I've decided to stay for another year at UMass. I was planning to stay just one extra semester, but it was going to be so rushed and stressful. Staying another year just made sense. Now I get to take a couple of extra courses that really interest me, and that will probably help to shape my research interests as I enter graduate school. Here's my Fall schedule:
Anthropology- Culture Through Film
Communications- Media, PR and Propaganda
Economics- Economics of Cooperative Enterprise
History- Problems in World Civilization
I'm pretty excited about all of those courses, it should be a good semester.
Recently I took my camera onto campus to take a few pictures of the showcase garden near the Durfee Conservatory- there are these beautiful pink flowers called Gomphrena Fireworks (I think) that I've been meaning to take pictures of. Mark had to run an experiment in the lab one Saturday a week or so ago, so I came with him and spent the whole time taking pictures by the Conservatory.
Gomphrena
Echinacea
Earlier that week I'd been playing with my filters around the yard, and of course, Ivy came over to keep me company.
That's all for now- it's getting late, and I have to work at 8:30 tomorrow. Another day, another dollar. Thankfully my work day will be followed by stopping by People's Market to meet with a few other peeps (People's Market Employees are called peeps) to get going on the start-up tasks for the semester. Things are going to start getting a little more enjoyable in my life :) Of course, another year at school means another year working at the Market, which is my heart and soul. I wasn't ready to leave anyway!
Sorry for the lack of posts lately- I've been really busy with classes, work, looking for grad schools and thinking about the GREs. Oh, and freaking out- I've also been very busy freaking out. Between all that, finishing my thesis, applying to grad school, taking 18 credits next semester and trying to find employment for after the semester's over, I figure I won't be able to breath until right around Christmas. Maybe I'll take up yoga to cope.
I've been so busy that a couple of weeks ago I made it home for the first time since March, which is a really long time to go without seeing your parents (especially when they're only 2 hours away). While Mark and I were there I took a lot of pictures, and I've been working on a post about home.
In the meantime, we also went to The Fells, which is a property that was owned by Lincoln's secretary of state. The grounds are beautiful, full of gorgeous flowers and pathways. I wanted to post a few of my favorite pictures form that trip.
That's all for now, hopefully I'll have time to post in the next week or so!
