Onto things you guys might find more fun, on Friday I went glow putting. It's an indoor mini-golf course with lighting on the walls and on the sides of the lanes; everything else was black.
The entrance to Glow Putt. It's in the same building as Fairbank's furniture store.
An overview of the golf course and also two of my golf-mates.
The balls glowed because they had LEDs in them. Mine was pink.
Us waiting around for people to take their shot. The starting point was at the bottom of this picture and the hole was behind the pillar there.
While the walls of the lanes were neon, the 'grass' itself was black. This meant that we couldn't really see where the slopes or hills were because there were no shadows.
One of the loop-the-loops in the course.
Us putting.
Another loop-the-loop. There were colorful neon animals and scenery on the walls.
David putting.
Our resident math grad Tyler tallying up the scores.
After we putted, we went over to College Town Cremery to get yogurt. We all got to sit around a table and talk together. We talked a lot about how American fast food restaurants are different in Japan with the Japanese exchange students. Apparently their Subways have Calamari as an option, which made me jealous.
Saturday night, David, his wife Clarice, and I went to the UAF vs NNU womens' basketball game. It was fun, even though it's not my choice of entertainment (and also even though we lost). I don't care for the people who get caught up in it and disrespect the referees. I was more worried about the players getting hurt than how calls were being made.
I've been having a hard semester so far. To take off some of my burdens, I am no longer going to Cuba, I am no longer working on my project to go to Sitka, and I am no longer taking Aikido. I am doing much better with things off my plate, and I have gotten largely caught back up. As it currently stands, I am still hoping to stay here for the summer. Whether or not that will happen still hinges on me being awarded the fellowship, but I remain optimistic.
I'm confident I'll finish this semester. I need to be looking into scholarships so as to minimize how many loans I'll be taking my senior year. I have no idea what will happen after graduation, but I will need to begin paying back my debt soon thereafter. Perhaps I will get some work study job that pays for grad school. Or perhaps I may go teach English overseas with some program that will forgive my debt. However it goes, I really want to do something that's relevant to the education I've been getting.
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