Hello there fellow reader!
Yes, I am actually blogging again. Much more interesting things to write about while I'm at school. The off track was just working and doing homework for my online class. Now I actually have a social life again!
So I've been back in Rexburg for almost two weeks. Classes are well under way. I'll tell you, I'm going to be busy this semester. I'm taking 7 classes with a total of 16 credits: a foundations math class, Chemistry, Botany, University band, Book of Mormon (second half), Social Dance, and Master bassoon class. My chem and botany both require a lab, so I'll be spending four hours in lab every week this semester (or most every week). Mondays are my crazy days. I start classes at 9, and I don't get home until 5:30. Yup, it's a long day. And then add to that FHE and homework. Thursday is probably going to be my favorite weekday. I have Book of Mormon at 9, Chem at 11:30, and social dance at 12:45. Then I'm done with classes for the day. I'm sure I can find a good use for all that extra time- like homework and bassooning.
Outside of my hectic academic schedule, I have of course, done some dancing. It's good to be home! A lot of people that I know from the fall semester are here, so it's almost just like the good ol' days. My two dancing bffs aren't here this semester. Emily is off track, and Kendall left on April 27th to serve his mission in the Salvador, Brazil mission. I've decided that I'm probably going to have to be more selective this semester about the workshops I go to, though, given the time I need to put into homework and studying (forget skipping the actual dance nights, though!)
And I can't not tell you about my roommates. Anna Neilsen is the one I share a room with. We were roomies in the fall, though, so we already know each other. My two new roommates are Krysta Klumpp and Leanda Akuoko. I don't see much of them, to be honest, because they usually spend their evening at the library, gym, and I don't know where all else. They are nice girls, though, and we get along well. Krysta is from Utah, and Leanda is from London, England. Yes, she has a fun accent :-) They both got really excited about the Royal Wedding last week and decided to pull and all nighter for it.
Church is interesting, too. I'm in the same ward, but they've changed location and time. I was in the Benson building at 9 am last semester, but now I'm in the MC at 12:30. We went from being one of the biggest wards in the stake to one of the smallest. And, most interestingly of all, our schedule is backwards. We start with Relief Society/Priesthood, then go to Sunday school, and end with Sacrament meeting. It's not what I'm used to, and certainly not my favorite schedule, but it's what I'm doing for the next three months, so I'll deal :-)
Well, I think that's about all for now. I'm going to go find something to do to kill time until Stadium singing. Hopefully I'll post again soon.
Toodles! (Yes I did!)
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
I'm Baaaack!
Yeah, I know it's been a while since I posted. So basically, the rest of my semester was good! :-) We got my dorm white glove clean, packed up all our stuff, and Kelsee and I had a Criminal Minds Marathon on our last night there.
Since I've been home, I got a job at Palmer's Market and Deli in Ankeny. It's a sandwich/salad kind of place. I'm basically my manager's flexible employee. If he needs someone to work the evening shift, he turns to me. I figure that's a good way to be a good employee and stay on the boss's good side ;-) It's a lot better job than going back to Subway: better pay and better hours, not to mention I actually get to work with people. I'm working six hours six days a week, so work is a lot of my time right now.
The rest of the lot of my time is being taken by my online class. It's a class about Pakistan, and I don't think I've ever done so much BSing my life. It's not exactly hard, it just takes a lot of time.
But the big news is that my best friend, Melanie Clawson, got married yesterday in the Nauvoo Temple! She looked gorgeous, and her (now) husband, Eric, looked pretty good, too. There were several people from my ward that came and some of Eric's family, too. Since I couldn't go in and watch the sealing, DeAnn let me have her car for the hour and a half. I went to the bookstore and spent more money than I should have. I also went around Nauvoo and took some pictures. I've never been to Nauvoo in the winter, but it was pretty quiet. After I got home, I uploaded all my pictures from the day, and I've done several of the pictures on Picnic. I'm having way too much fun with it. Her reception is tonight, so there are more pictures to come!
Since I've been home, I got a job at Palmer's Market and Deli in Ankeny. It's a sandwich/salad kind of place. I'm basically my manager's flexible employee. If he needs someone to work the evening shift, he turns to me. I figure that's a good way to be a good employee and stay on the boss's good side ;-) It's a lot better job than going back to Subway: better pay and better hours, not to mention I actually get to work with people. I'm working six hours six days a week, so work is a lot of my time right now.
