As disappointed as Clark and I were about him not going to MOS, I think overall it's going to work out and be for the best right now. Granted, we are going to be terribly short financially, but who isn't right now? We just have to focus on the positive, as I've been saying.
Today the weather is amazing. All I want to do is lay out in the sunshine, but it seems everyone on campus has the same idea; all the good spots are taken. So, instead, I'm inside for my break attempting to waste away an hour before I make myself go to Spanish class. I think, on Fridays, Spanish is the hardest class to get to. I have an hour break before it, and he doesn't take attendance... so I just find myself riding the bus to my car before I even question it. Not a good thing. However, it typically only happens when I have plans or when it's an amazingly beautiful day; both are rare, and therefore I've only missed a couple Spanish classes that weren't canceled.
Tomorrow Clark and I are doing the Tanawa trail. I think it's somewhere around 13 miles long, which is crazy. You park one car at one end and another car at the other end and you're set. It's more like backpacking, except we're not camping or anything in between. We're doing 13 miles in one day. We're bringing Luna, too, so again- it's going to be crazy. I'm thoroughly excited, though. As the weather gets nicer it's hard for me to stay inside. I'm craving the beach as it is, so I guess getting out and hiking is a sufficient substitute for the time being.
So, last night and early this morning I was missing some things/ people that are no longer around. Perhaps it's just the idea they reresent or the times I spent with them, but overall I'm becoming somewhat bitter and I don't like it. For example, I've been missing the sorority. I know. I'm nuts. I don't know if I actually miss the 'sisterhood' or if I just miss a select few people. Last year my life was full of Leah time consistently. We would be getting ready to go to the beach with her family for Easter vacation around this time. She saw how miserable I was without Clark and invited for a mini-vacation to get my mind off of it. Then, in the summer, she lived with me to make up for the empty space in the house (among other things). I really miss that... her. It was like she was a balance that I now have to make up for. Ah, well. That's life, right? People come and people go and you have no control over it. It just sucks sometimes, though.
I am so thankful for my steady family and steady friends that have stayed with me through so much. Becca and I were just reminiscing about how we've only known each other for a year, but we've decided we're just going to acknowledge that we should have known each other forever. Others like Will, Malachi, ShaCarol, Natahsa.... they've stuck by me through so much. I don't think acknowledging my family is necessary. We're a "family, family" as ShaCarol once put it; we're together through thick and thin, no matter how strange and abnormal we are.
A parting note. In Adolescent Literature the other day we had to attempt to write down a definition of ourselves. This is what came out with mine.
Emily (Anne) Herring Dunn: undefined. Christian, student, wife, writer, musician, movie & book & broadway lover, daughter, sister, artist, actress, possessive, impatient, friend, living, traveler, city-goer, marine dependent, army brat, dependable, trust-worthy, lover.
We've all got our junk, and my junk is you!
Today the weather is amazing. All I want to do is lay out in the sunshine, but it seems everyone on campus has the same idea; all the good spots are taken. So, instead, I'm inside for my break attempting to waste away an hour before I make myself go to Spanish class. I think, on Fridays, Spanish is the hardest class to get to. I have an hour break before it, and he doesn't take attendance... so I just find myself riding the bus to my car before I even question it. Not a good thing. However, it typically only happens when I have plans or when it's an amazingly beautiful day; both are rare, and therefore I've only missed a couple Spanish classes that weren't canceled.
Tomorrow Clark and I are doing the Tanawa trail. I think it's somewhere around 13 miles long, which is crazy. You park one car at one end and another car at the other end and you're set. It's more like backpacking, except we're not camping or anything in between. We're doing 13 miles in one day. We're bringing Luna, too, so again- it's going to be crazy. I'm thoroughly excited, though. As the weather gets nicer it's hard for me to stay inside. I'm craving the beach as it is, so I guess getting out and hiking is a sufficient substitute for the time being.
So, last night and early this morning I was missing some things/ people that are no longer around. Perhaps it's just the idea they reresent or the times I spent with them, but overall I'm becoming somewhat bitter and I don't like it. For example, I've been missing the sorority. I know. I'm nuts. I don't know if I actually miss the 'sisterhood' or if I just miss a select few people. Last year my life was full of Leah time consistently. We would be getting ready to go to the beach with her family for Easter vacation around this time. She saw how miserable I was without Clark and invited for a mini-vacation to get my mind off of it. Then, in the summer, she lived with me to make up for the empty space in the house (among other things). I really miss that... her. It was like she was a balance that I now have to make up for. Ah, well. That's life, right? People come and people go and you have no control over it. It just sucks sometimes, though.
I am so thankful for my steady family and steady friends that have stayed with me through so much. Becca and I were just reminiscing about how we've only known each other for a year, but we've decided we're just going to acknowledge that we should have known each other forever. Others like Will, Malachi, ShaCarol, Natahsa.... they've stuck by me through so much. I don't think acknowledging my family is necessary. We're a "family, family" as ShaCarol once put it; we're together through thick and thin, no matter how strange and abnormal we are.
A parting note. In Adolescent Literature the other day we had to attempt to write down a definition of ourselves. This is what came out with mine.
Emily (Anne) Herring Dunn: undefined. Christian, student, wife, writer, musician, movie & book & broadway lover, daughter, sister, artist, actress, possessive, impatient, friend, living, traveler, city-goer, marine dependent, army brat, dependable, trust-worthy, lover.
We've all got our junk, and my junk is you!
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