4 things

Please excuse me while I brag describe why my life just got really awesome the past few weeks.

1. I get one of these in August and get to learn how to teach my kids using them. I get a whole classroom set of 35 Ipads this year and next!

2. I got accepted to volunteer here. I get to teach English to immigrants and refugees this fall. I'm thinking I want to get my master's in something related to teaching English and such (I'll describe to you later if you want) so I'm excited to get some hands on experience. Also, I'm super excited just to help out with this. This center is really great and has wonderful programs set up and I'm so happy I get to use my time more wisely to do good!

3. In August:

I get to see Andrew Bird. I think I'm going to have him sign my violin or something. (You don't have to watch the whole thing)

I'm also going to see Mumford and Sons. For a long time now, my friend Sam and I have been hoping and hoping they would come to Utah. You can only imagine how excited I was when I heard their concert announcement on the radio!

Now if I hope really hard, maybe Jack White will come...

4. Two of my favorite bands announced really long awaited CD's due out this fall.

The Killers (my favorite song...and video)

No Doubt (Am I a child of the 90's and early 2000's? Yes, yes I am. And I love No Doubt)

Yup I really did put more movies on this blog. Maybe next time I'll actually post pictures? Maybe...

30 Before 30

So today is my birthday. I am officially 1 year away from being a quarter of a century old! I saw this on another blog and I thought I'd make one of my own.  Note: I give myself full permision to edit this list at any time, deleting things I am no longer interested in and adding new goals.  If that defeats the purpose, I don't really care. :)

1. Get my Level 2 teaching license and leave behind my provisional status (one more year!)
2. Pay off my car
3. Get my masters (in...who knows what)
4. Learn to speak real Spanish
5. Win a pie contest
6. Go on a church history tour
7. Learn how to drive a stick shift
8. Run a 5K (blah!)
9. Go through the temple
10. Read the whole Hunger Games series
11. Learn Balboa
12. Complete a sewing project
13. Make and stick to a budget (ugh!)
14. Get another endorsement
15. Visit Texas
16. Buy a skirt from J Crew (possibly shop frequently? I can only hope)
17. Get certified in CPR
18. Go to a different country
19. Dance in New Orleans
20. Go golfing
21. Eat something I think is disgusting (escargot maybe? makes want to vomit)
22. Read the Book of Mormon all the way through at least once each year (will check this off in 6 years)
23. Be comfortable playing hymns on the piano
24. Be in a jam circle (legitimately, at least 30 seconds)
25. Write something that will be published in a newspaper
26. Go to New York and attend Fashion Week
27. Take a genealogy class
28. Play in an orchestra (so I did this already this year...but I want to find another one before I turn 30)
29. Attend a music festival (hopefully Glastonbury?...we'll see)
30. Go to General Conference