Anyway, here's my schedule: Monday - Have Mom take me to Bus 14 on 2700 East at 6:45 to get to school. 7:30 - mission prep, 8:35 - Intro Teachign Language Arts (from this really funky, crazy guy), 9:40 - Studies Contemporary Literature of African and African Americans (I had no idea it was anything besides Contemporary Lit until I got into class yesterday,
It seems like every semester I get concerned about finances, but this time there really is no way around it. I'm trying to figure out how I can get enough to pay for tuition and to pay for my summer stuff, etc. Today I'm going to sign up to pay tuition in five installments, so that will relieve the problem for a bit . . . Mom is unhappy that I'm selling the car. Sh
The thing that made Christmas memorable this year was that I painted three of my gifts: Amy's, Mike's, and Jeff's. I found a photo of Prague's skyline with a cathedral and a beautiful sunset that I re-captured in acrylics and watercolors for Mike. I decided the best thing that Jeff would like would have to do with wrestling, so I found a photograph of him wrestling
Next semester should be even more crazy, since I'm taking all of my 5000 level classes at the same time. That way I can graduate, but I just found out that I need to take the GRE this month! YIKES!
I took my last test final today. I had to guess from which poem three passages were. Not just one, THREE! Yikes! I guessed correctly on two of them, but not on the other (I checked as soon as I got out). Plus, I couldn't come up with anything to say about some of the passages, like, "I do not know which to prefer,/The beauty of inflections/Or the beauty of innue
Does anyone know how to sign out of my joeuser blog? I can't find where to sign out.
My final yesterday was awesome. I studied a bit with Tanya, but the first time her friend was there, so we kept getting distracted. The second time it was in the morning before the final, so it at least helped us to wake up so we could study together on time. We ended up writing our papers in the same room, but not really studying much. I memorized all of the artw
Tristan is ENGAGED! Ha! I walked into work and this girl almost knocked me over because she ran over to tell me. The funny thing is, it made me really HAPPY! I was glad that I didn't date him for more than two weeks or so and that he found Kristina (because they really are perfect for each other) and I laughed because Tanya said he seemed like one of those one who
I stayed up late last Sunday night writing and researching this essay, and then got up early (4:30) to finish it. I was so proud of the final product, it really was a nice paper. Then, at 7:04 AM I realized I had done the wrong essay! I did the re-write instead of the one that's due! NO! I can't believe it! I am such an idiot. So I wanted to go visit
I seriously have this burning uncontrollable desire to go on a mission to Switzerland, and by saying that, or typing that, I probably jinxed my chances. I really am so excited to get to go next year. I almost wish it was this year! I can't wait to tell people how awesome the gospel is! How cool would that be to show the Bieris how missionaries work? Plus, I could
So, I got this email from some dude with Church Curriculum. He said that they liked my writing style and thought it would be good for the New Era, and that I should do a service mission with them. If I can't do that, he said, I should apply next year for sure. They like graduate students. I wrote back, but I think it will have to depend on how flexible they are and
I went to the dentist, and the assistant asked me if I ate a lot of chocolate, then scraped all of that gross goober off. Ron said I might want to go to a periodontist to check on my lower gums. Then I talked to him the whole time in German and he talked about Mom and we tried to get her to figure out just one phrase, but she couldn't. Don't you hate when you're ma
So I just got an email that I'm not getting the chance to have an interview for the Ensign. That's disappointing in ways (of course, hard on the worth of writing samples in a portfolio), but in other ways it's very relieving. Now I will have time to take classes and hang out with my family, while only working three days a week! Sweet. Anyway, I just saw my high sc
So here is a funny thing: this girl in the computer lab really needed a computer, so she started using the one at the front. She didn't know that it's hooked up to the display board at the front of the room, so everyone's watching her check her email and look at different pages. Ha! I thought, someone should tell her, but I wasn't anywhere near her. This girl nex
I've been stressing because my counselor let me know that I could not graduate and go to Boston in the same semester. I tried to figure out ways, but it was just too close to call, because of a residency requirement. So I think that the plan now is to graduate in the summer and either work there with an internship, or find one here, or start grad school there. Then
For my art history class, we write essays on this book that is way over my head. I always have to read the parts over and over! Here is an example sentence: "If a compelling intuition of the wholeness of the work emerges as one experiences the flux of various and at times sharply distinct part-views or aspects, this intuition canb e all thes tronger if it
Last night I was thinking, if this normal alarm clock thing isn't working, I need to use that ancient Native American Alarm Clock. Here is the recipe for success: Drink three or more glasses of water before going to bed. Go to bed. When your alarm clock goes off in the morning, turn it off. Instead of feeling like getting into bed, you will feel like running to t
Is it just me or do coffee drinkers smell from the coffee? Eeeeew! So, I need to work harder on school. Help me! I think I need to get my grade up in several classes (from a B or B+, but still). One of my teachers says he doesn't give As. I've worked really hard in that class, and he has to cancel it all the time. I don't think that's fair that he can't dedicat
There are so many things that I think about doing if I had more time in which to do them. I've been thinking of quitting one of my jobs early (it ends in December anyway) so that I can have more time to dedicate to the things that matter, but I love the people there! It seems so much more worth it, but my mom reminds me that I owe Dad money. Yikes! Last night, I a
The first day I was back at work at the Family History Library, I was talking to the secretary, and she said that Swiss Days was "this weekend". I said I was going to go, and Adam was standing there. He had hinted about us hanging out before, but I had never had time. Adam asked who I was going with. "You," I said. Ha. So we made plans to go. I had to leave wor
I dozed on some benches, then checked in. Since Harinder at work had showed me her ruined film (it went through the x-ray machine), I tried to hold mine out, but the lady told me to put it in. Amsterdam has the coolest waiting lounges - with large red nintendo-ish chairs or lounge ones all lined up at the window. The wait there was harder, since I could barely wak
I found out today that my host family was concerned because I had named them on my blog. I'm so sorry! I didn't even think about it, so please forgive me. I'm also sorry to anyone who has thought that I did not portray something correctly or in a tactful way. Thanks for even reading! I love you all! Also: I will catch up eventually, I've just been super-busy fo
On my train, I was really worried about my pass, because the train arrived in Hannover at 23:24 and the next train left at 23:50, starting a new day, and I had already used up my last day on my eurail pass. I didn't know if I needed reservations on it either. Then this lady sat next to me and we talked for the whole time until she got off in Wurzburg. Maria is from
Sunday, August 22nd - Monday August 23rd The Bieris had a huge breakfast laid out. Matt and I were the last ones down since we had to wait for the others to shower. I finally just used the other bathroom. On my plate were some papers. Pit had done some nice drawings for me. One had a cow and a plane, and the other said, "When will Michelle come back to
Saturday, August 21st Weekend breakfasts at the Bieris are great. They got me kaeserei lemon yogurt - mmm! Matt called from Zuerich, and the Bieris said the whole family could sleep over. I felt horrible - they'd done so much for me and now it would be more and Cal would be loud an doverbearing during my last day with the calm, interesting, deep Bieris who
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