CRAZINESS!!

WOW! This year's going to be very interesting...I've finally declared my major. I'm working towards a B.S. in Physics. My advisor is hilarious, he's also the teacher for my physis with calculus class. But yeah, I'm taking 16 credits this quarter. I've got elementary linear algebra which I started a week late, but managed to catch up pretty well and I'm feeling pretty okay about our test for tomorrow. Physics with calculus of course which is very much like the physics class I've already taken except I know how to derive all the formulas with calculus. Then I'm taking statistics which is simple with all of the math I've had so I fully intend to ace the class if not get a 100. I'm also taking a religion class, Biblical Greek, with a couple of my friends who are Theology majors; it's starting off really well, since our first quiz last week was over the Greek alphabet...which I basically already know because of all my math and science. My last class is Chorale which almost isn't a class except for the getting credit for it, we sang the first week for church which turned out really well considering we had 3 practices before the performance. I've also dedicated an hour every day between 2 of my classes to practice the piano...it's VERY relaxing. I brought several piano books, including the piano book I baught for the musical Wicked (the one we saw on Broadway) and I'm getting better at a few of the songs. And of course I'm working almost every day. They had to rearrange the schedule after they decided that we weren't going to be able to stay open until 11pm like last year, so I've ended up wtih 18 hours a week, not including weekends (which I've signed up for practically every weekend) instead of my 12 hours I would have had with the late night. So I'm still deciding whether that's a good thing or not...all of the full-time staff know me now & I feel like one of my friends who worked at the cafeteria last year (Robert) who was everyone's friend & they all loved him & enjoyed working with him. Since he's an RA this year, I really really feel like I've taken his place as "Chef's Favorite."

This is already very long, but I guess I should mention that I've decided to take Aunt Catherine's offer of Thanksgiving at their place since I still haven't found any time to call the Ehrhardt's and see if they're going to Louisiana or not. So I guess I'll see some of you there. Well, I'm off to bed so I'll be rested for my test first thing in the morning. Night!

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I'm off...

Hey, I'm off to MN to see if I can find Lake Wobegon. :-) I am attending a Qigong retreat there. I will also be meeting a friend from one of my Yahoo groups who will be there as well. Lauree White is from New Zeland and I'm very excited to be meeting her for the first time. I'm sure I will also be seeing many old friends also as I have been to a number of retreats and workshops put on by Learning Strategies. Learning Stategies and Paul Scheele and Pete Bissonette are also the ones who invited me to be one of the authors in the book they are organizing.

I also have started knitting my first project in ages. I spun up the yarn and am now knitting up a scarf from it. I don't really have a pattern so I'm not sure exactly how much yarn I will need, but if 900 yards isn't enough I will just spin up some more.

Any way I will be gone for a week and you will each be in my meditations. So have fun you guys.

I love you lots,

Dianne

Uncle George

Hey everyone! Imagine my surprise when I got a phone call from Uncle George last Sunday. (Fortunately I was in between patient calls, and had a chance to chat with him for a little while!) Anyway, he said he is retiring from the College Bindery next March. He said he's always wanted to go see Niagara Falls, so he's embarking on a "Grand Tour" in April. He's taking the train out here, and plans on making a stop in Hagerstown to visit! I'm pretty excited about it. I just hope that Brandon's not so busy that we can't all take some time to spend with him while he's here (of course, Jerilynn will still be at PUC). Terrie