Today I returned to BJU. I’m back a bit early so that I can be on location to get some things done before everything gets busy. The flights were uneventful and on time. Mr. Eoute, Philip’s grandfather who attends Grace Baptist Church, picked me up at the airport and drove me back to school. Along the way, he told me about changes that have taken place at the church, new people who have come, their vacation Bible school, and other things.

After finding my room (Brokenshire 234) and dropping off my stuff, I tried to find my way through the construction to go visit all my VINTAGE bosses. Mr. Appleman (my overall advisor) and I talked about the administrative side of things. Mr. Bopp (the faculty designer) gave me a mockup off the new cover design, and we talked about different design ideas. Miss Cromley (a lady who works for the Photo Studio and generally catches all of my mistakes) told me that I had lost a lot of weight over the summer; she’s one of my acting-grandmothers while I’m at school. After talking to them, I stopped by the Photo Lab and talked to the photographers for a while: Mr. Calnon, Mr. Cook, Mr. Block, and Carolyn. I missed my friend Elijah Wilcott, who worked at the Photo Studio last year, because he’s in China now for a couple of years.

Next, it was on to the VINTAGE office (Alumni 113). I took me several minutes to get into the office, because I kept trying last year’s combination for the lock. I spent a few minutes gathering all of my things that were scattered about the office and replying to e-mails, I walked to dinner. The aforementioned Philip Eoute, assistant editor for the VINTAGE, saw me walking and joined me for dinner. The dining common has a new way of checking one’s ID card. Their are two computer terminals manned by the hostesses, and one is expected to scan his ID card to enter. I wonder why they decided to go high tech: maybe they want to track more precisely each person’s eating habits, or maybe they think it will be faster.

After dinner, I went to the office and organized my books. I have twenty-seven books for sale or rent, so I need to put them up on University Yardsale soon and corner the market. When I went back to my room, I met one of my roommates briefly. His name is Kyle; he is a freshman; he works for Public Safety. More on him when I know more about him. For now, I’m in the office writing requisitions for photo shoots, and in a bit I’ll go back to the dormitory and write some things for VINTAGE. Hopefully I can get up early tomorrow, go running, go to breakfast, and get the day started early.