So it's currently after 2 AM here in Provo, and I've been attempting to work on my research paper for my humanities class. I also have another paper due for my history class, and I thought they were due on the same day because my roommate had told me the history paper was due on Tuesday, but turns out it's not due until Thursday! This makes me glad, because it gives me more time to work on my humanities paper, and then a couple of extra days to work on my history one. This means more sleep for me! I'm really happy, if you couldn't tell. I tell you, it's the little things in life that make it all worthwhile :)
Monday, November 28, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Research Papers are the Devil
Seriously. And I have two due on Tuesday. Granted, one of them is only a rough draft, but the other one, the one that I can't figure out what to write about, is due for real. Why do I always procrastinate these things? You think I'd have learned after three years of college, but nope.
Anyway, other than that, life is alright. I have medals exams for three of my ballroom classes this week (kind of nervous about those!) and there's only about a week and a half of real classes left before reading days and finals. Yeah, you read that right, THE SEMESTER IS ALMOST OVER. It went by so freaking quick, let me tell you. And now that we've decided I'm graduating in April instead of August, that means I only have one more semester of college left. LESS THAN FIVE MONTHS UNTIL I AM A COLLEGE GRADUATE. I can't believe it. You think high school will take forever, and then college will, but no, it goes by waaaaaaaay quicker than you would think. And what sucks is that all of my plans are disapparating before my very eyes. I want to do the military thing, but all of the cutbacks going on are making that a very unlikely career at the moment. So what to do? I don't know. I would just get married, but we know how I am with boys.
Speaking of boys, I have a really good story for you all! Well, good as in funny, not as in it ends well. So there's this boy, whom we shall call Mr. Ballroom. Obviously, he's a ballroom boy, and he's in two of my classes. We met at the beginning of the semester, and in September he asked me out on a double date with his roommate, and I said yes, and it was a fine date. Free food, free ticket to World of Dance, and he's a nice guy to boot. However, I barely knew him at this point in my life, and decided that I didn't like him in that way. I was pretty sure he liked me after a couple of things (him walking me home after practicing for ballroom, for instance, when he lives almost eight blocks east of me), but I did not reciprocate those feelings. I mean, don't get me wrong, I thought he was super nice and we got along great, but I just wasn't attracted to him. Lame, lame, I know.
At least, this is what I kept telling myself.
I couldn't stop thinking about how much I didn't like him. Then a few weeks ago we had stake conference, and they had an engaged couple speak, and the female in the relationship said that she hadn't initially been attracted to her fiancee, but then she was. Combine this with some advice another ballroom boy gave me ("Men learn to love what they are attracted to, and women learn to be attracted to what they love," which I totally agree with, by the way), and BAM. One day I woke up and realized something.
I had a huge fat crush on Mr. Ballroom.
I couldn't understand what was wrong with me. I had spent weeks telling myself I didn't like him, and all that time I was running away from the truth. I liked him. A LOT.
My roommate Kexin was ecstatic. She loves Mr. Ballroom, and me, and she told me how she wanted us to date so we could get married and I would stay in Provo (since this is Mr. Ballroom's first year back at school after his mission, and he still hasn't chosen a major yet, I would probably be here another couple of years at least, and Kexin is a year or two behind me. We're bff's, if you couldn't tell haha). Of course, I don't want to be hasty, but I'd be lying if I told you it wasn't an appealing thought.
But now I had a dilemma. I liked Mr. Ballroom, but didn't want to wait around for forever for him to make up his mind. So I started flirting, and talking to him as much as I could, and invited him over for dinner (and he came, by the way, and then walked me to the Wilk for an audition before walking home himself). I thought he liked me back, and so did some of my friends.
Apparently, we were wrong. Or at least, partially wrong.
See, like I said, I didn't want to wait around for him forever, so I made up my mind that I was going to be bold and tell him that I liked him. And I did.
Except, I made it the most awkward situation possible.
On Monday we were walking together after class, like we usually do, and had hugged to say goodbye, but I was acting crazy and he could tell, so he said, "What?" Of course, I was losing my nerve, so I said, "Nothing." This happened a couple more times as we walked away from each other, and as Kexin (who is in one of our ballroom classes) and a few more people from our class walked out of the Wilk. So I sucked him up, crooked my finger at him, and he came back over to me. And then I said it. "Okay, I'm just going to put this out there...I really like. So...yeah...bye."
Yup. And he didn't say anything, just kind of nodded, and then I ran away like a little girl to choir. And proceeded to freak out about this on and off for the rest of the day. People told me that I needed to text him to try and remedy the awkwardness of the situation, which I did, and to which he replied, "Nah, don't worry about it, I understand. If you'd prefer to talk in person I feel it's more legit. Will you be around tomorrow?" So we made plans to meet after class, since choir was cancelled for break, and I reassured myself that this was a good thing. At the very least, it wasn't bad, because he wasn't avoiding me. So maybe things would end up with me FINALLY getting a boyfriend, the first of my college career!
That was NOT how the cookie ended up crumbling.
So we go and talk the next day. He doesn't really know how to start this conversation (would you?), but he starts asking the "What are you thinking/hoping is going to happen now?" question. I don't want to freak him out by telling him how much I want to date him, so I ask him how he was, because I felt like I had freaked him out, to which he replies that it was unexpected, but not a total freak-out for him. But then he says it.
"Well, I haven't really thought about this since coming home off of my mission, but I kind of like things the way they are right now. I just say we keep things the same and if something happens down the road, then cool." Or something to that affect.
And I say, "Yeah, this is hard for me too, since I'm graduating in April and don't really know what to do." When in reality, all I wanted to tell him was that we should date, or at least go on another date together. But I agree to just keep things the same, and I felt pretty content, because although the conversation hadn't ended as ideally as I had hoped, at least we were still friends.
But the more I thought about it, the more depressed I got. This was the first guy I had spilled my guts to in five years. And he hadn't even told me if he liked me back, which I thought he had, but apparently I was mistaken. So I talked to some friends, and I Skyped my mom, and have resolved that I still am not going to wait around for him to change his mind. There are other boys that I kind of like, but just don't know as well as him. So I guess we'll see what happens. In any case, I do not expect to graduate college dating/engaged/married.
So yeah, that's the drama in my life right now. How about something beautiful? That's right, it's time for Hottie of the Post! This week we're gonna go with Tom Felton, a.k.a. Draco Malfoy.
I spent too much of yesterday watching stuff about Harry Potter, and realized (or remembered) how smashing Tom actually is. And he is just adorable in his interviews, too. He's funny and nice, and he's British, so he's got the sexy accent to boot :)
Anyway, I need to get back to tearing my hair out about my research paper(s). I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving with your families and/or loved ones. I'm grateful to some friends for inviting me over to their place for their first married Thanksgiving. Ashley made some amazing food, and they were great company. But that is truly all for now. Ta ta!
Anyway, other than that, life is alright. I have medals exams for three of my ballroom classes this week (kind of nervous about those!) and there's only about a week and a half of real classes left before reading days and finals. Yeah, you read that right, THE SEMESTER IS ALMOST OVER. It went by so freaking quick, let me tell you. And now that we've decided I'm graduating in April instead of August, that means I only have one more semester of college left. LESS THAN FIVE MONTHS UNTIL I AM A COLLEGE GRADUATE. I can't believe it. You think high school will take forever, and then college will, but no, it goes by waaaaaaaay quicker than you would think. And what sucks is that all of my plans are disapparating before my very eyes. I want to do the military thing, but all of the cutbacks going on are making that a very unlikely career at the moment. So what to do? I don't know. I would just get married, but we know how I am with boys.
Speaking of boys, I have a really good story for you all! Well, good as in funny, not as in it ends well. So there's this boy, whom we shall call Mr. Ballroom. Obviously, he's a ballroom boy, and he's in two of my classes. We met at the beginning of the semester, and in September he asked me out on a double date with his roommate, and I said yes, and it was a fine date. Free food, free ticket to World of Dance, and he's a nice guy to boot. However, I barely knew him at this point in my life, and decided that I didn't like him in that way. I was pretty sure he liked me after a couple of things (him walking me home after practicing for ballroom, for instance, when he lives almost eight blocks east of me), but I did not reciprocate those feelings. I mean, don't get me wrong, I thought he was super nice and we got along great, but I just wasn't attracted to him. Lame, lame, I know.
At least, this is what I kept telling myself.
I couldn't stop thinking about how much I didn't like him. Then a few weeks ago we had stake conference, and they had an engaged couple speak, and the female in the relationship said that she hadn't initially been attracted to her fiancee, but then she was. Combine this with some advice another ballroom boy gave me ("Men learn to love what they are attracted to, and women learn to be attracted to what they love," which I totally agree with, by the way), and BAM. One day I woke up and realized something.
I had a huge fat crush on Mr. Ballroom.
I couldn't understand what was wrong with me. I had spent weeks telling myself I didn't like him, and all that time I was running away from the truth. I liked him. A LOT.
My roommate Kexin was ecstatic. She loves Mr. Ballroom, and me, and she told me how she wanted us to date so we could get married and I would stay in Provo (since this is Mr. Ballroom's first year back at school after his mission, and he still hasn't chosen a major yet, I would probably be here another couple of years at least, and Kexin is a year or two behind me. We're bff's, if you couldn't tell haha). Of course, I don't want to be hasty, but I'd be lying if I told you it wasn't an appealing thought.
But now I had a dilemma. I liked Mr. Ballroom, but didn't want to wait around for forever for him to make up his mind. So I started flirting, and talking to him as much as I could, and invited him over for dinner (and he came, by the way, and then walked me to the Wilk for an audition before walking home himself). I thought he liked me back, and so did some of my friends.
Apparently, we were wrong. Or at least, partially wrong.
See, like I said, I didn't want to wait around for him forever, so I made up my mind that I was going to be bold and tell him that I liked him. And I did.
Except, I made it the most awkward situation possible.
On Monday we were walking together after class, like we usually do, and had hugged to say goodbye, but I was acting crazy and he could tell, so he said, "What?" Of course, I was losing my nerve, so I said, "Nothing." This happened a couple more times as we walked away from each other, and as Kexin (who is in one of our ballroom classes) and a few more people from our class walked out of the Wilk. So I sucked him up, crooked my finger at him, and he came back over to me. And then I said it. "Okay, I'm just going to put this out there...I really like. So...yeah...bye."
