No way!!! You are kidding me right?? Maybe it's nerves??? This evening when I got home from orientation I noticed a slight tickle/tightness in my throat. Natural reaction: cough then proceed to ignore. Now, as I get ready for bed, it full on hurts and feels like it's getting larger! Really? On the eve of our court date, the eve of my oral placement exam for my Arabic class this fall, and 1 week before school starts my throat hurts! Glimpse into my prayers tonight "please God don't let this be a sore throat that means I actually get sick!" positive thoughts: I am just fine; it is nerves; it will go away.
On another front...Kael and I and our former roommates go to court bright and early at 8:30 tomorrow. Best case scenario: we walk out not owing him a dime and our rental history cleared. Worst case: we pay him the money he believes we owe him (around $500) plus his court filing fees ($225). Please join me and hoping we win! I will definitely update on both the outcome of our case and my feelings on how successful my oral exam was! I won't have results until next tues as far as placement goes since I have to take the written exam as well next tues.
I am off to bed now! We have an early start (meeting the roommates around 730 to prepare). And I better kick this sore throat to next year...maybe even 2 yrs from now, from the looks of it I don't have time to get sick until the president of this school gives me my M.A!!
Before I go though, I must throw positive vibes out into the universe for my grandma's second hip replacement surgery tomorrow! After the emergency surgery she had weeks ago she fractured her hip and just hasn't been able to recover properly. So they are going back in tomorrow to fix it! Hopefully this 2nd go around will make it a lot easier process for her to heal! It has been a tough few weeks and we all hope this surgery will make it easier for her to recover and feel more herself again! Right Gma!!?? I am sure you can't wait to get up moving again with ease and speed, and maybe less tripping? ;-) love you lots G'ma! (as she is one of my few readers I feel it appropriate to go ahead and speak directly to her!) ;-)
Big Tuesday ahead for all of us!!
Much love, and positive thoughts,
Until next time,
Sash
Monday, August 22, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Chapter 2: Arabic
They weren't joking when they advertised this summer as an intensive summer of Arabic. 9 weeks of Arabic that would normally be taught in 1 academic year felt like it went by so fast! I can't believe how much we learned so fast and how much more comfortable I am speaking and especially writing. I made a wonderful group of friends that I will miss dearly and bonus for me, some of them are staying for school here at MIIS! Jump start on making friends! YAY haha
I am taking my placement test next week so I am still studying a lot to get ready for that exam. It is nice having this break from everything for a week just to catch up, get settled and do some studying I wasn't able to do because we were so rushed. I tested well in the post-summer exam which will be similar to my MIIS placement exam next week. My professor this summer said if I do the same, maybe a bit better on my speaking I should be able to jump up a level, which would be great!! Save me some money on a class, which would be great!
To insure I do well though I better study...so I guess I'll go do that now for a bit and I'll continue blogging later. Lost more to fill you in on before I start school next week! :)
Much love
I am taking my placement test next week so I am still studying a lot to get ready for that exam. It is nice having this break from everything for a week just to catch up, get settled and do some studying I wasn't able to do because we were so rushed. I tested well in the post-summer exam which will be similar to my MIIS placement exam next week. My professor this summer said if I do the same, maybe a bit better on my speaking I should be able to jump up a level, which would be great!! Save me some money on a class, which would be great!
To insure I do well though I better study...so I guess I'll go do that now for a bit and I'll continue blogging later. Lost more to fill you in on before I start school next week! :)
Much love
Chapter 1: Eviction
I thought I would break my summer up into several posts, like chapters, so you don't have to sit through one long drawn out one. So, lets see....where do we begin? 2 weeks after we moved into our Seaside house...you know, the fixer uper I posted pictures of before, we called our landlord over so that Kael and I could sign the lease, which we hadn't done yet. It just so happened while we were waiting for him, a Code Enforcement Officer from the Police Department showed up in our front yard. Confused we spoke to her about why she came, turns out our house had been red taped several times and he built the extension of the house...the "man cave" we called it...and paved part of the drive way without getting proper papers from the city. Our landlord came over while the officer was still there and they discussed/argued about the matter for awhile. We over heard he would have to go to court in August and he was furious. Turns out, he thought/thinks we called the cops on him, which is ridiculous. The next day he submitted papers to try to raise our rent, so we gave him our 30 day notice that we would leave. See, we paid 1st month, last month, and deposit already so we could live for free our last month. Well, turns out he thought otherwise. Long story short a little over a week before we were going to move out he issued us a 3 day to pay or get out notice, which was confusing because we had given our notice that we would be out by August. Why would we pay when we had already paid for that month and we weren't staying any further? It didn't make sense. Plus we didn't take him seriously because he was in his own legal trouble so we falsely assumed he wouldn't really be doing any of the paperwork within the legal system because he has his own troubles with the law. We were wrong. I got a call one morning, actually the morning right before I was supposed to go down to LA for the weekend, from Kael saying we had been officially served our Eviction npapers. PANIC! This begins the battle we are still fighting now. In fact, he is actually suing us for around $300 that he says we owe for the increase in rent. Our court date is next Tuesday the 23rd. The same day as my grandma's 2nd total hip replacement I found out now as I was writing this post. Lots of things going on...
