At the Feet of the King: Fall Has Arrived

Hello everyone!

You may have noticed the new look of my blog - I thought it was time to switch things up and I think this one is easy to read and easy to go back and find recent posts if you've missed them.

Well, it's about the middle of October and that means several things here at Wash U: the leaves are changing and the campus is beautiful, the warm weather has left for good, and midterms are upon us.

I somehow got lucky with my schedule and don't have a crazy set of midterms. I had two big exams a few weeks ago, a paper due today and then two exams next week. That is nothing compared to most of my friends who have 4-5 exams in roughly a two week period. Besides the stress of exams, my classes are going well and although I was a bit doubtful at first, I'm enjoying my schedule.
- Micro is a pain - it's difficult and impossible to do well. It is curved though so I know that it's not as bad as it seems... but it's hard not knowing what kind of a curve he'll give so I have no clue what kind of a grade I might end up with.
- Children's Studies is a bit boring as an actual class (straight 1.5 hour lecture right after lunch - I have to try so hard to stay awake!) but the subject material is interesting and I'm enjoying what we are learning.
- Present Moral Problems is a fascinating class and I love the discussions we have every day. I am slowly beginning to speak up more in that class (it's a lot of very strong-opinioned people - of whom I am not one!) but I'm liking it a lot!
- Calc is just calc. Gross.
- Swahili is so fun! Ninapenda kusoma kiswahili sana sana sana! (I like learning swahili very much!) :D

My suitemates are still a delight :) I am so blessed to have 6 fun girls to live with! I know I keep saying it, but it is such a different atmosphere than last year and I truely am having a much better year because of it!

Golf has been going well and the fall season is almost over! I only played in one tournament, which was disappointing but I have not been playing well (especially in the qualifiers) so I haven't really deserved to go. But that's alright! The mid-season rankings came out last week and we are ranked the #2 Division III team in the country. Pretty outstanding isn't it! I know that just being on a golf team, let alone such a highly ranked and respected team is something I should be proud of and thankful for no matter how much I play - so proud and thankful I am! I'm looking forward to "turning up the heat" in the spring and playing in more tournaments!

Another exciting thing that has been happening recently is my involvement with an organization called Half the Sky. It is a national movement based off the book Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, which focuses on ending oppression of women and giving them opportunity. This national movement has reached out to college campuses and found students who are willing to work to bring the Half the Sky documentary to their campuses. I am one of these Campus Ambassadors and have worked hard over the last month and a half to organize our screening, which was last night! And it was such a success! We had roughly 90 people come and the documentary was overwhelmingly powerful. Everyone was emotionally touched and 90% of the people wrote on the feedback cards that they want to get involved with the movement! I couldn't have been happier! We are excited to work together and see what kind of change we can implement for our campus! If you get the chance - I would HIGHLY recommend you watch the film. Here's a link to places where you can buy/rent/stream/watch somehow.

Libby and I have kept up our cooking/baking habits. On Sunday we made a full meal for ourselves after we got inspired during our trip to Trader Joes :) Spaghetti Squash with homemade arugula pesto and Sweet Potato Biscuits! I also made a delicious pumpkin coffee cake for the golf team last week, which they quickly devoured!

Here's some other pictures from out latest adventures!

Libby and I at the Taste of St. Louis