Monday, September 22, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
week in review
This week was pretty exciting -- on Monday, we went to a Beatles Tribute Band concert. There were so many hippies there! I fit right in! This is a picture of us being superfans after the 15 minute rendition of 'Hey Jude'.
On Wednesday, we went to the Graduate Studies New Student Dinner. Usually, it's pretty fun . . . but I had to give a short welcome speech. I tripped on the way up to the podium, but it wasn't like there was a thousand people there. Oh wait, there was :) At least I have a new embarrassing moment story to share. The speech itself went okay -- I didn't have any major snafus for the rest of the evening until I was drawing tickets for a scholarship prize. The first three I drew were duds, so I decided to mix things up. The cage that had the tickets in it wasn't as sturdy as a previously imagined, so it almost crashed when I tried to spin it. I heard an audible gasp when it started teetering . . . but the ticket I drew belonged to a girl from Casper, WY, where I was born and most of my dad's family lives. All's well that ends well, right?
On Thursday, I was more relaxed than at the beginning of the week. I challenged Cody to a sweet game of Chairs. I borrowed it from my internship supervisor, Cody thought it was pointless, then he started building a tower. It got pretty high, but crashed in the end.
On Friday, the GSS (aka my employer) sponsored a giant BBQ for all of the grad students at BYU. It went surprisingly well, considering Cody got sent on a wild goose chase for serving spoons and the band didn't show up until fifteen minutes before they were supposed to start playing.
On Saturday, we went to the BYU game. It was amazing! Our voices were gone about five minutes into the second quarter, which is understandable since our boys scored three times within five minutes :) I also got a pretty raw sunburn. Who gets burned in mid-September? Seriously! You can kind of see it in this picture (I am holding my pasty white underarm up for comparison) . . . but I was the recipient of much sympathy at church today, so I'm thinking I look pretty beat up.
On Wednesday, we went to the Graduate Studies New Student Dinner. Usually, it's pretty fun . . . but I had to give a short welcome speech. I tripped on the way up to the podium, but it wasn't like there was a thousand people there. Oh wait, there was :) At least I have a new embarrassing moment story to share. The speech itself went okay -- I didn't have any major snafus for the rest of the evening until I was drawing tickets for a scholarship prize. The first three I drew were duds, so I decided to mix things up. The cage that had the tickets in it wasn't as sturdy as a previously imagined, so it almost crashed when I tried to spin it. I heard an audible gasp when it started teetering . . . but the ticket I drew belonged to a girl from Casper, WY, where I was born and most of my dad's family lives. All's well that ends well, right?
On Thursday, I was more relaxed than at the beginning of the week. I challenged Cody to a sweet game of Chairs. I borrowed it from my internship supervisor, Cody thought it was pointless, then he started building a tower. It got pretty high, but crashed in the end.
On Friday, the GSS (aka my employer) sponsored a giant BBQ for all of the grad students at BYU. It went surprisingly well, considering Cody got sent on a wild goose chase for serving spoons and the band didn't show up until fifteen minutes before they were supposed to start playing.
On Saturday, we went to the BYU game. It was amazing! Our voices were gone about five minutes into the second quarter, which is understandable since our boys scored three times within five minutes :) I also got a pretty raw sunburn. Who gets burned in mid-September? Seriously! You can kind of see it in this picture (I am holding my pasty white underarm up for comparison) . . . but I was the recipient of much sympathy at church today, so I'm thinking I look pretty beat up.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
my happiest moment
on Friday . . . . "Hey Lark, what if Jessie & I came out for the football game tomorrow?"
on Saturday . . .
on Sunday . . . . "I got asked to Homecoming!"
on Monday . . . . "It's like I have a whole new wardrobe!"
on Tuesday . . . . "We're finished!"
***BONUS POINTS IF YOU CAN NAME WHO SAID EACH THING***
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
out of the mouths of babes
So, I've started my fall internship off with a bang -- meaning I have done hearing screenings at three elementary schools in the area. Sometimes things get monotonous, but I thought I'd share some highlights:
Me: I'm going to put these headphones on your ears now.
1st grade girl: I have holes in my ears because they are pierced.
Me: Hi! What's your name?
6th grade boy: Bobby (which isn't his real name). I need to teach you something before we start.
Me: Okay . . .
Boy (doing weird motions with his hands): In alien sign language, this means 'we come in peace'; this means 'we come in war'; and this means 'we come to eat ice cream'.
Snotty 5th grade girls after surveying the other ladies doing hearing screenings: I want her (me!) to do mine.
As soon as I finished with one kid, the whole group of them would raise their hands and wave them around like they were trying to fly or something. Weird!
9th grade girl rubbing her head: Ow!
I had just pulled out a wad of her hair when I took the headphones off. Whoops :)
Me: Hi! What's your name?
3rd grade girl: Clarissa. But you can call me Chloe.
Monday, August 25, 2008
finally
After three months of strenuous effort, I finally claimed the top score on the table tilt balance game on Wii Fit.
Friday, August 22, 2008
that's your . . .
This afternoon the two kids upstairs came down to get a tour of our apartment (translation: they wanted some candy). I made them suffer through a drawn-out tour before I gave them 3 M&Ms each -- I will not be mistaken for a pushover :) One of the pictures out our wall is:
I asked the little girl who she thought my mom was -- without missing a beat, she answered: "That's your sister!" and wouldn't believe it was my mom.
I think out of all of the picture of us together, this is the one where we look most alike. I've always thought I looked more like my dad & his family. When I came to school & people met my mom and not my dad, they always said that my mom & I looked exactly alike. I never believed them though . . . . until I saw this picture.
I asked the little girl who she thought my mom was -- without missing a beat, she answered: "That's your sister!" and wouldn't believe it was my mom. I think out of all of the picture of us together, this is the one where we look most alike. I've always thought I looked more like my dad & his family. When I came to school & people met my mom and not my dad, they always said that my mom & I looked exactly alike. I never believed them though . . . . until I saw this picture.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
sigh . . .
I got a Utah driver's license today. And I don't know how I feel about it . . . I kind of want to cry uncontrollably like the little girl upstairs who is screaming "I had a horrible, horrible, horrible day!"
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