Some Old Updates from My Life: Summer

I moved from the Elms to Park Place with a year-round contract. For someone who wasn’t planning to stay in Utah over Sp/Su I sure kept myself busy. I found that when I am sure I am not going to do something (like stay in Utah over the Sp/Su) I end up doing it. My decision was based on the fact that I had a job, I could move into Park Place, and somehow my spur of the thought application for a scholarship for those terms got me a full scholarship. Overall, it beat going back to work closing shifts at Taco Bell and not having a social life.

Things I did…

Spring Term I took 9 credits (The max you can take during a term) and worked about 30 Hours a week between watching Ethan and working at the Preschool. As busy as I was it I actually still had great summer thanks to my roommate Tianne. We are twins! We are both Elementary education major, easy going, and have very similar sleeping habits. The alarm clock situation in the morning was awesome! Mine would go off first, and then I didn’t need to press snooze because hers would go off right where mine would have. I would then get up and get ready, and right before I would go down stairs to eat I would make sure she was awake and “functioning.” Between her 12 credits (with special permission) and watching Ethan about 8 hours a week and my schedule we were antisocial together. Many nights we were both up late doing homework, relying on the motivation we gave each other to finish. With a secret stash of melt in your mouth dove chocolate and delightful chats about life we made it through the summer.

The most eventful thing from this summer was I legitimately flunked a test in family finance. Looking at it later I found out I had my calculator in the wrong mode (Begin vs. End). However, I still managed to get a B+ which is an accomplishment. Traumatic for me, but I survived.

Spring Term 2011
SFL 100 001 Strengthening Marr & Family 3.00 A
SFL 160 001 Intro to Family Processes 3.00 A-
SFL 260 001 Family Finance 3.00 B+

Between Spring and Summer my roommates, and the guys from apartment 5 went on an adventure to Little Wild Horse Canyon and Goblin Valley. It was a fantastic camp out, hike and trip with friends. The documentary Will, Adam and Mike made was hilarious!

During the Summer I also hiked Timp with Aaron and some of his friends starting at 1:00am the day of Kristi’s wedding reception. Lets just say it was a crazy day and my legs were a bit sore. These pictures were taken on our way down (it was to dark for pictures on our way up.)

Here is my class schedule for this term.

Summer Term 2011
EDLF 452 001 Foundations of Education 2.00 A
MUSIC 378 001 Mu Elem Clsrm Tchr 2.00 A
TELL 400 001 Foundations in Ed for ELLs 2.00 A

Also, during this time and shortly after a lot of changes happened. Katy and Hannah (Sp/Su roommates) are now serving Missions in Argentina. Kristi Bonkemeyer (from back home) and Eliza Bushman (friend from freshman year) got married.

Well that is the end of a brief overview of my life this past Spring/Summer. Hope you enjoy the pictures!