Last year, they changed the schedule of Youth Group to every other Sunday, then made the small groups on the off weeks. Originally, it had been small groups every week and Youth Group every Sunday. Why the change? To make room for service projects. Was there ever a single service project? No. So I got to see my friends 1/2 as often.

At least at that time, Green Tee attended a small group that met at the same house as mine, meaning I still saw her. Unfortunately, at that point I had not yet realized her as a... uh... list option.

Now this year they're keeping this same convoluted schedule... EXCEPT, now that Green Tee is a senior, she's meeting in the special senior small group at the church on Sunday mornings, meaning the amount of times I'll be able to see her is halved yet again.

Now there's also a new schedule for the youth group band (of which Green Tee, me, and [insert name here] are all members)! Thanks the an influx in the amount of low-skill workers in the marketplace (read: younger kids wanting to play on the band), our good ol' senior band has been split into two, with Green Tee on one side and me on the other (although [insert name here] is on mine). So now I'll only see her twice a month, and get a chance to play on the band with her zero times a month!

On the bright side, the people higher up hope to have the old band back together by January.

The plan: ask her mom how serious her and her boyfriend are (sounds weird, but we're really tight with her parents, so it would be less awkward than it sounds).

I am a man with a plan.