School work is keeping me pretty busy lately. I feel like all my free time is spent reading or researching for the British Literature course I am taking. So far, I am enjoying the class....my only complaint is they seem to pick the most depressing literature to study! This is our last week on Tess of the D`Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy and his view on life was anything but hopeful. Don't get me wrong, this is an amazing book and I loved reading it, but, man, am I ready to read something a little more optimistic. Not to mention, Hardy was agnostic, or at least skeptical in regards to the goodness of God. He seems to think God is up there just messing around with our lives for his own amusement. This course seems to focus on authors who feel belief in God is something for children and not for thinking adults. To me, their beliefs about God seem to be the childish ones...or at least lacking in understanding....it's irritating to say the least. Can't wait for next semester when I have to take a Women's Studies course!