Whenever I'm asked what my favorite season is, I can never give the same answer twice. However, ask me now, and I'll tell you without hesitation, FALL! I'm beginning to see how truly beautiful this time of season is. In high school during this time of year, all I could think about was making it to the state volleyball tournament. Here at Luther, however, I find myself more and more praising God for the wondrous scenery. This past week has been the best by far. The trees are in the process of turning colors, with some trees already done, some right in the middle and others just beginning, so campus is the most beautiful array of colors I've seen. Walking from class to class now takes twice as long because I walk slower so a) I can take in the breath-taking view of the multicolored bluffs and b) I can kick the leaves around and make it sound like fall! Oh the joys of being outside. But it's been stunning around here this week, with blue skies and sunshine almost every day. I keep having to stop myself and ask if I'm really here, because it honestly seems like a scene from a movie every time I step outside.
But let's see, what have I been doing? Well, I got my second Paideia paper turned in, I got the results of my first biology test, and have been working on bacterial evolution in lab. I've also spent a large amount of time in the gym with volleyball practices, which is a very nice stress reliever after a long day of classes.
This weekend definitely made me feel like a typical college student. Friday night, Anna (yes, blogger Anna) and I walked downtown and stopped at a little store called Bookends and Beans. It's a cute little coffee shop/bookstore right on Water Street (which is the main street in Decorah). After browsing through the many books, I chose East of Eden off Anna's recommendation (I'm expecting big things!). Then we met some friends at Don Jose's, a local Mexican restaurant. It was super fun, just hanging out, being college students. Ended up across the hallway in a teammate's dorm after dinner and did homework until midnight, then hopped into bed. Woke up this morning and took a ROAD TRIP!!!!! Anna (again, yes, blogger Anna) and two friends and I drove to Forest City to watch our Norse football team take on the Waldorf Warriors...a two hour drive in the fall makes for lots of ooh's and ahh's when driving by all the bluffs...and of course Big Blue won, 31-0! GO NORSE!!!
And now, here I am, sitting "at home" on a Saturday night, desperately hoping the homework I have will just disappear. But alas, I know that if I want to have time to myself over fall break next week, I should do it tonight, along with a little extra so I'm actually ahead of schedule...we'll see how far that goes. Wish me luck!
Always,
Allison
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