New Blog Title

     Hello! Who am I, you may ask? Well, my name is Beth...that girl who used to post on her blog almost every other day... Yes, I do feel guilty about my blogging failure, but I guess there's nothing I can do about that now, huh?

     Well, I decided that if I am to ever get back to blogging regularly, it is time to change my blog a little bit. I mean, "Catcrazee" was a great blog name when I was in 7th grade, but, well, I think it's time to move on. So, I decided to rename the blog "Of My Musings..." I know...it's certainly not the most creative name I could have come up with; but I feel it's pretty accurate. A vast array of musings pass through my head from day to day, and of those, I would only choose to share a few. I know that even those which I do write about probably aren't worth reading, but hey, I've got to get them out of my head sometimes...

     Anyway, I guess I could use this post to update anyone who actually reads my blog on how my life has changed since I last posted! Well...I was still in high school when I wrote my last blog post. Now, I'm halfway through my sophomore year of college! And I guess I'm technically at my third college... Well, I only took a couple of classes at our community college my senior year of high school, so that probably doesn't count...haha.  Last year, I was a student at Pensacola Christian College in Florida. That was quite the experience! I learned a lot about myself, I think. I learned that I get to be pretty cynical when smothered with rules that I don't agree with. That was frustrating for me, because I knew full well what I was getting myself into when I went to PCC: wearing skirts all the time, no contemporary music, King James Version Bible only, no mixed-group outings, etc. I was expecting to be able to put up with it and be positive about it! But that's not how that year went for me; I became increasingly cynical toward all of the rules that PCC enforced, and it put me in basically a chronic bad mood. Another unfortunate thing I learned about myself is that I am really and truly not a people person. Being around people other than family all the time was a new experience for me, and I don't think I handled it all that well. I always tried to eat breakfast alone, and I got angry if people came to my table and said something like, "Hi! Can I sit with you so you won't be alone?!" It kind of ruined my day. How lame is that?! I never knew I was like that...  But the funny thing is, the thing I miss most about living on campus, are my roommates! I don't know...I'm just a confused child.

     So, to make a long story short, I decided that Pensacola was not the place for me. While I miss my friends there, I really do LOVE where I am now! I came back home, and I am now a student at Liberty University. I just finished my first semester at LU, and I can't wait for the next semester to begin! Honestly...I was absolutely depressed when I had to go back to PCC, so I'm pretty sure this completely opposite feeling is a pretty good indicator that LU is a better fit for me. ;)

     Oh! I almost forgot! My major was Graphic Design my first year of college. I absolutely loved my art classes at PCC. But I've wanted to go into missions for years, now, and over the summer I realized that I really want to work with people, rather than sitting behind a computer all day. :) Speaking of summer, I worked at Grace Bible Camp as a senior counselor for the first time! If you've read my blog in the past, you'll know that being a junior counselor at GBC was probably the best thing that ever happened to me. I'm so thankful I'm now able to be there all summer as an SC...it was such a blessing to me, and I learned so very much from the kids, my fellow counselors, the speakers, and especially our new camp director, Pastor Scott. Most importantly, though, seven girls in my cabin accepted Christ as their Savior, plus many many more kids over the course of the whole summer. It was incredible, and I can't wait until next summer. :)

Well, that's the last year and a half of my life in a nutshell! ;) It was definitely one of the most eventful times of my life... I kind of wish I had blogged throughout that time. Well, there's no time like the present to begin again, right? Hopefully I'll keep up with it this time! ;)

Thanks for reading! :)

~Beth~