This weeks edition of Third Person Thursday lasted only around 30 minutes into breakfast :P That shows how dedicated we are haha!

We started today’s General studies with a tour of the library and ended with us working in one of the labs on our research projects. I’m genuinely excited about mine and Meg’s project about whether certain diets limit us. We started researching the dietary habits of omnivores, vegetarians, vegans, etc. and comparing their daily nutritional value to see if a person on a certain diet has any restrictions. After lunch, we headed back to the classroom to watch Forks over Knives and it was incredible! I wanted to watch more but unfortunately we’ll have to finish it next week.

There was some drama surrounding my leaving for a day but I was able to talk to Kate, we straightened it out, and I will be able to leave for the conference and stay all day! In Seminar today, things got personal. We watched a TedTalks speech by Brené Brown who talked about Vulnerability and she was phenomenal. 2 of my favorite quotes by her were “You cannot selectively numb emotion. It becomes a dangerous cycle” and “We are imperfect, but we are wired for love and belonging.” We talked about “life lessons” and people got really deep. Nothing is allowed to leave the classroom but I will say that some if those stories really moved me. While I personally wasn’t ready to share something very personal yet, I hope to be able to get it off my chest by the end of GSP. The best part was though, in the end when it was still a little bit awkward, Luke decided it would be a great idea to ease the tension with a Cinnamon Roll Hug where everyone joins hands and then spins inward. It worked haha!

We ran for the 3rd time today which caused us to miss the movie tonight (The Bandwagon) but we heard it wasn’t too good, and anyway, I felt great after running! In the beginning, I noticed how she added the extra 30 seconds but by the end, I honestly did feel great! Oh and for our showcase, I think we are going to reverse the roles wherein the girls will play the guys and the guys the girls in Summer Nights! We start choreographing tomorrow :P

Only one more day until Family Day!

((Thanks to Bria, this has now become tradition))

Lusi probably had her best day here by far. Even though General Studies dragged on for Lusi, she really enjoyed breakfast where she and get roommates made new friends! In class, Lusi watched a documentary which was in a mixture of French/German/Polish with blurry subtitles underneath. But, Lusi thoroughly enjoyed a book by Michael Pollan they started reading called Food Rules. After reading his Omnivore’s Dilemma, Lusi expects great things from Pollan :)

Third Person Thursday got old by lunch so we took a hiatus…until next Thursday :P During our long break, the roommates and I played board games and found the best chill spot where we hung out for a good hour just reading/writing.

After dinner was seminar, and I have to say that out of everything, that is the class I enjoy the most. We played The Human Knot and more bonding games, we’re going to participate in the Olympics Sunday, and we get journals to write in and Luke, the RA, responds back to us. All in all, it’s the most interesting of all the classes! Plus, as I was walking out headed to their event called Between a Tweet and a Blog (motivational speeches from our teachers) I got complimented on my awesome cheese bag from the coolest RA (she had flaming red hair and the best wardrobe) and we got to talking and she goes to UK, knew where I had gotten by bag, and we gossiped all the way to the auditorium. I even found out that she’s the one on the cover of UK’s brochure!

Lastly, before check-in at 10:30, all of us headed downstairs to play games and we learned the card game Spuds and then went outside to play Symbols and Sailors and Ships. My favorite would have to be Sailors and Ships which is basically a MUCH more intense version of Simon Says.

Pretty much, today was so busy but so fun that I forgot about home. If that’s a good thing or a bad thing, I haven’t yet figured out.