as it continues..
not much has changed since my last post, but as of now I am done with my first day of class. The class I had today was called the history of the modern middle east. my professor is irish and very very cool. he is fluent in arabic and got his degree from oxford and I can’t remember where he went to school after that. He said that the class would be the most challenging class we would ever take. I am determined to get an A. I also am seriously doubting that this can be much harder than some of the science classes I have taken.. I guess it is a different type of hard. Right now I am avoiding reading the book I have to read for my British Literature class by typing this. I am also downloading applications for my new phone. so far I like it but I am still not used to it and there are things I miss about my iPhone. but as soon as it is 5:00 I will read my book! we have dinner tonight at pizza express. last night we went to dinner at Jak’s. I had penne pasta (of course) and some delicious grilled vegetables. This morning I woke up around 7, took a shower, laid back in bed for a little, then went down to have: granola with soy yogurt, a whole grain bagel with raspberry jelly and a big bottle of water. Then I went to class for 2 hours and it was interesting. after class I fell asleep until 1 and then I ate lunch-a mixed assortment of edamame, black beans, mushrooms, quinoa, rice, cous cous, etc. it was delicious. then I went to convo and Dr. Newman was talking about recognizing all of the other people in the house as human beings and becoming more of a community. he was encouraging us to get to know everyone else’s story. what is interesting is that I love knowing people’s stories and feeling like I genuinely know them, regardless of who they are. i have been feeling lately like I haven’t been as accepting as I usually am and i would like to change that. i usually like everyone that is not a mean person. I want to go back to liking everyone. I am going to make a significant step in that direction. focusing on the good in people and learning more about them. anyways, I am going to begin reading.
