I have never seen so much snow in my life. This area got 20-30 inches of snow. Reminder, I am not at Lehigh this semester so I have no idea how much snow they got. I made my first great snow angel and the snow was so powdery, trying to move through it meant I sank in past my knees. Being a Southern California native, I never got to experience the childhood snow memories so part of me is making them up now with snowmen and snowball fights with friends. Call me what you wish but holding on to a small part of my childish side sometimes is just good, clean fun.
That wasn't going to be the original focus of what I was going to talk about today but the truth is that I have had a lot of different ideas over the past few weeks about what to write about. Not many people have the chance to study at another university in the US and know for sure that they can go back to Lehigh at the end. So far I have learned that as much as I knew it before, I picked the right school for me to spend the majority of my four year, undergraduate experience.
Our program is in no way reflective of a typical Georgetown schedule but it's weird to me to have night classes offered across the board and be so widely accepted. I love that Lehigh tends to limit the scheduling to between the hours of 8-4 allowing us to be involved in other aspects of campus life as well as our classes. Although I didn't have to participate, the process of getting classes also seems far more stressful as I watched my roommate have to deal with changing her schedule and the waitlist process. By having each class register a different night, it allows for instant (well almost, the internet moves slower that night than any other night of the year)registration so you know immediately if you got into the class because it's all based on when you hit submit rather than the preregistration process. It obviously works for them but it's all very strange to me.
One of the things I miss most about Lehigh is the architecture of what I view as the main quad consisting of Alumni Memorial. the UC, Linderman, the church and Packer lab. It all seems so cohesive and gorgeous. Georgetown has some amazing buildings that are old and beautiful but the lack of cohesion taints the landscape a little bit. Although they do win with a flat place to have a great snowball fight and build an amazing snowman.
I have a lot more to say on a wide variety of topics but for now, I have to go and get some reading done for Monday so I can spend some more time enjoying the snow tomorrow.
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