I took the plunge. This morning I registered and am taking 3 lit classes next quarter:

• Shakespeare After 1603,
• Rise of the English Novel, and
• English Honors

Here's the book list =)

So, we obviously won't be reading the entirety of Shakespeare... but I do get to read all of Clarissa and Tom Jones. I'm hoping to start Clarissa over Christmas break, but I have another book waiting ever so patiently for me that I just have to read first ;)

The last 6 are all for English Honors. I'm a little nervous because this will be my first real encounter with either Virginia Woolf or D. H. Lawrence =/ Pray for me. I guess I should voice my thanks that we are not reading Mrs. Dalloway. I intend to cross that bridge when I come to it... and not a minute sooner. Also, the little I've read of Katherine Mansfield hasn't exactly thrilled me... but that was a long time ago and I'm willing to re-evaluate. But Atonement--ahhh!--now there is something to excited about! The class on a whole is focused around time and memory and how fiction treats history. Specifically, we're focusing on WWI (hence Atonement, etc.). Over the last few months, I have developed such a deep respect for that time in history and for the people affected by it. Between seeing WWI memorials in England and being gripped by an English tv show set in that era, I have fallen in love with WWI--especially in England, but back at home as well. Because of that respect, I am very much looking forward to Friday and getting to celebrate Armistice (Veteran's) Day. I'm so grateful to all who lived through such trying times... and I'm so grateful I'll get to read about them in the near future =)

So doesn't start back up for another 5 weeks, but its been on my mind lately. Partly because I'm not done registering =)
I'm registered for 3 classes so far: English Honors, The Novel, and Greek Tragedies. Side note: It's going to be a reading-heavy quarter with--no joke--20 required books (including 4 dense novels). But I am very excited. Those classes add up to a full load at 15 credits.
But... It just so happens that I'm about 3 credits to make up over the next 3 quarters. Soooo crazy that I'm entering my senior year, asking myself, "What do I want to take before I graduate?" I digress... I've been looking for an interesting class for 2 or 3 credits. I was registered for Greek Mythology. Interesting. In my minor. It would take care of all 3 credits.
On the downside, I had promised a dear friend of mine that we'd take that class together and, if I took this class, it would be my only class on Friday.
But today, I think I found a better option. It turns out that Intro to Music Theory is still open. Its a 2 credit course that only meets on monday and wednesday. So, I can fulfill my long-time dream of studying at least the basics of music and my fridays will be completely free! Happiness. Especially because some weekends I will be working saturday and sunday.
Looks like a win-win =)