Home Again

It's so very good to be back in Seattle! Roomie and I just spent the past two weeks in SW Michigan, visiting family and friends. It was a packed trip! We had tons of fun, though, and never once got sick of one another! Here are a few highlights of our adventures together:

*Spending some good time with my best friend Kim (we both cried when we greeted one another)!
*Kim and I showing Sara Mackinac Island
*Teaching Sara how to feed a herd of 65 horses
*Horseback riding
*The Dulmes and Gritter kids, as well as their moms :)
*Lunches and coffee dates with dear friends
*Meeting Sara's sister and brother-in-law
*Taking Sara to the Gathering at Hope
*Curling up with my Julie and soaking up her wisdom
*Sara's first trip to Chicago!
*Day trip to Shipshewana with Sara and Mom
*Seeing my wonderful cousins, Loren and Lindsey
*Spending some good time in the country, away from the bustling city

I've been doing nothing but unpacking and organizing since we got back last night. I have my own room this year, and so does Roomie, which is strange already. Nice, but strange. My room is really small, but it actually seems pretty spacious with the way I've set it up. We have a mandatory all-apartment meeting tonight at 9:45, which seems super late to me, since I am still on Michigan time...

Classes begin tomorrow, and I don't have a single one! I ended up dropping the disciplship class that I was going to take. I found out that it's not quite what I was looking for in that sort of class, so I am now class-free M,W,TH,and F! That's right, I only have class on Tuesday! Of course, it's from 8am-9pm with a one hour-break in the middle, but it's still only one day of class! Thursdays are going to be full of my elementary field experience, once I find out where I will be doing that. I am nannying the other three days, though, for three different families. All of the kids are either 2 or 4, which is going to be incredibly fun, so I'm really looking forward to it.

I am currently reading Parker Palmer's The Courage to Teach, and it's amazing. I'm only a few chapters into it, but am loving it already. And as it turns out, I am going to have to read it next quarter in my capstone!

Back to more unpacking...