In which: Belated Christmas Tidings

Hello, long-lost readers!

I have lots to tell you, so I am going to pace myself. I will do as they do in Hollywood, and split this story into two episodes.

Part One: Christmas

We had a wonderful vacation in California!

Grandma Betty took Tilly in while we were gone. I think they became friends.

In Which: We Go North and South

If you are a regular reader, I suppose you might have heard me mention Salem, Oregon. (Only in every single blog post!) This move has been a long time coming for us. We have known since March that we would be relocating to Oregon for my internship, and it felt forever away. And now it is over. We moved. We live there.

In Which: I live the Week of Dreams

It finally arrived! Thanksgiving break is nearly over, but it has been one of the funnest weeks! It started on Saturday afternoon when I finished my Parasitology exam. We packed up the Jeep with a week's worth of clothes, and Tilly! It was a bit snowy, but we made it up to Brigham City by 7:30 after we stopped at Costco, of course.

In Which: Winter Announces its Arrival

Well, I guess it has been a while.

Life has pretty much been full of preparations for the move to Oregon. Our entire life is revolving around my upcoming internship. It is pretty overwhelming, but the excitement of a new adventure is keeping me going.

In Which: It's November? Time to PANIC!!

EEK! Halloween has passed, and we are officially in November. Just six or seven weeks away from the end of the school year and The Big Move..The Haynie Migration. Really, though. Four of out of 6 of the Haynie children are moving within six months. That's 2/3 of the kids making pretty big moves in a short amount of time. And then if you consider that both of my sisters moved to Arizona over the summer, people are just going willy nilly! Who said we could all do this? Why couldn't we all stay in one place where we belong?

In Which: Comp week!!!!!

It is here--the most dreaded week of the semester!! I know you are thinking that midterms aren't the worst, but this week is even worse than finals. At least after finals, the semester is over. Mid semester comp week is the WORST. It is stressful, and frustrating, and we still have to attend lecture and learn material for the next test. Luckily, I have survived the first three tests: a 3-hour practical exam on Wednesday and the two written tests on Friday. Now I just have to get through the written Parasitology exam, and the lab exam of doom on Wednesday.

So the studying continues!!!

In Which: Fall traditions, and a painful return to reality

Oops! Time sure does fly during the semester. I can't believe it is half over in just a few days! The pressure of tests every Friday seems to shorten the school week. I exist in a blurry whirlwind of lecture slides, labcoats, microscopes, chemical reagents, and notes upon notes upon notes!!

The past couple weeks have been extra busy because...the  Hardwicks came to Park City!! Hooray! Our annual gathering at the Marriott in Park City is one of my favorite weeks of the year. There is great company (immediate family, grandparents, aunties, cousins), great food, hot tubbing, and more! It was so wonderful to get to visit with some of the people I don't get to see very often. Meghan came up from Tempe, my parents down from Washington, grandparents over from Orange County, and the aunties and cousins from Salt Lake City. Scott and I were lucky this year and got to spend a significant amount of time up there because our work and school days both end at 4pm.