The bucket list! The bucket list! Round two...

After blog stalking myself on my lonely Saturday night, I realized I needed to do another bucket list since my first ten were pretty general. I'm going to come up with  more...
 My Bucket List already consists of: (You can read about it here.)

1. Going to Paris

2. Taking a spontaneous road trip

3. Learning to play guitar

4. To be on Broadway

5. Get married

6. Move out of Utah

7. Go to Hawaii

8. Own my own dream house

9. Record a song

10. Ride in a hot air balloon

In addition to this is...
11. Go Horseback Riding
Now I've always wanted to go on a beach but now I think I just want to make it an adventure. I want to get all cowgirled up and let the horse just run around and do it's thing. My hair is going to be long and it will be blowing from under my cow girl hat. It will be so much fun. I know it.

12. Go on a Cruise
This one is going to have to be somewhere warm. At least for the first one. If I love it as much as I think I will then I'll go on a colder one but somewhere there is paradise. I want to get there on the most soothing way possible. A boat in the middle of the ocean. When I went whale watching, that was one of my favorite parts. Just being out in the middle of the ocean with nothing around you.



13. Go Cliff Jumping
Everyone does this and I want to be a part of this. I've only been to Lake Powell compared to everyone else who has been a million times, I swear, but it was gorgeous while I was there. But I want to jump and fall into the water. Not even at Lake Powell but somewhere. I just want to jump and forget about it.


14. Become a Mom
I love kids. Like so much. I'm more comfortable around kids. They have no worries and to them there is nothing wrong with the world, you or them. How can you not be happy like that? They are adorable and just so pure I guess. I want to have my own kids one day that look up to me, want me to do things for them and give up my own life for theirs.

Does my mom look great or what?

15. Have a Movie theater to myself
I've always thought this would be so cool. I don't just want it to be like you go to the dollar movies and no one else came to see that movie, No. I want it to be a regular theater and I get to pick any movie to watch in this theater.



16. Have a Tree House
I always wanted one when I was a kid. I wanted somewhere I could go and have my own world. So one day, I'm going to have a tree house even if it is for my kids. I'll still go up there every once in a while.



17. Be a Maid of honor
I love weddings so much it's almost a disease I think. I try to kind of hide it but I'm not sure I do very well. But I want to be apart of a wedding in a big way without being the one getting married. So what better way then to be a Maid of Honor. So Mal, you better be planning on me being your maid of honor. You're my only hope. I'll sing if you do...


18. Go to a State Fair
I want to have the perfect State Fair experience. With Cotton candy, bubble gum, Snow cones and riding the Ferris Wheel all night. I think it looks so fun. Unlike Disneyland, everyone has fun at State Fairs and Carnivals. They are just fun and I'm going to go to one. Or many.


19. Have a random Cake Fight
Who doesn't want to do this? I want to just have so much fun and not like my mom mode get the best of me and worry about cleaning it up. I want to throw flour everywhere and smash chocolate batter in everyone's face.

20. Dance and run around in a gigantic rain storm
I love rain so much. Not as much when it's cold and stuff. But Summer and even Spring rain makes me so happy. It smells so good and just is so wet and fun. I want there to be a gigantic rain storm that just dumps buckets and gets you drenched in two seconds. I want to just walk outside and stand in it and not care.


21. Ride on a Motorcycle
Every time I see people around campus riding motorcycles I want to just beg them to take me on a ride. I'm actually terrified of them but I want to ride on the back of one so bad. This will happen one day. I'll make sure of it.

22. Have my own puppy
I'm dying for a dog. Seriously. But I want to have a brand new puppy in it's crazy pee everywhere, hyper, break everything stage. I want to just hold it and cuddle with it's adorable little face. I want it to like my face with it's nasty puppy breath tongue and everything.


23. See the Northern lights
I love sunsets because of the colors and how they all mix together. When I see pictures of them I am amazed that this can happen naturally. I want to see them in real life.


24. Be daring
I always wish I was one of those girls who had endless amounts of fun because they don't care. I think Mike would attest to the fact that I worry to much about embarrassing myself that I don't do a lot of things. But I want to change that. I want to have fun because I want to. And not worry about looking stupid or being embarrassed.

25. Have long hair
I'm putting this on my bucket list so that I make it happen. I'm getting really frustrated with the fact that my hair is taking 2 years to grow barely past my shoulders. But I'm going to let it get long and gorgeous. My goal is by the time I'm married. That should be plenty of time. I hope.


26. Own a grand piano
I've always wanted one. Always. I want to have one on my house, like the Lambson's who have a room dedicated to their Piano and music in general. I want that in my home. I want a gorgeous piano to use as a gigantic decoration with a great purpose.


