Some updates on my life.
Some updates on my life.
A lot has happened in the last few days. On Thursday I was just generally having a bad day, I think inspired by the weather and by a rather depressing and disorienting dream I'd had the night before. I have no idea what it had been about but it left me with a very out of sort and unhappy feeling.
It turned out to be a bad day all around. Seryosha's mother passed away on Thursday, I learned about it when I came home in the evening. I don't think I've ever felt quite so helpless. There was nothing really that I could do to help other than expressing my sorrow for my host-paren'ts loss and reassuring them that they didn't need to worry about me, only about getting to Novgorod and taking care of what they need to take care of.
I asked Jarlath for advice on etiquette when I got to school on Friday, but the only response I got was to just be understanding, which in my view, is common sense.
Friday I was left feeling out of sorts, a continuation of my mood of the days before, as well as what had just happened with my host-family. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go to choir, but as I'd skipped out on Tuesday in the interest of sleep I felt obligated to go. I am actually glad that I did. It was a part-night, and I ended up talking to a couple of girls during the time period. One of whom, Ella, I think she said her name was, was very out-going and friendly, and upon learning that I am from the U.S. was incredibly excited to talk to me. She's a linguistics major, and her focus area at the moment is the american dialect of English. I've offered to talk to her more, so I hope that the two of us will be able to help one another with learning each other's languages and cultures.
This morning I took care of a few household chores before setting off in search of a post-office. I found a post-office. It was however closed, which is puzzling to me, as the sign said it was open from 8am until 9pm. Perhaps postal service here does not work on Saturdays? I didn't see anything to that affect on the sign in the window but who knows. I might have just managed to hit a random break time.
I'm going to go out and see if I can't procure a ticket for a Rachmaninoff concert tonight at St. Issacs.
I've had a few other stresses hit my in the past couple of days, including a question as to whether or not I will be allowed to complete 5th year at U.W. and thus get a double -degree not just a double major. It's an issue of credits and if I have a strong enough argument to petition the registrar's office with. I'm trying to keep from stressing about it overly much though as it is not and issue I can solve at the moment. Though I think I will need to attempt to communicate with some sort of adviser over it. I think if I want to do the 5th year I'll need to declare a minor. Which I may not be able to do at this point in time. I have so much school stuff that I need to figure out before June... *sigh*
On a much happier note:
I have birthday wishes to send out to Kari and to Dad! Happy birthday to both of you!
A lot has happened in the last few days. On Thursday I was just generally having a bad day, I think inspired by the weather and by a rather depressing and disorienting dream I'd had the night before. I have no idea what it had been about but it left me with a very out of sort and unhappy feeling.
It turned out to be a bad day all around. Seryosha's mother passed away on Thursday, I learned about it when I came home in the evening. I don't think I've ever felt quite so helpless. There was nothing really that I could do to help other than expressing my sorrow for my host-paren'ts loss and reassuring them that they didn't need to worry about me, only about getting to Novgorod and taking care of what they need to take care of.
I asked Jarlath for advice on etiquette when I got to school on Friday, but the only response I got was to just be understanding, which in my view, is common sense.
Friday I was left feeling out of sorts, a continuation of my mood of the days before, as well as what had just happened with my host-family. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go to choir, but as I'd skipped out on Tuesday in the interest of sleep I felt obligated to go. I am actually glad that I did. It was a part-night, and I ended up talking to a couple of girls during the time period. One of whom, Ella, I think she said her name was, was very out-going and friendly, and upon learning that I am from the U.S. was incredibly excited to talk to me. She's a linguistics major, and her focus area at the moment is the american dialect of English. I've offered to talk to her more, so I hope that the two of us will be able to help one another with learning each other's languages and cultures.
This morning I took care of a few household chores before setting off in search of a post-office. I found a post-office. It was however closed, which is puzzling to me, as the sign said it was open from 8am until 9pm. Perhaps postal service here does not work on Saturdays? I didn't see anything to that affect on the sign in the window but who knows. I might have just managed to hit a random break time.
I'm going to go out and see if I can't procure a ticket for a Rachmaninoff concert tonight at St. Issacs.
I've had a few other stresses hit my in the past couple of days, including a question as to whether or not I will be allowed to complete 5th year at U.W. and thus get a double -degree not just a double major. It's an issue of credits and if I have a strong enough argument to petition the registrar's office with. I'm trying to keep from stressing about it overly much though as it is not and issue I can solve at the moment. Though I think I will need to attempt to communicate with some sort of adviser over it. I think if I want to do the 5th year I'll need to declare a minor. Which I may not be able to do at this point in time. I have so much school stuff that I need to figure out before June... *sigh*
On a much happier note:
I have birthday wishes to send out to Kari and to Dad! Happy birthday to both of you!
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