It's almost April

It's about mid-semester, the time when everyone starts lagging. Midterms are happening, papers are due, reading is heavier. I've started counting down to Easter Break, and after that the only thing on my mind will be that oh-so-beautiful time of SUMMER. My living arrangement this summer should be much better than it was last summer. Rachelle, Erin, Karin and I are hopefully going to live in a large house with about 10 girls. It's a very nice house, and the four of us are going to share a very spacious master bedroom that has an amazing bathroom. The house is only two years old, and we're all anxious about it.

All things considered, everything is going pretty well. I'm anxious for summer, yes, but I am enjoying most of my classes and I feel like I'm learning a lot of applicable things this semester.

It's getting hot though. I don't like the heat. I grew up in Los Osos, for crying out loud.

Rainy Days

It started raining yesterday, raining hard. I generally love the rain. Rain and fog are my two favorite types of weather. However, it tends to be much more enjoyable when there's the possibility of a heater and a warm shower after running through the torrential downpour all day. That possibility was not available this weekend. There was a break in a water main yesterday and our whole building is out of hot water and heat until tomorrow! I decided to take a cold shower and just try and convince myself that the water was really warm, but it didn't work. It was not a fun experience, but it definitely made me appreciate hot showers a lot more than I used to!! I got to wake up this morning and hear thunder and see lightning... it was wonderful! I wouldn't be opposed to this weather lasting all week.... I just want a hot shower back.

Interterm is over

School starts tomorrow. I can't believe it. I'm not ready. I thought I had like, 2 more weeks of nothing to do???

It's January!!

And I can't believe it. The year went by so slowly at times, but when I look back on it I realize that it went by a lot more quickly than I thought at the time. But I guess that's the way it always is, isn't it? I have all of my grades except for one posted, and the one I need is in sign language and I'm nervous about it. Mostly just because I know the professor didn't get my last assignment because he never responded to my emails. If that seriously affects my grade then I'm going to be really bothered and I'll probably have words (or signs?) with some people.

Christmas and New Years were both wonderful. I was able to be home for 2 weeks, and that hadn't happened in over a year. It was wonderful to be able to catch up with people and just relax a lot. I got sick at the end of my trip which put a slight damper on things, but it could have been worse.

Last week I went to San Jose with my friend Karin to visit my old roommate Rachelle. We had so much fun! We went to San Francisco on Thursday and it was amazing! Our family went there probably about 10 years ago and I barely remember it, so it all felt new to me. We had so much fun just talking and walking around and looking at stuff. Rachelle and Karin are both going to Washington, D.C. this next semester, and I'm really going to miss them. I'm excited to hear about all of their stories though!

This break is going to be pretty laid back for me, and I'm planning on just catching up on my reading, I think I want to reread Lord of the Rings and probably Harry Potter. It's nice to think that I have a few more weeks of nothing in particular planned!!

Recent pictures.

This was when Robert and I went to Disneyland for the Family Holiday Party.  We had a blast!

<-- LaRae and I at Steamer's Jazz Cafe for Erin's 21st birthday celebration.

This was my date for our GYRAD, David.  We were superheroes and our color was orange.


This was when Karin (left) and Rachelle (center) and I went to Disneyland the day before we all left school.

5 Semesters Down

Ahhhh!!!  I'm closer to graduating than I am to the beginning of college!!  That thought is really scary, but at the same time, it's exciting.  But this next semester so many things are going to change.  My roommate for the last two semesters is going to Washington, D.C. to study abroad, with Karin, who lives across the hall with Erin.  It's going to be an interesting transition. 

I'm leaving for home in 8 hours, and this time I get to be there for 2 weeks!  It's been so long since I've been able to go home for that long.  Angenette and I are going to go Christmas shopping, and I'm going to shoot with John and Robert, and just hang out with people, read, and relax.  School doesn't start until January 26th, so after I come back down to school I'm going to just relax and work, and I could not be more excited.  I just want to read and write and run, and that's it.  And I'm going to rearrange my room and get rid of a bunch of stuff I don't need.  It's going to be amazing.

Happy Hands Club

Tonight my ASL teacher wants our class to perform in night chapel (After Dark), so we're going to sign two songs: Joy to the World and Silent Night.  I feel like Napoleon Dynamite.