History

When I was in college, I bounced between majors. I started off as a political science major because I had ambitions of becoming a Foreign Service Officer with the State Department. Those aspirations dwindled quickly when I took Intro to International Relations. I realized that I had zero idea about anything to do with politics and hightailed it out of there, managing to coax out a B average because I know how to write. Then I took American History with an amazing professor (props to you, Dr. Long-- who was short-- oxymoronic) and tapped into my fascination with the past, and decided to major in history. This was waylaid by my speech class, where I discovered Interpersonal Communication and switched majors yet again. It was a busy freshman year.

Anyway, this week Joshua and I went to see The King's Speech (with Colin Firth, one of my favorites). Perhaps it's my British blood, but I love any movie having to do with the Royal Family. This has again sparked my fascination with all things ancient and old, and I'm off on another history tangent. If I could go back to college tomorrow and major in history, just for fun, I'd be all over it. I will always love learning and I think I will always be intrigued with people in the past. Choices, motivations, consequences... it is a beautiful tapestry that is at sometimes glorious and other times tragic.

About two years ago I had a desire to start at the beginning of world history and work my way up to the present. I think I might challenge myself with that again. Although I am going to skip the whole Sumerian alphabet chapter because I find it a bit boring, sorry. Let's move on to the Egyptians and ancient Greeks and Rome and the Middle Ages and Robert the Bruce and WWI and II. We'll see. I'll keep you apprised.