Yup. And he didn't say anything, just kind of nodded, and then I ran away like a little girl to choir. And proceeded to freak out about this on and off for the rest of the day. People told me that I needed to text him to try and remedy the awkwardness of the situation, which I did, and to which he replied, "Nah, don't worry about it, I understand. If you'd prefer to talk in person I feel it's more legit. Will you be around tomorrow?" So we made plans to meet after class, since choir was cancelled for break, and I reassured myself that this was a good thing. At the very least, it wasn't bad, because he wasn't avoiding me. So maybe things would end up with me FINALLY getting a boyfriend, the first of my college career!
That was NOT how the cookie ended up crumbling.
So we go and talk the next day. He doesn't really know how to start this conversation (would you?), but he starts asking the "What are you thinking/hoping is going to happen now?" question. I don't want to freak him out by telling him how much I want to date him, so I ask him how he was, because I felt like I had freaked him out, to which he replies that it was unexpected, but not a total freak-out for him. But then he says it.
"Well, I haven't really thought about this since coming home off of my mission, but I kind of like things the way they are right now. I just say we keep things the same and if something happens down the road, then cool." Or something to that affect.
And I say, "Yeah, this is hard for me too, since I'm graduating in April and don't really know what to do." When in reality, all I wanted to tell him was that we should date, or at least go on another date together. But I agree to just keep things the same, and I felt pretty content, because although the conversation hadn't ended as ideally as I had hoped, at least we were still friends.
But the more I thought about it, the more depressed I got. This was the first guy I had spilled my guts to in five years. And he hadn't even told me if he liked me back, which I thought he had, but apparently I was mistaken. So I talked to some friends, and I Skyped my mom, and have resolved that I still am not going to wait around for him to change his mind. There are other boys that I kind of like, but just don't know as well as him. So I guess we'll see what happens. In any case, I do not expect to graduate college dating/engaged/married.
So yeah, that's the drama in my life right now. How about something beautiful? That's right, it's time for Hottie of the Post! This week we're gonna go with Tom Felton, a.k.a. Draco Malfoy.
I spent too much of yesterday watching stuff about Harry Potter, and realized (or remembered) how smashing Tom actually is. And he is just adorable in his interviews, too. He's funny and nice, and he's British, so he's got the sexy accent to boot :)
Anyway, I need to get back to tearing my hair out about my research paper(s). I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving with your families and/or loved ones. I'm grateful to some friends for inviting me over to their place for their first married Thanksgiving. Ashley made some amazing food, and they were great company. But that is truly all for now. Ta ta!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
It's been too long...
...since I have written on my blog. Since the last time I wrote, I've left Holland, moved into my new house in Provo, and gone through two weeks of school (already). I also took the final for my independent study class and got an A- on it, thank you very much :) It's nice to finally be done with that. But now I have real classes to participate in, and unfortunately, I'm going to have a lot of writing to do, what with my history class and my two humanities classes. I hate writing essays (so I don't understand why I decided to be a humanities major...).
However, I also get to take four ballroom classes and choir, so I am very blessed. Six of my eighteen credits are composed of those classes, so I only have 12 credits of "real" classes. Hopefully it won't be too bad. However, I do still need to find a job, which sucks, but I will hopefully be able to do so in the near future. The only jobs that really fit in my schedule are early morning/late night custodial jobs, and those are hard to come by. It's rather unfortunate, to be sure.
All in all, things are going pretty well. I like my professors, I'm getting along with my eight roommates, and it's nice living close to campus, although I do not enjoy have to walk up the stairs everyday (all I know is, I better have the nicest legs/butt by the end of the year). And even though my MWF are really long, since most of my classes on those days are dance/choir, it's not too bad.
So today is the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. I can't believe it's been that long already since it happened. I still remember being in the car on the way to school in Texas and hearing about a place crashing into a tower, but at the time not knowing that it was a terrorist attack. It wasn't until as the day went on that I realized the gravity of the situation. I remember crying and praying. I remember how long it took to get back on base on the way home from school. It's amazing how we are still dealing with the repercussions of that day, and I think in some ways, we always will. It still saddens me to see the grief of those who lost loved ones in the attack. I hope that those who lost loved ones know that they are never forgotten.
So I know that I still need to tell you all about Switzerland/Italy. I'm just a really big slacker right now. I just don't want to take the time to go through all of my photos on my camera. I definitely won't put all of them on here, that's for sure, but eventually you will see some of them. I'm pretty sure I'm friends with all of you on Facebook, though, so you'll be able to see more of them on there.
And now it's time for, you guessed, Hottie of the Post! As I type I'm trying to think of who I could choose, and I think today I'm going to go with...Jonathan Rhys Meyers!
Yet another gorgeous man with amazingly gorgeous eyes. Seriously though, I need to marry someone with eyes like his or Jared Leto's, because then our babies will be sure to have gorgeous eyes.
Anyway, I'm tired, and still need to read some boring thing for my humanities class tomorrow, and I told a friend I would come visit him at the 9/11 flag vigil on campus sometime, and since it ends at 0730, that means a very early morning tomorrow. So enjoy Jonathan, and I will talk to you all later :)
However, I also get to take four ballroom classes and choir, so I am very blessed. Six of my eighteen credits are composed of those classes, so I only have 12 credits of "real" classes. Hopefully it won't be too bad. However, I do still need to find a job, which sucks, but I will hopefully be able to do so in the near future. The only jobs that really fit in my schedule are early morning/late night custodial jobs, and those are hard to come by. It's rather unfortunate, to be sure.
All in all, things are going pretty well. I like my professors, I'm getting along with my eight roommates, and it's nice living close to campus, although I do not enjoy have to walk up the stairs everyday (all I know is, I better have the nicest legs/butt by the end of the year). And even though my MWF are really long, since most of my classes on those days are dance/choir, it's not too bad.
So today is the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. I can't believe it's been that long already since it happened. I still remember being in the car on the way to school in Texas and hearing about a place crashing into a tower, but at the time not knowing that it was a terrorist attack. It wasn't until as the day went on that I realized the gravity of the situation. I remember crying and praying. I remember how long it took to get back on base on the way home from school. It's amazing how we are still dealing with the repercussions of that day, and I think in some ways, we always will. It still saddens me to see the grief of those who lost loved ones in the attack. I hope that those who lost loved ones know that they are never forgotten.
So I know that I still need to tell you all about Switzerland/Italy. I'm just a really big slacker right now. I just don't want to take the time to go through all of my photos on my camera. I definitely won't put all of them on here, that's for sure, but eventually you will see some of them. I'm pretty sure I'm friends with all of you on Facebook, though, so you'll be able to see more of them on there.
And now it's time for, you guessed, Hottie of the Post! As I type I'm trying to think of who I could choose, and I think today I'm going to go with...Jonathan Rhys Meyers!
Yet another gorgeous man with amazingly gorgeous eyes. Seriously though, I need to marry someone with eyes like his or Jared Leto's, because then our babies will be sure to have gorgeous eyes.
Anyway, I'm tired, and still need to read some boring thing for my humanities class tomorrow, and I told a friend I would come visit him at the 9/11 flag vigil on campus sometime, and since it ends at 0730, that means a very early morning tomorrow. So enjoy Jonathan, and I will talk to you all later :)
Friday, August 12, 2011
One Week...
Goodness gracious. Where has this summer vacation gone?
In one week I'll be headed back to Utah. I cannot believe how fast this summer went. Last summer seemed to go sooooo sloooooow, but the exact opposite happened this summer. Maybe because it's the last summer before I have to become a full-fledged adult? And honestly, that is a scary thought. It hasn't totally sunk in yet that in a year (or less) I will be a college graduate. On my own in the world. AND I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING WITH MY LIFE. Most people would say, "Oh, just get married and then you'll be set." Just one problem though: I don't want to be married when I graduate. I want to live my own life for a little bit before I'm tied down for the rest of my life. Not that being married isn't great, because I hear it's the bomb, but I'm not ready. At all. I mean, I've barely dated, and people want me to get married? I don't think so.
Anyway, I can't believe the rest of my life is slowly closing in on me. Especially when I don't know what it is. I mean, I know what I want, but I need to figure out if I'm going to be able to do it. Life is just so...aggravating. It's going to give me even more grey hair than I already have.
Oh, have I mentioned all of my freaking grey hairs? They are EVERYWHERE. It's ridiculous. I mean, it's not totally shocking, since my mom was grey by the time she was 30, and my dad's almost all the way grey now, and he's only 44, but still. I'm 21 and have a lot of grey hair. And at the moment, I'm struggling to figure out if I should just suck it up and grow all of my hair own to my natural color. I mean, it would be easier, but I don't want to look super weird for my senior year of college. My dad really wants me to get a super short pixie cut. I think he knows it will make me look much less attractive, and thereby keep his little girl single for a lot longer ;-) I don't know, I think he just thinks it'll look cute, but I think it will make me look fat(ter). But we'll see. I want something new, and I at least need to chop off a lot of my hair to give a head start on growing out my natural color. I just don't know if I want to chop it all off.
Some good new: I finished my independent study class! I know, I had over a year and waited until the last possible moment to do it, but hey, it's done, and that's all that matters, right? So all I have to do is take the final once I get back to BYU, and it'll all be good.
In other news, I might be graduating in August instead of April. It's more or less up to my parents, so I guess we should figure that out soon so I can refigure some of my schedule and make it a bit less cluttered. So here's to waiting for that.
I know that I still haven't talked about Switzerland/Italy yet, but I don't have my own laptop yet and don't want to upload my pictures to someone else's computer. So once I can get it all figured out, I'll post some so you can all be jealous of my awesome vacation this summer :P
So anyway, I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their summer! Some of you I'll see soon, and others...well, I don't know when I'll see you, but I hope you are all well :-)
Oh! I almost forgot! I need to do a Hottie of the Week post! I recently watched "Becoming Jane," and the leading man was the ever-so-dashing James McAvoy.
