Wicked

I have decided that I really want to "Wicked." We talked a little bit about it in my American Humanities class, and I think it looks awesome! I also love the music! Now if I could just figure out a way to go see it. Tickets are way expensive too. There are performances at the Orange County and the San Diego Civic Centers, and the tickets are about a hundred bucks a piece, and higher. Oh well, I might have to wait for a while, but one day I'm going to see it!

This was another homework week for me, so there's not much to post. We had Audra's bridal shower on Wednesday, it went really well! She got lots of good stuff, and the food was awesome (of course I made all of the food so I am a little biased). We watched her wedding video, which I have seen before but it was still really good! We played traditional wedding games, and there were prizes...I actually won one of them! Overall, I would say it was a big success!

Also on Wednesday, I took my final for this history class that I am taking online. The grades are based on two areas a workbook, which is 25% of my grade, and the final, which is 75% of my grade. The workbook is pass or fail, no in between. So you can why I was a little nervous about how I was going to do in the class. I studied all week, non-stop, for the final (I had finished the workbook over spring break). The final was one hundred questions. I got every single one right, a 100%! I have never gotten a perfect score on a final exam before! The class average was only an 81%. If our teacher had graded on a curve I would have totally thrown it off! I am very curious to know if anyone else got the same grade that I did. If you cannot tell I am extremely happy about this grade!

On Thursday I had my group presentation. I was covering American Architecture since 1945...There is a lot of it! There were three people in my group, and I was the last to go. We had a set amount of time that we were supposed to present in, but we ended up going way over. The first girl did okay, she may have a been a little over...But not much if any. The second girl was the problem. She went WAY over! I'm talking like at least 20 minutes. My part of the presentation was the longest so I had the rush through it...We were still over by a ton. I hope that doesn't count too much against us! That's about all I did this week, other than going to classes, I mostly did a lot of homework. I managed to finish my Islam final and turn that in. I also watched "Top Gun" for the first time yesterday, it was good...But I probably won't watch it again.

This week is going to be very stressful for me. Monday I have only one class, which I am so happy about! I have to turn in a poetry book that I have been working on and a project that I finished yesterday. On Tuesday it is our "reading day" so that we can prepare for our exams. I plan on selling back my books that day, if can get there early enough maybe the lines won't be so bad. Then I am going to study for the only final I haven't finished yet, my American Humanities final. I love the fact that I managed to finish everything that I needed to get done for finals week, including doing some of my finals, a week early. Now I just have to focus on that one test!

On Wednesday I have a Power Fair for my religion class. This is going to be our final in a way. We basically show up to class and talk about what we've learned, turn in a report about the projects that we did, and basically hang out. Later that day, not until 6pm actually, I will take my American Humanities final in the testing center. Last semester I waited in a three hour line to take my finals in the testing center...They say it won't be like that this time...But we'll see. I get to go into a priority line if I go during a set time. I think that I might go over there early and see how long the lines are...If they aren't long then I will just go and get me test over with. After that I am done! All I have to do is start packing up my stuff and cleaning my apartment. I fly out of Salt Lake on Friday! Then I start my summer. I already have a job lined up and everything! This will be my last post of the semester...I will post again next Sunday when I am back in California! Take care everyone!

Revelations

Sometimes life doesn't turn out the way that you expect it to. You look back on friends that you thought you once knew, and you find that never really knew them at all. Or maybe they just changed...I don't know...It's been a day of revelation for me. Not necessarily in a good way either. Believe me when I say, that whoever is reading this post...My revelation was not about you. It was about someone who isn't on my friends list yet, but I should probably add them...Seeing how they are changing so quickly. By the time I catch up with them again they will probably be unrecognizable. It sounds like I'm rambling...I don't make any sense...That doesn't matter...I know what I am talking about. I just needed to write some things down.

I applied for graduation this week. Everything is on track for a December graduation. Although, it turns out that my advisor forgot to turn in some paperwork regarding my minor...And they don't have any record of me having one. So, I had to go fix that stressful problem this week. Everything is still on track though, and that is all that matters. I also found out that one of the required classes I have to take in the Fall is a one block class at 8am. It was a 10am , but for some reason the teacher decided to change it. Man, I was looking forward to a low stress semester for my final semester at BYU-Idaho. Oh well, what can you do?

This week was another slow one. I went to Idaho Falls with Audra to pick up her ring...It was being cleaned. This week we are having her bridal shower. If anyone has any gift ideas...Post them please! I also need ideas for party favors to give the guests. Any help would be appreciated. This week will be a little stressful for me. It is the last week of classes before finals. So teachers will be trying to get in as much information as possible. On Wednesday I am going to take one of my finals...So I have to study a lot before then. We are also holding the shower on Wednesday. On Thursday I have a group presentation in my American Humanities class. Plus I have an essay that I need to do before the end of the semester as well. Plus, there is the whole ordeal of packing up my stuff, doing my white-glove, shipping stuff home, and catching my ride to the airport. Throw in finals too, and you have my life for the next two weeks.

