Wow... busy week, but so much fun!
I don't have much time, so I'll go for the highlights. Wednesday we started the waltz in 380. I love waltzing and am so sad we don't do Viennese waltz in the fall curriculum (I'll just have to to take 380 again in the winter :-)). In German 320 I gave a presentation about the German perspective on our elections that went pretty well, and after classes were over I picked up the 330 tests at the testing center to grade. In the evening Tanner took me to World of Dance. World of Dance, for those of you who aren't familiar with BYU dancing events, is a showcase of all the dance teams and the amazing, awesome things they do. My favorite dances were definitely the Viennese waltz by the ballroom company, the clogging team and then another one and I'm not even sure which team it was by. It was hilarious... they were all dressed in neon suits and they used exercising mats in ways I never would have imagined.
Thursday I attended an internship/study abroad fair, which has gotten me very excited about study abroad. I spoke with Professor McFarland from the German department and he told me to come see him so we could talk about getting an ORCA grant set up for me... that's where you set up a research project that correlates with you study abroad and they pay $1,500 to help you finance it. Then, if I can get a spring/summer scholarship (I think my GPA is good enough for a full tuition one) that will also go towards the trip and take care of tuition. I'm going to talk to him hopefully on Monday... we'll see what happens.
Friday I got the tests finished and handed them back (always a relief). It was odd not to have anything planned. Allyson got a call from a friend of hers from her stake at home, and he invited her to the October fest on campus. She didn't want to go alone, so I accompanied her. We got there just in time to dance the last dance... or not dance the last dance. We were both out of practice since we've discovered the superior pleasures of ballroom dancing to jumping around to music (this can still be fun too, just not as fun). When that was over we watched a movie and went to bed (late :-)).
Saturday I got lots of homework done which was good. For the evening Tanner and I had planned a double date with one of my roommates Laura and one of his friends Jason. The plan was to do a cooking duel (iron chef competition), but we ended up just working together to make a beautiful delicious meal... pasta with sauteed mushrooms, onions and sausage, a fruit platter, fresh tomatoes and mozzarella cheese with chocolate chip cookies for dessert (I had made those in advance). That was followed by a nice long game of charades. Later Tanner came back over and we took a walk to enjoy the last little bit of summer. We ran through the sprinklers, relished a thunder storm, watched the moon rise, rolled down a hill and found shapes in the clouds. Why are weekends always so short?
Today I was officially called as the Relief Society compassionate service coordinator, which means I make sure that all the girls in my ward have their needs met and if not I organize service to help them. I'm also supposed to organize some community service projects. It should be very good for me, but also a challenge.
That's all for now. Hope to hear from you soon and that you have a wonderful sabbath!
Love,
Margaret
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