It's been a while...
So, what've I been up to since I last posted in September or whenever it was. Let's see.
October: Thanksgiving was tasty. Crazy midterms, but I did well on everything. Halloween party was tons of fun, despite a lower turnout than usual.
November: Surgery on my jaw. I discovered how much I hate anaesthetic, and intubation. Not fun things at all. It was supposed to take a week to heal, it took me close to a month before I was functional again. I should have dropped a course, but instead I fell a month behind in almost everything. Luckily all my profs were incredibly understanding and let me hand things in very late.
December: Exams and stress and headaches...I didn't write either of my exams and I'm still waiting to hear on my petition to defer. Means I'll most likely be writing over reading week which sucks, but is better than it would have been writing in my condition in december. I handed in an essay around a month and a half late, but he didn't take off any late marks. Hooray for nice profs and doctor's notes!!
Christmas was great (got lots of nice presents, spent great time with family and all that good stuff), had a fun new years at the cottage with siblings and friends.
And that brings us to nowish. Still trying to figure out my schedule for this semester. My hebrew class was supposed to move from thursdays to fridays, so I agreed to work thursdays. Of course now the class is staying on thursdays so I have to figure out what to do about that. Also have to decide between Athens and Empire, Classical Greek Theatre and Jewish Apocalyptic Literature. I wish I could get into Mycenean and Archaic Greece, but I'm still 12th on the waiting list or something like that, whereas I'm first for the Theatre course, and am already enrolled in the other two. I dropped Egyptian, so I'm only going to do 3 courses and try to do more things outside of school in an attempt to reduce my stress, since last semester was so brutal. I want to start doing yoga, but Jivamukti, the place several people have recommended, doesn't have a beginners course that works for my schedule. Does anyone else know a good place? It would really help my jaw, I think. I'm also starting physiotherapy at the end of January, and I'm seriously considering bellydancing classes with nunoline. Hopefully I can keep working at Mokuba around my class schedule, but we'll have to see about that. Also, I want to see people more. Just not right now, I've got (yet another) bad cold and feel like crap. I'm trying to make changes in my life these days, to help my stress levels and health in general, but so far I've just been rewarded with a cold. The surgery did seem to have a good effect though, as my jaw opening is up to 41mm (last year at this time I was around 15-20mm). I'm also trying to do what I can to reduce my impact on the planet, but with every thing I do, I just feel like I should do more. So far I've exchanged paper coffee cups for a new mug that goes everywhere with me, I've vowed to remember to turn my computer off, turn lights off, use the car less and that sort of thing..but I want to do more.
I was invited back to be a junior staff member in Madaba next summer, which is both very exciting and a huge honour. I wasn't certain I wanted to do it at first, but now I'm 99% sure I'll go, barring any natural disasters or that sort of thing. I think it'll be a great experience again, it'd basically seal my acceptance into grad school and look fantastic on my future CV. There are also tentative plans to travel a bit in Europe beforehand with my brother and his girlfriend which will also be a lot of fun.
I was cleaning up my room and came across a bag of ribbon bits and pieces. I'm fairly certain someone wanted them for knitting, but I don't remember who...maybe sariska?
If anyone knows of any job openings in the graphic design area, could you please let me know? One of my coworker's boyfriend has been looking for work for ages and isn't having much luck.
I think that's about all that's been going on. Perhaps I'll update sometime again in the next few months...
October: Thanksgiving was tasty. Crazy midterms, but I did well on everything. Halloween party was tons of fun, despite a lower turnout than usual.
November: Surgery on my jaw. I discovered how much I hate anaesthetic, and intubation. Not fun things at all. It was supposed to take a week to heal, it took me close to a month before I was functional again. I should have dropped a course, but instead I fell a month behind in almost everything. Luckily all my profs were incredibly understanding and let me hand things in very late.
December: Exams and stress and headaches...I didn't write either of my exams and I'm still waiting to hear on my petition to defer. Means I'll most likely be writing over reading week which sucks, but is better than it would have been writing in my condition in december. I handed in an essay around a month and a half late, but he didn't take off any late marks. Hooray for nice profs and doctor's notes!!
Christmas was great (got lots of nice presents, spent great time with family and all that good stuff), had a fun new years at the cottage with siblings and friends.
And that brings us to nowish. Still trying to figure out my schedule for this semester. My hebrew class was supposed to move from thursdays to fridays, so I agreed to work thursdays. Of course now the class is staying on thursdays so I have to figure out what to do about that. Also have to decide between Athens and Empire, Classical Greek Theatre and Jewish Apocalyptic Literature. I wish I could get into Mycenean and Archaic Greece, but I'm still 12th on the waiting list or something like that, whereas I'm first for the Theatre course, and am already enrolled in the other two. I dropped Egyptian, so I'm only going to do 3 courses and try to do more things outside of school in an attempt to reduce my stress, since last semester was so brutal. I want to start doing yoga, but Jivamukti, the place several people have recommended, doesn't have a beginners course that works for my schedule. Does anyone else know a good place? It would really help my jaw, I think. I'm also starting physiotherapy at the end of January, and I'm seriously considering bellydancing classes with nunoline. Hopefully I can keep working at Mokuba around my class schedule, but we'll have to see about that. Also, I want to see people more. Just not right now, I've got (yet another) bad cold and feel like crap. I'm trying to make changes in my life these days, to help my stress levels and health in general, but so far I've just been rewarded with a cold. The surgery did seem to have a good effect though, as my jaw opening is up to 41mm (last year at this time I was around 15-20mm). I'm also trying to do what I can to reduce my impact on the planet, but with every thing I do, I just feel like I should do more. So far I've exchanged paper coffee cups for a new mug that goes everywhere with me, I've vowed to remember to turn my computer off, turn lights off, use the car less and that sort of thing..but I want to do more.
I was invited back to be a junior staff member in Madaba next summer, which is both very exciting and a huge honour. I wasn't certain I wanted to do it at first, but now I'm 99% sure I'll go, barring any natural disasters or that sort of thing. I think it'll be a great experience again, it'd basically seal my acceptance into grad school and look fantastic on my future CV. There are also tentative plans to travel a bit in Europe beforehand with my brother and his girlfriend which will also be a lot of fun.
I was cleaning up my room and came across a bag of ribbon bits and pieces. I'm fairly certain someone wanted them for knitting, but I don't remember who...maybe sariska?
If anyone knows of any job openings in the graphic design area, could you please let me know? One of my coworker's boyfriend has been looking for work for ages and isn't having much luck.
I think that's about all that's been going on. Perhaps I'll update sometime again in the next few months...