Hey guys! So much to catch up on so I'm going to do this in bullets.
Who are you?
I'm Ali! I'm a sophomore and Fridays on this blog and voldified everywhere else on the internet. I figured I'd tell you guys since it's been so long.
Where are you?
Last you heard from me, I was at Muhlenberg but I was transferring. I am now a proud Smithie! Transferring has been strange but fun and exciting! I'll save that for another post, though.
Where were you last week?
Last Thursday we had Mountain Day. This is a day in the first semester the president picks (but doesn't notify anyone about) to cancel all classes. We're woken up at 7 on Mountain Day with the chapel bells. Usually there's apple picking but it was too early in the season so my friends and I mainly just hung out outside. It was beautiful. But it threw off all my classes so essentially I had Thursday and Friday on Friday and it was mad hectic.
What's your schedule like?
As you can see in this picture, my weeks are very hectic and I'm not done yet. I'm still looking around at clubs to join or I might get a job. I'm not sure. I'm taking four classes, I'm in a musical (Feldzieg in the Drowsy Chaperone), I'm on the cheer team, and I tutor high school students.
My favorite class is definitely my english class. It's a writing intensive course called Writing About Humor and we're reading Mindy Kaling's book and it's just really interesting and fun and we get to discuss why things are funny and what humor is and how it works. Another amazing class is my Adolescent Education class taught by my advisor who also happens to be the guy who runs the tutoring program I'm a part of. It's a combination of adolescent development and educational policy and how we can use the former to get the most out of the latter and stuff like that. I geek out about it all the time. I'm also taking calc... again. My credits for that didn't transfer and it's basically the same material that I took last year so it's not too bad. I'm also taking a Women in US History Since 1865 course. It's a bit abstract/lofty for my taste (I like names and dates and such over big ideas not really applied in any way) but it's still really interesting.
How are you enjoying it?
Life is really good so far here. I'm enjoying it so much more than Muhlenberg. When I'm not in class or practice or rehearsal or tutoring, I'm watching Supernatural with my friend Alana or studying or doing homework or eating or sleeping or showering. I think I need to work on balancing stuff a bit more. Hopefully that will come with time?
hours of sleep last night: 7 hours
days gone since last load of laundry: 8? we have free laundry in my dorm, btw. it's awesome
tests/papers so far this semester: none actually. which is odd
plans for the weekend: my parents are coming tomorrow!! and then I have rehearsal. on sunday I'm meeting up with a camp friend and rehearsal again. writing some essays in between there.
something new I learned this week: Northampton is a great city for quirky shopping but just plain old grocery shopping requires some kind of transportation.
