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Yesterday was the closest thing I've ever had to a perfect day with my family. It was really really nice. We wrote the letter the freshman dean about me, had bible study, went on a crazy marathon shopping spree all around the peninsula and actually bought most of the things I need for college, and then I volunteered to make them dinner that evening. It was so lovely. I really do like my parents sometimes. Well, in truth, most of the time.
I got this MASSIVE packet in the mail from Harvard. About 500 pages for me to read. I sat on the couch all week while I was still sick and read everything. It was scary but very exciting too. I'm really in a dilema about which freshman seminar to choose, though. Arthurian Literature in the Medieval Context and a few other ones sound REALLY interesting, but then there's this one called Cylinder Seal in the Ancient Near East which doesn't sound as interesting, but it would probably be the best one to take because it would a) let me meet and get close to one of the Anthropology professors right from the start and b) give me some real experience in archaeological methods and let discover EARLY ON whether or not archaeology is really what I want to study. I mean, I've always really been into it, but I'm not sure if the actual hours of sitting in the lab fussing over seemingly pointless and borring artifacts is something I will enjoy. If I find out too late that it isn't my thing, then I'll be screwed as far as having the change my major and taking different classes to graduate. I don't know. Do I take something fun, or something that seems less fun but will be the best for my in the long run??? I don't want to get stuck in a seminar that I'm bored in, but I don't want to get stuck in a seminar where I realize that what I am studying won't be of any use to me. Hmmmmmmmmm....sometimes I wish decisions would just make themselves.
I got this MASSIVE packet in the mail from Harvard. About 500 pages for me to read. I sat on the couch all week while I was still sick and read everything. It was scary but very exciting too. I'm really in a dilema about which freshman seminar to choose, though. Arthurian Literature in the Medieval Context and a few other ones sound REALLY interesting, but then there's this one called Cylinder Seal in the Ancient Near East which doesn't sound as interesting, but it would probably be the best one to take because it would a) let me meet and get close to one of the Anthropology professors right from the start and b) give me some real experience in archaeological methods and let discover EARLY ON whether or not archaeology is really what I want to study. I mean, I've always really been into it, but I'm not sure if the actual hours of sitting in the lab fussing over seemingly pointless and borring artifacts is something I will enjoy. If I find out too late that it isn't my thing, then I'll be screwed as far as having the change my major and taking different classes to graduate. I don't know. Do I take something fun, or something that seems less fun but will be the best for my in the long run??? I don't want to get stuck in a seminar that I'm bored in, but I don't want to get stuck in a seminar where I realize that what I am studying won't be of any use to me. Hmmmmmmmmm....sometimes I wish decisions would just make themselves.