Send me some stuff!!

My new mailing address at school is....

Bri James - 257

Spring Arbor University

106 E. Main Street

Spring Arbor, MI 49283

Send me some stuff!

Finally Here

It has been a busy week to say the least...and I haven't even actually been at school for a whole week. The room is, well, its coming. It still has things that need picked up and needs a little cleaning. But everything, and everyone, is here. We had from Sunday to Wednesday to do absolutely nothing and it was fun.

Thursday I worked from 6:30a to 10a then had classes for the rest of the day.

Yesterday I worked a nine hour shift at the coffee shop, which is going quite well. Then we went to watch Everyday Sunday. It was a blast. To be honest, we probably didn't pay much attention to the band. We talked and had fun. Afterward, a couple of us wandered around campus for a couple hours just talking and laughing and doing nothing. Finally the night ended with Kelsey and I almost falling asleep on the futon watching an episode of Everwood.

Today will consist of homework, driving to Michigan Center to the place I got my ear pierced (the tragus!) and making sure its not infected or anything, and laying on the plaza and watching UP. Ali might also come up this weekend. She has Monday off...so it would be great. We will see!

I have been working on my homework the last couple of days--I have a TON of it already. My classes have been interesting and will be challenging, but so far I love them.

Next weekend I will head to Chicago from Friday to Sunday. Fun stuff. Pictures to come =)

A little closer still....

So it is finally Wednesday--and we get to move in Sunday. It is really a wonderful feeling. Everything for college is packed and ready to go--everything I have at home that is--which, unfortunately isn't much. The bulk of my college stuff stayed with me in Spring Arbor, which is nice because I don't have to haul it far, but there is ALOT of it. Oh, and Harriet's basement (Harriet is the 75-year-old retired missionary Madeline and I are living with), it is the messiest it has been all summer, no lie. We have stuff everywhere! We are trying to work on packing, but we still have different schedules, and this week, so far, has been fairly busy.

Sunday night, Kelsey, Madee, and I babysat for one of our professor's kids. He has a two year old and four-month-old twins. It was so much fun, but we got back late, and Kelsey decided to stay the night.

The next day we took a trip to check out our dorm room, walked around campus a bit, played some ping pong--Kelsey beat me as usual, but I didn't give up without a fight, we go to 21 normally, but I pushed her to 26 I think. Madee and I made chicken teryiaki for dinner, could have been better. Kelsey left, Hannah (madee and I's roommate from first semester) arrived and is staying with another old lady in the subdivision for the school year, and then we went to

bed.

Tuesday I had my first day of work at Jackson Coffee Company. It went well, and for my first day they had me working quite a bit. Usually a first timer works two hours on their first day--I worked six and a half. I had some grumpy customers, and some chatty ones, but it was good.

today I'm going to run some errands, meeting madee at the coffee shop, and then getting my ear pierced. I'm getting the little middle part done--I have wanted that done for YEARS.

The next day I work is Saturday, 10:30 to 1:30 I think. Then heading home for the night. And packing up for SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!! I will be sure to post my address on here as soon as i get it, so all of you who are reading this can send me packages =)

Almost There...Almost...

So I have ONE DAY left. The week has gotten a little better and a little worse.

I spent a couple hours over at my friend Kelsey’s house

Tuesday. She is quite ridiculous so we spent most of the time watching HILARIOUS

videos that her and her friends made in junior high/high school. Then we tackled the beast. And by that I mean her room. By the time I left, you could see the entire floor. It was amazing. Unfortunately, I

did have to return back to Spring Arbor. I had to be back so I could work Wednesday. Only a

couple more days.

Today I went over to this girl named Jessie’s house. She just moved to the area from Northern Idaho. She has a big house, but not really much in it. We ate dinner and talked and then I came back home.

Tomorrow I will most likely be heading home and staying with Grandma Rose and Grandpa Bill for the weekend.

THEN...Sunday, Kelsey and I will be babysitting the Norwood babies =) Woot woot!

Then one week left!

Sad, sad week. . .

So my roommate, Madeline, is gone for the week. The whole, entire week. So here I am left by myself in what is practically a ghost town. I'm borderline depressed. I don't want to do anything because I don't know what to do. And everyone I know has plenty to do, because they aren't wasting most of their day sitting at a desk, doing NOTHING.

Four more days. Four more days. . .

We're Almost Done...

So as of today, I have nine days left at my job in the Office of Admissions on Spring Arbor's campus.

That means that not including weekends, I have fifteen days left of summer. I'm not completely sure whether I am excited about this or sad to see it go. For the most part I'm super excited. I get to live with my best friends.

Kelsey, Angie, Madee and I will be living in a suite together. Delta 211 & 212. Emily, Kip, Abby, and Krista will be down the hall in Delta 215 & 216. Arielle will be on Delta 1. One of the things that I am most excited about is being sort of a mentor to an incoming freshman--Sarah Crowl. Her dad works at C. E. with mom and she is moving into a village on campus!

The saddest part of leaving the summer behind is that I've just spent the last couple of weekends with my family, and I've had so much fun with them. SO MUCH FUN.

I have been working on taking Ali's outdoor Senior Pictures this summer, and if I may say so myself, they look great. It's not hard to take great pictures when you have a wonderful person to photograph =) Its hard to grasp that it is my baby sister's final year in high school and I'm not going to be there for it. I will be around, she will hear from me though, I need to get her to come to Spring Arbor, both to visit, then ultimately to attend! She would love it, I just know it!

So just a breakdown of what the rest of my summer looks like...

This week, work every day until three p.m.

Tomorrow, Kip (Jennie Kueppers) is coming down to Spring Arbor from Mason to visit, we will be rollerblading around campus, even and especially if, it rains.

Thursday, Madee and I will be going shopping, it is shirt week...our wonderful idea of breaking down school shopping into weeks, somehow it has saved me money.

Friday, meeting most of the girls in Spring Arbor for dinner (Abby, Madee, Krista, Angie, Kelsey, Kip). Then Angie and Kelsey will be staying the night with Madee and I and we will have a pre-roommate sleepover. It will be the first time all of us see Angie since leaving school in May!!

Next week, last week at the Admissions office

next saturday, most likely training for my new job at Jackson Coffee Co.

The following week (Aug. 31-Sept 4), maybe some training at the coffee shop, but relaxation for most of the week

Sept. 4, head home to go thru stuff from college

Sept. 6, move in to our room on campus with madee and kelsey.

Sept. 7, help all of the freshman move into dorms

Sept 8, Angie moves in

Sept. 10, classes begin!

helloo out there...

hopefully i can get this set up so all my family can see what i'm up to at my home away from home...