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Dear Reader,

I had a quick week. It is better when my schedule is well planned, such as it is this quarter. I scheduled my classes earlier in the day. This is the smartest change I’ve made school related, since I started. I’m glad I’m nearly a third through the work for my major. I have about 6 more quarters to go. I’ll have taken 3 at the end of the current quarter.

I don’t remember did I tell you much about my choices when I started school. I started the first quarter undeclared, but I knew before I started it what I was going to take. I had to declare a major this quarter, as I had attempted 51 of 50 credit hours allowed without a major. I sent the paperwork right back in for the major of Engineering Design. On a side note I’m really glad I finally learned to spell engineering without spell check.

I’m enjoying all my classes much more this quarter than I did last quarter. I think the teachers are better this quarter. I have the best English teacher I’ve had so far. I’m also enjoying intro to engineering class as it’s stuff I already know, making it the easiest class I’ve ever taken. History is still giving me some trouble, but not as much as it was.

I spent the weekend trying to get ahead in my reading again. I also mowed my lawn and put the gate latch on for like the 3rd time. The wind keeps breaking off the gate latch. I didn’t work Saturday either so that made for a much longer weekend too.

Well, I still have schoolwork to do, so I’d better go.

Your blogger,
Nathaniel Starlin

I’m going to make this short tonight as I’m trying to get ahead a week on homework, and I don’t really have a lot of time to do that. I have finished all the work assigned to me for the past week, but in order not to fall behind when it gets busier I’m working ahead. I think it would be better to get ahead as I’m reading a lot between history class and English which is like a lit. class. I have very few assignments due during the week that are more than read from here to there. I think all the reading is outlined in the syllabuses so I shouldn’t have a problem getting ahead.

I’m finding history as interesting as I remembered, but also requires more note taking than I’ve ever done before. I’m not really a great note taker, as my hand writing skills are extremely laking. I’m going to ask tomorrow if she would mind if I took notes on my laptop, because I think I could keep up easier then and make more sense of it. I really like the teacher. She’s a retired Colonel. I think her perspective on the wars might be quite interesting.

English is boring as I don’t like studying lit. nearly as much as I like just reading it. I don’t really care for breaking down things that are enjoyable in their natural state. I’m finding that there is a lot to modern literature that I never cared to find out.

I haven’t had enough class time in my Intro To Engineering class to form an opinion on it yet. I was in class the first night for all of 45 minutes of the scheduled 2 hours. I think that looks like it might be the norm too.

Molly seems to be adapting back to my long days well. I wish I could say the same for me. I’ve had a real problem with feeling sleep deprived even though I should have much more time to sleep this quarter. I think most of that feeling comes from worrying about classes. I hope most of my fears go away as I finish this week. I have a essay due in history tomorrow that I have to write in class and as I stated earlier my handwriting is lacking, so that’s my concern tonight. I’m hoping she will let me use my computer for that too. I bought this computer last quarter when I had all my classes in computer labs and didn’t need it. Now that I can use it I’m too timid to ask to use it.

Well, I suppose I’d better get back to reading history as I have about 15 more pages in one book and 30 or so in another. I also have about 20 pages I need to read and breakdown for Tuesday night’s English class.

Your blogger,

Nathaniel Starlin

Dear Readers,

I know it has been a very long time since I’ve written to you all. I haven’t forgotten you. I tried to write a blog many times last quarter, but I couldn’t seem to come up with very good content.

I had a long and very rough quarter. I made good grades in English and Machining classes. I did fail out of math, as I was unable to keep up with the course load. I voluntary failed the math class as I wasn’t going to get the grade I needed to get into my next math course. I’ve never been very good at math and had only marginally managed to pass the class before this one.

Tomorrow, I start spring quarter. I hope this quarter will go smoother. I have another three classes scheduled. I’ll be taking the next English class I think 114 is the class number. I’m also taking into to engineering class and a history class. I have to take three electives so I picked history has one of them. I don’t know what other two electives I’m going to take.

My fall quarter was quite hard on my life at home as well. I didn’t have much time at home or to myself. I had late classes, so I didn’t have any time at home until the weekend and then I just wanted to sleep. I told you I took Thor for Aunt Mary and Uncle Steve. I was feeling really bad as I wasn’t able to walk him or have him out of the cage much. Let me say here that Molly is not bothered by being in the cage for long periods of time. She is quite content to sleep in her cage with the door closed instead of sleeping in her cage with the door open as she does when I’m home. “Grandma” White kindly looked for someone with land and a love for animals for Thor. She was able to find someone a week ago. They are a very nice family in the country who love having him there. I bet he’s happier there as I’m gone almost 18 hours a day.

I spent my spring break trying to get caught up on some things I had let slide during my winter quarter. I washed my bed clothes, washed some dishes, and got some sleep. I also installed a “on demand” hot water heater at the church. I don’t know if the church ever had hot water. I’m guessing not since they made it a church if it even did before that. It’s very nice to finally have hot water there as the water temperature of the water at entry is quite cold in the winter.

Well, I guess I’d better go I still have things to do before I start back to school tomorrow.

Your blogger,

Nathaniel Starlin