Roomies

These were some of my roommates for spring term. They were great girls and I loved getting to know them. Karen (left) is from California and was a total neat freak which I loved. Michaela (middle) is from Oklahoma and is very fun and spunky. Mandy (right) was my room-room mate, and I adore her. She is so nice and understanding and fun. I love being around her.

These are some of the kids from my FHE group. For some reason, we don't have a single picture with all of us in it. I guess it is hard to get everyone to come to the same thing when you have 12 busy college students. In any case, we had a lot of fun. These kids were lots of fun to be around and we ended up being pretty good friends. This particular picture was taken at Michaela's uncle's house where we got to go swimming.

This picture is from going to Spicy Corea with Michaela and Mandy. We had to stop at this adorable boutique along the way. I gave in and bought the hat. =) We had a great girl's night.

Crazy English Major

So it turned out that my American Literature class was pretty great, I learned a lot, and enjoyed the discussions. It was also a good learning experience as far as papers go. I was pretty proud of what I accomplished. The only problem is that when I write papers...it's messy. I like to see everything at once when I write my rough draft, which means my desk looks like this on a good day:

The book that I wrote my paper on, Hope Leslie, was actually very good. If you like historical fiction, it is definitely a keeper.

My secret essay writing code...that I can sometimes read

This last year has been full of little miracles. I made it through all my classes and enjoyed them most of the time. I even got a B in Economics, which turned out to be a pretty cutthroat class. Now I am working on my application to the English Education program. Sometimes I wonder if it is right, but I look at all the classes I get to take and get excited every time. 

Some miracles this year:

-I got 63 on my practice economics final after studying for days, I got an 81 on the real final the next day.

-I met some really great girls and have some good friends at college now.

-I learned how to balance living all my myself

-I went to the temple one morning and the class after there was an assignment due that I didn't know about, but the teacher had decided to delay the due date. Coincidence? I think not.

-My home teachers gave me a blessing and all my fears dissappeared in seconds when I was having a really hard day.

-The people in my home ward are always willing to bring up the things that I have forgotten at home.

-I earned full tuition for the next year, which takes a huge load off of my shoulders.

-There are so many more little blessings that I can't even begin to list them. I feel very loved.