Yeah, I give up trying to keep track of the days, or posting every day. I didn't post two days ago for the first time in a week, and that freed up an entire hour of my time. It was so lovely, so I decided to forego it a second time.
Plus, nothing really interesting had happened. Actually, not a whole lot of interesting things have happened aside from the initial settling in, then Melk, and Salzburg. I just tend to make "much ado about nothing."
I was feeling really off yesterday, but then one friend sent me a super sweet message (you know who you are ;)), and I later Skyped with another friend, and now I'm feeling much better. For the time being, anyways.
Being away from home is making me really have to deal with being consistent and try to control my moods more. I'm not actually terribly homesick, but just...confused? Usually I'm able to be happy and dancy and whatevery with most things that happen, but I've been missing that since I got here.
In a way, that's why this day has been such a nice day for me, even though the weather is lame, and nothing really interesting happened. I've just felt more myself today. Getting into a more routine schedule is probably a big factor behind that.
Speaking of schedules, I'm so afraid of making time commitments! I had to commit to times for adoration, room check, Rosary, and Ministry to Moms, and I felt so nervous before committing to any of those times. I'm just worried that I'll be my typical forgetful self and accidentally miss one of the commitments - I already ran into one of my classes late because I got confused with the time. Oh well, guess it'll just be a humbling experience for me if/when I do miss one.
The family I'll be doing Ministry to Mom's to seems really sweet but also intimidatingly smart and elegant and refined. Krista and I talked to the dad, Professor Newton, on Sunday, and he was super nice and incredibly smart. I don't have him for any of my classes, which is kind of a bummer, because he would be awesome. He's actually going to be teaching one of the classes that Kristin is in, and he offered to let me come with him when he and his daughters go up on Thursday's.
I like all my teachers so far - I have Dr. Hass for my two history classes, and though he gives us a boatload of homework, he's made a lot of things more interesting for me (though he's also made a lot of things confusing for me - I can't keep track of all these barbarians and their doings) He's a little bit scary though, since he's a big guy, but I'm looking forward to the classroom discussions.
I talked with my philosophy teacher today, because I felt like most of my questions were really dumb and not on topic for class discussion. He was really nice, and said the questions were on topic for class. I think part of the encouragement stems from the fact our class was really quiet and he was a little bit frustrated by that, so I guess even stupid/off topic questions are better than nothing. I really like what we're reading (Phaedo by Plato) and it makes me feel smart (hey, look at me! I'm so smart, I study philosophy!) but also really dumb at the same time. At least it's not super dry and requires active thinking.
The teacher for Christian Marriage seems super funny, but he's also really intense and hard to understand. I tried arguing with him about one of the topics (love vs. justice, and what is more important in marriage), and when he replied back to me, I just got really confused, because I was trying to decipher what he said and also formulate a response at the same time. Honestly, his will be the class that I write letters to people in, if I write letters in class (something I did in at least one class I've had every semester). It's just so hard to understand him, which would be doubly frustrating if I didn't think I had a reasonable grasp on what he was talking about anyways.
Anyways, Krista and I have ANOTHER mandatory meeting tonight, so, toodles!
Plus, nothing really interesting had happened. Actually, not a whole lot of interesting things have happened aside from the initial settling in, then Melk, and Salzburg. I just tend to make "much ado about nothing."
I was feeling really off yesterday, but then one friend sent me a super sweet message (you know who you are ;)), and I later Skyped with another friend, and now I'm feeling much better. For the time being, anyways.
Being away from home is making me really have to deal with being consistent and try to control my moods more. I'm not actually terribly homesick, but just...confused? Usually I'm able to be happy and dancy and whatevery with most things that happen, but I've been missing that since I got here.
In a way, that's why this day has been such a nice day for me, even though the weather is lame, and nothing really interesting happened. I've just felt more myself today. Getting into a more routine schedule is probably a big factor behind that.
Speaking of schedules, I'm so afraid of making time commitments! I had to commit to times for adoration, room check, Rosary, and Ministry to Moms, and I felt so nervous before committing to any of those times. I'm just worried that I'll be my typical forgetful self and accidentally miss one of the commitments - I already ran into one of my classes late because I got confused with the time. Oh well, guess it'll just be a humbling experience for me if/when I do miss one.
The family I'll be doing Ministry to Mom's to seems really sweet but also intimidatingly smart and elegant and refined. Krista and I talked to the dad, Professor Newton, on Sunday, and he was super nice and incredibly smart. I don't have him for any of my classes, which is kind of a bummer, because he would be awesome. He's actually going to be teaching one of the classes that Kristin is in, and he offered to let me come with him when he and his daughters go up on Thursday's.
I like all my teachers so far - I have Dr. Hass for my two history classes, and though he gives us a boatload of homework, he's made a lot of things more interesting for me (though he's also made a lot of things confusing for me - I can't keep track of all these barbarians and their doings) He's a little bit scary though, since he's a big guy, but I'm looking forward to the classroom discussions.
I talked with my philosophy teacher today, because I felt like most of my questions were really dumb and not on topic for class discussion. He was really nice, and said the questions were on topic for class. I think part of the encouragement stems from the fact our class was really quiet and he was a little bit frustrated by that, so I guess even stupid/off topic questions are better than nothing. I really like what we're reading (Phaedo by Plato) and it makes me feel smart (hey, look at me! I'm so smart, I study philosophy!) but also really dumb at the same time. At least it's not super dry and requires active thinking.
The teacher for Christian Marriage seems super funny, but he's also really intense and hard to understand. I tried arguing with him about one of the topics (love vs. justice, and what is more important in marriage), and when he replied back to me, I just got really confused, because I was trying to decipher what he said and also formulate a response at the same time. Honestly, his will be the class that I write letters to people in, if I write letters in class (something I did in at least one class I've had every semester). It's just so hard to understand him, which would be doubly frustrating if I didn't think I had a reasonable grasp on what he was talking about anyways.
Anyways, Krista and I have ANOTHER mandatory meeting tonight, so, toodles!
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