Shhhhhh

I'm supposed to be studying for a mid-term, but am taking a quick break to.... procrastinate:) Don't tell anyone.
I forget when, but sometime last week, Deb (our RA) and Candace and I all snuck out at 1am, to go to Dennys. Where we had a 'midnight' snack to tide us over till morning. I don't even really know why we went- we were all studying in Deb's room and then decided to go. It WASN'T so much fun the next morning, but it made for good memories.
Last night, at the dinner table, was also quite humorous. Candace and I were standing at the drink 'table.' We were just talking and laughing, just like any other night. Then she took a big gulp of her milk, and of course, something struck her as being funny right at that moment! I turn my face towards her, and wham! A face full of milk. I started to laugh so hard- I think we could have gotten away undetected if I hadn't started laughing so much:) I had about three people offering me napkins, or wiping my face for me. I found it hilarious, but poor Candace was so embarassed.
The end. The night wears on, and I have to know the whole history of education in America by Thursday. Oh joy!

A little pre-dinner boredom.

Going to a small school, there are a lot of 'only at Providence' moments. Last night was yet another. Firt of all, having such a small school, the cafe is not open at all times of the day, but has set intervals when meals are served. Last night, something went a little skewy:) Dinner was running late (a full 20 minutes, so we had quite a long time). All were seated... waiting- patiently, or not. One table over, song suddenly burst out! The cafe was filled with a selection of music anywhere from Disney to contemporary rock. Only at Providence. At my table, we passed the time playing the hand game. You cross hands and go around the table tapping, reversing direction if someone taps twice. Again, only at Providence!

A Night for Randomosity :)

These past two nights have been so much fun.
Thursday night, I went out with Brett, Michelle, and Jake. It was completely random and unexpected. Brett and I were talking after a Bible study and then the other two walked up, so we all headed over to Lowes. Where we sat on a wall located behind the store and just hung out. Doesn't sound fun, I know, but it was. I guess it was the people. And getting off campus =)
Friday was even better. Our room has been trying to go out together for a long time, but we've always been so busy. But we finally got a chance! We went out to Color Me Mine. Which was a lot of fun. We were there for like 3 hours!!! One of my roomies was takinga long time, so the rest of us went next door for pinkberry while she finished up. Afterwards we went to In-N-Out. Then we headed back to school- it was around 10:30. Then at 11:30, a group of about 14 of us decided we wanted to do something. So we piled into three cars and headed to WalMart. Where, we played the WalMart game (Makes sense, right?:). Basically each team grabs 5 of the most random, hard-to-find objects possible. Then all the teams switch, and have to put the items back! Whoever gets done first and meets back at the designated spot wins:) Afterwards, we went to In-N-Out for shakes (I felt right at home, having left only like an hour before that). We got back to campus around 1:45, and all split to our different rooms. We were up till maybe 2:30 just talking and hanging out in our room. It reall was a fun way to start the weekend.

Time flies :)

So- it's been awhile.
1st semester has ended. I totally loved it. I was busy all the time, going to bed at 1 or 2 every night and waking up at 7 or 8, but having so much fun. And squeezing in some studying of course:)
2nd semester is so different.We haven't had as many events planned. And Justin is gone, for another thing. He's taking a break to work. Which means a lot more free time! I've made it into bed by midnight almost every night!!! I think I've only gone to bed after that like 3 times. And I get to sleep till 8 every morning. It feels so amazing. Classes are all going well. And! I understand math- so far:) Very nice.
This week it has been pouring like crazy! And of course, we were running around in it nearly every day. A bunch of people got up a game of ultimate Frisbee on Monday to play in the rain. And something quite amusing to me- we had a couple nights where we heard two or three thunder claps. Everytime we heard one, all the girls would come rushing out of their dorm rooms to stand outside. Why? I have no idea- you can't SEE thunder :P
Hope you all are doing well!

Last night with Danielle

A few pictures from December....

It was the end of finals week, and the sun had finally come out! It felt glorious. Well, I did have a paper to write, but a few of us decided to just lie out on the lawn. The the pres. came over to enjoy it with us, and Bleeker brought out the camera. So we held an impromptu lesson on the lawn:)

Afterwards, we got down to work.... by bringing out blankets and "writing our papers"After our day of rain and frigid weather, the mountains were gorgeous!!! Snow half way down the mountain.Jamie and Jana inevitably wound up in a paint battle. As did many of the girls.It is Providence tradition for everyone, during finals week, to put their hand prints up by the room they are staying in for the year. Thursday night, we played the roommate game. Each room sent one person up to the front, and asked us all the same questions. The person up front and the people left sitting down tried to give the same answer. We didn't do too well with the 'normal question section', we did much better with the 'random, why-the-heck-do-you-know-this-about-your-roommate section' ;) We also had a Secret Santa exchange going on that week. This is one of my roommates, Krista.Candace got SO excited when she found out her cute little snowman lights up and changes color! She was literally thrilled.Cadace was Jana's secret santa. We went to Target together and found these hilarious socks! We were hoping she would take it the right way. I think she did =) Candace and I couldn't help but laugh at these socks. They're great.We were a little nervous, though. Right before, someone had given a pretty necklace to the girl sitting next to Jana, and she was really admiring it..... Candace and I just looked at eachother and laughed.Aren't they hilarious? So much better than opening up a bottle of lotion, or something of that sort!

