Saturday:

After I got back from hanging at JonTon's house my friends threw me a surprise graduation party! I thought I was just coming back to watch a movie with them, but they had planned a whole event. I was totally oblivious, despite some slip ups that they were sure I caught. :) It was great fun. See some pics below. :)


Let's get this party started! 


The girls attempting to beat me at Halo. :) 


Twister anyone? 


More exhausting twister pics 


My friends are so sweet. :) 


Awww, how cute. 

Oh my gosh, a week left!

So, it is merely a week away until I graduate! It is hard to believe. I finished up my papers on Thursday night (a lot earlier than expected!) and I felt a lot less stressed. I felt like I was done. Which at this point is not exactly true. I still have a couple of finals to live through. Although I am not really that worried about them...Which is sorta the problem. I know that I need to study for them. But I am having a very difficult time convincing myself to actually study for them. I woke up earlier today to attempt to work on them...but I didn't get very far. However, I still have Sunday and Monday. So there is still time. :)

Last night my friends and I went out to Olive Garden to celebrate the end of the year since the last day of classes was yesterday. :) It was great fun. We got their around 7 waited an hour or so for our seat and then didn't leave until 10:00! It was great fun. :) I have leftovers for today too! We stuffed ourselves last night it was pretty amazing. :)

Today I am off to JonTon's for Tonia's chick-flick day. It is sorta a continuation of her birthday celebration. It should be very relaxing and entertaining. :) Yay!

So...how 'bout that finals studying...heh.

The Rest of College Life....ugh.

I have so much to do and so little time as you can see below:

To DO:
-Finish 8 page paper by Friday
-Start/Finish 6 page paper by Friday
-Complete Group Project by Monday
-Study for Finals

Wednesday:
11:00-3:00 Classes
3:00-5:00 Group Project Meeting
5:00-6:00 Dinner
6:30-8:10 Class
8:15 - ? End of the Year Floor Party
? - ? Homework?

Thursday:
8:00-3:00 Last Day of Work
3:00-6:00 Homework
6:00-6:45 Dinner
7:00-8:00 Homework?
8:00-10:00 Bible Study
10:00-? Homework

Friday:
11:00-3:00 Last Day of Classes (turn in papers)
3:00-? Try and Relax or Study for Finals....hmmmm

Saturday:
8:00-12:00 Homework?
1:00-? Tonia's Chick-Flick Party
?-? Study for Finals?

Sunday:
8:00-4:30 Study for Finals or Relax....hmmmm
5:00-7:00 Hall Council End of The Year BBQ
9:00-? Hall Council Moyer Awards Ceremony

Monday:
9:00-? Study for Finals
6:00 Evening Class - Group Project Due

Tuesday:
10:00-12:30 Final #1
1:00-2:00 Final #2

Wendesday-Friday
Kick Back and Enjoy Life until Graduation on Saturday!

As you can see I have papers due on Friday and no time to complete them. It is a problem. However, I figure it really isn't a college career until one has had an all nighter...and well I haven't. However, I think it might happen Thursday night. Ugh.

Pray for me these last 2 weeks!

Something I should take to heart

Patient Trust
by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Above all, trust in the slow work of God.
We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay.
We should like to skip the intermediate stages.
We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new.
And yet it is the law of all progress
that it is made by passing through
some stages of instability--
and that it may take a very long time.

And so I think it is with you.
your ideas mature gradually--let them grow,
let them shape themselves, without undue haste.
Don't try to force them on,
as though you could be today what time
(that is to say, grace and circumstances
acting on your own good will)
will make of you tomorrow.

Only God could say what this new spirit
gradually forming within you will be.
Give our Lord the benefit of believing
that God's hand is leading you,
And accept the anxiety of feeling yourself
in suspense and incomplete.

um...yeah.

Well it is Friday. And while I should be excited that the week is over and I am one day closer to it all being over I am pretty much annoyed at life. I think I have decided that I hate transitions. Transitional stages in life generally suck. I like my life to be settled...I don't like my life to be all up in the air.

I hate that I don't know what I want to do with my life. I hate that I feel the need to live up to some unknown society standard...that when choosing a job I think to myself, "will this be good enough?"...Good enough for who exactly? I just don't want to be that girl...you know the one that finishes college, moves back home to her parents and works at Sears or some other equally lame job.

At every transitional stage in my life I continually think to myself, "if only I could skip the next 5-10 years..." Is life really going to be any better in 5-10 years? Who knows.

I am just frustrated this week I guess. Tired of counting down the ever elongating days. Ready for it all to be over and for life to be once again settled....

25 more days

I am fairly annoyed that it has been over a week since I have blogged last. I guess that goes to show you that I am fairly busy. Granted I have time to goof off, but apparently blogging hasn't been a priority this last week....well maybe it was just that I don't feel like I have much to say...

I went home this last weekend. That was really nice. I really really didn't want to come back to Seattle. :( I am ready for school to be over. I am tired of it all. Bleh! heh....Anyway, the weekend was good. I spent most of it with my friends I guess. Mom was gone so I only saw her on Sunday, which worked out well since it was Mother's Day. :) I also spent a lot of Saturday with at Grandma Ruth and Grandpa Larry's since Gloria and Deborah were down. It was a very relaxing weekend. :)

This week is moving by pretty slowly. I don't have anything major...I have a quiz on Friday, but other than that it is pretty easy. However, this weekend I have to work on a paper or two. They aren't due for a while, but I don't really have any other time to work on them...Hopefully it will go well. :)

I have been working on my resume and finally got it the way I like it. I am hoping to be able to put it to use soon. :)

I guess that is all for now...

How I spent my weekend, etc.

I thought that this weekend would be all work and no play, but it seemed to work out alright. I had 3 papers due Monday so I had to work pretty hard this weekend to get them finished...but not as hard as I thought I would have to. :) I finished one on Friday which I had started the weekend before. Then since it was Cinco de Mayo we decided to celebrate it how it was meant to be celebrated: chips, salsa, and a chick flick. hee hee. (see picture). Then on Saturday I woke up at a reasonable time and worked on my 2nd paper. I had about half of it done before lunch and then finished it by about 2:30 or 3. I was then able to go shopping with JonTon and hang out with them for the rest of the day. I was able to buy a nice pants suit that will come in handy for interviews in the near future. :) Then we chilled and played Settlers of Catan a few times...Jonathan won both. :( Then on Sunday I finished up my last paper which was really more of a question and answer session. I was able to chill a little on Sunday too. I had a Hall Council training meeting thing (for the newbies) in the evening. All and all it was a pretty good weekend. I was pretty happy with its results. :) I am looking forward to this weekend when I am coming home for a short visit. I don't know if I will be able to see anyone really, but it will be nice to be home. I will be home for a longer visit on Memorial Day weekend. :) This week is pretty busy. I have Hall Council tonight. Then tomorrow I have a late night filled with secret fun (any guesses?). Thursday will be spent with work, homework, and sleep, and Friday is Hall Council Initiation for the newbies (5 a.m. wake up call!) ugh. It should be fun though. :) I will be tired come this weekend though...it will be nice to come home....only 32 more days!

