It's been forevvvvverrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

Okay, so I haven't posted on here in a long time... Things are going great in general. I'm really, really enjoying my classes this semester and having a lot of fun. I learned this beautiful new skill this semester (for the first time ever) called NOT procrastinating and knowing what my homework is at all times. I feel like I've improved my study habits greatly this semester and it's really paying off in the form of less stress. I also have less desk hours than I did last semester and that has helped a lot too. I'm looking forward to my spring break and my last summer in college and then my last fall semester and then I go on my internship next spring. No, I still don't know where, we still haven't applied yet. I'm leaning more and more towards Phoenix, but southern California is still an option. I think I get senior-itis sometimes because I'm so close to being done with school but at the same time I want to stay in school as long as I can.
Not really sure what else to talk about so if anyone has any questions, I'd be happy to post about them :)
P.S. I love you Grandpa, sorry I never post anything!

Junior year

I've been back at school for two weeks now and it's been crazy busy. So far I like almost all of my classes. I'm really happy with my new dorm room and my roommate Katie. We have been getting along really well.
Last week we went to visit Doris's new puppies, two white German Shepherds. They are such sweet dogs.


Yesterday we (mommy and Shea and I) went to the pinnacles to hike. We explored a way we hadn't gone before and it was lots of fun. =]







Tonight I have my first sorority meeting of the semester and plenty of homework to do for tomorrow. Lots of things to do this semester but it's looking like it's going to be a good year.

Ouch

Just been hanging out at home since I got back from Phoenix. Got my tonsils taken out early this morning. My mom promised me that if I felt up to going to the deaf social at the mall tonight (earlier) she would take me. She promised this expecting I would not feel like it, but after sleeping all day I was good to go. =] I had some ice cream at the mall and signed with some friends and some new people who are learning sign. I've been ordered to drink lots of water so I'm trying to obey but it is easy to forget.

I am starting a summer class late in June for oral communications, my last general studies class, after this all I have left are my major's classes. Might try to get a job for the rest of the summer here or in Lexington (my class is in Lex 3 nights/week) but not trying too hard because I have a feeling that I will appreciate the rest when school starts again and my life gets crazy. Shea and I have been playing video games and I've been reading a lot. I put holds on my books for the fall that I could find at the library so I can get a jump start on that because after the first few weeks, I usually fall behind on reading.

Post again sometime soon.

Phoenix again

I'm now safely in Phoenix with Morgan. =] It was a very early morning and a long flight with some scary turbulence but I made it. I took a nap when I got here and we're just hanging out.

I'm finished with my 4th semester of college and waiting on official grades but I'm pretty sure they're all A's (and a B from my winter class that counts as spring semester). I went to all 3 EKU graduations on Saturday, one for the graduating interpreter students, the middle one because my mom was there and I didn't want to go home and give up my parking on such a bad traffic day, and to the last one to see a friend graduate. I'm only taking one summer class starting in late June and I'm looking forward to a relaxing summer.

I'll try to post more things this summer =]

P.S. I think I'm suddenly allergic to something here (maybe the animals?) because my eye were driving my crazy when I woke up from my nap and I suddenly got sniffly and sneezy. =[

Belated Pictures and New Schedule

To answer Grandpa's question, yes my new roommate is in Sign Language but she didn't get into the program so she's changing her major. We are still planning to be roommates though. =] So.... here are some spring break pictures that I never posted. I had a lot of fun there and I'm going back to Phoenix in a couple of weeks to visit again. The past month or so have been ridiculously busy. I got accepted to my program though so I guess it has paid off. All I have left is a bunch of studying and some smaller homework assignments. We only have 3 days of classes left and then finals so I'm pretty excited. Since I know about my program now I have a schedule so I'll post that like I usually do.

Morgan broke this mirror while I was there which was very sad because I had it all through high school and Morgan and I had it all through our freshman year and then she kept it when I moved and she broke it. =[ Poor mirror.

This is my friend Cassie who was my neighbor last year. We went to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner with her and her two roommates that were also our neighbors last year and we rode the bus to get there.

Yes, I got to spend the first part of my break in the snow. Bleh.

But after that we went to Phoenix where the weather was beautiful. We went horseback riding which was a Christmas gift Morgan had gotten.

On Sunday before I left we went to the Aloha Festival at Tempe Town Lake near ASU and I took my last chance to soak up some AZ sun before going back to the cold.

And here is my fall schedule.

Monday:

11:15am-12:05pm

Intro to Cultural Anthropology

12:20pm-1:10pm

Beginning Tennis

4:40pm-5:30pm

American Sign Language V Lab

7:00pm-8:00pm

ASL Skills for Interpreters

Tuesday:

9:30am-10:45am

Ethics & Special Settings I

11:00am-12:15pm

American Sign Language V

2:00pm-3:15pm

ASL-to-English Interpreting I

3:30pm-4:45pm

Professional Relationship Eth

Wednesday:

11:15am-12:05pm

Intro to Cultural Anthropology

12:20pm-1:10pm

Beginning Tennis

Thursday:

9:30am-10:45am

Ethics & Special Settings I

11:00am-12:15pm

American Sign Language V

2:00pm-3:15pm

ASL-to-English Interpreting I

Friday:

11:15am-12:05pm

Intro to Cultural Anthropology

Spring Break

I'm back at NAU and having a lot of fun! I am staying with Morgan and Jamie and I got to see a lot of people today. We went to Target and walked around Flagstaff a bit and had lunch and dinner and just hung out. Morgan took some pix today, but I didn't take any yet. For sure I will post some by the end of the week.

Other than spring break my life has been very busy. I've been trying to keep up with classes, etc. I have made a new friend in the last few weeks and we're going to be roommates next year. We're in a lot of the same classes and we both like our rooms really neat and clean so we should get along well. Not much else to report, but I'll post again later in the week.

School again

Well I've completed my first week back. I still have a bit of work to do from my winter class (all due on Feb 1st) and I already have a lot to do for my classes. I have 4 ITP (interpreter training program) classes and 1 ASL class. In some ways I really enjoy being submersed in the signing every day but I also feel it might get intense sometimes. This is also the first time I have had all of my classes with a lot of the same people. There are quite a few people that I see on a daily basis, which isn't a problem at the moment but can quickly become one under the right circumstances. I suppose it is good training for if (when?) I get into the program and have the same 20 people in every one of my classes. Anyway, things are going well so far. I really enjoy learning about something I know I will need and use a lot for my job.

So I'm not going to make you all look at my gross stitches on here, but I got my gums cut open on Friday morning. I have had an absess for a while and we finally got it fixed this week. It still hurts quite a bit and the medicine they gave me made me really sick (yes, I really did eat something with it) just like when I had my wisdom teeth out. So... I'm sticking with ice and tylenol for now. Like I said, I could post pictures, but everyone seems really grossed out by it.

So instead I will put on some of my pictures from Ireland. Of course I will post some more again later, but since I can't focus too well on my homework at the moment and I wasn't going to sleep I figured I would put some up.

One of the buildings in the center of Dublin (not really sure what building) and the river Liffey in the foreground.
St. Patrick's cathedral
A memorial in Phoenix Park.
This is Abbey, we also spent New Years Eve together. She's pretty cool =] The shirts we are wearing say "The Quays" (the keys) which is the pub we were at. By this time the last clean shirt I had was one that said "London, England" on it so the guy brought out a shirt and I happily bought it and put it on (I wanted a shirt from Dublin anyway).
This is a famous sculpture at Trinity college. I beleive it is called sphere in sphere, or something along those lines. You can tell how much I pay attention to the names of things...

More to come!