03-09-2013

03-09-2013

Happy Tuesday! Today was my second day of classes. I have “City of Confluence,” “Women, Development, and Environment,” and “Living Religious Traditions” on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Yoga will start next week and will be from 6:30am to 8am, so I will be even busier then. It seems that Monday, Wednesday, and Friday will be my light days. I’m excited to be able to explore a bit more, although traveling alone as a woman is not always safe, especially at night. However, learning Hindi will absolutely help me get around.

There are nine students (including me) in the program, and there are several different electives, so our largest class size is still quite cozy. I think I don’t tend to participate much in large classes because I don’t know everyone and I’m afraid they will judge me. So far in this context, though, this has not been the case. I have always tried to push myself to contribute more instead of taking the role of the observer, and perhaps this is the place to really perfect that.

 It’s only about 1:20 in the afternoon as I write this, but I am already exhausted! It might be due to some cough syrup I took earlier today. Whatever the case, I am definitely planning on taking a nap as soon as I get home. I have already finished all the work for this week because I am neurotic, so I actually have nothing to do when I finish class. We are starting out slowly, but I suspect that this program will not assign the amount of work I am used to having at Bard (which is a ridiculous amount).

Love,

Rose