Yeah. It kind of pains me that he's married. But he sure is lovely to look at. And he has the most lovely blue eyes. And he's actually Scottish, and his real accent is so adorable. And he and Fassy have the most adorable bromance haha. Anyway, that's really all. Talk to you all later!
In one week I'll be headed back to Utah. I cannot believe how fast this summer went. Last summer seemed to go sooooo sloooooow, but the exact opposite happened this summer. Maybe because it's the last summer before I have to become a full-fledged adult? And honestly, that is a scary thought. It hasn't totally sunk in yet that in a year (or less) I will be a college graduate. On my own in the world. AND I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING WITH MY LIFE. Most people would say, "Oh, just get married and then you'll be set." Just one problem though: I don't want to be married when I graduate. I want to live my own life for a little bit before I'm tied down for the rest of my life. Not that being married isn't great, because I hear it's the bomb, but I'm not ready. At all. I mean, I've barely dated, and people want me to get married? I don't think so.
Anyway, I can't believe the rest of my life is slowly closing in on me. Especially when I don't know what it is. I mean, I know what I want, but I need to figure out if I'm going to be able to do it. Life is just so...aggravating. It's going to give me even more grey hair than I already have.
Oh, have I mentioned all of my freaking grey hairs? They are EVERYWHERE. It's ridiculous. I mean, it's not totally shocking, since my mom was grey by the time she was 30, and my dad's almost all the way grey now, and he's only 44, but still. I'm 21 and have a lot of grey hair. And at the moment, I'm struggling to figure out if I should just suck it up and grow all of my hair own to my natural color. I mean, it would be easier, but I don't want to look super weird for my senior year of college. My dad really wants me to get a super short pixie cut. I think he knows it will make me look much less attractive, and thereby keep his little girl single for a lot longer ;-) I don't know, I think he just thinks it'll look cute, but I think it will make me look fat(ter). But we'll see. I want something new, and I at least need to chop off a lot of my hair to give a head start on growing out my natural color. I just don't know if I want to chop it all off.
Some good new: I finished my independent study class! I know, I had over a year and waited until the last possible moment to do it, but hey, it's done, and that's all that matters, right? So all I have to do is take the final once I get back to BYU, and it'll all be good.
In other news, I might be graduating in August instead of April. It's more or less up to my parents, so I guess we should figure that out soon so I can refigure some of my schedule and make it a bit less cluttered. So here's to waiting for that.
I know that I still haven't talked about Switzerland/Italy yet, but I don't have my own laptop yet and don't want to upload my pictures to someone else's computer. So once I can get it all figured out, I'll post some so you can all be jealous of my awesome vacation this summer :P
So anyway, I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their summer! Some of you I'll see soon, and others...well, I don't know when I'll see you, but I hope you are all well :-)
Oh! I almost forgot! I need to do a Hottie of the Week post! I recently watched "Becoming Jane," and the leading man was the ever-so-dashing James McAvoy.
Yeah. It kind of pains me that he's married. But he sure is lovely to look at. And he has the most lovely blue eyes. And he's actually Scottish, and his real accent is so adorable. And he and Fassy have the most adorable bromance haha. Anyway, that's really all. Talk to you all later!
Monday, July 25, 2011
Hello my loves!
We are back from our vacation :) Let me tell you, it was pretty splendid. I have to say, Switzerland is amazingly gorgeous, and Italy was a bit of a letdown, at least where we were. Rome was quite dirty, but Florence looked beautiful for the hour we were there. And the food was the BEST I have ever had in my life. Gelato it sooooooo good, and we went to a little restaurant outside of where we were camping, and they had the best ravioli on Earth!
Anyway, I'm sure you're expecting more about vacation, but it's late and I had my wisdom teeth pulled this morning, so I'm thinking I'm going to force myself to go to bed now. But don't worry, I'll be back to tell you all everything, and maybe add some photos as well :) However, before I leave, I feel I should leave you with a Hottie of the Post, and today's winner is Jared Leto.
I will admit that he is not always this good looking; he makes some...interesting choices with his hair and make up while he and the rest of 30 Seconds to Mars are on tour (as well as in his dating life. Lindsay Lohan, anyone?), but when he looks good, he looks DANG good. And yes, I'm aware that he's 39 years old. That still doesn't detract from the fact he is amazingly hot. And those eyes of his?
Yeah, talk about gorgeous. Anyway, I am now off to brush my teeth very carefully and take some more drugs. Talk to you all soon!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
A Mountain, Not a Hill
So I'm sure that you guys are expecting something about our first day in Berlin. However, I got online and found out some terrible news: my friends' baby had died. He had been born with only half of a heart, but it was very unexpected (at least for me), because he had been home for a little while and I thought he had been doing well. I don't think they really expected it either, really, they just thought it was an infection, and he ended up dying a few hours after they got to the hospital.
What do you say? I mean, I know there's always "I'm sorry for your loss, you're in my prayers," but I feel like that just doesn't cut it. I guess there really isn't anything you can say about in this situation.
I didn't mean to depress any of you. But I suppose I'll talk about Berlin. It's really quite the city, I have to say. It reminds me a lot about Paris in some ways. We did a bus and boat tour around the city today, which was pretty good. It was really hot, though, and my chest has a square shaped sunburn on it, and I also have a rosy hue to my face now haha. But the food here has been great; we went to the Hardrock Cafe yesterday, and it was DELICIOUS. They also have the best McDonald's here, too.
So after dinner my brothers and I went to go look at the henna tattoo set-up we'd seen yesterday and to see if we could get one. We were looking at the different options, and this huge gust of wind came and blew one of the displays into my face, and it hit me right above my left eye. Let me tell you, it really hurt, and I had to sit there for a few seconds and just breathe. I lifted my head and felt something dripping down my face, and I looked at Kathy and asked, "Am I bleeding," and of course I was. I guess we'll see tomorrow if I have a bruise or not. Not gonna lie, I'm kind of hoping that I do haha. I definitely have a scratch/mini gash.
Anyway, since I'm on here, I might as well do a Hottie of the Post. Not gonna lie, I've been doing the best ones first, so personally I don't think I'm going to do better than what I've already posted on here haha. But there are plenty of beautiful people in the world, and in honor of the soon-to-be released Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, today's winner is Daniel Radcliffe.
Needless to say, Harry Potter has grown up. I'm not saying he's the most attractive guy ever (you already know who I think that is haha), but he has his moments. Like in the above picture.
Anyway, that's all for now. More Berlin tomorrow!
What do you say? I mean, I know there's always "I'm sorry for your loss, you're in my prayers," but I feel like that just doesn't cut it. I guess there really isn't anything you can say about in this situation.
I didn't mean to depress any of you. But I suppose I'll talk about Berlin. It's really quite the city, I have to say. It reminds me a lot about Paris in some ways. We did a bus and boat tour around the city today, which was pretty good. It was really hot, though, and my chest has a square shaped sunburn on it, and I also have a rosy hue to my face now haha. But the food here has been great; we went to the Hardrock Cafe yesterday, and it was DELICIOUS. They also have the best McDonald's here, too.
So after dinner my brothers and I went to go look at the henna tattoo set-up we'd seen yesterday and to see if we could get one. We were looking at the different options, and this huge gust of wind came and blew one of the displays into my face, and it hit me right above my left eye. Let me tell you, it really hurt, and I had to sit there for a few seconds and just breathe. I lifted my head and felt something dripping down my face, and I looked at Kathy and asked, "Am I bleeding," and of course I was. I guess we'll see tomorrow if I have a bruise or not. Not gonna lie, I'm kind of hoping that I do haha. I definitely have a scratch/mini gash.
Anyway, since I'm on here, I might as well do a Hottie of the Post. Not gonna lie, I've been doing the best ones first, so personally I don't think I'm going to do better than what I've already posted on here haha. But there are plenty of beautiful people in the world, and in honor of the soon-to-be released Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, today's winner is Daniel Radcliffe.
Needless to say, Harry Potter has grown up. I'm not saying he's the most attractive guy ever (you already know who I think that is haha), but he has his moments. Like in the above picture.
Anyway, that's all for now. More Berlin tomorrow!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
BERLIN.
So, I'm pretty excited about going to Berlin. We are leaving early tomorrow morning, and will be there all day Saturday and Sunday as well, and then we'll leave Monday morning to come back to Holland. So I won't be on here for a couple of days, but you can expect some awesome blogage and pictures once I return.
Actually, come to think of it, you might not hear from me for a while, since Malachi and I are going to the Harry Potter movie marathon at the Pathé in Eindhoven, and that starts at 0030 on Tuesday morning, and goes until very early on Wednesday morning, and then I think we leave Thursday for Switzerland/more Germany. So I will be very busy the next few weeks. I know you will miss my Hottie of the Post, so I'll make today's a really good one. The winner today is...Christian Bale!
I know he's married, and has a kid, but he is SO nice to look at! I used to obsess over this guy after Batman Begins came out, and then I started watching some of his other stuff and realized that he makes very good movies and is a very good actor. I watched (most of) The New World yesterday, but had to turn it off. I mean, I don't usually mind slow dramas, but this one was sooooooooo slooooooooooooow. And I only really watched it for him, and he didn't come until almost halfway through the movie (which is 2:15:30 long, let me tell you), so I watched some of it with him in it, then turned it off because I just didn't care anymore. Then I watched a movie with Fassy in it.
Oh people, he will always be my favorite hottie. The red hair, green eyes. The sexy scruff. I can't get enough.
Anyway, I need to go and clean something or other before we leave for tomorrow. I hope you can all survive without me ;-) I'll miss you all as well. Ta ta!
Actually, come to think of it, you might not hear from me for a while, since Malachi and I are going to the Harry Potter movie marathon at the Pathé in Eindhoven, and that starts at 0030 on Tuesday morning, and goes until very early on Wednesday morning, and then I think we leave Thursday for Switzerland/more Germany. So I will be very busy the next few weeks. I know you will miss my Hottie of the Post, so I'll make today's a really good one. The winner today is...Christian Bale!
