Corban Happenings

Hello all! Today was my first day of classes. It was really stressful. I had a million books that I lugged to campus, but luckily I have a locker so I didn't have to take them to every class. The day started out fine with Social Psych. It's taught by Rich Meyers, who I'm sure you will remember is not my favorite teacher, but it looks like I will only have him for one class so I might retain my sanity this quarter. However getting to Social Psych was quite a task in and of itself. Me being the punctual person, I typed up my schedule earlier this summer so that I knew what classes were where at what time so that I wouldn't have to get confused by looking at the schedule and accidentally miss a class. Apparently I was a tad premature in my planning ahead, because the class room locations had changed drastically. only 1 of the 4 classes I took that day were in the original classrooms. Of course I didn't find this out until it was 10 minutes to my class, at which time I rush to the computer lab to find the right classroom. Of course, I didn't even think to check all my other classes to make sure they were in the same classrooms, so after my leisurely lunch and my Life of Christ class, I soon realize that Psych of Addiction is not in the same room either. Thus I repeat the run to the computer lab and check all my class times to make sure they are correct. I was a little late to Psych of Addiction, but the teacher is really nice and she didn't mind. Next was Theology 1 with Kersey who I really enjoy so I think that class will be great. The syllabi were rather overwhelming, but after writing down all the semester's assignments in a planner, it looks like it will be an ok semester.

Heidi got us a free washing machine, but when she did her first load of clothes, it turned out that the whole washer was VERY dirty. So much so that a couple rinse cycles didn't clean it out much. So Heidi and a couple of the guys who hang around our house (Such as May's boyfriend Kyle) took the whole thing apart and cleaned it all out. Quite a task. We just did a small load of non-essentials to test it out, and it looks like that deep clean did the trick! So, $8 on a new hot water hose, and 4 hours of manual labor later and we got a washer and a dryer! YAY.

We had our first house meeting, and with everyone's busy schedules it was the first time all 6 of us girls had been in the house at the same time other than sleeping since we all moved in! We decided to do a weekly bible study/bonding time/house meeting on Tuesday afternoons. We also divided up chores, and instead of having a wheel of chores that rotates, we are each having one chore that we do the whole semester/year. At first I was skeptical that this would be fair and work out to everyone's benefit, but one of the housemates really loves cleaning the bathroom, so that took care of that. lol. I am now the official shopper for the house. I will be buying all the essentials that everyone in the house needs and will chip in for together so that we don't all buy flour and eggs and milk and so forth. Fine with me. I don't mind that and that means I get to pick up all the dirt cheep stuff and don't have to chip in for brand name stuff! yay. The girls were all for that, and it also helps that I have Heidi's other costco card when it comes time to buy toilet paper and such.

Anyway, I think that's about it. I am gong to go triple check my schedule for tomorrow to make 105% sure that I have the right time and room number written down. As if I wasn't OCD enough already when it came to punctuality....

Here are some pics of my room :).














This is my beautiful Bed! with the canopy on it. I love it!















This is my book shelf, corner desk, and dresser area. my room's kinda tiny so it's a miracle everything fit!














Here is my full length closet which I love! It's my first ever full length closet all to myself. :)

Back at Corban

I would like to announce the return of my blog after it's Summer leave of absence. :)
I don't know why, but I never get around to blogging when I am at home. But here I am, not 12 hours in my new house, and I'm blogging again. The trip down was fairly uneventful, other than the minor detour we took to re-secure the tarp on the truck. Aunt Linda and Tom beat us down and unloaded the PT before we even arrived. We unloaded, ate lunch, and Dad and Tom put together my bed while Mom and I arranged my kitchen cupboard. :) then Aunt Linda and Tom had to get going to be back in town by 7 for Rosie's BBQ. Mom and Dad helped me continue to unpack, and Dad worked on my printer, which doesn't work :(. sad day. Sooner or later I realized that my toiletry caddy was missing, and I remembered that it must still be hiding on the floor of the back seat of the PT! A quick call confirmed this, so now I am without a few important items for a while. It's ok though cuz most of them were replaceable with a quick trip to Walmart, which I did as soon as I said goodbye to Mom and Dad around 5ish. I came back, and I had the house all to myself until around 7:30. Kinda a big house when you are all alone in it. Tonight we are going to watch a movie and then I am going to go to bed in my canopy bed!! yay! Tomorrow, I will go to church, and then we are thinking of a game of Frisbee, then maybe we will get around to a house meeting. :)

PS: Some of the girls have named the house the Sad Wow as in the All Singing All Dancing Wonder of the World. I know that it kinda sounds melancholy in black and white, but you just have to say it kinda in a chipper voice. (like the guy in the Sham Wow commercials, only WAY less annoying) :) lol. anyway I might call the house that from now on just to be quirky, and it looks like it's too late to change it cuz the name is kinda catching on. lol.

22 days until I am 20, and until Freedom!

