So, the weather has been beautiful lately! The weekend was wonderfully Autumn like sunny, but cool. . . oh I love this time of the year! I can't wait till the leaves start changing color. This weekend I did some fun activities. . . Friday night I went to dinner with my friend from China. Then I had a fun time running around campus for about two hours on a giant scavenger hunt. (My team came in second out of three.) Then Saturday I spent the afternoon with some international students (all girls) at the Renissance Festival. I have never gone before and it was packed, I thought it was kind of neat. Plus it was fun hanging out with some of the international students and seeing how they reacted to it all. Then I played Texas Hold 'em Poker that night at a friend's house, but with no money. I won the first round, which was quit unexpected!

I have spent some considerable time last week and this weekend on a social problem analysis paper for my social policy class. Well, I chose illegal immigration which is a topic I am very interested in and passionate about. I want to work with illegal immigrants at some point and try to help them with all of the issues they face in this country. It is a hot button topic thse days and will continue to be until there is some kind of resolution. My views on this topic are more liberal and I tend to agree with the idea that we should legalize the illegal immigrants living in the United States. We need to set up a system with Mexico and other countries that creates a system where we will let people in an orderly way. We need to figure it out because right now who knows a terrorist could cross the border and that would be a nightmare on all sides of the issue. If we want to slow down or stop the masses from flowing in illegally why don't we do real things to help the economies of Mexico and these other countries? They are far worse off than we are in many ways, if we could help create more jobs there for the people they wouldn't all be coming here for money. Okay. .. . enough, I am just a college student who doesn't know anything about anything and especially how to solve major social ills!

Also, tonight I was sitting in a meeitng of the Christian group I am involved. Someone did a skit with juggling and about how our reality is different many times from what God's reality for us is. I thought that was very impacting because this year I have been thinking a lot about my future and what I am going to do after graduation in May. A lot of times I don't want to think about it because it scares me to death, where am I going to live, how am I going to get a job, will I like my job are all questions I struggle with. Yes, the reality is that I need to be prepared because it is coming but at the same time not worry about too much. Why get stressed, when God is going to take care of everything? God has been teaching me a lot lately that I need to just go back to Him and the relationship aspect of it with Him. I might need to pray more and find more time for Him, you know the relationship goes both ways. I have to do my part too, and I need to make sure I am keeping it up!