More pics

Karen and I help set up :)


Hall Council Picture


Amber, me, and Emily watch the happenings


Emily and I


Amber and I

More Banquet pics will come..but until then entertain yourself with this...

I found this on a friends blog and decided to steal it. :) Here is what you do...Take your music player (like itunes) and put it on shuffle. Then ask yourself the questions below. Press "next song" after each question. Whatever the name of the song is your answer. Don't cheat. Enjoy! My comments in parenthesis...

How am I feeling today?
I'm Through (Pretty much applies)

Will I get far in life?
A Whole New World (I think that is good...)

How do my friends see me?
Come a Little bit Closer (k...)

When will I get married?
Speechless (Is that like "Try again later?")

What is my best friend's theme song?
You Must Have Been an Angel (Aaawww)

What is my theme song?
From Me to You (Beatles. hee hee)

What is the story of my life?
Kingdom Suite (That sounds good)

What was high school like?
Mister Big Time (Well, not quite...)

How can I get ahead in life?
Nobody I know (oh dear)

What is the best thing about me?
Something to believe In (k...)

What is today going to be like?
Don't Be Stupid (hmmm)

What is in store for this weekend?
E-mail My Heart (Whatever that means...)

What song describes my parents?
Gravity (That works...)

Describes my grandparents?
Just Around the Riverbend (Ha Ha!

Describes me?
Cell Block Tango (Oh my!)

How is my life going?
I try (It is so true...)

What song will be played at my funeral?
I don't know you Anymore (Interesting...)

How does the world see me?
Hippy Hippy Shake (Odd....)

Will I have a happy life?
Hound Dog (What!?)

Do people secretely lust after me?
A Lot More Action (the title may not work but the song does...I am kinda disturbed)

How can I make myself happy?
Your still the One (so...I need a guy?)

What should I do with my life?
Better Luck Next Time (Sad day)

Will I ever have children?
I've Got an Alley and a Bad Idea That says you should keep your Mouth Shut (I think that is a no...)

What will I name them?
Where I wanna Be (weird)

Who will you marry?
Can't Get Enough of you Baby (Smash Mouth?)

Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Check Yes or No (This fits well...)

Banquet Pics...more to come

Part of a Hall Council Picture. :)

Bonnie and I - Roommate Love :)

Yep, it's me!

Emily, Amber, Me, and Susan

Some of the group with the view

Basically what I did all night. :)

Banquet!

So last night we had a successful banquet! :) Funny that I would use that term to describe it, but from a Hall Council viewpoint that is how I think about all of the events this year...were they successful or not?

We had about 80 people attend and everyone seemed to have a good time. :) The event was on the Skansonia Ferry. A docked/retired ferry boat that is located in the Fremont area. It has a wonderful view of the city skyline and is right on the water. :) Although it rained earlier in the evening the night was clear which allowed people to be outside as well. :)

Hall Council had to go early to help set up an then everyone arrived at about 6-6:30ish. Dinner was served at 6:30. It was a buffet style dinner with fruit, vegetables, cheese/crackers, pasta, and prime rib (cut thinly for us). It was very good. :) I am really not sure how the place makes any money though because they gave us more food than we paid for (especially since they lowered their price for us)...maybe they were just being nice. :)

After dinner the dancing began! :) As you may remember from last year's blog I am not really big on the dancing. Personally I blame my Christian school up-bringing. We didn't have 'dances' (if you can call them that) until my senior year...and by then it was too late. lol. So basically I spent 3 hours just hanging around watching people dance and taking pictures, etc. :) I had fun, but I could have left 2 hours earlier and had just as much fun. lol. I am lame...but okay with it.

Although I am well aware that I neither need a guy nor have time for a guy right now there are certain times when I think a guy would be nice. :) lol. Last night was one of those times. Pretty much everybody remained downstairs dancing so the upstairs was pretty empty. Plus there was a topside covered deck thing that went all the way around the ferry. Nobody really went out there because it was a little cold. However, I did escape the dancing madness out there for a while. It was really pretty and quite....The perfect place to hide with a guy if I had one. heh. jk....sorta.

Anyway, it was fun evening and everything went better than planned! What more can I say?...Pictures to come soon. I promise. :)

Random tid-bits

Don't have a whole lot to say but thought I would post these two random things that I have thought about a lot today.

First off the bank lady that does the drive-up window I always go to for work is retiring tomorrow. I am kinda sad about it just because she was really nice and I kinda got attached to her. I didn't think that I would or could get attached to a bank lady...but I did. lol. It isn't really a big deal, just something I have been thinking about. I would have thought that I would be leaving her since I only have like 10 more work days left. However, it is her that is saying goodbye. Good for her though, because she was past retirement age. :)


Second random thought that is completely unrelated. SPU made the local news tonight. It is kinda lame but boys are stupid. Apparently some one created a website to rank the hottest girls of SPU. And it has kinda gotten blown out of proportion. I can't say that I agree with the website, but it could have been a lot worse. And I don't know I just don't feel like it is that big of a deal. However, everyone is making a big deal out of it. There is going to be a 'rally' tomorrow in Martin's Square and we will probably be on the news again. It is sorta lame. I am basically choosing to keep my opinion to myself though because a lot of people are freaking out about it. I suppose they may have a point...but seriously people.


Also....on a happier note. I got to go out to dinner today. One of my friend's mom took me, Emily, and her daughter out to dinner. It was really nice. I was glad that I didn't have to eat in Gwinn. :) Yay for nice parents!! It did however cut down on my homework time. But do I care? NO! Maybe I won't even do my homework!....okay fine. I will do my homework....most of it.....I will at least skim over the material. hmph.


Okay, that is all the random thoughts from me for now. I will write more about this weekend later. It should be good! I am seeing a play tomorrow and on Saturday we have banquet! Woot Woot!

48...

Well my cold is progressing. It hasn't really amounted to much. But now I am bordering on laryngitis. It is funny to hear me talk and attempt to be my witty self. :) I talked to Kristen yesterday and we had to end the conversation becuase I was becoming increasing harder to listen to. lol. I feel fine, I just sound horrible. I thougth I might wake up with no voice today, but it was just more hoarse. :) I think I am getting better though.

In other news...
This weekend has been fairly relaxing. I have been able to enjoy several fun activities as well as get my homework done. I would have liked to have started on some of the upcoming papers that are due, but none of my professors have really given me any information on them...so that was a no go. Oh well, I didn't really want to work on them anyway. heh. I am becoming increasingly less stressed about them...which makes no sense because the due date is only coming closer. Oh well. I guess I will just deal with them when they are actually due. Joy.

I must say that being on the organizing side of hall events is not always the most fun. We are currently trying to get people excited about banquet (it's next saturday!) but for some reason it is difficult. Nobody really wants to spend $35 I guess...even though it is totally worth it. Today is the last day to buy tickets and we need about 40 more sold if it is going to happen! So...I am about to go out with Emily and try to sell some more. If people don't buy them we might have to cancel banquet!! :( I still have faith that people are just lazy and haven't bought them yet though....We shall see.

Anyway, only 48 days left.

