people-watching in the library

usher's song "yeah" makes me want to bust out some really awful white-girl moves! moves even worse than on the movie hitch... but w/ a smile on my face of course, b/c i tell you what, if i'm going to dance horribly, i'm going to dance horribly w/ style!

hmmm... am sitting in the library now in a really comfy chair that has more of a soothing, relaxing quality to me than a "hey, get to work" quality. and maybe that's why i'm blogging right now while i should be writing this paper that's due tomorrow at noon. but there's one great thing about where this chair is-- i can totally people watch-- and i'm pretty sure that about a quarter of the class is in here just getting started on this paper. frickin' a! at least i've already sat down to work on it, huh! never mind the fact that i haven't gotten any farther than typing my name on a word document... but at least i have that. pretty sure some college students even forget to do that much. so i'm pretty on top of things.

i'm pretty sure that this morning was another one of those "God is really too good to me" mornings. just w/ the way classes went and how things worked out. i'm finally caught up-- not that i don't still have a ton to do-- but at least i'm caught up from these past couple of crazy, crazy weeks. and dang, it feels good.

yesterday was the most beautiful day in the history of storm lake, at least in my opinion, based on the whole year and a half plus a couple of months that i've been here. 70 degrees, beautiful sun shining... oh it was fabulous. i soooo walked to church (w/ maurita, even-- so that was fun), totally wore a fun springtime-ish skirt (yahooooo, skirt season!!!!), and white tennis shoes. w/o socks. boy am i a crazy gal! anywho-- totally wore the capris later in the day... one thing though... was stuck on duty until 5. ick. but... still got in a walk w/ dawnielle before dinner... so that was good stuff. and wow... i'm a really boring person. so let's see here.

i answered a question correctly in special topics today. i thought that was reason to celebrate. so here goes: hoorah! also enjoyed talking online w/ jon during that time. ha, ha! blame it on the wireless laptop program... i swear it's not my fault.

lots of thoughts today about arizona. had a conversation entirely in spanish w/ somebody from there, actually... that was a blast. sure did a great job of acting like i knew what i was doing, talking (or rather, typing) in spanish. hoorah for mad spanish b.s.ing skills.

tonight was the international fair after my night class and i enjoyed numerous conversations w/ friends and acqaintances... mostly about traveling and studying abroad. turns out i have three good friends who will be studying in japan next semester. so wow... bekah, suzanne, sarah, aaron, shaun... just a few of my friends who will be studying abroad in the fall. i can tell there will be LOTS to talk about when we get back for second semester. craziness, i tell you... craziness. i can't believe it's almost here. oh... and my friend mari will be doing the multi-country program right after me in the spring, as well as another girl who just got back from a semester in spain... yeah... i'm pretty sure she just wants to go back and enjoy the nightlife over there while earning some more college credits... but to each her own, right? she'll be enjoying her 5th year of college here at bv as tuition increases about 5% per year... haha. good stuff. but anyway-- seriously-- traveling. can't say enough good stuff about it. a swope ra friend of mine said that when i get back from studying abroad i'll probably be really laidback and stuff from traveling so much and just adapting to new things all the time. i said i hope that's true b/c i don't want to be all uptight about finding a good place to live on campus and/or a roommate and whatnot... i really don't think i will be though. for once i will be absolutely cool w/ just whatever happens along those lines.

talked w/ my friend kiel today-- man has it ever been wonderful to be talking w/ him again. we used to be the best of friends in high school-- now we hardly ever see each other. spring break though-- we agreed that we'd get together and live it up a little bit. yay!

paper time. more later.