Under Involved

I had a meeting today with my "mentor". It seems an unfitting title because this is the first time we've had a mentor meeting, and the program is more than half over. But he asked me about how I'm doing, and more importantly WHAT I'm doing. And then he suggested that I find something else to do.

Apparently, I'm not doing enough. The fact that I'm taking four classes (everyone has four classes here, it's 16 hours credit) and getting along well with the people in my house and making friends with other people on the program and going to and from Oxford for my Spanish tutorial by myself every week and ENJOYING Bath isn't enough...

I wanted to interrupt and tell him that in a normal semester of college, I'm taking 17 hours of class and 10 hours of rehearsal and helping to lead FCA and giving tours of the school for the admissions office.

Can't I enjoy NOT being too busy this semester?

I think so. So I will pretend to take his suggestion of getting more involved, which is what a lot of people were told today apparently, and then throw away the little slip of paper he gave me with a phone number on it.

I am one of three girls helping to organize a shoe box Christmas donation thing through the Abbey, though, and that makes me feel like I am giving back in a tiny way.