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Well, it's about time

Hello friends.

Long time no contact, right?

Yeah, my bad.

Here's a very brief summary of the last 2 1/2 months of my life:
-Christmas
-New Years (started that off right!)
-Renato's birthday
-came back to school
-got a new job (I'm back at BYUTV, hooray!!!!) and quit my old one
-school is keeping me ridiculously busy, more than I'd even thought it would
-I only have one roommate this semester
-I'm cooking more
-I have my first Portuguese student (I start teaching on Monday)
-I've learned a lot about trust in the Lord (again) and about how having priorities in the right place can make a huge difference in all aspects of life
-bought a plane ticket to Brazil- I'm going there in May!
-fell even more in love with Renato :)

So, that's the short list of everything that's happened.  There has been a lot going on.  I'll try to be better about keeping this updated again, especially now that I have a few big things to look forward to, especially in March (the 12th), April (the 5th, 6th, 7th, 16th, 24th), May (the 6th until the end of the month), June (the entire first half of it, still continuing form May 6th)...basically the next few months.  I'm glad to be leaving January and February behind...though they were good, they were also extremely difficult and I felt like I was on a roller-coaster most of the time.  But now I feel like I'm getting back on solid ground, and it's a good feeling.   I hope you are all doing well!


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