Year 2008 Review

This year has been quite an adventure. I have been at the University of New Mexico for three semesters now, and every semester is different from the next. I'm currently a Sophomore majoring in Languages, and I love every minute of it. Last spring I took French, German, Psychology, Physics, and Survey of Mathematics. At the time, I also got a job at Super Suppers working 15 hours while going to school for 16 hours, which was pretty hard for me. My job was tons of fun, though, because I got to work with food, and everybody who works there went to high school with me so we all knew each other pretty well.

Last summer was pretty eventful. I took French and English, I crashed my car, I went to my first baseball game of my own accord, I discovered I can fit in a dryer, and I went to Arizona for my brother's wedding.

This past semester I took German, Philosophy, Piano, Yoga, Bowling, and two French classes, but I only worked at Super Suppers on the weekends. I moved out of my mom's house in August just before school started, and I now live in a house with three music majors (fun stuff) who all go to the University of New Mexico as well. On the weekends, I stay at my mom's house on the other side of town because my job is over there, and I like the Singles Ward better than the one by the University. Living on my own has been an interesting experience. My roommates are never home (again, they're music majors) so I spend a lot of time alone with the two cats.

One time, I had to break into the house through the kitchen window because I forgot my keys, nobody was home, and I really needed the bathroom. (Also, the landlords that live next door weren't home.) The kitchen window is five feet up, but it's the only one that's ever left open. I had to stack a chair on top of two tables to get in, but I felt a small sense of accomplishment afterwords.

The landlords are the grandparents of one of my roommates (Laura), and they are really sweet people. Laura's grandma always brings us raspberries from their yard and pizza from Costco. I ride my bike to school (about 1.5 miles) every day because, as I already mentioned, I crashed my car at the beginning of last summer. Besides the cold, I really like riding my bike better than I ever liked driving. (I actually hate driving.) That's basically it for this year, however, I do expect many more exciting changes for next year.

Super Suppers is not doing very well, and I have lost my job as a result. I'll be looking for a new job so I can stay with my roommates, but we'll see what happens. I've already registered for classes, and I'll be starting next week. I'm taking French, German, Latin, Piano, Modern World Languages, and Living World Religions. The one thing I'm most excited about for year 2009, though, is that I'm going to be an Aunt in February.