Today at 3 I am going back to Utah! The following 9 days will be spent in Orem: playing with long-missed family and relatives and friends, sleeping in, eating to my heart's content, doing FREE laundry, working at FroYo, seeing Samantha get BAPTIZED!, celebrating Thanksgiving, and shopping in the mass day-after-Thanksgiving-shopping! hahaha It's going to be a GREAT week :)
<3 Me
new favorite video/song:
(not much to do with anything other than that I love it!)
Friday, November 21, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
time flies when you're having fun!
I am amazed by how quickly this semester is flying! I only have 3 and a half weeks left of classes, and the semester is over! CRAZY!! A week and a half to Thanksgiving break, then 2 more weeks till the end of Fall Semester.
Well, to start off I apologize for not keeping up on this blog every day like I wish I could. I have to keep backing up and explaining everything cool (or at least I thought was cool) from the last few days. My week became progressively better as it went on. Wednesday was still not the best, but Thursday and on were wonderful. The Preferance Dance was on Saturday and it was great! I loved every minute of it. Colin was my date and Andrea went with Zach.
La de da....
Moving on to yesterday, Colin and I made our relationship "official" ;) Our facebook status' were changed and everything. *haha* He is currently getting his "beauty rest" because it is "o'dark thirty outside" :D I love when he sings to me and holds my hand. Kristilyn thinks we're super cute together.
We FINALLY went grocery shopping last night. My roommates and I have been STARVING for a week now; it's like Christmas here. Speaking of Christmas, we love playing our Christmas music loud and proud. We bought a cute little pink Christmas tree at Walmart the other day that always makes us smile. The weather is so crazy outside, at times it really seems like Christmas Eve, and we should be waking up to presents in the morning.....
Anyway, all is good with me. Every day is a great day here.
<3 Me
Well, to start off I apologize for not keeping up on this blog every day like I wish I could. I have to keep backing up and explaining everything cool (or at least I thought was cool) from the last few days. My week became progressively better as it went on. Wednesday was still not the best, but Thursday and on were wonderful. The Preferance Dance was on Saturday and it was great! I loved every minute of it. Colin was my date and Andrea went with Zach.
La de da....
Moving on to yesterday, Colin and I made our relationship "official" ;) Our facebook status' were changed and everything. *haha* He is currently getting his "beauty rest" because it is "o'dark thirty outside" :D I love when he sings to me and holds my hand. Kristilyn thinks we're super cute together.
We FINALLY went grocery shopping last night. My roommates and I have been STARVING for a week now; it's like Christmas here. Speaking of Christmas, we love playing our Christmas music loud and proud. We bought a cute little pink Christmas tree at Walmart the other day that always makes us smile. The weather is so crazy outside, at times it really seems like Christmas Eve, and we should be waking up to presents in the morning.....
Anyway, all is good with me. Every day is a great day here.
<3 Me
Friday, November 7, 2008
"You drive me crazy!"
This song is exactly how I feel right now. Crazy!! :)
Lyrics | Britney Spears - You Drive Me Crazy lyrics
Lyrics | Britney Spears - You Drive Me Crazy lyrics
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
"If I lay here, if I just lay here, would you lie with me and just forget the world?"
For those of you who talked to me last night, you know the exact thoughts that were travelling through my mind. You saw me staring blankly, absolutely shocked, when Obama was announced the next President of the United States. You know that I screamed to my roommates that we lost. You know that I texted my close friends, expressing my frustration in America. I was so upset. I was so mad I could spit and so sad I could cry. Obama winning literally made me feel physically ill. I seriously thought I was going to throw up. These last few days have been absolutely miserable to tell the truth. This election was the cherry on top of these terrible last few days.
My apartment, last night, was so depressing. We were all extremely upset about the election's results. All we were good for last night was bringing each other down farther. It was aweful. Finally, Benjamin came by to cheer me up. He stayed and talked to us for awhile, when I just couldn't handle being in the apartment any longer. I jumped up and told them I was going on a walk. They told me I was crazy. It was snowing outside and absolutely freezing, but I didn't care. I bundled up, and just as I started to open the front door and step out into the chill air, Benjamin hopped off the couch and announced he was coming with me. I really wanted to be by myself, but I decided having him for company wouldn't be bad.