Theology Classes

I must say that in my experience there is almost nothing duller than a theology class. I never knew that God could be so boring. It is sad really. I always expect the theology classes to be somewhat interesting since they have titles like Christianity in America (which could be interesting...but it's not)....or Christianity in Society....I feel that these classes have such potential. They could be really good. However, the professors are so dull and the content of the class is never exactly what I expected it to be. Not to mention that the professors love to hear themselves talk and use enormous words! What is with that? It is like they have to prove that even though they only got a degree in theology they are actually very intelligent. It is so annoying....And the books they have us read! Ugh! Whole books that go on and on about meaningless Christian baloney using as many big words as possible. It is ridiculous!...

...51 more days...

52 and counting....

So, I think I am getting sick. I am achey and have sinus pressure, etc. I have been trying to knock it out with pretty much every remedy possible. I have been eating yogurt, oranges, drinking liquids, and I am pretty sure I took 5 different types of pills this morning. lol. (not to worry nothing that conflicts with eachother...)

Anyway, I must muddle through. I have a test in an hour that I need to review my notes for. I studied quite a bit yesterday, but when it comes to tests I never know if I study enough. I end up with some kind of false confidence and then when I get to the test I am like, "I definitely should have studied more..." However it tends to all end well. lol.

I am excited about tonight though because I am rewarding myself with 3 hours of television. lol. Alias is back on tonight! It has been off the air forever and is finally returning for a final few episodes. It is a 2 hour event starting at 8:00 tonight. :) So I will watch that and then watch the other show my friends and I watch on Wednesdays. It should be a good and relaxing night. After the TV watching I will probably just go to bed...put off my homework until tomorrow. heh.

54 more slow agonizing days left....

Well it is back to the grindstone up here. It was so nice to be home for the weekend but now it is back to reality. I have so much stuff due coming up that I think I might just decide to crawl in a hole and never come out. Several papers are due on the same day and I am not quite sure how I will get it all done. However, I always end up getting it done somehow...no doubt you will hear me complain about this for the rest of the quarter...just fair warning. heh.

I am in between classes right now. I have an evening class later tonight that goes until 9 p.m. Ugh. It isn't so bad of a class but it is pretty long. Plus it cuts into my evening a lot more than my other evening class. It isn't as bad of a class as I thought it would be though. There is a group project, but I think it will turn out okay. :)

I have a lot I should be doing right now so I guess I will go, but I wanted to post and complain just a bit...hope you are enjoying yourselves...

Happy Birthday Mom! :)

I don't have a whole lot to say, but thought I would post anyway since I haven't in a couple of days. Today is my last day of classes this week because we have Good Friday off. I am leaving for home tomorrow after work. I am glad to be going home because this quarter is annoying me. So far I haven't really had anything due so I have no real reason to hate the quarter yet, however, the due dates are quickly approaching and the fact that some of the papers I have for different classes are due on the same day is really a drag. bleh. However, I am trying to put off thinking about any of that until next weekend. heh. Hope to see you all real soon! ttfn.

Scrounge

So, last night was the city-wide scavenger hunt put on by Moyer Hall Council. :) It turned out to be a really cool event. We had 93 people (24 teams) show up. This is double what we had last year so I guess my publicity really paid off. :) The event started at 8:45 p.m. with the teams gathering. They signed in and were told the rules and by 9:00 they were off! They then had 3 hours to collect as many of the 101 clues as they could. While they were off running around the city Hall Council made some last minute set ups and then spent the rest of the time playing Taboo. :) It was nice. At about 11:30 Hall Council prepared for the madness that was about to ensue. You see the teams had to return by 12:00 and sign in or their hard work would count for nothing. So the teams came back at midnight and then it took over an hour for Hall Council to get through all their answer sheets and tally up who the winner was. We had refreshments for the people to eat while they were waiting. Despite the long wait it was more organized and a shorter wait than last year. :) So there was a possibility of about 3780 points. The teams that participated scored in the range of 820 to 1500 points. Obviously we did a good job of making it impossible for them to get all of the clues/points. hee hee. We gave prizes to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Everyone seemed to have a good time and I would call the event a success! At this point though I am just glad it is over. lol. So everyone left at about 1:30 or 1:45 a.m. I was too wired to sleep so Bonnie and I stayed up and watched tv. I think we finally turned it off at 3:00 a.m. :) I slept til 11:30 this morning. heh. The rest of today has been spent relaxing and finishing up homework. It's back to the grindstone tomorrow....but it is only 62 more days and this week is only 4 days long so that is nice...See you all soon.

64...well 63

It's after midnight so I guess that means that there are 63 days left. Yep...63 days...

63 days before I must exit the "SPU bubble" as we affectionately call it...

63 days until I have to grow up...

63 days until I have a little thing called debt and no way to pay it....

63 days until I have to get a real job...

63 days until people start expecting things of me...
(i.e. boyfriend/fiance/marriage/kids--among other things)

63 days until I have to face the real world and all that entails...

63 days...

joy.

65....

So...Another post. I don't really have much to say. I have just been attending classes and going to work. Nothing to exciting. Life sure gets busy pretty fast up here. I don't have much to say, but thought I should let you all know I am alive. :)

Tomorrow I am going over to JonTon's. I haven't seen them since before I left for spring break. So that will be good. Tonia and I will be watching The Phantom of the Opera...and Jonathan might join us. It will be good to get off campus and spend some time with family.

Then Saturday will be full of homework and Scrounge stuff. Hopefully that event will go well. You can pray for that....

It looks like I will be able to come home next weekend for Easter. I don't have classes on Friday so I think I will leave for home after work on Thursday. That will be nice...make it a long weekend. :)

Hope everyone is doing well. ttfn.

67 Day's Until I Graduate!

This seems somewhat appropriate:

My Next Thirty Years
By Tim McGraw

I think I'll take a moment, celebrate my age
The ending of an era and the turning of a page
Now it's time to focus in on where I go from here
Lord have mercy on my next thirty years

Hey my next thirty years I'm gonna have some fun
Try to forget about all the crazy things I've done
Maybe now I've conquered all my adolescent fears
And I'll do it better in my next thirty years

My next thirty years I'm gonna settle all the scores
Cry a little less, laugh a little more
Find a world of happiness without the hate and fear
Figure out just what I'm doing here
In my next thirty years

Oh my next thirty years, I'm gonna watch my weight
Eat a few more salads and not stay up so late
Drink a little lemonade and not so many beers
Maybe I'll remember my next thirty years

My next thirty years will be the best years of my life
Raise a little family and hang out with my wife
Spend precious moments with the ones that I hold dear
Make up for lost time here, in my next thirty years

Yeah, I'm alive.

So...sorry I haven't blogged recently. Life up here gets pretty busy pretty fast. Unfortunately. Classes seem like they will go okay. My Business Ethics class will probably be a lot of work later in the quarter, but it is also tolerably interesting, so that helps. My Christianity in America class is exactly as I expected it would be. Boring. I do have a friend in that class though, so that helps. :) My Bible Study should be pretty good. It is formatted a little differently this quarter, but I still expect to get a lot out of it without having to put too much into it. lol. My final class I haven't had yet. It meets Monday night. I will let you know about it later I guess. I am hoping it isn't hard since it is only 3 credits. But you never know.

