Livin’ the Thursday life!

Tuesdays and Thursdays are pretty great days for me. I only have two classes and they don’t start till one so I get to have a pretty relaxing morning. Normally my mornings will consist of showering and homework. Then at 11:55, Leslie will come down to my room for her "12 o’clock lunch pickup"! Then Leslie, Meghan and I will all walk together to meet up with our friends at lunch in The Market Place. After an hour of eating “great” food and chatting with friends it’s off to class for me.

Meghan, me, and Leslie getting ready to walk to The MP

My one o’clock class is LART with Dr. Allen. LART’s official name is Liberal Arts Seminar 1100. It’s kind of hard to figure of how to describe what we do in this class. The official description that AU gives is, “Issue-oriented faculty-student seminars which address critical, scholarly attitudes and skills essential for pursuing a liberal arts education”. The best way I can describe it is by saying that we talk about lots of different issues but always come back to the same question, “What is love?” We’ve read lots of book that deal with love. We’ve read Romeo and Juliet, Jane Eyre and Four Love just to name a few.

Then after spending an hour talking about random issues I go to Appreciation of Great Speeches with Professor Chapman. In this class we look at speeches and evaluate all the elements of the speech. I’ve actually really have enjoyed taking this class. It has taught me a lot about what to be pay attention to while listening to a speech.

After class I have to rest of the day to my leisure. If it’s warm outside I’ll most likely go play outside or find some sort of fun activity to entertain me. Unfortunately though, most of the time the rest of my day is spent at the library doing homework.

So that’s my Thursday in a nutshell!

Here I am with Allison

Fresh Start

This is now my third or fourth blog I have attempted to write. I always start off with the same good intention of regularly updating. However, as time goes on, my determination fades and my posts get less and less frequent. Although I cannot guarantee this blog will not face the same fate as my others, I feel as though my desire to have a regularly updated blog has increased since my last attempt.

With that said, I decided I will dedicate my first post to sharing about a childhood obsession. When I was little I was obsessed with pigs. I though they were so cute and I was determined to own one. I loved going to the “Wonders of Birth” barn at the fair to see all the little pigs. Today my sister, Beth, sent me a link to a webpage (http://dalesdesigns.net/Paulinchen.htm). Just looking at this picture made me really want to have a pig again.

I proceeded looking up cute little teacup pigs on the Internet for the next half hour which lead me to writing this email to my Dad:

Dear Dad,

It has come to my attention that this summer when I want play with a pet I have no options. Sure, you have Kitty to play with, but I am allergic to Kitty. Try to remember a few years back when I was obsessed with pigs. Mom said I couldn't get one because they were too big and not a house pet. However, as time has gone on, there is now a brand of pigs called "teacup pigs" available for purchasing as a household pet. Daddy, these little pigs are the cutest animals I have ever seen! And with these new brand of pigs mom has no reason to object because her two arguments are no longer valid. Thank you for taking the time to read my proposal.

With Love,

Naomi

http://www.teacuppigsforsale.com/adoption-process

My Dad was quick to respond to this request with the following reply e-mail:

Dearest Naomi:

Certainly the stress of your academic endeavors has become evident. When you come home, we will arrange for one of the nice people at Southwest Psychological Services to talk with you ....

Dad

So what was the main point of me writing about this? I guess just to let you know that I unfortunately won’t be getting a pig anytime soon :(