Leading Off – I must say, I wish I was a student again. I was never this tired or this stressed out when I lived in the dorms and I was taking classes. Every time I go back into Kellum or Dorman I see people freaking out about the things they have to do, the way I used to freak out about the say types of things, and I just want to tell them, “Just wait.” People were not meant to be locked away in a cube for eight hours a day. It’s not natural.
Living Situation – This morning before I left for work I found out that my roommate Darren will not be my roommate for much longer. He’ll soon be moving out to move in with his parents in Jacksonville. The move is a smart financial one for him. It creates an interesting situation for me though. He’s trying to find someone to take on his part of the lease. At the moment it looks like it’ll be Lorenzo, the guy who’s been sleeping on our couch for the past three weeks. He’s got an interesting story, this Lorenzo fellow. He spent three years at a Bible institute in Tampa, has more scripture memorized than I do, but the Word hasn’t seemed to impact his heart. I’m torn about him moving in for a couple of reasons. He doesn’t seem to be moving out any time soon, so it will be good to be able to treat him like a roommate instead of like a guest. I’ve felt weird about laying down the law to my roommate’s guest, so I usually get Jacob to do it in the name of responsibility. Jacob and I have had to talk about Lorenzo on a variety of topics already including keeping his porn out of the living room, keeping his pot out of the house, and cleaning up the mess he makes of the place.
