Thanksgiving

Hello my faithful readers. I am so sorry that I haven’t written in a few weeks. I have been swamped with school work and many other things. I just got back to school after an amazing Thanksgiving break at home. I very much enjoyed being at home with my family and hanging out with friends. This year I brought along my friend Josh (from Rock Valley, IA). It was fun to show him where I grew up and all that jazz. Josh’s mom and dad actually used to live in Farmington and attended Escalon CRC. He enjoyed seeing where his parents spent their time when they were first married and where his twin sisters were born.

Thanksgiving day we spent the day at Oma and Opa’s house. As usual we ate the traditional Thanksgiving meal. Sitting at the dinner table we ate, talked, and laughed. After eating we sat around the table and played cards for many hours. It was a fun time to laugh and just enjoy each other’s company.
Friday, popularly known as Black Friday, started out pretty early. Josh, Aimee, Lauryn and I entered Target, coffee in one hand, money ready to be spent in the other. The place was a zoo, but we enjoyed looking through the plethora of sale items. To our surprise, we ended up getting in and out in only one hour. After Target we headed to the mall. Another later we were walking out, shopping bags in hand.

The rest of the long weekend was spent hanging out with friends and family, eating lots of food, and relaxing. This break was by far my most favorite break that I have ad since I started college. It was the first time that I did not want to come back to school. Don’t get me wrong, I love Providence and all the people here; however I do not love the school work. It is so difficult to try and balance everything. Only 9 more days until I will be home again for Christmas break. I am looking forward to be able to relax at home and not have to worry about any school work.

More pictures:

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Palm Springs

This week was my friend Lynnae’s 21st birthday. To celebrate a group of us went to Palm Springs for the weekend with her family. On Saturday morning Lorah, Rachel, I headed to the condo. Palm Springs is about an hour and a half away….so not too bad of a drive. Once we got to the condo we met up with Lynnae and her family. After we unpacked the car we headed straight to the pool. It was a relaxing afternoon of lying by the pool and swimming. As the afternoon progressed, the sun by the pool started to disappear. We decided to move onto the grass so that we could tan. We sat there comfortably with our books, iPods, cell phones, and sunglasses….that is until the sprinklers came on. We quickly gathered our things and ran. Rachel was screaming and yelling, “I am getting wet!” At that point we decided to go back to the condo and watch a movie and eat some dinner. After our movie was over Lorah, Rach, and I took Lynnae to Applebee’s for dessert. We made them sing to her and everything. She was pretty embarrassed about the singing, but oh well. After dessert we headed to Hollywood Video to rent Titanic…because Rachel had never seen it. We finally got back to the condo (after getting lost). WE watched the movie and then went to bed.

On Sunday morning Josh and James came to finish off the weekend. The beginning of the day it was cloudy and gray….it even rained a bit. We spent the morning watching a Bill Cosby comedy dvd. We laughed the entire time!!! It finally started to clear up in the early afternoon so we made our way to the pool. I was pretty much in heaven being able to swim all weekend. I swam laps in every stroke. It was amazing. After spending most of the afternoon at the pool we made our way back to the condo again. We decided to play a game that Lorah had brought with her. We laughed so much. It was fun to just hang out and not have to worry about school or anything else.

It was a great weekend filled with a lot of laughs and many new inside jokes.


More Pictures:
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Costumes, Dresses, & Hockey Pucks

Growing up, I always enjoyed Halloween. Getting dressed up, candy, carving pumpkins, and the other fun activities that surround the day. Last week, we had Reformation Awareness Week. The two chapels of the week were based on the Reformation and how it affects us today. Thursday night we had pumpkin carving and caramel apple bar. Friday night was our annual Reformation Carnival. One my roommates, Jamie, and I dressed up together. She was Mrs. Pac man and I was Pinky, the pink ghost, from the game. We made our costumes from supplies that we bought at Wal-Mart.

