the college years (part 2)...

SPORTS:
I started the year playing soccer (midfield as usual, but I got moved up to forward)-got injured and stopped enjoying it. The coach was horrible. I tried out for the club volleyball team, but i found myself short on time with other things. Didn't run track til my junior year. why? we built a new sports complex with a new 200m bouncy track. Now during this time, I found out that I had a heart condition-myopic pulmonary valve problem. See the value normally flips up and down as it gushes your blood out and then stays above the artery, mine however, after strenuous workouts sinks in. Thus causing longer recouping times (ex. running 400m. typical is 5 min cooldown, I take 30 min)or overheating. And sometime down the road-irregular hearbeats.

SO, if you ever see me tired or ppl telling me to rest or drink lots of water, its for me to recoup and not overheat

FRATERNITY LIFE:
joined a fraternity- Sigma Pi. WHY? All the other soccer guys were on team, it was so close to my dorm, all the guys around our freshmen dorm room joined, and the 2 other guys i knew from high school joined. Plus, this was the house the campus ppl admired. we were the above-average joe house (not the very cool house or the jock house). a place where you could feel comfortable and just hang out.

I lived in the house for 3 years. By far the most diguesting place to live. Here's just an example, can you imagine 40 guys living in a dormer at night. (don't get me wrong, we did have our own personal rooms to study and relax in.) thank goodness i lived by the exit door so I didnt have to smell the odor. and thank God there was a nice heater and a nice A/C machine next to my bed. Some interesting stories here (like the bad bar of ummm "candy", the dorm raids, the downstairs party speakers aimed underneath your bed, and ummm other stuff that cant be mentioned here).

I was treasurer (third counselor) for 2 years and a pledge trainer for a semester.

and yes for those of you wondering...this is where I learned to play poker. you name it, we probably played. I remember not going to psych (8am) or calc class (9am) for the month of october. its not a great highlight of my college days, but its something I learned from.

worked at a sorority house (Alpha Gamma Delta-AGD the grey squirrels) for 3 1/2 years. It paid for my board (part of room and board). And I got to meet a bunch of great girls. Albeit snobby at very formal events, but most of them were in my classes, going out with my friends, or over at the house a lot.

And for those missing details about fraternity life. I can't tell you about I-Week...so don't ask and I can't say other things...like about parties or after hours or yeah...I'll stop there. You can ask me in person and depending on who you are and how old, I'll give you more details.

For the good note to end on. With lots of prayer and help, God helped us start an IV greek bible study after my sophomore year. we had about 5-8 guys attend. 1 person accepted Christ. and we got to represent the house at Greek Conference in Indianopolis.

to be continued...