Long time no see!

Goodness gracious. Has is really been almost a month since I've written on my blog? I mean, last time I wrote, I didn't know my roommate, I hadn't auditioned for Dollywood, so much had NOT yet take place! I guess I'll give a short rundown of what I've been up to:
I now have a roommate!! Her name is Arianne, she's from Rwanda, and she has a twin sister, Lily! And we get along! yay! One thing that crack me up is the fact that they speak fluent english, meaning that sometimes I'm stuck in the middle of a conversation that I don't understand! It's quite amusing. Oh, and another thing! The first day after I met them, it snowed. Big time. Like, over five inches. And it was BEAUTIFUL. When we walked out to brunch that morning, you couldn't tell where the paths and roads were, so it looked like a big, beatiful bed of white! And it made it even more exciting, because Lily and Arienne had NEVER seen snow before! SO COOL. Let me just say, I've never had more fun in a snowball fight. :D
Dixie Stampede: That weekend, we had our first dorm outing to Dixie Stampede. Boy was that fun!!! Since it was over the weekend, my Mom went with me so that she could drive me to and from the show. I'm so glad my Mom went, it was a lot of fun with her there! It definitely was neat to expierence the show from the perspective of the foreign students, who did not grow up learning about the American civil war, and the divide between the north and the south, or even the big deal about the slaves! So that was neat. And watching them expierence true southern cooking with only their hands was so funny! My Mom told the kid sitting next to her(bless his heart, I think she drove him crazy because she talked to him so much, and he's generally quite reserved), "no chopsticks here!". It was a good weekend. :)
Fast foward a weekend to my DOLLYWOOD AUDITION.
I'm still slightly in shock that I actually auditioned for Dollywood. I've wanted to do this for years! I feel like I didn't do too bad, even though I screwed up my first song(which will probably haunt me for the next few months), but I kind of made up for it in the next song. I say that I didn't do too bad is also because I was one of the few that actually got through two songs without being stopped, and they actually asked me questions and talked to me! In comparison to the people that went before me, that's a big deal in my mind. It also helped that Mrs. Andrea Duncan was kind enough to come with me to be my accompianist. To put my opinion about Andrea in a nutshell, I would say what my Dad and I always say when we mention her, "When I grow up I want to be just like her!!". She is the kindest person I know, and I truly admire her as a christian. I mean, she's almost too nice! You know what I mean? She's one of those people that I always want to be around so that maybe some of her kindness and godliness would rub off on me. Anyways, her being there for encouragement, support, and of course, to play my songs for me, made a HUGE difference. Even though I have not been told whether I've made it or not, I know I didn't make it. I mean, I lied about my age for crying out loud! But I know now that I definitely will try out next year, and this year was a great expierence that I will never forget.
This past weekend was very much eventful. I went snowtubing with the dorm kids, had family dinner at the dorm, and started working on stuff for economics week! Family dinner was SO GREAT. I got picked to be on the cooking team, and I got to cook noodles! I've never cooked like THAT ever. How crazy is that, when my Mom is a professional cook?! Anyways, I survived making the noodles without getting burnt, and everyone ate them without getting sick. Success! The set up crew decorated the cafeteria with snowmen, and we all ate together as one big happy "family". I loved it. :) Afterwards, we went out to the football field and played THREE hours of night capture the flag. Let me tell you, it was intense. My brother, his friend, and my Dad also came, and had fun as well. Even though it was freezing, and I was tired, and we lost, it was such a great night. I can't wait for next month's Family Dinner!
Aha! I'm caught up now! So here's this week. This week has been HECTIC. With economics week, my World Religion presentation, my childrens book and singing in choir, it's been crazy. Economics week I think has killed me. That is, it's killed my voice. I can barely talk, let alone sing. Being the over-enthusiastic ray of sunshine I am, I can't help myself but to talk to everyone about how badly they need my homemade brownies, necklaces, and love bugs!(made of really cute pom-poms and googly eyes). Literally, I will scream across the room if it means gaining a customer. It was great the first two days, but it's past day four, and I'm hurting. So, tomorrow I'm going on vocal rest and not speaking AT ALL. Good luck to my business partner! Though I guess she can do it, seeing as she was not here at all last week, because of mono/getting ehr wisdom teeth taken out. I did feel sorry of course, but by Tuesday I was seriously questioning my sanity! Anyways, amid all of the stress, we haven't done too terribly. Our table looks great, we have great products, and everything is selling! So even though the thing is so unorganized, it's a good expierence. :)
Well, I guess that's all for now! Saturday Dad and I are going to a Valentine's day concert with the dorm kids, which will be fun. :) I'll hopefully post sooner than later!