I'm Back!!!

Hi all! I'm finally back at school...though i really liked being home and didn't really want to come back and start school again. I really missed my friends here though!

Tyler and I drove down on Saturday, we left my house at 4:30am....ick! But, that meant we arrived earlier which was nice! I got my room stuff out of storage on Sunday evening, so much of it is only temporarily unpacked and there is a lot more to go.

Church on Sunday was really cool because Pastor Armstead really covered all of the things that I had been praying about and struggling with this summer...kinda cool confirmation from God that Mt. Olive is where I'm supposed to be right now.

Please pray about my schedule, I'm currently working 2 jobs on campus but one of my shifts interferes with church. I emailed my RD so hopefully it can get switched, but we'll see!

Well, I have some precalc homework to finish up, love you all! e.

Home again, home again!

Well, I survived my finals and flew home on Monday night. Unfortunately, I got hung up at JFK for 4+ hours instead of my scheduled 1.5.......apparently we were waiting for our pilot, but once she arrived they found mechanical problems...yay. Robyn went with my mom to pick me up in Portland....wicked fun to be able to catch up with her while mom slept :). Anyways, I finally got home at 4am....so nice to sleep in my own bed!

Yesterday (Wednesday) I had my interview at Lincoln Pulp and Tissue; I applied through their student hire program. There were 6 other students, including 2 people I knew. I was the first one called in for my interview....AHHH!! lol I thought it went pretty well and a couple hours later they called and offered me the job! :) YAY! Wicked exciting! It doesn't start until June 12 though so I am currently looking for another job until then. Maybe subbing at the elementary school? I don't know.

I'm trying to get unpacked but it is hard because my room is kind of full and I ran out of hangers....haha oh well, I'll make it to walmart soon!

I went to Jacob's baseball game this afternoon....kinda chilly out. They lost. shoot. Hills had her softball game tonight as well but it was far away so mom and I didn't go. She hit 2 home runs and a triple. One home run was over the fence, the other on errors.

It is weird being home and not around all my friends from school but I will be back there soon enough and I need to remember to enjoy my family while I am here.

I may be headed out to camp for a bit while I'm waiting for my job to start....that will be nice! For now I'm just praying the sun comes back out and it warms up!

Hugs to you all! e.

Almost Done!

Sorry it has been a while since my last post....life's been slightly crazy! :)

Well, this past Friday I had 3 exams and a 5 page paper due....yucky. I spent the previous 1.5 weeks studying for those and I think I did fine on them, we'll find out tomorrow maybe! :) I was pretty fried by the time those were done and over with.

On Friday night I went to the last orchestra concert. I have a lot of friends who are in it so it was pretty neat to get to see/ listen to them play!

Saturday a bunch of my friends and I went to the Sadie Hawkins Dance here on campus...most of us just asked guy friends to go as only 2 of the 8 girls who went actually had boyfriends! :) We had a blast and the top two prizes for "best dressed" went to people in our group! Number one was Kirsten and Luke who went as Zoolander and that really mean lady, and number two was Alissa and Turk who went as Phantom and Christine....we also had friends who went as Peter Pan and Wendy, A Celeb and her Bodyguard, and Westley and Princess Buttercup (from the Princess Bride)....along with a girl who dressed as a guy and her boyfriend wore a skirt, sweater, and a hair ribbon.....it was hilarious! :) and slightly disturbing! lol My friend Alan and I decided to go as Napoleon Dynamite and Deb (considering he already bears a pretty decent resemblance to John Heder.....lol) We all had a blast and it was a great study break! :)

Classes this week are going better, I have my first final next Monday night. Today was my last day of Chemistry lab! :) That was nice! Once again we got to make S'Mores on a bunsen burner.....yummy!

Time to finish studying for tomorrow! Hugs to all....miss you lots! I'll be home soon! Love, e.

Only 3.5 more weeks!

I'm back at school!

I had a wonderful visit back at home and got to catch up with a lot of my family and friends :)....it was nice, though I definitely missed my friends here at school...

I got back to school very late on Monday the 10th....6 of us split the cost of a shuttle to take us back to school...it was nice to get to chat with the other people and it was funny to see so many GCC people in the Pittsburgh airport...lol

Thankfully the week that I got back was relatively light as far as classes go, especially since the two weeks leading into break were horrendous! I have a chem exam this Friday, hopefully it goes well, I've been studying for it and it I have seemed to understand this section of chem better than the ones in the past.

Our IM basketball game is still undefeated and we have the championship game sometime in the next week. FUN!!!

On Friday night I am doing Relay for Life with the Chemistry Club....even though I don't really like chem! haha My goal was to raise $100, but so far I have surpassed that! :) And I still have one more day to collect donations! People are sooooo generous, it amazes me. I am walking in memory of my friend Olivia and my Grandmother, both of whom passed away this year. On a happier note, I celebrated my "7th Birthday" yesterday!!! My 7th anniversary of being cancer free! :)

Have a wonderful night and please continue to remember the people of VA Tech in your prayers, Els