I’m sitting here at my computer, enjoying a pleasant breeze
coming in my window and relishing the fact that almost all my homework is
behind me for this weekend. Three tests completed this week? Check. Big drawing turned in? Check. Composition paper submitted and a thirty page essay on
suburbanization read and responded to? Check. Studied for another test next
week? Check. And more readings finished? Check. I’m feeling accomplished AND
relaxed, which is a pretty big order right now.
I continue to be impressed by (and enjoy - ha!) some of my classes – especially my
USA History professor. He has been teaching on the American Revolution, and I
love his approach to teaching. Not fact after fact, but the larger picture. We
aren’t memorizing every battle, but we are learning the ideas and reasons
behind the war. It’s pretty amazing.
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It is getting cooler, which I hadn’t prepared myself for. I
thought it would stay nice and summery for at least another month or so. Nope.
We have had a couple cool, rainy days, and it actually dropped below 60 degrees
Fahrenheit one morning. My blood is thin from not having had winter for 2
years, and it will take some adjusting to! Break out the sweaters and scarves! Thankfully,
it is pleasant 78 degrees right now with a breeze, and it is warm (or cool?) enough
for me to open my window. But no, honestly, I’m excited for fall… cooler days,
wind nipping at my face, hot drinks, being bundled up… I know it will be
refreshing. :)
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It is hard to believe that six weeks of college are over
already. Time is flying! And it’s not just college that's flying by… it has been four months to
the day since my family left the Philippines. Exactly four months ago we were
cramming ourselves and our earthly possessions into two taxis to begin the long
journey “home.”
So much has happened - so much has changed since then! I
miss my home, but I love my new home both with my family and also my newer home at
college. But you know what? All these new homes make me more excited than ever for
my real Home, where there aren't any goodbyes! :)
+ a few photos from the
Desert Museum because I couldn't blog without photos, especially since I haven't blogged for almost a month. So much for
good resolutions! Oh well. Huge thanks to my faithful & very patient readers :)