On Saturday Rachel and I were invited to Lorah’s uncle, Hans’ wedding. Him and his fiancée, Blanca were finally tying the knot after 5 years of dating. For those that don’t know, Lorah lives off campus with her grandparents and uncle Hans. Whenever we go over there Hans and Blanca usually make an appearance and talk with us for a bit. They are a cute couple that is completely in love. It was an absolutely gorgeous wedding. Blanca and Hans were so happy. A bunch of Lorah’s family came down from Canada for the occasion. It was nice to see them all again and meet some new people.

On Sunday I got to go to an Anaheim Ducks vs. Calgary Flames hockey game. My friend Jeremy and I went together. It was a really fun game. After the game we were heading down the street to get onto the freeway. Some guy in a big white truck decided to come in my lane and didn’t see me. He sideswiped me on my driver’s side. There was no place to pull over right where I was so I got in the turning lane to turn into a shopping center. The guy in the truck drove right past me, looked at me, and then sped up and drove away. Jeremy and I tried to get his license plate number, but he was driving too fast.

As Thanksgiving gets closer, I find myself more and more excited about being at home with my family and friends again. I am sure that it will be nice to have a break from school work. The coming weeks are going to be pretty busy and before I can blink Thanksgiving will be here.

Halloween Pictures:

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Wedding & More:

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Living in a Material World

Haven’t had the chance to write for a while…I just finished 2 weeks of midterms. I am glad that they are finally over. The weekend in the middle of midterms was parents’ weekend. Both my mom and dad came down for the weekend. Benjamin was supposed to come, but ended up having to work. On Friday night we had a Variety Show that we put on for the parents. My roommates and my friends Lorah and James made up a rap about PCC. It was pretty fun. We all dressed up as gangsters and rapped. It was pretty entertaining to see everyone’s reaction.

There were quite a few other acts as well. There was a quartet, a couple skits, videos, and some other very entertaining things….even McCain and Obama made an appearance.
Saturday night my adopted siblings for the weekend, James, Josh, and Amy came with my parents and I to dinner with Joan Westra and her family. Joan was one of my mom’s best friends in high school and she lives in Chino Hills…which is about 10 minutes away from PCC.

This past weekend was pretty fun. On Friday night I went out to dinner with Rach, Lorah, and Lynnae to celebrate finally being done with midterms. After dinner we went to the 2 softball games and cheered on PCC. On Saturday we had a car wash and raised about $1200 in only 5 hours. We were pretty proud of ourselves.

Saturday night, my hall had an 80s party. We all dressed up, drank Tab, ate Pop Rocks, and watched “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” It was a really fun and relaxing night.

I am looking forward to this weekend…for PCC’s annual Reformation Day Carnival.

Disney Concert Hall

I am now officially down with my 4Ws for this semester. My last one this semester was going to see the LA Philharmonic at the Disney Concert Hall. It was an absolutely amazing concert. We heard a total of three pieces, two from Stravinsky and one from Tchaikovsky. My favorite piece was Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto. The Philharmonic’s piano player was remarkable. By looking at him, he didn’t look like a gentle, graceful man. Wow, was I wrong. At a few points in the song his hands looked like a blur. Our seats inside were incredible. The orchestra sits in the middle of the concert hall and the seats surround them. We sat directly behind the orchestra. We were so close that we could see the music of the percussion section.

Not only was the concert beautiful, but the building was outstanding. The entire outside was silver. When we walked by, we could feel the heat radiating off. The entire street that the hall is on is pretty cool. It also has an opera building and many other theater type buildings. When we walked up from the parking garage there were four men singing. They were so good. A bunch of us just stood and listened to them for quite a while.

After the concert we all went out to dinner at Johnny Rockets. It was a nice ending of the day. There was a lot of laughing that night. Many memories were made.

This weekend is Parents Weekend and I am pretty excited to see my family. It should be a fun weekend filled with a talent show, games, and many more things.

Wild Animal Park

My second 4W of the semester was absolutely fabulous. We went to the Wild Animal Park in San Diego. The weather was pretty warm, but really nice. The last time that I went to a zoo was this summer when I was in South Carolina….it was 103 degrees plus humidity. So the 83 in San Diego was pretty much heavenly.

