Dancing...I Mean...Running With Myself

It was another short day, but I think I'm getting into a rhythm that I can get used to. Once again, I only had two classes today:

Christology and Redemption: 10-11

Anthropology of Food and Culture: 1-2

The priest who teaches my religion class is a very kind man. He likes to make jokes and often teases the Saint Marys girls. He's already given us our first assignment: a four page paper that isn't due until mid March. I have to say, though, it is weird being in a class that consists of men trying to be priests. Going from all girls to mostly men is a very big shift.

I bought some strawberry Irish yogurt just to see if I would like it, so I tried it for lunch today. I'm obsessed. It is the most wonderful yogurt I have ever had in my entire life. It took all my willpower not to eat the entire container in one sitting, and then not go back after I put it away. It had perfect chunks of strawberry and was incredibly light. It's also fat free and full of protein. If you check my bank account later this week and all my money is gone, Mom, it's okay. I bought happiness.

Manna

My anthropology teacher is the biggest hoot though. In case you forgot, he's from Africa and can't speak English very well, so his slides as well as his speech are kind of difficult to understand at times. Today, he was using pictures of people from different cultures to explain a point and used a picture of Michael Jackson. He points to it and says, "Michael Jackson. He used to look like me. But, he decided that was no good. He wanted to be beautiful. But, he died." He had the whole auditorium laughing.

I'm really not a fan of being by myself. I'd much rather be near people. That's why I've really been struggling now that school has started. It's not that we have homework, it's just that everyone is in different buildings that we can't get into, and we all have classes at different times and don't know each others' schedules. But, I'm taking this as an opportunity to learn to accept being alone without being lonely.

To avoid getting upset, I made myself go for a run, and I'm so glad I did. On my last run, I noticed that near the middle of town there was a long sidewalk in the middle of a green. I couldn't see where it lead, so, today, I ran down the path. It was a stretch of trees that lead to a gate that seemed to be guarding a tourist site. On my way back, I challenged myself to run through South Campus to try to get myself back to my apartment on North Campus. I'm proud of myself for not getting lost at all through the entire run, and was able to snap a few pictures as the sun was going down on the trail and by Saint Patrick's College (where I take religion). Three miles, three pictures, one awesome run.

Taken from the end of the path by the gate

Taken on my way out of the path, going back to town

You can see the sun setting through the tower

Luckily, I was able to switch out of that awful music class, and I'll be trying a new class tomorrow. Fingers crossed that it works out! 

P.S- Thank you, Eleri, for calling me. You made my day a lot better. I won't post the pictures I took, but trust me, there was lots of lip syncing and silly faces, my friends. ;)