Picture Tag

So I was tagged by Camille to post the 6th picture of the 6th folder on my computer. I only had two pictures in my 6th folder so this is what you guys get.

This picture of Anna and I is from last Christmas. We were about to start another intense game of "Ticket to Ride". Today is Anna's 22nd birthday. We are only year and half apart. I love having Anna so close to my age; I just wish that we could be little closer together geographically.

Things I love about Anna

-her loyalty

-her honesty

-her kindness

-her beauty and she doesn't even realize how beautiful she is

-the fact that she loves food as much as I do

And the list would obviously go on and on. Happy Birthday Anna! I hope you know how much I love you!

I miss Him

I took Troy to the airport yesterday around 4:30 pm then I came home and watched few of my shows that I had recorded. Then I started reading my book and around 7 pm I realized how much I already missed him and how bored I would be while he was gone. This is not a "my husband is the best, most perfect husband in the world" post because that would not be truthful; however, he is the best, most perfect husband for me. I look at the last 4 years that we have been together and I just amazed at how good life can be. It hasn't been perfect; we have lived through almost four semesters of nursing school that tends to make me a monster periodically(though this semester I have been so good if I must say so myself), he was there for me when my mom passed away and still has to comfort me often even though he knows that very few things bring comfort, he drives me crazy with his geek stuff at times and I know he wonders how is it possible to not put the cap on the toothpaste, but no matter what I have always known that my life will always be good(not easy) because I married Troy in the temple little more than three years ago. 

Foreign Language Requirement Fulfilled

In order to graduate next May, I needed to take at least two semesters of foreign language(Second language). Fortunately for me, the university lets you test out of a language. So logically, I should be able to test out of English since it is my second language, but since I graduated from U.S high school, I cannot do that. This leaves me with the option of testing out of Finnish. Yes they want to make sure that I can speak Finnish fluently enough that I can test out of two semesters of a foreign language. So I call the linguistic department and give them all my information and they tell me that it might be a while before they can find someone who can test me. No surprise there since Finnish is not a language that many people know or even have a desire to know.  After three months of waiting, they finally set up a test date for me. So I find my way to the linguistic department building and this how the test goes.

"Hey, I'm professor so and so. I do not speak any Finnish. I want you to tell me how you learned Finnish first in English and then I want you to tell me the same thing in Finnish. I will listen to you and see if it sounds fluent."

"Well I was born and raised in FInland and learned Finnish as my first language. Then my family moved to California and I learned English. I went to school in Finland for 8 years and I talk with my family in Finnish every week"

Then I told my exciting story in Finnish, which was very weird and kind of uncomfortable. 

I also had to translate few sentences from a text book from the 1960s and then she announced that she could tell that I am a native speaker. 

I wish all of my tests were like this...