So I am back to real food! - haha yes that is first today because to me I had been missing my food and that was most important! Actually, yesterday was the full day where I have very little problems, I still can't have something real strong in like spices type flavoring but that's okay!
I have talked to Christopher a little more lately than normal - but hey I am NOT complaining. :o) I do have to admit though the ARMY and I are not exactly on good terms right now because I am so ready for Christopher to be done with his deployment and there is still like 4ish months left to be lonely. sad. Sunday he called on a different time of phone so there was no time restriction and it made me SUPER EXCITED haha because we got longer than 20 minutes to talk to each other! He is my hero - he doesn't realize it probably but it's true always and forever.
This week is going by SO FAST! Amanda and I keep noticing that. - We don't; okay especially I don't, mind so much simply because the quicker January gets here the better!! But I am finally feeling better being completely out of my comfort zone and feel like all the adjustments are finally settling in. Oh, the most exciting - at least for me - this week is getting to drop Spanish and pick up the Biological foundations of Psychology. I am super excited to get a class to do with my major first semester freshman year!
Now:
Seminar, we are still in Amadeus - well yeah I mean we're not speed readers. One of the exciting aspects, since our class coincides with music, hearing the pieces of music which we read about in the play puts what we read in better perspectives at time. Dr. Kuykendall does an excellent job at bringing our readings to life - now if only English professors could do that..? There is one scene in the second half of the first act in which Saleri writes a welcome march for Mozart as he is to enter the court - for me I interpreted that piece almost as a comic relief for the story thus far. Up to this point Saleri cannot stand Mozart - to put it simply - and so for him to go out of his way to write this music for what i guess to me seems to be such a minute instance really is almost comedic. Its also interesting how in the character of Saleri, there is such a dynamic change of personality brought on by Mozart, and Saleri's interpretation of Mozart as God's incarnation. Saleri goes from being a very "faithful servant" of God, very openly willing to do his will to being very angry almost to the point of hostility with God. All this because he isn't getting what HE (Saleri) wants, and he believes that fulfillment of his personal desires were ultimately God's will at some point. Saleri is a character who I feel Shaffer almost has made this way, whether intentional or not, to represent the common struggle humans have here on Earth with God. We have these desires we believe God should fulfill rather than desire what God's will IS for us. A very interesting sometimes for me unfathomable concept to fully grasp at times. I am looking forward to beginning the discussions on our next segment of reading :o)!
On another note:
Sad news - anyone who reads please pray for Randa (she is in my dorm) she has been highly ill since Sunday, in and out of the hospital for three days and people were finally able to convince th hospital to keep her for observation rather than discharging her because they can't get a good diagnosis for her symptoms. I've had enough fights with doctors when my brother was in and out for his cancer treatment that it really irks me how careless doctors can come off at times! - so that's my soapbox for today
write again soon!
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