BYU! BYU! BYU! YAY!!!!!!

I'm in PROOOOOOOOVO!!! But that's not where my week began, so let's start from the beginning:

I guess I really haven't written since Cumorah, so here's a quick update: A few days after we got back I got another assignment from the temp agency to work for Catholic Health East processing invoices. It was a real blessing that I found a job, but it was sometimes hard to be grateful. I've learned that I hate spending 8 hours of my day in front of a computer processing invoices. It sucks the soul right out of me. Towards the end I was making tally marks on a little scrap of paper for every hour I had left at work and coloring them in. Finally, although it seemed it would never happen, I filled in the last mark!!!

After that I had a few blissful days at home to get ready for school and spend some time with my family. I finished my dress except for the sleeves, printed out my cookbook, finished 1000 years of German Literature (that's a book my Professor lent me), went shopping, saw the dentist... all that good stuff. Tues. night Rachel and I spontaneously organized a picnic with Crosby and Camilie... we got some rotisserie chicken, potato salad, and Crosby brought some delicious cookies :-). We talked, laughed, swung on the swings, and ate good food. Need I say more? Well, that wasn't the end of the night. Rachel and I went back to her house where Laura and Cara were waiting for us. Soon we were all settled down to watch a movie with a nice bowl of homemade caramel popcorn (thanks sis. Jorgensen ;-)). Of course we talked for an hour or more (probably more) after that about our lives, and eventually went to sleep. Wednesday evening the Ebelings came over for Laura's birthday dinner of chicken cordon bleau (also homemade :-)) and a trip to Zwahlens, one of the best ice cream places ever!

Thursday morning my alarm rang at 4:10. After saying a few last goodbyes and shoving my luggage into the car, Mom took me to the airport. It was hard to say goodbye. I watched a beautiful sunrise while I was waiting in the airport, and the flight went smoothly. Robyn was there to pick me up, and I spent a few hours at the Lee's house eating some delicious food, talking with my cousins and helping Granny get gmail (it's very exciting!). They set me off with food and love, and I was ready for college to begin again! Two of my roomates were already there, and they helped me carry in a few of my things. I was so tired that I was extremely talkative, so we chatted in German while I unpacked my things. I love the new apartment. It's spacious, modern, and clean! The girls are very sweet... now I've met everyone... Angela, Jen, Kelly, Allyson and Laura!

The next morning I bought my books, got a locker in the library, talked with Professor Kelling, did a tiny bit of shopping and went to visit Erin, Natalie in Cami in their new apartment. Sadly, they live on the other side of campus in both directions, but it was a lovely walk. We baked cookies and talked over old times (freshman year seems like it was ages ago). Natalie took me home on her scooter, and I must say that her driving skills are much improved!

Saturday morning we had RF orientation. It sounds like it will be a litte more demanding then I thought, but still managable. I met the other German RFs... they're all native, which is slightly intimidating, but they're very nice. There's one for each apartment: Pat and Jens for the boys' apartments, then Christine, Maya and I for the girls'. After the meeting we went shopping for some food for the week. For some reason the idea of buying food for 30 people scared me, and I called mom for help and moral support. I decided on a menu, and luckily it proved to be a little easier to buy all that food than I thought it would be. We had another short meeting (just the German RFs), then we were free to go. Meg from Hill Cumorah called and said she was in town, so she came over and we walked around the temple grounds together. It was so good to do some catching up and just relax for a while. After she left I folded some cranes with Kelly and Jen, then we talked for a long time till we got to the silly stage and it was definitely time for bed.

Well, that's everything so far. Hope you're doing well!

Love,
Margaret