So we set out. All I really wanted to do was get rid of the pit that had been resting in my stomach since Sunday night and had only increased since then. We caught snowflakes with our tongues, swing danced in the snow, told stories, made snow angels, made footprints in the snow, had a snowball fight, and tried to use body heat to warm up after. I wasn't even that cold, but I could literally feel his body shaking and twitching, trying desperately to heat back up. We had a long talk, and by the time I returned home, he had managed to make me feel a thousand times better.
I have really missed Paulo and Garret, just being able to talk to them about anything. Those two have always been there for me, no matter what time of day or night. I feel like Benjamin and I are getting to that friendship and that makes me happier than anything else right now. I desperately need to have that friendship with someone again....
Ben and I talked about Obama a little bit last night before our walk. We talked about how I don't hate him. He seems like a nice enough guy. I just don't like the majority of the issues he stands for. I don't think he's quite good enough to run our country. Benjamin made me laugh when he said that Obama's winning meant the second coming was only that much closer ;)
I hope Blake doesn't mind. I just finished reading his blog before I started writing this one, and I decided I would quote him. I feel almost the same as him, and I like the viewpoint he has on this situation:
"I'm sure most of you have heard that Barack Obama is our next president, as of last night. Now, for those of you who spoke with me about politics knew that I wanted this to happen, even though I couldn't bring myself to vote for him (or anyone for that matter). I'm disgusted with politics, and the apathy of America in general. I didn't like all of either of their "plans" and each had their own list of "why they don't deserve to be President." But, when it all boils down to it, I see inspiration in Obama that McCain could never invoke. Obama makes people want to become different, to become better than themselves and show that America really can be one of the greatest countries in the world. He invokes hope.... I'm just asking you to keep an open mind, and be positive, cheerful and optimistic about the future. It's not going to be that bad." -Blake, http://blakev1.spaces.live.com/default.aspx
I am going to really really try. I can see how Obama is inspiring. I am going to really try and keep this mindset throughout the next 4 years as he guides our beloved country. And Blake's right - It's not going to be that bad.
<3 Me
My apartment, last night, was so depressing. We were all extremely upset about the election's results. All we were good for last night was bringing each other down farther. It was aweful. Finally, Benjamin came by to cheer me up. He stayed and talked to us for awhile, when I just couldn't handle being in the apartment any longer. I jumped up and told them I was going on a walk. They told me I was crazy. It was snowing outside and absolutely freezing, but I didn't care. I bundled up, and just as I started to open the front door and step out into the chill air, Benjamin hopped off the couch and announced he was coming with me. I really wanted to be by myself, but I decided having him for company wouldn't be bad.
So we set out. All I really wanted to do was get rid of the pit that had been resting in my stomach since Sunday night and had only increased since then. We caught snowflakes with our tongues, swing danced in the snow, told stories, made snow angels, made footprints in the snow, had a snowball fight, and tried to use body heat to warm up after. I wasn't even that cold, but I could literally feel his body shaking and twitching, trying desperately to heat back up. We had a long talk, and by the time I returned home, he had managed to make me feel a thousand times better.
I have really missed Paulo and Garret, just being able to talk to them about anything. Those two have always been there for me, no matter what time of day or night. I feel like Benjamin and I are getting to that friendship and that makes me happier than anything else right now. I desperately need to have that friendship with someone again....
Ben and I talked about Obama a little bit last night before our walk. We talked about how I don't hate him. He seems like a nice enough guy. I just don't like the majority of the issues he stands for. I don't think he's quite good enough to run our country. Benjamin made me laugh when he said that Obama's winning meant the second coming was only that much closer ;)
I hope Blake doesn't mind. I just finished reading his blog before I started writing this one, and I decided I would quote him. I feel almost the same as him, and I like the viewpoint he has on this situation:
"I'm sure most of you have heard that Barack Obama is our next president, as of last night. Now, for those of you who spoke with me about politics knew that I wanted this to happen, even though I couldn't bring myself to vote for him (or anyone for that matter). I'm disgusted with politics, and the apathy of America in general. I didn't like all of either of their "plans" and each had their own list of "why they don't deserve to be President." But, when it all boils down to it, I see inspiration in Obama that McCain could never invoke. Obama makes people want to become different, to become better than themselves and show that America really can be one of the greatest countries in the world. He invokes hope.... I'm just asking you to keep an open mind, and be positive, cheerful and optimistic about the future. It's not going to be that bad." -Blake, http://blakev1.spaces.live.com/default.aspx
I am going to really really try. I can see how Obama is inspiring. I am going to really try and keep this mindset throughout the next 4 years as he guides our beloved country. And Blake's right - It's not going to be that bad.
