fall quarter...check

I'm done with my first quarter of freshmen year, waaaaa hoooo. My finals went well and now Im packing to go home which is again the weirdest thing and this time even weirder cause Im going home for three weeks. I kinda feel like I'm moving out. And I dont really know how to pack for three weeks at home so of course I have sooo much stuff, just in case... Its crazy that we are done with this quarter. In some ways it feels like we just moved in yesterday and in some ways it feels like we've been here forever. Man its been soooo great, I freaking love this place so so so much, its perfect and everything I hoped for it to be. I sent emails to the provost and Father Engh this morning saying thanks for getting me here...if it weren't for them I wouldnt be here, who knows how life would be. But this is amazing and I love it.

I'm a little unsure about going home. I mean Im sooo excited. Kali and Molly are picking me, Zachy and I are going skiin Sunday, Katie gets home Monday and I get lots of time with Tiff and everyone else. Im stoked, its gonna be a blast. It'll just be weird being away from here. But I think it will probably fly by. And be really really fun. I'm sooooo excited for the snow. And home, my own space will always be something to look forward to there.

I LOVE that I love it here and am excited to go home and then excited to come back, its freaking fantastic sooo fantastic it makes my toes wiggle :)

Tuesday night Hayley and I went to the Nutcracker in San Francisco, it was amaazzzinng. The costumes were soo cool and the dancing was great and the theater was sooo huge and gorgous. We were really freaking far away but it didnt matter one bit. It was a feel good experience, made me think of RYLA and mi familia a lot. Just like people who are so good at that sharing their talent with an audience of people in awe. It was great. And its sooo neat that San Francisco is so close and we can go there and do that. Plus it helps a lot that Jes is there so we could just stay with him. It was awesome :)

My camera was stolen (I think) keep your fingers crossed that maybe it will find its way back. Its really frustrating. First of all Im just blown away that someone would come into my room and open my drawer and take my camera out. Plus they left the charger and the cord so they cant do much with it but we have searched everywhere and I know it was in that drawer on Sunday. It blows my mind that people have it in them to do that, I always just expect people to be good and trustworthy, and I guess they might not always be, too bad. I think it also might be a little bit of a small town thing. A couple nights ago I was watching the news at the gym and there were something like 10 different deaths in San Jose just in one day and I was just soooo blown away. Thats when I realized how sheltered I've been. Of course you hear about all the crime and violence but I guess I never thought it was real, its insane, blows my mind. And I guess the camera thing is a little similar, ughh. Its also frustrating cause there are sooo many people here who are loaded who could easily just buy a new camera, but they had to steal from the poor girl who will now stress about how in the world I can afford a new camera. I dunno its all around a frustrating situation. I'm still hoping we'll find it or someone will return it.

Anyways, im excited to be home. Sad to be leaving this world. Ready for Scotty to be home. And so ready for the snow :)

I have so much to love, and everyday I remember that, something like a camera being stolen cant bog me down, it'll just teach me to ALWAYS lock my door, you never know whos around.

Goodbye fall quarter of freshmen year, hello winter time at home :)

Bring me some snow would ya?