Made it Through Week One!

Week one is over. I made it. It's hard getting back to studying after three weeks of being on break. Because I took most of my core classes last year and three last semester, I'm taking classes I actually like.

Brit Lit: This class is definitely my "yin yang" class. The "yins" of this class are having our midterm the Monday after spring break and having to write a 10 page paper. I know I can do it, but the idea feels overwhelming at the moment. The "yangs" are the plays, books, and poems we'll read (Hamlet, The Duchess of Malfi, Dr. Faustus, Paradise Lost, to name a few), new friend/study buddy Annie, and my amazing professor. Because this is an upper division class with mostly English majors/minors, I think we'll have more in-depth discussions than in ENG 112

Group Counseling: My first three hour class ever, and it was not as bad as I thought. There's no tests and only four assignments, most of them being journals/reflection papers. For four weeks in March, we break up into groups and practice having a group therapy session. Kristine (the prof) not only teaches but is also a hospice director at Kaiser. That said, I think it's cool learning from someone who pracitices what she does as opposed to just doing research.

Literary Studies: I hate waking up for an 8:10 class, but I have a feeling that a)I'll never have to take an 8:10 after this class and b)this will probably be the best 8:10 class I've had. Why? Unlike human bio (I had it at 8:10 last spring), the class is in my major and I have an awesome professor! My professor has A TON of energy and is very fidgety. He's also really nice and knows how daunting research can be, as this clas is a "research methods" class for English. Oh yeah, I should mention that he has a great southern accent (he's from Texas). The class will be a fair amount of work, especially when I have to write a 10 page research paper.

Fine Arts: My only core class this semester, and I expect it to be fairly easy. We just have two tests, a speech, and have to answer questions for the events we go to and the in class activities we do. On Thursday, the professor brought in construction paper and crayons and we got to make pictures with cut out shapes. Besides two on campus events, I'll be going to the art museum, opera (my first!), and a play (39 Steps). I'm glad to have a low stress class.

Because my two English classes are going to be a lot of work (including 10 page papers in both), I dropped my children's lit class. This was not an easy decision, as I love children's lit. Since this class is an ed. class, I don't need it for my major, minor, or degree. While I liked the books we would be reading and thought the professor was very knowledgeable, the class required a lot of reading and projects. While I would have been able to do it if I had to, I decided to drop the class so I could devote time to my English classes.

I had a pretty fun weekend. I went to a bingo event Friday night, and while I didn't win anything, I still had fun. One of my friends was there, and afterwards, we saw Where the Wild Things Are, which was playing on campus. While I wouldn't see it more than once, it was cute for what it was. Yesterday, some friends and I went to get cupcakes downtown at Cupcake Jones. Today...BRYCE IS COMING!! I'm going to pick him up at the airport (courtesy of Zipcar) and then we're going to go out for dinner.