The rest of the lot of my time is being taken by my online class. It's a class about Pakistan, and I don't think I've ever done so much BSing my life. It's not exactly hard, it just takes a lot of time.
But the big news is that my best friend, Melanie Clawson, got married yesterday in the Nauvoo Temple! She looked gorgeous, and her (now) husband, Eric, looked pretty good, too. There were several people from my ward that came and some of Eric's family, too. Since I couldn't go in and watch the sealing, DeAnn let me have her car for the hour and a half. I went to the bookstore and spent more money than I should have. I also went around Nauvoo and took some pictures. I've never been to Nauvoo in the winter, but it was pretty quiet. After I got home, I uploaded all my pictures from the day, and I've done several of the pictures on Picnic. I'm having way too much fun with it. Her reception is tonight, so there are more pictures to come!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Heeeeere's Kristin!
Hi all!
Yeah. I'm blogging again. I'm sure you want an update. Why else are you reading my blog? Ha ha.
So it's been three weeks since I've blogged, and the only thing I can think to really write about is Halloween. I know there has to be more stuff than that. Maybe I'll think of it while I write.
My roommates and I decided at the beginning of the semester we were all going to be Poodles girls, so we made it happen. Kelsee (the blonde one) did all of our hair and make up. The other picture is our dinner that night :-) Kelsee made meatloaf, and shaped it like rats. Then she got creative. Lol. We had a lot of fun with that. I decided not to go Trick or Treating that night because I still had to go practice bassoon for the day, and I just wasn't in the mood. Apparently there weren't a lot of people handing out candy, anyway. We also had a dorm party that night, but besides my room, there were two other girls that showed up. Ok....fail.
And I'm sure it goes without saying that of course I've done lots of dance stuff. I've actually gotten to the point where I can work around Wednesday nights, so I have been going to Swing dances on Wednesday nights. Kendall- a buddy from swing and ballroom dance- and I have been working to nail the stuff we learned from the swing workshop last month. He's also come up with a couple of his own dips. They are way fun! I've found a couple of dances I don't care for: two step night club and American rumba. Two step night club is basically a glorified teacher shuffle, and the American rumba is a rip off the waltz.
I've found a funny website, too. Well, actually, it's from a video that another friend posted on facebook. It's called improveverywhere.com
My roommates and I had a blast watching some of the stuff the other night. Those people are crazy!
I am also officially legal. I voted in my first election this year. ha ha. Now I get to complain ;-) Actually, my absentee ballot came in the day before Election Day, and I had to get it send out that same day because it had to be post marked before Election Day. I guess I have to start caring about politics now. That's sad.
Well, I know this was kind of short, but I don't have a lot to talk about. Upcoming events include: dancing, Thanksgiving break, and bassoon studio recital. But that's for later. Can't blog about what hasn't happened yet! :-D
Yeah. I'm blogging again. I'm sure you want an update. Why else are you reading my blog? Ha ha.
So it's been three weeks since I've blogged, and the only thing I can think to really write about is Halloween. I know there has to be more stuff than that. Maybe I'll think of it while I write.
My roommates and I decided at the beginning of the semester we were all going to be Poodles girls, so we made it happen. Kelsee (the blonde one) did all of our hair and make up. The other picture is our dinner that night :-) Kelsee made meatloaf, and shaped it like rats. Then she got creative. Lol. We had a lot of fun with that. I decided not to go Trick or Treating that night because I still had to go practice bassoon for the day, and I just wasn't in the mood. Apparently there weren't a lot of people handing out candy, anyway. We also had a dorm party that night, but besides my room, there were two other girls that showed up. Ok....fail.
And I'm sure it goes without saying that of course I've done lots of dance stuff. I've actually gotten to the point where I can work around Wednesday nights, so I have been going to Swing dances on Wednesday nights. Kendall- a buddy from swing and ballroom dance- and I have been working to nail the stuff we learned from the swing workshop last month. He's also come up with a couple of his own dips. They are way fun! I've found a couple of dances I don't care for: two step night club and American rumba. Two step night club is basically a glorified teacher shuffle, and the American rumba is a rip off the waltz.
I've found a funny website, too. Well, actually, it's from a video that another friend posted on facebook. It's called improveverywhere.com
My roommates and I had a blast watching some of the stuff the other night. Those people are crazy!
