Yeesh! It has been a crazy couple of months. The first 2 weeks of December were filled with prep for and then taking my Fall quarter finals. Then, suddenly, Christmas madness!
It was a nice, though short-feeling Christmas season. My baby brother, who is 27, came home from Texas for the holiday and brought his lovely girlfriend to meet us. There was lots of baking of traditional family recipe cookies and candies, delicious food, and feeling overwhelmed by all the activity. By the time New Years was over, I was suddenly faced with the beginning of Winter quarter. The break seemed really short this time...
This Winter I am taking 16 credits instead of my usual 14 or 15, but this quarter feels a lot less hectic than the last one. I am taking an intro linguistics class that is required for major... I wouldn't be taking it otherwise. No offence to you linguistics nerds, but I find it to be INCREDIBLY boring. It just isn't my cup of tea. It's a 2 hour class, but I could swear it was at least 4, and reading the textbook? Let's just say that I may be using it at bedtime to get to sleep... I am also taking an Anthropology class (surprise!) called The Rise of Civilizations which is crazy interesting. I love it. I am also taking a class called The American Indian Experience which is taught by the vice president of Northwest Indian College on the local reservation. We are getting the history of American Indians, particularly those in this area as well as getting to learn about contemporary life and the issues that come with that. It's fantastic! Last, but not least, I am doing an independent study with one of my favorite professors overseeing it. In fact, I am basically just working as a research aid to her on her ongoing work on the history of the local American Indians. I get to read through newspapers from the 1800s, go through handwritten courtroom transcripts, and look for information about the people who used to live in my hometown. I couldn't be happier with it!
One thing I am struggling with is sleeplessness. For some reason, I am finding it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to sleep most nights. It is making those less attention-grabbing classes even more difficult to focus on. I find myself drinking an alarming amount of tea, with a Redbull or two here and there. Living on caffeine is not my favorite.
On the plus side, my homework and study times are going much more efficiently this quarter! I managed to clear out a storage room and turn it into a little office for myself, complete with nerdy collectibles and posters. Having this space away from the rest of the activity of the house is making work go faster and in a less stressful way. Yay!
Hopefully, now that I am in the rhythm of the quarter will find time to post a little more often.
Until next time!
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