"because maybe you're mine...

...we just can't get enough." -new radicals

i had a pretty wonderful week.

nothing new happened on monday.

then tuesday i had my drawing class and then my theology exam and my 2d class. i was really happy to get my theo test out of the way and hopefully i did well! then there was a free show on campus of the band one year yesterday and twentyfour64 which i went to see. it was very entertaining! twentyfour64 has just released a new album so they had a show at my school because 2 of the band members are students here. i had to leave just a little early because i had a mexico meeting coming very soon! woo! :) next tuesday i will probably learn more about what i will be doing exactly but i will be working with children with special needs so i am super excited to serve them!

then wednesday was the "common day of learning" at our school meaning we did not have any classes before 4pm. then throughout the day there is a schedule of different lectures going on campus-wide covering a variety of topics. students are encouraged to attend and some professors give etra credit, while otherwise the day is basically free. and since that was the case my roommates cody and sarah went to see a taping of the ellen deeneres show!

it was a really fun experience though we had to wait around for a while before we actually taped the show. we got to see melissa from the bachelor and some other people, and of course, ellen. haha obviously not that exciting. the only disappointing thing was that the audience from the taping the day before us got to see "the fray" perform, then got tickets to their upcoming tour, and also got their newest album, as well as womens soccer tickets! and what did we get? to see a crazy lady who used alcohol for beauty tips, a silly engaged couple who've only been dating for 2 1/2 months and the lady swallowed the engagement ring because the dumb guy put it in her frostie at wendy's(real classy place to get engaged) who ellen gave a 7 day cruise, and a college student who works two jobs and still has trouble buying books who ellen gave $2,000 and a tv(which was actually really rewarding to watch because she had no idea and she was so happy she was crying).

then thursday i had classes

and friday i had a class and watched the movie sydney white for the first time and i thought it was really cute!


this whole month there is a grass-roots student run organization called the "scraps initiative" which is awesome! everyone is to try and conserve as much water and electricity as possible throughout the whole campus including, dorms, classrooms,a nd offices and whatever money the university saves on those bills for this month will be donated toward building water wells in countries which do not have clean drinking water. so some people have been going hardcore and taking military showers and only using 20 watt bulbs for the entire house. it's a fabulous idea that i fully support and am happy to contribute. just another way all the little things can add up to do great things.
i think it was mother teresa who said "We can do no great things, only small things with great love." and i must agree.