Happy Boxing Day!

Christmas was fantastic.

And this week is only going to be better. 

:)

I just have one question...

What the heck is a sock bun?!? 

That's all.

Happily Ever After

  I have such a great family. I'm curled up with my puppies on my bed while my mom sings a nonsense song out in the hallway. She's been cracking me and my dad up all night. I missed these guys so much at college!
  It's official! My sister is a married woman now. The little wifey. Haha. Her wedding was AMAZING. She has never looked more beautiful than she did on Friday. Her dress was gorgeous, her hair and makeup were fantastic, and she had that glow people get when they get married. You know the one.

So pretty :) I love them.

After the temple, we all drove back to Farmington (after many pictures) and then had the family/close friends luncheon. It was delicious :) After that, it was time for a very short nap (who knew weddings could be so exhausting?!) and then on to the reception center. Jade and Cord left first, and then me and Garrett took my car and headed down. The bridesmaids had a interesting time trying to get Jade's wedding dress back on her. Luckily Emily the zipper-whisperer was successful.

The reception was amazing!! :) A very good friend of mine came at six (half an hour before it even started) and stayed for the entire time with me. :) Which was VERY nice of him. He stayed longer than anyone besides family.
  Hopefully I get some pictures of the reception soon! There was a chocolate, caramel, ranch, cheese, and BBQ fountain to dip food items in, and the place looked great all decked out with Christmas trees and  garlands.

Our family at the reception :)

  After the reception, I came home, packed up all my stuff, and moved into Jade's old room, since all of my furniture (my parent's old furniture) had been given to the happy couple. Then I crashed.
  Overall it was a great day. I got to see lots of old friends, my family, and more important than anything else, I got to see my sister be married to the love of her life for all time and eternity. Heavenly Father's plan is incredible. How blessed we are to know that we get to be with our loved ones the rest of eternity! Now that's what I call a happy ending :)

Obligatory Finals Post

I'm sitting at the kitchen table. It's 10:38 in the morning. Ashley just moaned in her sleep. It was kinda funny. Our table is covered in cookies and treats Elise made for everyone for Christmas, and the only light on is the one above the stove. I just finished my last final for the semester and sent JP's missionary Christmas package off. I already need to go back to the TSC to sell my perception book back to the people there (yay!!) because I sure as heck don't want it anymore!

I think I'll spend the day packing, watching The Last Song, and eating what's left of my food before I go home tonight. Maybe I'll find time for some rock band in there. Hopefully the snow decides to wait until after Jumbie's concert tonight so I can still go to that instead of heading home before it snows me in.

I can't believe another semester is over. I especially can't believe I've been a college student for a year and a half now. I'm only 19! College has flown by. I'll miss my everyone up here over the break, but I'm so excited to go home for the break. I love my family :)

Hope you all are doing well on your finals, drive home safe :) Muah.

Finals, boys, and Wedding.

I just took my first (and worst) final. NEVER AGAIN DO I HAVE TO GO TO JAZZ!! HALLELUJAH! Goodbye, Miles Davis, goodbye cacophony of sound, chaotic chords, and overall the worst class I've taken at USU. :) Only 2 more to go!

In other news, my sister is getting married in 4 days. 4 DAYS! I am so excited for her. I am so happy she's getting married in the temple. I'm beyond excited for the reception, which is going to be beautiful and delicious, and I am ecstatic to wear my beautiful bridesmaid dress and high heels all day and spend the day with her :) Wednesday I go home in the early afternoon, and the next two days are dedicated to helping her. It's gonna be busy, but awesome.

Me and Ashley have had our mattresses out in the family room for...a week and a half now? I'm not gonna lie, I'll be sad on Wednesday when I move it back to my room :( It's the best way to watch movies. And take naps. And fall asleep talking to Ashbash. I love my bed :)

Just a few more thoughts today. 

To boy #1: It's so unfortunate you're such a tool. You are attractive, intelligent, easy to talk to, and can be such a nice guy. So you spend your time seeing how many girls you can get without getting attached, judge everything on appearance, and can be so totally insensitive, but you already know that. I hope you figure things out in the next few years so you can end up with a nice girl. But first you'll have to realize that the nice girls are not the ones you are pursuing. I honestly wish the best for you.

