right now i should be writing a paper on the victorian era. or the satire in alice in wonderland. filling out shakespeare charts for king lear. studying for a literary criticism midterm. reading some poli sci textbook. even cleaning the bathroom. but since i'm not doing any of those things and thus, i have free time, i thought that i'd write you about my week.
i spent last weekend back home in irvine. i took one roommate (elise) and our neighbor (chelsea). emily went home too. it was a weekend full of laziness. home food, early nights, late mornings, peets afternoons. it was so good to slow down, even if it was for just a few days.
i got to have my kristen vande over for dinner too! (she said i made her a bomb grilled cheese. just fyi.) and em and i got to hang out with the high schoolers sunday morning. i forgot how much i love them. and had missed them. they make me smile all the time. even the sophomore boys who are barely awake and are sitting in the back not moving. at least they weren't talking! we had a great lunch after church too. with kristen again! she is seriously a doll. and so funny.
anyway. wednesday was a study day here, which means all classes except nursing were cancelled. along with chapel. usually it's a beach day. or pool day. and the weather actually has been making that so possible. it was in the 90's this week. but i had service learning, so i got to hang out at stonegate with my little sister and her classmates. for two years i've been saying the only thing i don't want to do with my english degree is teach. and guess what? i loved it. perfect. because what i really needed was to be more confused with what i'm going to do with my life! in all seriousness though, it was pretty eye-opening. then i had a little after school meeting with one of my favorite people; mrs.crowley. she just confirmed my thoughts about teaching. she actually said, "i don't know why you keep trying to ignore something you love and are so good at." no worries. i'm not having some junior-year-life-crisis. i'm keeping my english major. and am currently looking into credential programs. so if you have ideas or recommendations, let me know! but they have to be in california because that's where i'm going to teach.
i randomly ran into my kristen at lunch on wednesday. i know, it's like we were stalking each other or something. but i really loved being in her life those few days! my sister and i also randomly saw a part of the thibault family while we were getting bundt cakes- no surprise there! irvine is always a fun little adventure of who i'm going to run into, and it didn't disappoint!
after wednesday my week kinda just went. today was filled with weekend chores like target and trader joes runs, and cleaning. not the most productive, but not completely wasteful either.
i hope you've been enjoying your weekend and that you got to check a few more things off your list today than i did!
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