Monday, December 10, 2012

Hello Winter Break

Hello!

It has been quite a while since I posted last. School and work kept me entirely occupied.

It was a rather difficult semester, and I am so thrilled that it is FINALLY over. I am NOT looking forward to receiving my grades. I kind of lost focus through the semester, but I hope it doesn't show too much. Next semester I am continuing with Chemistry and taking Chem 120. I will start my Physics classes (finally!) and I will be taking Phys 110. I'll jump into Linear Algebra with Math 220, and then I will have my first online class- Econ 102. It should be a "fun" semester, but I am in absolutely no hurry for this break to be over. Enough about school though....

I feel like a lot has happened since my last post, but maybe I will just include some highlights.

I spent about the last two weeks of October sick. Some how I managed to catch the bug that was going around. This unfortunately made me miss both the Tyler Lundin Blood Drive and the social dance I was going to participate in. At least I felt much better by the time Halloween rolled around, because I had a blast! I don't get trick-or-treaters at my house because I live on a private dirt road so this time around, I joined a friend in her housing development.  All of the kids with their costumes were absolutely adorable! I loved it! Handing out candy to all the adorable princesses, and ninjas, and supermen was way more fun than trick-or-treating as a child. I cannot wait to do it again.

It feels like we zoomed through November. Some highlights...hmmm....

I went snowboarding for the first time! Now THAT was an experience! I took a Sunday off work, and joined some coworkers up at Mt. High for a day of snowboarding. Thankfully I was able to borrow not only a board, but bindings and boots from a friend so I did not have to pay for a rental. I only did 4 runs, but I felt like I accomplished quite a bit! Thankfully my friend stuck by me the whole time and taught me how to snowboard. I ate a ton of crap, but by the end I was kind of getting the hang of it. As expected, I was pretttyyy sore the next few days. Especially my arms! It was a toooon of fun, and I cannot wait to do it again! Here is a cheesy picture collage of the few photos I took that day.


Thanksgiving was great. Just spent the day with family, and I had my friend join us this year. It was a beautiful day, and we did have a lot to be thankful for! We don't do the whole "Black Friday" thing, so Friday was well spent. It also happened to be my birthday. Well...me and my twin's birthday. He had to work all day, but we were able to go out to dinner as a family. If you haven't seen my twin (or me) here is a photo. I brought him a shake on our birthday :] 


Since I am posting all sorts of photos, I will add some more. I had my third semester (and last) in Ceramics at AVC. I feel like I have really come a long way. It definitely was not my most productive semester, but I am pleased with my new techniques and accomplishments. All of these pieces were made on the wheel (with the exception of the mask). Mr. Sim enjoyed all but one, so I am hoping that I get an A! When I get a chance, I will photograph all of these individually so you can get a closer look. Those pictures will be added to my ceramics photo album on Facebook. I will definitely miss this class in the future! Maybe some day I can afford a pottery wheel...and then a kiln! Someday! (When I'm rich! ;] )

They may look small, but they're not! ;]

November ended well aaaaand now it is December. The weather has been strange, but I think it is finally beginning to cool down. Let's hope! I am very much looking forward to Winter Break. I will still be working, but that is okay! I don't have any big plans, but it should be fun. 

On a completely unrelated note, I saw a hilariously true video on YouTube about Instagram. Hopefully you're aware of what Instagram is, because I won't be explaining it. I have to admit, I do have an account, and I can be guilty of some of these cliches they're calling out in the video. It's all pretty fun :] The parody is sung to Nickelback's "Photograph" tune. Hope you enjoy! Instagram Parody 

Have a great week! ♥

~Marcea