False Alarm

No, I'm not pregnant. I don't plan on getting pregnant anytime soon.. trust me. Anyway, I got a letter from Northern Arizona University (NAU) College of Education. I freaked out thinking that it was my student teaching placement. NOPE! Just an envelope to make me think it was my placement. It was an important letter so that is great. NAU College of Education (or the education department) wanted to notify me that I was approved to student teach in a middle school math class. While it is still exciting (because that means I'll be in a math class) I still have not been able to find out where I am going or who I am going to be with. I even waited for Josh to get home from his cousins but it was pointless. We even had a video of me opening the fake-out. I would put it on the blg but Josh deleted it without my consent.

AEPA and Questions

Wednesday night I (Emily) signed up to take the first part of the AEPA. It is just the basic skills test (includes reading, writing, and math). I am due to take it on November 8th so that only leaves me another month and a half to prepare. Please wish me luck! I need all that I can get. I can take it again if I pass but it will cost another $110. I don't think that we can afford for me to take it more than once especially since I still have two more tests to take (OUCH)! Other than that, not much has been happening around here lately. I'm expecting my student teaching placement soon so pray that I get Gilbert Junior High with an awesome teacher. I'll let everyone know when it comes. I'll be freaking out... trust me.

I do have a really random question that I really need to ask. I haven't found the answer so maybe my faithful readers can answer this mind-boggling question. (It isn't mind-boggling but it has been bothering me.) HOW IS IT THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST PACK UP AND GO ON VACATION???SERIOUSLY!!!! I would love to do that but I can't get off work and neither can Josh. Not only that but HOW DO PEOPLE AFFORD IT??? Josh and I make good money but we still can't afford to go on vacation. HOW DO YOU DO THIS????

Sad Video Clip

This is a great video that is really sad but great. I cried. It is about Obama and a an abortion procedure that he was for. Watch it, send it to your friends and family. Please spread the news.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIdbYjmbFzo

Labor Day Weekend

Last weekend started off as aHUGE disappointment. I wanted to go to Prescott with my parents and Karen but I couldn't find a piano player for Primary. I guess that is what happens when all the piano players in your ward already have callings so they cannot play. Anyway, Josh and I got permission from his dad and Mel to have Chris and Megan (his little brother and sister) come over for the weekend. So... we drove about and hour and a half (we should have kept going and we would have hit L.A.) to pick the up on Saturday night. We really didn't do much over the weekend except watch movies and play Wii. It turned out to be a lot of fun and I had a great time with Megan. We went shopping on Monday morning. Can I just say how nice it is to be able to shop with someone other than Josh? Anyway, Monday afternoon we took them back to their dad's and we had a BBQ because Josh's Grandmama's (Grandma but he was adopted as her son) birthday wasthe next day. There isn't much to say, except that I cannot wait to see Megan again. We will probably have to go shopping again because we have the same taste in clothes. I hope you enjoy the pictures of the two cutest characters in Mario Party 8.

This is Dry Bones... he's my favorite character. Whenever he loses, he falls into a pile of bones!