It has been interesting for Cory and I to go to school for this J-term (January term/Winter term). Basically we are both getting 6 credits, taking 2 classes, in 4 weeks. Instead of the every other day 50 min. classes, we have class everyday and it is for an hour and 50 minutes. So this semester has been quite a journey, even as we are just a week and a half into it. It is nice to not have a crowded campus and its nice being able to achieve these credits in such a short amount of time. But on the other hand you don’t realize what a challenge it really is. Before this term started I was thinking it wasn’t going to be hard at all and would be quite relaxing. But I was definitely wrong. I am just as busy with classes and schoolwork as in a normal semester. Cory is taking both World Civ. I and II, and I am taking World Lit. I and History of Christianity. We don’t see each other very often but it has been a growing experience for us trying to encourage each other through the craziness of this semester, and preparing for the extreme craziness of the spring semester. I really didn’t expect J-term to be this demanding, but it surely is. Both of my classes require a lot of reading and both have papers due in it, and it basically takes up every hour that I am awake. (Although I did fit the season premier of 24 in, of course 
) So all in all, it has been nice to be back at school, and transition, somewhat, into the spring semester, but it is a definite struggle keeping up with such a fast pace. We’ll see how the rest of this semester goes.
~Sarah