I know he's married, and has a kid, but he is SO nice to look at! I used to obsess over this guy after Batman Begins came out, and then I started watching some of his other stuff and realized that he makes very good movies and is a very good actor. I watched (most of) The New World yesterday, but had to turn it off. I mean, I don't usually mind slow dramas, but this one was sooooooooo slooooooooooooow. And I only really watched it for him, and he didn't come until almost halfway through the movie (which is 2:15:30 long, let me tell you), so I watched some of it with him in it, then turned it off because I just didn't care anymore. Then I watched a movie with Fassy in it.
Oh people, he will always be my favorite hottie. The red hair, green eyes. The sexy scruff. I can't get enough.
Anyway, I need to go and clean something or other before we leave for tomorrow. I hope you can all survive without me ;-) I'll miss you all as well. Ta ta!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
OH MY GOSH!!!
GUESS WHAT?!
:D
Sorry, I just tricked you all into thinking I have super exciting news. I don't. Unless you count the fact that we're going to Berlin this weekend. Not that I'm not looking forward to that, because I am.
But Mom and Kathy got home from Poland and Germany yesterday. Mom brought back some great pottery, and even got me an adorable giant mug with its own spoon that I shall be making lots and lots of hot chocolate in.
yeah. I'm almost done with all of my lessons with assignments attached to them for my class. Then all I'll have to do is go back and read other stuff, but I can do that on the road. I am pretty content with life right now :)
So as usual, it is now time for Hottie of the Post! Today's winner is Henry Cavill.
You may recognize him as Albert from the 2001 production of The Count of Monte Cristo.
:D
Sorry, I just tricked you all into thinking I have super exciting news. I don't. Unless you count the fact that we're going to Berlin this weekend. Not that I'm not looking forward to that, because I am.
But Mom and Kathy got home from Poland and Germany yesterday. Mom brought back some great pottery, and even got me an adorable giant mug with its own spoon that I shall be making lots and lots of hot chocolate in.
Isn't it cute?!?!
yeah. I'm almost done with all of my lessons with assignments attached to them for my class. Then all I'll have to do is go back and read other stuff, but I can do that on the road. I am pretty content with life right now :)
So as usual, it is now time for Hottie of the Post! Today's winner is Henry Cavill.
You may recognize him as Albert from the 2001 production of The Count of Monte Cristo.
Remember this cutie pie?
The last ten years have been veeeeeery good to our Mr. Cavill here. He was actually Stephenie Meyer's original choice to play Edward in the Twilight movies, but by the time production started, he was too old. I think he may have dodged a bullet there. BUT, he will be playing Clark Kent/Superman in Superman: Man of Steel, and you can see him as Theseus in Immortals, which comes out on 11.11.11. Ironically, Kellan Lutz will also be in this flick as Poseidon, and he plays Emmet Cullen in the Twilight franchise. But I'll be paying for attention to Henry, I think.
Yeah...
Monday, July 4, 2011
The Land of the Free, and the Home of the Brave
So this is the second year in a row I've been in a foreign country for Independence Day. Last year, at least, we had a barbecue and celebrated with other American friends here in Holland, but that's not going to happen today. I've always been very patriotic, probably more so than a lot of others because of growing up as a military brat, but I do love America. It's a great country to be from in this world. My favorite verse from the Star-Spangled Banner is this one:
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
I think it's beautiful. I first learned it in high school, and others I've known have also expressed their love for this verse. I remember I heard it play one day, and thought about how beautiful our national anthem really is. I've sung it many times, whether in ROTC or getting payed to for little league games in California, but often never pay attention to what I'm saying. When I stop and actually think about the words, it's really beautiful and very spiritual. I so grateful for the men and women who fight for my freedom. I know God wanted this country to be found, and without His help we would have lost the war and would all be British right now. I wish all Americans would remember "In God is our trust." The Founding Fathers weren't idiots, they knew what they were doing when they founded this country. I wish we would listen to them.
Anyway, I'm done with preaching. Time for a new edition of "Hottie of the Post!" Today's winner is...Chris Evans!
After a bit of searching, I thought our very own Captain America would be a nice, patriotic choice for today ;-) Pretty gorgeous, right? Anyway, I've got a lot of homework and laundry to do, so I must bid you farewell. Happy 4th of July!
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
I think it's beautiful. I first learned it in high school, and others I've known have also expressed their love for this verse. I remember I heard it play one day, and thought about how beautiful our national anthem really is. I've sung it many times, whether in ROTC or getting payed to for little league games in California, but often never pay attention to what I'm saying. When I stop and actually think about the words, it's really beautiful and very spiritual. I so grateful for the men and women who fight for my freedom. I know God wanted this country to be found, and without His help we would have lost the war and would all be British right now. I wish all Americans would remember "In God is our trust." The Founding Fathers weren't idiots, they knew what they were doing when they founded this country. I wish we would listen to them.
Anyway, I'm done with preaching. Time for a new edition of "Hottie of the Post!" Today's winner is...Chris Evans!
After a bit of searching, I thought our very own Captain America would be a nice, patriotic choice for today ;-) Pretty gorgeous, right? Anyway, I've got a lot of homework and laundry to do, so I must bid you farewell. Happy 4th of July!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Say what?
So I noticed that you can't see the picture of Patrick J. Adams that I put up earlier, so I'll post another one of him:
This is basically the same picture I posted earlier, just a different size.
However, since it is technically a new day, I've decided to treat you to July 3rd's "Hottie of the Post," who is Max Irons.
This is basically the same picture I posted earlier, just a different size.
However, since it is technically a new day, I've decided to treat you to July 3rd's "Hottie of the Post," who is Max Irons.
*Sigh*
I saw him in the movie "Red Riding Hood." Not a really great movie, but he was very easy on the eyes, and basically made it worth it ;-) Anywho, it's almost 0100, and it's fast Sunday, so I should probably get to bed since I need to be up in a few hours. However, Monica gave me a memory foam pad for my bed, and I tested it out earlier tonight, and let me tell you...it's nice. I will be sleeping well tonight. And dreaming of Max Irons. Goodnight!
I have not witty title for this post.
So I never ended up going to Schinnen with my mom like I said I was going to. I decided to stay home and clean my room a bit and move all of Monica's stuff into her room. Kathy and Monica are both officially here, and I am currently trying (and failing) to work on one of my speedback assignments for my online class. I figure I'll get the lessons done with actual assignments first, and then worry about the ones I just have to read stuff for later.
Anyway, back to Kathy and Monica being here. It's pretty awesome. I always love having company in the house, because things get a bit more lively, which I like. Monica won't be here for very long, but it's always nice to see her; but Kathy will be here for a month, so YAY! For the first time in my life, my house is estrogen dominated, because there are officially more females than males in the house. I guess if you count living in a dorm for college, that's not true, but I'm talking about being home. This is seriously the first time it's ever happened. I have no problem just hanging out with the guys, so I guess we'll see how this goes.
Anyway, I'm just trying to be good and write on here like I'm supposed to. I like to just come and look at my blog, because it's pretty now :) And I think I'm going to have a "Hottie of the Post" now, where I just post a picture of a really hot guy for you all to oggle at. Today's pick: Patrick J. Adams.
I guess this is more like "Cutie of the Post," but still. He's cute. And Canadian. And he's super charming in the show "Suits" on USA Network. So yeah, that's all for now. Back to homework for me!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Blah...
So you know how I said I was writing a book?
Yeah...
I got about a chapter and a half of it out.
And then I realized later that it was stupid.
I think I just lost my inspiration. And started doubting myself.
But no biggie. I have other things to worry about, like finishing my online class. And Kathy coming on Friday morning. And losing weight (because let me tell you, I'm turning into a fatty. If any of you know any good diet plans, let me know).
Oh, and Michael Fassbender.
Yeah...
I got about a chapter and a half of it out.
And then I realized later that it was stupid.
I think I just lost my inspiration. And started doubting myself.
But no biggie. I have other things to worry about, like finishing my online class. And Kathy coming on Friday morning. And losing weight (because let me tell you, I'm turning into a fatty. If any of you know any good diet plans, let me know).
Oh, and Michael Fassbender.
So beautiful...
Seriously. This man makes my heart skip. And I don't care that he's 34 years old or dating Zoe Kravitz (who is 22 years old, which gives me hope). I ADORE HIM.
Okay, Fassy fan-girl rant over.
Oh, and can I add Jamie Bell is quite attractive as well?
Oh my...
I mean, LOOK AT HIM. He's a good actor. AND he dances. Oh, and did I mention he's super-mega-foxy-awesome-hot? Case and point: THE ABOVE PICTURE.
Okay, now I'm done. So on with real life.
MY MALE BEST FRIEND TREVOR CAME HOME FROM HIS MISSION THIS WEEK!!!! Can you tell I'm excited about that? I can talk to him about pretty much anything. And for those of you thinking, "Oh, your male best friend? I think I hear bells in the distance...," no, it isn't like that (even though a lot of people try to tell me it is, which makes me reject the idea even more, SO SHUT UP ABOUT IT). Trevor is more or less my brother. From another mother. But we've been chatting on Facebook the last couple of nights, and it's just been great getting to talk to him in real time for the first time in two years :-) We take care of each other, he and I, and it's great having my brother home.
Actually, a LOT of the guys I knew from my freshman year are, and have been, coming home from their missions. It's pretty awesome, needless to say. I'm really excited about seeing everyone again this next school year.
So a mini rant now. Trevor and I were talking tonight (it's currently 12:54 AM my time), and I mentioned how crazy this next semester was going to be, and how I was definitely graduating single. Which I am pretty content with. I have plans for my life, and sure, marriage is in there (somewhere), but I kind of like my independence (shocker, right?). And Trevor made some comments like, "Well, don't reject it if it's there," or "What kind of guys do you like? I want to introduce you to friends."
Okay.
I don't date a lot. I've only ever had one boyfriend, kind of two (I had a sort-of relationship with a guy, but we were never official), and I let myself get absolutely crushed by both of them when it didn't work out. ESPECIALLY with the sort-of boyfriend. I was hung on this guy from the latter half of my junior year of high school until my freshman year of college. And then I finally got over him (although I still think about whatever happened to him). I realized he could never give me what I wanted and deserved. But I have this problem, where I like guys and freak out when they like me back, or I don't like guys that like me, or I like guys that I will never get. It seems like this is pretty standard for a lot of girls, because we're dumb and emotional and hormonal and all that. And I always whine about boys, and about how even though I whine about them I secretly want one. I mean, hand-holding and cuddling are the greatest things ever, and without a boy where can I get my fixes of those?
