Today, I did something rather unusual - I stayed indoors all day. It's not something I planned; I guess it just happened that way. It was fun, really :)
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Snow |
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Sarah's Sign |
Afterwards, I decided to make something creative to put on my door, and invited Maggie to join me. Sarah, our RA, gave me her set of colored pencils which are amazing. So, I made her a sign with her name spelled out in Farsi.
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New sign on my door |
I would just like to take some time and reflect on my first week. If I were to sum it up in one word, I would say that my time here so far has been wonderful. I have always known that I needed a change of location - a new place for a new perspective. I would say that I am almost a different person, with better habits. I am working out, keeping my room clean, practicing piano, and blogging regularly. Normally, I don't do any of these on a regular basis, if at all. I feel that even my personality is changing - this I should be careful about. I would not want to go sour. But I am not too worried, because everyone here is so nice and kind. All I need to do is soak it up.
We have a wonderful set of people in the REU, both students and faculty. The weather has been great and the mountains never stop looking beautiful. I am very excited that we still have nine weeks to continue enjoying every bit of it.
What I have noticed really standing out on a daily basis is this blog. As I have mentioned a few times by now, it is a new experience for me, and it has been more exciting than I ever thought it could be. At first, I imagined it would be far too boring for anyone to want to read, and that my only encouragement would be my friends and family being able to keep up with me. But it seems there are others out there willing to view my blog. The numbers skyrocketed when it was posted on the CS page of the MSU website, and I have consistently had more than 55 views per day since, one time reaching as high as 98! I keep meeting people who tell me they have read my blog (even enjoying it), and see comments and responses to posts. It is so wonderfully encouraging. It also puts some pressure for me to keep posting and try to make the posts better quality. I am even getting myself into the habit of taking pictures, just to post them on this blog. Plus, I know that writing more helps one become a better writer, or at least keeps the skill from deteriorating. With my experience with it so far, I would recommend everyone to at least try it once.
I would say that by now I am fairly settled in, comfortable, and ready to get busy.
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Here are the pictures I took when I was just messing around in my room.
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My Blanket
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Apart from the abstract pictures of the stuff in your room, I truly loved this line - "the mountains never stop looking beautiful". So true and so simple. And snow .. OMG!! Now that would've been a fairly good reason to be shocked and stay indoors.
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