Yesterday I went over to JonTon's even though they were in Longview. I was checking up on the animals they were taking care of. However, the animals didn't really need any care from me since they had food and water that they apparently hadn't eaten. Oh well. I used the trip as an excuse to do homework and laundry and relax away from campus. :) It was nice.

Then yesterday evening Hall Council went out and did research for scrounge. Scrounge is a city-wide scavenger hunt that will be taking place this coming Saturday. We put the event on for the campus every year. So we had to make sure all the clues we made up had the correct answers and we needed a few more questions as well. So basically there was 4 of us trapped in a car for 4 hours! We were about ready to kill each other near the end....and we like each other. lol. It was fun, but no one should have to be in a car for that long driving around Seattle. However, we went to about every area of Seattle...downtown, west seattle, queen anne, u-district, ballard, etc. :)

Anyway, today I am just sorta taking it easy. I am finishing up my homework and catching up on a few things. There is talk of going out to eat tonight...Probably Chipotle! :) It's nice to be back.

Greetings!

Just a quick little note to say that I am home and I survived the oral surgery! :) I am at home recoving now. The first day was a little rough, but the second day has been much better. My mouth isn't too sore and I don't have to much swelling. Yay! Anyway, I don't have much to add, just taking it easy. Hope you are doing the same. ttfn.

I hate finals week

I am highly unmotivated to work on my papers and such tonight that are due Monday. I have over 14 pages of typed double-spaced information that needs to be completed. But am I working on it? No! The end of this quarter I have been procrastinating. Bleh. I do not necessarily think that it will be a problem writing these papers...but it is there looming. I am starting on it early tomorrow, which is good. I really just don't care anymore. heh.

2 tests and 2 papers to go! Is it Tuesday yet? :(

To do before I can come home on Tuesday:

Academic:

-Prepare for a group project presentation on Friday

-Write a 10 page paper for my Organizational Behavior on my group project

-Write a 4 page paper for my Math Class

-Take my last Math test

-Take my Film Final


Non-Academic:

-Go to a surprise birthday party Saturday

-Hall Council Banquet Reveal Sunday night


...I hate the end of the quarter...

EMP Pics

Here are more EMP pics..and one random Film Fest one at the end. I will likely have more pics to showcase over the next few days. Enjoy.

Look at all the people...over 400 came throughout the night! 

Teresa and I take a ride 

The outside of Moyer all dressed up for EMP 

Big Bertha all dressed up to look like the real EMP 

A moment of relaxation during EMP 

EMP - Emily and I with one of the giant guitars outside of Moyer 

Emily and I with the "Bouncer" 

Teresa and I - Look how cute we are. :) 

EMP - The stage in the 1.5 

EMP picture - Bonnie and I with Elvis and Marilyn Monroe 

Me and Emily at Emerson Film Fest...you can't tell, but I am wearing a dress. :) 

EMP pics

Here are the 2 picture I took on my camera. There were a bunch more pictures taken on other cameras that I hope to get soon. However, until then I thought I would post these. :) I hope to get the pictures from broomball, emerson filmfest, etc. soon too. Hope you had a good weekend!

~Laura

Not the best picture...but you get the idea.... 

Teresa and I 

new post

I don't really have much to say but am tired of seeing the same thing up on my site. :) (plus I am tired of other people's blogs being the same and I am hoping they will follow my example. hee hee)

So the end of the quarter is approaching and I am not really looking forward to the next 13 days. I have 2 papers and 2 tests and a presentation. Oh joy. I think it will be okay though. I am just unsure right now. I always get this way I guess.

This quarter sure had dragged on. I am ready for Spring quarter...which I am sure will go much faster. It is my last and therefore I must enjoy every moment. This quarter I have tried to do more things that I need to experience before I graduate such as making a waffle in Gwinn, and going to see a play in the theatre. Both were good. :) lol. Anyway, I should go...ttfn.

EMP

It is amazing how busy I have been, and yet I can't think of anything specific that I have really done since I last posted. :) It has just been a busy week I guess. My week days are pretty busy with all my little things.

Yesterday I ended up going to JonTon's to "study." We spent about an hour studying and about 2.5 hours hanging out. :) It was nice though. We had a wonderful homemade pizza dinner. And we watched some of the Olympics while continuing to discuss the superior/inferiority of the Canadian channel and NBC. :)

Friday night my friends and I went to Value Village to see if we could find clothes that would be in the 1950's era. We are looking for these clothes because next Saturday is the Experience Moyer Project (EMP). It is an event put on my Moyer that will be pretty cool. Each floor is a different theme and they have different activities etc. So, I ended up calling Tonia while at Value Village to see if she had anything I could borrow, because I thought she would be a pretty good resource. :) She said she could help me out, so I only ended up buying shoes at Value Village. Then yesterday when I went over to her house I found out that she had made me a poodle skirt! :) (It technically has a record on it instead of a poodle, but you get the idea...) So, that is what I will be wearing next Saturday! I might end up wearing it on Friday too, but I am unsure as of right now.

Only 2 more weeks of classes left and then I have a couple days of finals before I can come home. :) I am ready for the quarter to be over, but I am not sure I am ready for the next 2 weeks. lol. Oh well. Ready or not here they come...

I should have pictures to post soon of last weekend and also last night at Emerson Film Fest. :)

Quick post before class

Hey everybody! I don't have much time to post, but thought I should update you all since I am not sure when I will next get a chance (my weeks are pretty busy). This weekend was really great. Because we had Monday off I was able to fit in more stuff.

On Saturday Kristen, Vern, and Andrea came up to visit. Kristen was only there for about 5 hours or so, but it was still a great visit. We ate lunch at Chipotle and then walked around the UW campus and the Ave. It was fun. After Kristen left we took Andrea to Pike Place, and Kerry Park since she had never been to Seattle. It is nice to visit those places again, I don't go to them enough. :) We went to Dinner at spaghetti Factory and celebrated Megan and Andrea's birthdays early. It was nice.
Vern and Andrea spent the night and so we also went out to lunch on Sunday.

It was a very nice visit. I am glad that they came up, I haven't seen them in a while. After they left on Sunday, I did a little bit of homework and then just relaxed before evening church with JonTon.

On Monday I did homework in the morning and early afternoon and then left to spend the evening with JonTon. It was nice to get off campus and watch a movie with Tonia. I helped Tonia sign up for Netflix, so now we can have our movies all set up for the next few weeks. :) I heart Netflix.

So, that was my weekend....In other news I am finally registered for my classes next quarter. I attempted to register for them on Friday, but had some difficulty, but it all got worked out today. :) Yay! For the first time in 3-4 quarters I am only taking 15 (I have been taking 17). :) So that should be good. I guess I have told you all that already though. Scroll down to a couple of days ago if you want to see my schedule again for next quarter. :)

Anyway, I guess I should get ready for class. Hope everyone is doing well! :)

Could ya would ya, ain't ya gonna, if I asked you would you wanna, be my baby tonight!

