tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091527705865584573.post7664677137365544862..comments2016-10-09T08:13:09.097-07:00Comments on Nothing Important Happened Today: Search for a peaceful study areaJerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252784832956717836noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091527705865584573.post-57194857119304613282009-02-20T03:13:00.000-08:002009-02-20T03:13:00.000-08:00Hey Jere, your post made me think back to the time...Hey Jere, your post made me think back to the time I was at UWS. When I was there, I don't think there even was a Health and Wellness Center. I get UWS' alumni newsletter. The last issue talked about those campus wide renovations that are taking place. A lot has changed since I went there. Reading your post, I also thought about the differences between UWS and UNF. Man my time at UNF was so much different than it was at UWS. The campus itself is like three to four times the size of UWS. Fortunately for me, I never had a shortage of places to study. The library, like UMD, was the key place. I don't know much about UMD, but if you take Old Main, Erlanson, Barstow, AND the Fine Arts building all put together, that's the size of UNF's library. And make it four floors too. So it's huge and I found plenty of nooks and crannies in which to study.<BR/><BR/>I smiled at your statement that you "found a lounge above the track." In my time at UNF, I took it upon myself to learn the buildings inside and out. Most of the classes I had were in the business buildings of course, but I went out of my way when I had free time, to explore all the other buildings. I'd wander the halls, go in the classrooms if they were open and empty, and walk as much as I could on the upper lever walkway. Most of the buildings had exterior, second story walkways that connected every building on campus. I could access that labyrinth near the sports complex and not have to exit it until I was all the way across campus. Sometimes I would bike all around campus on the ground level. Cheap parking is a ten minute walk from the central campus so to save time and sweat under the Florida sun, I'd bring my bike and ride into campus. I got to know the layout of the campus pretty well.<BR/><BR/>I call my time I spent at UNF a nomad life. I was used to going to work each day and having my own desk to sit at for eight hours. Going from a full time desk job to a full time student was a big change. All during school I had no permanent desk. I had no place that was my own in which to sit or eat. I had to carry my food and water with me, eating where I could find a quiet place. I had to move from place to place to study. I couldn't rely on one spot to always be vacant. I wandered all over campus with my backpack and bike.<BR/><BR/>In some ways I miss that life. It was an adventure every day. But in more ways, I'm glad I have my own island home now at work. I have my own desk with my own chair I can do everything at and not have to worry about someone taking the spot. I have my picture of Cyndi and Abby I can look at when I miss them. I have my food I can eat when I please. And I have a little library with my books: a collection of Dickens novels, Life in Christ, my Bible, a pocket concordance, a thesaurus, and a harmony of the Gospels.<BR/><BR/>At the same time, I suppose life is never the same for too long. You sail from island to island. Sometimes you camp out in one spot; sometimes you wander all over the isle. Sometimes you feel like you've been sailing between islands for days.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11447108262862139833noreply@blogger.com