<3 Me
Monday, November 3, 2008
"i don't want to miss a single autumn evening..."
I thought I would do a little bit of recapping from my weekend, and then go on to explain what the next few days hold in store, as well as what I am thinking right now. I have done a lot of thinking these last few days(as I usually do..) but right now I feel like I should get it all off my chest. Here goes: brace yourself!
On Thursday I left for Utah. I was so excited, I couldn't even stand it!! I raced around my apartment frantically before my last class, packing for the upcoming weekend. I headed off to class with my backpack (completely stuffed) and a mini duffel bag. I felt a little ridiculous as I walked across campus with all my stuff, but it was so worth it! The very thought of being back in Orem was enough to make me scream with excitement. When I arrived in Utah, Jessica, Tyler, Diego, and Rachel came over for Pancake Night!! Grandma thought that the invention of chocolate chip pancakes topped with mint ice cream was incredible, just like when I tried them for the first time. It was so much fun!
Halloween on Friday was amazing. I woke up at 12:00!!!!! Haha that's probably enough to tell you just how great that day was. Jessica and I set up the decorations downstairs for Grandma's Halloween party. The Halloween party she threw was a blast. She had all these fun little games planned. Afterwards, Jessica (my cousin who I love so much!), Talia, Kristilyn, Andrea (all 3 of my roomies!!), Tyler & Tim (boys from my old single's ward), Diego, Sean, Travis, Gabby, Mike & Zach (2 of my fhe brothers + one of Mike's friends), and I all went to the Haunted Forest in American Fork!!! It was amazing! I loved it!
On Saturday Grandma took me shopping for my birthday. She bought me lots of cute clothes and a super cute hat (She bought Tal a hat, too!!). Talia and I went to the Creamery where we met up with one of my best friends from Rio this summer (Stephanie), and some of Kristilyn's friends, and Kristilyn's brother David. (I wish BYU-I had a creamery!!!! We are going to start a petition to get one *wink*) Grandma took me and Stephanie to "Nights in Rodanthe" and then we went to a graveyard with a bunch of friends and watched a movie.
Sunday was perfectly relaxing. We went to church at my old single's ward, then came home and took a nap while watching "Beauty and the Beast". The weekend seriously flew by! I was so sad when it came time to leave for Rexburg.
Today was a sad day. I'm not really sure why. I just woke up and felt so grumpy and depressed; all I wanted to do was crawl back under the covers and sleep some more. I went to my english class and started writing an essay that really depressed me. It brought back all these feelings and that for years I have tried to suppress. I guess I still feel like it was all my fault-I am the one to blame for the event I am writing about. It breaks my heart each and every time it is brought up. I almost started crying in class, but managed to hold it until I reached my apartment where the tears flooded. I came home from child development and felt so tired. I wanted to take a nap so badly, but I knew it wasn't going to happen. I discovered after my roomies came home from cross country that Talia was in a lot of pain. I saw her eyes filling with tears. When I asked her what was wrong, she wouldn't tell me. Finally, she explained how her back and neck had been hurting all day and she didn't want to tell me. Whiplash. (Yesterday, after church, we were driving home from church. We reached a roundabout. Jessica tried to brake, but the car wouldn't stop. It wasn't that bad of a crash. We only jolted their car from rear-ending them, however, Talia isn't doing so good today. She is suffering the effects that come after a wreck and it broke my heart to see her so sad. It then absolutely broke my heart later talking to Jessica on the phone. I don't think it was her fault, not really. The weather conditions caused the accident. Without hydroplaning, there is no way we would have ran into the other car. Anyway, Andrea didn't feel that great tonight either. It seems our whole apartment was just down in the dumps today. Hopefully it will cheer up tomorrow...