Time for me to get serious again. I have been thinking a lot about what I am going to do after graduation. I mean, right now the plan is that I will earn some money and then get my teaching credentials. After I graduate I have to enter the real world. I am going to need a job with good benefits and insurance. I am going to have to start worrying about things like that. I will be on a deadline on when I need to grow up and get my own place. I can't live at home forever. I don't know how long it will take me to earn enough money though. Ideally, I will get married in the near future and some of that stuff won't be so up in the air...But I'm not counting on that happening any time soon so...Yeah. I am also worried about what it will be like when I go home for good. My best friend, Bethany, is moving on with her life (I still love ya, but it's true). I can see her falling for guys, making new friends...And I guess I am starting to see that I won't fit into her life the same way that I used to. In spite of that, I still expect to be the maid-of-honor when she finally ties the knot (that was to you Beth ;)...) I have been away for so long that I don't know what to expect when I go back. I feel sort of lost. I guess I will have to see how this summer goes...Maybe then I will know where I stand with the rest of my life. I hope you are all doing well...I'm not depressed or anything...I'm just having a moment. Stay happy and be safe!

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Now that I only have about three weeks left in the semester I find myself having a lot of work to do, but no motivation to get it done right away. I am so tired of doing homework all of the time! I wish I could say that I was going to have a break from it this summer, but I have to take an online class or two so that I don't have to overload on credits during my last semester. I am just waiting to register and then I will be set. I can't register until the last day because I am not registered to attend school in the summer...I hope I get the classes that I need. This week was slightly busier than previous weeks...Therefore, I have a little but more to post this time.

Monday was a great day. The weather was perfect! It felt like summer (finally!). It is interesting to watch how people react to warm days up in Rexburg. Monday is FHE night so, basically, everyone in my apartment complex went outside with their FHE groups. No one wanted to be inside. There were barbecues, people going to the park...Anything they could think of that involved the outdoors. Then there was our apartment. Seven o'clock came a went and none of our FHE brothers showed up. Usually they call us about FHE, but not this time. We called their apartment but no one answered. We waited about a half an hour and then went to Arctic Circle. It was fun. Then we came home and did homework...Not so fun. I have only talked to one of the guys, Scottie, about what happened on Monday. I think that he was the only one with a legitimate excuse. He got engaged and went down to meet his fiance's parents. As for the other guys...I guess we will find out tomorrow!

On Wednesday I had a phone interview for an internship that I had applied for. Can I just start by saying that I hate phone interviews? They are impersonal, and I never know what to say because I can't read the other person as well...Plus I was interviewing with two people at once. Fun. The interview went well. One of the ladies told me that she would send me an email with their decision by the end of the week. Which they did. I got the internship. Here is where I am conflicted. When I applied for this internship I was still a biology major, and it was a requirement for that major. When I switched my major I was no longer required to do an internship. The internship is at the Santa Anna Zoo. I would basically be shadowing a zoo keeper there. Which sounds like a blast, and something that would be right up my ally! Plus I would get to actually work with the animals. Problem...The internship is 40 hours a week, for ten weeks, is not paid, and is a bit of a drive. When I needed the internship I was going to get up around 5am and carpool with my Dad and then come back home around 5pm or so. I would get two days off a week. But Saturday and Sunday. Sunday maybe...But with Monday or something. I wouldn't be able to carpool on the weekends. The internship is not paid...That is the real problem. I need a paying job this summer...I mean, only if I want to be able to eat during the Fall. So now I am at a crossroads of sorts...I have no idea what to do...But I need to tell them my decision this week! Grrr....

On Thursday I went down to Provo, Utah. I went with my American humanities class. We had to leave at 6:15am. Yuck. So I woke up around 5:30am and got ready. At 6am I opened the front door to leave and discovered that there was a snowstorm. So I had to walk up to campus in a snowstorm early in the morning when I wasn't quite awake yet. I got up there and got in one of the vans. We sat around for awhile waiting for everyone to show up. It was a cozy little trip...The vans were not very comfortable. We all fell asleep pretty quickly. I woke up a few times, but got back to sleep again. It snowed the whole way to Provo. As we got further south the snow turned into a slushy snow-rain type of thing. It was coming down hard too. A couple times we ended up driving 25 MPH and could barely see outside.

Earlier in the week our instructor had told us that it was Spring in Provo and they had 60 degree weather. Yeah right. It was pouring rain when we got there. I mean, it looked like movie rain or something. It was coming down so hard. We finally got to the museum. We had arrived late so we had less time to look at things...We had originally planned on three hours in the museum. It didn't take us very long to go through the whole exhibit. Me and my friend Shawna even managed to find our way across the BYU campus (where the museum is located) and find the building that had the food court in it. That campus is huge! We got lost so many times. We ate some lunch and then went back to the museum. We got back in the vans and picked up some pizza for our trip back. It was still raining. It stopped raining once we got back into Idaho and then it was snowing again. In Rexburg, however, the snow had stopped around 4pm. So it was a little nicer than when we left. We got back around 6:45pm. I was so tired. So I just have to write a paper about what I saw at the museum.

