Three Years Down, One to Go!

Hello faithful readers! I apologize for the late update. As y'all can imagine, I have been incredibly busy writing papers and packing to move my stuff both to storage AND home. Because I am living in a house next year, I cannot leave it in the house in order for UP to do summer maintenance. I rented a Zipcar for the past three days to move my stuff to the local storage center, which was not easy, but I got the job done! Luckily, Sheridan and Maya (my housemates-to-be) were angels and helped me bring my stuff to the storage center yesterday. The three of us then made our way over to our new house and talked to the girls who currently live there about stuff that they would sell or give to us, as well as an opportunity for me to see the house, as I had not seen it previously. It's amazing, and I will post pictures once I have time to upload my photos. Despite all the recent busyness, I was able to have fun over Easter weekend with Antonia, one of my best friends. She took the bus from Eugene to Portland, and we spent a lovely weekend having fantastic conversations, making pudding shots with my friend Cat, going to church, and having lunch at a local Thai restaurant with my friend Moon. We have known each other for about four years, but since we have opposite schedules, we unfortunately only see each other a few times a year--but we still talk regularly thanks to Skype, Facebook, texts, and phone. She comes home from U. of Oregon in mid-June, so we will overlap for a month before I head off to Salzburg.

After three papers, a take-home exam, packing/moving, I am sitting at the Portland Airport waiting to board my flight home to Oakland. Going home is exciting, yet surreal. Does this really mean I'll be a SENIOR next year?? Dang, where did time go? My brother decided a few days ago to attend Washington University in St. Louis, and it seems so weird to me that he will be starting college when I'll be finishing up college. Well, I think my flight is about to board in a few minutes so I think I will end here. More soon!