Thank you thank you all for your support and love! You have helped sooo much. I know I am worrying quite a few of you right now but the fact that you guys are worrying has given me a lot of comfort. I do have some good news to tell you about my birthday. It was a wonderful day. I will give you more details hopefully tomorrow after 5. I'm a bit stressed tonight but thank you all for you love, support and prayers! It really means the world to me. Today has been a good and busy day.
Love you all!!
Valerie
Monday, September 28, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Take me home
I wish I could tell you I love college and I never want or need to go home or anything. Nope. I don't like college, I dislike being alone up here, nothing is changing, actually I've started to get some failing grades. How exciting is that? Its not that I'm not trying. I really am, but I'm failing at life. Sorry to those I'm letting down. I really am trying. Oh for those who thought college was going well based on my blog, its cause I haven't written about the many times I've broken down and cried. So can I just go home now? Any advice? Please? Hope life is good for you.
Love,
Valerie
Love,
Valerie
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Surprise!!
So, I had an exciting weekend. Friday night I went and saw My Sister's Keeper with Angela, Heather, Catie and her friend. It made me cry, many times. It was a really good movie though. It brought up interesting questions like How far are you willing to go to save your child? Is it worth it to save one child but neglect the others? It was very intriguing and it had some really sweet moments too so I can't complain.
Now Saturday is where it gets interesting. I woke up at 11:10 and needed to be at Ball Gym by 11:30. Needless to say I was late. Late for my self defense class! Actually it worked out alright, I really only missed part of the intro but I now have four ways to attack any attacker. I can elbow them on the side of the head if they come from behind, use the palm of my hand and break their nose. Smash their head/groin/stomach into my knee or if they push me down I now know how to kick effectively from the ground. I then met up with Angela and we attempted to go to Walmart. After standing at the bus stop for 30 minutes we went into her building to see if we could find someone she knew with a car. We ended up calling Emily who drove us there and we were very greatfull. We got what we needed but I went up to the jewelry counter to see if they could fix my watch which died. Turns out that my watch is too expensive therefore Walmart won't risk putting a new battery in my watch in case something goes wrong. In which case they would owe me a new watch. I don't really care I just want a working watch!!!!! We then called Sis. Noble up and she picked us up and took us back to her house where I proceeded to cook my pasta. It made me so happy!! She sent us off with some leftovers and we then preceeded to go to the Institute building for games and a meeting I had with the YSA leader but I had thought he said come between 7 and 7:45. Well at 7:20 the Stake President called me....A.K.A. I was going to be the new female YSA representative for my ward. So Angela watched me freak out on our way to the building. I get set apart next Sunday. Also apparently everyone forgot it was game night so after my meeting it was just Angela and I and the Radford's who own the home. So Angela and I played Pit which is a really fun card game and Angela absolutely dominated.
Sunday I got to talk to Sarah for an hour and it made me really really happy! So on Monday I figured out I was sick, but I didn't care very much. I chose not to go to family home evening because I figured I was contagious and also because I wanted to finish my homework so I could go to bed early. I also had a surprise on Monday, apparently the Angelus Harp Ensemble (my old ensemble) had their first rehearsal Sunday. Before I left I had given Bonnie a card and some money to buy the girls chocolate since I couldn't personally crash the rehearsal myself. This is the email that Bonnie sent me:
Now Saturday is where it gets interesting. I woke up at 11:10 and needed to be at Ball Gym by 11:30. Needless to say I was late. Late for my self defense class! Actually it worked out alright, I really only missed part of the intro but I now have four ways to attack any attacker. I can elbow them on the side of the head if they come from behind, use the palm of my hand and break their nose. Smash their head/groin/stomach into my knee or if they push me down I now know how to kick effectively from the ground. I then met up with Angela and we attempted to go to Walmart. After standing at the bus stop for 30 minutes we went into her building to see if we could find someone she knew with a car. We ended up calling Emily who drove us there and we were very greatfull. We got what we needed but I went up to the jewelry counter to see if they could fix my watch which died. Turns out that my watch is too expensive therefore Walmart won't risk putting a new battery in my watch in case something goes wrong. In which case they would owe me a new watch. I don't really care I just want a working watch!!!!! We then called Sis. Noble up and she picked us up and took us back to her house where I proceeded to cook my pasta. It made me so happy!! She sent us off with some leftovers and we then preceeded to go to the Institute building for games and a meeting I had with the YSA leader but I had thought he said come between 7 and 7:45. Well at 7:20 the Stake President called me....A.K.A. I was going to be the new female YSA representative for my ward. So Angela watched me freak out on our way to the building. I get set apart next Sunday. Also apparently everyone forgot it was game night so after my meeting it was just Angela and I and the Radford's who own the home. So Angela and I played Pit which is a really fun card game and Angela absolutely dominated.
