Awesome Day Update!

Alright, so I'm on a roll, and I am blogging again, so soon after my last one. LOL

Today, was awesome. That's it in short... Now, I'm going to assume you want the long version. The play-by-play run-down of my day. The awesomely weird musings... of a somewhat marvelous me. ^_^ LOL jk. But you ARE going to get a blog on what went wonderfully today. lol

It started out fine. I got up, ate breakfast and got ready, drove to school, endured a class on Ed Psych, or rather, the brain and memory and stuff. So it was all good and fine. I read the book for our book club throughout the morning after class and before choir. It was nice being able to read. :) I miss it. :( After choir, Kelsey Miskin and I went on a lovely expedition to get some lunch. (Jamba Juice and Taco Bell FTW!!!) lol Then I sat reading some more, trying to finish the book. I was reading, almost done, when I found out the Hales were leaving, so I decided to walk with them a little ways, just to get out of my chair for a little bit.

So we were walking and talking and when I passed by the office at the institute building, I heard my name. So, naturally, I turned to see who it was, and it ended up being Bro. Gordon, who was my seminary teacher from Junior year of high school! I was in the one class he had at Westwood for a single year. He was an awesome teacher and it was great to see him again. We chatted for a bit, and then I headed off to my class (not so fun). I cannot begin to say how awesome it was to see him again. :)

And, to top the day off, we got a monsoon storm. BOO YAH BABY!!!!!! Gotta love the rain. ^_^ lol The thing that would have made the day perfect, would have been a letter from James, but it's good enough, I guess, that I can say that (according to if he gets home the 15th of October) he gets home in a month and a half. EXCITING! 45 days. That's it. :D

(If this posts on the 1st of September, make it one day less. ;) )

I just wanted to share my good day. ^_^ Hope everyone else's day was good, too.

First Week

First week of school
Status: Completed
Damage: Minimal
Knowledge: Greatly increased
Stress: Just beginning

This week has been so full of ups and downs, but to be honest, I wouldn't have it any other way. I love my classes, I love what I'm learning (mostly), and I love the people I get to spend my time with. The only thing I'm not happy about is driving, parking, and assignments.

Monday was alright. I got to spend time with people I knew, meet people I knew about/had seen, and relax with my total of 5 - 6 hours of breaks. The classes seem doable, for the most part. Well, choir I KNOW is doable. XD I love it.

Tuesday, I had my first class at the elementary school. Frost elementary is so different than what I'm used to. Our class is in pretty much the basement. It was pretty interesting.

Wednesday was pretty mundane. I had work in the afternoon.

Thursday, I was stressed about getting to my classes, so I was worried about that, and I still don't know what I'm going to do for my BoM class. It'll be interesting trying to work out. My Thursday class is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! We have fun, we learn, and it's just amazing. For interning, I chose to either intern at Frost or Emerson. I will probably find out on this Thursday what class/school I will intern at.

Friday, was nice. I had one class and then work. The puppies I puppy sat are getting sooooo big! Then, Friday night I went to the opening social. It was A BLAST!!! Kara rocks. ^_^ We had an awesomely fun time, even though we did split up at the beginning, due to my lack of willingness to play "Big Booty". But it was still fun. :) I got to talk to people I met this week, and those I've known for a while. It's going to be a pretty good year, I think.


(And for anyone that cares, 47 is the magic number of the day. lol)

T-60 days and counting

Alright, since I did the whole "90 day" post, here's the next one in the countdown series. ;) As of today, James Paul Vaterlaus has (approximately) 60 days left in his mission. For those of you that don't know, that's 2 months or 8.5 days or 60 days. I could probably figure out hours, minutes, and seconds, but I'd have to have a lot more info than I have currently.

For the past 2 years, I've been waiting for what happens in 60 days. My best friend I've had, and the friend I've had for the longest consecutive time, gets back from Hungary in middle to late October. (I have it set at Oct. 15, since that's when Hilaree Wade's brother gets home, and the left on the same day.)

You may wonder how it's been 2 years of waiting already.... Well, let's see, I didn't see him like at all that summer, between wisdom teeth extractions, family vacations between the two of us, and the fact he was preparing for a mission. Plus I'd known it was coming, so technically, I've been waiting for this time since he got his call in June/July of '07. :P

He's a great guy, and I can't wait to see what he's become. I'm very proud of him serving a mission, and I know he's doing what the Lord wants him to do. :)

Thanks for reading!

Puppysitting

So, I spent Thursday night puppysitting. It was fun, but definitely hard work. The 2 puppies were just a week old. They're eyes were closed, and they were teeny. They're growing, but they're super cute. No idea what they are, but we'll find out what mix when they're a little older, if they haven't gone to homes by then.

Finished

Alright, so I know I promised a story about Saturday night, but that'll have to wait. I'm exhausted currently.

Soooooo instead you get a short post about how I finished my class. I am SOOOOOO glad it's done. I now have 2 weeks of just work again before school.



And on another plus, I get to puppysit 2 puppies tomorrow night, and I'm super excited!

And for now, that's it. Hasta luego.

Countdown

Alright, I've done a lot of countdown things, it seems this year. :S Probably too many, but here's just another one.

So, as many of you (or all maybe 4 of you that read this) know, I've been taking a summer class. Yes, I've griped about it all the time, but it seems like it's been torture, and yet here it is, I'm in the home stretch. There IS light at the end of this tunnel. It's been a heck of a long 5 weeks, doing assignments all the time, it seems.

This past weekend included me writing a reflection on a panel of teachers, administrators, etc. Yeah, as Brian Regan once said (He's a great man, by the way. XD) "I would rather have shards of glass in my eye." Alright, to be honest, I would really rather NOT have shards of glass in my eye, but w/e. It was merely to demonstrate the torturous assignment.

Anyways, I've got until next Sunday, 11:59 pm to finish my final, and then I will be forever done with that class. (As long as I didn't fail. XD)





Oh, and on a side note, Get Smart, is the BEST movie I've seen in a while. XD It's absolutely hilarious. Especially the special features. XD Well, I'll have to tell the story of Saturday night tomorrow. For now, I bid you all adieu. Or au revoir, or cheers, or whatever you want to say. ;) As for me, I'll end with..... Buenos Nachos. (Alright, it's buenas noches, but w/e. XD)

Answers come in mysterious ways

So, I went to the temple for the first time since the end of November... Wow. I'm really bad. :S

Anyways, I walked around for a bit, then this guy with two walking cane things came up and started talking to me, asking me what I was doing. "Thinking." He asked about what, and I said life in general. Then asked specifically, and I said whether I should continue what I'm doing. The end result was that I got my answer. I'm pretty much going to stick with it, no matter how tough it is. I can stick it through, since I've only got 1 1/2 years left. I can make it.

Somehow he got out of me my guy dilemma. And I've decided on that, although I need to talk with the person involved in that little dilemma.

So pretty much, my answer came from the last post, in a way I didn't even imagine. God works in mysterious ways.