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Blogging certainly is not one of my strong points. I believe it stems from my belief that I have nothing to write about except school work, and after a long day of classes, the last thing I feel like writing about is school.

But today is the day before fall break, so that is something to write about! I cannot express how much I am looking forward to a break, a chance to recover from taking exams and the disappointment after receiving them back and finding that the hours upon hours of study didn’t always turn into a good grade. I suppose that something I’m learning to wrap my head around. Hard work doesn’t always get a good result, unfortunately. However, when it does…boy is that satisfying!

Anyway, fall break is most welcome. I plan on visiting a friend at another school and heading to an amusement park nearby for some rollicking roller coaster fun. Even as a write, I’m getting butterflies. I have a strange relationship with roller coasters. I love them, yet I fear them greatly.

One more thing I’m looking forward to: reading what I want to read. My choice? Children’s literature of course! I need a break from academics. I will finally get a chance to finish From the Mixed of Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, which I bought at the Metropolitan museum of art a few weeks ago on an art trip.

Yep. That’s what happens when an English major goes to the Met. I looked at art, of course, but the whole time was thinking “I wish I had a copy of that book by E.L. Konigsburg.” Thankfully, the museum gift shop was able to satiate that desire. Next time I go, I’ll have to make a list of the places in the museum mentioned in the book and go look them up! If I was ever to write a unit study on that book, I would include a field trip to the Metropolitan to do just that. Ha ha.

Have a good break, fellow Messiahians!