It's been a long time again, but I'm actually not too upset about it because I've been so busy lately. Between Christmas Around the World, finals, Andrew's marriage, and moving back home the past little while has been absolutely crazy. However, I thought I'd write a quick "hello" for the sake of updating.
1. Work is wonderful. I love work. I'm pretty sure I have the best job anywhere on BYU campus. Admittedly there are days that I don't want to be here (yes, I'm at work now) and true there are days that I get frustrated with situations that occur at work but that doesn't mean I don't love my job. For real. First of all, I have the best coworkers. I have made really good friends here, we're all like a little tutoring family. Second, my boss makes me laugh and is extremely understanding. Plus he's Hawaiian so it's always a party here. ;) Not really (the party, he is Hawaiian), but he is very laid back. Third, I like my students (mostly :) ) and finally, Independent Study is just the coolest. Right now our work space is all decorated like Santa's Workshop. There was a huge contest about who could decorate the best, and our department really went all out. There were hours and hours (literally) that went into this display of spirit. I'm not going to lie and tell you it isn't awesome because it is.
2. Dancing. Oh dancing. It must always be mentioned, because without mentioning dancing, I guess I'm not really writing about my life. Well dancing is fantastic. I absolutely adore folk dance, and am in 5 dance classes next semester which are all folk dance related: World dance, Irish, Clogging, Chinese, and folk dance team. I'm just that obsessed. My greatest goal is to make PAC, by Junior year preferably, but I'll take it as a Senior. :) Obviously Spac comes first, but you know, baby steps. On the same note as dancing is working out. I am pleased to announce that me and two of my very very best friends at BYU and just in general, Lauren and Vera, have put together a work out regimen that will hopefully get me in good enough shape to handle all 5 of those dance classes.
3. Writing is also going really well right now. There was awhile that I did crummy at updating my writing blog due to the same stressors that kept me from updating here or from doing anything sane, but I'm back to updating daily (you know, three days in a row now) and I am just loving every second. I guess PAC may only be my greatest goal after publishing books which is also after getting married to a beautiful sweetheart of a man. So...
4. Men. Not going well. Hahaha let's just leave it at that.
5. Family! As I mentioned, Andrew just got married last Saturday! It was so exciting! Our family flew out to Nauvoo, IL (an entirely different beast in the winter than in the summer) and the wedding was lovely. I got the opportunity to tend to my sweet baby cousin Duncan while Aunt Shauna was in the temple. I love that chubby cheeked boy a whole lot. So much in fact, that I am working towards yet another goal to earn enough money to purchase myself another plane ticket this summer to fly out and visit Shauna's family once again. Spending time with them this summer was literally a defining experience, beyond what I even thought it would be. I love all those kids so much, and Shauna and AJ are just about the pinnacle as far as aunts and uncles go.
6. School is in a break right now, so it's very easy to view it positively. My first semester went well, including my first batch of finals. I managed to make it through without dying, despite being sick for a month and a half and quite sleep deprived. I'm really looking forward to this next semester because I have five dance classes, three English classes, and book of Mormon. And that's it. I'm pretty happy.
7. Health is probably the bleakest area of my life right now. I count myself very lucky for how wonderfully everything else is going right now. However, the twitch is continuing to get worse and worse. There's a lot of stress associated with that. I'm praying that we can resolve the issue, but patience is necessary in this process, because no one really seems to know what to do about it.
Well! I have other writing I'd like to get to...priorities. I'll try and update again at a more normal time. Maybe I'll give you the scoop after Christmas. :)
