Well Helllllllo there!

So this is my first OFFICIAL personal post... ya know, the first that isn't REQUIRED. :-) So right now I am watching the UNI basketball game on TV.  They are in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament this weekend, and as of right now they are winning.  I don't want to jinx it. So I thought this would be a perfect time to write! So far this semester has really flown by.  I've had a great semester in and our of the classroom so far, so I hope that keeps up. Many of my classes are full of work, and I have one class that is really difficult and requires a lot of my attention.  That class is Phonology, which is all about the sounds of the English language.  Yeah, fun right? Everytime Lee and I do homework together, which is nearly 3-4 times a week, I am always making noises, as I am trying to hear the individual sounds that our wonderful language makes.  It drives Lee nuts.  So sometimes I do it just because. ;-)

I am definitely going to ITALIA this summer.  I need to buy my airline tickets this week and give Study Abroad lots of my information, and some more of my money. Oh well, I'm really excited to be abroad for an extended period of time.  I think I will grow a lot from the experience and I will gladly enjoy every single moment of it.  Oh and I will take tons and tons of photos so you all can see what fun things I did and saw.   

Another update in my life... some of my know this, some of you don't- but in the middle of the semester in the Fall, I was hired as an RA (Resident Assistant) in one of the halls on campus.  It was just one of the many wonderful things that happened in October last year.  I was really nervous when I accepted the job, since the staff I was entering seemed very close with each other.  However, when I started, I realized that I fit in perfectly with them. It has been wonderful.  I have met so many great people, many of them who will be life-long friends, I'm sure.  The staff that I'm on is like my family away from home.  I also have an awesome floor, which makes my job even better! They are all so nice and kind.  

Well, it's halftime now, so I really should try to get some sort of homework done before the second half begins.  Hope all of your lives are going well.  Please keep me up-to-date because I miss you all! 

Love, 

Emily

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson