5 more days until the semester ends! Where has the time gone? I don't know whether to be excited or confused!
This past week has been a pretty eventful one. With it being the last week before finals, all major projects and assignments were due. On Thursday, I turned in 2 ten-page papers and 1 six-page paper. It was a moment that I had been waiting for for quite a while! With each paper that I turned in, I could feel the stress lifting off my shoulders. To celebrate the completion of our assignments, my housemates and I cooked a super delicious meal for our weekly dinner together. We decided on nothing less than...a turkey! This was my first ever turkey-cooking experience, and looking back I realize how thankful I am that I had help. Not only help from my housemates, but that of youtube and online how-to's. Considering how little we knew about cooking a turkey before we started the process, our end result turned out pretty well. Mashed potatoes and stuffing accompanied our main course, making it seem like Thanksgiving all over again!
On Saturday, my parents drove up to Kansas City to watch the Rockhurst University student choir concert. Every year as the fall semester comes to a close, the choir performs in the Ceremony of Lessons and Carols. This is a beautiful Christmas concert where the choir performs the Christmas songs that they've worked so hard on during the semester. It's held at St. Francis Xavier Church right across the street, and is open to all students and the community. At this concert, a variety of instruments are brought in to accompany the choir, including an oboe, flute, violins, and a cello. It never ceases to amaze me how beautiful the music is! This year was my fourth, and final, year :( I know I am really going to miss performing in this concert!
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| students dancing to Christmas music |
