Oregon welcomed me home with some nice rain...

I know, I know it’s been forever since I’ve updated this. I was going to do it before I started spring break, but then I figured it would give me something to do over spring break and never got around to it. Bear with me while I try to remember the interesting things that have happened in the last month and a half.

The Dance Ensemble Concert was a ton of fun. Mom arrived a little later than we thought, and when I got back from Micro Lab, Liz and Billy were waiting for me in my room. I was surprised to see them (as was my roommate) because I really had no idea they were planning on coming out. Apparently they are good at keeping things a secret. So I gave the three of them a tour of campus since it’s changed a bit since Liz and Billy were here and we spent a while in the new meteorology building and talking to Professor Uehling. Then I took them to the nursing building and introduced them to the “patients” that we have there. They were a little creeped out by the mannequins I think, but they understood a little more of what I do, I think. Brett joined us for dinner at Kelsey’s (I don’t suggest dancing on a stomach full of steak, not the best choice) and I think after he got over the surprise of seeing Liz and Billy it all went really well. Everyone watched the show that night and got the privilege of seeing one of the girls fall flat on her face, which sadly for her, was probably the highlight of the show. Mom’s the only one who has seen me dance before so it was a whole new world for everyone else. The best part of our show is the variety involved in it. And the fact that it doesn’t take a half a hour in between dances to set up and tear down. The rest of the weekend went by really fast and I enjoyed getting to spend some time with the family. I also learned that one of Billy’s college friends now weighs “16 Oscars” and that your tolerance really does go down once you leave school.

The week before Spring Break was hell- 4 tests, 2 projects and a presentation due, and I only have 5 classes. Needless to say, I was ready for break when it arrived.

I flew home Friday, the 29th, and drove out to the beach to join Mom on the RHCC Women’s Retreat early Saturday morning. The weather was surprisingly good for the coast this time of year, and I loved going from ugly Indiana straight out to the gorgeous coastline. I really am convinced that Indiana is God-forsaken land.

The last two weeks have been pretty uneventful. I’ve seen a couple of my friends, but most of them are still at school since our break is so much earlier than everyone else’s. Mostly I’ve been spending time at church getting ready for the summer and helping to find a new High School Pastor. I’ll explain more about my summer plans another time.
I did run into Ryan at church on Sunday and had coffee with him yesterday morning. Holy crap, so much has changed. Sadly, not for him- he’s still doing what he was doing when we graduated high school. He broke up with Stephanie about two weeks ago and is enjoying “single life” for the first time in almost 3 years. It was strange because I felt like I had so much going on in my life, and so much has changed for me, that I didn’t really know what to talk to him about. I felt like I’m moving on in life and he’s just standing still watching everyone else leave. Otherwise he’s good, I guess. While it was good to see him and catch up since we hadn’t really talked since we broke up, I don’t see myself becoming friends with him- we don’t have anything in common. It’s not that I dislike him, or want to be sure that I don’t run into him, but when you come home as little as I do, it takes a lot of effort to remain friends with people, and I just don’t see that happening with him. I could be wrong- I guess we’ll see.

I should probably go finish cleaning my room and packing to go back to school. Hope all is well with everyone else.

Love and miss-