Just a warning this is a lot longer than I had planned on....
So I had a dilemma in choosing between what class to take next semester: Piano or German. Well considering I have to be a full time student and have 3 credits to fill for graduation it became a hard decision....lol, I know youre thinking that's an easy choice...I want to learn more piano yet the class is given at a completely inconvenient time (4-5pm...no thanks, I have to work!!) So I decided to pick up some German. I figured it shouldn't interfere with my Spanish, Italian or Portuguese because it is not a romance language and more like English anyway. This is all in preparation for Brian and my trip to Europe (is that grammatically correct?)....which has sadly been postponed for next summer-ish. We decided it would be best to just focus on school stuff (since Brian has to take some summer classes). So as a graduation present we will go off and backpack through Europe, sometime after graduation. Since we graduate in December we think we may go during March, if people are in school it means less tourists!
As of right now I am learning to speak Italian in Italian class and Portuguese in Portuguese class...yet sometimes I am catch myself talking Italian in Portuguese class and vice versa. I think I have Spanish down, so that one is safe for now.... I know I am crazy for taking 3 different language classes, yet next semester will be 4 different language classes. But I am completely enthralled by languages and how people communicate using different sounds and gestures which make up a language. Anyway, I am excited for German and hope to keep it up post-graduation...maybe I'll go back to school and study linguistics...nah. I think I will stop here. Yet, I am considering graduate school, although it will be along the lines of a Secondary Education M.A. or even Internation Education or TESOL M.A. interest me....we will see.
A Brian update is that he is happily ALMOST done with school, he is ready to move onto more school, well graduate school/dental school, so far it looks like we are going to graduate so that is good. We decided to apply to some dental schools early just in case....if he got accepted he would not graduate and just jump on into dental school. But now it is looking like he will graduate and then go into dental school. So that is usually what is done but we just wanted to get his name out and familiarize ourselves with the whole application process (which sucks and costs a ton of money, by the way haha). He is excited to almost be done and ready to move into something he is more passionate about...teeth! haha.
Just a little update, last week, Brian decided to take his Scouts out to Peppersauce Caves (since he is scoutmaster). Brian and his scouts went through the caves and loved it! Except for the part where Brian found a small hole and decided to go into it and got stuck. Yeah, my camera was in his pocket....sadly, it was smashed :(
Hrmo. Amezquita carrying a "Mousey" down haha
Cleaning after breakfast
Ronny
Well since Brian was gone, I was left home alone....Considering I HATE being home alone I had only a few options....
a. hang out by myself, b. hang out with friends or c. go home.
I decided to go home because I had already cleaned the house (we had the missionaries over for dinner last week), I had finished most of my homework, and I really didn't have any friends to hang out with. So I went home for the night and hung out with my parents! We actually had a lot of fun and got many things done! It was a good weekend!
By the way, I was asked to play piano in church Sunday and I was so nervous that I forgot the hymn I was playing hahaha. My hands were all shaky in the first & second verse but I redeemed myself for the verse 3 & 4, and dominated the closing hymn....you can ask Brian how stressed I was the night before when they told me I was going to play the next morning.
Well, on Veteran's Day off we went BACK to Glendale, and I got a hair cut! Lanie cut off like 6 inches (maybe more???) and it is shorter now! And I like it, so pretend you do too!!! Also, my mom made a big colombian dinner and Andy and Lanie came over to eat followed by Liz and Daniel it was really nice to see everyone, but we missed Kirsten (and Mark !)
Missionary update:
John was transfered and is now in San Luis Obispo ( 1 hour from San Francisco), where there is lots of hills and he has to ride a bike . He really likes it there, it is a very wealthy area so I imagine that being a missionary there is hard....yet he has a lot of investigators he is teaching, and is starting to really immerse himself in the Lord's work.
Jonathan was transferred as well and is in various small towns on the outskirts of London. Right now he lives in Deal, Kent (he can see the France shoeline from his flat). He is driving (stick shift, with your left hand on the opposite side of the road). He drives a Vauxhall Mervia...
haha!! Anyway, he is speaking English again in this area and just opened it up with his new companion from Utah. He is teaching a lot of investigators he is teaching right now.