27. Be able to walk to the beach from my home
Yes people, I want to live be the ocean. I love it. It is so relaxing. I want to be able to just grab my towel and walk down to the water. I'll be a beach bum.

28. But a lock on the love bridge
This one requires that I also go to Paris so that is a great bonus. But I think this is such a cute idea. I'm a romantic and I don't know what is more romantic then this.

29. Be Spontaneous
I want to be able to think of fun things one the spot. I'm always jealous of those people who are outrageously fun. I want to somehow learn how to do this.

30. Live in San Francisco
I loved this place so much. I don't even know why. It is gorgeous. I love that it is like a little small town with so much going on. The streets are unbelievable and the beach is right there. It is just an awesome place. Everyone needs to go there.

Concert of a Lifetime

Last night, Mike and I went to the Brad Paisley concert and it was so good! It was going to be a surprise but he's too observant and figured it out so when I told him I'd have to ruin the surprise to make sure I didn't get lost on the way, he immediately says get on I-215 and stay there till the sign says Maverik Center.   I just starred at him for a minute then hit him for not telling me that he knew so we could be excited together even though I was pretty sure he knew. Regardless, it was still fun and well worth it. 

There were 2 opening act, the first:
Scotty McCreery-Who knew he was such a ladies man? All the girls went crazy when they turned the lights out and he came out. I recently got his cd and don't know it too well but I did recognize the songs and knew some of them. But he is such a goober. He is just a goofy kid. It was funny to watch him. But he is 17 and he opened for Brad Paisley! I thought that was awesome. He is so young and he just has it together enough to open for one of country musics big times. Way to go man.

The next was:
The Band Perry- Now everyone knows If I Die Young and maybe You lie and if you listen to the radio then you know Hip to my Heart but let me assure you guys that their songs get better. They are incredible. All of them are so good. They are great performers and just a lot of fun.  The girls voice is out of this world. She is just as good, if not better, live. She is so cute and Fun and exciting. The boys have awful haircuts but they are still fun and play the guitar and run around being crazy and stuff. They are one of my new favorite bands for sure.

Then it was Brad Paisley time. He sang a lot of songs but I'll tell you about my favorites.

She's Everything. It was just perfect with Mike. That is one of our songs and it will always remind me of him. It was cute to have him there while he sang it.

I'm Still a Guy. I really do love this song, regardless of the fact that I am not a guy. I just really love this song. Brad also made it even better by pausing in the middle and explaining to all the girls what we are doing to guys. Including, Couples massages, mani's and pedi's and making them watch the Bachelor and talk about how we feel about it. Then he gave all of this a name. Castrating. Us girls are castrating our guys. It was way funny to say the least. Then he explained that we need to give Saturday and Sunday to the boys because that is Football day and then Nascar. Those are the days that we go have tickle fights with our girlfriends.

Then. I'm not going to lie I did not like this song at first but it grew on me and now it is one of my favorites. Another one of those cheesy, I'm glad I was with Mike moments. But I really was. Great song with a great guy and now it has great memories.

Whiskey Lullaby. Normally this song is a duet with Allison Krauss but since she obviously wasn't there, The Band Perry did it with him. The two guys played the guitars and she sang. It was incredible. They did such a good job and her voice really is amazing. I loved every second of it. I want them to re-record it with her singing it just because I love her voice now.

Remind Me. This is a duet with Carrie Underwood. Now obviously she wasn't there either and I thought we'd get lucky and The Band Perry girl would do it. So then it gets to the part that the girl sings and we hear Carrie Underwood's voice. I thought for a minute that we were about to get really lucky. Then all the sudden she shows up on this screen and is singing with him but she's not even there. While it was kind of lame it was actually really cool that they could make that work perfectly and keep it a duet without her even being there.

Brad and Scotty sang a duet together but unfortunately I cannot remember for the life of me what it was. But I do remember that it was soo good. They are great duo. They definitely should write an original piece and record it soon. And the ladies went crazy.

This is Country Music. I really like this song and I like they way he did it at the concert. I loved that everyone went bazerk when he talked about the troops and being supportive. I felt very patriotic when I actually felt the same, I support our Troops. Then at the end he played a slideshow of country musics biggest stars and sang their most famous song to the tune of his. Like Johnny Cash and Walk the Line. It was a really good idea.

Letter to Me, I love this song so much. I have since I first heard it. But it was really cool for him to talk to our age group and tell us that it gets better. That made me feel really good. Like as great as I have it right now, it's only going to get better. I don't know. It was cool to get advice from Brad Paisley. Then he talked about Scotty Mccreery and him having it all together at 17 but even for him it will get better. I thought that was really cool.

