BEST APPLES EVER!!!

So I finally got around to eating the apples I bought at the farmers market last Thursday (I had other produce to be eaten first and sometimes I get some from work, so it was slow going). I LOVE THESE APPLES!!! They are called Jonathan apples and they are amazing.

Currently one of my roommates is being serenaded by a cute boy.

I finished the conference paper, and now I just have to make it 15 pages instead of 5.5 by next Thursday...think I can do it? Oh yes! Let's be positive, alrighty :)

Begin and end each day with cereal.

I have been working a whole bunch (and by that I mean like 10 hours a week, maybe) so my paycheck should be nice next Friday. One of my bosses commented on my superior work ethic on Saturday and it made me smile. But really, it's not hard when everyone else thinks they can sit around and eat leftovers and take these long breaks when we have an entire tent to clean up.

I finally realized that if I close the vent in my bedroom during the day, I won't freeze! I don't mind freezing somewhat at night though - it's cozy.

The secret to success is the right chair.

Lemon Cucumbers and Religious Poets of the 17th Century

I am loving all my lit classes, but really, taking four was a bad idea. I spend all my time reading! One of my professors wanted to meet with everyone for a few minutes and get to know us a bit and I had my meeting today. When he found that out, he asked if I had any life outside school...I laughed and said no. But that meeting made me want to be more productive and I sent and figured out what I need to know for the next year of school.

First things first, I should have applied for the English Teaching program this semester, but I didn't. So when I went to my advisor, she had a bit of a challenge figuring out classes to take until I can start the program (when I get accepted in February) next fall. She left me with a much lighter load than I'm used to, so I think I'll finally take some of those crazy fun classes that BYU has to offer, like bowling or maybe a dance class.

Back to my crazy four lit classes. The fun thing is really to make connections between all four. I have to write a 15 page paper and do a 12-15 minute conference presentation on said paper for my advanced writing class. I have to do it on George Herbert who is a rather boring religious poet. I, however, was inspired by the Romantic idea of the poet-prophet that we talked about in my eng 292 class and I am kind of enjoying writing this paper...or I would be if I weren't stressed about length.

The best part of my day though, was going the the temple and the farmers market. On Thursday for the next few weeks, they are having a farmers market in the stadium parking lot. It was so much fun! I bought some apples and a little pumpkin for cooking (why have canned when I just have to throw it in the oven for an hour and thats it?). One lady sold me on a lemon cucumber. They are these little round, yellow things with a few prickelys on them. I tasted it and was amazed! It was really good!! I also bought some apples cuz I love them.

Now to just get a social life...

Cinnamon Love

My new favorite dessert is fruit with cinnamon sprinkled all over it. If you feel so inclined, you can add sugar, but I like the way it feels in my mouth to have the juicy fruit and spit-sucking cinnamon, it's a beautiful thing. I suggest pears, nectarines, and apples, but really, I think any fruit would work.

Responses Requested

I need something to occupy my time. Usually, it's homework, but there is the rare occasion that I actually get ahead and then, I want something to do to break the monotony. I used to just go over to my friend's house, but that is no longer an option and now I find myself with lots of free time. Tonight, I took myself out to dinner at the Pita Pit and sat outside and read (I'll admit, some of it was more getting ahead on homework and some of it was fun). But I can't do that all the time, I hate spending money like that. So next time this happens, what do I do???

Yoga

So I have been feeling a little off mentally and physically. Mentally because there is only so much classical literature you can take at one time and because of some other things that are happening that make life a little harder. Physically because that's what sitting in awful chairs all day long and carrying heavy trays around for hours on end will do to you. I decided to find a yoga class.

My roommate, Emily, and I went to this place for a beginners class and it was amazing. I feel so great right now! The instructor had the most soothing voice which was a nice change from some of my professors. My muscles are all stretched out and my back isn't hurting for once. It was in the back of this cute little store and perhaps when I have more money saved up, I will shop there. They are having a special for students, its $30 for unlimited classes per month for 6 months. Pretty cheap.

This weekend is stake conference. For those of you unfamiliar with that, it's a big meeting of Mormons in the area. Tomorrow some really amazing people are coming to speak to us. Elders Holland and Snow and Sister Beck. I have been in need of some good spiritual guidance and I hope that this provides that like yoga fixed everything else.

My New Life

All I do is read. Go to class, read, sleep, rinse and repeat. It would be one thing if it were brainless reading, but it's homework and the only break I get from the classics is my Bio text. I am loving reading all these amazing works of literature -Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Beowulf, George Herbert - but it might be nice to get a break. By back and bum hurt from all the sitting I have been doing.

However, one good thing has come out of it. I like to change up my scenery when I have to read a lot and pay attention. It's a great way to stay focused as being in one room for hours on end drives me completely nutty. On Saturday, I went to Kiwanas park and laid in the sun and read Romantic poetry. I go out to the courtyard in my apartment complex and read on the picnic tables. I read at various places on campus. I love it.

Today, someone int interrupted my reading...grrrr. I was just sitting there and he walks by and finishes his phone conversation then feels the need to befriend me and tell me all about his life and how he just got back from his sister's in FL and the flight was so turbulent he thought he was going to die and how he is so tired so he probably won't go to class tonight. All I could think was "YOU MAY BE A TERRIBLE STUDENT, MISSING ALL KINDS OF CLASS, BUT I AM NOT SO STOP INTERRUPTING MY HOMEWORK!!!!" He just kept talking and talking and asking me questions. I had just got back from a run too, so it's not like I looked particularly pretty.