Flutzing to Vancouver

Before I say anything… let me say that I am still obsessed with “Boys with Girlfriends”. I don’t even know why, because to be honest it really has nothing to do with my life. But it’s just so catchy! I can’t stop singing the refrain. And Meiko’s voice is so unique which makes the song even cooler. I am listening to it right now. If you haven’t heard it yet, WATCH THE VIDEO. I even posted it for you!!

I think it is really cool that I am making some online friends. Hi Sophie and Sabine!

So I’m at Creighton! Cool, no? Although I did some extra classes with other kids, I am totally used to homeschooling with just me and my brothers. It’s weird, but really fun to be in class with other kids. I’m so used to commenting on EVERYTHING though that I am not sure if the other kids are used to that. On one hand, it’s a little intimidating because all of these other people are watching me, but again, I have done classes with other kids before so it’s not totally new, and I’m so used to just discussing everything automatically. It should be a good experience.

I’m doing pre-med. I’m going to be a pediatric oncologist. I haven’t decided though what I actually want to major in. Since I came in second semester I am taking General Bio II. It honestly seems like review so far, but I did a lot of bio in homeschool, since it’s my favorite science. My favorite class though, is my history class. I did a ton of AP testing so I actually have sophomore standing. I am taking a class called History of Plagues, Epidemics and Infections. It is basically the most AWESOME class ever. When I go to the library, my favorite books to check out are either nonfiction ones about medicine, or memoirs having to do with medicine. Well, in this class we are reading all these cool books about epidemics that have happened – or MIGHT happen – like cholera, the plague, bird flu, TB, and cancer. It is so so so interesting. And on the first day the professor asked us what our favorite disease was. I had to think. I am still not sure, my default is CML, but there have got to be more exciting things than that.

Like over break, Miss B. and I read this book called Bitten, which is about the weird things that happen when you get, well, bitten. You can get the WEIRDEST infections. Then we were watching Mystery ER and they have these multiple-choice things before the commercials where you have to guess the disease. Leishmaniasis was on there and we knew it. It was so exciting. It’s this disease spread by a sand fly in South America and Asia. It causes these weird sores which we looked up and are pretty disgusting. But anyways, it was a good book, and I considered leishmaniasis for my favorite disease just because I got it right on the multiple choice! (Even though I usually get those right, if only by process of elimination, like knowing what the others are or that it would be a genetic disease, etc.) So I know that is a really weird question and it probably grossed you all out… haha. Harper, another girl at OWT, likes to watch those shows too, so she usually watched them with us. It was fun. Miss B. says she usually makes Sam watch them because she has funny reactions and is too nice to say she won’t. I think it’s really cool that I found someone who watches the same shows as I do.

Hope is here at college with me. She usually goes to Julliard, but Miss B. told her about how we’re having a Broadway star, Michele Pawk (Mayzie in Seussical), living on our floor this semester, so Hope decided to do an exchange program so she could live with her. As far as I can tell, Hope is really obsessed with celebrities, especially Broadway actresses. And apparently it’s really easy to do exchanges between any schools that any of the other OWT girls are at because you just room with them and the College Connections program transfers credits and stuff. (I don’t know why I’d leave Juilliard to go here though!!) Hope isn’t in my history class, she is in History of Musical Theater. But she listens to me go on about it and seems understanding. She is really into Relay for Life, and keeps trying to get me to do it but I think it would be a little weird. Anyway.

Harper and Sam are supposed to get here today. Hope and I took some pictures of ourselves, so I should have those up soon. Today I forgot that my history class was only on Monday and Wednesday, so I flipped out about getting the homework in online, and then almost went to class! Luckily I checked my schedule! The whole classes-on-different-days thing is really strange, but kind-of nice because you have a lot of free time. Miss B. is rushing sororities so she is never here. Hope wanted to, but she can’t because she’s not an actual Creighton student, and they don’t have sororities at her college. I wasn’t really interested, and since I just got here thought I’d do it next year if anything. Kit-Kat sent us an email that they are rushing (they are back at OWT doing some sort of “self-study” semester…?!). Anyway, their sororities are Kappa Iota Theta and Kappa Alpha Theta. Hmm.

Also, I think it’s kind-of funny that I had to make a separate tag for Hope (“Hope S.”) because apparently I talked about “hope” already. Haha.