I am also officially legal. I voted in my first election this year. ha ha. Now I get to complain ;-) Actually, my absentee ballot came in the day before Election Day, and I had to get it send out that same day because it had to be post marked before Election Day. I guess I have to start caring about politics now. That's sad.
Well, I know this was kind of short, but I don't have a lot to talk about. Upcoming events include: dancing, Thanksgiving break, and bassoon studio recital. But that's for later. Can't blog about what hasn't happened yet! :-D
Sunday, October 24, 2010
October Review
It's the end of the month, and I've hardly blogged at all! Sorry about that. Things have been kind of crazy! Imagine that. I'm busy in college. Who'd've thunk it?
I have of course been continuing with all my dancing stuff. What would I do without my dancing? I definitely like ballroom better than swing, but it's all fun. :-) Recently I've learned somba, more Vienesse waltz, more tango, blues, and other things that I can't think of right now. I wasn't sure about blues at first, but I love it now. Plus, I'm meeting tons of awesome people through all these social dances. :-)
Speaking of dance, yesterday (10/23/2010) I got to spend pretty much all days at a swing workshop. We had our regular workshop 10-12 then lunch at Jerad's house. When we got to the dance studio, our group was pretty much the workshop. Lol. There were a couple other people, but BYU-I swing kids was pretty much it. This workshop was taught by a professional couple. We started off by learning shag, which is something I've never even heard of until I got up here. It's ok, but I don't think it's my favorite. So after we were done with shag, we spent a few hours learning Lindy Hop technique. That was fun. My swing friends were ready to pee themselves with excitement at everything we were learning. I can't remember anything specific we did for Lindy, though. My brain was exploding from information overload. It was great! :-D The last thing we did was Tandum Charelston. I have a new found love for Charleston, but I wasn't very good at what we were doing. I hope we do some more of it at our regular workshops on Saturday mornings. When the workshop was over, I went back to Jerad's for dinner with some other people. They're hilarious people. Weird, but hilarious. We had about an hour, and then we went back to the studio for a dance with a live band. Epicness! I had so much fun! It was a long day, but I won't complain about getting to dance for 10 hours!
Ok, so yeah. I love dancing. Just in case you missed that. :-) We had a temple trip on Friday morning at 6...in the morning. That was an early day, but it was good. We had a huge turn out. The bishopric said it was the best turn out they've seen in a while. Hurray BYU-I 86th ward!
Earlier in the month, we had a stake dance. I don't think I've blogged about this yet. Ha ha. Maybe I had. If so, you can just skip over this. It's just like stake dances back home. Pretty much the same type of music (and a lot of the exact same songs) and no one really knows how to dance. Lol. That's ok. We had a lot of fun, anyway. Just not as much fun as swing/ballroom dance. Ha ha.
Well, that's it for now. I've got to go do other productive things before fun stuff later. :-)
I have of course been continuing with all my dancing stuff. What would I do without my dancing? I definitely like ballroom better than swing, but it's all fun. :-) Recently I've learned somba, more Vienesse waltz, more tango, blues, and other things that I can't think of right now. I wasn't sure about blues at first, but I love it now. Plus, I'm meeting tons of awesome people through all these social dances. :-)
Speaking of dance, yesterday (10/23/2010) I got to spend pretty much all days at a swing workshop. We had our regular workshop 10-12 then lunch at Jerad's house. When we got to the dance studio, our group was pretty much the workshop. Lol. There were a couple other people, but BYU-I swing kids was pretty much it. This workshop was taught by a professional couple. We started off by learning shag, which is something I've never even heard of until I got up here. It's ok, but I don't think it's my favorite. So after we were done with shag, we spent a few hours learning Lindy Hop technique. That was fun. My swing friends were ready to pee themselves with excitement at everything we were learning. I can't remember anything specific we did for Lindy, though. My brain was exploding from information overload. It was great! :-D The last thing we did was Tandum Charelston. I have a new found love for Charleston, but I wasn't very good at what we were doing. I hope we do some more of it at our regular workshops on Saturday mornings. When the workshop was over, I went back to Jerad's for dinner with some other people. They're hilarious people. Weird, but hilarious. We had about an hour, and then we went back to the studio for a dance with a live band. Epicness! I had so much fun! It was a long day, but I won't complain about getting to dance for 10 hours!
