겨울연가

today we watched the final episode of 겨울연가. it was dreadfully intense, quite the emotional rollercoaster. for a while we thought we might hate the show by the end of the episode, but all turned out well. it still ended a little sad, maybe because of 준상 losing his sight, but also because the show is over and we had great cathexis in the show.

what now? well, next week I really will finish my tests (have to — finals will be starting for “real” byu students, and I don’t want to brave the testing center during all that madness), and then pack up to go home. actually, if I’m done by the 15th, I’ll have two weeks to kill. I suppose I’ll spend the first week up at the family history library, working on that hist 400 project, and then jarom’s family will be here the last week of april. I wonder how things will go. will I be involved in “family” stuff, or am I just going to meet up friday night so we can drive back to california on saturday? hmm.

at any rate, I’ll have some free time, although packing might take a lot of that. it’s sad that I lost my job, but it will work out alright. I wish we had a piano so I could start learning “처음.” I added it to my list of things I want to accomplish.

speaking of which, I should post that. the list will follow.

african well fund

I found a way to help!

the african well fund is a non-profit organization that uses donations and volunteers to build simple, easily-managed wells throughout africa. they have a program called “walk 10 miles in her shoes,” where individuals, groups, and businesses can collect 84,440 pennies — the number it would take to make a mile-long line of pennies.

today I put together all my change, and I have $4.38. it’s a small start, I know, but I’m hoping to be able to raise $850 by my birthday. wouldn’t it be grand?

another crossroads?

of course I know that I’m good at editing. that’s why I chose to do an english major with an editing emphasis. but for some time now I’ve known that I don’t see myself working as an editor for my career. what I’d rather do is be a mother, raising children. and I could do editing for fun, because I enjoy it.

but in the past few weeks I’ve wondered if I want to pursue the editing degree. sure, it makes everyone’s writing look prettier, but does it really accomplish anything? I want to make a difference in the world. today I looked at the majors offered at byu, and the sociology major has less hours for the entire undergraduate program than I have to finish the english degree. could I do more good with the sociology degree? if what I want to do with my life is help people, wouldn’t it be just as practical to do a sociology major as anything else?

and so I come to another crossroads. for the next while I’ll be considering if I should change majors. granted, the point is somewhat moot, since I’m not a byu student right now and won’t be until next january, and so I can’t officially switch majors anyway. but it is something to consider.