So as I sit here this morning, I think about the lessons that I have picked up already from this school...and not the ones that one could get from a textbook or lectures...
- Hearing from the family is pretty much the best thing in the world. Either talking with them (my Mom has a screenname on AIM...how cool is she?!?) or just getting things in the mail (seriously, everyday it's like Christmas morning around here with people sooo excited about their packages - I would be in the same boat as them, but some people haven't sent me anything yet...just kidding! love ya!). I have gotten some cards, letters, and postcards (Thanks to Gramma Ro, Grandma and Grandpa, and Aunt Sue and Uncle Bob!!!). Somehow, those always come at the most opportune times - when I am a bit sad, when I don't do so hot on a test, whenever. Thanks all! Keep 'em coming!
- Mothers/domesticated fathers deserve awards or something...I have cooked, cleaned, shopped, laundered all since I have been here, and let me say...that is tedious! Seriously, dang. Go you all!
- Speaking of that, laundry is like a contact sport on the colligate level. I had desperatly needed to do some laundry (my hamper overfloweth), so i lugged the two bags up the the laundry room, and, like a hug from Jesus, they were empty (Praise Him!). So, I filled them both up (and still had one more load's worth in the hamper), and as I was starting them, four people came in with their stuff, had a look of dismay, and left, but not before forming a line of hampers, saving their place in line. After it all was done (the last load in the dryer...oh, and don't even get me started on the fact that my laundry card ran out of credit while I still had a wet load in the washer!...don't even get me started...thanks Alexis and Fluer for letting me borrow your cards!) I just proceeded to shove the cleaned clothes into my hamper to bring downstairs to fold, handing the machine to the next clothes hungry beast. Have you ever had that feeling that, after giving up the dryer for I am sure days now, and lugging your heavy, but clean clothes downstairs, that they weren't 100% dry...oh, the torture!
- College work? Please, I am going to write a cookbook! You heard it here first (ok, mom heard it last night online first, but anywho), I think I am going to write a cookbook on the essintials of college cooking: for those on a budget with little/no space. I have made some pretty delish things, so I might as well start to share them, right? Keep looking for more updates about that!
Finally:
- You really don't know your own needs and wants until you have been stuck in an unfamiliar environment for weeks on end. This one was what led to my semi-breakdown this week online...Seriously, after spending some time alone in my room, I began to contemplate my experience here...that "why am I here" thing came back. That's when I now started to ask "am I really happy here? is this the experience that will set me off on the right foot for my future?" And I think I came to the conclusion...no. I still have a lot to think about, and a lot more to explain. I know for sure that I will be here for the year, and hopefully by then I will have come around to finding something here that makes me extremely happy - that brings out my passions, but for now, that's still up in the air. Also, family helps through this part a lot...the messages, being there to hear the rants...it all.
Well, it's off to English right now! I will be back to add more insight into my insight.
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