To boy #2: Thank you for spending time with me, for inviting me to your place so you can make me food, for being someone I can talk to about everything, and for genuinely liking me just the way I am. Thank you for supporting me and asking questions that let me know you care. I am really going to miss you next semester. 
To boy #3: I hate that I can't just forget about you. I hate that you have me blocked on FB, and more than anything I hate that you'll still talk to your other exes, but not me. I don't know if anything has ever hurt more than still having to live with the fact that all the plans we made were pointless, in the end, and that having a relationship ruined our friendship. I'd so much rather have you in my life as just a friend than not have you in it at all.

Things I've learned this semester-

Never be afraid to be yourself. If you have to fake a personality around someone, then it's not worth being their friend. There is someone else out there that will love you for who you are, and it's definitely worth finding those people instead of settling. 

Procrastination and not getting enough sleep are very detrimental to school work. Yikes.

Beating around the bush is always stupid. Just say it if there's a problem. It fixes things so much faster, since most problems won't just go away if you ignore them. 

Smile :) it makes trials much easier when you find good things throughout them. You can't let the bad things in life control your attitude, or you'll always be unhappy. 

Good luck with finals!! Hope you all have a great last week of school!

10 reasons today was a fabulous day

1. I am finished with History of Jazz!! Hallelujah!
2. I got to take a 3 hour, much needed, nap.
3. Got a new pea coat :)
4. Two words-Melting Pot
5. I am extremely blessed to have an incredible older sister that supports me and always has time to talk to me. I hope Cord knows what an amazing wife he is getting next Friday.
6. Dressed up in high heels and my new coat for a night on the town with my sister!
7. Had an attractive man ask for my number ;)
8. I have a really nice roommate that will help me carry crap out to my car even though there's ice on the ground. 
9. Mom and Dad let me interrupt their date night so I could spend time with them. You guys are the greatest. 
10. I get to go to sleep in a big bed that my feet don't hang off of. Haha.

Hope you all had a fantastic day today :) Good luck to those of you with finals this week/next week. Goodnight!

Some people find love on a reality TV show?

It's been awhile, hasn't it? I feel like I've accomplished nothing in the last week. Basically I've spent my time watching the 5 X-Men movies with Ashley (which are FANTASTIC. Why did no one make me watch these years ago??) and then doing school work. The good news is...drum roll please...

I GET TO GO TO JADE'S WEDDING!! 

For those of you who didn't know, me being able to attend the temple ceremony (and by that I mean stand outside the temple while she gets married) was up in the air because I had a final scheduled for the same day at 9:30 in the morning, and my teacher refused to change the final time for me. 

Thank you, grad student teacher.

Anyway, her class policy was that if you get above 90% on the 4 tests preceding the final, you don't have to take it. So luckily for me, I managed to get above 90% on all of them and am OFFICIALLY going to the wedding. 

YAY!

Besides that, I just do homework, practice piano, watch movies, more homework, and look forward to swing on Wednesdays. 

It's...fun? I think I'm ready for a nice, long break. Time to figure out my stupid school schedule, spend time with my family, go on a date or two, spend time with my sister and be with her on her special day, hopefully go snowboarding...you know. The usual.

Life is good. My roommates are having a deep discussion about the bachelorette, which is kinda hard not to giggle about. haha :)

Think me and Laur are going to go bowling tonight, then maybe do some more homework before bedtime. 

P.S: is it true that BYUI has now banned skinny jeans from their campus? Are they Amish yet? 

Hope you all have a fantastic Tuesday night :)

Happy Windsday

• I love the feeling of taking a test and knowing that no matter how you did on it, you don't have to worry about it anymore. 
• Sometimes I wake up in the morning and just don't feel like wearing eye liner. Today was one of those days. 
• Perception and psychophysics is actually a super interesting class. If only there was one boy in this whole class that wasn't a complete nerd...
• I am beyond excited to go to Temple Square on Friday. It's going to be a blast. 
• I am giving the snow permission to fall freely. I'm ready for winter.
• Only two more weeks till I'm home for Christmas Break!
• Excited for my friend Elder Hunter to get home from his mission next month :)
• Missionary letters...I need more of them.
• Me and Ash watched X-Men last night for the first time. Hugh Jackman...um, wow. I loved that movie.
• I could talk about psychology all the day long. It has got to be the most applicable, most fascinating subject ever.
• Hot chocolate and ice cream sound so good today...and the gym does too :P
• I don't know if I'm more excited for Christmas, or for my sister's wedding. Wait, yes I do. Jade's wedding. Only 16 more days!
• Nightly scripture study and roommate prayer is the best thing we ever started doing. This better continue.
• Life is looking a lot better from this side of my behavior analysis test. With that and my project done, I can start breathing again.
• I just love my roommates. They are such a huge blessing in my life, each one of them.
• I should probably start paying attention now in perception. Bye!

