“The Letter 2007”
This is the official Merry Christmas/ Happy New Year/ Hi to everyone I haven’t talked to in a year/ Watch out you might get a graduation announcement in a few months/ If I write a letter a year it is almost like I am writing in my journal… Letter!
After giving a 40 minute PowerPoint presentation, Dr. Manning suggested that tables were a great way to clearly and concisely share information. In the spirit of my graduate semantics class, reference Tables 1-4 and Figure 1 for moments, possessions, thoughts, and pictures of 2007. These tables are subdivided into the following areas: proud, happy, embarrassing, and sad. Note: some of the contents could actually be categorized by more than one of these emotions.
Table 1 Moments of 2007
Proud
I only lost my keys once in the past 2 months. Thank you DI for the $0.50 keyboard.
I made our Christmas tree out of dark green fleece and jewelry.
I saw 5 cayenne peppers grow in our little planted garden that sat on our pile of cinderblocks.
Happy
I got rain boots for Christmas that are black with multi-colored polka-dots
I replaced the Jack in the Box “Jack” on my car antenna 3 times this year.
I married off two roommates (Megan Smith Moe and Kristy Money Straubhaar)
Embarrassing
I left my computer in Orange County.
I tripped six times today on my way to church.
I forgot my gas cap on my car and drove away…
Sad
Only one total jalapeno grew on our five jalapeno plants.
Our graduate semantics shirts were all white instead of colored.
Allergic reactions to antibiotics… and Montezuma’s revenge…
Table 2 Possessions of 2007
Proud
Brand-new-never used skillet!
Sweatshirt BYU blanket from guessing M&Ms.
Lots of yarn= crocheted baby blankets
Happy
Colorful Happy Birthday plate!
Pretty red IKEA rugs in our living room!
Free Queen size bed with accompanying 5 pillows!
Embarrassing
Snowmen salt and pepper shakers that were turned green.
Picture frames hung that still have strangers in them
6 boxes of Jell-O… still untouched in the cupboard...
Sad
Purse filled with child vomit a block away from a sink and standing out in the mid-afternoon heat.
Flooded carpet, walls, and ceiling… and all of the consequences…
Mistletoe
Table 3 Miscellaneous of 2007
Proud
After growing my hair out for 9 months, I can braid my hair! (Disclaimer: it has to be French braided tightly into two braids in order to keep my hair from falling out )
2 jobs winter semester
2 summer jobs
3 jobs fall semester
I worked at Walgreen’s for 3 hours during a linguistics conference…
Happy
I bought my first nativity of my new nativity collection… grand total: 1
$4 lime green shirt from K-mart to wear with my new pinstriped black suit.
I have my own car insurance policy! It is totally in MY name.
Embarrassing
Not quite becoming a maid in the Doubletree Hotel at Doheny Beach…
I still haven’t finished reading Anna Karenina… it has been 12 months…
Shan and I are up to 30 matching shirts and now coordinating WICKED hats!
Sad
Confused travelers looking for the Austin flight at the wrong gate because of my Univ of Texas shirt.
Failing seven students in 2 semesters…
Watching Becoming Jane with my sis Emily and my mom… oh the memories and the Kleenex…
Table 4 Pictures of 2007
Proud
14 inches chopped off my hair for Locks of Love! There is a little girl wearing my hair…
I helped Megan Smith Moe with her wedding prep esp. her hair! I want to grow up and go to cosmetology school…
Happy
Pink ‘Ultimate Fighting’ sweat outfits, fuzzy puff-painted love pillows and handmade Valentines Day cards!
Tiaras, beauty pageant queens, formal dresses, puffed sleeves, and a Halloween party prize!
Embarrassing
I dyed my hair for the first time. I prepared myself emotionally for a few months. I had withdrawals for a few weeks after… YES, it looked exactly like my natural color: Dark Brown with subtle red highlights…
I sewed pants for a boy with heart fabric sewn into the sides. He wore them in public… NO we weren’t dating…
Sad
We had fans blowing under our carpets and helping to circulate the moldy foam smell for a whole week!
We took a picture outside of the Wax Museum instead of going inside! Poor Zach (five-year-old nephew)!
Figure 1 Lucky Number of 2007
1 couple met and later dated because of my birthday party
1 roommate hasn’t moved out (Shannon) unlike Ashleigh, Megan, Kristy, and Lorena
1 trip to Denver, trip to Texas, trip to Idaho, trip to Arizona, day in Mexico
1 exboyfriend was “redated”
1 month that I worked for KLAS enterprises as a transcriptionist
1 raise from the Linguistics dept.
1 visiting marsupial and 1 niece (Tristan) came to our funnest slumber parties
1 roommate who is now serving a mission
1 thousand people came to our fall barbecue, Go BYU Graduate Student Society!
1 successful Christmas/New Year/whatever-you-call-it letter that was written and sent!
Love, Rachel J
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