On Friday my roommates and I, being sick of Rexburg, decided to go to Idaho Falls. My other roommate Mels works down there and usually stays with her Mom when she has to work the next day. We met her and a few of her friends. We went to this really good Chinese food place. The food was really good! But I will not recommend this restaurant for one reason. There are a couple of the cooks, male cooks, that stand up by the cash register and stare at you. They stared at us from the second we walked in until the second we left. It was really creepy. None of us wanted to go up and pay because the guys were right there. After that we went back to our apartment. Audra and I went to work on homework and stuff, and our other roommates started a movie.

On Saturday we did not do much. It was sort of a lazy day. Audra went to a couple stores and I picked up something to make for dinner, because Saturday is my dinner day. Later in the day we thought about renting "Silence of the Lambs" from Clean Flicks...Because a couple of our roommates had not seen it. But it was checked out already, so that was the end of that. Instead we went and got dipped cones from Dairy Queen and came home and hung out. I have a slight cold so I have been sort of tired lately. So I was glad that Saturday was not too eventful. In other news...I have no idea where my MP3 player is...It has to be somewhere in my room! That's it for now. What news will my next post bring? You'll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, take care everyone!

TAG! You're It!

I got tagged by Elizabeth so I guess I'd better respond...who knows what will happen if I don't. ;)

Here are the rules.

Once you've been tagged you have to write a blog (or bulletin) with 8 weird things/habits about yourself. Then you need to pick 8 other people to tag and list their names. You need to leave a comment saying "You've been tagged" in their comments and tell them to read your blog (or bulletin). Let me know when you've posted as well.

1.) In high school I used to watch "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Buffy was also my nickname in high school...do you see a connection?

2.) I don't know if this is weird or not, but it is a habit...I am a passive-agressive person. When something, or someone, is bothering me I pretend to ignore it, and my feelings, and let everything bottle up inside. I haven't exploded at anyone yet, but it is only a matter or time.

3.) I am constantly second guessing myself. It takes me forever to make a decision, and when I finally do I worry that it was not the right one.

4.) I generally having problems sleeping...but when I am stressed about something it is a guarantee that I won't sleep.

5.) I am very much a night person...although I can still function during the day...I am my most hyper at night!

6.) I hate shopping...when I do shop it doesn't take me very long. Most of the things I buy are either impulse buys or things that I have put a lot of thought into. Most of the time I talk myself out of buying things that I want.

7.) I am mostly a pretty organized person...but there are days when everything gets out of control and I forget where everything is! When I am looking for something I tear my room apart trying to find it, and then I usually end up finding it in the most obvious place.

8.) I move around a lot when I sleep. I cannot stay in the same position for more then five minuets. God help whoever I end up getting married to!

Let's see who shall I tag...Danielle, Bethany, Katherine, Mom, Dad, Michael, Carrie Marie, and Audra (on the off chance that she reads this!)

The Count Down Begins!

I decided to post today rather than tomorrow because I have so much homework to do that I will never get around to it tomorrow. Plus, I needed a study break. This week was Spring Break here at BYU-I. We got a whopping two days off! I did not do much this week. The school week was short and classes went by quickly. Naturally, my teachers took this opportunity to assign more homework for us to work on over the break. Gee, thanks. So, other than having a lot of homework, and a test due next week, there is not a lot to report school wise. I am going to Utah on Thursday. I am going to a museum for my American Humanities class. Other than that school is pretty dull. On a positive note...I only have four weeks left until I get to go home for the summer. I am thinking of it as three weeks, because I don't want to count finals week. During this time I need to catch up on all my homework, take a lot of tests, do a group presentation, pack, ship my stuff home, sell my books back, survive finals, and travel for a long time.

Of course, the traveling won't be that bad because my roommate and I are going together. We are going to take the shuttle down to Salt Lake. She is also flying Delta, and she is leaving at the same time I am, so we get to spend that together. It is good because I probably won't see her again after this semester. She is also going home for the summer and then she is going to Austria in the Fall. She will back for the winter semester, but I won't because I graduate in December. Traveling together will make the trip down go by a lot faster. I am usually by myself and it seems to take forever. We both have DVD players, so when we aren't talking we will probably be watching movies or "Friends" or something like that. I can't until this semester is over!

In other news, I saw "The Chronicles of Narnia" again this weekend. This will have been my third time seeing it. Although the last two times were within a week of each other. I went because my other roommate had only seen it once and wanted to see it again. I am excited because it comes out on DVD on Tuesday. *That's a big hint there Mom and Dad...Maybe you should consider purchasing it* My roommates and I were going to go bowling this week but we all had too much homework...Maybe we will go before the end of the semester.

I am excited to go home...Although I am not excited about looking for a job. The hardest part about having a job is getting it. I am hoping that I can find one fairly quickly. I have a thousand things that I want to do this summer that I didn't get to do when I was home for Christmas break. It is going to be weird when I come up here for my last semester. Keri will be in Austria, Kristen will be at home in California, Mels will be in Utah, Audra will be married...It will just be me and Amy and a bunch of girls I have never met before. With any luck my sister will be up here as well. The school is taking there sweet time with letting people know their acceptance status.

I guess I should get back to my homework. There isn't really anything interesting to report...Hopefully I will have something better for my next post. Take care everyone!