Well friends and family, the saga continues, I promise I will post after court and let you know the verdict. Hopefully we won't have to pay...it is ridiculous.
Now for chapter 2....
Well friends and family, the saga continues, I promise I will post after court and let you know the verdict. Hopefully we won't have to pay...it is ridiculous.
Now for chapter 2....
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
What you've missed
WHOOPS. I haven't posted since JUNE!?? I keep forgetting to blog!!! Wow where did July go?? This is awful because now this post is probably going to be unnecessarily long!! Here is a list of reasons why I haven't blogged in so long:
1. We got evicted and we are being sued
2. I had to find a new place to live with Kael at short notice, due to reason #1
3. Found a place, had to pack and unpack
4. My summer long intensive Arabic program flew by like it was 2 days and I studied a lot more than anticipated (weird!) haha
5. Travelled more than I should have: Spent my birthday in LA 4th of July weekend, went to a Giants game with Hutch, Hayley, Neena, and Kaitlin in San Fran, went to see Kristina and some other Model UN friends in LA the last weekend in July....WAY too much fun for one month! ;)
6. The last 2 weeks of Arabic were very intensive academically and the last week of Arabic very intensive saying goodbye to friends I'll miss
7. I think that is all of my excuses....time to do some updating
1. We got evicted and we are being sued
2. I had to find a new place to live with Kael at short notice, due to reason #1
3. Found a place, had to pack and unpack
4. My summer long intensive Arabic program flew by like it was 2 days and I studied a lot more than anticipated (weird!) haha
5. Travelled more than I should have: Spent my birthday in LA 4th of July weekend, went to a Giants game with Hutch, Hayley, Neena, and Kaitlin in San Fran, went to see Kristina and some other Model UN friends in LA the last weekend in July....WAY too much fun for one month! ;)
6. The last 2 weeks of Arabic were very intensive academically and the last week of Arabic very intensive saying goodbye to friends I'll miss
7. I think that is all of my excuses....time to do some updating
Monday, June 27, 2011
Reasons to love biking to school:
1: I haven't filled up my gas tank since we moved here June 2nd. :) (I will need to this week however...but still once a month fill up!! NOT BAD)
2: The Ocean- riding by the ocean every morning and afternoon is incredible. Today is a perfect example. It was foggy and cold this morning which wasn't awesome, but then I don't get sweaty going to school which is always a bonus. However, by this afternoon the weather really cleared up and it is BEAUTIFUL OUT! So my ride home was amazing!
3: The ability to quickly go down to the warf from the school at lunch and watch the seals ....AWESOME I love sea life :)
4: ONCE A MONTH GAS!!!!
Anywho, if you can't tell, riding to school is really working out for me! :) :)
Thats all I really had on my mind today....LOTS OF STUFF to do this week. Its our final week for Session 1 so we have our group project due, our portfolio due (which I miss understood in the beginning of the class so thats going to be a fun catch up game...wish I put two and two this wkend so I could have worked then...oh well), and our final test for this session. So far I am kicking Arabic's A**... (Is Ass a bad word anymore??) I have gotten 100% on everything....A+ for my final grade in August??? MAYBE??? Just gotta stay focused.
Speaking of staying focused, I have A LOT TO DO so I am going to go!!!
Hope the weather wherever you are at is as beautiful as here!!
Much love,
Me
Post Script: For my MN family...I think of you guys every single day because guess who I found right away to study with?? The 4 kids in school from Minnesota! haha One girl from Duluth and 3 guys from the Twin Cities. They were impressed with my knowledge of the city. Thats right Psycho Suzies...whats up? hahaha ANYWHO Thats that. <3
2: The Ocean- riding by the ocean every morning and afternoon is incredible. Today is a perfect example. It was foggy and cold this morning which wasn't awesome, but then I don't get sweaty going to school which is always a bonus. However, by this afternoon the weather really cleared up and it is BEAUTIFUL OUT! So my ride home was amazing!
3: The ability to quickly go down to the warf from the school at lunch and watch the seals ....AWESOME I love sea life :)
4: ONCE A MONTH GAS!!!!