Funny Monday

Funny how "sit down and talk to me for a few minutes" can turn into a 3 hour conversation.

Funny how sometimes when you're really tired things can seem like they were a dream, but they definitely weren't.

Funny how sometimes a dream can seem extremely real and be super upsetting even after you wake up.

Funny how I still think about old times with him all the time. Wouldn't it be nice to move on and live in the present?

 Funny how you can miss someone after you spend six straight days with them. Miss you already, family!

Funny how someone you swear you'll never be good friends with can turn into someone you confide in and trust.

Funny how as soon as someone you live with gets sick, you suddenly feel a little bit sick, too.

Funny how good grammar can make me 100x more attracted to a guy.

Funny how human contact-meaningful conversation, creating emotional connections- is what every person craves, at least to some degree. Everyone wants to feel needed, loved, and have approval. No one is truly independent.

I guess it's going to be a funny sort of Monday. Hopefully I get a lot of good studying in for my test Wednesday, and finish my project that's due Friday. Wish me luck.

Thanksgiving Break

  was just what the doctor ordered. I spent Wednesday with Elise shopping. I had sooo many little errands I had to run to get everything done for Christmas, and then we just had a blast at the Gateway goofing around. I have seriously missed spending time with my best friend!

  Thursday I was lucky enough to spend the day with my lovely family :) I was especially glad to spend a lot of it with my soon-to-be-married sister. It may well be one of the last times I get to hang out with her before she is hitched and not living at home anymore. I am really going to miss my sis :( She better let me visit her and Cord lots at their apartment. How else would I find out about stupid shows to watch on Netflix?

  Friday I spent with my family again. We set up Christmas decorations, I worked on some homework, and I watched 2 Christmas movies...what can I say? I really, really like Christmas. 

  Saturday I spent with (you guessed it) my family. My parents and I went shopping for Christmas and wedding things, and then went to dinner together. Then the clan went and saw Hugo at the new LHM Megaplex. It's pretty freakin' sweet. And sooo nice to suddenly have two movie theaters within 5 minutes of my house! I also got to spend a couple hours with Elise and Laura, who I haven't seen since August. We just came to my house, talked, watched youtube vids on my bed, and ate a whole lot of peppermint Hershey kisses. I have missed those girls a whole lot.

  So today is the last day of the break, and I am still deciding if I'm happy or sad to be going back to Logan. I really miss some people up there (aka roomies, 32, and 36 boys), but I have really loved being with my family this week. This Thanksgiving I'm incredibly grateful for the family my Heavenly Father gave me. It's cliche, but too bad: We may not have it all together, but together we have it all. I am so glad I'll have these people in my life the rest of my life and eternity. I love you guys!

  Happy Thanksgiving week everyone :)

Just a few thoughts

• Blogs that automatically start playing music drive me bonkers. Nothing is worse than sitting in class blog-stalking and having loud music start blaring from your laptop speakers.
• There's nowhere I'd rather be right now than at my home with my puppies curled up at my feet.
• "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle" -Plato.  The guy never spoke truer words.
• The Vampire Diaries poster my sister just gave to me is so excited to go up on my wall in my dorm Sunday night. :)
• It's easy to lose yourself when you let the little things slip. The real problem is trying to find yourself again.
• My lasagna in the oven is almost done...yum.
• Shopping and visiting our old work with my best friend tomorrow :) 
• Shout out to my roommate Elise, happy birthday gorgeous girl! You are such an amazing example to me, I am so glad you ended up as one of my roommates, I'm so blessed. Love you!
• I hate knowing I only have three more weeks of the semester left with one of my really good friends :(
• I never feel like I really realize how much I love my family until I don't get to spend any time with them anymore. 
• Missionary letters and emails from one of the best guy friend's I've ever had always make me smile :) I wonder if missionaries know how much we love to hear from them?
• Finally finished my 800 page book today!
• Putting together personalized gifts is my absolute favorite. 
• Going to bed at 4 and waking up at 9 is not a very good idea. I'm thinking an early bedtime tonight :)

Pictures of you...pictures of me

As I'm sure you have noticed, I redid my bloggy blog for the snowy season :) Me and Ash went to Logan Canyon and took (more) pictures in the snow. Ashley looked gorgeous and I got a lot of good pictures of her :) SO FUN.

I love laughing pictures

So pretty :)

Look I'm a goober!