Lots of stress and studying was going on in our room throughout finals week, so at the end, we kind of exploded. We decided to hang our sheep (which Krista had so kindly given to us) from the ceiling. We even tied bells, which someone else had given to us, around their necks. They looked so silly hanging upside down from the ceiling. Either that, or we just had way too much energy after a week of exams =] Either way, it was a fun night. Candace also wanted to hang her sonwman, and really got a kick out of it, when it turned red and glowed on the sheep...... like I said, stress!

Up to date....

I really haven't posted much lately, but so many things have happened, that I'm not sure I could post about all of them. So I'll just fill you in on one or two things. First of all, the drama club (which I am treasurer or secretary of - I don't know which- lol) put on a play. Actually three, but you know what I mean =) Here are a few pictures.....Charlie BrownThe whole castThe ProposalIt's Nuts & The ProposalMichelle and I worked on backgrounds and setsPutting up the backgrounds

One of our backgrounds (for It's Nuts)
Other than that, all I can think of is that I went to a cross country banquet, which was fun. The whole team and guests went to a local Mexican restaurant. It was the first one ever, so it's always neat to be a part of the "firsts" :)

Dorm door

Our first decoration attempt were these pumpkins. The post-it notes name who is each pumpkin. On top was Candace, Stalin (Henry), Laurelinda, me, Evelyn, Krista.... I think

Then we put up wrapping paper that has candy and ice cream and pie all over it! We also taped some real candy onto the door....

.....which is fun, because now everyone is coming to our door to lick it (it is required that we take a picture of them licking the candy before they can take it off).

First adventure

I went on my first adventure, tonight. I started out the night listening to a piano/violin concert given by Sarah Vendsel and Izumi Kashiwagi. Very pretty. I left 2/3rds of the way through in order to go to support our softball team. The game was over with suprising speed... it usually happens that way. Anyways, when I came back, I started talking with Candace. We decided it would be fun to go to starbucks to read for a bit, since we'd both been wanting to catch up on some 'fun' reading. After sitting for about ten minutes, though, we were kicked out because it was closing. So we went to the Ontario airport to try to find a place to park. We wound up in a hotel parking lot near the airport so we could see the planes take off- none ever did. We did see a train, though:) Twas the first time I had done something completely random and spur of the moment like that.

Reformation week festivities :)

We've had quite a few activities going on this past week at PCC. It started on Tuesday night when they watched a movie called Luther, and then Wednesday night was a l"lecture" on whether or not Christians should celebrate Halloween. I don't know much about either of them since I was doing homework on Tuesday, and Wednesday I had cherubkids. Thursday night we carved pumpkins! It was actually the first time I had carved one myself. I did one with Stalin (Henry for real:). We carved a ghost on one side, and then on the other, we put a tombstone, with my name on it!!! (I call him Stalin, he calls me Fall- or whatever the current season is). Sadness. I was carving out the tombstone, and he was standing behind me chanting 'go, August, go!' and dancing- pretty morbid. Friday night was also fun. I went to a softball game with Brett (PCC lost, as usual:( and then we were sitting in front of the office talking. We went to McDonalds with a couple of other people, but when we got back, there were four of us who finally (around midnight) decided to watch a movie. We piled the back of my truck full of blankets and pillows, and then the four of us squashed into my truck bed. I felt like I couldn't breathe, being stuck between two massive guys!

Yesterday, we had a harvest festival type thing for the kids in the community, and then that night sat around listening to different 'scary' stories and poems and things of that sort. It was pretty neat. And then we spent the rest of the night talking under the gazebo. PLUS, we got an extra hour of sleep- way awesome. And that was my week!

(I was mr. potato head)

Bio fieldtrip

I went on a Bio fieldtrip today:) It was quite fun. There are only 6 students, and 3 adults went, too. We headed out at 8 this morning to 1000 palm canyon. We hiked for about 1-2 hours looking at all the different vegitation. It was pretty fun. But hot. Very very hot. We then piled back int othe cars and stopped at the Date Oasis for lunch. We had brought our lunches, but we got to try a date shake:) It was mainly just sweetness in your mouth:) After that, we went to painted canyon. It was so gorgeous. It looked like all the paintings you see where the hills look red and green and blue. Pretty awesome. We hiked around there for awhile. Then piled into the car yet again. We stopped at in-n-out for dinner on the way home and then spent the trip home talking and napping. Twas a fun day, I just wish it hadn't been the weekend before mid-terms!!!! I should really start to study for those (thank goodness I only have 2).

Whatnot

I was able to go home this weekend to visit with Mary and Luke:) I left here Friday night around 8 and was home before nine. I love driving home. I love driving by myself, and I love doing it in the dark- I feel so isolated and wonderful. that sounded emo, but whatever:P Spent most of the weekend at home with siblings and grandparents- it was pretty cool. I came back last night, and was surprised at how much I missed people. It was nice to get back. It was so cold, though! The weather is definitely changing. Gone is the 108 degree weather we had for about 2 weeks. It felt like it was about 50 last night. Today was a lazy day, but I still managed to get a good chunk of homework done. Tonight I have to revise a paper, and then will hopefully be able to go on a walk- I haven't gone in a while. Oh! and when I came back yesterrday I found that my room had been completely cleaned. It's amazing. I don't think it has been this clean since BEFORE we all moved in. So yes, it has been a happy weekend, and will hopefully be just as good of a week (no tests/papers after tomorrow, so it is starting off well:)