The Good Kind of Busy

This week has been busy with assignments, meetings, lunch/dinner dates with friends, and a little bit of work. Though I have not officially started tutoring in the writing center, I tutored one of the students from my freshman group (over Orientation weekend) on her English paper and read scholarship letters at thank you letter writing workshops on Wednesday. This coming week, I get to observe my friend/writing assistant mentor, Moon, at work before I start tutoring. I am excited to get my feet wet, though I am a little nervous that I might lead a student in the wrong direction.

Speaking of writing assistant related activities, I got to interview one of my English professors on Tuesday. This interview is an assignment for my writing assistant training class, and each of us has to interview a professor in one of our disciplines that we will be tutoring in to find out to educate non-majors about writing for that subject. I had this professor for my literary studies class in the spring, and he had some great insights about writing. I have to type a summary of my findings and present them to the class in a week.

Thankfully, I was able to have fun this weekend! On Friday night, I went to a reunion at the home of a friend/coworker who was in London the same time I was. She was in a different program, but we were in London together for four weeks. I was the only person from my program (humanities) who was invited, but I am friends with some of the people from the core program (the core/bio groups lived together), so they invited me. This was my first off campus party, complete with Shandys, biscuits, and London inspired decorations. On Sunday afternoon, my friend Caitlin and I went to a nearby Thai restaurant in the St. John's area, the neighborhood near UP. I really enjoyed spending time with her and not having to eat in the Commons for a change.


London inspired decorations and biscuits


Oh London...how I miss thee


Caitlin, Jen, and I


Lizz, our wonderful hostess

Until next week!