Oh Hai

Hi hi! Well I haven't updated in quite some time, so here I go!
Sian came to visit me, and, as anticipated, it was crazy fun. We were two busy girls. We went to the water park (apparently its too cold in the UK for outdoor water parks), the Mall of America 4 times, Sculpture Gardens, the different lakes complete with a Trolley Ride, Watching the Twins beat the White Sox (always fun), went to Northfield (Jesse James Gang Raid) baked Krumkake and cake, ate out tons, and had lots of girl time. It was a crazy fun week. After that I came back to good ole IC and found out I'm here until the 15th of August. Much more opportunity for friend time...and to try to find a job. Yeah about that job thing...I figure I have to move home for a while to put some money aside and can move to where I can get a job, IC area, chicago, the UK... :)

As far as life goes, not sure what I'm doin. I am attempting to take up new hobbies: painting, writing (I really am starting with a children's book so we all know I'm like an 8 year old anyway).

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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
<3
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