, as is Capture the Flag with the other "south-side" halls, Bren-Dell and Riley Court. Details about Capture the Flag are still a little up in the air, but it sounds like it'll be a fun thing! Also, Cat, an RA from Ropp Addition, decorated the lobby for spring, and it makes it look really festive. Pictures will be posted next blog! That's one reason I love Ropp: the Hall Association makes it look adorable. We have big windows that we paint with words and symbols to celebrate different events, like hearts for Valentine's Day, and we decorate for things like Christmas and Halloween. It looked pretty magical at Christmas, I thought--lots of twinkle lights and several decorated trees. So at night when you came back to the dorm, you'd be walking in the glow of the string lights! (Sometimes, I have no idea why, the lights in the lobby are off in the evening/night. It's actually a little spooky. I should bring that up at Hall Association!)

See you all later, I've got another paper to write!