Back in MN!

So I'm sitting in the office converting word files to PDFs so I can add them to the online journal for the webpage, exciting stuff. Actually, there has been alot of exciting stuff that has been going on since I got back to MN.

Travels around the south were awesome, but covered by most so I won't repeat.

It has been amazing to be back and to have classes start. I'm stoked about my "Experience and Nature" class with Jasper. Check out the reading list:

The Idea of Holy by Rudolph Otto
The Bible (parts of Exodus, Psalms, 1st Kings, Johah, Isaiah, Mark, Luke and Acts)
The Wilderness World of John Muir by Edwin WayTeale
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
The Singing Wilderness AND Reflections from the North Country by Sigurd Olson
Ordeal by Hunger by George Stewart
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
(notes on books after I read them will thus be transfered to the book blog)

Plus it was just great to be back in the community here and to come back to familiar faces. So different from the start of last semester where I felt like such a newbie. Last night Josie and I went to Banada (a bar in town) for Karaoke night, tomorrow night is our first potluck and then I think we are going to a concert at McGoffs (think Kitty's) on Saturday night. And our small group started meeting up again on Tuesday night, and this week we played Settlers. Twas awesome.

I'm getting back in the swing of ski school too. This morning we had 120 5th and 6th graders on the hill. It was crazy!! I almost lost my voice trying to teach my 15 students while the snow blowers were going. "suzie, you need to use your wedge" "suzie, wedge!" "wedge!" "WEDGE!!!" It was pretty chaotic, but fun, and I know that they guy who runs the school really appreciates having another ski instructor back. They are a bit short staffed, so it helps.

So, MN is cold, but beautiful in the snow. (who thought i'd ever say that?!) - Rachel