I started out my Monday by waking up at 7 and getting ready for the day. About an hour later I went to Starbucks and had coffee with Meg. It was nice to sit down and just talk face to face. Around 9 it was time leave for the 4W. It takes about an hour and a half to get there so at about 10:30 we finally arrived at the park. The whole group headed down to the Safari ride through the Heart of Africa.

After we got off the tram we all split off into smaller groups and went to roam around the park. I spent the day with my roommate Jamie, Chad, and Brett. We were all pretty hungry so we decided to go and get some lunch before walking around. Throughout the day our little group had a lot of fun walking around the park and looking at all the animals. I especially enjoyed the gorgeous giraffes.

More pictures can be found at: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=8649&l=1d627&id=1051860014

Birthdays, Handprints, Vists, Etc.

Where did this week go? It seems like just yesterday it was Monday and I was working hard to get as much homework done as possible. Monday was a pretty fun day. It was Lindsay’s 20th birthday (another fellow Riponite that now attends PCC). At first Lindsay seemed a little hesitant and sad that she wasn’t at home with her family for her birthday, but the entire PCC campus tried to make it the best birthday she’s ever had. During the day, I got a package from home and was pretty excited about it. I knew that I was getting it because I asked my mom to send me a few things, but when I opened the package the giraffe print purse that I have wanted since June was lying in the box. I screeched when I saw it.

Later that night we had a dorm party. Every month each dorm gets a set amount of money and we do something fun with it. The first dorm party for Hesed Hall is always putting handprints on the wall next to the room we live in for the year. Bethy, my RA, and I planned to do something for Lindsay’s birthday. Bethy e-mailed all the girls in our hall and had each person make her a card. Then our RD, Jenn, made 20 cupcakes. Right after we took our group picture we turned off the lit the candles, turned off the lights, and all sang happy birthday to her. She was so surprised.

Now it’s Saturday and Meg and Kels have been here for about 2 days. It’s so incredibly awesome to see them again…after 5 super long months of not being able to sit down and talk with them face to face. I just love having them here. I feel like I am back in my comfort zone and I am loving every minute of it. Yesterday the 5 of us girls went out to lunch with Pat. It was fun to sit and laugh and have it be like old times.

This weekend is pretty filled with homework, hanging out with Kels and Meg, church, and work. AND then on Monday I have a 4W and we are going to the Wild Animal Park in San Diego. I am pretty excited to see some giraffes and other fun animals.

All Campus Retreat 2008

This weekend was a ton of fun. On Friday night we left campus around 4:30 and headed up to Big Bear for the All Campus Retreat. We had the privilege of hearing three talks from Pastor Mike Schout from Zion URC in Ripon, CA (I was pretty excited when I heard him pronounce almond amand). He spoke on this year’s theme, Not Our Own, and theme verse 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 which says, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” His talks were very challenging and made me think a lot about how I chose to live my life. I could probably go on and on, about all that he talked about, but I think it would be the longest blog entry in history if I did, so I will spare you all.

On Friday night after dinner, worship and talk #1 from Pastor Schout, we played some games. The first one we had to pass a banana to our teammates(CARE group members) by using only our feet. Then the last person had to eat the banana. It ended up being quite an interesting game. The second game everyone had a chair and sat in a circle. One person stood in the middle and said something along the lines of, “I’ve never been on a plane.” Then everyone that has never been on a plane has to get up and find a new chair. There is always one person that won’t have a chair and has to say something new. It was a great way to get to know more about people. We ended up playing the game for like 2 ½ hours. After the game a bunch of us went down these tepees that the camp has and laid under the stars. Throughout about an hour span we saw about 10 shooting stars. It was so pretty.

Saturday morning we all got up around 9 and headed to breakfast. The weather was simply gorgeous the entire day. Throughout the day we played games and listened to two more talks from Pastor Schout. We left after dinner that evening.

Here is a link to pictures on my facebook if you want to see more from this weekend.

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Why go to church?

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.(or Saturday)'I've gone for 30 years now,' he wrote, 'and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all.'

This started a real controversy in the'Letters to the Editor' column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:
'I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals But I do know this.. They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!' When you are DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

Frustration & Stress--An Everyday Thing

This week has been one of extreme frustration, stress, and a lot of studying. My week began with a Bible test, a paper due in Developmental Psychology, and a quiz in Spanish. Wednesday I had to give a 5 minute speech and take a quiz in Communications. Today I had an English paper due, and tomorrow I have a Communications test!! I am glad that the worse of the week is over and am looking forward to a fun weekend.

There are many days that I wake up and feel like all I want to do is crawl back into bed and just sleep all day. I have been pretty homesick lately and wish that I could be with my family…or to go to South Carolina. I miss my Aunt Kristina and Lily, Marielle, and Paisley. I hate that they are so far away and that I don’t know when I will see them next.

Most days I find myself stuck in doubt and frustration not knowing what I am supposed to do or say. God has surely been testing my patience and my commitment the past few weeks. I have spent a lot of time in prayer and in my Bible trying to figure out what God is trying to teach me.

Tomorrow (Friday) I leave to go up to Big Bear for the All Campus Retreat. This is a great weekend to get to know people better without the stresses of homework and the world around us. All of us (students) are split up into CARE (Covenant, Accountability, Responsibility, Encouragement) groups. We meet with our groups every other week during chapel. I love CARE groups!! It is an awesome time of fellowship and prayer with other students. Part of the retreat is a bunch of games where the different CARE groups compete against each other. Each group is given a color to wear. It’s a fun way to have some friendly competition and group bonding time. I will be writing a blog when I get back from the retreat about all that happens.

Round Two

Summer just flew by and now I am back into the swing of things of college life. Coming back for a second year has definitely proved to be a different experience. It was so exciting to come back to already established friendships and anticipate what this year would hold for me. It’s been great catching up with Lorah and Rachel and sharing are very different summer experiences.

Although it has been great catching up with these two, it has been extremely hard not to have Meg here this year. I am sure most of you remember who Meg is, but for those that are unaware…Meg became one of my best friends last year. She made the decision last year that she wasn’t going to be coming back to PCC. This summer she got a full time job as a Starbucks Barista and loves it. It’s been hard to adjust not having her here. We try our hardest to keep in contact through phone calls, but it’s still not the same. Luckily in about 10 days she is coming to visit. I am very excited to see her again!!!

My classes are going well so far. This semester I am taking New Testament Studies, Developmental Psychology, Spanish, English, and Communications. New Testament is pretty much the same as my Old Testament class, but still challenging. Developmental Psychology has a lot of homework every week so I have spending a lot of outside class time on it. Spanish is probably my favorite class. I really enjoy my professor’s style of teaching and am thinking about possibly spending a semester studying abroad in a Spanish speaking country. English is just English…not too much to report about. Communications is going much better than I had anticipated.

In the coming weeks I will be writing about my roommates and other things that have been going on. Until next time…

Mixed Emotions

As my freshman year comes to a close, I am not exactly sure how to make sense of how I am feeling. In some ways I feel like I just got here and this has all just gone by too fast, but in other ways I feel like I have known these people my whole life. I don’t think that I will ever be able to express what this year has been like for me. I have laughed, smiled, cried, studied, read more than ever before. Providence has truly opened up so many doors for me. I have had so many new experiences this year.

I...
-read through the entire Old Testament
-went to my first Broadway musical, Wicked, TWICE
-went through Jewish Awareness Week and learned about the Jewish faith
-shared a room with 3 other girls
-got my nose pierced
-saw Phantom of the Opera
-became an avid coffee drinker
-I went to Washington and spent my spring break in Lynden

I never realized how much I have been influenced by the community that I grew up in. By coming to PCC I have interacted with people that have lived in all sorts of different places, have different religious views as me, and people whose parents raised them differently. I have grown to appreciate the family and friends that God has given me. I realize that I have taken living in a small town for granted. Although there are things that still bother me about a small town, I see how much I have learned and continue to learn.

I thought that it would be impossible to move away from home and have to make new friends, find a new church, and ultimately be on my own for the first time. This task was a lot easier than I had ever imagined. I have a wonderful group of friends, an amazing church, and have learned how to cope with being on my own. I will be the first to admit that I talk to my mom all the time. I call her with every problem, praise, or heartache that I am experiencing. I still sit here and wonder how annoyed it must be to hear me call and complain all the time.

