A busy weekend...

The time is just flying by! I only have two weeks of classes left - YAY! However, that means that I have to get everything done in two weeks - YIKES! Oh well, I will survive. I had a good weekend...here are a few pictures of Friday and Saturday:

On Friday, I was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi - known as the most pretigious honor society! At least my hard work in classes have paid off and I have something to show for my 4.0!
Above: Aaron, Kari, Luke, Heidi, Santi, Steve, and Nolan. Nolan is an RA and also got inducted. The rest came out to see the ceremony and cheer us on.
Below: Liz!! She was able to come to town on Thursday evening and stay until late Friday! It was great seeing her and I am so happy she was there!

The picture below is me with President DeRosa! I was thinking about using this as my facebook picture, but I don't know if he would like that too much :-)
That evening, Liz and I headed up to Lodi for School Street Stroll. It was a ton of fun. Below is a picture of Ellie in a sexy polyester jacket...it actually fit her!! It also came with matching pants! It wasn't for sale yet though...someday Ellie you will own this outfit!
On Saturday, I headed to Yosemite for a day trip with Jason, Luke and Kari. Kari had never been and none of them had been to Hetch Hetchy so we stopped there first. Kara and Patrick joined us for this part of trip. Below is a picture of Hetch Hetchy.
Wapama Falls were absolutely amazing! It had a nice mist coming off of it. We stayed and hiked around the falls for a little while.

Below is part of the trail at Hetch Hetchy. I just think it is a pretty picture.
We then headed into the Valley. Below is Yosemite Falls. The falls were all amazing - a great time of the year to go and see them all!
After Yosemite Falls, we went and took some pictures of Half Dome and then hiked around Bridalveil Falls. There was an amazing double rainbow at the falls!

That's me on the rock!

I have been doing a lot of homework today and still have so much to do. I am looking forward to the next couple of weeks - we continue to interview for AC jobs here, have NRHH inductions, and the start of the end of the year banquets begins. I am flying to MN and will be there May 2 - I can't wait to see Jeff...it has been way too long!

It's already April!

I can't believe how fast time is flying by! I had a great time while Jeff was out here. We went to Murphy, CA to go down into a cave one day. Here are a few pictures from the trip:

Above: Cool formations on the walls in the cave.

Below: Wall formation known as the chocolate waterfall. It really does look like one!

Above: Jeff going down the first set of stairs. There really wasn't a whole lot of room between the walls!
Below: The spiral staircase we walked down. It was made out of the steel of a WWI battle ship!

The picture below is of Jeff and Heidi in the cave.

After our cruise through Moaning Cavern, we decided to go zip-lining. It was awesome! We didn't get any pictures, but I absolutely had a blast doing it!

Other than that, we hung out a lot with friends at Pacific and GM. We also played a lot of whiffle ball - which is an amazing sport! We got an awesome bat at a thrift store and definitely think we have gotten our $1.50 out of it!

I have been quite busy with work and classes lately...it never seems to end. However, I am determined (and sort of need to be) done with all of my assigments by April 30th! Crazy to think that I will soon be graduating with a masters. Some good things I found out: I am being inducted into Phi Kappa Phi which is a very prestigious academic honor society! I was selected to receive an award (only one given a year) for making outstanding contributions to the campus and for the leadership I have taken in my academic program! The dean of students (also my advisor) sent me flowers today! They are absolutely beautiful! She is such an amazing woman! Still waiting on the job front. I am being a little picky in what I apply for, but I am hoping to hear something soon. In other news, I got my haircut! There is a program on campus to get people to donate their hair and I decided to particpate! I chopped off 9 inches (Pantene will accept 8 for donations)! I like it and am still getting used to having short hair, but it is fun!

Me with short hair. It is nto the best picture, but you get the gest.

OK, I am off! I hope everyone is doing well!