This week has been going pretty well. I haven't had anything major due in any of my classes so I have just been trying to relax a little. On Monday night I went to JonTon's and watched the movie "Just Like Heaven." I would recommend this chick flick to everyone interested. :) It is very cute, Tonia and I enjoyed it a lot. After the movie, and once Jonathan was home from work we watched the Olympics. It was a very nice evening. :)

Yesterday was a very long day for me. I had my normal classes and then work, and then I had a group project. We threw a Valentine's Day Party for a sunday school group at the Salvation Army church in Ballard. We had a about 40 kids show up and all it went pretty well considering the large turn out. We did however expect that many kids, so it was all good. :) We had a cookie decorating station, a valentine making station, a coloring station, a heart bingo station, and we played a couple games as well. I would call it a success! :)....After that it was like 9:00 and I watched a little of the movie my floor was watching, but I had already seen it so I didn't stay very long. I hadn't had any dinner so Emily and I went to Taco Bell at 10:30ish. heh. Then I cam back to my room and watched more of the Olympics! Yay!

Today I have gone to class and done homework. I got a package from Aunt Linda today! I was slightly afraid that it would be the dreaded flamingo, however it was not. I was rewarded with Valentine things instead. She sent a really cool magnetic "Mr. Right." You can dress him up (or down) in different out fits. It is very fun. Bonnie likes it as well, although I think she is slightly disturbed by it. lol. It is now proudly displayed on the front of our fridge. hee hee. :) It makes me laugh. :) Thanks Aunt Linda!

Anyway, I better get to class. I just got done with dinner and have been killing time until class starts. Bah!

My friends are coming up this weekend so I am excited about that. Bonnie and I have to make sure the room is presentable though. I think we will end up doing this on Friday. However, it won't take too long cause it looks pretty good (at least my side. lol). Anyway, ttfn. ~Laura

I heart the Olympics!

So, I have been watching the Olympics as much as possible this weekend. I watched most of the opening ceremonies on Friday night, but left after the parade of nations to go watch a movie with the girls on the floor. Then today I got up and watched as much as I could. I ended up doing a lot of shopping today. I went to the Dollar Tree and Rite Aid for stuff for my group project and then my friends and I went to Fred Meyer and Safeway to stalk up on needed items. :) I managed to do a little homework, but have spent most of my day watching the Olympics. Since I have cable there are 4 channels that possibly show Olympic activities. Obviously NBC does (but mostly in the evening), then USA, and CNBC also showed some things in the morning and afternoon. Plus the Canadian broadcasting channel had Olympics on most of the day. This was interesting because you get the Canadian slant on things. I must say though that I think that America does a better job of presenting the Olympics than Canada. I feel there are more special interest stories with the U.S., plus our graphics and theme song are better. hee hee. I haven't decided how I am going to balance all my required responsibilities and still be able to get in as much Olympic watching as possible these next 2 weeks. lol. Oh well, priorities I guess....

After today's film class I will not have anything big due for a couple of weeks. This will be nice, maybe I can relax a little. Today though I have my midterm in my film class. I expect it to be pretty hard, and I hope I am prepared. I am not sure how I could have really studied more though so...we shall see. :)

Later tonight I am going to go to JonTon's. It will be nice to get off campus, do my laundry, and hang out with family. I am increasingly homesick and tired of all things related to school. So, hopefully tonight helps. :) I am sure it will....

so close, and yet....

Today I met with my advisor to plan for next quarter's classes. It was a nice visit since I like my advisor and since she likes me (she enjoys the fact that I plan ahead. hee hee). So, anyway for the first time in like 3-4 quarters I am only going to be taking 15 credits (as opposed to 17)! Hopefully this will make my last quarter somewhat easier...but maybe not since they are all upper division classes. heh. Also I will enjoy next quarter's schedule a lot more than this quarter's. I am back to having MWF classes which means I can work on Tuesday and Thursday and also use these days for homework. This will take the pressure off MWF and allow me to be not so stressed. I will have 2 evening classes however, which means that I will have something every evening except Friday...oh well. For all who care below is what my class schedule will look like (assuming I actually get my classes when I register...which hasn't been a problem so far). It is nice to see what the end will look like. lol

Monday:
11:00-12:20 Business Ethics (5 credits)
12:30-1:20 Lunch
1:30-2:50 Christianity in America (5 credits)
3:00-5:50 Free Time/Dinner
6:00-8:50 Management Non-Profit Sector (3 credits)

Tuesday:
8:30-2:00 Work?
2:30-? Homework
Evening Hall Council

Wednesday:
11:00-12:20 Business Ethics (5 credits)
12:30-1:20 Lunch
1:30-2:50 Christianity in America (5 credits)
3:00-6:20 Free Time/Dinner
6:30-8:10 Community Bible Study - The Sermon on the Mount (2 credits)

Thursday:
8:30-2:00 Work?
2:30-? Homework
Evening Bible Study w/ Friends

Friday:
11:00-12:20 Business Ethics (5 credits)
12:30-1:20 Lunch
1:30-2:50 Christianity in America (5 credits)
300- Weekend Begins!

Conversations of the day....

blah, blah, blah Seahawks

blah, blah, blah Superbowl

blah, blah, blah stupid refs

blah, blah, blah maybe next year....

Go Seahawks!

Another week has passed successfully. I sometimes wonder on Mondays if I will make it until Friday, but I always do somehow. :) The first part of this week was pretty stressful with the planning for tests and papers, but the second half wasn't so bad.

Today when I woke up the power was out. Apparently it went off about 5:15 a.m. and it didn't come back on until about 9:30 a.m. It was kinda exciting, but I was asleep for most of it, so that kinda sucks. lol. I don't think that power outages happen enough. lol.

I have spent today doing homework...and avoiding doing homework. However, I believe that I have now gotten enough done to forget about the rest. lol. This way I can spend all tomorrow relaxing. I am going to watch the superbowl with JonTon at Dan and Joy's. This should be good...hopefully the Seahawks will win! Woot! I told Jonathan I wanted a riot in the streets of Seattle if we win...after discussion we decided the riot should be more like mardi gras and less like WTO riots...hee hee. :)

Anyway, I don't really have much to say I guess, just thought I would update since I had the time finally. :) Hope you have a good weekend!

Singleness

As we approach Single Awareness Day (aka Valentine's Day) I thought I would use my blog for something other than my daily schedule: personal rhetoric. :)

Today in my Corinthians Bible Study we studied 1 Cor. 7, which is on marriage. In this chapter Paul discusses how he wishes that all could be unmarried like he is. Throughout the chapter we see that the mindset is quite opposite than today's American Protestant mindset. Today the church has become wedding factories; it is the business of the church to marry people. The Protestant view seems to have the idea that if you are not married than there is something wrong.

It used to be that in the Jewish tradition marriage made someone whole (as in Adam and Eve completing one another). However, Paul's view is that after Christ came the wholeness is found in the union with Christ not with another human being. Which I thought was an interesting point.

Paul says in 1 Cor. 7:32-33 "An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs--how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of the world--how he can please his wife--and his interests are divided." Singles can devote themselves more wholly to the things of the Lord without being distracted by family, etc. This is what the books I have read reiterate.

