Rebellious without being obvious.

So, after a day at lunch with Janalyn and Stephanie for Janalyn's birthday, I didn't have much to do with my day. I read a book, did some laundry, and cleaned the house. I hear laughing in the other room from my roommates and lo and behold--they bought purple hair dye.

I have discussed, at length, the rebelliousness of college students with my good friend Blake, and have come to the conclusion that freshman and senior college students are the most rebellious. Freshman are eager to test the new-found waters of independence, whereas the seniors are looking for one last blast before graduation. My roommates fall under the freshman category, I under the senior.

So, with only a moment's hesitation, I joined my roommates in the bathroom, parted my hair and set to work. After 30 minutes, I had a streak of purple running through my hair. My roommates were all just as excited to see how their's turned out. Ashley's was fine, Julia's was almost nonexistant, and Caitlin's...well, she has more rainbowed hair. Bleached roots that go pink then purple at the ends. Oh dear....

So today, we decided to try again. This time I took the reins, I re-dyed Caitlin's rainbow and touched up Ashley's section. I also decided to try to get mine a little darker and added another section on the other side of my hair. All in all, I feel quite awesome. As Blake said it, I'm rebellious without being obvious, and I'm okay with that.

p.s. I'll post pictures as soon as I can find my camera cord...it's MIA

Paint Dance!

My roommates and I went to the paint dance yesterday and we had so much fun!

New Zealand Update & Other Stuff.

So, I am officially going to New Zealand for student teaching. WHOO HOO! I leave February 27 and I cannot wait! I've got my passport, my immunizations and have paid my airfare. Now it's really just a waiting game!

But while I'm waiting, I know I'll have fun doing my Level III. I'm going to be at North Park Elementary in the 1st grade. This will be new for me, since I usually don't work with the young ones, but I'm excited for the challenge!

8 Things Tagged By Janalyn

The # 8 Tagged by Janalyn

8 Things I am Passionate About:

1) Teaching 2) Music 3) Special Education 4) My testimony 5) Family 6) My di-cut machine 7) Peanut butter 8) shopping with my mommy

8 Words or Phrases I Say Often:

1) Cool beans 2) Freakin' heck 3) what the heck 4) I try... 5)I Love you!! 6) You wish. 7) I think I'm going to die 8) Whatever

8 Things I want to do before I Die:

1) Have a family 2) visit all the Disneylands in the world 3) buy a green Jetta 4) Teach 5) Serve a mission (hopefully with someone else, but if not that's okay) 6) Go to New Zealand (get to check this one off in February 7) bunjee jump 8) Graduate :)

8 Things I Have Learned From my Past:

1) It's not your fault. 2) be concerned about your future, you'll be in it the rest of your life. 3) It takes too much energy to be angry 4) Never give up 5) Be thankful for the little things. 6) Take time for you. 7) you can never say "I love you" too often 8) Don't worry about it.

8 Places I Would Love to Go or See:

1) New Zealand 2) Russia 3) Europe 4) Israel 5) Egypt 6) Italy 7) Switzerland 8) Alaska

8 Things I Currently Need or Want:

1) Something really good to happen. Right now. I'm sick of waiting. 2) ELED department to fix their act up! 3)Clean apartment. Please, roommates! 4) Time 5) A teaching job after graduation 6) Vacation 7) A new car. 8) People to join my stake choir!

8 people I tag:

Everyone has already been tagged! I tag Alli!

So, I should probably update this...

School is a few weeks in now and I'm getting everything under my belt. The ELED program is busy, but not too hard. I'm waiting on the study abroad office to let me knowif I'm goign to New Zealand and I'm so anxious to hear if I got accepted!

Oakridge is good and my roommates are fun. All three of them are freshman and they're super excited to be at school. It keeps me excited too!

Summer!

So here is the update I know you have all been waiting for... Just kidding! :) I'm still working at the State Office of Education and I absolutely love it! It's been so much fun. My family and I went on a vacation to South Dakota and saw Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse and lots of other fun stuff! I'm getting everything ready to go back to Logan in the fall. I think I'm going to live in Oakridge, but we'll see.

I'm planning on going to New Zealand in the spring and I cannot wait! I'm going to student teach there the second block. I couldn't be more excited!

I got a couple of callings in my ward--I'm Ward Historian and teaching the Sunbeam class. My little sunbeams wear me out, but they have such special spirits!

My mom and I are going to Park City this week and we plan to shop, shop, shop! We're also going to ride the zipline and the alpine slide. Hopefully I'll get some pictures to post soon! Hope all is well with everything!

Studying for Finals

I don't think I could have ever made it through the Special Ed program at USU without Janalyn and Stephanie! They were my life lines and best friends throughout the whole journey! Our last study party was at Casper's Ice Cream Parlor and we had a blast. Together, we can get through Barb's, Ben's, and Bob's with only minor battle wounds.