He also sang, Mud on the Tires, Water, Alcohol, Waitin' on a Woman, I'm Gonna Miss Her, and I know I'm missing a ton more, then finished with American Saturday Night which got everyone pumped again. I love that song. I don't know how you can't. It's a great one.

Some other stuff from the concert...
Brads drummer, who is from Utah, is unreal. Seriously. He was insanely good. I never really though drums could be that hard and was kind of a go to instrument for people who didn't want to learn to read music or something but I changed my mind. This guy knows what he is doing. He is crazy amazing.
When they introduced Brads band they had this cartoon Star Wars thing. It really was way stupid. It was such a weird idea. haha I don't even know what that came from but it was weird. But, it was more exciting then just saying their names and letting have a moment to shine. The Violinist was really good too!! He could play crazy fast. I guess at that point he'd be a fiddler but it was super super good either way.

It was such a good concert and I loved every second of it. Even when we sat in the very back on the side of the stage. I actually really liked that no one was behind us or around us so we could put our feet up and relax. I loved it. I think Mike would have loved to be in the middle of the crowd on the floor but I panic and stress in situations like that. So he got to scream from the back. :) But I really appreciate him coming with me even if I didn't really give him a choice. 

If you...

Here are some fun facts that you should have if you fit under these categories.

If you watch the Bachelor, read this Blog. It will change your life. She is the funniest thing ever. She calls Bachelor Ben, Ban. All thanks to Ashley from last year who thought he was per-fact. Until she dumped him...
He used to also be called Cave-Groban because he looks identical to Josh Groban except that hair which makes him look like a caveman. This girl is a hoot. You won't regret this.

If you love Brad Paisley, be jealous of me because I'm going to his concert tomorrow! Remember that one time when ticketmaster and the Maverik center sucks? Yeah. Well I showed them and got tickets. I'm so excited. This group also includes those of you who love Scotty Mccreery or The Band Perry. They'll be there too.

If you love the weekend, That's tomorrow. I think this group should include everyone because no one can hate a weekend. That is just not okay. Weekends are life changing.

If you are going home this weekend, then good for you. I am too. To go to Brad Paisley. And actually because I miss my brothers and I want to hang out with them on Saturday. I want to take them sledding and do fun stuff because I love them.

If you are a walking Pintrest model today, then we are twins. I have the cardigan with the belt, scarf, sparkly eye-shadow, and the sock bun. I'm rockin' that. I hope.

If you had Marriage and Family today, then you heard the story of Brian Kehl. Who I know and all those people in that story. That was awkward when they put the picture of the family up and I knew 80% of them. Cool.

If you had a math study group, then I guarantee your group member did not smell as nice as mine did. He smelled like an angel and he was a genius. I need him in my life. Always. Garrett.. we are now bff's. You don't have a say in that.


If you are going to finish the 4th season of Gossip Girl today, then come watch it with me and Mike. Who loves it btw. He has watched this whole season with me. In a week I might add. I love that he loves it. I really do. And I love that we like opposite characters. It makes it more fun.


If you go to USU and try to use BlueZone, then you know it sucks so freaking bad. It kicks me off the internet every two seconds. I hate it. I'm trying to listen to my "Concert of the Ages" playlist on Spotify and you are making it impossible.

If you are sitting in the Library, come find me because I'm sick of sitting here by myself. I need more friends.


If you are confused with this blog post, then join the club. This is called I have a 2 hour break on Thursdays and I forgot my Math book so I couldn't do my homework so awesome blog posts always come out of that.

If you read this whole this, then we are obviously best friends and you can meet Garrett too. As soon as we hang out and I know more about him except his name, he smells good, and is great at math. So be excited.

Productive.

Who wants to hear about my productive day? Oh you do? I knew it.
It has been a great day.
And may I just point out that it is 6pm and I am completely done with everything.
Today I...

• went to my Marriage and Family class with my attractive teacher. And was on time. Thank you.
• went to the Career Center to have them help me with my Major crisis. Pun intended.
• made my own Subway lunch. Black Forest Ham, Cheese on White. Baked Lays and all. 
• Cleaned the Kitchen and did the dishes since they were all mine. Whoops. Our new sign that says "Dishes are like boyfriends, you wouldn't want your roommate doing yours" is really blowing up in my face. I decided it was time to get rid of them before someone else "did my boyfriend."
• Cleaned my disastrous room. Not having a roommate has left me no motivation to keep it clean. My laundry was everywhere and my hair stuff. Not to mention the bag of corn nuts that exploded out of my backpack yesterday. gross. I even made my bed too.
• Hung up the rest of the Valentines Decorations I made for the windows not to mention clean the window paint that has been there since September that said "Happy Birthday #19" with the added note from our neighbor saying, "Still? How long was your mother in labor?" I guess they were sick of it too.
•  Did my Career Choices Evaluation. My top 5 career options given to me? 1. Sociologist 2. Art Teacher 3. Elementary Teacher 4. Educational Psychologist 5. Home Economist. Lets just say that my new major will most likely be ELED. Just like Mal. However, it did mention I could be a Disk Jockey. I considered it.
• Took my Music Quiz. 100%. And it took me ten minutes. Too easy.
• Did my Connect assignment for Psychology which was freaking hard. It took me about an hour. Remind me how the lobes of the brain, MRI's and adoption have anything to do with Psychology? Especially in 1010.
• Did my Math assignment in record time. And I understood 96% of it. That is a new record for me. 

