Back to School

I have almost finished my first week of my Junior year at Utah State. I am glad to be here. It is nice to be independent again, going to school, getting involved, being busy, and all that thing. I like my roommates and my house. I have my own room and the girls I live with are fun. It is weird though cuz I've never been much of a party animal, but pretty much I go to bed later than everyone else. It is weird, but also OK. I also don't really feel like studying or doing homework. I think something must be wrong with me, but I can't figure out what it is. My Institute class is D&C and I've enjoyed it so far. It is really fun cuz my friend Tasha and her husband are in that class with me. I have hung out with quite a few married people this past week, which is odd cuz I used to have a policy of no hanging out with married people, but I've hung out with Tasha and Michael, Stacy and Greg. It is absolutely LOCO! I'm having fun and am looking forward to a great semester. I'm not all that into any of my classes, and am excited about my extra curricular activities. I join the Special Olympic volunteer committee and look forward to working with those athletes starting this Saturday. I'm also excited about my job as a SI Coordinator (see www.usu.edu/arc/supplemental_instruction for more information) where I get to teach students, help them master material, and work with other Leaders as they work with their students. Life is pretty good. I am contemplative and can't figure out why I don't want to study. I must be broken. That really is the only thing I can figure out. My main goal for the semester is to pass the Grammar Competency test for my English Ed minor. Actually, scratch that, my number one goal is to become a True Aggie. :)

Power Yoga

I discovered an amazing thing this morning ... POWER YOGA!! I discovered and began loving yoga this summer. Well, I didn't discover it, but I started doing it in May. Today, I tried Power Yoga. Yoga means "union" and really does relax your mind and body while building strength within the two. So I would say that thanks to yoga, my mind and body are a little more connected and stronger. But Power Yoga takes it to a more intense level. I broke a sweat and was moving a lot more than in normal yoga, it became more than just a relaxation and strengthening fest, but suddenly became cardio. I love it, and will keep up with both kinds of yoga because I like how it has already helped me to relax and become more flexible. I like that it helps to complete my workout. You should try it cuz it is way fun!

I'm an Earring-aholic

OK, so I love to buy earrings. I just love to wear earrings! I got my ears pierced in September 2007 with my roommate, Maren, and it was wonderful. And the first day I got to wear danglies, was magical. I like my earrings to be long, dangly, shiny, and oftentimes jingley. Yesterday was a tragic day because I forgot to wear my danglies! It was so sad. I just had my studs, so thank goodness I had some earrings on, or that would have been a very naked-feeling sort of day.

Anyway, I got home from work and went to the gym and then went to Institute, and there wasn't any Institute, so too bad for me, I went shopping. And I bought some shirts, and then I, of course, had to look at the earrings. I just can't help it! They are so pretty and shiny. There were several that I liked, but none grabbed me. Except these. These aren't shiny or noisy, but they are amazing nonetheless! So I took some pictures on my phone and thought I'd let the world see my amazing earrings. These are great cuz they are big, dangly, and colorful! I like the beads on them, and I like that I can wear them pretty much with anything I want to cuz there are so many colors! To the side, we see a great shot of my neck and the earrings, but I was taking these pictures on my cell phone, and that was really the best picture I got! I hope you like them as much as I do, and if you don't, sorry, cuz the set just screams my name!

My Plan, as of Today

So I've been thinking...I don't have a lot of money. And that is OK, I'm fine with being poor, and I just don't want to dig myself into a hole. So here are some of my plans as of today, so they will probably change next Tuesday.

~Instead of taking five years to graduate (Graduating Spring '11), which would be absolutely delightful and fun, maybe I will cut off a semester and take less fun classes. Then I would graduate Fall '10. But, as a teacher, graduating in December, when schools are usually not hiring, is kind of inconvenient. I could get a lame job for a few months before getting a real one...WOOT! Or, even better, I could graduate in Spring '10. To do that, I would have to take classes next summer, and just check things off of the requirement list. That is what I am thinking I will do, and if the English department at USU would stop scheduling classes that I need at the same time, then it will be possible.

~After I graduate, I will move away. Sorry Mom. Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, maybe Idaho (let me tell you, if I move there, you will know I'm desperate for a job and new scenery)...pretty much somewhere in the West that I can afford and get a teaching job. And it will be fun. I will be a teacher and life will rock.

~And speaking of teaching, I'm thinking that I might turn to Junior High. Seriously, I think it could be fun, and you might as well brainwash them into liking history while they are young.

~I also have some short term plans. They include working, quitting, moving to Logan, starting school, making new friends, starting work as a SI coordinator, exercising, hiking, biking, and going on dates. And doing my homework. We cannot forget that. Homework is the most important thing ever, except being righteous and going to Church, which I also plan on doing.