Back by popular demand...my life.

Okay, so I haven't had the chance to be as regular as I would like, but we'll have to make do.

Anyway, here is the low-down on what has happened since last we spoke:

This past Friday I traveled to Newark, Delaware. There were five of us from my campus ministry (boy, I've been doing a lot of religious stuff lately) who were going to our regional Social and Service Overnight. So we got into Newark about 6:55. We called our regional president who (being from Philly himself) had no idea where to pick us up. So we stood in the freezing cold for what seemed like an hour (which was really about 15minutes) and the five of us crammed in his car with him and his girlfriend (that brings the total to seven people in an old Olds decked out for six max). We got to the retreat center...blah, blah, blah, we're playing Sardines in a local church. It is traditional that we all sleep on the floor of a church before spending all day Saturday doing service. I then spent Saturday sorting through books in the church's youth room (and found several VERY interesting Sex Ed books with a religious twist--ps, guys, apparently men are the root of all relational, sexual, and social problems with the world). And then I sang REALLY old songs and played bingo with soe darlingly (?) old people.

Sunday, I took someone to church with me to the Episcopal church at Rittenhouse Square (for those of you who know what/where I'm talking about: it is as nice on the inside as it is on the outside). And then I came home to plan my Oscars party. During my nap (gimme a break, there was a fire drill the night before, and the night before that I was on the floor of a church--I was exhausted), I got a call from a friend's cell phone, picked up and another friend of mine coerced me into making brownies for the other friend's (whose cell it was) Oscar party, oh, and by the way, he said, I was invited. Well, I was slightly ticked, but never one to pass up securing my friendships with bribes, I whipped out my supplies and made a batch of the brownies from the Super Bowl party (from over at the Red Bucket Diaries--thanks Jon-Marc, again), and a batch of Peanut Butter cookies. I know they only asked for brownies, but I had some extra peanut butter, so why not make some?

I then went to class, had a rather regular Monday--still no news about Rome.

Tonight was the Honors Certificate Ceremony. My parents--also from Connecticut-came down and brought lobster and goodies for my friends and I. It was quite nice, although I realized that I get the need to buy friendships from my mother. Again, no news about Rome.

My parents are in town until Friday (when they take me home for break) and they are staying on campus (at the six-suite hotel we have). I don't know why but I think that it is kinda creepy to have one's parents stay on the same campus on which you are attending classes--especially when you will not see them for most of the time they are here.

By-the-by, I think that there is a definitive need for your help. I am thinking about my future. For one thing, I think that I am going to back off on the Classics Major to a Minor and keep the Religion Major. By doing this I ensure I graduate on time. Also, I am going to need to go to grad school no matter what, so what the hell do I care what my BA is in? So, here is where you come in: (1) I need your advice on making this decision. Here are my choices: (1a) Keep things as is and take at least one extra semester for BA and then go on to grad school; (1b) Back of to Classics minor and graduate on time with a BA and then go on to grad school. (2) Also, help me figure out what I want to do with my life: (2a) Museum archivist, other down/dirty/bowels of the institution work; (2b) Professorship whilst being Museum patron; (2c) Other.

Thanks...and let's hope I get a chance to keep this thing more regularly!
Happiness for y'all!
JCM