Although I never want to go to my Women in Islam class, since it’s in the middle of the day and I am always so tired, that class never ceases to break my heart ( Read more... )

Two funny (or embarassing, depending on how you look at them) Canada stories ( Read more... )

It always seems as though everything is perpetually changing ( Read more... )

Being around people is hard in college at times. When I was in high school I could go to school during the day and then had that 45 minute drive by myself when I came home. I used that time to just listen to music and think. Then when I got home, I could retreat to my room after dinner and be alone ( Read more... )

The man at the border in Canada asked us a million questions: Why are you coming to Canada? What? You don't know anyone here? Where are you staying? Who's car is this? How do you know each other? What are you majoring in? And so on...It was a little on the scary side. But we made it through fine ( Read more... )

It seems like it is officially summer in the middle of March here, so for the last two days I have gone to the swimming pool. Today as I was lying out in the sun and talking to my mom I said, “Guess what I’m doing right now? Sun tanning at the pool.” She then laughed and said, “Ah, college life!” Yeah, College life. It’s pretty cool I guess ( Read more... )

Jane and I stopped by Portland on our way to Seattle and Becca showed us around ( Read more... )

Today Fiction Class was Amazing...Everyone critiqued my story and then after class my professor made a few comments to me that I have been waiting to hear my entire life. After I cried and called my mom. Sometimes I feel as though that class is the only class that I am even meant to take at school; the only one that actually matters or ever ( Read more... )

Over Spring Break, Jane and I took our road trip to Oregon, Washington and Canada. After a week of non-stop action it feels strange to be back in my dorm room in Redlands. The road trip is way too long to write about in one post, so I will probably tell it in pieces in posts over the next week or few weeks ( Read more... )

I've been waiting all this time to be something I can't define.