Anywho, if you can't tell, riding to school is really working out for me! :) :)
Thats all I really had on my mind today....LOTS OF STUFF to do this week. Its our final week for Session 1 so we have our group project due, our portfolio due (which I miss understood in the beginning of the class so thats going to be a fun catch up game...wish I put two and two this wkend so I could have worked then...oh well), and our final test for this session. So far I am kicking Arabic's A**... (Is Ass a bad word anymore??) I have gotten 100% on everything....A+ for my final grade in August??? MAYBE??? Just gotta stay focused.
Speaking of staying focused, I have A LOT TO DO so I am going to go!!!
Hope the weather wherever you are at is as beautiful as here!!
Much love,
Me
Post Script: For my MN family...I think of you guys every single day because guess who I found right away to study with?? The 4 kids in school from Minnesota! haha One girl from Duluth and 3 guys from the Twin Cities. They were impressed with my knowledge of the city. Thats right Psycho Suzies...whats up? hahaha ANYWHO Thats that. <3
Friday, June 24, 2011
Oops I did it again!!
I keep forgetting to write!!! And let me tell you, it has been quite the wk!!! Let's start back at last Saturday...
Carly got here late Friday night and we hung out catching up on celerity gossip and you tube videos. When we woke up Saturday morning we decided to start our day of Britney off with a movie! So we went down to the cinema to see the movie Bridesmaids...so funny! Bonus for going to a movie at 10 am was it was only $6!!! Man, remember when evening movies were only $5.50!!! Ugh so expensive now. Anyway after that we looked around the mall for a bit and went home to get ready for the Britney spears concert we were going to in San Jose later that evening. Took us forever to decide on outfits ...shocking...but we did manage to get ready and on the road only 30 mins behind schedule at 3:30. We got to San Jose and found the stadium with only minor mistakes and shocking moment of the day: found FREE PARKING!!!! Carly treated us to a very yummy dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory and then off to the concert!! I could blog about that for days!!! Haha so I will spare you! I have pics and videos on facebook if u are remotely interested! Ha let's just say it was amazing!!! I will also spare you my sappy feelings about having been a Britney fan for 13 years :-). To celebrate the concert we just saw and the woman we adore we watched every single music video of Britney's when we got home!
Ok enough of that! Haha Arabic is going well! Finally started learning some vocabulary I didn't already know Thursday and today. It has been a really good review tho. I am much more secure in what I know and therefore more confident to speak. Evidence of this: dad and I actually speak in Arabic from time to time!
I taught Maddi some vocabulary as well! She now comes and sits when I give her commands in Arabic. I'm pretty excited. She is who I speak to most in Arabic actually haha speaking of maddi she dug under the fence yesterday and thought she was real cool...until she realized she was still tied to my chair buahaha it was fun to let her go in and out and not worry shed run away.
We are now on the hunt for a new house with our roomates. Going to view one I am stoked about on Monday! Little pricier than the place we have now but I think it's worth it...from the description, location, and the outside ...which is all I know about it. I'll let u know Monday what we think about it after we see it. I'd be able to bike or walk to school its so close! It also has a 2 car garage so the boys should be thrilled and a completely fenced in yard for maddi! Hopefully it works out and everyone is willing to pay the extra rent....positive thoughts.
I am absolutely loving Monterey!! It has to be the most beautiful place I've lived!! I am constantly amazed every morning on my bike ride to school! Sometimes at lunch I'll bike down to the warf and hang out with the seals which is pretty cool to see. Maddi is really learning to love the beach, she goes deeper and deep into the ocean each trip. She's always on a leash which means I do too haha so now we only go when I think it's warm enough to get wet! Haha I think it'd be cool if shed go swimming haha well see! I still haven't gone to the aquarium...I'm waiting till someone comes to visit so I don't go a ton of times! :-)
Well this is probably getting long, plus I'm blogging from my phone so my hand is a little cramped! I promise I will blog more often from now on! Next wk is our final wk of session 1 ( the summer is broken into 3 sessions) so we have our projects and tests due thur and frid then we get a mini vacation for 4th of July weekend which I'll be spending with my bestest friends Carly, Piper, Dana and Ryan in LA! A couple kids from class are driving down so I'm hitching a ride to save on gas! I can't wait!!! Birthday wkend is what I've dubbed it...mine and America's :-) should be lots of fun! I love having such good friends so close!!
Well...until next time...much love!!
