Back to School

Well, after a long and event filled summer, I'm finally back in school. I've only had four days of classes and already I've had tests and assignments and the promise of presentations next week. Whatever happened to that nice, relaxing first week of class? It's good to be back though. I'm really excited for this semester!

This year I'm living in the Foreign Language Housing, speaking German. That means that I'm required to be home each evening for "house" dinners with all the German speakers. Inside the apartment we are only allowed to speak German. Actually, I'm really excited for it. In the past couple weeks I've already learned/remembered so much! So along with my German class, I'm also taking finance, design, dance, health/wellness, and religion. I also am a TA for one of my design professors. It's definitely a rather busy schedule, but I think it's going to be really fun.

For my last hurrah before heading off to school, I was able to go to San Francisco and visit my "adopted" big sister, Meagan Becker and her family. I had such a blast while I was there! I absolutely loved seeing the way Benj and Meagen interact. They're so cute together! Meagan, as always, was full of tips and pieces of advice, and I learned a lot about parenting. Benj is a wonderful husband to Meagan and a great dad to Ella and Anne. He also inadvertently helped me narrow down my "list of qualities in my future husband." [Although he would narrow it down even further to just one word: Michael] I think if I found someone as amazingly awesome as my Dad and Benj I'd be pretty happy.

Ella and Anne are some of the cutest little girls ever and I love them to death! I think my favorite thing was having Ella wake me up saying, "book, book!" and then run off, only to come back moments later carrying a stack of Dr. Seuss books and a big teddy bear. I think we read "Hop on Pop" and "I can read with my Eyes Shut" at least a couple times every day (not to mention all the others). Anne on the other hand, seems a little more subdued and she is such a doll! I did get to see her smile a few times while I was there, which was so cute! :D

So here's a little thank you to the Beckers for letting me stay with them for a week and play with their kids. I had a wonderful time!

And now, back to pressing matters at hand: Learning German! :)



PS - I'll put up pictures as soon as I can.