It's All a-Changin'.

So, I know it's been a long time. While in class, I had been figuring on writing a blog with some sort of checklist explaining the different assignments on which I've been working and what I have left, just to sort of explain where I've been and what I've been doing besides perfecting Something Mathematical. By the way, the completed result, with subtitles, is now up at andreagill.com/math. I think it turned out quite nicely, and that Leandrea will be the next big thing. Also, Leah, the name is subject to change if you wish. Or we can add the H in there somewhere so both our names are in there.. Like Leandreah. That has your name like 1.75 times, though split up and such...

Anyways, the point was that I was going to write that blog, but my plans changed, just as my daily agenda today changed. That happens alot, for the record, plans changing. It took me years to learn to be flexible enough to handle plans being altered last minute, and even now I still struggle at times.

So today I had finished my last class of the semester, which I spent writing my last paper of the semester for another class while people presented their projects. After it finished, I decided to get Quiznos, both in celebration and in an attempt to use up the Flexbucks that will dissapear in less than two weeks. I have $50 left that need to be spent. As I was walking, I was listening to my iPod and thinking, something regular for me, and wondering why there were tents in front of the Union, while customarily avoiding walking into people without making eye contact, a walking style that I think has become habit for most people, unfortunately. As I looked at the tent, I subconciously moved to the left to avoid an oncoming fellow pedestrian. This pedestrian intentionlly moved to her right. I looked up to prevent the collision, and realized that this pedestrian was none other than Leah Wells!

What started as a conversation about the choir concert that evening somehow changed into a theological discussion about the fluidity of religion, the interpretations of the Bible, judging, psychology, the fact that religion, society, and people are always changing and growing, the movie Revolutionary Road, which we'd seen recently, and any other things that came to mind until it had been half an hour and the relentless sun was burning the tops of our feet such that it became necessary to continue on our ways.

I just thought it was wonderful that my day involved me going a different way for lunch, and Leah coming from a different way for lunch, and the consequence was a conversation that was thoughtful, interesting, and even encouraging, despite some of the less encouraging subjects on which we touched. I appreciate the fact that my friends are all people that are open to conversations deeper than day to day topics, or even topics only about ourselves and our current lives, if that makes sense. I really enjoy the variety of topics we talk about regularly. I suppose all people in all friend groups do, but I still am thankful that I, too, have those sorts of people in my life, not just Leah, but all of my friends--Daniel, Jess, Jeff, Judy, Mary, Dustin, and others.

I'm just glad that random events can change my day for the better so easily. And I'm thankful for the people in my life. Things just seem to happen at the right times, and sometimes I hear the things that I hadn't realized how much I needed to hear them. Maybe it's all not so much random chance as I believe.

And I'm glad that everything and everyone, from things as small as daily agendas to things as large as religious interpretation, is always growing and changing.