After counting down for nearly 100 days, the day finally came: I went to see Wicked in Birmingham with Dan and his parents! The performance was absolutely incredible.
It was everything that I had hoped it would be...and more. None of us had ever seen the musical before, so we were all very, VERY excited to see it! We were speechless for most of the ride back - just reeling from the phenomenal performance. I can't wait for Wicked to come to Nashville this fall so that my best friend, Raychel, can see it! If I wasn't going to be in Spain next fall...then I would most definitely go again. :)

In addition to seeing Wicked, we also did a lot of shopping while in Birmingham and...I attended my first Passover Seder! Dan's church, Green Valley Baptist, had a special service on Thursday night, during which we followed a Messianic Passover Haggadah (the religious text that sets the order of the Seder).
It was so interesting to learn more about the history behind the traditions of the ceremony - I can't believe that I waited until I was 19 (almost 20) years old to attend a Seder! It was the first time that Green Valley had celebrated a Passover Seder, AND...as it turns out...it was also the first time in history that a president celebrated a Seder in the White House!

This week was a little rough (getting back in the routine of going to classes and working after having a break is never easy), but the end of the semester is near! I just have to finish strong and then I will be off to South Africa...and then to Spain in the fall!!!