My time here at SPU has been spent in reflection on my singleness. My Bible Studies have focused on what Christian singleness looks like. Unlike what Paul appears to be saying here (i.e. singleness is the better way) the books I have read primarily state that " 'while you are waiting' you should live this way..." However, is there a way that Christians today are not thinking about? Churches today struggle with what to do with single adults. They have youth programs, college programs, married programs, but rarely do they have single adult programs (and if they do it is awkward because there is a wide age range). For the church to be ignoring these people is wrong. We need churches who champion these people.

I am saying this not to say that marriage is bad, for not even Paul is saying that. Paul is saying that neither marriage nor singleness is wrong but one allows more time/service for God. I believe that the Protestant outlook perhaps needs to be revamped. These people do not deserve our pity but our pride for they are serving the Lord in a way that others cannot. God has called them to singleness, whether it is for a short time or for their whole life. Singles should not be looked down upon but rather uplifted for they are doing something few are able to.

Perhaps I can state these things because I have had strong single adult role models in my life. People I look up to and want to be like. For that reason I know that if I don't get married it will not be the end of the world (despite what the world--or even the church--tells me.) However, it saddens me to see the American Protestant mindset to be so skewed.

I hope that this allows you to ponder singleness in a way perhaps you hadn't before. I also hope that the Christian community can change because they way it is now is not right.

Well I have decided to give up on the paper of death...sometimes I wonder why I stress out so much since all I need to get in my classes is a 'D' to graduate. I think I would have to try really hard to get a 'D.' So...I guess that is good news. lol.

This is my stressful week, after this week I feel like I will be able to make it through the next of the quarter. I have 2 tests tomorrow...One in Math (which is hard to study for...plus we get note cards) and the other test is Organizational Behavior (50 multiple choice questions....so I figure I can BS it...that is what Organizational Behavior is all about really...a bunch of BS). So....that is my day tomorrow. Then on Thursday my paper is due, but I think it is kinda crappy. There isn't much more I can do for it though....

Anyway, I am hoping that after tomorrow I can breathe a little easier...

Can't blog now...must work on the latest Paper of Death.

I should be working on my paper for film class, but I felt the need to delay it a few more minutes. I have no at this point in the weekend done all my other homework, which means I can no longer put it off. Sadness. It is an analytic essay on the movie "Mrs. Soffel." I am not sure if any of you have seen this movie, but it is kinda dumb. It stars Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson and was made in 1984. It is based on the true story from 1901 where a jail wardon's wife falls in love with a prisoner and helps him to escape. Bonnie and I watched it on Friday and both agreed that it was pretty dumb (although Bonnie felt this more strongly than I...we often have different tastes in movies). Anyway, now I have to write a paper on it and I really have no idea how I am going to do that. Grr.

This weekend hasn't been too bad. I didn't end up going to the talent show on Friday, I did homework instead. However, I did go to lunch with Emily and her parents on Saturday...I also went to both basketball games (SPU won both!). Then I spent all of yesterday evening doing homework. So....now I must press on and complete this paper because I will really have no time to do it this week. I think that after these next two weeks my school life might slow down a little. We shall see. I am glad that this week begins February because I am tired of January...

Will it ever end?

I figured I should blog since I know how sad it is when the blogs I go to read aren't new. I don't really have anything new to report though. I feel like I am just keeping my head above water these days. The stress level remains pretty constant because of the way my schedule has worked out this quarter. I am managing it, but it is annoying. I am looking forward to when I don't have all these lame assignments to do. That will be nice. I wish I had more time to just settle and let my allow myself to consider what is going on in my head. However, if I had the time I probably wouldn't spend it analyzing my deep inner thoughts....sad day. I can't believe that tomorrow is Friday already. This week has gone by pretty fast. I feel like the whole month of January has gone by pretty slow though. I don't know...I just feel like I should be farther along in the quarter than I actually am...perhaps that is just wishful thinking though. I'm not sure. I have another busy weekend planned. It is homecoming weekend so there are lots of things to do that would be more fun than homework. I hope to make it to some, but doubt I can make it to all since I need to work on a film paper that is due next week. In case you care to see how busy it could be see below:

Friday:
11-12:20 Math Class
1:00 Lunch
1:30-2:50 Organizational Behavior
3:30-5:00 Work
5:30ish Dinner
7:30 Talent Show (maybe)

Saturday:
-Brunch with Emily and her parents (possibly)
-Homework
-bridesmaid dress measurements with Megan for Andrea's wedding
-Homecoming B-ball games (hopefully)
-Watch the movie for film class that I will be writing a paper on

Sunday:
-finish up all the homework I didn't get done on Saturday
5:45-8ish Evening Church with JonTon

So yeah...that is basically what is stressing me out I guess. It just annoys me that I spend all week trying to make it to the weekend, then the weekend I spend catching up for the week ahead. Bleh. Anyway...I think that is enough of a vent for now. Hope you all enjoy your weekends...

And the week continues

So, has anybody seen the movie "Dead Again"? We watched it today in my film class...and I am now afraid of scissors. Creepy....However, it was a good movie I guess. It is different anyways. :) I would recommend it though...I think. (Quite the recommendation isn't it!) lol.

So, I am currently at work playing the waiting game...waiting for my supervisor to finish what he is doing so that I have something to do. :) That's okay though because it gives me a chance to blog. lol. This work day has been pretty slow....45 minutes left though! heh.

Yesterday was nice at JonTon's. Julie was there too and Jonathan had to work late so it worked out nice to have a girls night! We watched "Mother-in-law" and "Must Love Dogs" both are cute. :) I was also able to buy gas for my car while in Renton (even though it doesn't really have all that much cheaper gas than Seattle...)Also I was able to do 3 loads of laundry! Yay! I heart free laundry. It was nice to get off campus and hang out in the real world...sorta. Plus I got a real dinner...none of that fake stuff Gwinn attempts to pass as food. lol

Anyway, I guess I don't have much else to say. Which means I have to find another way to kill time. lol. Maybe Jonathan has e-mailed me back by now....

Stupid Toilet :(

This weekend has gone by fast, but today was pretty much spent entirely relaxing, so that was nice. Here is what I did this weekend:

Friday:
After classes I went to work for a total of 1.5 hours! Woo Hoo! It bothers me that I have all these random work times because of my class schedule, but oh well....After work in the evening I went to a showing of the documentary "Hoop Dreams" here on campus. The documentary was made in 1994 and follows two kids from the inner city of Chicago as they try to achieve their dream of playing for the NBA. It follows them from their freshman year in high school to their first year at college. It was really good. I would recommend it to all who care about such things. :)

Saturday:
This was my busiest day this weekend. I got up at 8:10 in order to be able to start my homework by 9. lol. I worked on homework until about 2:00 when I went to see another documentary that was showing on campus called "Born into Brothels." This film was about the children born into families where the mom is a prostitute in Calcutta, India. A lady who was working with the children was a photographer and she gave the children camera's and started teaching them about photography. In this way they were able to learn something new and be able to express the way they saw the world around them. The lady then used the photographs they had taken to raise money for them by selling them in galleries in New York, etc. It was definitely a more somber film than "Hoop Dreams," but it was also really good. I would recommend it as well...and for a movie about children of prostitutes it is fairly clean (has some language, etc.)...(p.s. if you want another good movie recommendation from my film face try to get your hands on the 1941 movie "A Woman's Face." I really enjoyed it...but Netflix doesn't have it....)