Anyway, back to the rant.
I understand us LDS girls are supposed to get married and have babies, and that we should make that a priority. But...it's not for me. At least, not right now.
I mean, I'm not saying I'm averse to dating or marriage. Heck, dates can be super fun, and I hear married life is the best. But I'm scared of being set up with guys that I end up not being interested in. Because what if he's interested in me, but I have no intention of ever seeing him again? This happened to me this last semester, and I feel awful in this kind of situation.
Goodness, I don't really know where I'm going with this. More or less what I think I'm trying to say is, someday the right guy will come along. I'm not going to just go out with someone I have no interest in, or who I don't have those specific feelings towards. That's not fair to him. And it's not like I haven't put myself out there, because I have, and I've gotten shut down (and it's not like all of them were "out of my league," shall we say). If I fall in love with a guy, and he loves me back, then yes, I'll do the right thing and get married. But I'm not going to rush it. I'm always waiting for a guy, and I always get told, "It'll happen when you're not looking for it." And you know what? I'm starting to get that.
I'm a big girl. I am in control of my own heart and feelings. I know eight months is a long time (by Mormon standards) to find someone and get married, but I'm not going to force it with someone I don't have the right connection with.
Anyway, I realized that I'm more content with my singleness when I'm not in Provo. Probably because I'm surrounded by married people in Provo and they're rubbing their euphoric happiness in my face. But right now, I have plans for my life, and they involve a single me.
And I think I'm okay with that.
Anyway, I don't know if you've read my novel or not. But it feels good to spill all of this out. But I should get to bed. We leave for Schinnen in about 8.5 hours, and I still need to sleep and shower before then. So good night!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Hmmm...yes?
So that past couple of days I've been OBSESSED with the "Jane Eyre" (from this year) soundtrack. It is just absolutely gorgeous! It was composed by Dario Marinelli, the same guy to did "Pride and Prejudice" with Keira Knightly in it, which was also amazing. This soundtrack is more dark and moody, but still has that magical sound that just takes you away like "Pride and Prejudice" did. I seriously just keep lying around and listening to it, daydreaming. Heck, I even listened to it for the full hour I was on the elliptical today! It has totally captured me.
Anyway, my daydreams always consist of some story or movie that I make up in my mind. Of course they're romances, because I'm a girl, and that's what we do. I've been running around a few different ones the past few days, but there's one I thought up today that I really like. So much, in fact, that I think I'm going to write a book.
Yep. I'm writing a book!
Now don't get me wrong, this book is most definitely NOT going to be the greatest or most original thing ever written, I can promise you that. But I've always liked making up stories, and I feel like this one could actually make sense. It'll be along the lines of a Jane Austen book, I suppose. It will most definitely be around the same time period of her books, or maybe around the time of the Bronte sisters' books, like "Jane Eyre" (see why this story's in my head? It's the soundtrack, I tell you!) or "Wuthering Heights."
I don't know how the easiest way to go about this is, since I'd like to type it on my laptop, but it doesn't work anymore, and I don't really want to type it on my parents' computer, because I'm afraid they'll read it, and I don't think I want anyone reading it until I'm good and ready for them to. I know some people will type stories in a blog, chapter by chapter, but I don't know if I'll be writing the book totally in order. At the moment I have different sections of the book really thought out, and kind of know how I want to string things together, but I'm just not sure. Does anyone know of a way for me to type this out without people reading it? Because a notebook is just not an option! I would go insane from trying to handwrite everything. So, your suggestions are welcome!
Anyway, my daydreams always consist of some story or movie that I make up in my mind. Of course they're romances, because I'm a girl, and that's what we do. I've been running around a few different ones the past few days, but there's one I thought up today that I really like. So much, in fact, that I think I'm going to write a book.
Yep. I'm writing a book!
Now don't get me wrong, this book is most definitely NOT going to be the greatest or most original thing ever written, I can promise you that. But I've always liked making up stories, and I feel like this one could actually make sense. It'll be along the lines of a Jane Austen book, I suppose. It will most definitely be around the same time period of her books, or maybe around the time of the Bronte sisters' books, like "Jane Eyre" (see why this story's in my head? It's the soundtrack, I tell you!) or "Wuthering Heights."
I don't know how the easiest way to go about this is, since I'd like to type it on my laptop, but it doesn't work anymore, and I don't really want to type it on my parents' computer, because I'm afraid they'll read it, and I don't think I want anyone reading it until I'm good and ready for them to. I know some people will type stories in a blog, chapter by chapter, but I don't know if I'll be writing the book totally in order. At the moment I have different sections of the book really thought out, and kind of know how I want to string things together, but I'm just not sure. Does anyone know of a way for me to type this out without people reading it? Because a notebook is just not an option! I would go insane from trying to handwrite everything. So, your suggestions are welcome!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Arr, Mateys!
So we went and saw "On Stranger Tides" tonight, and it was quite good, I have to say. I really did like the story, and I'm excited for the next one or two movies that are going to follow. Johnny Depp was brilliant, of course :) I would gladly go and see it again, just not in 3D because it's really not worth it to go and see it in 3D. But if you haven't seen it yet, you definitely should, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Rapture...
So apparently there was a ton of hype that today was going to be the end of the world or something. Pretty ridiculous, right? And I had a non-member friend who said that one day, there would be someone who would predict the end and actually be right about the date, and it just boggles my mind that people don't read the Bible, when it says that no one will know exactly when it will happen, so no, there will never be someone who will correctly predict the day the world will end.
Anyway, worldwide drama aside, life has been pretty chill. The parental units and my Uncle Jon and Aunt Monica have been on a Baltic Cruise all week, and I am extremely jealous of them because they got to sail into St. Petersburg, which is RUSSIA, people! I just wish I could get over there. Maybe I'll get to go over there sometime this summer? But it looks like we're staying closer to home vacation-wise this summer, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but we'll see if I can get over there or not. My dad said that he was going to try and bring back "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in Russian for me, which would basically make my LIFE, and I'm sure he was successful in his endeavors, so I'm really excited :) It'll give me something to work on this summer (besides my Independent Study course that I've supposed to have been working on for over a year now...yeah, we'll just not talk about it). But yes, I am a slacker (as you well know), and still have to finish my Humanities 202 course. Although my extension lets me have until August 11 to finish it, I want to be done by the end of June. I feel like that is a very reasonable goal, even with all of the essays and reading. I mean, it's not like I have a job or anything, and the only thing I really want to be doing is working out (because I've realized that I'm kind of a fatty and want to get down to AT LEAST what I was when I graduated high school, if not skinnier than that) and reading Harry Potter in Russian, so I think I can do it.
So being at home alone has been kind of interesting. We currently have three dogs and two cats in the house, and needless to say, I never want to get a dog. Don't get me wrong, I love animals, but the dogs we have (two or which are Jon and Monica's) are SO much work. A lot of times one or two of them will follow me EVERYWHERE I walk. It's really annoying. And then I've had to sleep in my parents' room with them, and one of them sleeps on the bed with them, and she's the biggest dog of all the ones we have. I hate the smell of dog, and sometimes I'll catch her sleeping on my blanket, which makes me mad. And the most infuriating thing of all is the barking. THEY BARK AT EVERYTHING. One of them will sit on top of the couch so she can look out the window, and if she sees someone she goes ballistic, and then the other girl dog will start barking, and now our dog feels like he's allowed to bark, too. And no matter how much I yell at them, THEY WON'T SHUT UP. Dogs are just too much freaking work. I'm definitely a cat person. They hardly ever want attention, and you only have to make sure they have food, water, and a clean litterbox (and sometimes you don't even need THAT if they're an outdoor cat). Needless to say, my future [at this moment imaginary] husband will have to do a LOT of convincing if he ever wants to get a dog.
Blah. I need to go to bed. I spent waaaay too long trying to get this thing for primary figured out, and I still need to sleep, wake up, shower, and I have to take the bus to church, which will honestly take almost an hour with the bus ride an walking, so yay me! Then I get to come home and make sure that the house is all nice and clean for when the parents come home. I cleaned the kitchen a couple of days ago, but then I make cupcakes today, and the kitchen is REALLY hard to keep clean for more than a day, because the dishes pile up really easy, and our dishwasher doesn't work, so we actually have to wash everything and then we just put them in the dishwasher to let them air dry. It's kind of annoying, but what can you do?
So I realized that my friend Jocelyn and I are the only girls from our high school class in Vacaville that aren't married or engaged. It's kind of crazy! People are growing up and getting married and having babies, and I still feel like I'm this 18 year old kid, when in reality I'm 21 and going to graduate from college in less than a year and still don't have a solid plan for my life. IT'S SCARY! I mean, I have an idea of what I want to do, but if that doesn't work out? It's not like I have a great plan B thought out. I mean, when I was younger I always dreamed that I would get discovered and be famous and yada yada yada, but at this point, let's face it, it's not gonna happen unless a miracle occurs, so I'm just scared. I read all of these articles about how it's really tough for college grads these days to get a job in the area they majored in, and read an article the other day that said humanities was one of the major whose graduates are least likely to get a job related to their studies. Talk about discouragement. But hopefully everything will work out for the best. I need to suck it up and be an adult now, no matter how much like a kid I feel like, so I guess we'll just see what happens. One day at a time, right?
Anyway, worldwide drama aside, life has been pretty chill. The parental units and my Uncle Jon and Aunt Monica have been on a Baltic Cruise all week, and I am extremely jealous of them because they got to sail into St. Petersburg, which is RUSSIA, people! I just wish I could get over there. Maybe I'll get to go over there sometime this summer? But it looks like we're staying closer to home vacation-wise this summer, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but we'll see if I can get over there or not. My dad said that he was going to try and bring back "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in Russian for me, which would basically make my LIFE, and I'm sure he was successful in his endeavors, so I'm really excited :) It'll give me something to work on this summer (besides my Independent Study course that I've supposed to have been working on for over a year now...yeah, we'll just not talk about it). But yes, I am a slacker (as you well know), and still have to finish my Humanities 202 course. Although my extension lets me have until August 11 to finish it, I want to be done by the end of June. I feel like that is a very reasonable goal, even with all of the essays and reading. I mean, it's not like I have a job or anything, and the only thing I really want to be doing is working out (because I've realized that I'm kind of a fatty and want to get down to AT LEAST what I was when I graduated high school, if not skinnier than that) and reading Harry Potter in Russian, so I think I can do it.