Yes people I did all of this in one day, before 10 o'clock and now I'm off to make Taco's for Taco Tuesday. Then hopefully get to bed at a decent hour. 

Normal School vs. College

While sitting in the library in my second 1 hour break of the day I started thinking of how different college is than "normal school." And not just in the ways that everyone says like when they give you my favorite excuse...
"You just don't understand yet, you haven't been there..."
People would say that to me all the time and I hated it. Probably because my sister is only 2 years older than me and my best friend was a year ahead of me in school. So naturally there was always something that I just didn't understand. I learned to just accept that and move on and remember that you know what, You do things they don't understand either. But either way, College is one of those things that is just hard to explain unless you live it. Experience it. As much as I try not to say that to my friends still in high school about their upcoming year, I find it escaping out of my mouth more often then I would like. But what I really mean is it's just hard to explain to someone who hasn't seen it or lived it.
Anyways... The point of this is to explain why it is so different and why it's hard to explain...

Normal School: Someone eats alone at lunch, someone will get up and go sit with them because that is the typical example used when teaching how to include others. I never saw anyone eating alone either.
College: People either eat lunch anywhere they can, including in class (I would know, I have sonic hearing when it comes to food/eating sounds) or they eat lunch in the Library and people stare at them when their carrot or chip crunches and echoes through 4 floors.

Normal School: Your curfew is a pain and your parents think its to keep you out of trouble even though you've told them a million times that you don't get in trouble. All you do is watch movies and sit around, talking.
College: Sometimes you wish you had a curfew so maybe you'd go to bed before 3am and then feel like you got ran over by all of Santa's reindeer, like Grandma, that were piled in a Greyhound bus, when you wake up the next morning for your 9am class.

Normal School: The biggest decisions you ever made were whether you should go out to lunch, who to ask to a dance, whether you study for the test or not and who to hang out with on Friday after school. Granted I'll give it to that picking a college is a big decision but I think most people already know where they want to go, it's not really a decision. Plus I've decided that it honestly doesn't matter where you go. It's college.
College: Your decisions revolve around your life. What is your career? How long will you stay in school? It's no longer pointless events but rather putting all those events together, making them all fit in your schedule so you can somehow get everything done in the day. (If you're like me then this gets over turned by your bad habits of taking a nap after school each day then staying up too late since you can't sleep. Repeat.) Granted I'll give it to you that I make the decision everyday what I should eat/make or if I should just forget I'm hungry and watch Gossip Girl.

Normal School: You race home from your friends house, knowing your late, speeding down the street, praying there isn't a cop then whipping around the corner to your house. However it never crossed your mind that you could get hurt driving like this or hurt someone else. You were worried what your punishment would be for being late. (Until of course you use the excuse, But I didn't want to drive too fast and get hurt!) Because you knew someone was waiting for your arrival safely home.
College: You start coming home really late on the icy, cold roads, search for 10 minutes for a parking spot then finally make your own. You walk into your freezing apartment, all the lights off and 4 snoring roommates already in bed. That's when you realize you could have not come home and no one would have noticed.

Normal School: You complain about a meal that isn't your favorite or Pizza for the third time that week. You wonder if your family is the only one keeping Little Ceasars in business or not. You're pretty sure that after 20 years+ your mom knows how to cook other meals. It never occurred to you to help make a meal or that her kids are all picky eaters and impossible to cook for.
College: Getting Pizza for dinner is a luxury! You'll take anything besides Peanut Butter Sandwichs or Ramen. Little Ceasars may as well be renamed La Caille at that point. You praise anyone who gives you any kind of food because that means it's free.

