September 16, 2007

This morning I slept in and as soon as I woke up I began a day of homework! I did reading for class, took notes for Mental Health, proofread a paper, and organized my plans for the week. I also got caught up on emails and I talked to Dad for a bit…it was the first time we could talk for twenty minutes without getting cut off or frozen on Skype. I took a break from homework to write a thank you note, because I was awarded a scholarship last week! It was really exciting because I had replied to an email about being interested in a scholarship and within the hour I was notified that I was awarded it! I didn’t have to formally apply or anything…it was happy news and a great way to start last weekend! So the thank you is written and on the way to the donators! After lunch Christy and I got together to put our poster presentation together and it was such a great feeling to get that done early in the day. Brenna and I made a quick run to the market so I could pick up a quick gift! For dinner tonight we all had a group dinner…Carries specialty of spaghetti casserole SAS (South African Style). Carrie cooked the noodles, Katherine grated the cheese, I grilled the chicken and made the salad, while Laura, Brenna, and Kasy made the dessert and set the tables complete with flowers! We brought both of our tables into the other apartment and all sat like a family around all scrunched together while the food was placed on an ironing board so people could go through the line! What was really funny was that we don’t have any room in our kitchens, so we had noodles boiling in each apartment and kept running food back and forth! All in all it was a great dinner! All of us girls were there together: Katherine, Ashley, Carrie, Laura, Leslie, Christy, Brenna, Kasy, Tonya, Denise, me, and Tate also joined us and was pleasant company! It was a fun last minute meal! Now it’s time to do a little more homework and it’s to bed early tonight!