Last weekend was kinda a bum week for me. Luckily, it got much better once I hit Friday night. After doing homework for 6 hours, me, Henrie, and Ash dyed my hair dark brown, ate ice cream, and watched Elf. I then tried to pull an all nighter after watching Darkness Falls with Jace (which was SO SCARY), but ended up falling asleep at 7 on the couch while Ashley and Henrie slept in my bed. It's just better not to ask how that happened.

Saturday me and Ash took our pictures, got burgers for dinner, and then went to Ian's birthday party. Afterwards, me and Ash watched a chick flick with Jace and Bri, ate more ice cream, and went to bed.

Sunday I meant to get up early...I was supposed to practice my song with Elise at 8:30 for sacrament meeting, and I was supposed to conduct relief society for the first time. Typical Sloan, I woke up at 8:40. It's fine. So I put on the first dress I saw, brushed my hair and teeth, slapped on some mascara and ran out the door. The car was covered in ice, so I spent a good 5 minutes scraping that sucker. I got to church at 9:02. Was I impressed with myself? Yes.

Elise and her delicious turkey :)

 

 

Ashley..working hard, or hardly working? ;)

Bri making the gravy :) after working hard on her rolls ;)

Chefs!

Our little family :)

Singing Ian his birthday song whilst being creeped upon

Kisses for the birthday boy ... hehe

I conducted, sang in sacrament meeting, came home, and cooked for Fakesgiving dinner with Dan, Justin, Ian, Bri, Elise, and Ashley. It was delicious, to say the least. We can COOK here in Pineview! 

Today I took a test, which I think went well, and then drove through thick fog out in the middle of nowhere to Newton to pick up my altered maid-of-honor dress. I LOVE IT. I can't believe Jade's getting married in three weeks!!

I am beyond excited to go home for Thanksgiving tomorrow. I feel like I have spent hardly any time with them in the last three months. I am excited to see Elise and go visit Jerry Seiner world tomorrow :) I miss (some of)  those guys! I get to spend all day Saturday with my mommy. I just love those guys so much! It's going to be a great week :) Hope everyone traveling drives safe this week :) Have a great Thanksgiving!

Single Dream!

The more I learn about men boys and relationships

the less I believe

in nice guys

or that I'll ever get married.

Time to give up?

Yes.

At least for a few years.

Maybe by then a few of them will have grown up

or...they'll all be married.

Oh well.

Too much to do, not enough time.

Before Thanksgiving Break I need to:

• get a song ready to sing in sacrament meeting
• at least get halfway done with my Rat Lab writeup
• study for my test monday
• get my dress altered for Jade's wedding
• take an online quiz for behavior analysis
• read 8 chapters and do a writeup for behavior
• write a one page paper for behavior
• make 2 dishes for our Fakesgiving dinner Sunday
• ...not to mention regular classes, Ian's birthday party, church, and hopefully the gym.

Life, there's just not enough time. Please do me a favor and slow down...it would really improve my mood and stress level. Thanks.

Sometimes I wonder

how people found out about engagements before facebook

what people did with pictures before facebook

how people kept track of all their invites to events before facebook

what people did with their hilarious wit before facebook

...and then I answer myself...

Phone calls and actually visiting those people

Real live photo albums and scrapbooking

Calendars-the kinds with pretty pictures that you hang up on a wall

Actually spent time communicating face-to-face with their friends and family

Oh yeah, I'm supposed to have a real life, not just a virtual one.

Must be time for a Facebook fast.

May the heavens help the future generations that grow up primarily on social networking and text messaging.

My life is like Grey's Anatomy.

  Okay, it's really not. But it was my first time ever visiting an E.R. 

  Yesterday turned out to be a rather eventful day. After doing many hours of homework, all of us were looking forward to watching Tangled for Movie Monday. But at FHE I received a disturbing text from my roommate asking me to take her to the E.R. after I got home from FHE. After her fiance called me and explained in detail what was going on, we rushed home and I took her in my car to Logan Regional Hospital.

  Nicky being the trooper she is, was very casual about the whole thing. She was probably the calmest of all of us. She explained to a nurse that she was having chest pain and felt like she couldn't breathe and was really jittery and uptight, and they checked her in, gave her a bracelet, and put her in a gown. After they took a blood sample, did an EKG, and took a chest x-ray, we waited. And waited. And waited. Good thing we both brought books...and that the cardiology nurse that helped us was cute :)

  Anyway, everything came back looking good. She has a few other things she can check out with her home doctor, but all the big stuff came back looking just fine. Yay! After the doctor gave us this good news, we waited almost another ten minutes for the nurse to come check us out. I told Nicky if I started dancing in the room the nurse would walk right in, cuz that's just how my luck is. So I stood up and started dancing and sure enough, the nurse walked right in. Totally worth the weird look I got from him.