Then after the movie I did a little more homework before dinner...After dinner most of SPU went to see Ashton Cup. This is an event put on by Ashton Hall where each floor does a skit thing put to music. It is kinda crazy, and usually a bit odd and humorous. Moyer residents were only able to stay for about an hour of it because we had to go to Broomball! Broomball is an annual event played against Robbins Apartments. It is like hockey sorta except that you have no ice skates, you play with ducktaped brooms, and you use a four square ball instead of a puck. It is really fun though. Unfortunately, however we lost which means we are now stuck with the ugly toilet (which we got rid of last year!) until we play them again next year. Also, I was quite proud of myself for not falling on the ice...however, during the last 10 minutes of the game I fell on right side of my body. lol. So I am pretty stiff. Nothing too serious though. :) After Broomball Moyer peeps went to Dick's (a cheap burger place) and hung out for a little bit before coming back and going to bed, since by that time it was past midnight.

Sunday:
Today I spent the morning finishing up my homework, which meant that I had the entire rest of the day to do nothing! Yea! It was very exciting. I didn't really do anything exciting though. I just hung around and was really lazy. lol. This evening I watched the Seahawk's game! At evening church they had a party and were watching the game before the service, so I went to part of that with JonTon. We were all pretty excited that Seattle is going to the superbowl! Fun, fun! :) Now I am back from church and just hanging out. I am going to watch Grey's Anatomy with a couple of my friends in about a half an hour.

So, that has been my weekend. Tomorrow is the beginning of another lame and annoying week. I really do live for the weekends and pray each week that I make it alive to them. lol. Tomorrow I am going to JonTon's in the evening, which should be fun. I have saved up all my laundry just for them. lol. :) Anyway, ttfn. ~Laura

a quick post

Just a quick post so that you all have something to read. lol. I am currently in the midst of a busy week. Even though this school week is shorter because of the holiday it is more stressful I think. Although, it is probably just me making a bigger deal out of things than needs be. In this way I should perhaps try to be more like my roommate…then again. lol. ;) I just have a lot of things due this week which I am slowly getting done. I just completed 2 rough drafts in 3 hours! One 4.5 page and one 2.5 page! Go me! I will hopefully make them final drafts when I get back from my bible study class tonight at 8ish. We shall see. I also have a meeting at 10:00 tonight so that is one more thing I have to do. However, I think I am slowly checking off enough things on my list to cause me to stop stressing out. lol. We shall see. Anyway, ttfn.

yay for long weekends!

So this weekend was really nice. I was able to get things accomplished but still had plenty of time to relax. It was amazing. lol. I basically just hung out all weekend with the girls from the dorm. We watched lots of movies and ran errands. I was able to finish most of my homework on Saturday and only had to finish it up on Sunday. I probably should have started on my paper that is due Friday...but i didn't. Oh well. I didn't have to work today either which was nice....

I went to JonTon's tonight. It was nice to be able to hang out and relax away from campus. I think that campus is sorta a downer for me right now, just because it reminds me of how temporary my time is here and the looming unknown that is to come. Tonia and I were thinking of making Monday night a regular at their place. Tonia and I were able to watch a chick flick before Jonathan got home from work, which was nice. Tonia hasn't seen chick flicks in a while so if we do the Monday night thing we will continue to watch chick flicks. :) It should be good.

I feel like I could have more to say, but really have no words. I guess I will just go to bed. ttfn.

YOU KNOW YOU WERE A 90's KID IF....

1. [x]You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"

2. []You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

3. [x]You've worn skorts and felt stylish.

4. [x]You yearned to be part of the Baby-Sitters club.

5. []You use to love playing with your My Little Pet Shop.

6. []You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom"

7. [x]You know that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House."

8. [x]You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

9. []You wore a ponytail on the side of your head and had fluffed bangs. awesome!

10. [x]You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

11. []You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in kindergarten.

12. []You remember reading "Goosebumps."

13. [x]You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off."

14. []You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

15. [x]You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

16. [x]You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

17. [x]u still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence... Not...

18. []you knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together.

19. [x] You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

20. []You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

21. [x]You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide.

22. []You wore socks over leggings scrunched down.

23. []" Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE"
he jumped so high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stumbed he's toe oe oe and thats the end end end of the elephants show ow ow

24. [x]You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.

25. []You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare."

26. []You remember Alf, the little brown alien from Melmac and Vicki the Robot from "MY Little Wonder."

27. []You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool.

28. []You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell."

29. [x]You played and or collected "Pogs."

30. []You used to pretend to be a MIGHTY MORPHIN Power Ranger and you owned a Skip It.

31. [x]You had at least one GigaPet or NanoBaby and brought it everywhere.

32. []You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

33. [x]All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand. (pencils, notebooks, binders, etc.)

34. []You used to wear those stick on earrings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

35. []You remember a time before the WB.

36. []You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

37. []You thought it would be so cool to be Alex Mack.

38. [x]You know the Macarena by heart.

39. [x]"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

40. [x]You thought Brain would finally take over the world.

41. [x]you watched TGIF when it had sabrina the teenage witch

42. [x] you played duck hunt with that way cool gun.

43. [x] you got polly pocket or transformers.

44. [] you watched macguyver

45. [x] you made beautiful pictures with rainbo-bright.

46. [] thought candy ciggarettes were cool

47. [x]drank a whole pack of squeez-its..."squeeze the fun our of them..."

48. [x] watched clarissa explains it all on nickalodeon

49. [x] played foursquare or kickball

50. [x] had the mega blaster SUPERSOAKER!!

Well, this is different....

What an interesting beginning to the quarter. I just feel sorta weird. I am slowly beginning to realize that I actually have to get my act together since I am graduating in June. Ahh! It is causing me to really evaluate myself and I am not sure what to think of my findings.

...Anyway, my classes are going pretty well so far. I am taking Organizational Behavior (kinda dull, and so far not much work....but there is a group project approaching), 1 Corinthians Bible Study (Probably going to be one of my favorite classes), Contemporary mathematics (well, it's math which sucks, but so far not too big of a work load or too difficult of concepts), and The Art of Film (another possible favorite! I get to watch a movie every Tuesday and talk about it every Thursday...oh yeah and do some papers as well...) So far I haven't had a big work load for my classes, which I hope continues because I really have a crappy schedule for doing homework. Most days I only have a few hours to do homework because of classes, work, and evening activities (such as Hall Council, etc.)

I started work on Monday and it is sorta annoying. Because of my class schedule my work schedule is kinda messed up. I only work a few hours a day which is kinda annoying. Life would be a lot easier without my need to work. I would have more time to do homework and stuff. It was nice last week when I wasn't working...Oh well. I am able to take one person to work with me on Tuesday and Thursdays which I didn't think I would be able to do because of my weird schedule, so that is good. Hopefully things will get better, but for now I am kinda annoyed.

