Journal writing and blogging both share one unfortunate problem. If you fall behind at all, your next entry has to cover so much that you don't have the time to write it, so you don't. And then you fall even farther behind and the probability that you will ever find time to catch up becomes less and less. So I'm going to try not to let this stop me from posting. I'm going to leave the catching up to Reed haha. He would like to do a big blogpost about the holidays going all the way back to Halloween so I'm gonna let him take the reigns on that one and I will stick to writing updates.
Right now, Reed and I are just getting settled into our new school schedule. I wish I could say that my last semester at BYU was going to be an easy one but unfortunately it is not looking that way. The good news is though that I no longer have to take a math class! As you know, I took French 101 here at BYU before I left to France as a nanny. Since then I haven't really been involved with the French classes. This semester I needed some credits so I signed up for French 102. I went in to speak with the professor in french to make sure he thought I could still handle the class even though it has been so long since I took 101. He said he actually thought I should be in a much upper level class so he asked me to take the placement exam. I did reluctantly even though I thought I was really going to embarrass myself. Well there are 4 levels in the placement exam: 101, 102, 201 and above 300. In order to test into the 300 level, one has to score a 403...and I scored a 636! The French department was blown away. Especially since I didn't really even do very well in French 101 haha. They said they have never had that happen. So they obviously wanted to move me up into the 300 level classes but I found out that if I took french 202 it would count as a math credit so they let me take that :). Yahoo! Reed is probably actually happier than I am about this as he was dreading living with the high-stressed miserable person I become when having to deal with numbers :)
Reed is keeping himself really busy as well. He is on this engineering team competing in some kind of tower-building competition in February. He will be leaving me for 4 days! Wah :(. I guess that sounds like a pretty pathetic complaint to people like Reed's sister who is losing her honey to the marines for a matter of months. But I'm still really dreading it. After living all summer without him I resigned myself to never having to drop him off at the airport without me ever again. Even if only for 4 days, it doesn't bring back pleasant feelings :(. But I'm proud of him and all the hard work he is putting into this and his schoolwork. He is really trying to build up his resume and it's becoming quite impressive!
We do have a little time for some hobbies though. We are having a great time with our new popcorn machine! Haha just trying to figure out the perfect recipe. We also have gotten really into cooking. Fondues, hot wings, hawaiian pork, beef brisket, new pastas etc. It's a lot of fun to make and eat but no fun to clean up...opposition in all things I suppose. However, I did get really cute apron from Reed's mom for Christmas so that at least makes me feel cute and flirty while doing the less fun work in the kitchen :).
Well I have no pictures with this post so that makes it lame but Reed will be putting up TONS of photos pretty soon to make up for my follies.
Natali, the update was great! It was fun hearing all about what you two are up to. I'm glad you like the apron! and I didn't think your post was at all lame!
ReplyDeleteLoved the update Nat- Keep up the blogging.
ReplyDeleteHey Natali, hope you semester is great. good luck. I love new recipes if you find some great one's email 'em my way.
ReplyDeleteI was watching a movie the other day with french people and in the movie they were saying how the French language is the most beautiful. no point. just reminded me of you.