  We got home around 11:30, just in time for Nicky to register for classes at midnight. Ian had bought her a balloon that said "you're puurrrrfect" and a plant. He's just the greatest.

  Anyway, now me and Nicky can check "visit to the E.R" off of our college bucket lists. We were both really happy that everything came back looking good :)

Some days

are just bad days.

This is one of them.

Go away bad day :(

BFF's and stuff like that.

My grandma has this pillow at her house that says "Old friends are the best friends." Now, I'm not really sure if that means senior friends, or long-time friends. I'm going to assume it's the latter, however, for this post. 

 My BFF is this girl right here

Lauren Henrie and I met in the 4th grade in Mrs. Raymond's class. She had just moved from Bountiful to Centerville and both of us were in need of a best friend. It only took a few weeks of school before we were bestest buddies. Lemme tell you why this girl is my BFF.

She is hilarious. I always laugh around her.

She's always been a great example to me in every respect of the word.

We've been close friends for 11 years now.

We've never been in a real fight. Ever.

She's so nice to everyone. Not including her sarcastic moments towards me.

She's a freakin' genius. Thanks for always helping me with math through junior high and elementary ;)

She's an incredible athlete

Not to mention all the goofy stuff: Hair dying, blowing up peeps,

bonfires, horseback riding, Smoot Park, playing tennis, watching 100+ movies, changing flat tires, scaring the crap out of ourselves, homemade Halloween movies, shaving cream wars, the best imaginary games ever invented, Jamba Juice, football games, camping, boating, sleepovers, and royal weddings. 

She's someone I've always been able to count on and someone I always have a good time with. She's one of those friends you hope stays in your life the rest of your life. I love you BFF!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

It's another Monday. I rode the shuttle to class for the first time this year, thanks to the snow. I'm not quite ready to slip and fall on my face in front of everyone yet. :) I'm just sitting in perception and psychophysics...believe it or not, I get more out of the lecture when I'm not just sitting there staring at the powerpoing. That just puts me to sleep. At least this way I am subconsciously listening.

Me and Ash went to my house yesterday after church to surprise my dad for his family birthday party :) it was so, so good. I did some laundry, ate delicious food, and got to see my extended family for the first time in quite a while. Man I love my family!

We came back home and the two of us watched Transformers for the first time. Also the last time. It was so boring. I drifted in and out of sleep the whole last half of the movie and didn't miss anything. Every time I woke up they were fighting or Megan Fox was looking dramatic on screen. You know it's bad when you fast forward through half an hour of the movie and miss nothing important. But now we finally understand why Justin always says "Sam, push the cube in my chest." Made the whole thing worth it!

In other news, one of my best friends and roommate Nicky is ENGAGED. Did I see this coming? Yes. But my bet was December. I was totally caught off guard this morning when I got on FB and saw they were engaged. I am so happy for her!! I can't wait to get done with class so I can finally hear the story and see her gorgeous ring in person!! I can't believe we're old enough to even be getting engaged. Can't waaaaiiiittt for her wedding :) :) :) and bridal shower...haha.

Michael Buble, thank you for your Christmas album. I am in love with it. And you.

Dedicated to the best dad a girl could have

Today is one of my favorite people in the whole world's birthday. Let me tell you a little bit about this guy...

He has come to every piano recital and voice recital I've ever had.

He has come to all my choir concerts and orchestra concerts from 9th grade through my senior year.

He has taught me so many things-from putting gas into my car, to fishing, to bowling, to cooking, to being a smart shopper.

He is the first person I call when something goes wrong, because somehow he has the answer to everything. He has listened to me being hysterical about car crashes and flat tires and talks me through it every time.

He is a worthy priesthood holder and has given me more blessings than I can count.

He takes the time to let me know he loves me and cares about me and supports me.

He'll watch shows like Nacho Libre and Napoleon Dynamite with me, not to mention golf and late night Perry Mason.

He doesn't raise his voice and forgives no matter what the mistake.

He treats my mother like a queen-he gets the door for her every time, he holds her hand, he takes her out on a date every Friday, and so many other countless things. He has set the standards for the man I marry someday.