The rest of my time is devoted to trying to ignore the fact that I am graduating in June. lol. I really have no idea what I want to do with the rest of my life. It is kinda stressing me out. I don't know where I am gonna live or work....Nor do I know where I want to live of work. lol. I have realized something though. An important revelation that I should remember: I am not my brother. This obvious statement is an important one. My life will not take the same shape as his, nor should I expect it to. I may not end up living in Seattle with a group of friends. I will not find my future spouse in college. I will not make the amount of money he does just out of college...But all that is okay....

Let's sum up my winter break:

A- Azteca with Friends
B- Board games
C- Cookies!
D- Doctor's appointments
E- Eating
F- Friends and Family
G- Good Grades
H- Halo!
I- Ipod
J- Jesus's Birthday
K- Kids (babysitting)
L- Laughing
M- Mystery New Year's Eve Party
N- No homework!
O- Over too quickly
P- Parties!
Q- Quilts...well seeing everyone else work on them
R- Reading
S- Sleeping
T- Television on DVD!
U- Unlimited amounts of free time
V- Very short
W- Working for Longview Surgical
X- relaXing
Y- Yummy food (can you tell I am now eating Gwinn food again?)
Z- Zilch getting accomplished

I don't really have much to say but I was feeling guilty for neglecting my blog. :) JonTon comes down tonight and will be here until early Sunday morning. It should add some excitement to my house. lol. I am excited about Christmas festivities...from now until Sunday is basically one big party. lol.

I have been enjoying my Christmas break and have been relaxing quite a bit. I am working a few hours each day for Longview Surgical group, but nothing stressful. :) I am glad for the $$. I babysat last night for my usual family. Last night was not really one of their shining moments, but they were fine. It is always nice to see them. :) Other than that I haven't been up to much, just chillin' with family and friends. :)

I really don't have much to say to ya'all so I guess I will leave it at that for now...

Happy @ Home

I have now been at home since Friday night and am enjoying my time away from school. It is nice to just be able to relax. :) I have been spending the last couple of day with family and Friends.

Saturday morning Teresa, mom and I went to Susie's house to be crafty. I tagged along to the sewing festival usually put on by Aunt Linda. It was fun to be crafty. This Saturday we are going there again to have a card making party. It should be fun. :)

Saturday evening my family and I went to see The Chronicles of Narnia. It was a really good movie I thought! I would definitely go back to see it in theatres if anyone wants to. lol. It is one I want to own as well...

On Monday I went out to Grandma and Grandad's with my Dad and Aunt Linda. It was nice to be out there again and to eat lunch, which is always good at Grandma's. :) I don't usually go out there with just Dad and Aunt Linda, so that was cool too. :)

Today I did the prep work for my work at Longview Surgical Group. I am helping out for a couple of weeks purging charts. It is nice to be able to make some money while at home. :)

Then later this afternoon Teresa and I went to Grandma and Grandpa's house and was able to have a good visit with them. :) We chatted and then played some cards. Despite the 3 or 4 games of pinochle we played I didn't win any of them. Oh well, I am used to that. lol. :)

I can already tell that this break will go by too quickly, better enjoy it while it lasts....

My Quarter

# of classes taken: 4

# of books "read": 10

# of Papers written: 19 (36 pages total)

# of tests taken: 6

# of hours it will take me to forget everything I learned: 24

Yay for the end of Fall Quarter!!

Can I go home yet? Please?!

So I am almost done with my paper of death (aka my English paper). All my other papers are finished so it is just this last one that is keeping me from enjoying anything tonight. I am giving up pretty soon and calling it good. I have my doubts that I will get a good grade on the paper, but there is only so much I can do. Papers are over rated anyway (although try telling that to an English professor...).

My roommate has left me. Yep, Bonnie was able to escape this stress sooner than I. It is a sad reality. However, my room is clean and I have it all to myself tonight! Yeah! (No offense Bonnie) lol. I was telling Emily earlier today that I will go home and watch TV and it will be weird because I won't have my commentator beside me. lol. :) I heart my roommate.

So tomorrow I am getting up early to take my friend Christine to the airport and then coming back and sleeping. lol. I will get up in time to look over once more all of my papers and then e-mail them out to the professors before my final at 1:00. This final is more of a party than anything else, so at least it won't be stressful. After that, I am done with SPU for the quarter!! I will come back to my room and pack and get ready to go. A couple of my friends and I are going to go out to dinner to celebrate being done for the quarter, so that will be nice. I don't know when I am leaving for home, but sometime tomorrow evening. It will be nice to be home.

Looking forward to seeing all of you soon!

This day has gone from bad to worse. I hope finals don't kill me.
3 papers down, 2.5 papers to go....

Finals Week

So, tomorrow is the official start of finals week. I am excited about it actually because it means the end of the quarter! Tomorrow I have my first and only test of finals week. lol. Unfortunately I have final class periods I have to attend and papers to still write. I have written 3 of the 5 papers I had. I have most of my English paper written and have yet to start on my Theology paper to write though. Oh well. I think I will do fine on my Economics test tomorrow. I have gotten B+'s on my tests so I figure I will do about the same on my final....we shall see. I guess technically I haven't studied very well, but I didn't study all that hard for the other tests in the class so....yeah.

Anyway, I am off to pick up Jonathan from his Seattle office and head to Renton for a night of semirelaxing. lol. We will see how relaxed I get with my thoughts always returning to the test tomorrow and the papers due Friday. heh.

See you all soon!

I am fairly annoyed at the moment. I have been up since 8:30 this morning and haven’t really gotten anything accomplished. I am having such a difficult time with this English paper. I can’t even decide where to start on the 7 page paper! The rough draft is due on Monday and although not all 7 pages need to be completed it would be nice because then I could get more of a critique. It is all just frustrating. I really have no idea why this class is so hard for me to write papers for. It sucks though. I think I could finish all 4 of my other papers this weekend if I wasn’t working on this lame one. Grrr.

Snow?!

Well it pretty much snowed all afternoon up here, however none of it stuck. It is still sorta raining outside right now and I have a feeling that it might snow and stick over night if it gets cold enough. So the two main questions on my mind are: 1)will classes be canceled tomorrow and 2) do I want classes to be canceled tomorrow. lol.

It was my last day at work this quarter today and I went home early because of the snow. hee hee. I probably could have stayed there but I wasn't sure if the snow would start sticking or not. So I figured it was as good an excuse as any to skip out early. lol.

On another note my paper count is up to 5! That is right I have 5 papers to write before next Friday. Ugh. I am only really concerned about one of them though (my English one). So, I will be working on those this weekend. Which will be hard since I have 3 parties and Tradition to go to this weekend. I will probably end up spending late nights working on them this next week. Double Ugh.

Anyway, I guess I should see about dinner soon. Hope you are all enjoying the weather. Hopefully I will actually be able to write about real snow tomorrow. :)
Keep me in your prayers over the next week. I will need them. ttfn

P.S. No Shave November is now over and it makes me sad. All the guys were just getting to look good when they shaved it all off. Sad day.