Wednesday, October 26 – Friday, October 28
I have spent the rest of this week studying for my children’s literature final exam, which is on November 1. It consists of three essay questions, and we have three hours to write. I recopied all my notes and tried to organize the texts based on type of story, theme, narrative techniques, etc.
I tried to get about six hours of studying done a day, but I also took breaks and went to the gym every day to get exercise. I caught up with some of my friends I hadn’t seen since before study week.
Saturday, October 29
Today was Esther’s 21st birthday, and I was invited to go to dinner with her and her friends. Some of them wore costumes, and it was fun to see how enthusiastic they were about dressing up. We ate at a Korean restaurant, and the food was pretty good. On the walk back, I ran into a couple people from my floor. There had been a floor dinner, but I opted to go to Esther’s party instead.
Sunday, October 30
For my study break today, I walked down to the waterfront because the weather was really nice. I got dumplings again, and they were amazing. I am glad I didn’t know about the food stands in the beginning of the semester because I would have spent so much money buying dumplings every week.
A couple of days ago, Rayce told me that he and I were in charge of making dinner for evening church this week. It was also Rayce's last Sunday in Wellington, so it worked out pretty well. I met him at four, and we made potato soup and sweet tea and warmed up bread he bought at the market. We were told to make enough for 30 people even though there are usually less people there. However, there were more people than usual at the service, and we were both glad we made as much soup as we did. It was really fun cooking for the afternoon, and it made me think of making fried rice, chicken parm, and cookies with Bev in Christchurch.