I started packing up all my stuff to go home for the summer and have realized how much I am going to miss this wonderful place. I ask those that read this to please keep me in your prayers this week as I have finals and prepare to say goodbye to some amazing people that have done so much for me this year.

I love this crazy life of mine!

It is so crazy to think that I am almost finished with my freshman year in college! I now only have 46 days left at Providence and I have very mixed feelings about it. I cannot wait to be able to come home for the summer and actually be able to hang out with my family and friends on a regular basis. On the other hand, after a few weeks at home I know that I am going to miss me PCC friends A LOT! May 3 is going to be a really hard day for me and the rest of campus. The hardest thing to think about is….that some of the amazing people that I have become very close to, aren’t going to be coming back next year. It is going to be so weird to have to say goodbye to all these wonderful people that have become family to me at my home away from home. Not only will I have to say goodbye to PCC, but I will have to leave my church, and other people that I have met outside of Providence and become close to over this past year. I have learned so much about myself this year. I feel like I am such a different person now. I am so content with my life and the way that it is headed. My faith has grown tremendously. I have made solid Christian friends that I know will be my friends for life.

Although summer is so close, there is still so much that has to be done before then. This next month and a half are going to be crazy! There are so many papers to write, tests to take, and books to read. Right now I am in the middle of writing a 12 page paper on alcoholism for my English class, a paper on The Prophets as well as reading through Jeremiah and then moving through Lamentations and Ezekiel In Bible class, working on my philosophy of education for my education class and writing a paper from my Macroeconomics class. As you can see, I am SUPER busy. There is a lot of stress involved, but I am trying hard to still enjoy the time that I have left here.

Spring break was so much fun. For those that don’t know I went to Lynden, Washington with my friend Megs and stayed with her family February 28-March 10. I have a great time getting to meet her family especially her niece Sydni! She is a little cutie. We went saw a bunch of different things and I just had a great time seeing a place that I had never been before. I have lots of pictures and I don’t think I could ever choose which ones to put on here so I will have to show them to you sometimes this summer.

Love you all who take the time to read this! =D

Valentines Day @ Camp Hope

Camp Hope (aka Tent City) in Ontario is a big dirt lot that has 300+ homeless people living in tents. My church here, CrossPoint CRC, just started going and serving dinner at Camp Hope every Thursday night. This past week some of us here at PCC made 200+ cupcakes for Valentine’s Day. Jo Ann, the lady that is in charge of food here at PCC, Rachel, Megs, Kristen, Kim, Jesse, and I went to Camp Hope last night to drop off the cupcakes. We ended up staying to help serve dinner because they were short volunteers for the night. This was such an amazing opportunity. We set up tables just on the sidewalk and right away people started to line up for food. All of the people that went through the line were extremely grateful for the food. I was in charge of handing out the cupcakes that we made. I was handed them out to each person I smiled and said Happy Valentine’s Day. Some people responded with a thank you, some with a Happy Valentine’s Day, some with a smile, and some looked down at the cupcakes and then looked up at me and had the biggest smiles on their faces. One man walked through and immediately stopped when he got to the cupcakes. He stood there starring at down at the cupcakes. After a few moments her looked up and made eye contact with me. This man had tears streaming down his face. He said to me, “I really have no idea why cupcakes are making me cry. I feel so stupid. I am just so very grateful for your generosity.” I responded with telling him that he didn’t need to feel stupid and handed him a cupcake and told him to have a Happy Valentine’s Day. He said thank you and then moved on in the line. Some of these people had such a love for Jesus Christ. The way that they wanted to talk to us about our faith was so amazing. Another man came through and apologized that he didn’t have any money because he said that he wished that you could have gotten all of us girls a rose. We all smiled and laughed and said that it was okay. It was awesome to see a bunch of grown men and women get excited about something as small as a cupcake. It goes to show that we are so blessed to have clothes, a house to live in, and food to eat.

