Christmas was wonderful! I had a nice Christmas and was able to spend a lot of time with my family and friends! On Saturday, December 27th, we had our family Christmas party! It was so much fun! I got many nice gifts! I am looking forward to the rest of my break! I do not start school again until January 20th! Today is my friend Natalie Hahn's birthday and tonight we are all going out for pizza to celebrate! I hope everyone else had a fabulous holiday! Ciao!
Last night I saw the Magic Tree! It was so amazing! For the past fourteen years this family in Columbia decorates a crab apple tree in their front yard! The first year they decorated the tree it took 3000 lights. Now it takes about 7500 lights! It was nice to get away from my homework last night and admire this beautiful tree! :) Only 11 more days until I get to come home for Christmas! I can't wait!!!
Finals are coming up really soon...I have so much cramming to do in the next couple of days just to get my final projects done and start studying for finals! Ugh...this is the worst time of the academic year! I wish I could just sit back and enjoy the holiday season! It has been so cold lately...had some snow flurries the last couple of days...maybe there is hope for a white Christmas this year! :) I will be heading home on December 18th and I can't wait! I am getting ready to go to my Italian lab...hopefully we will get out early I have so much to do! Hope every one makes it through their last weeks of work and school! Good Luck! Gotta go to lab...Ciao!
I am finally home for Thanksgiving break! I love being home! I don't want to go back to Columbia this Sunday! :( Wednesday we spent the entire day putting up all of our Christmas decorations. We go all out on the holidays, our house totally transforms. I love it! Last night my sister Laura's boyfriend, Zack came over along with my boyfriend Steven and we decorated our main Christmas tree! It was fun! This morning my family and I watched the Thanksgiving parade and the dog show like every year. We are getting ready to go to our family Thanksgiving feast at my aunt's house. Well I probably should start getting ready! I hope everyone has a FABULOUS Thanksgiving Day!!!
AH I am stressed! I have been so busy with homework, studying for tests, and writing papers I haven't had any time to do what I want to do! I started the fourth book of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn. I really haven't gotten very far, because I don't have any time...Maybe I should hold off on the book until I can relax...like during Christmas break! I can't wait to go home this Friday! I have a huge paper to write during my week long break at home, but I am excited to be home for a week just the same! Laura and I are seeing the Twilight movie on Friday...at least I have Friday to look forward to! That is what is pulling me through this week..I just keep thinking I will be heading home this Friday...man and it is only Monday! BLAH! I think I have a cold now...I haven't been feeling very good! Well I better get back on the books...I have a lot to do! I hope everyone has a lovely week...hopefully it will be way more relaxing than mine! CIAO!
School is starting to get stressful! I can't wait until I get to go home for Thanksgiving break! The other day I went to the Artisan, it is a coffee house downtown, and I saw my Italian teacher there. She was up on stage with a folk band playing the fiddle. Now I know why she knows so much about music. She talks about it a lot in class. I had a pretty good weekend, but a lot of homework. I have so much to do before Thanksgiving break. Laura and I reserved tickets for the movie Twilight! It comes out in theaters on the day I come home for break! I am super excited to see it! I have been reading the third book, Eclipse, and I am more than halfway through. I really need to start on some projects that are due before I leave to go home for a whole week. I need to not procrastinate which is hard when I have a good book to read. I can do it!
" If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." ~ Thomas A. Edison
I just love fall. It is really pretty on campus right now with all the leaves changing colors and falling from the trees. This weekend my friends and I are planning on playing in the leaves...nothing better than raking up a leaf pile and jumping in it! Today I came across a beautiful piano piece, it wasn't until after I listened to the whole thing that I realized that it was "Bella's Lullaby" from the Twilight sound track! I am so excited for the movie now. I am on the third book in the series, Eclipse! They are so addicting! I have been good about only reading when I am able and have actually been very productive. I finished most of my Social Problems journals that are due next Wednesday and have been working on and studying Italian like crazy! It is hard to keep myself from reading though! Anyways...it gets dark so early now. When I get out of my Italian lab at 5:20pm it is already mostly dark outside! It is hard to adjust, I keep thinking it is later than it actually is! Well I don't really have anymore to say. I posted "Bella's Lullaby" on my blog. Hope you enjoy! Ciao i miei amici!
