Earlier this afternoon, I put in some quality time with a book about early Protestant missionaries and their effect on the Taiping Rebellion. Eventually the book wandered away from relevance to the research at hand, my mind turned to mashed potatoes, and my stomach began to growl. I called it good enough, located some food, and came home.
This week has been a good one. I had the opportunity to spend a long weekend with my parents in Texarkana as well as to catch up with some of my church family there. It was nice. I baked 9 loaves of bread and brought them back to Conway with me on Monday. This week I handed them out, and my stock here has gone up dramatically. I'm planning to teach a bread-baking class tonight, so there may be bread in your future. (Nick, I haven't forgotten you!)
Tuesday's classes went without a hitch (though there were obnoxious "evangelists" on-campus), as did Wednesday's. Thursday I had my first makeup class lab. It went as well as could have been expected. I've worn makeup in theatre before, but I've certainly never done it myself, much less done it this way. Things will certainly get better as I understand the face's structure more and more. The prof in the class understands that we men don't know heads from tails right now, and she's very encouraging. I will say that liquid eyeliner got the best of me. I have enrolled in some remedial lessons from my friend and accomplice Bekah. We'll master this once and for all.
Thursday I went and filled out a job application for the new Coldstone Creamery. We'll see how that goes. The pay will be low, but it would be pretty steady. I am on payroll now for Kaplan, but it seems like that will be as-needed, so I'm keeping my options and eyes open.
Friday was supposed to be a research day, but I went to the Starbucks on-campus. Kind of a mistake when I need to get things done. Beyond the proximity to the library, (which I took advantage of) the perks include unending conversation and occasional free drinks. The downside, I suppose, is that it's hard not to let myself be sucked into chatting the day away instead of reading or whatnot.
It seems like this was a grocery list of stuff instead of a good post. I'll think better next time.
T
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