2009 April: North

One week from today I will get to join the rest of the Freakish Four in the college graduate club. I’m excited. It’s been 5 long years (and I’m only half way there, I think I’m going to cry). I have my Spanish final on Monday morning. I’m not really worried about that one. My Italian has benefited me a lot during Spanish. I have a friend who served his mission in Brazil who sat next to me in that class. We took turns trying to get the rest of the class to hate the other more (I say very loudly “Oh wow Nate, you really aced that test, you probably didn’t even have to study!” A few days later he says “wow Stewart, you sure set the bar high for that oral exam!”) I don’t know why, but every time I said something to get him in trouble people just looked at me like I was disrupting class, but when he said something everyone looked at me like “you jerk.” Rob, si quieres practicar puedes llamarme, necesito practica yo tambien. Also on Monday I have to turn in a paper for my botany class. It’s about why there are more flowering plants than non-flowering plants, even though non-flowering plants show up in the fossil record first. Now I know you are all dying to discuss it with me, it’s probably something you’ve been thinking a lot about lately.

Becky and I have found a new TV series that we enjoy. It comes from Canada. Becky has a co-worker who bought the DVD’s. It’s called Corner Gas. It’s set in this tiny little town in Saskatchewan. The humor is always clean, and other than a few bad words here and there, we enjoy it. If you’re looking for something new to watch you might check it out.

Well we wish the best of luck to you all, and may God bless.

Stewart and Becky

P.S. Becky reminded me that I forgot to mention one very important thing we did in April. We became an aunt and uncle. Now Jason, you've probably been an uncle your whole life, but for me, it's the first time. Camille and Juan had their first little baby boy on April 26 (I think that's the day). They named him blaz (pronounced blauss if you use the Spanish pronunciation, blaze if you use the English). He sleeps a lot during the day, and plays a lot during the night. Both mom and baby are doing well.