Normal School: You wake up in the morning around 6am to get ready for the day. It never crosses your mind to check the weather because you're going to be locked up inside that crop circle of a building all day. It doesn't matter. You put on your cutest outfit because you want to impress someone today and look smokin' hot.
College: You wake up around 8 or 9 depending on if you can go one more day without a shower or you could just shower after class. You step out of bed and realize you have to get back in because you will get frostbite from the freezing temperatures of your apartment because utilities are just too expensive. You immediately look out the window to see what it looks like outside. You know it is going to be freezing so you don't even worry about what you will wear because wearing two coats is going to cover it up anyway. So you wear the same thing you did the day before, Leggings, jeans, Long sleeved shirt, Jacket, scarf, coat and ear warmers. Plus your long socks and boots. You decide you can make it ten minutes in the cold with that many layers. Then you open the door to leave and realize you need to get another coat. You walk to the bus stop, praying you don't see anyone you know on campus today.

Normal School: You can't decide what to eat for lunch today because there are so many options but you only have about 30 minutes. Grilled Cheese it is.
College: Heck! Grilled Cheese is dinner! And who has time for a sit down lunch? You grab your go to foods, Chips and salsa, Wheat thins an cheese, Granola bar and Gatorade and head for the next class. Except on Tuesdasys since you're done with school at 1130.

Normal School: You leave home 10 minutes before class starts since it takes 7 minutes to get to school with the traffic and those dang Pit stairs.
College: You leave 20 minutes before class starts even though campus is 2 minutes up the hill. You never know when the Shuttle is coming then you have to walk across campus to get to the Business building.

Normal School: You complain about having a substitute and having to do pointless 50 point worksheets and have nothing to do in class except talk to your best friend who sits next to you.
College: The teacher can't be in class, so neither do you. You get to sleep in! But you wish you got a worksheet now and again for some extra points. You should have studied harder for that last test since it counts for 1/4th of your grade in the class.

Normal School: You hate that the teacher knows your name because you always get blamed or called on for questions you don't know the answer to. Why can't you just be "that one kid"
College: The teacher knows your name?! How did you do that? He called you out in front of the 300 people in your class, be name? You must be superman.

Normal School: You have a job to allow you to have a social life and go out for lunch everyday. Not to mention dinner and a movie that night. You save up to go to the dance at the end of the month because everybody blows $200 in a night. NBD
College: You have a job to keep you alive, feed you, house you, etc. It allows you to get the necessities at the store, Milk, Bread, Butter. Three meals in one. Toast, Sandwich, Grilled cheese. You better hope you still have Peanut Butter... You save up to buy your 4 books and cringe when they cost $350. There goes 2 months of working.

Normal School: You run out of milk you have to walk out to the fridge in the garage and get another gallon. Even though your brother should have done that. He did finish the other one.
College: You know you are going to the store and are almost done with your milk. You can't get yourself just to chug it or dump it out because you want to use it when you really need it. You go to the store, have your day, finish your milk with your midnight snack of Rice Chex then realize you have to go back to the store tomorrow since you couldn't get it today since there is no room in your tiny fridge for you to have 2.

Normal School: You can't wait for Christmas break because you actually get to do something! You can go skiing, hang out with friends, go to movies, who knows what but you know you're going to do something!
College: You can't wait for Christmas break because you get to do nothing! You don't have to hang out with anyone. You don't have homework. You can sleep in, watch tv all day, stay in your pajamas, and Pintrest all at the same time.

Normal School: The Pregnant girl is in your class, she walks in and everyone starts whispering about how they are sure her belly is twice the size it was yesterday and you wonder how she still fits in her size 2 True Religions. You can't believe she is even coming to school.
College: You sit down in class and a nice lady walks in. She sits next to you, looks over and asks if you can hold her baby while she gets her notes out. Obviously you accept and you are distracted the whole class making faces at that adorable little thing.

Normal School: The 6 minutes they give you in between class is more then enough time so you stop and talk to your friends for 5 minutes until you all walk to your class...that you all have together. You are 30 second late but it doesn't matter because the teacher is still getting things ready.
College: The 10 minutes between classes is no where near enough time to get from the Fine Arts building to Old Main, even with your daddy long legs! You are trying to hard to get there remotely on time that you don't even notice that you just passed your boyfriend. You realize you are 2 minutes late and you hate that you're about the be that annoying kid that has to squeeze through everyone to get the last seat left in the middle of the row because the edge seats are so coveted, no one would think of scooting to the middle. Heaven Forbid.

Obviously there are plenty more examples but to stop wasting all of your time I'll stop and let you get the point. There are just little things that you don't get until you experience them. It doesn't matter how many times people say, college is harder but better. The classes are bigger and you're lucky if the teacher knows your name let alone be able to see the teacher. Nobody cares about you or what you do. Until you are stupid. But you get to be on your own! Yeah, I guess that is true but there is so much more to it then that. College is a weird place. I guess that is why they designate "College towns" Then people have at least been warned.

As of Late...