Sunday I got to talk to Sarah for an hour and it made me really really happy! So on Monday I figured out I was sick, but I didn't care very much. I chose not to go to family home evening because I figured I was contagious and also because I wanted to finish my homework so I could go to bed early. I also had a surprise on Monday, apparently the Angelus Harp Ensemble (my old ensemble) had their first rehearsal Sunday. Before I left I had given Bonnie a card and some money to buy the girls chocolate since I couldn't personally crash the rehearsal myself. This is the email that Bonnie sent me:
Hi, Valerie!!
We miss you and love you and we thank you so much for your thoughtful card and chocolate!! We loved it!
Here we all are - well, actually not all - Margaret was ill and Brianna had a family complication - but, anyway, it's 7 of the 9 of us. And James is taking a year off. :( The Ensemble will miss you and Amy! It just won't be the same without you!
We hope that you're enjoying college and Ms Richter! Bet you're doing lots of interesting playing and studying. We'll be playing at our usual venues, and five of us are trying out for All-State this year. Have fun, take care, and hugs from us all!
Wait there's more :)
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Long Weekends
Hey guys!
So I have had my first long weekend at college and let me say it was strange. EVERYONE goes home! So the campus was practically deserted. Friday wasn't bad, I went to Greeks with some friends named Natalie, Blake, Steven and Trevor, and then went and saw UP and had some fun. Saturday I got really homesick because I had practically no human contact and it was just a bad day. But on the upside I talked to my mom for two hours and introduced her to skype which was a ton of fun and definitely helped so much. Sunday church was great, we had a break the fast which was an interesting experience but a very good free meal. I am really loving the church group up here. They are so sweet and inviting and Angela (the only other freshman) and I get along very very well. Monday was good too, the YSA (Young Single Adults) had a get together at the Jacobson's house. Their house is gorgeous!! I wish I had taken my camera to take pictures. The live by a pretty good sized lake and we were able to canoe on it. We also had bar-b-que and different games. We also had our family home evening lesson there which was over charity and it was rather intriguing. I then went back to the dorm and managed to do my laundry in 1 hour! I have also learned that making my bed is an absolute pain! So, now I'm back to doing homework and what not but I have to say the night everyone get back from a long break is crazy. The dorm had never been so noisy and it was rather entertaining as I was watching band kids try to learn the dance to thriller for marching band. Oh and I got a most wonderful surprise! Morgan, Sarah, Michelle and Alyssa called me and were all talking to me at once! I think I only understood half of what they said but it made me really happy that my friends called! I then called Ashley and was privileged to hear her wonderful voice before turning in quite content! Until next time!
Love,
Val
So I have had my first long weekend at college and let me say it was strange. EVERYONE goes home! So the campus was practically deserted. Friday wasn't bad, I went to Greeks with some friends named Natalie, Blake, Steven and Trevor, and then went and saw UP and had some fun. Saturday I got really homesick because I had practically no human contact and it was just a bad day. But on the upside I talked to my mom for two hours and introduced her to skype which was a ton of fun and definitely helped so much. Sunday church was great, we had a break the fast which was an interesting experience but a very good free meal. I am really loving the church group up here. They are so sweet and inviting and Angela (the only other freshman) and I get along very very well. Monday was good too, the YSA (Young Single Adults) had a get together at the Jacobson's house. Their house is gorgeous!! I wish I had taken my camera to take pictures. The live by a pretty good sized lake and we were able to canoe on it. We also had bar-b-que and different games. We also had our family home evening lesson there which was over charity and it was rather intriguing. I then went back to the dorm and managed to do my laundry in 1 hour! I have also learned that making my bed is an absolute pain! So, now I'm back to doing homework and what not but I have to say the night everyone get back from a long break is crazy. The dorm had never been so noisy and it was rather entertaining as I was watching band kids try to learn the dance to thriller for marching band. Oh and I got a most wonderful surprise! Morgan, Sarah, Michelle and Alyssa called me and were all talking to me at once! I think I only understood half of what they said but it made me really happy that my friends called! I then called Ashley and was privileged to hear her wonderful voice before turning in quite content! Until next time!
Love,
Val
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