I really thought I’d be better about keeping this up to date, but as is often the case, life got in the way.
Having said that, I’ll try to sum up the last month or so.
In October, Lisa and I went on a trip to visit Liberty University in Virginia for her graduate work. I think we’ve mostly ruled it out at this point for various reasons, including but not limited to distance and feel. We also visited Gatlinburg to celebrate our second anniversary and came home. The mountains were pretty and the colors were coming in, we hiked a bit and saw a bear. I’m actually thinking about going back down the route sometime and stopping in a few places along the way, and there are a couple places along the Blue Ridge Parkway that I’d like to visit as well. I suppose there will be plenty of time/money for that when I’m old and retired and physically unable to do it, such is the cruel irony of life.
On friday I celebrated four years at IUE. I suppose that should warrant a cheer, but I don’t know. It amuses me that there are still faculty and staff members there that I’ve never met. Maybe that will change with me taking more classes. I’m registered for creative writing and excursions in mathematics next semester. For the time being, I’m looking forward to the writing class - it sounds interesting. That may change when I face the realization that I can’t write. The math class is just a requirement I’ve been dodging for the last three semesters, but I want to get it out of the way so that I can finally go on. If I stay with Humanities or switch to English, it will be all the math I need, which is good, because I despise math and its associated busywork. If I switch to MIS, I’ll have to take two additional math classes, but I also have more transfered credit that would apply to the degree. I suppose it comes down to me trying to figure out what I want to do with my life.
I’m currently enrolled in intro to photoshop 2, and visual basic. The VB stuff, as it turns out, comes pretty naturally - it’s like solving a puzzle. The photoshop stuff is fun too, but I’m not as enthusiastic about it as I was. I have a feeling that if I was taking something boring instead of VB, photoshop would seem a lot more interesting.
Here’s hoping finals go ok, whether I update before then or not.
And since Christmas apparently begins on the day after Halloween now, I’ll wish anyone who reads this Happy Holidays.
-Ben