So I survived the first week of Spring semester however the name has been very deceiving. Let me assure you that it is not Spring by any means. It's freezing. It snowed and then it's been raining. Remember that time I hate winter? Yeah. Because I can never freaking get warm and it doesn't help that my apartment is kept at 50 degrees. Yeah. It's frigid. So I'm looking forward to warmth even though I know that it's going to be a while and the coldness is just beginning. It's rough. Either way... We had a long weekend! Thanks to Martin Luther King Jr. It was MLK day. Or milk day as we called it. Milk isn't racist there is white, brown, pink, you name it. So we decided it was appropriate for the occasion. I enjoyed my day off, doing almost nothing.
I got really excited for Valentines day coming up. January 15 I decided it was time to start decorating so I've been crafterizing away, stealing a lot of things from Pintrest. This is what I've made so far...

That heart chain is lining our apartment. No joke. It's awesome.

So I've been crafterizing and hanging out with these girls.. I like having girlfriends again. I didn't really have that my Senior year due to a boyfriend. Which don't get me wrong, I LOVED! Girls just don't really want to be your friend if there is a chance they will be third wheel. But it is nice to have some girl chat once in a while.

 This also serves as a before and after... We dyed our hair remember? Well mine is black.. black. And Britt's is dark brown and way cute. So we'll start there with the recap. Other exciting things that happened... (Kind of.. My life really isn't very exciting...)

On Sunday, I sang with Lynds in her ward. We sang Savior, Redeemer of my Soul. From 17 Miracles if you've seen it.. If not, stop reading this and go see it. We wrote some harmony to it and might I say, It sounded good. I was happy with the finished product. But when you perform in a college town, everyone you know comes to see. So a lot of my friends who I don't sing in front of, came. I was nervous. This included Mike who I NEVER sing in front of. He's my toughest critic and it just makes me panic that I actually care what he thinks. I just didn't look at him but the whole time I was singing I was just thinking, "I can't believe I'm doing this right now. Singing in a microphone, in front of him..." I'm  a baby, I know. But! Later that day, The roommates and I went to Britt's house for dinner and I came home and the cute kid got me flowers! I was so giddy. It was the cutest thing. He's the best.

                                             
Mike and I went to Beauty and the Beast in 3D! It was good. They did a really good job and it was cool to see a classic Disney movie in theatres!

Brie, Britt and I went to Pizza Pie Cafe for their $5 day. It was good but I had already eaten so much that day since I had just been sitting doing nothing. I snack. So I had like 3 pieces, including an Oreo pizza. SO GOOD. Britt, my super tiny roommate had 9. NINE pieces of pizza guys. It was so funny.

Mike and I went Ice skating a few days ago! That was fun! He had been cooped up all day long, playing COD and whatnot so he was way hyper, so off we went. There was this cute little Asian girl there, about 4 or 5  probably just skating away, doing tricks, spinning, holding her leg, all this way cool stuff, I was mesmerized be her. She was a little Michelle Kwan.  Then this other kid who was in a wheelchair was being pushed around by his dad and soon a train of people held on and the kid was steering his electric wheelchair all over the ice and was so happy. It was really awesome. It made me feel good.

Yesterday, I made dinner for 8 people. Ritz Chicken, real mashed potatoes and peas. All I needed was rolls and it would have been just like at home. Either way, it was really stressful. Everyone was hanging out in the kitchen and our kitchen really isn't that big so it was hard for me to get everything done but it turned out good and we had a cute family dinner. 

The week is halfway through and I'm exhausted. I have a meeting with the Bishop tonight and I'm afraid I'm about to get a new calling... :S I'm excited for the weekend, to get some sleep and have some downtime. Only one more long day of classes and I'm done. I'm excited.

People are weird.

This week I've spent a lot of time on campus with my new schedule of classes. Granted I had one day where I didn't go at all due to the huge swelling problem with my eye. But! The swelling is gone, I wore make-up again today and all is well. However, due to all this time on campus I've done some high quality people watching. This is what I saw/heard.

5. Utah State has this thing called BookIt where you order your textbooks online (or sell your soul, they both cost about the same) then you can pick them all up from the bookstore in a cute little bag. So today, when I went to pick mine up, the lady in front of me hands the man her i.d. card and he looks it up...
"It looks like your books haven't been packaged yet, when did you place your order?" -helper man
"I just did it while I was waiting in line." -stupid lady
".....Well they aren't ready yet. Come back monday."
The lady walked away with a look of disgust. Are you kidding? What do you think this things works like magic?  idiot.

4. This was not on campus...When I went to the doctors, the nurse did some basic tests and whatnot. My blood pressure, weight, etc, then filled out a chart. Then she looks up and says,
 "What are we seeing you for today? Wow! You're eye is very swollen! Have you had that looked at?"
"..... Umm.. that is what I'm here for...."
"Oh good! Because something is definitely wrong with that!"
No crap, Sherlock.

