Good Evening! Well, as the title suggests last week was both a success in the Amazon order department (woohoo) and a failure in that I am falling way behind in class assignments and my book order for textbooks for my first two classes has not arrived and is now considered officially LATE. Meanwhile, the dread of cramming as much knowledge into my head as possible when the books do finally arrive is beginning to incite panic. I am trying to remain calm and remind myself that I can do this and these are just minor bumps along the road to mecca of MLIS certification.
So, as any good worker does when feeling stressed...I took a vacation. Unfortunately, we had planned a group tour to Mt. Nemrut several months ago and suddenly the time had arrived so we set out on our journey in a van with 13 adults and 3 children under the ago of 9... in a van with 15 seats. The trip was long but the sights were delightful.
Mt. Nemrut is listed as a World Heritage Site. The mountain was discovered by geologists in 1881. Based on the alignment of stars etched into stone reliefs, astronomers were able to determine that the Nemrut statues date to 64BC. The mountain stands tall and proud at 2,150 meters tall and although a hike for a sunrise summit at 2:00am was something I never thought I'd accomplish or enjoy, I did. Here's a link to more information and a few pics. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=111905&bolum=117
As the Kuhn text arrived on Friday, just in time for the trip, I dutifully attempted to read it during the van time but I admit I am just as lost as everyone else. I am highlighting more words to lookup later for definitions than I am relevant thoughts and nuggets of wisdom. I understand from Professor Tomer the thought behind the inclusion of the text but this is really not inspiring any confidence in my ability to master this program.
Tomorrow will be a better day... or at least I've now thoroughly convinced myself of this so I may hopefully snooze soundly and wake rested and ready for book battles tomorrow. Peace out.
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