Monday:
Classes started again! Much as I loved my vacation, it feels good being back in school again! I can't believe it's my last semester in undergrad school! Then onward to grad school. Hope I can get some student-teaching positions in by next year; it'd be a big help for my career. Am taking an in-classroom hands-on course called On-site teaching. Am also taking an Internet class where we'll be taught to design websites for various classes aimed at teens. Bring it on, real world!
Wednesday:
Eee-ed Stacey today; she's started classes again too. She got into Aberdine's graduate program, plus she has a shot at a summer internship doing real engineering research involving electricity use. Go, Stace!
Friday:
Mona's in love. The new love is Angela Vinn and I met her just a few minutes ago before she and Mona headed for the movies. Mona met her two weeks ago, but they're taking things slowly. I don't blame her; I know I fall in love hard myself, so I take things slowly. Angela seems nice and she's nice-looking too...big brown eyes and auburn shoulder-length straight hair. So I'm here alone having a hot tea and writing here. In a bit, I'm going to be getting some homework done, then curling up with more tea and a good book. I'm now reading A Beautiful Mind. I saw the movie a couple of years ago when it came out and of course I cried and cried. It's about a guy with schizophrenia and bit by bit, he overcomes it and becomes a successful professor. He's also a math genius like Stace; I'll have to ee her about this book and maybe pass a copy to her. Like Stace, he often knows the answer to a long, complex equation, then works it backwards from there. Wow, what it must be to have that kind of math skill. But, I guess each of us are good at different things; I know I'm good at writing and music. I'm thinking maybe later on, once I get my teaching career established and I'm financially grounded, I'll try my hand at either writing a book or publishing articles for magazines.
Sunday:
Is snowing again, this time a big snow. We're all here at home; hardly anyone is going out this time. Good thing we have a huge stash of food. I've already heard the announcement that classes are canceled for tomorrow. The bookstore is also closed today and tomorrow, so I'll be off work. Possibility of a foot and a half of snow. Called Mom and Dad and they're getting a foot of snow in the old town. They were about to head out to shovel their walk when I called. Speaking of which, tonight all four of us will be shoveling our walk. Thank goodness it isn't a very long walk and there's just two steps to the street. I've never minded shoveling, so it'll be easy for me. I intend to sleep so late tomorrow.
Monday:
Snow, beautiful snow.
Stopped early this morning, when I lay sleeping. Slept until eleven
today, so I'm just waking up now and putting on some tea. I think
Greta and Wyser are just waking up, I hear then stirring softly.
Mona is on the Net. So, last night we shoveled to walk.
It was deep, but was still soft, so we got it done in almost no time, then
had a snowball battle, then made little designs in the snow. Came
in at around eight, dried off, showered, then watched a video and had hot
chocolate and popcorn. Saw Chicago. It's sooo funny;
it's a musical about jazz and prison life in the twenties. We all
cracked up and the scene where one singer is talking about how she wound
up in prison and she says that it wasn't that she stabbed her husband;
he ran into the knife eleven times. Talk about turning truth
around! Then we played several rounds of Uno and had taco chips and
more chocolate. Then went on the Net and chatted with another group
on the message board about the Middle East situation and how we hoped we
could head off another war. It reminded me of last year when
Claudia and her roommates helped an Iraqi friend escape an arranged marriage.
All of us in the BSC helped dig up information and fortunately, she escaped
and came here to the States. I made a mental note to ask Claud if
she's how their friend is doing in my next ee to her. Then we went
into the kitchen and had more chocolate and talked about various things,
including world events, how are families and friends were doing and our
plans for the future. We stayed up until around two, then drifted
up to bed. My stomach is snarling and my left eye is itching, so
I'm going to go eat, then wash up.
More later!
