Beneath the Shelter of the Trees, Only Love can Enter Here
Sorry I havent written in so long. My life sort of got ahead of me. School has been a blasphemous parade of exams, quizzes, papers and projects. I counted on my calendar how many of the aforementioned I have left and the total came to 15. I only have 6 weeks left of school though…so if that gives you any idea how fucking ridiculous some of my classes are, there you have it.
But overall, I would say I like my classes. My law teacher is really nice. I spend like 2 hours a week chilling at her office hours talking about things not related to law. My visual communications class is amazing. The teacher is south African and I love how she talks. You cant tell she really has an accent until she uses certain words, and then it pops out! Or she will be talking and trying to say elbow and forget what it is called and ask us, and then we are reminded she isn’t American. But the class is utterly fascinating. I don’t know if I am doing well or virtually failing, but I love going to class. I peer tutor for a computer class after that. I was the Peer Tutor of the Month last month. That was really nice because I really enjoy it. I am good at explaining the concepts and I don’t think I make the students feel stupid, which I think is a major plus. After that I have G202 and I am not completely sure what that class is supposed to be about. Again, I like the teacher and the class, but I have absolutely no idea if I am doing really well or really poorly. Haha. I have managerial accounting, which I should be studying for right now…yeah. I actually really like it. We have a quiz Friday. I also have macroeconomics. I find econ rather interesting but really boring at the same time. Thank goodness half the people I know are in that class so that I can be thoroughly distracted.
Other than classes, school is doing well. Little 500 is coming up and I am super excited. That week is the first in the whole semester that I don’t have any tests/quizzes/ papers due! So I really do get to have some fun. I am so proud of our riders. They are working so hard! After little 500 is over, there are like 2 weeks left and then I am back at home.
This summer promises to be amazing. I am home for several weeks and then I am going to study abroad in GREECE!!!! I couldn’t be more thrilled. I have traveled with various groups and my family, but never have I gone abroad alone. It should be a real adventure. Given, once I get there, I will have an apartment and roommates and people I take classes with, so I wont be alone. But the getting there…that should be quite the little experience. I am excited to see the area. I have heard that Greece is beautiful!!
But for now, I am still in the big bloom (As my dad calls it). My desk is more cluttered than ever with forms for Greece, forms for new doctors, lots of mail, and a variety of homework related items. I think I need to clean things up…but first I have to do laundry.
So there is your update on the mundane things in my life. Onward bound for the more interesting things….
So I was walking to Franklin hall the other day to pick up a transcript, when I realized something very interesting. I was thinking about how great it was to walk over there. Last semester I would not have been able to. I didn’t realize until just the other day how sick I was. I had two very debilitating lung infections for several months and then (potentially) contracted viral hepatitis. I don’t think I give myself enough credit for what I put up with. I think I was so optimistic that I didn’t really realize how sick I was.
But compared with now, O-M-G! Wow, I cant even imagine. I feel so much better. I look so much healthier. I have color in my cheeks and I don’t look grey. I can walk. I am not in constant pain (always…). I still have crappy fits of one thing or another. But I am not getting sick like a 6 year old as much and my immune system is fighting things off again, which couldn’t feel better. It is a very exciting time. My mom constantly tells me how much happier I sound. And truly, it is hard to feel complete without a little up in your health once you have been down so long. I just have to work on not getting the bird flu in Greece….haha
On another NOTE, I made the most amazing playlist on Monday night. Its pretty much the greatest thing ever. I think personifies my mood completely! Its has some real treasures: Madonna, Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Phil Collins, Celine Dion, Gorillaz, Jesse…, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Rascal Flats, Nelly Furtado, Elvis, Jack Johnson, The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkle, Savage Garden, the Ramones….omg, the list continues. It is brilliant. It is somewhat tribal at times, but it is basically a collections of the music ive been loving this month. May I say, that I think I need some serious MTV infused into me. I have no idea what new/recent music sounds like. Hahaaaaa.
I like living under a rock.
This week is my first week back from spring break. Break was wonderful! It was so nice to sleep when I felt like it and eat what I wanted and hang out with my mommyyyyy!!! I got to see a few people too and that was awesome. It was very relaxing! I got lots of new clothes that fit me!! (I have lost so much weight that my jeans were falling off…the ones I had were 3 sizes too big.) But now I have new things that FIT!!!
