Yesterday morning's test went quite smoothly. I finished in under fifteen minutes, and it only took so long because I wanted to double- and triple-check my answers. There were a few I wasn't wholly sure of, but I think that even if I were to get all of those wrong, I'd still be happy with the resulting grade. Returning to my room, I wanted to catch up on some sleep... but the construction workers using jackhammers right outside my room somewhat thwarted that plan. Eventually I did catch a bit of rest during one of their breaks.
Most of yesterday is a bit of a blur now. I did receive news that my family back home will be moving. We saw an appealing double-wide trailer on the market and decided to go for it, using some money from a retirement fund. I did the calculations, and between now and the time that we'd otherwise be able to access the money in question, the most cost-effective course of action is to move into the trailer (despite the $28,000 price tag) and from here on out pay a much lower rent for the lot than we have been paying for our house. It's strange, though, because this means that the last time I left home, I was really bidding that house goodbye for good. By the time I return for Christmas break, I'll have an entirely different situation, a new and unfamiliar home. And that just feels somewhat odd. But, hey, it'll also be the first time in my life that I've had a fireplace, so that should be cool.
Last night, after watching the latest episode of Community with some of the other guys in the second-floor dorm lounge (as is one of our regular Thursday evening traditions), I started to work on a paper for my Friday morning class. In the midst of it, I decided to go out to Applebee's with the crew and get some boneless wings and beer. Not quite as much as I had last week (apparently by the time I returned, I was admiring the texture of the walls...). So then after a good evening of listening to a few of my friends do karaoke (and I may give it a shot next week), I returned and spent a while finishing up that paper. I think I got it done around 2:00 AM. Shortly after that was the point when I realized that there was no such assignment, and I had just somehow made it up. Ah, pointlessness!
This morning, went to class and sat through the professor's admittedly engaging (if at times polarizing and imbalanced) advice for crafting speeches. I've got one to deliver on the 21st, and after talking with my group, I'm feeling a bit more confident about it. The ideas are beginning to slowly come together in my head. I suppose the primary source of my nervousness is that, despite the bare handful of sermons I've delivered and the theatrical performances I've done in both Europe and North America, I think I have considerably less experience with public speaking than most of my classmates. So we'll see how this goes! Fortunately, the professor has assured us that he'll mostly be grading us on our content, and I'm pretty sure that if I apply myself, I can handle that.
Now after lunch with some of my friends, I've gotten a couple chapters read in Frederick Norwood's The Story of American Methodism, and I've spent a while downloading some old Methodist books from one of my favorite websites, the Internet Archive. Whenever I see an older book mentioned in the footnotes of my textbook, I go see if it's available to download. That done, I believe after a couple posted quotes here, it'll be time for an afternoon nap.
Most of yesterday is a bit of a blur now. I did receive news that my family back home will be moving. We saw an appealing double-wide trailer on the market and decided to go for it, using some money from a retirement fund. I did the calculations, and between now and the time that we'd otherwise be able to access the money in question, the most cost-effective course of action is to move into the trailer (despite the $28,000 price tag) and from here on out pay a much lower rent for the lot than we have been paying for our house. It's strange, though, because this means that the last time I left home, I was really bidding that house goodbye for good. By the time I return for Christmas break, I'll have an entirely different situation, a new and unfamiliar home. And that just feels somewhat odd. But, hey, it'll also be the first time in my life that I've had a fireplace, so that should be cool.
Last night, after watching the latest episode of Community with some of the other guys in the second-floor dorm lounge (as is one of our regular Thursday evening traditions), I started to work on a paper for my Friday morning class. In the midst of it, I decided to go out to Applebee's with the crew and get some boneless wings and beer. Not quite as much as I had last week (apparently by the time I returned, I was admiring the texture of the walls...). So then after a good evening of listening to a few of my friends do karaoke (and I may give it a shot next week), I returned and spent a while finishing up that paper. I think I got it done around 2:00 AM. Shortly after that was the point when I realized that there was no such assignment, and I had just somehow made it up. Ah, pointlessness!
This morning, went to class and sat through the professor's admittedly engaging (if at times polarizing and imbalanced) advice for crafting speeches. I've got one to deliver on the 21st, and after talking with my group, I'm feeling a bit more confident about it. The ideas are beginning to slowly come together in my head. I suppose the primary source of my nervousness is that, despite the bare handful of sermons I've delivered and the theatrical performances I've done in both Europe and North America, I think I have considerably less experience with public speaking than most of my classmates. So we'll see how this goes! Fortunately, the professor has assured us that he'll mostly be grading us on our content, and I'm pretty sure that if I apply myself, I can handle that.
Now after lunch with some of my friends, I've gotten a couple chapters read in Frederick Norwood's The Story of American Methodism, and I've spent a while downloading some old Methodist books from one of my favorite websites, the Internet Archive. Whenever I see an older book mentioned in the footnotes of my textbook, I go see if it's available to download. That done, I believe after a couple posted quotes here, it'll be time for an afternoon nap.
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