the intermission

6.15.11


a lot has happened since my trip to nicaragua last may, but i have been slack with the blogging. this post will be an attempt to briefly catch my blog up to where i am now. 


summer 2010: 
-1 week working at camp cedar cliff (where i worked for 5 summers prior; formerly known as the cove camp) in asheville, nc 
-oconee state park with the whole fam (got to finally meet my new nephew from ghana)
-some nannying for my 3 youngest sibs
-germany (griesheim, darmstadt, frankfurt, heidelberg) for 1 week to visit camp staff friends
-switzerland (near basel) for 2 weeks to work at a christian camp for predominantly french-speaking teens to learn english (3rd summer working the camp)
-hilton head beach with the fam


fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters:
-back at furman for junior year
-lived in "the cottage" along the lake with 7 other girls
-lots of fun dancing (contra, salsa, merengue, bachata, some swing)
-lots of cooking with friends
-weepies concert
-did a relay sprint tri in the fall (i biked) and tried (yes, pun duly noted) to do a sprint tri in the spring, but my bronchitis wasn't looking forward to it and tornado warnings & a storm got it cancelled
-snowshoe ski trip and beach kayaking/camping trip with fuoc (our outdoor club, of which i was pres this year)
-friend's wedding
-gallbladder surgery
-fun snow days & no school
-started mentoring a little girl through frazee dream center
-tutored
-cirque du soleil: totem
-conyers/atl/lake house spring break trip
-cooper river bridge run


may 2011:
-hispanic cuisine & culture class--so fun and delicioso! (our food blog with recipes: el archivo gastronómico)
-LEAF (lake eden arts festival) in asheville--dancing (including contra, salsa, merengue, tanzanian) live music (including west african drums, a brazilian band, & angelique kidjo), fire performers, art vendors, food, etc.
-cookouts, volleyball, and frisbee at our apartment complex
-friend's wedding
-fondue
-charleston to visit sis' fam
-preparation for uganda (more on that later...)


well, as scattered as that may be, that at least was the basic gist of the intermission.