So being at home alone has been kind of interesting. We currently have three dogs and two cats in the house, and needless to say, I never want to get a dog. Don't get me wrong, I love animals, but the dogs we have (two or which are Jon and Monica's) are SO much work. A lot of times one or two of them will follow me EVERYWHERE I walk. It's really annoying. And then I've had to sleep in my parents' room with them, and one of them sleeps on the bed with them, and she's the biggest dog of all the ones we have. I hate the smell of dog, and sometimes I'll catch her sleeping on my blanket, which makes me mad. And the most infuriating thing of all is the barking. THEY BARK AT EVERYTHING. One of them will sit on top of the couch so she can look out the window, and if she sees someone she goes ballistic, and then the other girl dog will start barking, and now our dog feels like he's allowed to bark, too. And no matter how much I yell at them, THEY WON'T SHUT UP. Dogs are just too much freaking work. I'm definitely a cat person. They hardly ever want attention, and you only have to make sure they have food, water, and a clean litterbox (and sometimes you don't even need THAT if they're an outdoor cat). Needless to say, my future [at this moment imaginary] husband will have to do a LOT of convincing if he ever wants to get a dog.
Blah. I need to go to bed. I spent waaaay too long trying to get this thing for primary figured out, and I still need to sleep, wake up, shower, and I have to take the bus to church, which will honestly take almost an hour with the bus ride an walking, so yay me! Then I get to come home and make sure that the house is all nice and clean for when the parents come home. I cleaned the kitchen a couple of days ago, but then I make cupcakes today, and the kitchen is REALLY hard to keep clean for more than a day, because the dishes pile up really easy, and our dishwasher doesn't work, so we actually have to wash everything and then we just put them in the dishwasher to let them air dry. It's kind of annoying, but what can you do?
So I realized that my friend Jocelyn and I are the only girls from our high school class in Vacaville that aren't married or engaged. It's kind of crazy! People are growing up and getting married and having babies, and I still feel like I'm this 18 year old kid, when in reality I'm 21 and going to graduate from college in less than a year and still don't have a solid plan for my life. IT'S SCARY! I mean, I have an idea of what I want to do, but if that doesn't work out? It's not like I have a great plan B thought out. I mean, when I was younger I always dreamed that I would get discovered and be famous and yada yada yada, but at this point, let's face it, it's not gonna happen unless a miracle occurs, so I'm just scared. I read all of these articles about how it's really tough for college grads these days to get a job in the area they majored in, and read an article the other day that said humanities was one of the major whose graduates are least likely to get a job related to their studies. Talk about discouragement. But hopefully everything will work out for the best. I need to suck it up and be an adult now, no matter how much like a kid I feel like, so I guess we'll just see what happens. One day at a time, right?
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Holland!
So I am officially back in the Netherlands now! It was weird, because I consider California as home and would NEVER call Holland home, but driving back to the house, it felt like I was coming home. I guess it's because it's where my family is, and we're finally all together again :)
I flew in early on Thursday morning, and Mom and Dad picked me up from Schipol and drove me home. Then the Elders and Harry came over from dinner that night. It's been forever since I've had missionaries over! You don't really get that in college, which kind of stinks, but oh well, I'll get to do it this summer. It looks like they come over every Thursday night, which is nice for them, because they get yummy American food ;-) This week is steak, so it's good for everyone haha.
So my family has been letting this German kid, Robin, from my brothers' school live with them, because he used to have to wake up REALLY early to take the train to school because his family lives so far away. He's a sweet kid, he fits in pretty well with the family, which is nice, since he's here from Monday afternoon to Friday morning, then he goes home for the weekend. But he'd been living in my room, and we had to switch everything out, so now he and Chris are sharing a room, and I get one all to myself :-)
So Mom and Dad are supposed to go on a Baltic cruise next week. The big stop on this trip is St. Petersburg, which makes me SO jealous, because you can't imagine how badly I want to go to Russia haha. But my Mom just says that someday we'll get to go on our own cruise, and it took her how long to be able to? So I get no sympathy from her in my plight haha. But it's all good, I'll get over to Russian someday, I guess.
So my best friend from freshman year, Trevor, is going to be coming home from his mission in about 6 weeks! I'm super excited to get to hang out with him again next year. A lot of guys from my freshman year have started coming home, so it's a really exciting time. I remember when they were all leaving, and how I thought it would be forever, but two years really isn't that long at all. It amazes me how fast the time has flown. I mean, I'm graduating from college in less than a year! That's a very bizarre thought to me. You always think it's going to last forever, but college really doesn't last that long at all.
So this summer is going to be pretty busy. I have an online class I need to get done, and Chris is supposed to be flying out in a little over a month to go back to the States to work and save up money for his mission. He'll be over there until he has to come back for his mission farewell, which will probably be at the end of this year. I can't believe my brother is going to be leaving on a mission at the end of this year! It's crazy. And then my tia, Kathy, will be coming over here to vacation with us for about a month, which should be a lot of fun. She'll be here for pretty much all of July, and then I'll be leaving in the middle of August or so to go back to Utah. I don't even think I'll be able to move into my house at that time, I'll probably have to kick at my Uncle Ivan and Aunt Lori's place again, or maybe with Kathy's sister and brother-in-law, so we'll see what happens. I didn't want to have to come back until the 22nd, but there's a chance I'll have to get my wisdom teeth out at the end of the summer back in Utah if I can't get it done here, so my parents decided to send me back a week earlier just in case we had to do that. But I didn't need to be back until August 22nd (which is the move-in day on my contract), and then I have new-student orientation training on the 23rd, and then the actual NSO from the 25th-27th. I'm actually excited to by a Y group leader for NSO this year. I think it will be fun to welcome the incoming freshman my senior year of college, and give them a nice intro to the campus and BYU life. I hope they like me ;-) But then orientation will end on Saturday, and the Monday after I'll start school! I'm excited for next year, because I get to take a lot of ballroom classes since I decided to make ballroom my minor (more or less. I'm not doing the actual ballroom minor, because I would have to extend my graduation date in order to do that, but I have to have 8-9 hours of non-humanities coursework, and since I already had 2.5 for ballroom, I just decided to make things fun and continue on with that). Needless to say, I'm really excited for all of my ballroom stuff :-) I'm really hoping I'll make it onto team next year some time, but we'll see how things go, I guess. It would really be a dream come true if I could make that happen.
So I'm kind of an old lady, and I've been going to bed really early since I got back. I sleep for almost 12 hours, but because I'm going to bed so early it's not making me wake up very late in the afternoon, so that's good :-) Tomorrow I have to go to a doctor's appointment with D.J. and Mom, because D.J. needs more meds and Mom wants him to get his lungs tested, and then she also wants to get me in so we can talk to a doctor about my skin. For those of you who see me on a regular basis, you know I have pretty bad acne on my face, and nothing topical I've been given has worked, so we're hoping the doctors will actually listen to me this summer and give me a pill of some sort to get rid of my acne. I can't tell you how much I want to get it gone; it's only gotten worse since I've come to college, and I hate having it. I get the really gross cystic acne, too, so it's even painful to have. Needless to say, once I can get it gone, life will be AMAZING. So here's hoping :-)
I flew in early on Thursday morning, and Mom and Dad picked me up from Schipol and drove me home. Then the Elders and Harry came over from dinner that night. It's been forever since I've had missionaries over! You don't really get that in college, which kind of stinks, but oh well, I'll get to do it this summer. It looks like they come over every Thursday night, which is nice for them, because they get yummy American food ;-) This week is steak, so it's good for everyone haha.
So my family has been letting this German kid, Robin, from my brothers' school live with them, because he used to have to wake up REALLY early to take the train to school because his family lives so far away. He's a sweet kid, he fits in pretty well with the family, which is nice, since he's here from Monday afternoon to Friday morning, then he goes home for the weekend. But he'd been living in my room, and we had to switch everything out, so now he and Chris are sharing a room, and I get one all to myself :-)
So Mom and Dad are supposed to go on a Baltic cruise next week. The big stop on this trip is St. Petersburg, which makes me SO jealous, because you can't imagine how badly I want to go to Russia haha. But my Mom just says that someday we'll get to go on our own cruise, and it took her how long to be able to? So I get no sympathy from her in my plight haha. But it's all good, I'll get over to Russian someday, I guess.
So my best friend from freshman year, Trevor, is going to be coming home from his mission in about 6 weeks! I'm super excited to get to hang out with him again next year. A lot of guys from my freshman year have started coming home, so it's a really exciting time. I remember when they were all leaving, and how I thought it would be forever, but two years really isn't that long at all. It amazes me how fast the time has flown. I mean, I'm graduating from college in less than a year! That's a very bizarre thought to me. You always think it's going to last forever, but college really doesn't last that long at all.
So this summer is going to be pretty busy. I have an online class I need to get done, and Chris is supposed to be flying out in a little over a month to go back to the States to work and save up money for his mission. He'll be over there until he has to come back for his mission farewell, which will probably be at the end of this year. I can't believe my brother is going to be leaving on a mission at the end of this year! It's crazy. And then my tia, Kathy, will be coming over here to vacation with us for about a month, which should be a lot of fun. She'll be here for pretty much all of July, and then I'll be leaving in the middle of August or so to go back to Utah. I don't even think I'll be able to move into my house at that time, I'll probably have to kick at my Uncle Ivan and Aunt Lori's place again, or maybe with Kathy's sister and brother-in-law, so we'll see what happens. I didn't want to have to come back until the 22nd, but there's a chance I'll have to get my wisdom teeth out at the end of the summer back in Utah if I can't get it done here, so my parents decided to send me back a week earlier just in case we had to do that. But I didn't need to be back until August 22nd (which is the move-in day on my contract), and then I have new-student orientation training on the 23rd, and then the actual NSO from the 25th-27th. I'm actually excited to by a Y group leader for NSO this year. I think it will be fun to welcome the incoming freshman my senior year of college, and give them a nice intro to the campus and BYU life. I hope they like me ;-) But then orientation will end on Saturday, and the Monday after I'll start school! I'm excited for next year, because I get to take a lot of ballroom classes since I decided to make ballroom my minor (more or less. I'm not doing the actual ballroom minor, because I would have to extend my graduation date in order to do that, but I have to have 8-9 hours of non-humanities coursework, and since I already had 2.5 for ballroom, I just decided to make things fun and continue on with that). Needless to say, I'm really excited for all of my ballroom stuff :-) I'm really hoping I'll make it onto team next year some time, but we'll see how things go, I guess. It would really be a dream come true if I could make that happen.