I'm showing this again because it's too awesome.

3. My math teacher thinks he's really funny. He was talking about some philosopher. I wasn't listening to his name. Whatever. And he quoted, I think therefore I am. Whoever said that. Then my math teacher adds this. " Yeah, he said that and then the story goes that he went to a cafe and the guy asked if he wanted a croissant and he said, I think not. Then he disappeared." Then there were crickets... It was so awkward... jeez.

2. I got on the bus to take me up to Campus and walked to the back since I was one of the first people on. The man in front of me took the last available seat so I stopped and grabbed onto the handle. These 2 black men, on the football team, huge, looked at me and said
"Hey sugar, you can sit right here!"
They were BIG guys and they took up 1 and a half seats. So technically there was another seat but it was mostly covered.
"Oh it's fine! I can stand, thank you though!"
"No sweets. You're making me feel fat. Please come sit here. Just sit on our laps."
"Oh really, I'm totally fine standing."
"No seriously. Sit down. now."
So if you didn't know I'm pretty scared of black guys because they are big and intimidating and to add to that, I hate sitting on people laps but since I was pretty scared at this point, I sit... On these guys laps.... The whole way up to campus....

1. I got out of a class a little early and was walking around. Since most classes weren't out yet there were very few people around campus. However there were two people in front of me, including a women talking on the phone who's conversation went like this... while me and another man were a few feet away...
"So basically I have a really stretched out colon so it gets like wrapped up in itself. So I just get constipated all the time. It's awful. They said it was hereditary and I could blame my mom. When my kids get it I'll know what to do since now I have to learn but hopefully I can do something about it so I'm not constipated anymore."
The whole time she was DEAD SERIOUS! She didn't feel awkward at all saying this out loud where it is echoing and me and this stranger man are just listening. I was appalled. So embarrassing.

Talk about a Makeover!

So last night Britt, Kaydee and I had a girls night! This included Tanning, Taco Tuesday, lots of laughs, and hair dying. Everyone went dark. This was a big change compared to last time! We all kind of freaked out, especially Britt who called herself the Calico Cat when she ended up having almost black hair with blonde streaks. She was positive she'd walk into class today and everyone would yell, "Who is that?!" But it didn't happen. And she looks like a total babe. For real.
Anyway, girls night ended and we went to bed. At 745 this morning my alarm goes off and my eyes were really heavy with sleep.... or so I thought...
I get in the shower and back out, look in the mirror. My hair is black and my eye is practically swollen shut. I look like this... plus black hair....
                              
So, I skip out on my second day of classes to go to Instacare, where I find out that I have a stye in my eye. Basically an infection from make-up or contacts or who knows what. But it is not cute. I assure you that much. So now I have to put drops in my eye every 4 hours and something hot on my eye too.
So I guess my first week of classes won't work out very well. :) I'm not going to class looking like this..

It's Pathetic. 

Day of Silence

So the new semester started today. It was fun! I had a good time. Here's what I learned?

1. Remember when I was going to take 2 work out classes? Ha! I'm not in either of them anymore. Just dropped em. :)
2. I have to go to a normal length school day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. From 930-330. It was fine today but I think it may just because we only went over all the Syllabus'. Syllabi, if you will. But we'll find out.
3. I only have one class on Tuesdays. ONE. I'm thrilled. Thursday, I have 2 because Math is four days a week.  But that isn't bad at all.
4. I know NO ONE in any of my classes so when I got home at 4 I still had morning voice since I hadn't talked to anyone. I got up at 830.
5. I love my roommates. We've had lots of bonding the last two days. Plus Kaydee. She's moving in.
6. I love this school. I love THIS school. Go Aggies.
7. I like these FCHD classes. I might be a professional mom. What?
8. I like campus.  I love campus. It's gorgeous. And now I officially have classes all over it.
                               
9. My Music 3010 class is going to kick my butt. Aural tests? Ha. Funny. But I'm beyond excited for it. My teacher is a crazy music major, who is pregnant. And the aide is super flamboyant. Very entertaining.
10. Shoe shopping stresses me out. Big time.

Out with the Old, In with the new.

