Hi ho, hi ho, it's back to school we go...

It's the third day of class.
I've been back on campus five days.
It seems like so much more than that.

In a way, it's like I never left. Franciscan feels like home, I'm picking up old friendships where they left off. Then there are ways in which it's radically different. I'm a senior this year, which means I'm taking mostly major classes, I'm doing a "seminar" with my French advisor as a graduation requirement, which is basically a lot of research over the semester. I'm going to be incredibly busy this year, but I think I feel ready.

Anyway, the title for this post is the way we all seriously look like ant trails as we scurry along various sidewalks to and from class, Mass, the caf, the dorms...

God bless everyone's semesters. They're going to be great. And keep in touch.

I've got a mailbox! ... and a cell phone!

I finally got a mailbox assigned. It turns out, all you have to do is call, and they'll give you one before the semester starts. So...

My mailing address as of August 23 will be

Rebekah Schloeder

1235 University Blvd. #1109

Steubenville, OH 43952

EDIT: I also finally got a cell phone. The number is 858-208-6148.

EDIT EDIT: Room number is 740-283-4142

Write! or Call! or Skype!

A clean room, and other news

Yeah, so I taped myself cleaning my room for motivation. Please feel free to not enjoy the video if you don't want to.

Last night all the girls got together for an end-of-the-summer Pride and Prejudice

and pizza party. It was really great to hang out with everyone again before we all go off to various colleges for the semester.

Before that, Bridget, Emily, and I went to the beach and went boogie boarding. One last time before we leave San Diego...

Emily left this morning for her student life orientation at Fulerton, and we'll be going up to help her move into the dorm tomorrow. I can't believe she's going to college, but it doesn't really feel real either 'cause I'll see her tomorrow and again before I leave for Steubenville.

I go back to school on August 22 at night and land in Pittsburgh the next morning. I really can't wait to see all my friends again!

I've been thinking about starting to video blog every so often... stay tuned.

Sparky

See the picture in the last post? It was taken with the built-in webcam on my new Lenovo G530.

I've been saving up all summer to replace Hector, who died last semester. This is Sparky.

This computer is much nicer than the last one, and I payed about the same... making me wish I was a few years younger, so that I'd get all the good stuff the first time around, and so hopefully the recession would be almost over by the time I graduated and hit the job market. Unfortunately there's nothing I can do about that.

The last bit since I've blogged, I've of course been working. We went to the beach this last weekend.

A group of us are practicing hard-core to sing at Anna's wedding this next Saturday. I'd tell you more, but don't want to spoil it for those of you who will be attending. But we've been working really hard and it darn well better be awesome.

And I finally hosted my European photo slideshow night. I made my Spanish host mom's apple pie recipe, and it turned out really well. I'll have to make it again, as I've still got another pie crust in the fridge.

OK, that's about it. Talk to you soon!

-Rebekah

Various Bits

[The following actually written a couple weeks ago...]

I got a haircut!

Whatcha think? I like it.

And... not much has really happened recently. I've been working a lot, which is good. I've been sorting and printing photos for my scrapbooking. That will have to start really soon. Tonight or tomorrow.
We went and saw the Harry Potter movie this morning and laughed at all the people who payed more than $5.50 for their ticket or stayed up all night. If I want to dress up, I'll go to Comicon. But it wasn't an extraordinary movie. It was alright, but that's about it.
Dad and Michael are away for the week on a boyscout backpacking trip, so it's just the girls at home. We're eating out a lot and generally having fun.
That's... about it.
-Rebekah