1/4 until Undergrad is OVER. AAAAAAAAAHHH :)
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Portland, Oregon
Thursday, March 12, 2009
I hope you all are well. Here is your quarterly update.
I still love being an RA. My residents crack me up with the rumors they start and the stories they enjoy telling me. Of course, my inner-mother does worry about them at times as I watch them get stressed or go through hard times. I will definitely miss them all at the end of the year though.
Generally speaking this semester has been more difficult than I initially thought. As many of you know, a friend of mine died of carbon monoxide poisoning January 5th. I found out while at RA training and have been trying to work through and process that for the last two months. Her name was Lauren Johnson and she graduated from UP last year. She was currently getting her graduate degree in Colorado. I knew her from the office of volunteer services, where I still work and because she was also a political science student. Thus, much of my semester has been dealing with that. Many thanks to all of you who have sent cards, emails, and called I greatly appreciate them.
Classes are alright. I really like my comparative immigration class and the income inequality class I am auditing. I think because both relate to the real world and topics I am interested in.
Other than that my time has been dedicated to working. I am editing papers for students in a Biblical Traditions class, which is lots of fun but takes excessive amounts of time. Then working to coordinate the Nicaragua Service-Learning trip that I am going on in May. We are deep in the formation process and even deeper in the fundraising process. We still need to bring in around $10,000 before May (If anyone would like to support us, even if it is just $5, donations can be sent to the Moreau Center at 5000 N Willamette Blvd Portland OR 97203 with checks made out to University of Portland and they are tax deductible!) Ok that was my helpless plea.
As far as next year, I still don't have anything set. I will probably hear back from most places in May, which will be interesting because I am out of the country from May 6th until June 3rd... Soooo... like all important decisions, I will probably be making this one on the run.
That is about all going on in my life. Have a splendid week and for those in Oregon enjoy the snow, sun, rain, and every other kind of weather that we can manage to squeeze into one week :) Also as a side note, I highly encourage you all to invest in carbon monoxide detectors. I think they are $20 bucks at the most. Love you all! ~ Karen
