September 2, 2007

This morning I woke up and I was very sore…every muscle in my body just ached. I did a few stretches, after convincing myself that it wouldn’t get better if I just stayed in bed! I got dressed and it was a beautiful day, so I decided to go to the roof to do my homework! I was able to enjoy a half hour in the sun, and then it became cloudy and started to rain. So back down I came and I sat on the balcony with Katherine to do the reading for class. At noon things started to clear up, and we (Carrie, Ashley, Katherine, Alex, and I) went to the Pick ‘n Pay for groceries and to use the internet café. We stayed for an hour and made the half hour walk home to continue homework. We had to watch a very boring home DVD for class, and then the rest of the afternoon was spent reading for classes this week. For dinner, the five of us decided to have a family dinner, so we all pitched our food together. We grilled chicken (Alex made fish for himself) and had cooked veggies, and Alex made hashbrowns…well kind of! The hashbrowns didn’t quite turn out according to plan, so they were put in the oven to try to bake them. We never did eat the potatoes because they were not quite cooked, and the rest of our food was cold so we went ahead and ate. Despite the little hiccup in the meal, it was fun all sitting around on the beds in our room eating a homemade meal together! After dinner, we all sat around in the room and did homework together! The only noise in the room came from computer keys typing away and pages in books being turned. After a long while of quiet, we decided to pop some popcorn and finish homework. I only have to read two more reading for class this week and I am up to date and prepared for classes this week! Dad skyped me to let me know that he was safe and sound in Oklahoma City and it was nice to hear from him. Hopefully Mom got Marcus all settled in at Stout after a day of moving in! Hopefully all will go well for him at his first night of college life!