Sasha
Carly got here late Friday night and we hung out catching up on celerity gossip and you tube videos. When we woke up Saturday morning we decided to start our day of Britney off with a movie! So we went down to the cinema to see the movie Bridesmaids...so funny! Bonus for going to a movie at 10 am was it was only $6!!! Man, remember when evening movies were only $5.50!!! Ugh so expensive now. Anyway after that we looked around the mall for a bit and went home to get ready for the Britney spears concert we were going to in San Jose later that evening. Took us forever to decide on outfits ...shocking...but we did manage to get ready and on the road only 30 mins behind schedule at 3:30. We got to San Jose and found the stadium with only minor mistakes and shocking moment of the day: found FREE PARKING!!!! Carly treated us to a very yummy dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory and then off to the concert!! I could blog about that for days!!! Haha so I will spare you! I have pics and videos on facebook if u are remotely interested! Ha let's just say it was amazing!!! I will also spare you my sappy feelings about having been a Britney fan for 13 years :-). To celebrate the concert we just saw and the woman we adore we watched every single music video of Britney's when we got home!
Ok enough of that! Haha Arabic is going well! Finally started learning some vocabulary I didn't already know Thursday and today. It has been a really good review tho. I am much more secure in what I know and therefore more confident to speak. Evidence of this: dad and I actually speak in Arabic from time to time!
I taught Maddi some vocabulary as well! She now comes and sits when I give her commands in Arabic. I'm pretty excited. She is who I speak to most in Arabic actually haha speaking of maddi she dug under the fence yesterday and thought she was real cool...until she realized she was still tied to my chair buahaha it was fun to let her go in and out and not worry shed run away.
We are now on the hunt for a new house with our roomates. Going to view one I am stoked about on Monday! Little pricier than the place we have now but I think it's worth it...from the description, location, and the outside ...which is all I know about it. I'll let u know Monday what we think about it after we see it. I'd be able to bike or walk to school its so close! It also has a 2 car garage so the boys should be thrilled and a completely fenced in yard for maddi! Hopefully it works out and everyone is willing to pay the extra rent....positive thoughts.
I am absolutely loving Monterey!! It has to be the most beautiful place I've lived!! I am constantly amazed every morning on my bike ride to school! Sometimes at lunch I'll bike down to the warf and hang out with the seals which is pretty cool to see. Maddi is really learning to love the beach, she goes deeper and deep into the ocean each trip. She's always on a leash which means I do too haha so now we only go when I think it's warm enough to get wet! Haha I think it'd be cool if shed go swimming haha well see! I still haven't gone to the aquarium...I'm waiting till someone comes to visit so I don't go a ton of times! :-)
Well this is probably getting long, plus I'm blogging from my phone so my hand is a little cramped! I promise I will blog more often from now on! Next wk is our final wk of session 1 ( the summer is broken into 3 sessions) so we have our projects and tests due thur and frid then we get a mini vacation for 4th of July weekend which I'll be spending with my bestest friends Carly, Piper, Dana and Ryan in LA! A couple kids from class are driving down so I'm hitching a ride to save on gas! I can't wait!!! Birthday wkend is what I've dubbed it...mine and America's :-) should be lots of fun! I love having such good friends so close!!
Well...until next time...much love!!
Sasha
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Advanced Elementary
So turns out I placed exactly where the coordinator expected me to...Advanced Elementary (so not completely new but not where I should be technically if I came to this program straight from undergrad...based off where our class got in the book I am using). The good news is there is actually enough people to have a class at this level, a few months ago the program coordinator felt like I would be a dilemma because there weren't enough students enrolled at that in between level like me and that I would either need to go up a level or down a level. SO Long story short is I am right where I am supposed to be!
The bad news is the way the levels were posted I thought I had gotten into the intermediate and got my hopes up...turned out they forgot to add my name when they typed the Elementary lists up...so I waited an extra 45 mins for the intermediate lists to be posted just to learn I was indeed in the highest elementary class. Annoying.
I think this will be good for me because it will be somewhat of a refresher...I just hope we get enough material covered that I could test into the 200 level in the fall because that is what I have to do to enter my M.A. program...and if I don't this whole summer will be a huge waste of time and money.
SOOO On that note! I am going to bed so I am well rested for my class tomorrow. Until next time....
Goodnight!
The bad news is the way the levels were posted I thought I had gotten into the intermediate and got my hopes up...turned out they forgot to add my name when they typed the Elementary lists up...so I waited an extra 45 mins for the intermediate lists to be posted just to learn I was indeed in the highest elementary class. Annoying.
I think this will be good for me because it will be somewhat of a refresher...I just hope we get enough material covered that I could test into the 200 level in the fall because that is what I have to do to enter my M.A. program...and if I don't this whole summer will be a huge waste of time and money.
SOOO On that note! I am going to bed so I am well rested for my class tomorrow. Until next time....
Goodnight!
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