Yay! An Update!

I'm finally updating. I know, it's been awhile. My life is so unexplainably crazy right now. I have so much reading to do its insane, and recruitment preparations are killing me. My classes seem really interesting and I'm excited about them although they do require tremendous amounts of reading. Traditional East Asian Civilization seems interesting and not too hard. Early Brit Lit seems really interesting too. We're studying literary theory right now and reading some interesting books later. I'm really excited about it in a twisted sort of way. My history seminar, Debating the Middle Ages, is for history majors and minors only and had been justly referred to as "history boot camp". I have an insane amount of reading in that class and the professor is hardcore about learning not only about history, but how historians work, research, write, and depict the past. It's going to be tough. My communications class, Persuasion, is probably my least favorite, mostly because I'm not as interested in it and it requires two speeches in class. I cannot speak in front of people. When I do, I begin to physically shake so badly that anyone could notice it from 20 feet away. Plus the class is rather politically charged, which doesn't excite me too much either. All in all, my classes should be fun and I'm actually looking forward to this semester.

I got a new advisor in my department, my favorite professor from my favorite class last semester. He teaches 18th/19th Century Brit Lit and non-fiction writing, and those are the two subjects that I'm most interested in, plus he is super friendly, super nice, and super helpful. It's so much better than having a psych major as an advisor.

Preparations for recruitment have been so crazy and I'm so glad its finally here so I can have a bit of a break later. Tonight was the first night and it went much faster than I would've expected. I got to meet some really friendly and fun girls who will hopefully be interested in joining our chapter. It wasn't too overwhelming and I'm even more excited for skit rounds, pref rounds, and most definitely Bid Day to see how many wonderful new sisters there will be! Some of us already have wish lists, and I already have a potential little (a.k.a. rush crush) picked out!

On a sadder note, I just received an IM from one of my high school friends saying that my favorite English teacher from high school died last night. :*( She is the teacher who made me like English, and who wrote me excellent reccomendation letters on numerous occasions. I also credit her with giving me confidence in writing. Before I had her class, I hated writing and I hated English classes in general. After her class, I decided to take AP English, and now here I am, an English Lit major in college. She had lymphonic cancer for several years and had been getting progressively worse, so I guess this sort of thing was inevitable. Still, it's sad. I'll miss you Mrs. Fuller. :*(