Friday, December 3, 2010

DAY 100! Already?!

Helllloooo sunshine!
I cannot believe I've lived in Missoula 100 days now! But at the same time, day 1 seems like such a long time ago. Lets see...what have I learned so far?
1. The bus system. So not having a car is ok when almost everything is walking distance...almost.
2. It doesn't matter how many people told me that the high school- college transition is hard as far as classes go that was just something i needed to learn myself. It's simply just different.
3. How the meal plan works. So every week you start with like $68 and if you don't use it by saturday you lose it and it goes to the football team. And the country store (only place to use food money for groceries...overpriced groceries) is only open through friday.
4. How to be a decent Jimmy Johns employee.
5. Being shy is easy, comfortable and pretty much just part of my personality. But it's not a lot of fun.
6. It seems to me that "home" has less to do with the actual place, and more to do with who you find there.
7. Missoula was an excellent choice for me. Balance is central to me and I've found it here :)
8. It's critical to eat a good dinner...especially on friday and saturday nights.
9. Good news: The freshman 15 is completely avoidable!
10. Soooo so so much more.

More than anything though, I've learned that I still have so much to learn. 265 more days!





DAY 99: Last work shift!

(well until after break) These lights and the snow made a pretty pleasant walk home.

DAY 98: Home sweet Craig Hall

Even if the sidewalks are scary and icy getting there, this is home.

DAY 97: Skiing yet?

Having my skis and everything all ready to go in my room makes it really hard to study...

DAY 96: white white white

I love when the trees get like this.

DAY 95: snowman!!

Not just any snowman, but a snowman in the middle of the oval with a champagne bottle...haha oh college.

DAY 94: awwww

Kaden and Amos...adorable.

DAY 93: No surprise

"Wheres my dad?" "Sleeping" "Of course..."

DAY 92: Family is love.

I managed to take this before i took a food-coma nap...I love these people.

DAY 91: Pie!

Grandma made these cute little hearts <3

DAY 90: really?

High of 9, Low of -4...brrrr

DAY 89: :*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

:)

DAY 88: only the beginning

helloooo winter!

DAY 87: Griz/Cat!

So we lost. And it was freezing freezing cold, so I didn't stay for the whole game. But nevertheless it was snowing and that made me happy.

DAY 86: Icy icy icyyy

there should be a rule: When there are icicles, don't be riding bicycles. It was quite the adventure riding to work in this weather.

DAY 85: looking ahead

exam exam final final final WINTER BREAK

DAY 84: "The Economist"

SO many articles...so little time...

DAY 83: Swimming? yes please.

self-explanatory.

DAY 82: "I hate math!!"

Emma hates math, I hate math, and lucky for me I don't have to take it again!

DAY 81: Re-arranging

I moved my corner around a little, SO much better.

DAY 80: snowww!!

So there we were on 6th street before the Griz game and it started snowing! Just a little...barely. But I was beyond excited!

DAY 79: Transitions

I hate it when it's cold but not snowy...not ok.

DAY 78: Pandora!

Pandora radio and my collapsible cup... :)

DAY 77: Work, study study, bedddd.

I love love love this blanket, sooo cozy.

DAY 76: Best gifts everrr

As far as Christmas presents go this  year, I should only have to make 1 stop!

DAY 75: flowers/lights

When i get a house, I will decorate with items like this from Rockin Rudy's.

DAY 74: Antlers?

At some point when saturday night turns into early early sunday morning...

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

DAY 73: Fall Fall Fall...Winter?

The last day of pretty fall, now we wait for snow...definitely not my favorite transition.

DAY 72: cozy cozy cozy

Dear Target boys section, thank you for carrying my size in footies.

DAY 71: 12:01am

Super fun start to my thursday...cramming for a journalism exam.

DAY 70: more MAIL

So I know I've been over how exciting mail is, but mail from Kathrin in Germany who recently visited Rome...even more exciting :)

DAY 69: Voting Day

Just in case you weren't convinced yet, it's Autumn here, and it's really really pretty.

DAY 68: The river

Well, when Tuesday is voting day, aka no school, why not go hang out by the river monday night...even the stoop kids thought it was a good idea.

DAY 67: Happy Halloween!

What better Sunday activity than hiking the M.

DAY 66: tic-tac-toe!

Well it started as a creative costume...then I lost my X's and O's all over the place...so much for good velcro.

DAY 65: Halloween night 1

"So you just happened to have a cow costume lying around?.." yeah actually.

DAY 64: sidewalk?

beautiful beautiful Missoula in the fall

DAY 63: Ouch

At work they call it a "Jimmy tat." I call it "Sophie get the bread out of oven for the first time attempt to 'burp' it pan unbalanced ouch hot bread pan on arm.....burn" point made?

DAY 62: snoowwww

The first day of many I can watch it snow in the mountains from my dorm room window...loving it.

DAY 61: Welcome Home

Excellent week ahead of me: work midterm work exam registration exam work...

DAY 60: Tourist-y

So I've been to Seattle several times, but it still wouldn't be right to not take a picture of the space needle.

DAY 59: Hello Seattle

Rain rain rain...and multiple lane freeway driving,  and seeing family!

DAY 58: Eyes on the road

See you later Okanogan, hello Methow Valley...next destination: Bellingham.

DAY 57: ROADTRIP

This is the first time we left MT in...2 months, the beginning of a whirlwind crazy fun weekend.

DAY 56: Estudio Estudias Estudia Estudiamos Estudian

Flashcards para la clase de Espanol

DAY 55: Decisions&Discoveries

Final decision was made to roadtrip to Washington! And it doesn't really count as a discovery because I've seen the rock-climbing wall before, but it was the first day I climbed it.

DAY 54: Dentist.

This was intended to be a funny picture to show a select few friends, where i would be present to explain, "I tried so hard to smile but my face would do this!"....but unfortunately i forgot to take another picture of the day, so I hope you find it as funny as I do.

DAY 53: Just another walk by the river

I suppose IF I ever had to sleep under a bridge, this wouldn't be a bad view to wake up to.

DAY 52: Aloha

On campus, we have a "hello walk" with greetings in lots of different languages. As if our lovely campus isn't welcoming enough.

DAY 51: Friends

This picture was taken shortly after being told "You become real friends with someone after taking pictures with them"...so naturally we took pictures.