yay!!
So the past few weeks have been figuring out stuff weeks, between London classes and the History Honors program and what have you. For awhile, London was kind of like trying to fit round pegs into square holes...I kept pushing but it just wasn't working. I wanted to do two internships/experiential learning classes, and then one of the normal classes I wanted was during one of the internships, and it was just looking like it wasn't all going to fit in. But today I got 4 e-mails from the London program (yes, 4) with my acceptance into the second internship, permission to do both internships, and two updated versions of the schedule...the second of which allows me to take the course I wanted! yaaay!
So London is looking pretty good now:
M/W: 10:45 British History 1900-1990
3:45 Sociology, "Self and Interaction" (this is the one I didn't think I could take, but it's perfect b/c i haven't take a soc before, and it could be really helpful for my history major if i focus on ideologies in my thesis)
T: 9:30-12 British culture (for the first 1/3 of the semester)
12:30-5 Work w/ disabled kids at Rectory Paddock school
H: NO CLASS EVER! but probably working my other internship?
F: hopefully nothing the first 1/3 of the semester, maybe a Shakespeare acting class at the Globe theater for the second 2/3, or two other british culture classes.
so basically: yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
i could be writing a paper...
"you do realize that this isn't
normal." -- Jesse after Basilica Mass.
So last weekend Jesse was in town, which was a lot of fun. It was really nice to have both Nathaniel and Jesse here, mostly because it was great to see them again, but also to keep up the whole erasmus experience again. I remember flying into south bend last summer and seeing the dome again and thinking, "gosh, I'm not sure I really want to be back yet." Spring semester last year was kind of tough...not for any particular reason, just busy and stressful when I had expected that I would feel like I finally had this college thing down. Which won't ever happen anyway. But I digress. Once I the erasmus program started, and i talked with all these kids who go to other places, i started remembering how special ND is. Not perfect, and not the only special place, for sure, but still...it's pretty darn cool. And it was neat to have visitors again and be able to show them life here, and ask Nathaniel "so, how did you come to faith" and talk to Jesse about campus ministry at Columbia...and realize that those conversations don't come easily other places.
It was also convenient that Charlie Weiss talked at the pep rally to which we took Jesse about how great ND, and how sad the seniors will be next game, and let me just say that I will probably bawl at graduation. And maybe at the last football game. And possibly during Brady Quinn's last game. :)
Other than that, the next two weeks are crazy busy. nearly 30 pages of papers due, if i calculated correctly. Lots of decisions about next semester/summer as well. Eh...It'll get done eventually. Tonight I'm staying in, fighting off a cold, and hopefully finishing off the night with a movie and hot chocolate. yay.