I'm back people. Back in Logan. Home Sweet Home.
I was so excited to come back, I screamed and did a happy dance as soon as I saw exit 362- Logan yesterday.
Then I gave myself a really big headache in my excitement and I felt like crap but that went away today.
I'm making some goals for this semester and things I want to accomplish. People are going to make fun of me but I think I want to now. Not just talk about it.
I'm going to go out and meet people. Without judging and without any expectations.
Oh! Big News. I'm officially roommate-less. Jenna had to move home this semester at the last minute and I have the room to myself. It's weird. I don't know what to do with it yet. :) But I'm sad she's not going to be here but this means I'm definitely going to need to meet some new best friends. I'm starting with my roommates. I love them to death. It's been great to be back and get to spend time with them again. I love them all. I really do.
I'm going to exercise. I'm taking a Pilates class and I'm going to go running. I'm going to buy cute colorful Nike's and use them to go running, get fit and muscle-y.
I'm going to try new foods. I know people. Now don't get too excited. I'm not going to be too daring but I'm going to be willing. I'm going to learn how to eat healthy and on a budget.
I'm going to start looking for a job in Logan. A good one that I can keep throughout my schooling. So no more babysitting and stupid high school kids jobs. I want a real job. I want to feel useful.
Then I can stay here through the summer and love it.
I'm going to be good at studying and school. I'm staying on top of my 17 credits.
I'm going to be more spiritual. It's time. I found that out today when one of my roommates was an answer to my prayers. I get it. I'm going to learn from her example. This one will be harder but I'm determined.
I'm going to make decision. Do I audition in February for the Music school? I've always wanted to do it but am I really qualified? I can sing and I enjoy playing the piano in a sad, pathetic way but do I want this to be a career? I don't know. I'm really scared about it. But what else do I do? I need to decide that.
I need to decide a lot of things. And this semester I'm going to do it. My roommate told me if I'm questioning anything, not-knowing for sure, continually asking, then it's the wrong thing. I'm going to think about that.
I'm going to not be so boring and reflective in my blog anymore. I can't wait until I have fun stuff to do and funny stories to tell again.

Here's to a new semester. I'm excited. I feel like it's my first day of Jr. High again. weird.

Boring...

The new year has started out a little rough this time around. Maybe 2012 is my bad luck charm. Who knows. However it got better. New years Eve was pretty fun. But nothing exciting. Mike and I went to my family party and had dinner then played a game which he almost won 5 dollars but felt bad and let my brother win. Then we left and went to Kyle's party. It was the bro's so naturally I just stood there, silent. They played water pong without actually drinking the water. yeah.. I thought that was the point too, even if it didn't get you wasted, you would have to pee eventually. But no. They just threw the ping pong ball. That's it. For 2 hours. 2 minutes before midnight they decided they could take a break. We counted down from 5 and then it was the new year. Super anti-climactic if you ask me. I didn't feel excited or anything. That was the first time in my life. I think I miss going outside and banging pots and pans and screaming like a ninny. I love New Years Eve but I didn't love this year. I don't know.
Then I had a 1230 curfew, yes I'm 18, moved out and fully capable of driving myself places but my parents decided to be "nice" and give me an extra half hour. Nice right?...
I get home to an empty house. That's right people. To put a cherry on top of everything, I beat my parents and little brothers home on new years eve by probably 15 minutes. It's fine. Pintrest helped me bring in the new year.
Then I got really frustrated that night and started thinking, naturally. That wasn't good. But I woke up in a bad mood because of my thoughts and was already in a a bad mood. Jenna, Sarah and I drove out to Ogden for Mitch, from d2's farewell. On the way I got some disappointing news and it just added to my already bad news. I just don't know why people don't think sometimes.
Anyway, I had a crappy day.
But! Britt came down to SLC with us! It was so fun to see her again and to show her our homes and families and town. We spent Sunday with the fam's having dinner, watching movies and playing games. Headbandz really. Fun game.

We stayed up till 2 then slept on Jenna's couch. 

The next day we took Britt to Target since Logan doesn't have one. Bummer. Then we went to Training Table. mmm... Love that place. I ate way too much.

We spent the rest of the day going to people's houses. We went to Loni's and Mike's just to show Britt where we spend most of our time when we're not home. 

Then we had a Bachelor party to start off the new season but we didn't start that till about 9. Then we sat around. A little boring but it's hard to come up with ideas. 

Britt and I went to my house to sleep and woke up the next morning and had breakfast then went to the post office to send off Jaron's Christmas present. 

Then after finding out that no one has puppies in a pet store anymore we went to the Aquarium! It was fun! There were the cutest little seahorses and penguins and a turtle! 

Then we drove downtown to the Planetarium to find out the news broadcasting thing is gone. Bummer. But we had fun there. It was fast though.

We walked around Gateway for a while then Mike treated us to CPK. What a nice kid right? I didn't even know what to say so I just kinda sat there. 

We talked about exciting things except they didn't think my Whale watching experience was very cool.

I loved it.

We came home and played with lite bright! We made a whale...

Then we had nothing to do so Britt headed for home and Mike and I watched George of the Jungle.

Good one.

It was so fun to have Britt here! I loved hanging out with her and showing her around. It made me really excited to go back to Logan. Only 3 more days!!! Can't wait. :)