The Sixth Week

And so we've made it to week six. I've now been back at Pepperdine for a week, but it seems like it's been so much more than that. This has been a very draining week though. Whole bunches of stuff going on. With papers, presentations, singing, dancing, and baseball...slightly busy week. I'm not against busy weeks or anything, but gaining all of these new memories makes the memories of the week before this one seem like they were from years ago. Of course, I know they weren't from years ago. Unless I've been aging really well. But I know that a few years from now I will have much less hair. Something to look forward to I guess. Now I suppose I should try to fill you in on the memories of this week.

SUNDAY: This was a bittersweet day. It was my last day of break, which meant that I had to come to come back to Pepperdine. It was nice to be able to catch up with some people here, but at the same time that home cooking will be dearly missed. Driving up with Kalie was fun though. She saved me from either having to go back a day early, or from having a very long walk. Neither of those options were ideal. In case you were wondering, that picture above is the light as we came out of the tunnel leading to the PCH. I felt it was oddly symbolic, but strangely confusing. Is Pepperdine the light at the end of the tunnel?

MONDAY: I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this already (I know what you're thinking. "Why wouldn't you just go back and look at the previous blogs you've written to figure out if you've mentioned it yet? Because I'm lazy. I feel that's explanation enough) but I'm in a film class. This week I had a paper due for the class. I got to write about The Royal Tenenbaums, which was unsurprisingly enjoyable, but also surprisingly difficult. I ended up getting a solid B on the paper, slightly above average. Perfect in my opinion.

TUESDAY: Tuesday was a bit of a rough day. I got my test back for Humanities and found out that I got a C-. Just more college gold in that class. But as has been the theme for my life the past few weeks I received good news to balance it out. I received my film midterm back as well (the test that I thought I had failed miserably) and I found out that I got a B+. That's better than failing miserably in my book. And so my life has maintained balance in that department. Let's hope it does in other departments too. I was also introduced to a game called Tribal Wars. I can already feel the life being drained out of me.

WEDNESDAY: Wednesday, the hump day, brought me a much needed pick-me-up at it's close. It also had a pretty big hump leading up to that point though. One of my classes I found out that I have a bunch of papers due the next few weeks, which was very disheartening, and also that in four weeks the class has a presentation in front of the entire school. Graduate school and law school as well. That won't be fun. Or maybe it will be. I'll set my expectations low though so that maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised. At midnight, after songfest practice, I got invited to a mini-worship service in the chapel. There were only ten of us there, half of whom I didn't know, but it was amazingly enjoyable. Not that I'm surprised. It was just a change of pace. A much needed change of pace.

THURSDAY: I have never really been a person to show much school spirit, but when I'm bored I do unusual things that go against my normal character. On this day I decided to go to my first Pepperdine sporting event. This event ended up being a Pepperdine baseball game. I only went for the first four innings though, since we were winning 3-0 after the first inning after which nothing happened for the next three. In that small window of time I still managed to get a small bit of a tan though, which means my slow process of building up the perfect t-shirt tan line by the summer has begun. Oh yeah. We ended up winning 5-3.

FRIDAY: Apparently one day of baseball is not enough for me, so I went back and watched another game. This game was much more fun to watch in my opinion, but was also much more of a blowout. We were leading 10-0 by the end of the fourth inning. The game also gave me a new goal for my life. Apparently they hand out a free souvenir Pepperdine baseball to any fan who brings back a foul ball after the fifth inning. My list of lifelong dreams just doubled. I also registered for my classes for when I got to London in the fall. Nothing too exciting there, though I'm completely dreading Science As a Way of Knowing. Why would anyone ever use science as a way to know anything? It's so unreliable.

SATURDAY: And so we've reached the end of another long week. There were parts of this week I really enjoyed and there were parts of it that I didn't enjoy so much. So balanced. I already miss being home (You know it's bad when I'm thinking that Taco Bell is a luxury meal item. Sad face) but I know time away will only make being home better. Or maybe I'll end up falling in love with London in the fall and I'll never leave (which would work out wonderfully for me since they have amazing public transportation and I hate driving). Don't worry though Mom. I won't let that happen. But now is the time for the sun to set on this week. Here's to the future that seems like it will never come.