Summer School
I am working on my last paper for the summer and I cannot tell you how happy I will be when it is done. I feel like this has been a less than relaxing summer. It started with me spending 4 hours a day in class for six weeks straight and it is ending with papers and a horrible sunburn. I have been working furiously (because I procrastinated) on a few papers for my last two classes. I want to find the person who invented the quarter system and punch him in the face. It is a tricky way for schools to take more of your money, make summer classes a requirement and force a semester of work into 3 months.
The Beach
I went to the beach with Melody a little over a week ago and I underestimated the power of the sun. We got up early on a Saturday and drove out to Malibu to enjoy some Southern California weather. We found a nice spot and set up our beach blanket. The waves were particularly strong so we couldn't do very much swimming. We found this out the hard way by getting our butts kicked by a giant wave. It hit us so hard that my knee was bleeding from the sand rubbing against it. We then decided it would be a good idea to stay out of the water and just do some sunbathing. I put on sunblock, but I must have missed a few key areas on my chest and my feet especially. Basically, I got the worst sunburn of my life. I will spare you the details but I missed 4 days of work and had second degree burns over both my feet and couldn't sleep for 2 days. I know what your thinking. Aren't you from California? Didn't you grow up in the Central Valley where it is especially hot? Don't you know that the sun is hot? The answer to all of the above is yes, but I got lazy and did not heed all of warnings from the Coppertone commercials (the ones with the dermaphoto booth). I really cannot wait for a cold, windy and miserable day with no sun.
4 comments:
YOu have my deepest sympathy, Kevin. I once floated down a river in Colorado for 6 hours with no sunblock (it wasn't invented yet) and got the worst sunburn ever. I also missed days of work and swelled up like a sausage. It was awful.
I, too, have been craving cold, windy days with no sun, but for different reasons. Sympathies on both the burns, AND the quarter system...Matt and I both survived 4 years of art projects and finals on that schedule. We greedily kept our summers to ourselves, though...thank you parents. Besides the workload, do you find that you are enjoying the subject matter?
Thanks for your sympathies.To answer your question, I absolutely love my Bible classes. Writing Exegesis papers has been the best part of Seminary. I am writing about James 3:13-18 and it has been an incredible journey into the mind of the brother of Jesus. I had a really negative professor for my church history class and that has put a damper on an otherwise great experience. There is no doubt that I have a great life right now.
Before I read the second paragraph I was wondering perhaps if you were tanning with the girls outside of Melody's building???
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