Random Thoughts

So I have things to work on, but (of course) I don't feel like doing anything else except reading my book, the Circle Trilogy.

When I am finished I will maybe write a review on it. My mom bought it for my birthday, but it was too heavy to ship, so it came with a friend to Switzerland. It seems like it's 'weird,' because it deals with the main character switching between 2 worlds, but it's actually not. It is a 'thought provoking' book. I don't want to read more about it on the internet, because I'm afraid it will ruin the ending. I am about 600 pages into it.

Instead of reading, I am forcing myself to work (which is not a bad thing).

What is on my plate:

1. We are having a kid's camp next week, so I am helping with the administration. The theme is Friend of Jesus, so I need to go find a picture and make name tags.

2. My mom's Christmas gift was/is a photo book, but I was waiting for a few pictures from my sister, so now that I finally got them, it will be more of a Christmas/Mother's day gift.

3. I have a message to transcribe (probably makes no sense to most people, but that is ok)...I worked 5 hours on it and somehow all my work was lost! I was devistated and still don't understand what happened, so I have to start all over...probably 10 hours of work ahead of me.

4. Oh, and possibly most important, I have a mid-term on Monday that is 'heel belangrijk' (critical for my existance). So far this week I have been good 'bout studying, but more is always better. For anyone that doesn't know, I am enrolled in Dutch courses at the University here...I am in level 4 of 6. Supposedly that means I should be pretty good, but I'm not. I have ups and downs every week. Probably 10 times a week I say I'm going to quite and I don't care, but then I have to convince myself that there is a good reason to learn it. The biggest consolation this week is 'I've only been here 6 months.' But I guess that shouldn't be used as an excuse.

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