First day of school

Monday was our first day of real classes - I had 2 classes back-to-back from 9:00 am to noon. Afterwards, Sarah and I both had a break until 4:00 pm, so we decided to go back to University Park. It was just as beautiful as the first time! We were there for a long time, taking different paths and exploring everything. One of the paths, the one that goes over Rainbow Bridge, ends up at the gate to someone's farm! We stood at the gate for awhile, gazing at the bright green land and the perfect blue sky...we even climbed over the gate in order to take better pictures, haha. On the way back, we found the blackberry bushes Janine had told us about, and we had to eat some. Then we discovered a HUGE tree that is perfect for climbing (this is when my camera battery died -- sorry, I'll have to put up pictures of it later!). Its branches drag the ground all the way around it, so it almost creates a secret area around the trunk and under the branches :). I climbed it as far as I could go...Sarah wasn't wearing good "climbing" clothes, so she promised to climb it next time. Lots of people had written their names on the trunk, so of course we gave in and added ours. It was a perfect day in the park!







Sarah and I both had the Christian Worship class from 4:00-6:30 pm, and it was held outside in the backyard of House 9. I know this is going to be my favorite class of the semester! Since the class was so long, we had a break in the middle for tea and cookies (which we'll have every class meeting). We discussed different types of worship, and at the end we practiced meditation, laying in the grass and relaxing our minds. After class, I ate dinner and then headed straight for the computer lab! I was starting to feel withdrawel from the internet, haha. I worked on downloading/editing pictures until midnight - a huge task since I had over 300 pictures already! So many memories in only 5 days... :)