Life at Western
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Hello all,
I am enjoying the unseasonably warm October weather. This is truly one of the happiest times of my life, and I hope other students realize how lucky they are to be here. As a graduate student, I feel privileged to be back at WCU. In many ways I am being allowed to go back and live life like I wished I had done as an undergraduate. How many people can say they were given that opportunity- to do college again while you are still young but a little more mentally mature?
Quite by serendipity, this week on campus I discovered a piece of open ground covered with chipmunk burrows. I saw a chipmunk on his hind legs look at me at then dart into his hole. Walking over the ground, I spied three more chipmunk heads peeping out of their holes at me. I won't disclose the location so that the chipmunks can hopefully live in peace.
If you notice, butterflies are still out and about. I've seen some black and blue winged butterflies feeding at small white flowers on bushes. Perhaps I will ask a biology grad student to identify that type of flower that blooms in October.
Fall break approaches. The campus will become quiet for a few days, but I plan on being here to study and write papers. Believe me, there are much worse fates. This time last year I was lifting heavy crates for 10 or 12 hours a day. Writing a paper is luxurious compared with that.
Everyone be safe traveling over the break.
Until next time,
Nathan Marshburn
I am enjoying the unseasonably warm October weather. This is truly one of the happiest times of my life, and I hope other students realize how lucky they are to be here. As a graduate student, I feel privileged to be back at WCU. In many ways I am being allowed to go back and live life like I wished I had done as an undergraduate. How many people can say they were given that opportunity- to do college again while you are still young but a little more mentally mature?
Quite by serendipity, this week on campus I discovered a piece of open ground covered with chipmunk burrows. I saw a chipmunk on his hind legs look at me at then dart into his hole. Walking over the ground, I spied three more chipmunk heads peeping out of their holes at me. I won't disclose the location so that the chipmunks can hopefully live in peace.
If you notice, butterflies are still out and about. I've seen some black and blue winged butterflies feeding at small white flowers on bushes. Perhaps I will ask a biology grad student to identify that type of flower that blooms in October.
Fall break approaches. The campus will become quiet for a few days, but I plan on being here to study and write papers. Believe me, there are much worse fates. This time last year I was lifting heavy crates for 10 or 12 hours a day. Writing a paper is luxurious compared with that.
Everyone be safe traveling over the break.
Until next time,
Nathan Marshburn
posted by wcugradstudent at
7:57 PM
2 Comments:
I wish I had stayed here & done work over Fall Break!
Take it from someone who was there the first time around- we tried to GET YOU TO LIVE IT THEN!!!!
Plus, obsessed with Chipmunks much???
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