busy weekend!!

i spent the past few days down visiting union theological seminary and presbyterian school of christian education (PSCE) in richmond, va. the seminary merged with the PSCE and so they're one institution now. the weekend was great, the school is very interesting, gorgeous library, huge rare book collection, neat dorms that are half the cost of the apartments, nice people, cute southern accents. we had a bus tour of richmond an it's such a cool little city (or it seemed to be) it reminded me a lot of charleston, but smaller. and the james river is right on the south side of the city and has all kinds of water activities and walking paths. there is an edgar allen poe museum, art museum, tons of history museum type places. they have a bunch of art galleries that have started doing 'first fridays'. i think they did this in chucktown too, where all the galleries are open and you gallery hop (and i think drink wine!) they have a monastery that has converted into a kind of spiritual retreat space. just lots of cool cool stuff. and lots of financial aid options, which is superb. so i'm going to try and send my application in monday or tuesday and then i'll be crossing my fingers. i really really loved richmond, and i met some amazing professors so i'm going to try and go there i think. at least it will be my great attempt. i'm certain now that i need to visit places, so if i don't get in to richmond then i think it will mean another year at home, but if it means i can check out other places and maybe even take a class at psu then i think it will be ok. i'm still going to figure out a time to visit the lancaster seminary,but monetarily i think richmond is the best option.

oh their website is: http://www.union-psce.edu/
if you want to check it out.

oh and in other totally non related to any of this news, mom and dad are probably going to get a golden doodle puppy! i'm excited!!