So I'm kind of an old lady, and I've been going to bed really early since I got back. I sleep for almost 12 hours, but because I'm going to bed so early it's not making me wake up very late in the afternoon, so that's good :-) Tomorrow I have to go to a doctor's appointment with D.J. and Mom, because D.J. needs more meds and Mom wants him to get his lungs tested, and then she also wants to get me in so we can talk to a doctor about my skin. For those of you who see me on a regular basis, you know I have pretty bad acne on my face, and nothing topical I've been given has worked, so we're hoping the doctors will actually listen to me this summer and give me a pill of some sort to get rid of my acne. I can't tell you how much I want to get it gone; it's only gotten worse since I've come to college, and I hate having it. I get the really gross cystic acne, too, so it's even painful to have. Needless to say, once I can get it gone, life will be AMAZING. So here's hoping :-)
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Bah...
...still a slacker haha. But whatever, this is WAY more than I usually write on here. See, I'm getting better!
Anyway, it's been almost a week since I've gotten to my aunt and uncle's place, and we STILL don't have a flight for me all figured out. Mom flies back to Brussels tomorrow, and hopefully I can get mine by tomorrow. Not that I don't love my relatives, but I hate being in limbo and just want to be back home and not living out of suitcases. But the guys that take care of my flights were out of town, and Mom said they thought that I was going to be done with school NEXT month, so they didn't know they'd be needing to get mine done. Unfortunately it takes a couple of days for them to get from D.C. back to Germany, so we'll see how soon I'll fly out of here. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm kind of looking forward to the 8 hour or so flight. I really do enjoy flying, and that means I'm on my way home to my family :)
So I'm really lucky, because at this moment the power cord (I almost spelled that "chords," and then had to spell check it. Music nerd much?) to my laptop is actually working! It's basically dying, but I'm able to get these spells where I don't even have to hold it in to my laptop to get it to work. I'm just going to have to buy a new one once I get back to Holland. I've been lucky that my laptop has lasted me all of college so far. I still think I'm going to need to find a way to back up all of my files, though, just in case I have to get a new one sometime. Anybody know of any online websites that will do it for free? I know it's a long shot, but I really don't want to have to pay for it, and if my laptop crashes again like it did my freshman year (worst month and a half of my LIFE) I really don't want to be without them. So if you have any suggestions, let me know!
So I know some of you probably don't care, but I am TOTALLY stoked for the royal wedding in the morning. I'm excited for the dress, the ceremony, their kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace...I just think they are such a cute couple! I'm really happy for both of them. Kate gets her prince, and William finally gets to protect the woman he loves, which he couldn't do for his mom. Okay, I'm super lame. But I can't help it ;)
Anyway, it's been almost a week since I've gotten to my aunt and uncle's place, and we STILL don't have a flight for me all figured out. Mom flies back to Brussels tomorrow, and hopefully I can get mine by tomorrow. Not that I don't love my relatives, but I hate being in limbo and just want to be back home and not living out of suitcases. But the guys that take care of my flights were out of town, and Mom said they thought that I was going to be done with school NEXT month, so they didn't know they'd be needing to get mine done. Unfortunately it takes a couple of days for them to get from D.C. back to Germany, so we'll see how soon I'll fly out of here. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm kind of looking forward to the 8 hour or so flight. I really do enjoy flying, and that means I'm on my way home to my family :)
So I'm really lucky, because at this moment the power cord (I almost spelled that "chords," and then had to spell check it. Music nerd much?) to my laptop is actually working! It's basically dying, but I'm able to get these spells where I don't even have to hold it in to my laptop to get it to work. I'm just going to have to buy a new one once I get back to Holland. I've been lucky that my laptop has lasted me all of college so far. I still think I'm going to need to find a way to back up all of my files, though, just in case I have to get a new one sometime. Anybody know of any online websites that will do it for free? I know it's a long shot, but I really don't want to have to pay for it, and if my laptop crashes again like it did my freshman year (worst month and a half of my LIFE) I really don't want to be without them. So if you have any suggestions, let me know!
So I know some of you probably don't care, but I am TOTALLY stoked for the royal wedding in the morning. I'm excited for the dress, the ceremony, their kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace...I just think they are such a cute couple! I'm really happy for both of them. Kate gets her prince, and William finally gets to protect the woman he loves, which he couldn't do for his mom. Okay, I'm super lame. But I can't help it ;)
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Gah...
...so much for me writing on here everyday. My whole entire weekend was very relaxing, needless to say. It's nice being out of school for the most part. I still have to finish up my independent study class, but other than that I am freaking done :)
It's been difficult trying to get me a flight back to Holland, so we still don't know when I'll be getting back yet. I'll hopefully be back by the end of this week, but we just don't know right now. I'm anxious to be back with my family one last time before Chris leaves on his mission at the end of this year. I can't believe so many people I know will be coming home from their missions this summer!!! I'm excited to see all of them next year when I'm back at school. It makes me hope that this summer will go by kind of quick ;)
So for my grateful thing for today, I'm grateful for children. I've been getting to play wi my cousin's son Grey while I've been here, and he is the cutesy little kid! I love how willing he is to love me even though he barely knows me, and I love how kids never make anything boring.
Anyway, that's all for tonight. I hope everyone had a happy Easter Sunday :)
It's been difficult trying to get me a flight back to Holland, so we still don't know when I'll be getting back yet. I'll hopefully be back by the end of this week, but we just don't know right now. I'm anxious to be back with my family one last time before Chris leaves on his mission at the end of this year. I can't believe so many people I know will be coming home from their missions this summer!!! I'm excited to see all of them next year when I'm back at school. It makes me hope that this summer will go by kind of quick ;)
So for my grateful thing for today, I'm grateful for children. I've been getting to play wi my cousin's son Grey while I've been here, and he is the cutesy little kid! I love how willing he is to love me even though he barely knows me, and I love how kids never make anything boring.
Anyway, that's all for tonight. I hope everyone had a happy Easter Sunday :)
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Reflection time...
So today was the last and final day of the semester. I seriously cannot believe how fast this winter semester flew by! Winter semesters usually seem to last FOREVER to me. But everything is packed, much has been stored, and now I'm just waiting to get a flight to Holland so the summer can really begin! I decided to go back because Christian will leave on his mission at the end of the year, so this is our last summer together as a family before we all split up for real.
So I've decided that I really need to be better at blogging, because this is basically my journal, and we've been instructed to keep a journal, but I am just AWFUL at that. And what really kills me is that we're told to do it everyday, but sometimes I just don't feel like I have something interesting to write, you know? So what would I have to write about? Well, when Nathalie and I were visiting teaching on Sunday, Nathalie said that a friend of hers said that when he was on his mission, he would always right something the Lord did to bless him that day, and he would recognize this blessing and write it down in his journal. I thought that was such a marvelous idea! Because honestly, we get blessed by the Lord everyday, so it shouldn't be hard, right?
So today, I was blessed because I got all of my essay stuff for English turned in on time, and was still able to go home, finish packing, and get my entire apartment cleaned. The Lord really blessed me with the presence of my mother, because it would not have been possible without her. She cleaned almost the entire kitchen for me while I worked on making my room spotless, and I am so grateful for that. I don't know what I would have done without her. Having her here during finals has been such a blessing, because she's been able to help me get my things put into storage for the summer, and she's been so sweet, buying me food and treats and goodies, and basically just spoiling me ;) Of course I don't mind, but she doesn't have to do that, and I really know she loves me :)
I'm also grateful for Sue, my tia's sister, who was willing to store all of my stuff in her house for the entire summer. She's never even met me, but just on Kathy's word she was willing to take all of my crap, and let me tell you, there is a lot of it. It's no small favor, what she's doing, and I'm so grateful for her, she is a lifesaver.
I'm also grateful for my Uncle Ivan and Aunt Lori, whose house I'm at right now as I type this. They just let my mom and I come tonight, and had everything set up for us to be comfortable. And I might end up having to be here until the end of next week, and they are willing to let me stay for that entire time. I mean, I know they're family, but still, they are so kind for letting this happen.
Basically, the Lord has just blessed me with so many great people in my life. I don't know how I would get through this world without all of the amazing people I'm surrounded by.
He even blesses me in seemingly insignificant ways. For instance, last night my mom and I got back from Fruit Heights really really late at night, and we had to try and find parking, which if you know where I live, is almost IMPOSSIBLE. However, not far from my complex there was a huge spot open big enough for us to park our ginormous truck there. At 11:00 at night. You may not understand how big of a deal that is, but that is HUGE. We didn't have to drive around looking for parking, and we didn't have to walk very far to get back to the apartment. It was really such a huge blessing for us.
Anyway, it's late, and I'm exhausted after finals and all of the cleaning we did today, so it is time for me to hit the hay. I hope you all can recognize the blessings the Lord has given you, especially at this Easter time as we remember His ultimate sacrifice for us. Goodnight, everyone.
So I've decided that I really need to be better at blogging, because this is basically my journal, and we've been instructed to keep a journal, but I am just AWFUL at that. And what really kills me is that we're told to do it everyday, but sometimes I just don't feel like I have something interesting to write, you know? So what would I have to write about? Well, when Nathalie and I were visiting teaching on Sunday, Nathalie said that a friend of hers said that when he was on his mission, he would always right something the Lord did to bless him that day, and he would recognize this blessing and write it down in his journal. I thought that was such a marvelous idea! Because honestly, we get blessed by the Lord everyday, so it shouldn't be hard, right?
