We've been havin' fun all summer long...

I haven't blogged in awhile because it's been a fun/busy/eventful summer. I've loved (almost) every minute of it! In June my grandma had hip replacement surgery and stayed with my Aunt during her recovery so I've spent a lot of time either at my grandma's, my aunt's or my house. I spent a lot of time with my uncle's new puppy, Oakley. He's a BLAST! And waayy too adorable for his own good hehe. ;) I spent a week with my best friend in Loveland, which was also a lot of fun. The only thing that really sucked about this summer was when our apartment got broken in to and my laptop was stolen. There was a lot of hysterics and tears that day. Luckily, I had a back up of all of my pictures, music, etc but everything from the last 6 months was GONE. D: Very sad!

I'm really looking forward to this coming semester of school. I will try to post about the first few weeks when I get a chance. In the mean time, here's some awesome pictures from this summer. :)

My uncle's "side of water" from Chili's. Haha. :D

My friend Ashley and Paul (he lived in the same house as us last year) doing some improv on stage with a comedy group in Old Town Fort Collins. Ashley and I went to a friend's wedding over the summer and met up with people that lived in the house last year. At the time, there was some sort of festival going on in Old Town so after the wedding we walked around and listened to the live performers, watched the magician, and this comedy group. Lots of fun! :)

Ashley's puppy dog, Ginger :)

A toad that Ashley and I found, while I was staying in Loveland! :)

Ashley and I

Our heart shaped banana cookie. :)

After making banana cookies haha

Mr. Oakley :)

Who you gonna call?!

I went to the mall today with my friend Jacob and as we were walking out we saw this piece of work parked right across from his car. Too funny!!

SUMMER!! :D

School's been out for two weeks and so far summer vacation has been pretty great. I have had time to relax and catch up on sleep. I've been able to see friends and family again and look for a job. I'm hoping to get closer than I did last summer. I had two interviews but no job offer so this year I am hoping for an interview AND a job offer. :)

Grades were pretty stinkin great. I got an A in my Education class and in my Animal Bio class. I got a B+ in literary criticism and Spanish and a B in my Animal Bio lab. That lab still makes me mad. It was really ridiculous. Anyway, I'm glad school is over. I really need the break. To celebrate the end of another year and my awesome grades I thought I'd list some of the things I have learned this year. Some are funny...some are serious...

1. It’s ok to piss people off occasionally. It’s only a problem when you’re pissing everyone off, all the time.

2. Don’t be afraid to stand up for what you believe. Even if it means people will make fun of you or be jerks.

3. Never, never, never, take an 8 am class!! There will be plenty of time to be sleep deprived after college.

4. Don’t be afraid to stand up for others. Especially those who can’t defend themselves.

5. It’s ok to correct people when they are wrong. Especially if they’re being jerks.

6. God gave you passions and talents for a reason; use them.

On a sadder note, our fish, Arianna (the new one we JUST got) died the day after school ended. :(

New Friend

We adopted another fish. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know...we don't need another one. But I couldn't resist! She was so pretty and needed a good home! :) We used them in my Animal Biology Lab and our TA let us adopt them after. We now have a female Betta. Her name is Mindy Arianna Sapphire. Nala or Ari for short. We couldn't pick a name so we combined our favorites. Haha.

A little of this...a little of that

Well…it’s been a while. Too long.

There’s not much to say. School is going really well. Classes are pretty great this semester. I am really enjoying my education class. It is a lot of fun and the issues we explore and discuss are really interesting, too. I’m struggling with my Animal Bio lab. I think it’s pretty lame. The TA is a really terrible grader. She’s way too strict and makes the class a lot harder than it should be. It’s way too much work for a one credit course. Other than that mess class, my other classes are great.

I had jury duty a couple of weeks ago. That was an interesting experience. The jury selection took two days so I had to go back. I didn’t get selected, which is good because the case was a criminal case that would have lasted 8 days. It would have also been a very hard case to be a part of.

My fish, Sharkbait, has been sick on and off for the past couple of months. He had “popeye,” which would go away after treatment only to come back days later. I think he’s finally cured now, though! :)

I've been back at school for two weeks now. Classes are great! I'm really enjoying them thus far. I am taking Principles of Literary Criticism, Spanish, Schooling in the United States, Animal Biology, and an Animal Bio lab. My Literary Criticism class is actually pretty interesting. It sounds really gross...but it's not too bad. It also doesn't hurt that the professor is funny and pretty relaxed. Spanish is also going well. My teacher speaks entirely in Spanish and I usually don't have trouble understanding her so I'm glad. :) I wasn't too sure about this Schooling in the United States class at first but I'm really starting to like it. I wasn't sure about it because it was really overwhelming. Our final grade in that class will based on four major papers and class participation. For one of the papers, we have to shadow a teacher for four hours and interview them about the purposes of schooling. Also, we have to "co-teach," one of the class sessions. I was a little overwhelmed by the class at first and I wasn't sure that education was something that I really wanted to go into. But, after a few more classes and after doing the reading assignments for the classes I'm really enjoying it. I think I'll stick with it. :) Animal biology is fairly easy but incredibly boring. Haha. The lab kinda sucks too. It's almost three hours long! Mess! But, at least, this is the last science class I ever have to take!! Yay!

Well, that's really all I have...nothing terribly exciting. :)

School's Out for Winter...(break)!!! ;)

Well, it's been some time since my last post. I am done with school (until the 19th, of course)! I am so excited, and it has been nice to be home for the past two weeks. I have about two weeks before I head back to school and I'm kind of excited but also kind of dreading it. I have an 8 a.m. class, and so not looking forward to it. I also have to take a science course with a lab...gross! But, oh well, así es la vida (that's life).

My grades were fabulous!
American Lit: A
Speech: A
British Lit: B
Spanish: B+
I am THRILLED with my grades. My goal for the semester was no Cs and at least one A. I am so glad I was able to do that. I worked reeeeeeally hard and I am happy to see it paid off.

Christmas was great, too. We had a very enjoyable time and got to surprise Michael with a new bike. It was a lot of fun. The day after Christmas was fun, I slept in reeeally late and then did nothing all day. :)

New Years Eve was also fun. Michael went to the New Years dance at the church and I went to see Sherlock Holmes and dinner with Uncle Mike and Brenda. It was a really good movie and I had a good time. The day after New Years we celebrated Michael's birthday and had delicious cake. As far as the New Year goes, I'm super excited for 2010!! 2009 wasn't terrible but it wasn't the best either. I am looking forward to what 2010 will bring and am planning on working on fixing some things in my life. I, like many others, fail at keeping resolutions so I'm only making one: to be better than I was in 2009. That can be done in many ways, and I figure there's no chance I'll fail at that one. lol :)

I really wanted a picture to go with this post but I didn't have anything from break but I found this one on my computer. It's from when I was in Girl Scouts, I was 6 or 7 years old. I'm on the far left and I have no clue who the other girls are; I don't remember their names.