Speaking of that, it feels even closer than before now, because I finally received my housing packet on Thursday. After a bit of rushing around (it was due Friday, so that was a bit stressful) I did manage to pick out my top choices for housing in Belfast, and I got everything successfully faxed to them thanks to some awesome people in the administration at WU. Now, I am just waiting on my course listings to see what modules I was accepted into, and my letter to apply for a student visa, both of which are supposed to be sent to me this week. Every time I get something like this out of the way, my spring semester seems more and more realistic to me, and there are times when I just sit down and think, "Oh my. I'm actually going to another country in the spring for six months. I cannot believe its finally happening."
And believe me, thoughts like that definitely help to keep me in a good mood whenever my classes start really piling the work on me in the present.
Last Saturday was Halloween, and though I had already gone to the dance at school the previous Thursday, I was definitely still in the holiday spirit (probably the pink hair) and I found myself at another Halloween party. One of my best friends that I grew up with was there, seeing as the party was hosted by her aunt, and it was nice to get to hang out with her for the evening. We both chose to attend Waynesburg about the same time, but she joined the Nursing program, so she keeps pretty busy - not to mention has her classes in a different building from me since our majors are so different. Thus, it was nice to catch up and tell stories about how our two vastly different experiences at WU were going for the evening - its amazing how I can go to the same campus as her and be getting a completely different experience out of it. I guess that goes to show that WU - and college in general - is not just the same cookie cutter experience for everyone.
Oh! I almost forgot - I also had the awesome experience of taking my two second cousins and their friend trick-or-treating in one of the small towns near Waynesburg. I had not been trick-or-treating in so many years, and it was a great time to go out and pretend to be a kid again, and see them laughing and smiling and having a great time dressing up and getting candy. Dressing up and getting candy...those are two things I definitely love. I think trick-or-treating definitely needs to come back into my life on a more annual level again, 20 years old or not!The play this past week was a really good time with two of my closest friends. It turned out to definitely be a comedy, but not the typical slapstick style of comedy that prevails in theatre - instead, it was a witty comedy, where the humour was in the scriptwriting. It was very well written indeed being such, and I had several good laughs with the rest of the audience at the large amounts of dramatic irony and witty puns. Plus, the players themselves did an excellent job, as usual, so it just made for a fun evening out, and a great break from class and homework.
This coming week is my next to last trip for World Religions - this time, to a Hindu temple about an hour and fifteen minutes away. Each trip brings us to a place of worship more and more different from what we have been used to, and though each one makes me anticipate a bit nervously what I am going to experience, I also just keep getting more excited. This time, I am especially looking forward to seeing the architecture of the building itself, because that Indian-style of temple has always intrigued me, so I am quite simply excited about that, let alone everything else I am going to experience!
I am sure I will also be spending the entire week obsessively checking my mailbox both at home and at school for my visa papers and course listings - I am almost ready to start packing! You can safely say I'm excited.
One more exciting thing happened this past week. I had my first person to tutor in the Writing Centre on campus. I will admit, I was pretty nervous about my first person, uncertain whether or not I would be able to actually help her, and if I would say the right things without upsetting her, or that she would have a question I would be unable to answer. However, the experience went really well, and she even told me she was going to come back again - definitely a HUGE confidence booster for any students that I get in the future! And it made me feel more comfortable in my position in the Writing Centre at all. Even though I am usually only there one night a week due to my regular job at Target, I am really starting to enjoy my time there all the same.
Well, until next week - I am just going to try to keep breathing, stay excited about Thanksgiving and spring, and try to not get TOO buried in my homework!
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