He puts his family ahead of himself. Always. I don't think our family will ever be able to appreciate the sacrifices he's made for us.

He is never too busy to make time for me when I need him.

He is the reason I got through math in elementary and junior high.

He is hilarious. Cheesy sometimes? Yes. Hilarious? Yes.

The man can cook and DOES cook!

I could never justify what an amazing man my dad is in a blog post, or probably in words at all. I couldn't have been given a better father or role model. Thanks for all you do for me, daddy. I love you so much!

Happy birthday :)

I Wish/Thank Goodness

I hate that I still care so much.

I wish that after 6 full months I could say I've moved on and that seeing him all over campus didn't bother me anymore.

I wish he'd get out of my head and out of my heart so that I could just move on.

I wish I didn't compare every boy to him.

I wish I didn't miss him at all anymore.

I wish I didn't secretly want him to text me and try to be my friend again.

I wish I didn't care anymore.

Thank goodness for girl friends that are always there for you.

Thank goodness for ice cream that never breaks up with me.

Thank goodness for the temple and church.

Thank goodness for music.

Thank goodness for the gym.

I've gotta get out of this funk. I'm not letting it decide my happiness anymore.

I wish Michael Buble wasn't married.

  I've recently hit a dubstep mood. Try this one or this one for two of my very favorites. Also, hooray for the new Angels & Airwaves album coming out! Time to plug in for a little while :)

  I can't believe it's already time to pay rent again. I swear I just did yesterday.

Yesterday was the best Scary Movie Monday yet. 15 people turned up-that's a new record! Not to mention the movie was legitimately scary. Good thing I had to sleep alone in my room last night...

The internet has the answers to all my weird questions. Thank the heavens for Google.

I wish my test score would get put on Blackboard already. It's killing me.

I don't like being a girl today.

However, I'm very grateful for ibuprofen today.

My sister gets married next month. I still remember playing Barbies with her on the closet floor like it was yesterday. When did we both grow up enough to be getting married?

November 1st-I can finally listen to Christmas music!! Michael Buble's new Christmas album, here I come :)

I really like toast.

I'm going to say goodbye and go do all my homework now. Bye!

Halloween?

  Today my body decided it was done with me being a dumbie. It very clearly said "Sloan, I'm sick of you not getting enough sleep at night. This is war." And so I did not wake up to either of my two alarm clocks, and my head came up off the pillow at ten a.m...after my first two classes were over. You know, my classes I'm still waiting for test scores in, and that I had a reading quiz in.
  No big deal.  Gotta love Monday morning. Hopefully after a full 9 whopping hours of sleep though, my body will decide it's happy and can continue to wake up at the right time.
  Or maybe I'll just hide my phone under my bed from now on so I have to get up in the morning.
  This weekend was a good one :) Friday night was pretty darn boring...me and Ash watched an old scary movie called "The Bad Seed." Let's just say it was slow enough for me to take a half hour nap, wake up, and still know exactly what was going on. But it had a very creepy plot idea-a little girl murdering people who get in the way of what she wants. I hope my children are not like this.
  Saturday I went home for a couple hours to get my Howl costume and to see my family and puppies :) I got stocked up on food, gas, and Cutler's cookies, as well as more winter clothes. I got back and Bri, Ash, and I went to stake conference, which had a lot of talks I needed to hear.

  After stake conference we all got ready for the Howl. I went as a pirate, Bri was a hippie, Elise was a flapper, and Lauren was Red Riding Hood. The Howl was SO FUN. Cartel was incredible live, the dance was awesome, and I've never seen so many cool costumes. Thanks to Chris aka the Mad Hatter for protecting us girls at the dance :) He's the best.



Costumes for the Howl :)

  Sunday I went on a date with my friend Jace. He invited me to go to dinner with him at his grandparents house in Treemonton. We drove out there and ate dinner, which was delicious, watched a little bit of the football game, and then he took me out on a four-wheeler for my first time. Treemonton is beautiful! It was a really great date.

  Me and Lauren went to Jared's and Jeremiah's last night for quesadillas after she got back from her family dinner. It was an adventure...especially when the neighbors came over and yelled at us. But the quesadillas were delicious. Props to Jeremiah and Jared.

  Have a happy Halloween, kids :) Do something scary. Or that scares you. Something like that.



