Outbreak:

I wake up this morning... first mistake... and wonder through my morning rituals and exit the room only to find that within 2 days of being back the hall has this pungent mixture of foul wreak! Already, a previously mentioned smell has "graced" our floor once again. This one is worse than the first wave! This once confined smell has become like festering gangrene, absolutely revolting and spreading like The Plague! I seriously cannot enter the hallway without my nostrils burning from the smell.

For crying out loud people, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!

This has gone beyond any sanity and tolerance. I do not want to point the blame, but it seriously smells terrible! It's like F.a.s.s. (Feet and stinky stuff) squared. It is a conglomeration of the strong smell of diseased feet, terminal halitosis, and a steaming pile of crap. Not exactly the most pleasant to live around. Again, I am not pointing blame.

I think tonight I'm going to assemble the villagers and rally them against this foul wreak. Hopefully, with proper bathing habits, clean laundry, and and mounds of Febreeze, the kingdom will be brought back to peace.

Hookups and Hang-ups:

A recent trend at school has been blooming couples. Not a problem. I've got nothing against that. I think it is super cool how a few of them are going about it, keep God as the center and all... seeing as how He sorta knows best. Not only are there blooming couples, there are also mending couples, which too, can be a good thing if approached in a Godly manner. Then there are always the matchmaker.

While I was at home, some of the funniest things happened. Especially when it comes to this subject. I think that there were like 3 or 4 girls that Mom commented on. "Oh, have you seen *insert girl's name here*?! She is REALLY turning into a FINE young lady." I'm not sure how to take such statements. My classic response to all of these... not out of ignorance or stupidity... was without fail, "So what exactly are you trying to say, Mom?" I think after the third or fourth time she got a little miffed. I think that MAYBE she just wants to see me hooked up already.

The problem with this is that all of these alleged "fine young ladies" are just that: young. I have no problem with young girls... but I do have a thing against dating MUCH younger girls. I mean, two, three years difference is not much... in college... but when a girl still has 2 years left of high school and the guy is 2 years into college..... not gunna happen. I know too many situations that a much older guy is dating a much younger girl. Normally things don't go well and everyone around the situation cringes at the thought of it all.

I guess to me the age thing doesn't bother me... as long as it is within reason. I could go for an older girl just as much as a younger. I'm not sure which I'd lean more towards. The more mature and intellectual thing, to me, can be very attractive, but so can the young and spunky. Meh, maybe I just don't know what I want. But as for now, I'll sit and glance across the room at the picture of my future girlfriend and pray that she's everything that God wants her to be for me and that I am everything the God wants for her.