Well, it is time for me to go and study now. I hope you are all having an amazing spring break out there!!! I miss you!!!
Happy Thursday!
But overall, I would say I like my classes. My law teacher is really nice. I spend like 2 hours a week chilling at her office hours talking about things not related to law. My visual communications class is amazing. The teacher is south African and I love how she talks. You cant tell she really has an accent until she uses certain words, and then it pops out! Or she will be talking and trying to say elbow and forget what it is called and ask us, and then we are reminded she isn’t American. But the class is utterly fascinating. I don’t know if I am doing well or virtually failing, but I love going to class. I peer tutor for a computer class after that. I was the Peer Tutor of the Month last month. That was really nice because I really enjoy it. I am good at explaining the concepts and I don’t think I make the students feel stupid, which I think is a major plus. After that I have G202 and I am not completely sure what that class is supposed to be about. Again, I like the teacher and the class, but I have absolutely no idea if I am doing really well or really poorly. Haha. I have managerial accounting, which I should be studying for right now…yeah. I actually really like it. We have a quiz Friday. I also have macroeconomics. I find econ rather interesting but really boring at the same time. Thank goodness half the people I know are in that class so that I can be thoroughly distracted.
Other than classes, school is doing well. Little 500 is coming up and I am super excited. That week is the first in the whole semester that I don’t have any tests/quizzes/ papers due! So I really do get to have some fun. I am so proud of our riders. They are working so hard! After little 500 is over, there are like 2 weeks left and then I am back at home.
This summer promises to be amazing. I am home for several weeks and then I am going to study abroad in GREECE!!!! I couldn’t be more thrilled. I have traveled with various groups and my family, but never have I gone abroad alone. It should be a real adventure. Given, once I get there, I will have an apartment and roommates and people I take classes with, so I wont be alone. But the getting there…that should be quite the little experience. I am excited to see the area. I have heard that Greece is beautiful!!
But for now, I am still in the big bloom (As my dad calls it). My desk is more cluttered than ever with forms for Greece, forms for new doctors, lots of mail, and a variety of homework related items. I think I need to clean things up…but first I have to do laundry.
So there is your update on the mundane things in my life. Onward bound for the more interesting things….
So I was walking to Franklin hall the other day to pick up a transcript, when I realized something very interesting. I was thinking about how great it was to walk over there. Last semester I would not have been able to. I didn’t realize until just the other day how sick I was. I had two very debilitating lung infections for several months and then (potentially) contracted viral hepatitis. I don’t think I give myself enough credit for what I put up with. I think I was so optimistic that I didn’t really realize how sick I was.
But compared with now, O-M-G! Wow, I cant even imagine. I feel so much better. I look so much healthier. I have color in my cheeks and I don’t look grey. I can walk. I am not in constant pain (always…). I still have crappy fits of one thing or another. But I am not getting sick like a 6 year old as much and my immune system is fighting things off again, which couldn’t feel better. It is a very exciting time. My mom constantly tells me how much happier I sound. And truly, it is hard to feel complete without a little up in your health once you have been down so long. I just have to work on not getting the bird flu in Greece….haha
On another NOTE, I made the most amazing playlist on Monday night. Its pretty much the greatest thing ever. I think personifies my mood completely! Its has some real treasures: Madonna, Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Phil Collins, Celine Dion, Gorillaz, Jesse…, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Rascal Flats, Nelly Furtado, Elvis, Jack Johnson, The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkle, Savage Garden, the Ramones….omg, the list continues. It is brilliant. It is somewhat tribal at times, but it is basically a collections of the music ive been loving this month. May I say, that I think I need some serious MTV infused into me. I have no idea what new/recent music sounds like. Hahaaaaa.
I like living under a rock.
This week is my first week back from spring break. Break was wonderful! It was so nice to sleep when I felt like it and eat what I wanted and hang out with my mommyyyyy!!! I got to see a few people too and that was awesome. It was very relaxing! I got lots of new clothes that fit me!! (I have lost so much weight that my jeans were falling off…the ones I had were 3 sizes too big.) But now I have new things that FIT!!!
Well, it is time for me to go and study now. I hope you are all having an amazing spring break out there!!! I miss you!!!
Happy Thursday!