no more books or papers! pleeeeeeeeeease!

it's started already. the busyness, the homework, the lack of sleep. HOWEVER, this weekend was labor day weekend. good news for every college student. i baby sat friday night. always hilarious. jack begins the evening by telling me how much he loves me (this the kid that proposed to me last year), but by the end of the evening, when i'm telling him to get to bed, he's definitely telling me how much he DOESN'T love me. then saturday i went to gospel practice...which, of course, we didn't have, since it was a holiday weekend. oh well! i went to breakfast and then the french market with jade instead, and that was fun. got some flavored honey sticks to put in tea. then saturday night went over to gorrell's apartment and hung out with friends.

didn't start homework until yesterday. blah. i'm wading through the treacherous mud of my foreign policy book. must read it. must write review of it by wednesday. every fiber of my being revolts against the idea, even though the book is, eh, kind of interesting. wilsonian, hamiltonian, jacksonian, jeffersonian -- which am i? which are you? good luck deciding. i'm determined to read even more tonight. i've been reading for a day and a half and have only gotten through a little more than a fourth of it. it's dense stuff.

had dinner at the peterson's tonight with gorrell, phia, jenny, and dan beck. discovered that dan beck and i are in the same OT class. =] hey, it's a big class.

where oh where has all the time gone?

this week has flown by, and it's been incredibly busy, but incredibly good, too. favorite memories: spending an evening with bonnie and jade and bonnie's (now frightened, i'm sure) roommates, drinking french coffee and laughing about who knows what. discovering a really cool mexican bakery just a couple minutes drive away. hearing our complete bass section in gospel choir practice.

i baby sat my boys tonight. it was an off-night; they just refused to go to sleep. i love jack. he starts the evening off by telling me how much he loves me (this the boy who has proposed to me), and ends the evening by telling me how much he DOESN'T love me when i make him stop playing nintendo and go to bed. but he always forgets how much he doesn't like me the next time i baby sit, or see him at church. typical male. haha, just kidding. bonnie and i went running this morning. i've decided i can't stand cyclists. they make such distance with such little effort.

sophia's gone tonight. camping in the dunes, woo hoo! i took the money that i would have spent on the dunes and instead bought an actual ticket to an actual caedmon's call concert that's actually being held on our campus this month! did you read that? A CAEDMON'S CALL CONCERT HERE ON CAMPUS! i'm in heaven. from what i've heard, derek webb is still unmarried. i'm telling you, it's meant to be. and their concert (featuring their new album Share the Well) kicks off a week on India here at wheaton -- prayer groups, WCF talks, chapels, etc. exciting stuff.

i'm exhausted. good night.

it's monday. why are mondays always so looong?

so what a great weekend, yo! sorry, don't know where the miniscule ghetto inspiration came from. i got to hang out with a bunch of people this weekend, including a three east sophomore slumber party (at which i was woken up before nine in the morning by giggling and shrieking coming from the living room and the sounds of a pillow fight), a nice visit by shawn and kelsey, a fun/long dinner conversation with kevin, amy, and new friend josh, really random hang out session at the K House which revolved around economics, diplomacy, computers, and the Liverpool/Madrid championship, attempted dumpster diving, a wonderful time at church, an AMAZING lunch/time of fellowship at george and barb's place, and peaceful studying in the park with christina. what a weekend, huh? i'm so thankful for it. i can't believe that already this year has been such a blessing. it's had its own unique challenges already, and i'm not sure how they'll all pan out, but the blessing has far outweighed the bad.

took a long nap this afternoon. didn't really mean to. woke up half an hour ago and was super confused, then assumed it was tomorrow morning and i hadn't set an alarm for my morning class, then realized i was wearing my clothes and finally understood my true situation. but some major moments of panic had set in, folks. frightful experience.

i've got to read judaism. twenty five pages. woo hoo! 

I JUST SPENT THE AFTERNOON WITH SHAWN NEWBY AND KELSEY GARRITY. just thought you'd all like to know that.

wheaton is so small it's scary. but how incredible when you get to see such awesome people without even expecting it???

Okay, world. Time for an update! I have now survived two days of classes, and, after having made some decisions concerning a few things, I am happily settled in my fall schedule. Maybe you don't care, but here are my new classes! US Foreign Policy, Geology and Geo lab, Old Testament Lit and Interpretation, Judaism, and voice lessons. Woohoo! Yes, yes, a number of gen eds. I know. I put them off until now. But it's kind of a nice break, in a way, from the heftier classes. I am still enjoying the pursuit of my International Relations major. French and History minors are on hold this semester, but will be finished within a year! French is pretty much the thorn in my side at this point in my life, so I'm just taking a break. Sorry to everyone I left in french lit. I wanted a class with you...just not that one.

