Pelf.

It has not been a very exciting week (and I think I use that word way too much, maybe one day I'll take the time to find some new words to add to my vocabulary). Funny that I should bring up that topic so soon because I really wasn't planning on telling you about my work at the Writing Center on Monday until much later on in this post. Ah well. So, Monday, since I really have very little purpose at the good ol' Writing Center, Christina had me make (English) vocabulary cards to expand people's vocabularies. Or, if they're bored they can just flip through them rather than looking at decade-old copies of the Gazette (the alumni magazine). So I made two sets--one of useful vocabulary words, the other with obscure words--examples for the latter might be cowcatcher, crackerjack, pelf, etc. The best part of this story is that I loved making silly vocabulary cards, and if I were actually paid to work at the Writing Center I would be thrilled.

So that was my Monday for the most part--that and I went to yoga and mailed my first box home. I packed a second box today, which I think will be my last. I packed up pretty much all my summer clothes, my sandals, two books, two photo albums, my fleece blanket, my big pillow, two teddy bears (that were gifts), and various other articles of clothing. So, I'm hoping two boxes mailed will be enough and that I won't need to mail any more... Especially since I'm probably going to have to take a taxi up to La Posta with this second box, it's a bit of a monster. Maybe I'll try carrying it... Hmm, we'll see how cheap I'm feeling. (I carried the last one up just fine.) Yesterday I was pretty busy with classes and homework--I was somewhat productive. It helped that I stayed in the library for the two hours between my last class and dinner. Worked on my Flannery O'Connor paper and finished my math homework. Now I should probably start studying a bit for my Western Civ quiz tomorrow. And my German quiz on Friday. I had a Marketing quiz today that I did decidedly so-so on. And I should probably also pick up the miniature whirlwind created by packing that box up.

And in case you were curious, I now receive dictionary.com's Spanish Word of the Day. Yoga tonight, I'll post again soon if anything miraculous happens.

Smile, Ari