Many things happened since the last posting. Mom came for parent's weekend and we escaped the clutches of the Institvte on an expedition of orange, yellow, red, and all the colors of autumn in Western Massachusetts. We went hiking up to the highest peak (yeah...you can actually do that here without having to put on an oxygen mask or something). We went apple picking. We walked the path of transcendentalists.

And the next few weeks. Confusion. A whirlwind of ideas, and inch after inch of burning coals to walk across.

And at the end, I kind of realized why I was here. In other words, I settled on a major. Two majors that is.

What you ask? Oh read on, read on....