It is an absolutely beautiful day outside. Most people on campus have dragged a blanket to the grass out there and are soaking up the sun while they study. Some have their laptops out there, but I have a strange paranoia about letting the battery get lower than 99% so I'm blogging from my room (with plans to head out in a moment...).
PC has a really great campus for sitting outside. There's walls and benches everywhere, and there's lots of grass you can use, too.

Still, it is finals week and some students have already finished exams. My neighbor just moved out this morning and things are starting to feel very surreal.
What has also struck me about this is that, I knew all the parents of my friends at home.
When I meet my PC friends' parents, though, it seems strange. I know they have families (who they speak of often), but I can't help but think of them as singular people. To suddenly have other faces to associate with that friend is...odd?
I'm not sure how to describe it.
Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad thing, and all of the family members I've met so far have been very nice, but it's just a strange phenomenon of college life.
I hate to sum it up this way but you'll see what I mean :)

Posted by Elizabeth McNamara at 2:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I can't believe that I'm finished with freshman civ!
While I envy the sophomores, who are completely finished now, I'm still in shock that I'm halfway through it!
It was a lot of work, yes, but I have to admit that it helped me put a lot of things together. A lot of times, when you learn history, you learn it in snippets and the time line is broken in some places. I do feel that many events have been put in a better context for me; some things make more sense now that I better understand all of what was happening at the point in time.
I know I've mentioned this before, but I also related much of my civ material to lessons I was learning in other classes, which makes for great, supplementary information.

Still, I'm really in disbelief about this!
I am two papers and an exam away from being finished with my freshman year!

...Wait. What?

It's really crazy! Wasn't I just applying? Didn't I just have orientation?
The month of March really dragged by, but then all of sudden we hit April and it's been pedal to the medal ever since!
I can only imagine how the seniors feel!

Also, yesterday was the awards ceremony for ROTC. Pretty much everyone was recognized in some way and I was really impressed by how great everyone looked in their formal uniforms. Most people received a new ribbon to add to their rack!
So congratulations to all my fellow ROTC cadets on a great year and the well-deserved recognition.
Since I live so close, though, I'm definitely planning on coming back to see the seniors get commissioned as 2nd lieutenants in the US Army!

Until then!

Posted by Elizabeth McNamara at 6:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)