studying

my brain is full of statistics and biomechanics.
hopefully i can remember all of the contents on my exams tomorrow!

Its been a long week... I'm thankful for the moments I get to spend with my friends laughing. I have a few more weeks until Tori comes and I'm really looking forward to that. And even less time until Sun Valley if everything works out. Only 6 more weeks of this quarter! (but who is counting...) Still so much to do. I have yet to come up with a biomechanics project topic and find a group of people to work with, and still have TONS of research for my paper for 301 and our debate in there not to mention research for my measurement and eval. project and conducting the actual study. Throw in a few statistics assignments, tests every other week, fitness testing and trying to find time to take care of my friends (and myself, eventually) and that pretty much sums up my life lately. woo! Its not even 10 and I'm going to read and go to sleep. Can't wait to Kyle's birthday next week and Ali and Markus coming to visit! I get a few pleasant interruptions from my busy life, and boy are they amazing! Life is happening so fast...!

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I'm back from an amazing weekend in Seattle and about to bring enchiladas down to Oikos for the big fiesta :) Lots of homework to do tonight so I'll be busy for a while. ..

hello again

sorry for the lack of updates... I'm beginning to notice that I took my free time for granted last quarter! This quarter is much busier. But I think thats OK. For now anyways. I guess. I mean I can't do anything to change it so I should just embrace it and accept it and deal with it. There is a lot on my heart lately, and I'm not sure what God is doing but I'm doing my best to listen. I haven't been reading every day, and thats making me real cranky.

hmm... so whats new... well... I'm learning how to study. I guess I never really had to do that. Ever. I mean I would pay attention in class and do just fine. The classes that I have studied for in college have always kicked my butt and its my goal to change that this quarter. Statistics is hard, for sure. I'm staying way ahead on the assignments though, which is a good thing. Biomechanics is going to be my hardest class I think. I don't really know anyone else in that class and a lot of it seems to be based on group work so thats frustrating. My measurement and eval class shouldn't be too bad, I'm staying ahead on the work in there as well. Lets see, that leaves survey of health and PE and that is a TON of work. Not things that aren't do-able, just lots of time consuming research and hours spent in the library reading medical articles that I don't really understand all the time. And volleyball, well... its pretty easy. So that's my classes, I plan on finishing homework over the weekend (woo!) and catching up on some of the reading for biomechanics and looking at the lab that we'll be doing on Tuesday.

I miss home real bad tonight... not sure why... mostly I think because I want to go to Erin's wall and talk about all the stuff thats going on in my head/heart and I can't. I want to sit on top of it, add new flowers or flip flops. Plus we decorated our friend Mike's Jeep tonight with streamers and it just reminds me of all the adventures we had freshman year. Especially the night the boys got the cops called on them and Erin and I had to clean the truck and my house off the next day.

Well I'm clean right now :) I smell divine and can't wait to crawl in bed and sleep.

flashback

a sight for sore eyes - and the teeny tiny leftover bit of snow

This is my "Please take me with you to Portugal" face, he wasn't quite ready for his picture to be taken, and astonished by how heavy my suitcases were.

The best compliment I've ever received is when people tell me that I remind them of my mother. She's wonderful.

QDoba! Karen is sad I'm leaving her.

Me and my mom HAD to have one last Starbucks run.

I had every intention of taking pictures of my own personal airport car service Kramer and Markus, but couldn't find my camera... Oh home sweet home! I'm off to prepare for research for Biomechanics on Saturday, woohoo!

welcome back

Its nice to be back in Bellingham.
I'm so thankful for my stepdad. Seriously, wow. What an amazing guy to put up with my annoying phone call questions all day! I got a LOT done today. It feels really good to have those days where you just accomplish things and today was one of those. I'm totally a person who makes a list and finds an odd pleasure in crossing things off when I'm finished. I rearranged my room, too and it feels nice to have a different set up in here. Its really messy still, I'm finding a home for all my random things again and getting everything organized and unpacked still. Tomorrow I start classes... CRAZY! I'm ready to have a schedule again though, just wish it was a schedule of fun things instead of classes. Things at the Turtle are busy as always, its weird to have Paige gone, but I kind of feel like Ellie has always been here, she's great. We were all at home tonight so it was nice to all sit together and just hang out in the same room. Its going to be a great quarter :)

bittersweet

I'm wrapping up my time in the lovely state of South Dakota. It seems crazy that my break is almost over already. Leaving is going to be one of the most bittersweet things ever. I'm so excited to get back to Bellingham, but I have definitely loved being home. I will miss playing Apples to Apples at our kitchen table with my family plus whoever stops by. I will miss driving to my Grandma B's house to make the most amazing fudge ever and play dominoes, Bananagrams (a scrabble-like word game), and the Farming Game. Did I mention that my Gramma B is probably the most amazing game player ever? She always whomps on us, but it adds to the fun. I will miss riding in the car and letting Kalli drive (gasp!) to Granny O's house and help her make dinner or go wash her car or get her groceries. I will miss waking up to my mom's footsteps upstairs making coffee. I will miss my breakfast dates at the Millstone. I will miss driving around in every other car but mine and getting upset when I see someone I know and they don't wave back and then remembering that I'm not in my own car. I will miss my little sister... pretty much everything about her, but especially falling asleep in the living room watching America's Next Top Model in the middle of the night. I'm going to miss being less than a minute away from my best friend in the world. But enough about the bitter... lets get to the sweet...

I can't wait to get back to Bellingham because I miss being surrounded by my amazing friends. I want to cook once a week again and go to Oikos. I can't wait to see the guys in Seattle, the ones that I owe so much for being my own personal airport car service not to mention letting me stay there and keep my car and I could go on and on about the things that they do. I can't wait to see Kyle and Seth and Joel. Mostly I can't wait to feed them. I can't wait to collapse on Molly and Nicole's floor and hear all about their breaks and get updated. I can't wait to see Amanda dancing around our house as always. I can't wait to meet Ellie! I am very excited for winter star gazing, more snowboarding, and the INN. I am ready to start taking classes that will hopefully help me decide if I really want to go to PT school. I'm ready to listen for what God has next, and continue to show my friends that I love them and they are amazing.

so. Bittersweet. ya.