The 3 days of tests has begun

1.   Two more days of studying and testing. I can do this. One test down, three midterm papers turned in, and only five days left of my rat lab. Unfortunately all I want to be doing is playing guitar and singing with Jeremiah or Spencer.
2.   I can't decide if I want to spend money on the Howl or not...hmmmm...
3.   Scary Movie Monday should be good tonight, I do like the Sixth Sense. Note to self: pick up movie at Hastings today.
4.   I wish I could read minds. So very badly.
5.   Sometimes I really consider defriending my friends on facebook that always do vague, whiny song lyrics as their status update. Every time.
6.   I think I'm staying in Logan this summer...final decision pending though. Depends on if I can find a job or not.
7.   This was a really boring post...haha sorry! Just needed to do something besides study for a little bit :)

It's a Jon Schmidt kind of day

Well, I'm just here living in the library as usual. Usually I don't do homework on Sundays, but since I have four tests to ace by next weekend, I think God understands my burning desire to keep studying while I still can. Anyway, It's my two hour break, the part of the show where Sloan takes a break from studying for a few minutes so she doesn't lose her mind.

Let's do a fun facts day, shall we?

• I actually have two blogs. Betcha didn't know that, did you?
• I only sent one text on Friday. All day. I am really impressed with myself.
• The big windows on the west wall of the library are my favorite to sit next to
• Jon Schmidt piano music is my favorite to listen to while studying
• I am currently eating a chocolate chip cookie
• Our apartment is seriously haunted by Kevin the ghost. Weird stuff just keeps happening
• I am kind of obsessed with bejeweled recently...
• I decided that if I ever get to proposed to in a boat with floating lanterns all around and some hot guy singing "I See the Light," I will say yes. No matter what.
• I think it's weird to take a girl on a date, then try to hold her hand a bunch of times after your date, and not ask for her phone number. Seems to me you skipped a step there, buddy.
• I should probably study some more.

Have a wonderful Sunday afternoon :) Mwah.

Fall Break

• Parentals came up to visit today :) Beehive Grill and Twizlberry? Yesssss
• Three hours of homework tonight...and a lot more tomorrow. I am going to kill you, 4 tests!
• I just feel so epic when I listen to this song while I walk to class up the hill




Mustaches...:)


• Beto's run at twelve o clock. Yep.
• Uploading pictures onto FB

Nothing too epic this weekend, just studying and relaxing a little bit. Next week will be party week :)

+ and -

+ It's finally Fall Break, only one more class after this one!!

+ My mommy and daddy are coming up to visit tomorrow and we're going to the Kneader's that just opened up here. I'm so excited to see them!

+ Free Chick-Fil-A breakfast biscuit this morning. Thank you, random sorority with chicken.

+ Free Hershey's chocolate bars in my least favorite class. Woot.

+ Time to take a nap today :)

- Wishing I knew where I fit in

- Making the same mistakes over and over and over and over again

- Missing my roommate :(

- Time to go to Walmart, the food's all disappeared again

- Anxiety

Now I just need to figure out what I'm doing for Halloween this year. Maybe when Ashley takes me to Twizlberry today I'll have an epiphany :)



Locked Out

  It's a lot easier to tell your roommates you'll call them when you're locked out of your apartment in the middle of the night than to actually do it...so I found out the hard way.
  I guess that's what I get for not taking my key with me, though. We have a rule that the last person in locks the door at night. Buuuut it's kind of hard to know if you're the last one home or not, right? Right. So unfortunately for me, I was the last one home but was thought to not be the last one home. So then I had two choices- go outside, sneakily pop my screen out and try to jimmy the window open and scare the crap out of my roommate, call and wake up one of my roommates, or go back to the apartment upstairs. So of course I chose the latter-much simpler, and I didn't wake any sleeping people because I'm an idiot.
  Luckily Jace in 36 was nice enough to donate their couch to my cause, since he knew I had class at eight thirty this morning and REALLY needed somewhere to sleep, at least till 6:30 when my roomies woke up. So I went to bed in jeans and a t-shirt, with my makeup on, my contacts in, on a couch my legs almost fit on...haha. I wish I could say I fell asleep and then woke up at 6:30 and came back down to my room, but no...
  The lights in the kitchen came on at four thirty and I woke up extremely confused to find Tyler cooking eggs. Yes, eggs. At four thirty in the morning. So I sat up and asked what he was doing, naturally. He yelled and asked me what the heck I was doing on his couch in the middle of the night, almost dropping his food in the process. Oops.
  Well, he felt bad he was out in my space with the lights on, music on, and doing homework, so he offered me his now unoccupied bed. Which I took, since he really was rather loud and the couch was not comfortable at all and I only had two more hours of my exile left.
  Turns out his roommate talks and sings in his sleep. Which was very entertaining, but not conducive to getting a good night's sleep. Anyway, I managed to get a little bit of sleep before Nicky called me and let me know she had unlocked the door. I booked it out of there before Wyatt realized I was not Tyler, and then I thanked Tyler for letting me borrow his bedroom and apologized for scaring the crap out of him.
  Anyway, Lauren came up with a fabulous solution to the lockout problem- we are going to make a Weasley familiy clock like in Harry Potter and each person moves their hand to where they are at! Genius, I know.
  I think it's time for me to go home and take a nice, long nap to make up for the two and half hours I got last night. Preferably in my own room ;)