Halloween is tomorrow! I get to leave Columbia at about 10:15am! My dad is picking me up early since my afternoon classes are cancelled! YAY! Steven doesn't get out of class until 4pm..but he will be heading to my house for our Halloween party as soon as he possibly can! It is going to be so much fun! I love Halloween! School is going great...I am pretty sure I am making good grades so far. I finally signed up for my classes for next semester and finished making my schedule! I was able to get into the Normal Language Development class. I am really excited...this is a class I need in order to start the Masters program for Speech Pathology! Hopefully it will transfer to where ever I end up going to graduate school with out any problems! I am getting ready to go to my Italian LAB and later tonight Steven and I are going to our friends Halloween party for a little while! Should be a good time! :) Well I hope everyone has AWESOME plans for tomorrow night! Be safe and have a Happy Halloween! Ciao!
Today was a good day. I love that it is cold! Tomorrow is suppose to be yucky and rainy though. I went to Target today and bought some Reese's peanut butter cups, a jacket...I really needed one...and some brown boots! I felt really bad for buying the boots...they weren't cheap and I normally don't splurge like that. I do really like them though and I think I will get a lot of use out of them. I went to McDonalds with my friend Meghan today! I haven't seen her in a while and it was nice to get to hang out with her again! She went home last weekend so I didn't get to see her! I am glad she is my friend...she is awesome! I have had so much homework lately, I hope I can make it through the rest of this semester! I started my intro to communications science and disorders class. It is really interesting and I think I really want to pursue a career in speech pathology. That is my goal, if everything goes the way I plan. I am borrowing New Moon, the sequel to Twilight, from Meghan...I can't wait to start reading it, but I have to read a book for a class first. So hard to read the boring school book knowing that New Moon is waiting for me! :) I hope everyone has a good week, despite the rain that is to come. Au revoir.
Today was a good day! My grandparents drove in from St. Louis to visit me and take me to lunch. It was nice to see them! I am so glad they came to visit. I was able to show them my apartment and around campus. I love them so much! It was really nice of them to drive all the way out here just for one afternoon! Classes are going well...I am glad it is the weekend. I am excited to read more of Twilight...I am about halfway finished...don't want it to be over so soon...it is just so good! I am glad the weather has been colder. It truly feels like fall now with the leaves changing colors. Campus looks really pretty this time of year. I am excited for Halloween, I get to see my family and my house with all the Halloween decorations. Well I hope everyone has a great weekend! Ciao!
I had a pretty good day today...I didn't mind the rain really at all. Infact I rather enjoyed it. The other day I went on a nature trail near my apartment complex with my friend Meghan. We found many cool places just to sit and relax. When walking down a trail we came face to face with two deer. It was so magical, they even started walking towards us. They were so cute! As the sun began to set we realized that we were a little lost and ended up having to walk about 3 miles back the parking lot. We made it back to her car just before nightfall so that was good...phew! We had a lot of fun though! Anyways, today I found out I received an A on my Italian exam! That made me happy! I am reading this book called "Twilight" and it is really good so far...I can't seem to put it down! I miss home, but I will be home next weekend...I can do this...I am strong.
"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." ~Philippians 4:13
Today was a good day. I had a very interesting experience. My boyfriend, Steven, had to see something related to music in the Columbia area for a grade in one of his classes. We found, what we thought would be a performance at a Presbyterian church about 10 minutes away. We got there and they welcomed us in. They handed us some hymnals and asked us what parts we sang. We were both really confused, but we told them and sure enough we were asked to sit according to our voice range! Then we sight read and sang music for about an hour or so with the older people of the church. It was AWESOME! They were really good and it was so fun to be able to sing again with a group and listen to the harmonies! They told us that if we ever wanted to come back and just sing with them we could. They never perform for anyone except themselves, they just love music so much. It was really quite fun! :)
So my friends Meghan, Margaret, and I decided to explore the woods behind our apartments today. It was really pretty. There was a creek with big flat rocks and really crystal clear water. We found so many random things down there. We found a lot of TVs, we found some golf balls, two big bouncy balls to play with...one was blue and the other one was pink. It was so nice to play in the woods again. I haven't been in the woods in a long time. It was really fun!
Hey everyone,
I am having a great time at Mizzou! My boyfriend Steve is acting in a musical this entire week. I have already seen it twice! The musical is "How to Succeed in Business without really trying" He does a really good job! I am proud of him! Anyways...as far as classes go I am pretty sure I am doing pretty good in all of them except one. My Social Problems class is so confusing...the teacher is really unorganized, so I have no idea how I am doing in that class! In all I am doing well. I haven't been home for the past two weekends, and probably won't come home for the next one either! I miss my family, but I will see them soon! At least I will be home for Halloween!
