Chit-Chat

It was freezing cold this morning. The ice had covered my car and there were accidents happening all over Memphis, the interstate, Poplar Ave. There was a video footage on the news showing the Arkansas - Memphis bridge early this morning and a truck was trying to drive up the slippery slope, but in the attempt to, slipped on the ice and swung and hit the divider on the left side of the bridge first, then swung the other direction and hit the left divider before coming to a stop. By the time I got on the road however, the ice seem to have aolready cleared up (or perhaps the roads I was travelling on weren't affected as much). It was pretty much a smooth drive down Poplar - other than the 1500 or so traffic lights along the way.

I managed to reach Memphis' parking lot at about 8.45am (which I have not really done before when using the interstate which is ironic because the interstate is supposed to cut down on travel time). Amazingly, the parking lot waas not as filled as it usually is (the people who usually park there must have been on the interstate with all those accidents). I even had time to listen to one more song in the car before I got out to brace the cold and all the ice on the road.

---------------- a 45 minute break ----------

Jessica arrived just as I finished the last sentence above and thus, the 45 minute break (and I am now in Accounts, 11:23am, about 12 minutes before class will start)

My conversation with Jessica was very enlightening. This is probably the first time (in the 6 months that she has been here) that I have actually had a conversation with her which lasted more than 4 minutes. And I learned a lot from her. She is very matured in her speech and thought for her age (she's 18).

We talked about her conversion from the denominational world to the Church, about our impression about the church, the MSOP, the students, and some other stuff. To my surprise, she shared a lot of what I thought about these topics. The conversation was really eye-opening. Didn't get to my grande Green Tea Latte as I wanted to, but the conversation was definitely worth the miss.

It's still really cold out there. My quick 5 second walk from the FedEx building to Fogelman was long enough to get my shirt icy cold (I went out without my cold thinking I could stand it for just that short time). Too cold.

Time for class.