A Busy but Fun Second Week

I have had an eventful second week. Not surprisingly, I've been pretty busy with homework, especially at the beginning of the week. I had to make graphs in Excel for stats, and took me FOREVER! This resulted in my getting behind with reading for other classes, particularly English. My professor was back Monday, so now I have to stay on top of my short stories. Fortunately, I got all my assignments done when I needed to get them done (:

On Thursday, I submitted my Workshop Leader Application. If you don't go to UP, you are probably wondering what a Workshop Leader is. For the first 10 weeks of the year, the freshman take a no-credit class where they learn things like studying for tests, transportation, campus life, registration, and other information that is important in being a college student. These workshops are taught by upper class students, and the students in the workshop share a class (the people in my workshop were in my communications class). I just had to answer a lot of questions and get three recommendations (RA, com. professor, workshop leader). I'll have my interview next month, but I won't find out if I got the position until March. Wish me luck!

On Friday, my friend Megan left for the Netherlands. She's going to be an au pair there for a year. She is one of my closest friends and I'm sad that I won't get to see her when I come home for breaks. ): She has been trying to get an au pair job for over a year, so I'm really happy that she finally found a job. She's not going to have a phone, but we'll keep in touch via Facebook and email.

Yesterday I went downtown to Llyod Center with some friends. The Llyod Center is a huge mall in downtown Portland with many fabulous stores, plus a food court, movie theater, and an ice skating rink. Our first stop was Claire's, where my friend Dana got her ears pierced. My friend MacKenzie also bought me a crown and sash that I'm going to wear on my birthday (I'll have pictures for my birthday next week).


When I woke up this morning, I looked outside my window to see SNOW! It was just an inch, but it was so pretty and an unusual sight for this Cali girl. Here's what it looks like from my room.


Anyways, my birthday is on Thursday and my family is coming here on Saturday. I'll have more to say about these events then. Until next time!