Ok, so yeah. I love dancing. Just in case you missed that. :-) We had a temple trip on Friday morning at 6...in the morning. That was an early day, but it was good. We had a huge turn out. The bishopric said it was the best turn out they've seen in a while. Hurray BYU-I 86th ward!
Earlier in the month, we had a stake dance. I don't think I've blogged about this yet. Ha ha. Maybe I had. If so, you can just skip over this. It's just like stake dances back home. Pretty much the same type of music (and a lot of the exact same songs) and no one really knows how to dance. Lol. That's ok. We had a lot of fun, anyway. Just not as much fun as swing/ballroom dance. Ha ha.
Well, that's it for now. I've got to go do other productive things before fun stuff later. :-)
Friday, October 1, 2010
You Know, I'm Running Out of Witting Comments for Titles
Well, I'm in one of my favorite places on BYU-I campus: the laundry room! Ok- I'm kidding, it's not one of my favorite places. It actually reminds me how much it costs to do laundry, and that is kind of depressing.
Anyway, it's been a long week. I went to swing dance workshop last Saturday morning, which was fun. We learned the 20's Charelston (forgive me if I butchered that). It's interesting, but took some getting used to. I also went to ballroom workshop last night- lots o' fun there! They taught us Viennese waltz. I had been wondering if there was a different between that and the regular waltz. Is there ever! I really like it, though. They also taught us Rumba, which was very similar to Cha Cha, so I picked up on it fast since they had already taught the latter. In general, I think I like ballroom better than swing, but I'll still do both. :-)
What else? Well, I've been practicing bassoon for at least an hour every day. Some sessions go better than others. It's just a long time to practice, especially in one sitting. But I love my master class. Dr. Adams has signed us up for a Star Recital in November, so we're preparing for that. And on Wednesday, I got to see a contrabassoon for the first time. Might sound mundance, but I've always wanted to see one! It was super exciting. Contra is so low! ha ha. Loved it!
Last night, I was purusing MSN, and I saw an article about Cold Stone giving away free ice cream. Anna and I looked at the article, and we were like 'We are going!' It was a girl's event for Make-a-Wish. She wanted to have her own ice cream flavor and the biggest ice cream social ever. I rather liked her flavor (it was an apple pie kind of flavor) but not many other people did. Oh well, Their loss!
General Conference is this weekend, too. I'm staying on campus, but my roommates and I are hoping we can just watch it from our dorm or the lounge because we don't really want to go to the Taylor or Hart building. Our first options sound much more comfy. :-) And I think our final concensus was that we are not inviting any boys over.
Ok, I don't really have anything else to say, so I'm going to just end this...
The End :-)
Anyway, it's been a long week. I went to swing dance workshop last Saturday morning, which was fun. We learned the 20's Charelston (forgive me if I butchered that). It's interesting, but took some getting used to. I also went to ballroom workshop last night- lots o' fun there! They taught us Viennese waltz. I had been wondering if there was a different between that and the regular waltz. Is there ever! I really like it, though. They also taught us Rumba, which was very similar to Cha Cha, so I picked up on it fast since they had already taught the latter. In general, I think I like ballroom better than swing, but I'll still do both. :-)
What else? Well, I've been practicing bassoon for at least an hour every day. Some sessions go better than others. It's just a long time to practice, especially in one sitting. But I love my master class. Dr. Adams has signed us up for a Star Recital in November, so we're preparing for that. And on Wednesday, I got to see a contrabassoon for the first time. Might sound mundance, but I've always wanted to see one! It was super exciting. Contra is so low! ha ha. Loved it!
Last night, I was purusing MSN, and I saw an article about Cold Stone giving away free ice cream. Anna and I looked at the article, and we were like 'We are going!' It was a girl's event for Make-a-Wish. She wanted to have her own ice cream flavor and the biggest ice cream social ever. I rather liked her flavor (it was an apple pie kind of flavor) but not many other people did. Oh well, Their loss!
General Conference is this weekend, too. I'm staying on campus, but my roommates and I are hoping we can just watch it from our dorm or the lounge because we don't really want to go to the Taylor or Hart building. Our first options sound much more comfy. :-) And I think our final concensus was that we are not inviting any boys over.
Ok, I don't really have anything else to say, so I'm going to just end this...
The End :-)
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