'Twas the night Before Finals Week...
Ah yes, the time has come for our "favorite" week of the year...
At least APU has some great traditions for us to enjoy, to take a much needed study break.
Tonight was the semi-annual "Midnight Breakfast"--which ends at midnight, doesn't start at midnight...weird, I know. Anyway, it is a free breakfast (with homemade stuff as well as donuts from our beloved "Donut Man"), where the faculty and staff serve the students, and many professors come for the entire time to help students, answer questions, etc. It is so great! Everyone is in PJs, and it really is a community builder...even our campus pastor comes in full nighttime attire--even a hat! Anyway, good food, good fellowship...
A tradition with my friends is to go out the Sunday before finals, and in the past we have dressed up in formals and gone out to dinner at various places (Duke's at Huntington Beach, etc...). Today we decided, since we are all busy and poor, to go see a movie and then cook dinner. We went to see "13 going on 30" and then had spaghetti and salad. That movie is REALLY cute...despite what some have said. It is good, and it really did have some valuable lessons in it! Since I work with this age group (12-15), I saw many lessons that I can apply in my work with them...it was great...makes me want to find my childhood sweetheart! :) LOL--just kidding. Casey wouldn't go for that! :)
It was just a good day...church was great, and God used a few people to make me feel better about not being offered a chapel worship team position. They really appreciate me,and they make it known, which means so much to me...I don't sing up there for recognition at all; so when someone comes up and tells me that my God given gift has touched them, it means the world to me to know that God is using me!
I got my Medieval Europe paper done at 2:30pm, so that was a great relief. I am going to turn it in tomorrow so that it is out of my hands! After that final I can really breathe...though I have three more after it.
I can't express how much I am looking forward to this summer...it looks like I will be in the apartment by myself for a couple of weeks, which will be wonderful because I could use the time for reflection and relaxation. I am going to be reading about 15 books this summer, for Fall classes, and I can't wait...Plato, Aristotle, and plenty of Post-Modern material. I love dialoguing with people regarding intellectual things, and this will give me more topics to discuss, and I can't wait. I just want to be able to read and learn at my own pace...no tests, no papers, just me and my books and my thoughts...
Not much longer...:)
At least APU has some great traditions for us to enjoy, to take a much needed study break.
Tonight was the semi-annual "Midnight Breakfast"--which ends at midnight, doesn't start at midnight...weird, I know. Anyway, it is a free breakfast (with homemade stuff as well as donuts from our beloved "Donut Man"), where the faculty and staff serve the students, and many professors come for the entire time to help students, answer questions, etc. It is so great! Everyone is in PJs, and it really is a community builder...even our campus pastor comes in full nighttime attire--even a hat! Anyway, good food, good fellowship...
A tradition with my friends is to go out the Sunday before finals, and in the past we have dressed up in formals and gone out to dinner at various places (Duke's at Huntington Beach, etc...). Today we decided, since we are all busy and poor, to go see a movie and then cook dinner. We went to see "13 going on 30" and then had spaghetti and salad. That movie is REALLY cute...despite what some have said. It is good, and it really did have some valuable lessons in it! Since I work with this age group (12-15), I saw many lessons that I can apply in my work with them...it was great...makes me want to find my childhood sweetheart! :) LOL--just kidding. Casey wouldn't go for that! :)
It was just a good day...church was great, and God used a few people to make me feel better about not being offered a chapel worship team position. They really appreciate me,and they make it known, which means so much to me...I don't sing up there for recognition at all; so when someone comes up and tells me that my God given gift has touched them, it means the world to me to know that God is using me!
I got my Medieval Europe paper done at 2:30pm, so that was a great relief. I am going to turn it in tomorrow so that it is out of my hands! After that final I can really breathe...though I have three more after it.
I can't express how much I am looking forward to this summer...it looks like I will be in the apartment by myself for a couple of weeks, which will be wonderful because I could use the time for reflection and relaxation. I am going to be reading about 15 books this summer, for Fall classes, and I can't wait...Plato, Aristotle, and plenty of Post-Modern material. I love dialoguing with people regarding intellectual things, and this will give me more topics to discuss, and I can't wait. I just want to be able to read and learn at my own pace...no tests, no papers, just me and my books and my thoughts...
Not much longer...:)
posted by Lesa at 5/02/2004 11:31:00 PM
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