I've been fascinated by monasteries for quite some time now. There's simply something amazingly beautiful about a monastery, and life in a monastery. The reverence, the awe, the intimacy with God to be discovered in such places of divine interaction. You have to admire monks, giving up everything they own - all possessions, wealth, inheritance, marriage and sex - to dedicate their lives to developing intimacy with the Creator. My newfound appreciation has drawn me to investiage monastic spiritual disciplines; I even bought a book called The Sacred Way and have completely engulfed it. I have so far practiced some of the spiritual disciplines they mention, such as silence & solitude and Lectio Divina. I plan on practicing meditation sometime soon and also am prepared to develop my own Daily Office - a system of prayers to be prayed throughout the day. I am completely mesmerized by these disciplines.

Jeff, Chris, Ash, Ams, Tyler, Kristen and I drove up Yankee to Chipotle. I pleasured myself with a chicken fajita burrito with some chips. Their salsa is quite spicy. The food is wonderful - I first treated my mouth to such delicacies a month or two ago in Kentucky with my mom, sister, aunt and grandma. Good times. The school year is winding down - fifteen days to go, isn't it hard to believe? In three and a half months, I will be out of Springboro, organizing my room at Cincinnati Christian University. I plan on returning home for the weekends, though. I am excited about college. C.C.U. is a small school, too, which I like. Now that spring is here, I am planning on starting my fiber/protein diet again - working out, pooping a lot, shedding pounds. Working out isn't too fun, but with a good book, pooping borders on ecstasy.