My Glitter List

Hello friends, family, and any random people reading.  I hope you have had a great week, and are doing well.  As I realize that my first full month in South Africa comes to an end, I see that time is going fast, and that I only have four months left to do all that I need to.  Good thing too-because I’ve got plans.

This week was not as intense as last week, but has had it’s own ups and downs, I got my first C this week.  (by first, I mean since like high school).  Then I found out that the grade equivalent back in the states to that is an A.  Weird, and pry the root of many Americans having a small panic attack.

Today was the first day that Jeremy and I volunteered with the penguins, I had so much fun, and they were super cute.  We cleaned, watched a bit of Toy Story 3 (great movie), and helped record how much the penguins ate.  Not bad for the first day J

Plans are now underway for spring break…drum roll please…badadrabanda…we are going to Namibia!!   For 9 WHOLE days! It’s gonna be wicked awesome.

Also had a Bible Study this week, which was AWESOME to go to.  This week has been pretty chill, I read a couple books and have been working on some volunteer projects and such.  One thing I expected when I came was to be immersed in culture, unfortunately that is not true, yes I get some here and there, but it’s more like a small city in America (sans Pizza Hut), I’m going to try to find more cultural things, (we’re going to coffee bay this month for a full moon dance ritual event), but it’s not as different as I expected.  Not sure how I feel about that yet, suppose I’ll let you know when I do.

Also I thought I’d start sharing my list of things to do before I die (My Glitter list) –the pageant girl in me is coming out ;-)  I have already done some of them, and so you’ll see that checked, but I figure I’ll post 5 each time, and perhaps by the time I come back from Africa I’ll have a few more checked and you’ll know a little bit more about me and my dreams.

BTW. They are in no particular order of importance

* means done already

Glitter List 1-5

*1. Perform in another county (In China we had to do a mini performance)

2. Go Sky Diving

3 Go Bungee Jumping

4. Become Fluent in another language (have a bit more to go with ASL)

5. Read the entire Lord of the Rings Series (this one will take me a while)

I know this post is not as interesting as the others, I promise I’ve got some sweet stuff coming up that will be awesome to read about, and I just want to thank you for taking the time to read my blog, whether you’re my aunt in Florida, my mom in Iowa, or a friend in Oklahoma, I appreciate it, and I hope that you like it, if you do and you want to share it, or someone asks you how to get to it, tell them to type www.apassionateadventure.blogspot.com into their browser, and it’ll come up. J If you’d like to hear about anything more in depth or have any questions please let me know!

Love you all,

Aj