Day 3: It's A New Dawn, A New Day, A New Semester...

Monday

So, I was looking at Day 3's title for last semester, and realized that we went clubbing on Day 3. Craziness. We were insane last semester. Kind of awesome, actually. Unfortunately, this idiotic cold has my head in the clouds and my body protesting any movement that isn't at a snail's pace. And concentration? Forget about it. My 8 am, which is 3 hours long, had me sitting in a chair zoning out and staring into space, probably drooling, too, because I can't breathe out of my nose. Naturally, I thought it would be smart to renew my gym membership today and get a workout in. Yeah, I might be a college student, but my brain obviously did not get me into university, or maybe it's just malfunctioning today. Let's check out the equation:


Running on the treadmill for an hour + inability to breathe out of nose + issues with breathing in general from a cold = really bad idea. 


Alright, now that we all know how much of a brain fail I am having today, we can move on the grander things. Like the fact that I am going to be an extremely lazy student again this semester. At least academically. But this is okay, because I plan on filling the blank spaces with workouts and writing and exploring the heck out of this city. So, are we all prepared to see what I'm taking this semester? Let's have a look back in the past really quickly so we can do a quick compare and contrast of my academically-miniscule sophomore year.

Last Semester:

Modern History of the Middle East, Humanities 2, Fine Arts (Art and Architecture), Equestrian, Independent PE

This Semester:

Humanities 3, History 304 (American History), Fine Arts (Modern British Music), Enriching the International Experience (journal and discussion time), Independent PE, Junior Writing Portfolio (turn in pre-written works)

The best part of this? Well, my schedule. Oh, you want to see it? But of course. Here we go:

Monday: British Music (8-11am), Enriching (1:30-2:30pm), Humanities (4-6pm)

Tuesday: Convocation (12-1pm), History (4-6pm)

Wednesday: History museum visit (4-6pm)

Thursday: Humanities museum visit (1:30-2:30pm)

Yeah, I'm pretty proud of myself. Anyhow, at least this time I switched one of my two PE classes for a journaling class, so I'll be social for an hour. Haha. Anyhow, now moving on the even bigger and better things- the reason behind taking so few units (both semesters host a grand total of 12 credits each):

TRAVEL.

And what, might you ask, does this entail? Well, travel entails me moving my body all across Europe in search of epic and awesome places with equally epic and awesome friends. And I've actually got most of it planned out right now. So let's take a little look, shall we?

*Switzerland - Jan 20-23

*Egypt - Jan 31- Feb 5

*Amsterdam - Feb 11-13

Mom Visits - Feb 18-25

Jillian Visits - Feb 17-20

Long Weekend (place TBD) - March 1-6

*Germany - March 10-13

*Ireland - March 17-20

Yeah, I'm kind of psyched about this. And, the best part is, I can do all of this traveling because I applied for this lovely internship (I was interviewed today, which went fantastically), and both the program director and Jenny (basically second in command here at the London house) have told me that my chances of getting in are very, very high. And they like me, which definitely helps. So, regardless of this damn cold and my 8 am class that has me moving around like a zombie with sleep deprivation, there are still some pretty brilliant things going down here. I'm excited. 

And now, a quick overview of the day: British music from 8-11, which was interesting and should be fun.  Gym workout afterwards, then Enriching he International Experience class from 1:30-2:30, then my interview for the internship, then Humanities from 4-6, then group dinner at My Old Dutch, and then some light socializing before a semi-early bedtime.

All in all? A great start to an even greater semester. 


Oh, and P.S. to Elise (who had better still be following this)- I enjoyed our Rose's breakfast burrito sesh.