my new schedule for the new semester

i know others have posted their new class schedules. i haven't yet done that because i hadn't finalized my schedule. this is the first time i've ever actually dropped/added classes. i've kind of shopped around. in a post in december, i was trying to figure out what was most important to me between teachers, areas of interest and schedule. well, it seems that schedule has won out. i can love a teacher and still hate the class. i can be keenly interested in the subject and yet hate doing the work. but, my schedule, if i love that then the rest of my time seems quite enjoyable as well. i'm not saying that the classes i have chosen don't have teachers i like or that i'm not interested in the subject. because i do like them and i am quite interested in the subjects. all in all, i think this may be one of my favorite semesters so far. i can say that because it's only the second day and i've only been to two of my four classes!

without any furthur ado, here is my schedule for now and hopefully for the rest of the semester. i'm not making any guarantees!

monday:
8-8:50 the minister and mental illness with dr. capps
(this is pending dr. capps' approval of my adding his class since i missed the first one)

3:30-4:20 science fiction, social criticism, and eschatological thinking with dr. osmer

tuesday:
10:40-11:30 pastoral care of adolescents with dr. dykstra

thursday:
3:30-4:20 devotional lives of great saints with bo karen lee

5:30-7:20 sci.fi. precept

friday:
10:40-11:30 pc for adolescents precept
(i'm hoping this time might change to earlier in the day or earlier in the week)

yes, indeed, that does say that i don't have any classes on wednesday! and i'm hoping that maybe the precept on friday will leap over to thursday but that is not especially likely. it also might end up being earlier in the day. and i still have to schedule precept time for the devotional lives of saints class. but overall, my schedule seems extremely scattered. i think i am going to like those great breaks in my schedule. hopefully they'll be used for reading homework and for going to the gym. another note, i think homework will be much easier for me because at least two of my classes have mostly fiction books. love that! the only thing that worries me is the 8 o'clock class. mornings are not my strong suit. but krista assures me that i can indeed get up that early and she'll help me be motivated for class. something else neat is that all my plenary sessions for classes only meet once a week. i recognize that this schedule might not look appealing to many other students but i really am excited about it. happy semester everyone!

well folks, i've done it

i am now officially a reality tv junkie. i have actually voted as part of a show. and surprisingly, it is not the show that got me hooked on these contest shows i love so much, my beloved american idol. no, the show that captured my vote is grease: you're the one that i want! what can i say, it's hard not to vote when you can do it online or using an 888 number. i mean, i'm not so involved that i'm actually going to pay to vote!

i have a cramp in my thumb

after a month of little use, i am re-training my hand for copious notetaking. how am i doing this? by filling out a million (or eight if you want to be more precise) job applications. job applications are tricky because they don't look like you have much to fill out but dang if you don't have a ton of information to put down and very little space to do it. i have to write significantly smaller than i normally do and infinitely more neatly. it has taken me nearly three hours to complete two and a half applications. this seems unreasonable to me! true, some of the time was spent looking up information of my previous employers and references, but still ... ridiculous. seriously, why do i need to list my personal achievements, military data (or lack thereof), personality data, four former employers, three college faculty references, two personal references and a partridge in a pear tree to work as a server at winberies?! i do understand why i need most of it but it really did seem over the top to have a four page application when most of my others are one to two. i hope applying for a real life job is not going to be this draining. at least then i 'll get to use a resume over and over instead of re-filling the same information eight, umm, i mean, a million times!

i lied

last post wasn't the last time i would mention finals. it is too much to hold in the joy i feel because i am

FINISHED!

my first and probably only post about finals

5 papers down, 1 to go

new year's post

so, i thought the year in the life of a blogger post was quite interesting... thanks carrie and jenny! these are the first lines of the first blog entries for each month.

chestita nova godina! hello from bulgaria! (january)
out of chaos, hope. pts friends, you should come to the presentation in the mackay main lounge this tuesday from 12:00 to 1:30. (february)
taking my official stance: chris is going to win. (march, oh how wrong i was!)
i'm so happy! i just ate a sandwich! and pretzels! VICTORY! (april)
if you do still want to play,don't read this post. (may)
*blogging hiatus for 3 months*
yes jenny smith, it is september and i slightly lied in saying i would post once a month. what can i say, maine is distracting. (september)
i think i must be allergic to leaving maine i haven't felt well since a couple days before i left. (october)
the wild montana sky. montana...beautiful. (november)
my sanity may be at stake i'm having problems deciding which is more important to me next semester... (december)

dang this post took a long time because i got sidetracked reading old blog posts!