Let me just begin by saying I did not think it was physically possible to be this exhausted. This past week I have barely had time to breath, and it definitely flew by so quickly I am still trying to sort out everything that actually happened - and what DIDN'T happen (like perhaps getting a full night of sleep). But for the most part? It was worth it...though at the same time, I am definitely breathing a sigh of relief that its all over.
It all started Saturday morning around 7 a.m., which is when I woke up (bit early for a Saturday) and started getting ready for KuroKiiro Festival with my best friend. By 9 a.m. four other students from WU had arrived at my house, and by 10 a.m. we were all enjoying a great breakfast at Cracker Barrel and meeting up with one student from the Art Institute in Pittsburgh. Then, after managing to lose the car that was following me and a few other driving fiascos later, the whole gang of us had managed to find our way to the hotel the convention was being held in.
We didn't even think about leaving until after 11 p.m. It was one insane day full of running around, taking pictures, eating pizza, shopping and a whole lot of dancing. The highlight of the day? On a whim, a group of five of us (all from WU) decided to enter a cosplay competition - and somehow, we actually managed to win in our category! Needless to say, there was a lot of screaming and jumping around and just a general sense of pride amongst our entire group that is STILL burning rather strongly. Let's just say that we are rather proud walking around campus now, and there are no signs of that going away any time soon.Sunday morning brought about more excitement (though a bit too soon after only about five hours of sleep or so) as a friend from my Religion in America class and I headed towards Carmichaels to attend a Serbian Orthodox service there. It was certainly different from anything that the two of us had experienced before - not to mention in Serbian. I wish I had done a bit more research on the religion before we had attended the service, because I think I would have gotten a lot more out of it, but it was a good experience nonetheless.
As the week rolled in, I found myself completely swamped underneath midterms, and homework and papers still at the same time! It was yet another reminder of 'Welcome to Junior year,' and I will admit that it was a pretty tough week. However, now that everything is behind me, I can look back in hindsight and give a weak smile. I am pretty confident in my exams after I took them, even though I was nervous up to the very moment that I started reading the questions - but it seems like on most exams, I think that I know less than I apparently do, because I can answer questions...and that is usually a good sign. So I am staying positive about everything, and we shall see what next week brings whenever we start getting results back!
Wednesday was also a bit of a unique day, because after my first class my World Religions class all took a trip to a Jewish synagogue about 30 minutes or so away from campus. Though we did not go to an actual service, we did get to see the entire building and talk to the Rabbi there for about an hour and a half or so, and he even showed us the Torah, which was pretty cool to see up close. Our next trip is going to be to a mosque, but its not for another couple of weeks, though we did begin our study on Islam today (its definitely better to know what is going on before visiting the place of worship, which makes me realize even more how much I should have looked into Serbian Orthodoxy before throwing myself into the middle of it).
As for the coming weekend, I may have it off work, but that does not mean that I get to just relax. Tomorrow I am off to Ohiopyle with two friends from my geology class to do a field study of the waterfalls and natural water slides there. Hopefully the weather will hold out nicely (its been pretty rainy all week, tragically) and we can have a good time there. Ohiopyle really is a pretty place, and its only about an hour away from campus, so it makes for a nice Saturday afternoon if one is willing to make the drive. So I will technically be doing school work most of tomorrow there, but it should be fun at the same time.
The rest of next week will hopefully be a bit more laid back that this past one while everyone recovers from midterms - that is the nice thing about midterm week, because the week after is always somewhat of relaxing, and gives everyone a chance to recover. Don't get me wrong - papers still are due and quizzes still occur, but compared to midterms, its just another day at Waynesburg University! Until next week!
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