here i am-- an update

so i'm at college now. and i love it. a lot. we started classes on monday and they are great so far- still in the beginning stages but things'll crack down here pretty soon. i made it into women's ensemble and i have to change my sechedule around a little bit to put that in but i can't go a year without singing. speaking of which- i'm already in a musical! they have a fall musical every year, and auditions are in the spring of the previous year but i guess they needed a few extra townspeople/dancers so they had some last minute auditions last friday (the day after i moved in) and a bunch of us went! there was no time wasted in getting involved haha. well needless to say i made it! we have rehearsal pretty much all this week and us newbies are just kind of jumping in where the rest of the cast is. this week we've been working on the shipoopi number (cake walk and grapevine and everything) and it was soooo much fun. i'm a "teen" in the show which basically means i get to dance but don't get to run around stage with the "ladies." i'd rather dance. there are only four guy teens, and like 8 or 9 girls, but i get to dance with a guy which is sooo much fun because he actually knows how to dance! we don't have those in meadville. the show opens i think sept 30 and runs for two weekends- i think my parents are going to try to come out for it. my dad couldn't come out here to move me in so he really wants to come...plus i guess they miss me a lot... haha they're acting like little kids about it but isaiah had to leave sooner than he thought so we kinda pulled the rug out from under them. oh well now they have 2 fourteen year old boys haha. my roommate is absolutely wonderful- we spend so much time together but manage not to get sick of eathother (yet haha). but we're totally open about stuff so if we just need time then it's cool. she's from st. louis, and actually dated my best friends cousin as awkward as that seems. we have a blast. and it's great because there are always things going on here, and the people are awesome. the atmosphere here really sold it to me. it's so great not to have to worry about so much of the crap that is regular everyday stuff at other colleges...no drunk people in the halls, boys only in dorms at specified times so we know when we need to be aware of them, and most of the people here are christians and happy to be here and ready to do what god wants them to. i seriously love it. like, just knowing that my professors are all christian and i don't have to worry about discussing spiritual stuff with them because they 'could get in trouble' (aka high school).
there are a couple things i'm struggling with...there always are- with everyone or else you're not growing... but something that's kind of tugging at my heart is making sure i'm supposed to be studying theatre/bible instead of music (voice). i love music, especially singing and it's hard to see other people here studying music and voice and learning things that i would give anything to learn.... i guess i just want to have classes in voice, theatre and bible all day long. unfortunately those majors don't fit together too well at universities round here, so i'm just hanging in there and waiting to see what god has for me. i did get into a 'voice for actors' class whichwas kind of an answer to panicked prayer, but i'm still not entirely clear.
i now not only have brittany (my best friend from home) but also my roommate ashley, and my twin, heather. haha i found her-- she's been waiting in indiana all my life! we found eachother on facebook and basically realized we are the same person. she's a theatre major as well so we have lots of opportunities to spend time together. when we're talking, i just stopped telling her when she described herlsef but sounded exactly like she was describing me, because it got to be ridiculous. everything. trust me. kinda crazy. but i really feel like i'm making friends for life here. friends who will definitely last because they understand the way i live my life and feel similarly and passionately about the things that i do. finally, i'm here.