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I don't think I could be in a better mood. Sian and her grandpa are coming in T-36 hours. AHHH!!!!! Her grandpa will then continue on to Boston, and Sian and I get to hang out all week in the big MN. I'll update with what we end up doing, and with fun pictures for the former flat 63 mates :) Tomorrow night is the drive home after work, then up to MN, then pick up the friend and her gpa! WOOOOOOO
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Amy

My so called life...

Hi :)

1). Sian comes to see me in about three weeks. I can't WAIT for the grounding of a good friend, and a touch of Britain to come see me in the MN. Her visiting me is one of the best gifts I could ever ask for. 

2). The job hunt is...well...meh. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to be doing in 6 weeks and its kinda scary. But liberating in a way. More so scary than anything... Although I am thinking of in a year grad school for a). Health Administration, b). Environmental Health c). Environmental Law. Not sure of any of them though. Tonight when I was visiting some family friends, Siri, the youngest, said, "I never know where you are. Its like you go one place and then go to another, and I just never know!" She is 10. And she made me realize that my dream of being a wanderer has kind of already come true (although I plan on wandering the rest of my life). 

3). I've recently realized how much I want to be in Britain with my friends I met there. Although I know that if I went back, it just wouldn't be the same. And that makes me sad. I can't believe it was a year ago that I was preparing to move to another country where I knew no one. And I wasn't nervous at all about it. I would trade a ridiculous amount of (almost) anything to go back and relive it. All of it. And wouldn't change a thing. The people, the flats, the school, everything. I often describe my time abroad as "going to another country instead of class." Never did I think my time abroad would be on my mind every day, multiple times a day, six months after I got back. 

4). It makes me sad to know that in six weeks, I will probably be thinking these same thoughts about Iowa City. The little liberal dot in Iowa. Yup. I lived in Iowa for four years. And I loved it. I drove my first tractor here, met the closest friends I will ever have, and managed to graduate with a double B.A. major in 8 semesters. Sweetness.

Driving that John Deer....

I did it just cuz I could...

I'm not sure how I feel about this transitioning time in my life. I definitely feel 15 still, not almost 23. But not. When you are 15, you think when you're 23 you'll have a job, potential husband or marriage, house, etc. However, if I had most of these at my age, I would not be a happy camper. The job would be helpful however :P I suppose if someone walked into my life right now who would like to wander with me, I would be ok with it. But for now, I am pretty content where I am at. The only thing is job search, I have NO idea what I want to do with my life. I think I had a better idea when I was 18 than I have now. 

But for now my friends, I am going to bed. Doing some laundry, folding THEN bed. I want to know what's new in your lives, so give me a skype buzz (amy.ferguson4) or email or fb or something. 

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Dear British Friends,
I miss you.
Love,

Me

New pictures!

Hey guys, here are a few pics from graduation! 

Me and my brother in law and sister at lunch after...

The graduating seniors from the house

Me by a tree...


the 1500+ people just walking...not sure how many actually graduated though...the ceremony was 3 hours long...

WOOOOO! I PASSED MY HORRIBLE CLASS!! And with a C, not even a D-! Score. I am officially graduated :) 

Hi all!! Well, its been a couple weeks of adventure. I graduated from college! (pending I didn't fail one communication class that I'm ultra nervous about) but other than that, I am good to go! I walked Saturday, and then went out to a great dinner with my family...sushi, and lots of other good japanese food. 

The second exciting thing I did in the past week was buy a MAC! My gateway was declared a junker by best buy, so I got credit for it and upgraded to the MacBook with the titanium body (I chose this one over plastic casing...pretty much b/c I'm the clumsiest person alive and fall on a regular basis, often with electronic devices in my hands. I am so excited about it, and I love it so far. I still am learning about it, as I'm sure I will be for a long time. So far I have played around with iphotos, which is fun. Its a pretty good editing program. I am pumped to learn more. 

I'm getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow, so I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to lay around and learn new things about it. It will be a week of vanilla yogurt and pudding and Jello. Woo!

amy

I'm almost a grown up!

Hi all! Sorry for the absence, like has, as usual, gotten crazy! Last weekend was pretty fun, as it was our senior weekend for the sorority. As usual, shennanigans were upon us all. Wayyyyyy fun weekend. This week is finals, and this weekend I graduate from University! Craziness! It seems like just yesterday when I moved all my stuff in the minivan and moved into Mayflower hall. This finals week shouldn't be too horrible, I have definitely had worse. Although one of my courses is really difficult and giving me a hard time, but who cares because as long as I pass it, I will never have to go back to it again! YIPPEEE!!! I can't really think of anything else to write about. I don't have a grown up job yet, we'll see if I get one right away or whats in store for me. I get to see the family this weekend which will be a blast. And two months until Sian comes to see me! I can't wait to see her! I have missed you all so much! Atlanta crew: send me the dates you are going to be there again. I will try to see if I can score a cheap flight. Well, back to my 15 page paper on the forces that shaped the African American sporting experience from 1890 to 1945. Fun times let me tell you!
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Amy