hectic, hectic life

hello all! i know it has been forever... so i am going to make up for it. i will put pictures up, change my blog background, and write as much as i can about my adventures in provo. where to start... well. school is positively insane. i never thought it was possible to have so much work to do, with literally no time. i never understood why people couldn't just take the time to make a delicious meal with lots of ingredients, but now i understand that if i do that i will be up until 1:00 trying to scrimp by. it is a lot of work, but i am learning so much. i love school, but i particularly hate my elementary education dance class. at first it was all fun and games, but now we have to call our own dances. so basically it is impossible because i don't know my left from right... and math is hard because i can't divide. and ballet is hard because i can't do any turns. so yes, school has presented me with many problems... but we are working through them.

i love my apartment! it is so grand! my room is kind of a disaster zone right now with children's books all over. but i'll get around to cleaning it. every thursday we have an office party and we watch the office, eat delicious desserts, and play games. it is tons of fun, and it is definitely a nice break from school.

as for my dear duck friends. i visit them every saturday and feed them. it is great fun... and i have my dearest of the ducks- fred. he is such a fool. that bird drew my attention because he is crippled and i felt sorry for him. turns out he just uses his crippled leg to swallow pieces of bread whole. i'm on to him.





today i found out that i am not allergic to 15 foods. turns out i am just plain lactose intolerant. so that's good i guess. haha. today i also gave my first time out in PE. turns out the little fool lied to me... and should have technically gotten his second time out, but hey. there's always next time. those children will rue the day ms. barton came to class to hand out warnings and time-outs like it's going out of style.

this weekend my family is coming to town! yay!!! i am so excited to see them! we will party and eat cafe rio, and go to conference, and do all of the jolly things in the world. well... provo.

speaking of provo, it is freezing. and there is snow on the mountains. what. the heck. it is still september. i haven't even watched charlie brown's halloween, i am surely not ready for mickey's christmas carol. oh, who am i kidding... of course i am.

anyways, i will leave you with two pressing questions...
1) what happens if a rattlesnake bites his tongue?
2) what happens if a baby cow is lactose intolerant? what does it drink?

hasta pronto! love you all!

back in the 801?

hello everyone! here are a few updates... i love school. that is happy! i can't have milk products or lactose. that is... not happy. bye bye ice cream. i loved you so. also, i hiked the y today with adam! wanna see pictures? of course you do! here you are...

here i am on the y!

here adam is on the y! yay!

my aesthetic moment for the day...

adam and i, hiking the y!


anyways, have a lovely night. love you all!

school, what a jolly world

hello all! i am going to tell you all about school, because i just love it so much! i have 8 classes. it is a lot of work, but i like my work, so it seems to find itself completed and in my backpack. so that is happy. here we go!

first off, i have ballet! i love ballet so much! it is so nice to get up every morning and feel great for the rest of the day. i might not be any good at it, but i don't care because i love it. really.

my second class is elementary education math! this class seems pretty cool. we do fun kid's math problems, and then talk about how children would solve them. it's great, i have always loved math.

my third class is elementary education PE. i am going to have my own baby class in a few weeks! i get to make signs and lesson plans... and teach kids every wednesday! it's going to be so much fun. i am scared, but hey. i love teaching i am sure it will be fine. in preparation we played with the parachute on wednesday. the parachute probably is the most jolly thing that ever was... it's great.

my fourth class is music for elementary education. we get to make rhythms and sing kid's songs... and we get to illustrate our own kid's book (of a song) for the end of the year! YAY!

my fifth class is children's literature. i love this class. i already am in the habit of reading my kid's book for 40 minutes a day. last night i hardly knew what to do with myself because i finished reading earlier in the day. i just finished seven brides & seven brothers. i would highly recommend it. we get to read a bunch of kid's books in the library... i am quite excited.

my sixth class is elementary education dance. alrighty, this class literally is like disneyland class. it is so happy. we skip around in circles holding hands listening to music. we even did a little dance to "we're all in this together" (high school musical). how can you beat that? yeah, you can't.

my seventh class is drama for elementary education. so far we have done personality tests (i'm a blue), played name games, and even done an imaginary object game. it is pretty darn fun, i am a little nervous about me having to be wild and out there. but i sure will try.

my eight, phew, class is elementary education art! what a jolly class! we drew mickey mouse yesterday! i get to buy colored pencils today so i can make my native american medicine wheel. woohoo! who knew that homework could be so fun? haha.

so yes, as you see i love my school. it's not all partying. there is a lot of work, don't get me wrong. it's so much fun though, so all is good in the neighborhood! i'll write again soon! love you all! have a lovely three day weekend!
jessica ann