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Now that my compulsive statement of the day is taken care of, an update. First day of classes today!! Despite the great time I had with the student life staff last week, I have been looking forward to this day for quite a while, for one particular reason: I will be less busy. Please, take a moment and consider the logic of what I just said. It truly boggles the mind.

For some reason I always seem to get the obligatory classes on Tuesday Thursday, and the truly enjoyable ones Monday Wednesday Friday. Today was pretty good. My urban theology prof is (no other description is possible here) an adorable grandpa, but the Force tells me that he is also a genius. The class promises to be a lot of work, but also very interesting. Saturday we are taking a trip all the way down Germantown Pike in order to see how the neighborhoods change. Exciting, no?

Also, 19th century American Fiction was interesting. Before the class started I had a very weird moment, because it is located on the 11th floor of one of the buildings. I looked out the window and saw the skyline of Philadelphia and thought, "Am I really here?? How did this happen to me?" It just served to remind me that you really never know what God has in store for you.

Anyways, the classis taught by a Temple grad student who informed us with a straight face that if we were planning on using SparkNotes at all, we should just get out. Perfectly understandable, of course, and the expression of disgust on his face made the English/history snob in me very happy.

The reason that I call these two classes obligatory is not because I think they will be boring. It's just that I do have to take them, and there are many other classes I would rather take...such as World War II which starts tomorrow!!!!!! Strategy, generals' egos and battles galore! So I'm a tad bit excited about that class, and also about my medieval Brit Lit class, which looks amazing. My one other class tomorrow is a US history survey course, which looks ridiculously easy compared to Messiah courses, but obviously, now that I've said that, I will fall on my face during the first exam.

And sadly, after a summer of getting to bed early and getting up early for work, I have almost effortlessly returned to the "procrastinate and stay up late" lifestyle, which is a testament to my true nature as a night owl, which is also very appropriate as the Temple mascot is the Owl!

More later on cities, jobs, and hmm...perhaps roommates? We shall see.