School: I was really busy with school this semester. It always seems that classes are busier in the fall than in the spring. But anyway, it seemed like I was always writing papers for my classes. I was doing good in all of my classes except my history class. There is a reason for that...I accidentally studied the wrong information for the midterm. I had studied information on WWII, and it was on WWI. So I failed the midterm. I was originally going to drop the class, but didn't want to have to get my adviser's signature and my professor's signature in order to drop the class. So I decided to stick with it. I did fairly well on my research paper, and felt that I had done really well on the final (I followed the study guide to a tee this time). Overall, I got a poor grade...but it wasn't failing. I'm still waiting for the rest of my grades. I got a C+ in Francis and Clare. And I was doing well in Renaissance Lit and Reading Franciscan Mystics. So hopefully my GPA won't take a serious hit. Speaking of school, I will be taking 7 credits next semester. I will be taking a Theology Seminar. Plus I will be taking St Bonaventure with Fr Dan Patee (I was born on his feast day) and Epistemology with Dr Harold. I'm going to school part time because my financial aid is running out, and I would have owed an additional $4500had I had gone full time next semester. So this was my only option. I just need the seminar to graduate anyway. It's a good thing I had dropped the catechetics major because I wouldn't have been able to finish on time, and wouldn't have graduated. I probably would have had to quit school after spring 2012.
Household: Household seemed different this semester than how household was when I had left in December to get ready for Austria. There's a part of me that feels like I came back to a dead household, because it was so different than it was the previous fall semester. We had almost all seniors on campus this semester, plus two juniors. And the majority of our visitors were freshmen. Plus we had 15 stars in Austria...including nine new stars. All of our sophomores were there, along with the majority of the juniors. Through a large part of the semester, we had just one twinkle...who had been a twinkle since the end of fall 2010 because she went to Austria with us. After getting so used to getting lots of twinkles, it was hard going from commitment to commitment, and not getting twinkles. I'd see other households like TTM and the Angels getting intents and wonder why the same thing wasn't happening to us. I just hope and pray that with the Austria stars coming back to campus next semester, that it will bring life back into household. Stella will have no stars in Austria next semester...which will be the first time in a very long time.
Housing: I'm really liking the apartment on Ridge Ave. I like that it's a safe neighborhood. Plus a lot of the professors live in the area. And the street that I live on is well lit, which is something that I cannot say about the other streets in the Labelle area...they are almost pitch black at some parts. I keep a flashlight with me in my bag just in case. But anyway, I live close to just about everything. It takes me just five minutes to get to campus, and Kroger is close by as well. I just have to make sure that I bring a microwave oven back with me when I go back in January so that I can start making more food besides just sandwiches. I don't want to have to keep eating in the caf and pub for almost every meal.
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