Jewish Awareness Week

This semester all of the freshman and new students were required to participate in Jewish Awareness Week. Our week started out with a special Bible class where Dr. Swanson talked to us about the Jewish culture and what they believe differently. Then we watched a documentary that showed some of their traditions…such as a circumcision. On Friday night we went to a Jewish Temple in Pomona and went to a service to welcome the Shabbat (which means Sabbath in Hebrew) In the service all the songs that they sang were in Hebrew. It was very interesting to learn how they worship and their different customs. When the service was over we went to a room…sort of like a fellowship hall and there was wine/juice and bread. The weird thing is…the Jews don’t believe in Jesus so the bread and wine was not communion because they don’t celebrate that. All of the people very welcoming and willing to talk to us about their religion/lifestyle.

On Monday we left school at about 8am and headed to LA for another fun filled “Jew Day.” First, we went Wilshire Blvd. Temple. This is the oldest Jewish congregation in the LA area. The congregation was formed in 1862. This synagogue was the first in LA. The temple was gorgeous! The pictures below don’t even show half of the beauty of the temple.

After leaving the Temple we headed to a Jewish Deli called Factor’s Famous Deli. The food was very good. They waitresses brought us some authentic Jewish delicacies…potato pancakes with apple sauce and sour cream on top, pickled herring, some sort of liver, and kosher pickles. I tried the potato pancakes and the kosher pickles. Both were very tasty. For my meal I had a bacon cheeseburger with kosher beef. It didn’t really taste any different than any other burger I have had. The deli that we went to was pretty famous. JFK used to go there and other various stars drop by.

Our last stop was the Museum of Tolerance. The museum wasn’t solely about Jews, but about general tolerance in our world today. We got to see some recent happenings as well as things from the past. The end of the museum was all about the Holocaust. Each of us was given a card with a Jewish child that lived during this time period. Throughout the museum we learned about our child and what kind of life they were forced to live during the Holocaust. Although I know a lot about the Holocaust, I learned so much more from this museum. They had stories that I had never heard of and talked a lot about what could have been different if more people would have spoken out. Towards the end we found out if our child lived or died. At the very end, our tour guide asked us who was at fault for the Holocaust. Many people thought instantly of Hitler. The answer was ordinary people. She explained to us that if more people like us would have stood up to Hitler and fought against all that was happening that it may have turned out differently. Although we cannot change the past, we can change the future.

The very last part of our week ended with a movie. It was very hard to understand, but still pretty interesting. It was all in Hebrew, but had English subtitles. The main purpose of the movie was to help us see how the Jews in Israel live.

This 4W was extremely interesting and very moving. I learned so much about the Jewish culture and how to be a better citizen. I can’t wait to go on my other two later on this semester.

Getting back into the swing of things

So much has happened since the last time I wrote. As most of you know I went home for Thanksgiving break and brought home 2 of my friends from Iowa with me. We had a lot of fun hanging out my house and taking a day trip to San Francisco and then to the IKEA store.
After I got back to school we went straight to finals mode. It was an extremely stressful time. My days were filled with reading, writing papers, and studying. I took breaks to sleep and eat. And that was about it. The one major break that I took was on a Friday night. We had a girls night and Kels and I went and got our noses pierced. It had been something that I wanted to do for a long time and finally did it!
Christmas break was pretty fun too. I had a great time hanging out with family and friends. It was also really great to finally have a break from school work. I got a lot of rest.
AND NOW…it’s back to school! It feels so amazing to finally be back at school with my roommates and all my other wonderful friends. Don’t get me wrong, it was nice to be home, but just different. It felt pretty weird to be back in Ripon for 3 weeks. Although it’s nice to be back with all my friends, my classes kinda have me stressing. I am going to have my hands full with my classes. I am really excited about my education class. It is the first class that I am taking for my major and it is very exhilarating.
This semester we got a few new students. It has been really exciting to see their faces around campus and to start to get to know them. One of the best things about being back is being able to just go across the hall to my friends and not have to call them or talk to them online. I can talk to them face to face whenever I want. It has been nice to go back to my favorite Starbucks with fun people that work there. It was so fun to see Pat again, one of the workers that I have become good friends with.
Well that’s all I have for now. Love you all!