On a happier note, tonight I asked Colin to the Preferance Dance on Saturday. My roommates and I made up a song to ask him:
(To the tune of "Jingle Bells")
"Colin Stong, Colin Stong
Colin all the way - Roomies singing
Will you go to Preferance
With me on Saturday? - Me singing
HEY!! :)"
Anyway, he said yes and I am really excited :D
Election Day is tomorrow!!!! I am really nervous/excited to see who the new President of the United States will be......VOTE YES ON PROP 8!!!!!!!!!
I think I will quickly go over my goals from last month and make some new ones....
OCTOBER GOALS:
1. Keep up on homework and reading assignments-
PASS!! Hasn’t even been a problem ;)
2. Morning & Nightly Prayer & Daily Personal Scripture Study-
FAIL. While I say my nightly prayers daily, I always forget morning prayers. I also tend to think of “roomie scriptures/prayer” as a cover for the days I don’t do my own personal study. That needs to change.
3. Get back into a good sleeping schedule-
Fail. I still go to bed around 3 am. This month I am going to aim for a 2:00 am max. We’ll see how it goes…
4. EAT HEALTHY-ER!
Fail. As I started out eating healthier, it is so hard to when Ben keeps making us yummy desserts and we always have ice cream in the freezer. This goal is still on.
5. Go running every Monday, Wednesday, Friday morning-
Complete FAIL. I am so embarrassed to admit that most of these goals were unsuccessful…..
6. Make more friends & remember their names-
SUCCESS!! I am getting much better at meeting people and remembering their names.
7. Make the Fall Formal the hit dance of the semester!!
SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enough said
8. Keep up with writing missionary letters-
Successful. I have a routine down! I just need to get some more postage stamps…..
NOVEMBER GOALS:
1. Morning Prayer & Daily "Personal" Scripture Study
2. Be in bed lights out no later than 2 am. HAHA how sad...
3. Eat Healthier/Exercise: I think I'm going to get one of those funny exercise tapes.....hehe
4. Keep up on cleaning my bedroom and the kitchen
5. Spend an hour a week taking pictures/Playing with them on photoshop to add to my porfolio
6. Decide on a major: ElEd, 2+2, Child Development....
I will report back on these at the beginning of December.
I love you all. I hope you are well. I hope you are happy. May your lives be filled with laughter, smiles, and singing. Have an amazing day <3
-Me
On Thursday I left for Utah. I was so excited, I couldn't even stand it!! I raced around my apartment frantically before my last class, packing for the upcoming weekend. I headed off to class with my backpack (completely stuffed) and a mini duffel bag. I felt a little ridiculous as I walked across campus with all my stuff, but it was so worth it! The very thought of being back in Orem was enough to make me scream with excitement. When I arrived in Utah, Jessica, Tyler, Diego, and Rachel came over for Pancake Night!! Grandma thought that the invention of chocolate chip pancakes topped with mint ice cream was incredible, just like when I tried them for the first time. It was so much fun!
Halloween on Friday was amazing. I woke up at 12:00!!!!! Haha that's probably enough to tell you just how great that day was. Jessica and I set up the decorations downstairs for Grandma's Halloween party. The Halloween party she threw was a blast. She had all these fun little games planned. Afterwards, Jessica (my cousin who I love so much!), Talia, Kristilyn, Andrea (all 3 of my roomies!!), Tyler & Tim (boys from my old single's ward), Diego, Sean, Travis, Gabby, Mike & Zach (2 of my fhe brothers + one of Mike's friends), and I all went to the Haunted Forest in American Fork!!! It was amazing! I loved it!
On Saturday Grandma took me shopping for my birthday. She bought me lots of cute clothes and a super cute hat (She bought Tal a hat, too!!). Talia and I went to the Creamery where we met up with one of my best friends from Rio this summer (Stephanie), and some of Kristilyn's friends, and Kristilyn's brother David. (I wish BYU-I had a creamery!!!! We are going to start a petition to get one *wink*) Grandma took me and Stephanie to "Nights in Rodanthe" and then we went to a graveyard with a bunch of friends and watched a movie.
