I guess I should say a little about conference weekend (last weekend) before I move on to the present. I watched the Saturday sessions with Tanner, then on Sunday I caught a bus to Sandy where I spent the day with Robyn, Granny and my cousins. After conference Granny put a scrumptious ham in the oven and about 20 people came over to participate in/witness my cousin Robert's ordination to the Aaronic priesthood. There was a wonderful spirit present as so many great men gathered around Robert to give him the priesthood and bless him. The dinner afterward was delicious... ham, salad, rolls, and some of the lightest fluffiest potatoes I've ever eaten. It was actually Robert's birthday, so we had a birthday cake, ice cream and a treasure hunt as well.
We had an excellent discussion about conference in our FHE group Monday evening. Elder Uchtdorf is now my favorite speaker of all time.
We've been doing some awesome Bolero in dance class... it's a mix of Latin and standard which makes it very unique. Then we're also working on getting waltz ready for dance sport which is coming up in about a month I think. I just love dancing! It makes me so happy...
Thursday I talked with my ORCA mentor (Professor James) again, and showed her my proposal (a solid first draft). She said I was making excellent progress, and gave me a few suggestions to change/improve what I'd written. I'm really excited about it!!
Friday I took an Hon Civilization test that I've been studying for for two weeks... It went really well I think, but it took me a good 2hrs and 45 minutes to finish. My head hurt after that, and it was swimming with people like Aristotle, Hammurabi and Cicero and the main contributions of Hellenistic society to the world. It was such a relief to watch Enchanted with Tanner afterward (he'd never seen it before). I made caramel popcorn too, which was excellent...
Yesterday I had Tanner over for breakfast. I don't know why, but I've been in a baking/cooking mood this week. The fresh steamy monkey bread with scrambled eggs was the highlight of my day. The rest of it I spent grading tests for German 330. Yeah, I'm really not a fan of grading, but it wasn't to bad this time since Herr Kelling had taken half of the tests to grade himself (I told him I didn't think I'd be able to finish them all). In the evening I went with Kelly, Pat and Brett to see a movie in the international cinema. It was edited for BYU audiences and was basically the Chinese version of Hamlet. It started snowing on the way back. Tanner and I went for a short walk in the snow, and he said something to me about being a meteorologist, which reminded me of my high school English teacher Mr. McHugh. He had an excellent extra credit policy... if we saw it snowing outside and went to him and recited the last line of James Joyce's The Dead, and we were the first ones to do it, we'd get extra credit. I managed to do this twice, and thus Mr. McHugh reccomended that I consider a career in meteorology. I did recite the line for Tanner after I told him the story.
I think that was everything... I miss you all!!!
Write soon if you can!!!
Love,
Margaret
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