Cincinnati

Got back on Saturday from the Cincinnati trip, and it was wonderful. I had a great great time! We went to the Cincinnati Art Museum (I saw a Picasso and a Rembrandt ... pretty amazing). After that we went to see the play "Amadeus" ... which was great. It wasn't at all what I expected it to be, to say the least ... :) The producers were very loose with their PG rating. 

The next day we went to the Freedom Museum about slavery in America and worldwide, which was really interesting, but I was just so tired from the night before! Then we headed on home, and it felt so good to be back here. We were all just dead-tired. 

All for now,

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Feeling good, feeling fine

Sitting out here under my "study tree" on the south side of Henderson. I am just enjoying life today. It's a beautiful day and why not sit outside and work on your Mac?? I am loving it! We leave tomorrow morning for Cincinnati on the Honors Trip - I am really looking forward to it. It will be nice to spend some time with fellow honor students and get to know them a little more.

Just got back from a meeting with Dr. Austin about my H&C paper, and he really reassured me about how it's coming along. His attitude toward the actual paper made me realize I was taking it a little too seriously, but that's a good thing - I'm glad he helped me to realize that. Just gonna polish it up tonight, and then not worry about it any more!! It's going to be a great time.

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1 Month in ...

Well, I've been living here one month today, & I am absolutely loving it! I finally feel like I am a part of this college and not just a wanderer anymore. I auditioned for the play "The Man Who Came to Dinner" last night and got a callback today! We meet again tonight at 9; I'm so excited!! I am done with my rough draft of my H&C paper, and I'm feeling okay about it - still needs work, though. 

Life is good & God is great.

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Change of Heart!

Decided to change my topic for the H&C paper to something I'm more acquainted with - argumentative and exploratory writing in general. I'm going to go off of "Socrates and his Pursuit of Truth, Goodness, and Justice." We'll see where that takes me. That stresses me out a little bit less even though it's due in a week ... uh, yeah. It will be okay. Now that it's a topic I actually enjoy, I think the writing will flow easier.

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A Bit Stressed ...

Starting my first paper of college, and it's for my Humanity & the Cosmos course. I'm getting stressed because I feel in over my head (it is a philosophy class, though, and I think any topic I could have picked would make me feel this way). I am just trying to handle everything at once, and some days I get distracted and don't finish what I need to for that day. Also, my quiet time has just downright sucked lately, because I haven't been putting forth hardly any effort into it. I think that too has factored into this empty feeling I've been having the past few days. I haven't gone to God like I should, and in turn, my life reflects this kind of "starvation." BUT ... I also know that it is possible to get things back on track, and the message @ BASIC tonight really reminded me of that - that sometimes you just have to take a quiet moment for you & God to be alone together. 

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Time Well-Spent

Yesterday I was able to spend the whole day with Bradley. He came up here and ate with me in the CAF, hung out in our dorm room (door propped open of course!), and then we went to Ruesday's (Ruby Tuesday's) & then to the dam - that was the best part of the day. We just went down to the waterfront, skipped rocks, and just talked in solitude. It was amazing. We watched the sun go down (well, kind of - we watched the reflection on the water - the trees covered it up). Once it was dark, we weren't ready to say goodbye yet, so we went to Walmart and Sonic. Talk about a high-class Jefferson City date! :) I had an amazing, relaxing time. Love him.

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Love

Last night my sister, dad, mamaw & papaw came up to Jeff City to have supper with me and see the room. It was great - except that we went to Applebee's :( ... which I suggested ... ? Oh well, it was still great! They liked seeing the room, especially now that it actually looks lived in and homey. Brad is coming over in about an hour and a half, which is going to be great to see him!

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