"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Catch Up -- Summer in Auburn

It's been a while since I have been able to post on here for reasons other than school, sorry bout that everybody.

 I have a free hour in between classes and I'm going to use it to catch yall up on my life. I am spending this summer down in Auburn taking classes and working at Crepe Myrtle Market and Cafe. First minimester ended last Saturday and second minimester started this past monday.

First minimester I took Ethics: A Study of the Seven Deadly Sins, Four Cardinal Virtues, and Three Theological virtues and my Topics in Popular Culture: City Culture classes. They were both great classes and I had seriously awesome teachers. We had blogs for both classes which you can find at the links below! I definitely recommend checking em out!

Ethics
http://thesevendeadlysinssummer2012.blogspot.com/


Topics
http://aucitycultures.wordpress.com/

Classes have just begun this second minimester and I'm loving both of the so far. Im taking Personality Psychology and Sensation and Perception Psychology. Its a summer of Psychology for the rest of summer! Both teachers are really awesome and both work in the research and clinical psychology field so I'm hoping to get good life advice on what exactly my next steps should be from both of them.

Also, I finally got a job! I work at Crepe Myrtle Market and cafe. It's an awesome place with local grown foods and an awesome Steak 'N Bleu Crepe. The people I work with are hilarious and always make work fun.

As for spiritual happenings, I'm going through the Gospels this summer during my quiet time. It's been incredible to study in depth the character of Christ from each of the different books. I thought I would have more time to myself this summer, but with the structure of the minimester I spend more time studying and working than I do in the normal school year, and that has made time management for quiet times hard. At First Presbyterian Opelikia (my church here) we are going through 1 Thessalonians  which is a book I haven't delved too deeply into so I'm excited by what I have the opportunity to learn from it.

Senior year is rapidly approaching and I can't believe that in a short eleven months I will be an Auburn University Alumni. It is exciting to be able to move on to the next step, but absolutely crazy that I am going to have to leave this wonderful place behind. I intend to make the absolute most of the rest of my time here in everyday that I can.

Side note: It was officially a year ago last week that I was bit by that crazy rabid dog in Peru. I miss Peru every day, especially since I am taking classes and working this summer and it's all too easy to think back to the Lomo Saltado and beautiful Andes mountains.

Next update will hopefully be more exciting, life is pretty routine here on the plains now. Yall let me know if there is anything you want me to write about! To all my loved ones in Peru, I miss and pray for yall every day. Besos a todos.

Chao.
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