Update

Oops. It has definitely been a while. It is probably a reflection of my extremely busy month - known at Briercrest (and maybe other universities, I'm not sure) as 'Miracle Month'. I haven't even written about Mexico!

Well, a week ago I was at home packing to leave for Mexico with my family. We got to the island of Cozumel Saturday evening, after a day of flying and a quick stop to the Mall of America to ride the famous ride, ate supper and went to bed. The rest of the week pretty much just consisted of laying by the pool in the beautiful, hot sun and doing a bit of bopping around the island.

One day we went on a Catamaran boat to a reef to snorkel; it was an entire day deal. I got into the water, put my head it, saw the fish swimming really close to me (and all around me...aka ones behind me where I couldn't keep my eye on them) and pretty much freaked out. No way am I going to be in this water with animals that I can pretty much touch. Sick. Gross. Not happening. This is their turf. So I swam right back to the boat, not being able to decide if I felt better about putting my head in the water so I could make sure I wasn't going to touch them or if I should keep my head out of the water where I couldn't see them and thus pretend they weren't there - desperately hoping they weren't getting ready for an attack. I think I chose the latter, or maybe a mixture of both. So, I got back to the boat and got back on, probably looking like a freak as people were still in the process of getting off. There I stayed for the rest of the afternoon, which was nice anyway because the sun was so great. It also worked out okay because I stayed with Teagan so both my parents could snorkel. And that was the famous snorkeling experience that brought me to this conclusion: Snorkeling is a lose-lose situation. If there is nothing to see, it is boring. If there is something to see, I would rather not be in the water with it in the first place.

The next day we went on the Ferry to the mainland and went to another resort of the same company for the day. We had free access because of the all-inclusivness of the resort we were staying in. We did more laying in the sun and just hanging out. Friday (our last day there) my family went to a beach close by to snorkel and swim with dolphins (Teagan actually kissed one!), but I decided A) snorkeling is of the devil, and B) I had waaay too much homework to do, including three papers to write. So I stayed behind, managed to get my whole Theology research paper written in three hours, and spent the rest of my alone time by the pool with a book. Soo nice. Saturday we flew home...back to the deep freeze.

Because of my mass amounts of papers to write, 2 due the Monday I came back to school and 1 due yesterday (Thursday), and my lack of time to do it while in Mexico, I had my first true college experience on Wednesday night. It consisted of me, Amy Keener Soubolsky, starting and finishing writing my major paper for Church Ministry on the day before it was due. Therefore, from when my classes were done until close I was at the library. From 10 pm until midnight I came to the point with friends who were also writing that paper and ate sugar to keep my awake. And from midnight until THREE IN THE MORNING. I was in the lounge finishing up. Yea, that's right. ...I actually kind of enjoyed it.

Anyway, I have just less than 5 weeks of this year left and I am so pumped. I cannot wait to come home for good and enjoy four months of summer. Hmm, I need a job. This weekend I will probably still be doing more work with a bit of actual relaxing time in between, and next week will begin with more time spend bonding with the library and apologizing to my body for sitting and doing work so much.