So today, I was blessed because I got all of my essay stuff for English turned in on time, and was still able to go home, finish packing, and get my entire apartment cleaned. The Lord really blessed me with the presence of my mother, because it would not have been possible without her. She cleaned almost the entire kitchen for me while I worked on making my room spotless, and I am so grateful for that. I don't know what I would have done without her. Having her here during finals has been such a blessing, because she's been able to help me get my things put into storage for the summer, and she's been so sweet, buying me food and treats and goodies, and basically just spoiling me ;) Of course I don't mind, but she doesn't have to do that, and I really know she loves me :)
I'm also grateful for Sue, my tia's sister, who was willing to store all of my stuff in her house for the entire summer. She's never even met me, but just on Kathy's word she was willing to take all of my crap, and let me tell you, there is a lot of it. It's no small favor, what she's doing, and I'm so grateful for her, she is a lifesaver.
I'm also grateful for my Uncle Ivan and Aunt Lori, whose house I'm at right now as I type this. They just let my mom and I come tonight, and had everything set up for us to be comfortable. And I might end up having to be here until the end of next week, and they are willing to let me stay for that entire time. I mean, I know they're family, but still, they are so kind for letting this happen.
Basically, the Lord has just blessed me with so many great people in my life. I don't know how I would get through this world without all of the amazing people I'm surrounded by.
He even blesses me in seemingly insignificant ways. For instance, last night my mom and I got back from Fruit Heights really really late at night, and we had to try and find parking, which if you know where I live, is almost IMPOSSIBLE. However, not far from my complex there was a huge spot open big enough for us to park our ginormous truck there. At 11:00 at night. You may not understand how big of a deal that is, but that is HUGE. We didn't have to drive around looking for parking, and we didn't have to walk very far to get back to the apartment. It was really such a huge blessing for us.
Anyway, it's late, and I'm exhausted after finals and all of the cleaning we did today, so it is time for me to hit the hay. I hope you all can recognize the blessings the Lord has given you, especially at this Easter time as we remember His ultimate sacrifice for us. Goodnight, everyone.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
What the what?!
Soooooo...DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOU CAN MAKE MONEY BLOGGING?! And I mean a TON of money. A girl in my English class today gave a presentation on Mormon Mommy Blogging, and this one lady makes so much from advertising on her blog that her husband was able to quit his job. THAT IS INSANE. You guys, I NEED TO GET IN ON THIS. How do I make my blog awesome enough to make money off of it?
Also, did you know blogging is a GREAT way to procrastinate writing an eight-page paper? Because it is!
Also, did you know blogging is a GREAT way to procrastinate writing an eight-page paper? Because it is!
Monday, April 4, 2011
Oh man...
...it's been a LONG while since I've written on here. I can't believe it's April already. There's only a week and a half of classes left, and then 2 reading days and then finals. This has been the fastest winter semester I've ever had, which isn't a bad thing at all. I honestly think it's because of all of my ballroom classes, they've kept me going all semester long :) It's been really nice, needless to say.
So a lot has happened since I last wrote on here. I quit/got fired from my custodial job, which has been super sweet. It's been nice not having to leave my apartment by 4 AM haha. I had DanceSport in February, and I did pretty well this semester. I got to the quarter finals in Rumba and Waltz (competing a level up) and got to the finals for Quickstep and Triple Swing :) And then I got a 92 on my Medals Exam for Latin, and a 95 for Triple Swing and Standard, which is basically like getting a 100, so I was pretty proud of myself. I've made ballroom kind of like my minor; I'm not actually doing the ballroom dance minor, but I have to have 8-9 credit hours of classes outside of history and the humanities for my major, so I just decided to make them ballroom classes. So I'll have three ballroom classes a semester for the rest of college, and I'm way excited about that idea :) I'll actually be taking a class where I'll learn how to teach social dance in the fall, and hopefully I'll get to be a TA for a 180 or 280 class in the winter! I'm really hoping that works out, and I'm REALLY hoping I'll be able to get onto one of the teams next year. I think I'll just have to practice stuff over the summer and make sure I get into pretty good shape so I'm ready to go when I come back to school in August.
So yesterday during Conference my grandma passed away. She was 96 years old and had been dying for years, basically. We're glad she's no longer in pain and that she can once again be with my grandpa. We know she's a lot happier where she is now. I got permission to miss class from my teachers, so I'll get to go to the funeral on Saturday, which will be kind of nice, I'll get to see my parents and my two younger brothers, and I'll get to be in Arizona, which is MUCH warmer than Utah is right now, I'm sure. We'll probably get to see some old family friends, too, which should be fun.
Anyway, that's about all for now. I think I've pretty much summed the last couple of months up pretty well. Basically, I'll finish out the semester, and then I'll fly out to Holland for the summer. I wasn't sure if I would go there right away or if I would go to California and work for a couple of months, but then I realized that Christian graduates next month and he comes to the States right after to save up for his mission at the end of the year, so if I waited our family wouldn't be all together at all this summer, so I decided we should all have one last summer together before he leaves on his mission :) On that final note, ta-ta for now!
So a lot has happened since I last wrote on here. I quit/got fired from my custodial job, which has been super sweet. It's been nice not having to leave my apartment by 4 AM haha. I had DanceSport in February, and I did pretty well this semester. I got to the quarter finals in Rumba and Waltz (competing a level up) and got to the finals for Quickstep and Triple Swing :) And then I got a 92 on my Medals Exam for Latin, and a 95 for Triple Swing and Standard, which is basically like getting a 100, so I was pretty proud of myself. I've made ballroom kind of like my minor; I'm not actually doing the ballroom dance minor, but I have to have 8-9 credit hours of classes outside of history and the humanities for my major, so I just decided to make them ballroom classes. So I'll have three ballroom classes a semester for the rest of college, and I'm way excited about that idea :) I'll actually be taking a class where I'll learn how to teach social dance in the fall, and hopefully I'll get to be a TA for a 180 or 280 class in the winter! I'm really hoping that works out, and I'm REALLY hoping I'll be able to get onto one of the teams next year. I think I'll just have to practice stuff over the summer and make sure I get into pretty good shape so I'm ready to go when I come back to school in August.
So yesterday during Conference my grandma passed away. She was 96 years old and had been dying for years, basically. We're glad she's no longer in pain and that she can once again be with my grandpa. We know she's a lot happier where she is now. I got permission to miss class from my teachers, so I'll get to go to the funeral on Saturday, which will be kind of nice, I'll get to see my parents and my two younger brothers, and I'll get to be in Arizona, which is MUCH warmer than Utah is right now, I'm sure. We'll probably get to see some old family friends, too, which should be fun.
Anyway, that's about all for now. I think I've pretty much summed the last couple of months up pretty well. Basically, I'll finish out the semester, and then I'll fly out to Holland for the summer. I wasn't sure if I would go there right away or if I would go to California and work for a couple of months, but then I realized that Christian graduates next month and he comes to the States right after to save up for his mission at the end of the year, so if I waited our family wouldn't be all together at all this summer, so I decided we should all have one last summer together before he leaves on his mission :) On that final note, ta-ta for now!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Blah Blah Blah
So it's been a little over a month since I've written on here. Honestly, I haven't really been thinking about it. Life has been kind of crazy since school started. I'm working my 4:30-7:30 AM custodial job, and taking 16.5 credits at school, which includes choir (which takes up extra time outside of class) and dance (which also requires practice time outside of class). With my early job, I have to try and be in bed by 8:30, which makes me feel like the lamest college student in the world haha. The weekends I can stay up or whatever, but then my schedule can get messed up, like it is tonight. Mondays I have class from 10-4 straight, which kind of sucks, but Tuesdays I don't have too much going on, so I can just go to bed super early tomorrow night and hopefully everything will be back to normal.
Goodness, how boring do I sound? That's what happens when you work 15 hours a week and take 16.5 credits. But anyway, not too much has been going on lately. Yesterday Chelsea and I went to a dance concert, and then we ended up hanging out for the rest of the evening. It was nice, because I hadn't seen her since before finals, and she's my bestie, so I'd missed her. I also bought some new ballroom pumps for my standard class, which makes me really excited :) I'm taking three ballroom classes, and I've discovered that Latin dance is not my thing haha. I'm definitely more of a standard dancer. But it makes school really fun, which I need for winter semester.
So today a bottle of hazelnut syrup fell out of one of the closets in the hallway when I was getting something, and the bottle broke and syrup got all over the carpet. Nathalie and I cleaned up what we could, but I'm hoping I didn't totally destroy the carpet, because that would just be more money that I don't have. For the record, hazelnut smells nasty.
Anyway, I've got to go and get my laundry and try to get everything ready for tomorrow. I get to go to the dentist and get two small fillings, because I have the worst teeth in the WORLD. And then I have to get my wisdom teeth taken out sometime in the next few months, since one is actually starting to grow in, and I just don't have room in my mouth for them (even my big mouth isn't big enough). But yeah, peace out, followers (all six of you).
Goodness, how boring do I sound? That's what happens when you work 15 hours a week and take 16.5 credits. But anyway, not too much has been going on lately. Yesterday Chelsea and I went to a dance concert, and then we ended up hanging out for the rest of the evening. It was nice, because I hadn't seen her since before finals, and she's my bestie, so I'd missed her. I also bought some new ballroom pumps for my standard class, which makes me really excited :) I'm taking three ballroom classes, and I've discovered that Latin dance is not my thing haha. I'm definitely more of a standard dancer. But it makes school really fun, which I need for winter semester.
So today a bottle of hazelnut syrup fell out of one of the closets in the hallway when I was getting something, and the bottle broke and syrup got all over the carpet. Nathalie and I cleaned up what we could, but I'm hoping I didn't totally destroy the carpet, because that would just be more money that I don't have. For the record, hazelnut smells nasty.
Anyway, I've got to go and get my laundry and try to get everything ready for tomorrow. I get to go to the dentist and get two small fillings, because I have the worst teeth in the WORLD. And then I have to get my wisdom teeth taken out sometime in the next few months, since one is actually starting to grow in, and I just don't have room in my mouth for them (even my big mouth isn't big enough). But yeah, peace out, followers (all six of you).
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