What is an appropriate name for these things...?

     I'm not one hundred percent sure how these work but I figured I could give it a shot.
     I'm not full of free time so don't expect these too often but I will do them when I can.
     To be completely honest I don't know why I am writting this. I figured if I was going to waste my time, I could waste it writing and exercising this brain of mine. I guess I'm also writting this because, as I have learned through past experiences, I enjoy writing but only for fun unless the topic for class is intriguing in some way which as we all know is rare.

     So where to begin... Let's go with school shall we?
     So far my classes are pretty simple but I'm not getting used to it because starting next term they are progressively getting more difficult but that it is college and I am pretty sure that goes without saying. No complaints though, I mean I do pick what classes I want when I want them so....
   
     I am taking 4 classes, a nice ease into college life. I have biology 101 with Dr. Ava Howard-- may I just say, that is something to get used to, "Dr." I miss high school because I could simply call them Mr., Ms., or Mom in one case. Howard is great, she's really nice and very understanding and knowledgeable about her subject. I have no complaints about her class, it's not overloaded with homework like I expected and there aren't any dissections either which is an added bonus!

     Then I have American Sign Language (ASL) 103 which is so painfully easy it kills. The class would be much better if one of our classmates wouldn't act like a know it all- those kind of people really rub me the wrong way! I feel so bad for my professor. Her name is Miriam Richards and she is one of the most inspirational people I have ever met. She is deaf, in her late fourties-early fifties and she has MS. But don't let that fool you, she is the only woman in the world to have peaked the highest point in 49 of the 50 states, she tried Alaska (Denali) twice but her MS was pretty bad and she had to give up, still that is one hell of an accomplishment! She wrote a book about it, they sell it here but it's $24.95 and as much as I love her, I'm already paying hundreds of dollars for her class so I plan on seeing if the library has a copy- my hopes aren't high, Western is certainly loyal to it's professors as any college should me.

     My third class is irritating English 104: Fiction. My teacher, 30 year old Mr. (..or is it Dr.?) Matthew Haas with the red round glasses.. you know the ones that make you question a person's sexuality, yea those ones. Well any ways he is beginning to lose his credibility as a "smart person" more and more every day therefore, I find that class boring and a rather waste of my time.

     And finally my most disappointing class is Zumba with Jan! Now let me tell you about Jan... From what I can tell she must have been cheer captain of her high school when Jesus was the quarterback- in other words she's old! But I also took it at CalFit with real instructors that weren't 80 years old and they didn't teach it like a dance class-- matter of a fact, they didn't teach it at all! They threw you to the wolves, it was glorious I would leave a hot, sweaty mess... Here however is an entirely different story. Here my heart rate never goes above 110 and that's on a good day. 

Well, that is my rant on the learning part of school.

I love my friends here already! As me and Stephanie like to say we have our College Core Four that consists of Stephanie, Brittany, Alison, and I. We have decided we are going to be friends when we are thirty and we all have kids and husbands and we're successful. We're going to be those people. We do crazy things together; we stay up late playing Cranium, we go on Safeway runs to Dallas late at night, we recreate the pictures in the Backstage Pizza Place from some ancient play or something. Whatever we do though, we have fun! That's all that matters.

College Core Four

Stephanie, Me, WOLFIE, Alison, and Brittany

Other than that, I love Oregon. The weather is taking some serious getting used to since I am getting reports of 80 degress in Roseville while its a whole 50 degrees here.

Speaking of Roseville, I miss it. Well not Roseville exactly, more that people that inhabit Roseville.

Joshua. Of course. 7 months in 6 days. Time FLIES. I miss him, a lot. I think about him all the time. Especially when I daze off in class. Those day dreams are sweet. They make my heart flutter and give me those butterflies. Those ones that tell you you really found him, you really love him. I can't wait until he comes up to see me! Only 29 days left! And then I get a whole FOUR days with my Joshua:)

Bodega Bay 2011

Me and Josh

He brought me here for my 18th birthday, it was my first time going there and I loved every minute of it!



I miss Kaitlynn too. That kid twin sister of mine that I love so dearly! And Shelbie Michelle Delestine the sister of my own age that I love and miss so much! We stay in contact though which I was afraid of.

College really is a test of who your true friends are.

Disneyland 2011

Shelbie, Kaitlynn, and I.

I miss Roseville but I wouldn't go back for all the money in the world. I need to be here, at Western with these new people, these new classes filled with these new opprotunities. It is my turn to grow and I am taking every advantage of it. And to make things easier on me, I have piece of mind in knowing that that boy I love, Joshua Hunter Lewis, yea he is coming here next year and

I.

Can't.

Wait.

That's all for now.

With lots of love & best wishes,

Jen