Narnia! And normal things.

Because spring break entails some amount of free time, I have been filling mine with rereading some of the Narnia books. I didn't read them all until the later end of high school, and I can't believe that I didn't read them sooner. They are absolutely phenomenal. They are full of good things - quality literature, brilliantly portrayed characters, creative plots, fantasy, reality, and good messages - that everyone should encounter. If they were arranged chronologically, they would look like this: The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Horse and his Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle. I plan on bringing them back to school with me so that there will be more frequent (?) opportunities to read sections from them on a regular basis.

Also, today I went to the eye doctor. As it turns out, the astigmatism correction on my contacts was all wrong and has been since January 22nd, 2008, which totally explains the weird eye problems that I had at the end of last semester. Who knew. In any case, now I have a much more accurate prescription for contacts as well as glasses, so hopefully I will be able to see better all the time.

I am going to back to school on Saturday rather than on Sunday, which means that I get to go to church back at school! This is most exciting! After missing a week in MA because of spring break, I am very much looking forward to going back to a church with splendid hymns, an organ, short-yet-good sermons, and fantastic people. That's not to say that church at home is bad...it's just not the homey place that church is back at school.

Finally, the Massachusetts All-State Festival is happening the week we get back from break, and I'm SO EXCITED! I am prepared to get very little sleep for the last four days of the week, but I think it's going to be an amazing opportunity to see how the inner workings of this type of thing fit together. Also, I get to dress up and pretend to be a professional for a little while. Score.