So I've once again failed in my attempt to start using this regularly.  The semester's been an interesting one in several ways.  First of all, it's the fewest hours I've taken in my college career, but unfortunately it has proven to me that the difficulty of a curriculum can not in any way shape or form be measured purely by the number of hours ( Read more... )

So I'm pretty well settled into my routine here in Dresden...I get up earlyish most mornings to this incredible view

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wow...so I have like 10 minutes before I have to be somewhere so I'm going to try to do this really quickly...

Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your ( Read more... )

So....I'm now settled down in Dresden, and thus far the trip could not possibly have been better!  We started out in Frankfurt, ate dinner and sampled Apfelweinschorle, a local specialty that's apple wine with sparkling water mixed in.  Explored the city on foot, saw some cool bridges and neat churches.  2nd day was spent in Mainz, where I saw the ( Read more... )

So I've been in Germany for 4 days now....4 of the busiest days of my life.  And I'm loving it!!!  Sofar, I've had applewine with sparkling water (apfelweinschorle) and a dish which translates as hand cheese with music in Frankfurt, seen several incredible churches in Frankfurt and Mainz (one of which featured stained glass windows by Marc Chagall ( Read more... )

So my Summer at home is quickly coming to a close as I will be leaving for Dallas in 30 or so hours and Germany in about 60 hours....needless to say, I'm a little stressed and a lot excited.  I'll be there for just over a month, during which time I'll be visiting Frankfurt, Mainz, Weimar, Berlin, Prague (and maybe Budapest?) for 1-2 days each, and ( Read more... )

Owie owie owie owie owie owie!!!!  I pulled my hamstring during my intramural soccer game today.  We tied, so I guess that's good?  At least we didn't lose.  But we're supposed to play two more games on Thursday, and at the moment, my leg hates me.  Which will also make walking around campus interesting tomorrow.  Oh, ice and ibuprofen, you are now ( Read more... )

Ok, well, maybe the classes aren't so bad....I just don't particularly want to go right now.  Unfortunately, skipping the german class I'm in right now=death.  So I guess I should go.  :-(  Things here otherwise are  pretty good...I made it back to school after spring break after getting stuck in traffic (at one point it took me over an hour to go ( Read more... )

So I'm visiting my grandfather in Kentucky for a few days this week, and it's been....interesting.  Fun for the most part as I'm definitely enjoying spending time with him (even if that means helping him dig/prepare holes 25 of the 40-something roses that he's ordered to plant around his house).  But it's so weird to be back in a city where I lived ( Read more... )

It really is amazing how wonderful it feels to be at home in my own bed.  Especially since in many ways, I've tended to definitely consider Waco to be more my home than my actual home here at home.  If that makes any sense to anyone else.  Yay for convoluded sentences!  But nevertheless, there are two things (outside of my family) that I have ( Read more... )