It's Monday night and I'm just finishing up everything for the week ahead. It has been really great being back at school. I love being independent again (Sorry mom :)), I love being around all my friends again, I love my deepened friendships with the golf team... and I'm very excited about all my classes this semester!
As for my classes, I'm taking:
Swahili II: fun and on the easy side, I really enjoy Swahili everyday especially because I am beginning to apply for my study abroad in Kenya next spring! So exciting!
Violence Against Women: I'm really going to enjoy this class because as difficult as the topics are, they are things I am very passionate about and I have so far enjoyed the readings and discussions. The professor is also very good and fun, which always makes a class better!
Anthropology of Human Birth: This will be a difficult class because of how "sciencey" it is... But I am really excited to get to the more anthropological/sociological aspects and learn more about maternal mortality and perinatal problems. The professor is highly respected in his field internationally so it will be really incredible to get to learn from him.
International Public Health: I added this class at the last minute and am very glad I did. Public Health was actually the thing that first drew my attention to Wash U so I'm excited to take a class on it. The readings have been extremely interesting to me and so I'm curious to see where this will lead me! I plan on writing my final paper for this class on a public health issue in Indonesia - so I can learn more about the country and the public health issues right before I go! Pretty awesome!
African Civilization: 1800-Present: This one will be difficult to because of the depth and volume of material. It is very history-based, which I enjoy but it's been awhile since I've taken a purely history class. But I'm looking forward to learning more about Africa and to understand the continent and the issues it faces today in a new perspective.
So there you go! Great classes that will be fascinating for my interests and passions! I'm excited!
It's been VERY VERY VERY cold here. Today the high was 20 something and the low was 7. With wind though the temp was 7-15 all day. BRRRRRRRRR! Plus we had golf practice in that weather! We were FREEZING but it was still fun and surprisingly I hit much better today that I did on Friday when it was 20 degrees warmer! ha!
We had to Arizona in 7 weeks for our "spring training" and first tournament. I'm very motivated to work hard and play well!
Other than golf and classes... I've been cooking and baking with Libby all weekend :) We both brought back lots of new cookbooks and magazines so we made all sorts of things this weekend! Butternut Squash lasagna with fresh, homemade pasta, pear cranberry tart, smores cake, cauliflower soup, panzanella... so much great stuff! Most of it we take to different events that we go to so we're definitely not eating all of that ourselves! But it's been a blast to cook together and shop together and come up with recipes... we love it :)
Now, I've got another 50 pages of reading to get back to... Love you all!
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