Lists

I have an obsession with lists. I don't think it's because I'm an ENFJ, because I really think I'm an I/ENFP. Perceiver sounds so much better than judger. But I do write lists. Lots and lots of them!

At the moment I have a list on my bedside table of places I want to go in Italy at some point. It includes:
Siena (town in Tuscany)
Villa Adriana (near Rome)
Villa d'Este (near Rome)
Assissi (St Francis - couple hours by train from Rome)
Orvieto (town semi-nearby)
Bologna
Ravenna (near Bologna)
Capri
Amalfi
Marostica (2nd week in September on even-numbered years, they have a human chess game in the square downtown, with costumes and everything. Anything with costumes and I'm in!)

I also have a list on my bedside table for tomorrow. It includes:
Grego Paper
Scholarship (WA Fryer Commission - due April 9th)
Mail Mom's BD card (her birthday was St. Patrick's day... clearly I'm a little behind!)
email Gma Sonel (I owe her one!)
Readng for week after spring break (I'm trying to get ahead)
Purchases for people I'm visiting over Spring break... Tasty, wonderful Italian things like coffee(!!!) to thank Gail, Tom, the Joyces, Brittany, and the Yosts for hosting me over spring break.
PACK!!!

I had a decisive moment today. Well, maybe not decisive, but it could be impacting. I think I've decided I'll write my thesis on marriage and it's correlation to comedic themes in literature using the texts of Shakespeare's Much Ado, and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. I'm not for-sure on it yet, but I'd like to do something with Shakespeare and Jane Austen (probably my top favorite contributors to literature), AND the professor who is willing to advise and oversee my thesis writing is willing to work with me informally via the internet this summer. YAY! My goal is to get all the research and (ideally!) the thesis itself written this summer. But even then, I won't do the "formal" class until next spring, so the decision on what I'm writing it on is impacting because it's a topic I'll have to be dealing with for the next year or so! Much larger than choosing what kind of gelato I'll eat!

In other news, I've spent a lot of time with the student government people the past 24 hours. We had lunch together and then a dinner meeting tonight. The meeting tonight was nice because not everyone was there and when everyone comes it can be a bit hectic and crazy. It was the die-hards tonight, I think! I'm still working my way around, trying to get a feel for people. I don't even know everyone's names yet, but at this point it's a little awkward to ask because I SHOULD know them. I hate that position!

I'm going to close and go to bed, but the verse for today is from Exodus 14:14. Tanner, my friend Cass's sister, left it for me on an encouraging little notecard she gave me. It says simply: "The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm." My involvement in student government is, if possible, even MORE exposure to stuff that I'm not always crazy about being around... but I freak out about it way too easily. I was reading Tanner's little card to me tonight (it's on my wall so I can be encouraged by it regularly!) and looked up the verse. It was just what I needed to hear!

ALSO, in yet OTHER news, before I close I'd like to notify my faithful readers that I'll be traveling to four different countries over the next 10 days. Friday I leave to go to Belfast, then on to England on Easter, then Southern France next week, before flying on to Espana towards the end of next week. Then, the week after spring break I'm having a couple people come stay with me for several days. It could be a busy next two weeks! OK, no "could" about it, it WILL be a busy next two weeks! But... that's OK. I'm looking forward to it! I did want to warn you, though, that I won't be apologizing if I miss a day or two posting. I don't know what my internet connections will be like - I don't think I'll have easy access to it in France for sure - so there's a good chance I won't be posting every day. BUT, I will try to take some good pictures and have them to post once I'm back to my own wi-fi!