Sorry that I haven't posted for a while

I really don't know what to say, but I haven't posted in a while and want to remain interesting. I doubt that people are as desperate as I am and check my friends' blogs every day:) I like to keep in touch. So, anyway...

Oh, I can tell you the up date of our moving to Salem. I talked with the manager of the apartments we're going to get (called Cascade View Apartments) today. All we have to do is go up there next Monday, sign the contract, pay rent and the security deposit, and get the keys. After that, we'll be set to move as planned, on the 7th of June. I now just need to call the ward that we'll be in to ask if we can have some help that day. Man, everything is coming together, how exciting and scary at the same time! I'm still a little bummed that we couldn't get an apartment with washer and dryer hook ups. So, we'll have to pay a fortune at laundry mats. I hope stay in the one we have now and then move to the other (called Cheryln Lynn Apartments) that has washer and dryer hook ups when it gets open. Well, at least that's the plan. The Lord will provide.

So that's what's really going on in our lives. Hope you have a great day!

Family Newsletter

Last christmas, Liji had a wonderful idea. Each month, the Waites would write a letter about the on-goings of the month to share with the rest of the family and for our posperity. It's wonderful becuase we getto know what is going on in our family. This is an idea that others should do. It's definatly worth the trouble. To me. it's like a way to "force" me to wirte something that my grandchildren and great-grandchildren will enjoy to read. Try it! You'll be glad that you did.

Yesss!

Oh, yeah! I am finally done with my thesis! I did my presentation yesterday and now all I have to do is turn in a clean copy to be published in the library. A tremendous load has just been lifted off my shoulders! To tell you the truth, I really freaked out about my presentation. I felt really unprepared and I had a hard time limiting what I was going to say. Well, I did go over the time limit, about ten minutes:) (instead of 15 minutes presentation, it was a 25 minute) but everything else went fine. Luckily my grade doesn't depend onthe length of my presentations. So hopefully my overall grade will be a high B, though I'm hoping for an A. I'll post more information as it develops.

I've also just made a decision. Since me and Patxi have been trying for almost 9 months to get pregnant, hopefully it'll happen soon. So I've decided to only notify those who check my blog probably with one of those baby gadgets things. There are many different reason for this decision. First I hope that this will help motivate some people (mostly my parents) to actually look at my blog. My parents, once me and Patxi move, would still love to know the on-goings of our lives and a blog is one of the best ways to do that. Plus if you add the fact that Patxi wants to hold on to the secret for as much time as possible, in a way, I won't be telling anyone. Those choice few who actually check this blog will be the informed few, and Patxi will feel like I kept the secret as long as I could. I guess it's kind of silly, but this decision serves many a purpose.

Geology Trip

This last saturday and sunday my geo 203 class took a trip to the John Day Fossil beds.


These are the painted hills.


This is the blue basin or turtle cove.


This is besalt -the rock that forms from a volcanic eruption. Oregon is loaded with it!


This is more besalt.


Oh and look guys, more besalt. It was a running joke on our trip, the fact that all we saw was besalt. I think you would have to be there to think it funny :)

Anyways, I had a wonderful time. The people I went with were so much fun so it was great fun! The pictures of the fossils I found are up and coming, but they mostly consists or gastropods, a fish fin, and some plants. I was cool to climb on top of hill sides and dig for fossils. The crazy thing was that those who would just look around on the ground would find more things that those of us to put sweat and effort into. Aw, Good times! What stunk was the fact that I forgot to bring my camera so more picture will come as I get them from others.

I'm new at this. Is a tag a good thing?

1. YOUR REAL NAME: Jessica Waite
2. This is my GANGSTA NAME: Jesizzle
3. If I would be a detective my name would be:(fav color and fav animal)The Blue Giraffe
4. If I was a star of a Soap Opera, my name would be: Leigh Have
5. My name on Star Wars would be: Waijelem (try to pronounce that!)
6. If I were a super hero, my name would be: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink) YellowWater. But it sounds a little distasteful, I might want a different one :0
7. If I was placed into witness protection, I would take the name of: (Mother's middle name and father's middle name) Michelle John
8. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one your pets) Black Pesado (pesado is the name I chose for one of our Koi fish. It's seafood in Spanish)

I hope that this is what I was suppose to do for a tag, whatever that is. Enjoy! Oh and if you want the original, you can find it at Brittney's blog.

The stress of moving has offically hit me

Today, I spent 2 hours looking on the Internet for apartments in Salem which adds to the two days spent in Salem driving around. The reason why it's so hard to find something is because of our criteria. We want an apartment within walking distance fromChemeketa CC and also don't want to paid much for it (nothing more then $600 a month) Yup! Salem's pretty pricey when compared to our $285 we've been paying in LaGrande. Plus all of he apartment require and application screening fee of $20 to $40 per adult. Plus Patxi just got other ticket which well cost us over $400. (If you want the story, talk to Patxi, I'm not going to publish it) I know we'll do fine, it's just kind of stressful now. I'm now in the waiting period. Waiting forinformation to
come and waiting to see if there's another option. according to the fees involved, I'm planning on only applying to two apartment complexes. Pray for us that we will be guided by the spirit as we make our decision.

