Recap: Some (More) Thoughts

Second week of full-classes and things are settling down into a sort of schedule, which is always nice, all things considered.

You know, I have to wonder about the term of "gift", on a completely unrelated train of thought from the previous sentence. There was a man who was handing out what I think were pocket-sized copies of the new testament in front of the lecture hall (incredably appropriate for someone who's about to go into a discussion about the role of God v.s. the End Times As We Know It, but no, I didn't want to copy nor did I take one) and he was saying 'free gifts'. Now, that got me thinking (consequences of getting enough sleep), because I was under the impression that 'gift' meant something that is freely given, and that anything that has a cost cannot be considered as, theoretically, a gift. I may have a very confused sense of definition here and someone better-informed than me please fill me in, but under my current knowledge 'free-gift' seems very redundant in terms of words. Like most of the other phrases in the modern culture. So I'm not quite sure why I just devoted an entire paragraph to it except for the fact that it was remained, quite unaccountably, on my mind for the full two hours.

Meanwhile, all the books I've ordered online have arrived, the classes are progressing at an even pace, I'm updated on everything that I academically should be updated on, and it's all good here at Davis, hope you're the same.

Sincerely,
The girl who had been trying to save her roommate's pot of mums and is wondering how that will turn out.