Tonight we're having the best Three East girls in the entire world over for a hueg slumber party! Nope, they don't end in junior high. We miss you girls so much, and can't wait to show you our new apartment.

So, extracurriculars seem to be coming out of my ears. I'm not sure of the time commitments involved with each, but I'm hoping my lighter class schedule will help with that. I have to say, though, that I am SO excited about Mu Kappa. In fact, at our pizza party last week, I was able to talk for awhile with Julia Davis and Jenny Preger. It was so nice seeing them here and chatting for awhile!

Love you all. Got to write some e-mails. Ciao. Oh, by the way, we looked at Psalm 99 in chapel today. Need to be reminded of God's holiness? Check it out. It encouraged and challenged me.

OH and to all you who didn't believe my little scratch from freshman welcome hurt -- I now have a big bruise on my arm! (note to rest of the world: freshman welcome is when the rest of the school dresses up in the most bizarre ways possible, go to the gym where the freshmen are innocently waiting to sing us their freshman song, and we scream and yell and jump up and down for as long as they'll let us. We lasted 39 minutes this year. and I got scratched. )

PLEASE, SOMEONE, UNPACK AND CLEAN MY ROOM FOR ME!!!

i'm here!!! i'm sitting in my new apartment, surrounded by all sorts of boxes and suitcases and plastic bags of STUFF! it's unreal. so we're all sort of ignoring it, now that we've emptied out our storage at Smith. i'm doing e-mail, just talked to my dad. i don't know where sophia's been, and em's been doing paperwork. we're ignoring the painful truth that it's going to take an ETERNITY to unpack all this stuff! not to mention painful so move our bedroom furniture around.

i don't know if i'm glad to be back. still in the denial phase of life, which is a pretty happy place to be, yaaaaay. no, i'm not tipsy. but when the thought of all this homework and all these commitments come crashing through the ceiling, watch out! sarah's liable to go a little off the deep end. =]

but i think it's going to be great here. terrace apartments are basically a little world of juniors. so HA, you crescent people who thought you were getting the better deal. we win.

i leave tomorrow! i think i am embarking on an extended journey to the land of Denial. am i really a junior already? do i really have to find an internship? must my bags really be packed by tomorrow morning???

if anyone wants to join my little visit to Denial, come along for the ride! i'll need company...

a lot has been going on in the world recently, as is always the case. today i watched the gaza pullout on the news. what a situation. i must say that i was amazed and impressed by the sensitivity and restraint of the Israeli police force. and here i am, going back to my nice, comfortable education, when i always have that nagging feeling that i could be out there (wherever that is) and doing something bigger and better than myself or the importance of my degree.

My family left for Germany today. That was hard. Good-byes are never fun. I mean, I'm not one of those people who's just awful at making them -- you know who you are. =] But then, with family, it's always hard. BUT I'll be seeing them again at Christmas, which is so wonderful, and I know that this semester will fly by at least as fast as all the others!

I head off for junior year on Friday. It's surreal. I mean, come on, junior year?? Already?!! Am I ready for this? A lot of new things are awaiting me. I'm going back in time for freshman orientation in order to greet all the new MKs and their parents. I'm on Mu Kappa cabinet this year (take a wild guess at which position), so I guess that means I'll definitely be going to snow camp again this year! Woohoo! So make your plans now! Around the third weekend every January! Get together with other MKs (or wannabes) and make a road trip out! Another new part of this year: my TA position. I'll be TAing (just created that verb) for Post Communist Politics, which is incredible. I couldn't take the class myself, so hopefully I'll be able to learn a few things without being there. And, finally, one of the greatest new things: my apartment!! Yes!! The more summer has gone on, the more excited I've grown about the apartment. Despite the cold Wheaton weather. =]

If you read this soon, please lift my family up in prayer as they are at this moment flying back to Germany, and as, in the coming weeks, they prepare for another new year, make room assignments, train a new RA, and all that jazz. Also for my sister, who will be preparing for volleyball as well as preparing to take on her senior year! Don't even get me started on that one -- I'll be bawling all over the place! =]

Love to all. sarah.

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