Sunday was perfectly relaxing. We went to church at my old single's ward, then came home and took a nap while watching "Beauty and the Beast". The weekend seriously flew by! I was so sad when it came time to leave for Rexburg.
Today was a sad day. I'm not really sure why. I just woke up and felt so grumpy and depressed; all I wanted to do was crawl back under the covers and sleep some more. I went to my english class and started writing an essay that really depressed me. It brought back all these feelings and that for years I have tried to suppress. I guess I still feel like it was all my fault-I am the one to blame for the event I am writing about. It breaks my heart each and every time it is brought up. I almost started crying in class, but managed to hold it until I reached my apartment where the tears flooded. I came home from child development and felt so tired. I wanted to take a nap so badly, but I knew it wasn't going to happen. I discovered after my roomies came home from cross country that Talia was in a lot of pain. I saw her eyes filling with tears. When I asked her what was wrong, she wouldn't tell me. Finally, she explained how her back and neck had been hurting all day and she didn't want to tell me. Whiplash. (Yesterday, after church, we were driving home from church. We reached a roundabout. Jessica tried to brake, but the car wouldn't stop. It wasn't that bad of a crash. We only jolted their car from rear-ending them, however, Talia isn't doing so good today. She is suffering the effects that come after a wreck and it broke my heart to see her so sad. It then absolutely broke my heart later talking to Jessica on the phone. I don't think it was her fault, not really. The weather conditions caused the accident. Without hydroplaning, there is no way we would have ran into the other car. Anyway, Andrea didn't feel that great tonight either. It seems our whole apartment was just down in the dumps today. Hopefully it will cheer up tomorrow...
On a happier note, tonight I asked Colin to the Preferance Dance on Saturday. My roommates and I made up a song to ask him:
(To the tune of "Jingle Bells")
"Colin Stong, Colin Stong
Colin all the way - Roomies singing
Will you go to Preferance
With me on Saturday? - Me singing
HEY!! :)"
Anyway, he said yes and I am really excited :D
Election Day is tomorrow!!!! I am really nervous/excited to see who the new President of the United States will be......VOTE YES ON PROP 8!!!!!!!!!
I think I will quickly go over my goals from last month and make some new ones....
OCTOBER GOALS:
1. Keep up on homework and reading assignments-
PASS!! Hasn’t even been a problem ;)
2. Morning & Nightly Prayer & Daily Personal Scripture Study-
FAIL. While I say my nightly prayers daily, I always forget morning prayers. I also tend to think of “roomie scriptures/prayer” as a cover for the days I don’t do my own personal study. That needs to change.
3. Get back into a good sleeping schedule-
Fail. I still go to bed around 3 am. This month I am going to aim for a 2:00 am max. We’ll see how it goes…
4. EAT HEALTHY-ER!
Fail. As I started out eating healthier, it is so hard to when Ben keeps making us yummy desserts and we always have ice cream in the freezer. This goal is still on.
5. Go running every Monday, Wednesday, Friday morning-
Complete FAIL. I am so embarrassed to admit that most of these goals were unsuccessful…..
6. Make more friends & remember their names-
SUCCESS!! I am getting much better at meeting people and remembering their names.
7. Make the Fall Formal the hit dance of the semester!!
SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enough said
8. Keep up with writing missionary letters-
Successful. I have a routine down! I just need to get some more postage stamps…..
NOVEMBER GOALS:
1. Morning Prayer & Daily "Personal" Scripture Study
2. Be in bed lights out no later than 2 am. HAHA how sad...
3. Eat Healthier/Exercise: I think I'm going to get one of those funny exercise tapes.....hehe
4. Keep up on cleaning my bedroom and the kitchen
5. Spend an hour a week taking pictures/Playing with them on photoshop to add to my porfolio
6. Decide on a major: ElEd, 2+2, Child Development....
I will report back on these at the beginning of December.
I love you all. I hope you are well. I hope you are happy. May your lives be filled with laughter, smiles, and singing. Have an amazing day <3
-Me
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