Bien

I woke up this morning feeling down and unhappy, probably because it's Monday and it's raining. I wans't excited to go to class. I wasn't excited for anything. It's funny how quickly that can change.
In my spanish class we were going over our practice questions and Sra. Peck called on my to answer a question. I began to answer then I paused for a moment as Sra Peck just stared at me and then I finished. She continued to stare and then she smiled and said, "¡Tú hablas español muy bien, Amanda!" Which means, "You speak spanish very well, Amanda!" It made my day. I'm now completely happy. And more confident that maybe I really do want to major in spanish after all.

The Student Health Center

After my spanish class tomorrow morning I would really like to stop by the student health center to get my ear looked at, since it's been hurting really bad since yesterday morning. Unfortunately, since this will be my first visit there, I have to call in to make an appointment instead of doing it online. They're not open until tomorrow morning. I have class then. So I have to wait til after class and then I have to wait until they can see me. And I have to fill out a bunch of paperwork with medical information that I don't know.
All I want is to have my ear looked at so they can know if I have an ear infection or not. And then they can give me the right medication to make it go away. Irritating.

Hypnotism

In my psych class my teacher hypnotized all of us. It was quite possibly the most relaxing thing I have ever experience. I would love to do it again. It wasn't hypnotism like you'd think it was, where you become zombie like and would cluck like a chicken if told to (we talked about this and all that is pretty much false). It was more relaxation. It was soothing. And comfortable. Instead if half an hour, I wish it lasted the whole hour and a half of class.

Good days

The Roommates plus one. L to R Me, Rachel, Taylor, Megan, Heather, Randi, and Lauren from across the hall

I live on the third floor in the Tuscany Place apartments. We each have our own room. Despite having our own space where we can be, we spend a good amount of time in each others rooms lounging on the bed. One of our favorite things to do is take the screens out of our windows and have conversations with the people passing by. On Sunday night Randi and I decided to try passing notes between the windows via paper airplanes. We weren't too successful. Instead we got several young men to stop and throw the paper back up to us. It's silly but really fun at the same time.

I think I want to major in spanish. I keep changing my mind when it comes to my major, but this seems like a good one. I could be an ESL teacher. In almost anything. It's just an idea. I don't know if I'll actually settle with this major, but I do like it. A lot. My spanish class is one of my absolute favorite. My Book of Mormon class too. Brother Hayes is a fantastic teacher.

And even though I love it here, I get to go home in fifteen days. For one weekend of glorious fun. I can't wait.

Dreams

Today in my psychology class we started talking about sleep and the different stages. We just started getting into dreams before class ended, but it was really interesting. We were talking about lucid dreams where you're aware that you're dreaming and you are able to manipulate the events in the dream. This makes me want to go take a long nap so I can get back to that REM state of sleep so I can have an amazing dream.
Instead I'll go to devotional.


My last two fish died today. I'm a failure at being a mother to fish.

New Love

My roommate Randi has introduced me to lacrosse. And I really like it. I'm fairly good at it, too. If I get good enough, I'll buy a stick and play in the games they're having this semester.

My birthday was really fun this year. It was relaxed, but still the best. Randi, Heather, Megan, Taylor, and Lauren from across the hall (she's practically a roommate she's here so much) took me out to dinner at Craigo's. They have the best BBQ chicken pizza ever. After that we went back to the apartment and had cake (it was an amazing cake) and cider and watched the office and Lost. My friends Vickie, Jenn, and Chris came over too. Earlier in the day flowers, a teddy bear, and a balloon were delivered for me from Stefanie and Shawn. It was a nice gift. Over all being nineteen doesn't feel very different.

Being another year older makes me almost nervous. I had another friend get engaged yesterday. She doesn't turn nineteen until the middle of June. That's four friends who are within a year of my age getting married this year. I suppose when I get married is in my control, but when I fall in love isn't. It scares me more than it should. Especially since I haven't really been dating any returned missionaries. But still...

Not dead, just busy

I went home for Winter semester and I let my blog die. I apologize and I'll try not to let it happen again.

The past four months were spent working most of the time and playing volleyball every week. Not much to write about. Well, except that I dated Matthew Wehle for the whole semester and broke up with him when he came out to visit in California. Bad timing. But it had to be done.

Now I'm back in Rexburg and I'm happier than ever. I thought I was completely content last semester, but I wasn't. This semester, only a week into it, and it's far better. I've moved off campus into Tuscany Place, which is only a block away from the school. The apartment is really nice and we have our own rooms. That really helps with studying. There are six of us living here and we're all second semester freshman except for Rachel. She's a junior. We've got Heather from Nebraska, Rachel from Portland Oregon, Taylor from Corona California, Megan from Lynchburg Virginia, and Randi from Charlottesville Virginia. I love them. Already, I love them. We've spent several nights staying up talking in the bathroom and we've gone out to dinner together and watched movies and TV shows and made food and bought fish. Just a week into the semester and I feel like I've known these girls for ages.

Randi is really hilarious. She was here in this apartment last semester and she used to have my room (aparently there was a leak and the ceiling caved in but they've fixed it now).

Rachel is sort of like the mom, but not really. She's a lot of fun and she has more boys over than anyone. And it's always a different boy.

Megan has the cutest southern accent ever! She's so bubbly and adorable. It's hard not to like her a lot.

Taylor has the best laugh. Ever. She's also in my spanish class, so we check our homework with each other and sit together in class. She's a lot of fun.

Overall, I've got great roommates. AMAZING roommates.

I love all my classes. Especially my spanish class. I haven't taken spanish for a year now and I miss it. I didn't realize until now just how much I missed it. And how good I am at it. It comes naturally. It's easy. And I love it.

I'm happy in Rexburg. I miss home and the people there, like my family and Carly and Sam. And the warm weather (we got a snow storm here on wednesday). But really, I can live without them for three months. And it will warm up soon enough.