Happy Monday everyone! After another incredible weekend, Monday seemed to come again too quickly. I woke up with slight headache and puffy eyes--definitely a "glasses" kind of day for me. This essentially set the tone for the rest of the day. I woke up to the lovely sound of rain against our window and made my way downstairs for a quick breakfast. I still wasn't feeling well so turned on a relaxing playlist and allowed myself to doze for another hour before buckling down and finishing my Public Health studying. I didn't have class until 2 today, which was nice and allowed me to prepare for my quiz until then. Steph, Mags, and I talked through slides together before making our way over to Vollandes. We had a very engaging HIV/AIDS speaker from South Africa today, and the allotted 2 hour lecture time reached closer to two and a half hours. Professor Schnur had to cease questions, which I am sure could have gone on a lot longer, due to the fact we
had to complete our in-class section of our quiz. We were all slightly taken aback by the style of the quiz, nothing too out of the ordinary...just not what we expected, and for whatever reason I was in the rarest of form from after class on throughout the evening. We still had a take-home portion of the quiz to complete and I was very frustrated with the amount of content our professor was expecting us to cover in 500 words! I couldn't seem to let this go so relaxed a little in a warm shower before starting my outline. Before I knew it, dinnertime had arrived! Mags, Steph, Lauren, Danny, and I decided to actually make a
real dinner of Rösti tonight! The five of us got to work and produced the most delicious creation I have eaten in our house here these last 3 weeks! We each assigned ourselves to a task and before we knew it we had fried up potatoes, bacon, onions, and cheese into one big grilled pile of deliciousness! We gobbled down our food and decided Rösti is the perfect, Swiss comfort food for a dreary day like today.
I got back to finishing my paper but quickly was distracted by the fact Katie was online! Today is the first day of classes at SCU and I was eager to hear about that along with Welcome Weekend. I only allowed myself 5 minutes of chatting with her but just seeing her face was exciting in itself! We are scheduled to have a more in depth catch up tomorrow whenever she is free. I can hardly believe today starts the quarter for everyone at the Clara and I must admit I felt far away and distant from home for the first, real time today. Knowing that I only have one more "start to the school year" at Santa Clara really hit home and I think I have finally allowed myself to miss everyone. That combined with the fact Andrew is now down in the Bay really made me miss the familiarity of the start of the school year in California. A little nostalgia just added to the dreariness and unease of the day. I guess the weather may of been a slight reflection of how I feel towards missing out on all the West Coast adventures currently going on. I know these feelings are temporary and I think it is refreshing to realize that even though I am having the time of my life over here in Switzerland, it is okay to miss the comforts of home.
Shout out to Andrew who is now officially a Cali Brah...cannot wait to hear all about Orientation etc. You better wait for me to get home to go to Chef Chu's!! Go get 'em Cardinal :) Also, to my Santa Clara family--I cannot believe 2 years have already passed since our first days together! I know you're tearing up Europe, Africa, and of course the Clara. Missing you all and thinking of you as always. Happy first day of classes! :)
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