Update

Hello...

I don't know that anyone even checks in on my blog anymore, but here goes!:

I've been home in the States since the 1st of December! Huzzah! It's been great being home with friends and family again! I do, however miss my lovely New Zealand. :( And not JUST because the weather here in Utah is in the teens on average. :( Let's just say the greenest Utah gets is in the outfield of a softball/baseball field. Nothing like the Natural beauty that surrounded me constantly while living abroad!

The good news now is I'm finally registered for classes! Technically I got it taken care of a while ago, but now I've got everything all worked out and ready to go! I'm actually really excited for this new semester. I've got some excellent classes ahead of me, and I'm in 2 classes that I need to finish off my general ed stuff. (Not that I'm excited for the classes themselves, but to finally be rid of them after May!) Haha. But I AM looking forward to my fun, stress-reliever class of...BOWLING! I know, right? It's gonna be great! I've been working my tail off to get college credits for the last HOW many years, and I'm finally letting myself have a bit of fun! I'm also in a 3D art class, and a Drawing II class! I'm stoked for them both! I'm not the most accomplished artist, by any means, but I love learning and broadening my skills! Cross your fingers I can do better than stick figures after May! :)

Along with being back home in good 'ol Utah, I've been working quite a bit! About 4 or 5 days after I returned home, I started my job at the movie theaters here in town. Before I left for New Zealand, I was building sets for new movie Premiers. It was sooo fun! I got to use my handy-woman skills and make things fun! Well my job now is finally being on the actual movie theater staff. I work behind the counter with concessions, take tickets, and work in the box office. :) I know I know...sounds boring, but it's really not! I enjoy interacting with customers and making things fun for other people around me! Besides that, I work with 4 of my roommates and loads of other fun people.

Christmas was pretty good this year. :) Juli, Caitlin, Jason, the kids, and I all went out to Parowan on Christmas Eve and spent the evening there with Mom, Craig, and the girls. It was nice. Not to mention my mother is an AMAZING cook! Oh, how I've missed her food!!! We stuffed ourselves with homemade rolls, stuffed pork, wild apricot/cranberry rice, and some other good eats! Then we opened some presents from each other. :) It was definitely a good time! Juli and I ended up just sleeping at our house in town, then driving out to Caitlin's early Christmas morning after opening our presents from each other. Juli and Amy got me an AWESOME airsoft gun!!!! I know...it sounds nerdy, but it's the BOMB! It's a CO2 Gun, so it goes so fast and it's so powerful! Awesome! And then Juli gave me an AMAZING camera tripod! I've needed a good one soooo badly, and my best friend knew exactly what i needed! Huzzah! I'm stoked to use it! I'm banking on getting some good shots this summer and selling them at the Shakespearean Park sales thingy in June and July for some extra cash! If you're interested, talk to me! I've got some AMAZING shots from New Zealand that I want to print!

Okay, back to Christmas...We drove down to St. George to spend Christmas Day with my Dad, Cheryl, and the kids. We spent the day hanging around, having fun, watching some TV, and an early dinner. Man, those Jamaicans sure know how to cook meat! We had some lamb, goat, chicken, pork, and lots of side dishes! MmmmMM! I love it! Caitlin and Jason had to leave to California straight from there, so Juli and I caught a ride home at 5 ish from my Dad. Unfortunately, at the end of the night we didn't realize Juli had accidentally dropped her keys in Katy's van...so now she's stuck without a car until they return home tomorrow. :( Boo!

ANywho...today is New Year's Eve, and I don't work! Neither does Juli! We spent most of yesterday babysitting her niece and nephews while her sister Toni spent time with her husband who was having surgery. They stayed the night with us at our house, and man was it tiring!! Whew! And now that it's 2PM, we decided maybe we should get ready for the day! Haha! We are planning to hang out at the theater tonight with some friends. We deemed the party "Rock 'N Eve 2008" hahaha. AKA...we play rockband and singstar allllll night long on the big giant theater screens! It's gonna be great! We're dressing up as Rock Stars, so it'll make things even MORE interesting!

Have a Happy New Year!!!

Brenna