Oh, the prospects of spare time

During a study break this evening I made my class schedule for Fall 2010 and (drum roll, please) . . . I have NO Tuesday or Thursday classes!! The possibilities seem endless as to what I will do with those days! I may volunteer for more hours at the Free Medical Clinic or go for long hikes (I haven't even taken 1 yet in my time at Clemson--RIDICULOUS!) or take up a musical instrument or learn to sew or cook for a bazillion people or do more stuff with RUF OR, my least favorite option, I could find myself holed up in the library studying (I pray this is not the case, but with anatomy AND physics, oh my. . . )!
One of the things I do want to do with my spare time (but I'll probably start this sooner than next fall) is memorize the Shorter Catechism! I have memorized the Children's Shorter Catechism and I do seem to remember nights around the table after dinner when my parents tried to drill me on the Shorter Catechism, but by that time I had become too cool for school and the process was like pulling teeth. Needless to say, I now regret that I did not "heed my parent's instruction" and memorize it (Mom, YOU WERE RIGHT). Pastor Sinclair talked about a question from it today during his sermon and the yearning to re-start the memorization process began to grow. . . So I think I will.
Perhaps I will become a "gamer" in my spare time: Last week I bought The Game of Things--a super funny game that has cards that say stuff like, "Things you shouldn't do in public. . . " or "Things your parents never told you. . . " and everyone rights a word or phrase down and the basic point of the game is to guess who wrote what. I have only played it with my family thus far but we were dying laughing. . . the hilarity of my father was re-affirmed, for sure!
I know that mid-semester I will wonder how I ever got by without Tuesdays and Thursdays free because they will be jam-packed with activity. My only hope is that the activities that fill in my calendar will be productive for the kingdom of God, and will be balanced with some quiet time to sit and reflect on what He has done for me!