Hello Santa Barbara

.... Not the city in California, unfortunately.

But I am now a resident of Santa Barbara Apartments (which happen to be right down the street from J-Dawgs... sweet huh?). I live with the fabulous Rachel Nixon whom I met at the dorms (yep, we're both Helaman halls alumni) and the newest additions to our apartment are:

a kitchen-aid (thank you Rachel's sister),

a toaster (courtesy of Mitzi),

and Cable (as of last night-- we broke into the box illegally, haha jk).

We have a system where I bake dinner once a week and Rachel bakes dinner once a week...

and let me tell you,

its quite the educational experience considering the only food I know how to make off the top of my head is

toast and microwavable mac n' cheese...

I'm also a pro at doing laundry

(I learned how to do my own in London this last semester...... I probably shouldn't admit that)

This was how I did laundry for the first 19 years of my life...

... this is my laundry hamper now! woohoo for being independent.

Books I bought in London = decor for my room now

My lovely roommate leaves nice notes for me too! :)

Ooh, here's some more exciting news:

I chose a major!!

drumroll please...

Communication Disorders

:)

I'm very excited about it.