Hey everyone! Last weekend was packed full of fun and events. On Friday night, I helped set up and sell tickets for a benefit concert for the mission team going to Africa this summer. Several of the girls going are in my hall/dorm, and I have been part of a prayer group for the Africa team. The team raised about $1,200 that night which was a huge blessing. I spent Saturday preparing for a presentation in Marriage and Family with one of my friends, Emily.
Saturday night was Roomies! I set up Heidi with one of our mutual friends, and she set me up with a Freshman named Peter Ellis. He is pretty popular and is a music major. The theme for Roomies was decades, and Peter and I dressed up in 70s attire. I didn't know he was my date until he came and knocked on my window. Apparently, Heidi set us up together through his roommate, but his roommate didn't keep it a secret from Peter, so he had known for a while, but I didn't know until about 15 minutes before we left. I sent Heidi on a little scavenger hunt just in our hall. Each clue had a letter to the guy's name in it, and at the end, she had to unscramble the letters to find out who her date was. She did this about 5:45 the night of the event. We were both pleased with our date, and we carpooled in the same car. When we got there, they tied our ankles together, and we spent the rest of the night that way. It as kind of a carnival theme, and each room was a different decade. There was Mario Cart, Price is Right, and a weird dodge ball type tournament thing. There was also this booth where you could eat gold fish (for the great depression, supposedly) and I didn't do it, but Peter did. It was kinda cool. Anyway, there was lots of stuff, and we had a good time. He is a pretty fun guy to hang out with. I signed up for classes on Monday, and I found out I don't have to take any summer classes, and I only have 16 credits a semester, as apposed to my normal 17 credit load. The classes all seem interesting. I am so looking forward to coming home this weekend, and I am looking forward to Summer, which, for me, is 22 days away! YAY for summer starting on my Birthday!

April Fools and other happenings

Hey everyone! So, if you have been trying to contact me, and have wondered why on earth I have suddenly started to ignore EVERYONE, well, the answer is simple: my phone was "dusty" and decided it was time for it's own spring break. lol. yeah, for some reason it could not receive texts or calls or sent them, but my roommate took out the battery and blew on it and tada! my phone is fixed! What would I do without Heidi? However, I thought it kinda funny that I didn't realize that anything was wrong with my phone for about 2 days! haha...apparently, I don't call or test/ receive calls and texts very often...heheh. What does that say about me? I'm not sure.

In other news, It's April Fools Day! and with trepidation, I awoke knowing that this day would be filled with.....happenings. Yesterday, my roommate spent half the night plotting what little things she could do to everyone in our hall! I knew that even though I held the high position of roommate, I would not be allowed to escape the plots, and therefore was alert of all the goings on around me. First, she put sticky stars all over Erin's room. Erin took it very well, she loves pranking, and she still has the toilet paper draped over her ceiling from the last person to prank her about 3 weeks ago! She was very excited about her stars, and the addition they made to her room.

Next she rearranged the drawers of our neighbors to the right of us. This was taken less kindly, but ended in a hug and a smile, and as they say, All's well that ends well.

Our neighbors on our left have one of those plastic drawer sets, and Heidi took all the stuff out of the bottom drawer, and filled it with water and put fish in it! I must say, this was my favorite one of her pranks, and It was also taken pretty well. It was so clever of her.

For Bonnie, she did a classic Office prank. She put her piggy bank in Jell-O! She plugged the hole on top first. Bonnie's reaction is still to-be-announced, she has mysteriously not said anything about it, even when the subject of the other hall pranks has been broached! I know she saw it though, because I saw the said piggy bank on her desk completely clean and back in it's original spot. :). Odd.....

Two of our other hall mates were pretty tricky, they lock their door if they aren't in there (for some inexplicable reason! What, do they think someone is going to sneak in and do something to their stuff? Oh, ....well, I guess that's realistic....) So, Heidi just taped pictures of monsters to their window, not too exciting.

Anyway. With all this pranking, She has not gotten around to pranking me yet....and It's making me nervous, because she said that something is coming, and she said that it wasn't necessarily going to be today, but she said I wouldn't hate her for it....so....we'll see....I'm still nervous! I kinda think it's unfair to postpone an April Fool's prank until after April Fool's Day, but that's just me. More on this when something happens!

Teresa

PS: For those of you who are worried, I was not personally involved in the planning or implementing of any of the above pranks.

Back by popular demand, I will be blogging a shocking second time this week! Might this acutally turn into a daily occurence? Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves there. Mother requested that I post pics of the cake I made for David's first birthday, and well, while I'm at it, you should post other pictures of this weekend as well. :) Sure, cuz I have nothing better to do than to blog. lol. But seriously, I really don't, and I couldn't tell her I was working on homework, cuz....I'm not. So without further ado, here is the cake, and some other adorable pictures. Thank my mom.

The four birthday people + one caregiver :). This time last year, there were only two birthdays to be celabrated at this time! Yay for new family members!

Farris Wheel Cake!

I'd like to note that I could have posted the picture of David in the bath tub, and the picture of Jonathan sleeping, but I decided that I would rather have my family talking to me.

my eccentric roommate!

So, I thought I would write a little something about my roommate, Heidi. I love how eccentric she is! For example, I came back this weekend, and she had bought a didgeridoo. At random times throughout the day, I hear this loud, weird, horn-like humming coming from her corner, and we both break out in laughter! Also, she is making sourdough, which requires this flour stuff to sit out for like days, and it makes me laugh at how unique she is! I love the random ideas she comes up with. She always has some eccentric idea or plan, or dream that she is working on. She is currently "training" to climb Mt. Shasta this summer. She has a resounding love for horses, and all living creatures, whether it is her pet tarantula (who, lucky for me, isn't and, in fact, can't be living here w/ us), or the nutria across the street that she wants to catch, she loves animals. Anyway, I just wanted to post some random pics of her and her didgeridoo, and her flour gunk. lol. :)
Heidi and her didgeridoo
Heidi and her sour bread gunk. :)