Four-Day Week

Ahh, my three-day weekend was absolutley fabulous. Friday night Sondra and I (along with some other friends we sorta know) went to "Singin' in the Rain" at the 5th Avenue Theater. We got all dressed up (I wore my new purple formal dress for the first time) and I even straightened my hair for the occasion. Which, by the way, Sondra says straight hair makes my nose ring look even cuter. :) The show was amazing! Wonderful music, incredible dancing and costumes, and even real rain and puddles on the stage during the "Singin in the Rain" number! We all agreed that it would have been rather pathetic if they didn't have real rain, since we are in Seattle and all!

Saturday morning I got up earlier, picked up Hillary and Sondra, and then we all headed up to Vancouver, British Columbia for the long weekend. Sondra and I actually dropped Hill off in Bellingham, not far from the US/Canada border, and we picked her up again Monday afternoon. Sondra, Sara, and I all stayed at Sara's house for the weekend and had a wonderful time. We slept in, hung out with our Canadian friends, had some amazing Indian food one night and went out for dessert at Death By Chocolate another night, went hot tubbing, visited the Granville Island Market, etc. The weather was beautiful the entire time we were there, so we got some great sunset and beach pictures, not to mention great pictures of Mount Baker while we were on our way home.

I just registered for classes for next quarter. I was originally going to be doing the methods quarter for Ed, but I decided to flip-flop two quarters, so I'm taking random classes that I both need and am interested in, and then all next year is going to be my methods and student teaching. So next quarter I am taking UCOR 2000 - The West and the World (required for graduation), Intermediate College Writing (easy writing class I need for my major) , American Ethnic Lit (my final lit class for Language Arts!), Human Sexuality (Women's Studies credit), and Symphonic Wind Ensemble (on scholarship). My friend Emily is in Human Sexuality with me and Dr. Fry is the most hilarious person ever, so that class is going to be a riot! I'm looking forward to next quarter. I'm going to have to take some teacher competancy tests, such as the WEST-B (Washington Educator's Skills Test - Basic) and eventually the WEST-E in order to student teach next year. But I have next quarter and the summer to do so and pass with flying colors, so I'm not worried.