Back in Goshen

So I've been back in Goshen, back in school for just over a week now. It feels pretty good. I'm living in the upstairs apartment of a pretty cool (note both senses of the word here apply) old house quite close to campus with 4 fabulous women. We take turns cooking supper and cleaning and shopping. Being back in "normal" school is also nice. I'm having to readjust to the style of teaching (i.e. homework and readings) but I have some interesting classes. I haven't yet started my TESOL field experience, which will most likely consist of assisting in the teaching of English to students at the local high school, or perhaps some one-on-one tutoring sorts of things. I will get busier when this starts...
Sunday I went back to Benton Mennonite, my "home-college" church. It was so beautiful to hear hymns sung in (good) four-part harmony again! Some of my favorites, along with "Be thou my vision," which reminded me of my Grandpa Glick's funeral in which almost all of the Glick grandchildren sang that song. It shocked me to realize that it has been around 5 years since he died.
Keith Graber Miller, one of the Bible, Religion and Philosophy prof.s at Goshen gave a guest-sermon on the importance of scripture, which was quite interesting and relevant to my recent skepticisms of religion in general and the divinity of the word. Good things to think about.
Though, pleasantly, my spanish class does not seem to be too challenging, I will be challenged in some of my other classes, especially, perhaps the intro to Econ. Development (a class which I am only auditing due to lack of space). Today we talked about World Millennium Development Goals from the 2000 UN summit. Interesting. Idealistic and not necessarily feasible, but ... there are possibilities. I hope to learn more.
I'm also reconsidering plans for next year. They originally involved a move to Kansas to live with my sister while she finished up vet school. Living with her might now be post-poned a year with a move to somewhere I find more drawing in its place. I'm up for suggestions or cool opportunities you might hear about. =)

land of enchantment

yesterday I killed a scorpion in the hallway and kelcie and I sat in the hot tub and looked at the gorgeous stars.

today I went out in the garden and dug up a carrot to eat with my lunch and went on a beautiful walk/hike up a nearby canyon with the sobrinos. Kelcie dyed my hair with henna and we ate at a chinese restaurant. It was a lovely birthday/new years and now its quarter till 11 and I'm going to go to bed. =)

Tomorrow i'm going to read more, cook some yummy food and help dad out on the sawmill?

Break is nice, and so is the New Mexico sun. and our special planet, Pluto. Which is by state legislature, still a planet when it passes over our skies. oh yeah.