Too many options may kill a man...
I've picked up a Wednesday evening babysitting gig for the semester. It's $20 for 3.5-4 hours, which isn't great, but Aiden is awake for probably 1.5 hours of that, and then I just do homework or watch a movie. So that's a pretty good deal if you ask me.
The end of this week is kind of chill. I have two reading responses to do for my class tomorrow at noon, and then I have nothing due on Friday!!!
Friday night I invited all of the Orthodox students I know of at Biola to come to my apartment and hang out and have dinner. I have contemplated a few different menus, but I think pasta is simply the easiest option. Friday, in addition to being the Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, is the 1600th anniversary of the repose of St. John Chrysostom. His feast is moved to November 13th, but this is such a special day! It's a lot of extra joy!
Today was a good day mostly. I was distracted in the afternoon--cleaning, laundry, homework (albeit intermittently), thinking about OCF, keeping up correspondance. But the morning was good. :) And it ended pretty well too. And I had lunch with Taylor, which was so joyous!
Why is it so difficult to eat well in college? Part of it is that I never go grocery shopping. Part of it is that I am too lazy to actually ever make anything. Part of it is that I think of mealtimes as being very social, and when I have to fend for myself, it gets kind of boring and/or lonely. Both roommates are in the Biola play this semester, which means rehearsals every night. Which means a lonely Erin.
I have discovered the joys of Sigur Ros. It's the perfect study music, because it is all in either Icelandic, or a made-up language called Hopelandic. And it is completely epic. I know that music isn't created in a vacuum, but in my musical experience this is the kind of music that does, and in a good sort of way. I can't think of anything that is so ethereal and magical and earthy and passionate all at the same time, and in a good sort of way. I love it. It's my new musical obsession.
The end of this week is kind of chill. I have two reading responses to do for my class tomorrow at noon, and then I have nothing due on Friday!!!
Friday night I invited all of the Orthodox students I know of at Biola to come to my apartment and hang out and have dinner. I have contemplated a few different menus, but I think pasta is simply the easiest option. Friday, in addition to being the Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, is the 1600th anniversary of the repose of St. John Chrysostom. His feast is moved to November 13th, but this is such a special day! It's a lot of extra joy!
Today was a good day mostly. I was distracted in the afternoon--cleaning, laundry, homework (albeit intermittently), thinking about OCF, keeping up correspondance. But the morning was good. :) And it ended pretty well too. And I had lunch with Taylor, which was so joyous!
Why is it so difficult to eat well in college? Part of it is that I never go grocery shopping. Part of it is that I am too lazy to actually ever make anything. Part of it is that I think of mealtimes as being very social, and when I have to fend for myself, it gets kind of boring and/or lonely. Both roommates are in the Biola play this semester, which means rehearsals every night. Which means a lonely Erin.
I have discovered the joys of Sigur Ros. It's the perfect study music, because it is all in either Icelandic, or a made-up language called Hopelandic. And it is completely epic. I know that music isn't created in a vacuum, but in my musical experience this is the kind of music that does, and in a good sort of way. I can't think of anything that is so ethereal and magical and earthy and passionate all at the same time, and in a good sort of way. I love it. It's my new musical obsession.