Why, Hello Again

Wow.

I really apologize for not posting in almost 3 months. This is ridiculous. But if you looked and Rebekah's and my schedules, you would understand. :)

Currently, my sweet Rebekah friend has left me in the U.S. to go gallivanting in Egypt with her father. They are doing research, but I'd go anywhere any day even if I was supposed to be doing research... Anyway, she took Flat Stanleys of a few of us roommates so that we can be with her where ever she goes (in spirit and in cardboard). I am absolutely thrilled for her because she has wanted to take this trip for basically her whole life.

In other news, there were several snow days back at the beginning of the month, during which we roomies just lounged around watching movies and eating. The first day was great, the second one was pretty okay, but the third and fourth ones were agonizing. We just wanted to be able to get out of the house (further than the driveway) without freezing or sliding on ice!!

I really have no other news. I feel like I barely have time to breathe these days. I suppose that's what is to come after graduation. Ah. Wonderful. It's okay, I am still psyched about graduating. Wahoo!

Quotes (these are all really old):

"Balance. That's my favorite word." - Rebekah

"I always call it that sometimes." - Rebekah

"I think paper... *sniff sniff*... smells a little bit like watermelon." - Rebekah

Turkey Time

In the spirit of Thanksgiving which has only just passed, here is a non-comprehensive list of things I am thankful for that I have experienced with or received from Rebekah:

- Studying for Synoptic Gospels or Pentateuch late into the night, while still having fun

- Looking up pointless information on Wikipedia

- Talking about God and the Bible

- Saturday night coffee (with Anna! :])

- Ihe illuminated "J" painting she made for my birthday

- ALL of our Oxford/study abroad-related adventures... there are too many to recount!!!

- Intending to simply pass by each other but not leaving the same room for an hour because we started talking

- Her horse obsession (I now know more than I ever thought I would ever know about horses... well, to be honest, I only remember some of it)

- The weird noises she makes (I still don't know if I passed them onto her or if I got them from her)

- How we have to play "Who Can Make a Straight Face First" instead of "Who Can Keep a Straight Face the Longest" because we can hardly look at each other without breaking into a smile

- Her loyal friendship

- Her honesty and integrity

- Watching and making fun of the Twilight movies together

- Her reading voice that makes me drowsy

- The way we were able to make a delicious turkey together! (See below)

Before

After

The above turkey was cooked for our 3rd annual Oxford Thanksgiving dinner. This was both of our first times to make a turkey ourselves but it was quite delicious! Now we know what things to take out of the inside of a raw turkey before you cook it...

"L" is for the Way You Look at Me

Anna, Rebekah, and I just finished singing songs in The Den for two hours. Not really. But we did go there and enjoy some coffee while we played a game where we thought of a word and had to think of songs that had that particular word somewhere in the lyrics. The best part is, we discovered that Anna can't spell color words and also has a slight obsession with pumpkins.

Speaking of pumpkin, Anna's sister visited and they made absolutely delicious pumpkin muffins. I'd say they were deliciously moist, but I hate that word. Oh - uhh... I mean... they were "succulent."

I have to brag on Anna and Rebekah. They spent about 6 hours one Friday night making awesome Halloween costumes. Rebekah was a giraffe and Anna was a zebra. Everybody thought they bought them! See, that's how awesome they are. That and the fact that they know how to party on a Friday night.

Rebekah has a little dish on our coffee table filled with candy corn. It's really funny because she's used almost two big bags of the stuff and this dish is tiny. That's a lot of refills. Anyway, I think it's a nice way of welcoming guests, and after we all move out I can't wait to visit Rebekah's house/apartment to see what kinds of yummy stuff I can nick off her coffee table.

Random fact: Rebekah is terrified of having wrinkly clothes.

Wonderful quotes:

"You can't put a price on good donuts."

- Rebekah

"R-E-D-E, red! W-H-I-T, white!"

- Anna

Falling and Fall

The top news in our life right now is ....


wait for it ....


JOANNA'S ENGAGED!!!!

Yep, Jo is now engaged. It was very exciting to learn of this, and she's now busy preparing. I actually saw it first on Facebook, when Jo's relationship status changed to "engaged". Last night we had fun looking at venues and flipping through bridal magazines.

Other than this, our lives are mostly consumed with school and work. As many of you know, Jo and I both work together in the library on campus. We have to amuse each other somehow, and one way is by laughing at funny books. This one is just a very interesting book jacket for a book about St. Augustine. It's okay if no one else finds it amusing, but we certainly did.













As Jo mentioned in our last post, we eat lunch together before our Pentateuch class. We tend to have some pretty crazy conversations and we always have a ton of fun together. I'm beginning to think that other people come to the class early just to listen to our hilarious conversations. I fell out of my chair once before class. It was very embarrassing, and unfortunately JoAnna missed it because she stepped out of the room. I fell backwards in a way that I was able to hit the desk behind me, then the step, then the floor and then the the chair fell on top of me. The people already in the room all found it very funny.

We both love the weather right now. It is very autumnal and reminds us of our wonderful time in Oxford. Today we had lots of rain and crashing thunder. Some of the thunder was so loud that JoAnna thought her exploded when thunder sounded close to her car.

Napkins

Lately, life with Rebekah has been full of sound effects (from Rebekah), work (please, if you need a book or article, use ILL and we will get you what you need), lunchtimes (I now make my lunch and bring it to campus - it reminds me of high school but saves so much money), and the five books of Moses (our one class together this semester, and the last class we will ever have together).

Tonight we went to The Den to grab something to drink. We didn't want coffee because we wanted to be able to sleep tonight. So she got a raspberry Italian soda and I got a strawberry Italian cream soda. She also got a raspberry scone. As we were walking home, all of a sudden she stops and looks down at the scone in her hand and sees a bite taken out of the surrounding napkin. Yes, it would appear that our dear Rebekah enjoys eating recycled paper. Or, as she put it, she has "ingested a napkin."

I suppose that will be all for this post. As always, a few special quotes:

"All the Bible majors were like, 'Hahaha' and everyone else was like, 'You just shattered my faith!'" (Rebekah)

"We probably have fuzz in our water like all day long." (Rebekah)

Pure Silliness

I know that you have all been religiously checking this blog, anxiously awaiting a new post. I can assure you that JoAnna will soon give a real post. But while you wait, I present you with this most awesome photograph.

I find this to be one of the most hilarious pictures of JoAnna and me. I was looking through Facebook pictures today and came across this one. Of course, I laughed out loud. It is so characteristic of our relationship.

And yes, that is the Parthenon in the background.

We're Back!

JoAnna and I have once again been reunited. We only saw each other for a couple of minutes, but that's the most we've seen each other all summer. I am looking forward to a wonderful senior year with JoAnna, Anna and our other roommates. Jo and I will once again have a class together, and we're both excited at that prospect.

If you thought our blog was incredible this summer, just wait until this semester. If on the other hand you have found our summer posts to be somewhat boring and nondescript, which is much more likely, then you are in for a treat. The accounts of our antics this coming year are guaranteed to make you laugh. Unfortunately, despite the guarantee, we cannot give you any money back if you do not laugh. Luckily, you don't actually have to pay to read this, so what do you really have to lose?