I experienced something interesting

So the other day I had an interesting feeling. All of a sudden I walked outside and I got that feeling, and said to my self, "Oh, I love the Christmas season." Then stopped in my tracks and said, "Wait! it's April 30th! It snowed in La Grande yeaterday and into the night. Around noon today there still is snowing melting off cars! I am really sick and tired of this weather. It's been the spring equinox for over a month now. I don't remember La Grande getting snow every week this late in the year before. Patxi wanted me to get a picture of it so we cold share it on our family picture website but our camera wasn't working so I thought that I would mention it on my blog. I'm going crazy with cabin fever!

What Jane Austen Heroine am I?

Face book has tons of different quizes to take. I've tried to stay away form most of them, but this Jane Austen one I could not pass up! So the test calculated that I'm like Elizabeth Bennett. I looked up to her as I grew up and would think it a complement if it were true. Jen (my sister) always said that she was more like Elizabeth and I was like Jane because I cared for other people and Jen was more judgmental (that was before she changed a lot). But, I don't know, I guess it's up to you to decided. My opinion of myself is too subjective to decided.

"Spring into Broadway II" ended with great success!

Spring into Broadway is now finished. I'm glad because of the free nights, but sad because it'll probably be the last show I'll do in a long time. I was so much fun because the cast was awesome and I got to hang out with my family a lot. I'm going to miss them when me move to Salem in about a month.

We all were pretty worried when two members of our cast quit three weeks before we opened. In total, 5 people dropped out since we started rehearsals. We tried our best to over come the damage by adding people at the last minute (Thank you Curtis Greenfield!) and even some songs we just had to leave with an open space. So the last few weeks were kind of hairy but I think that it made us a closer cast and a better show. We literally worked our tails off at 3 hour rehearsals, six days a week. It was tough, but it was worth the laughs, applause, and impressed comments from the audience. One of the best comments I received was form Ronda Shelton. She literally dragged her husband to the first Saturday performance because he is not the theatre going type. But he had the biggest smile when I saw him after the show and the next day at church. Ronda said that he just could not stop talking about it and even started to sing some of the songs. It's comments like these and other reactions of the audience that makes me want to do theatre, and they make the hard work worth it.
I had a great time in "Spring into Broadway II" and doing other theatre at EOU. I will always miss it.

Live Theatre is Great!

Something unexpected happened during Saturday night's preformance of SPRING INTO BROADWAY. This video shows the transession between the songs, "Next to Loving" and "I Can Hear the Bells," my song. What was supposed to happen is that Charles and I would bump into each other and then I would sing about literally falling in love with him. Well, as you can see by the video, things didn't go according to plan.

The sound isn't very good, so I'll tell you what was said. I said, "Owe!" and the Charles said, "What do we do?" I said, "Ripe it out," Then Jen R came over to help. The hair was not removed so Charles ad-libbed, "will you still go out with me?" Then Kenny said, "Does anyone have any Mannyounas?" Fune then yells, "Mama," to my mother and director watching (and crying from laugher) in the audience. My hair is finally un-tangled and Charles says, "Sorry little lady," and leaves as I say, "It's okay," as I rub my head.
It was a crazy moment for all of us on stage. I really don't know how the audience felt. It wasn't until the song was half over before I could stop laughing.

This is what I get for Being Clumsy

The day that SPRING INTO BROADWAY opened, I had decided to go for my first outside run because it had wonderful weather. Five minutes into my run, I fell and scraped up my knee as I tried to jump over a curb. I hurt pretty bad and by the time I came home, it was pretty bloody (which is what the video shows, Enjoy!) The hard part was dancing on it and wearing knee highs for the show that night. It's a lot better now.

Good Morning on the 21st of April!

SNOW!!!! This is a video of what we woke up to on the morning of APRIL 21st. I thought that it would be spring by now. Maybe it is global warming like in that one movie. Soon, we'll all have to move to Mexico or Missouri ;)

SPRING INTO BROADWAY Opens this week!

"Spring into Broadway" opens April 17-19 and also plays April 24-26. It's a Broadway variety show packed with singing, dancing, and laughs. My whole family is involved. Jen and Jill are right behind me in the picture and we sing other numbers together too. My Dad's in it as well and my mom directed it. So it's quiet the family affiar. Nick, Jen's husband is even playing the drums in the pit. Patxi would have done the slideshow but he has drill the first week we open. But come and see the show!

We're Moving!

Patxi has been accepted! All he has to do is register and he'll be ready to start in June.

He planning on first becoming a paramedic and then a firefighter. Since he might be deployed to Iraq in 2010, it'll be about a four year process until he is fully certified and looking for a job.

So we hope to move the first week of June, before Patxi has to go to his annual National Guard two week training. Then, I'll be back in La Grande for graduation and then offically move to Salem that week and search for a job.

The scary thing is that we don't know where we'll be living yet. The apartments around the college won't let us apply until May, when they'll know if there are any openings. So I have to wait another month until my worries can be appeased. But we are generally excited about this new step in our lives, especially Patxi. I will post more information when it comes.

Waite Reunion August 2007

The Waites had a Reunion at camp Elkana August 2007. There was an awesome slip and slide there that we spent the whole day using. This is a video of Patxi, Ben, and Kres racing. the slide was the highlight of the reunion, it was so fun! I'm excited about the big Hendrickson's reunion in the same place this next August.