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Summer Semester begins…notes from my intro to physical geography class for licensure | morningautumn

i'm continually surprised by how little my classes this term have in common. i guess that's the true liberal arts experience, but i still get whiplash switching back and forth between papers on TB antibiotics, gothic literature, and AC circuits.

Photo by Brian Brake.

1.4.26 • my type of morning: studying, sun outside, the tea made by her.

Strange how it is cold today despite the fact that summer is approaching. I had to move from the café to the library and complete the placement test there. I will get the results next week. Whatever level I am at should only matter if I tend to progress. αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν.

✅ 5,104/ 4,000 for American Revolution paper

sunday desk & latte

evening walk and nighttime chamomile tea

journals (2026)

today was terribly messy. i was able to get my 6h exam over with in the first three hours, but i'm running the worst cold of the past few months. nevertheless we pulled through!!! i was still able to finish at least one of the things i promised myself to do so that's a win in my books

𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔫 𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫

Realised once again how much of a sucker I am for academic validation, oh well. At least I got positive feedback. Went to my 4h long Cultural Studies seminar, had lunch with some friends, sent a mail to get out of taking yet another library quiz. Still have to finish packing, complete my flashcards, and create some practice question sheets for my exam. Just completed everything I currently can complete for my didactics seminar – been considering dropping the class…

realised that i've been spending way too much time online, so decided to do a digital detox for a few hours (after taking aesthetic photos, of course). my friend and i, sitting beside each other in quiet intimacy at the community library—me, journalling and reading; her, translating from sinhala to english.

moon.

and now I'll write a 2k essay + bibliography in under 24hrs ....

My attempts at learning everything there is to know about Ophthalmology in 3 days and working on my german and having a social life are taking a toll🫩

My friend and I had a good study session. We both left the library feeling satisfied with our work. I am excited because today I was sent a placement test for a course I am interested in. I plan to go over it and complete it tomorrow. There is no score to the test, it is only to find out which level I am at so I don't expect much, yet the excitement never shrinks.