nothing better to do!

Well, I got a B last term. Stupid 16th Century Spanish Poetry. And it was a B+ at that. I'd rather have a B-, at least seems worthy of dropping my GPA for that. B+ just kind of pisses me off. Oh well, If I can go all next year with no B's then I can stay in a 3.9 GPA range. We'll see if that's possible.

The first week of summer break has been pretty great so far! I went to visit the family for a few days. Had a barbeque for dad's birthday, sang The Wheels on the Bus (or the Pants on the Bus, or the Big Truck on the Bus...whatever Sierra came up with) with my niece, ate a lot of food, and just hung out with my amazing family. It was a good time! Then I came back up to Portland and went to a tango dance class with Ben and Kevin and Helen. It was so much fun! We went to dinner first, where Kevin found out that the class requires switching partners and so he subsequently ordered another drink. Turns out, tango is hard when you've had a couple drinks as it requires a fair amount of balance. Lesson learned. We all really liked it and plan on going back. I told Ben we have to get really good at it, watching the good dancers inspired me. Although he already knows what he's doing and is good, so mostly that just means I have to figure out what's going on. Maybe I'll practice with the mop while I'm cleaning.

Today was my first day at home with literally nothing to do. I love not having to work for a couple weeks! I need to win the lottery so I can make this a permanent thing...Anyway, Annie (who just started her first real-live job with her (almost) masters degree in Nutrition-and its an awesome one-working at WIC! Yay, congrats!!!) and I went to the gym and then to sushi. And then to Rite Aid to do some coupon shopping. I don't even wear lipstick but I bought ("bought" being used loosely as I didn't have to pay for it after coupons) four tubes of it. So silly. Now I just spent like the last two hours looking at recipes online. Ben's mom also gave me a cookbook that I'm pretty excited to use, so I'm going to have to just cook up a storm in this next week!

I also found out today that my friend Carly (the same one who told me about the program in Costa Rica-and who is going there this summer!) is moving downtown in a couple weeks! She's a super sweet and fun girl and we know each other from PSU-we had Spanish together every day last summer and have taken classes together since then. So that will be fun! I'm trying to get her a job at the gym so maybe we'll even be able to work together!

One month til Korea! So crazy, I can't even believe its happening. I spent way too much money last week on clothes to take with me and stocked up on protein bars and other snacks to take since I'm convinced I won't like the food. Probably not a good attitude to go over there with. But at least I won't die of starvation if it turns out to be the case. My flight leaves at 8am on Monday, July 18th. PDX to Seattle, then straight to Seoul! 11 hours later I'll be there...can't wait! Kind of.

Also I have a baby shower to throw in a couple weeks! Kayla is due in a couple months and I, the terrible friend that I am, will not be here when the baby is due. So unless baby comes a month early, I won't see her until after she's born. So I'm planning to throw the world's greatest baby shower before I leave to make up for it. Yikes, I'm definitely setting myself up for failure with that statement! But hopefully it will be a fun shower :) I promise I'll bring you back something cool, little Ila Rae!

If Oregon believed in summer I would probably be outside right now soaking up the sun. Actually, I probably wouldn't be since I always get too hot after sitting in the sun for about 15 minutes. But still, I'd like the option. So instead I'm sitting inside. I better go.......do......something else.......eat a(nother) cupcake from Aunt Shirley, perhaps?