Just a few little things

  Getting asked on a date is cool. It's even cooler when you go on said date and your ex-boyfriend sits five feet from you and your date and pretends like he doesn't see you. I know you saw me. And then sat as close as you could. Thanks for making this awkward. At least the rest of the date was good :)
  Playing music with Jeremiah is one of the funnest things of my life. Thank you Jumbie and Jared for making my Saturday one of the best I've had up here. You guys are a riot.
  Sherwood Hills haunted forest could have been scarier. But nothing is better than convincing the workers to scare your friends in the group behind yours. Sorry, Brianne. ;) And yes, scary chainsaw man, you're right. When your chainsaw doesn't turn on, you have a right to say "ultimate fail!" Also, don't forget smoking effects your lungs, not your liver. So when the man in the tent asks for your liver, don't tell him you smoke.
  It's good to leave your apartment to go visit other apartments. You make friends that way. Funny how that works...
  Nothing is more valuable than friends that can sing songs from musicals with you on the spot for almost half an hour. Shout out to Ashley and Dan. I freaking love you guys!
  The temple grounds are so calming. Also, Sundays are a lot funner when you have a calling and spend hours getting to do something useful for ward members. Also, I felt extremely professional getting to create, print out, and cut all the V.T assigment papers.
  When me and Ashley get in a weird mood, there's no stopping us. Just roll with the punches and appreciate how hilarious we really are. Also, we recommend you don't high five while jumping in your apartment. Yes, you will hit the ceiling, and yes, you will wake people up, and yes, your fingernail may crack and start bleeding. Most epic high five of my life? Yessssssss.
  Anyway, life is good. I'm hoping that this cold that is trying to eat me goes away very quickly. Time to stock up on some vitamin C and go to bed at a decent time, I suppose. Only three more days of school this week though! Hooray for one day of fall break :) I hope my mom and daddy come visit me Friday! I miss those guys a lot more than I let on. I love my family!!
  One more thing. I love you Elise Griffin. I don't know anyone else that would have made me homemade oreos because I had been talking about how delicious they are for two weeks. You are an angel. And you make the most amazing homemade rotisserie chicken and bread. Thanks for keeping us well fed :)
  Well, that's my thoughts in an acorn today. Hope you all are having a fabulous Monday!

Good Life

1. Only three classes today :)
2. Leftovers in the fridge from last night = no cooking dinner tonight
3. No homework left to do today or this weekend! Unless I realllly want to..haha
4. Formulating Spring Break plans :) :)
5. Sunshine!
6. My best friend's birthday :) Happy 19th birthday Elise! I love you dearly!
7. Recording two songs with Spencer today :)
8. 8 full hours of sleep last night
9. Haunted forest this weekend with some really great friends
10. Photoshoot with Elise yesterday in the canyon

Learning

I've Learned

I've learned that you cannot make someone love you.

All you can do is be someone who can be loved.

The rest is up to them.

I've learned that no matter how much I care,

some people just don't care back.

And it's not the end of the world.

I've learned that it takes years to build up trust,

and only seconds to destroy it.

I've learned that it's not what you have in your life,

but who you have in your life that counts.

I've learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes.

After that, you'd better know something.

I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself

to the best others can do,

but to the best you can do.

I've learned that it's not what happens to people,

It's what they do about it.

I've learned that no matter how thin you slice it,

there are always two sides.

I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words.

It may be the last time you see them.

I've learned that you can keep going

long after you think you can't.

I've learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done

When it needs to be done

regardless of the consequences.

I've learned that there are people who love you dearly,

but just don't know how to show it.

I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry,

but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I've learned that true friendship continues to grow even over the longest distance.

Same goes for true love.

I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to

doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

I've learned that no matter how good a friend is,

they're going to hurt you every once in a while

and you must forgive them for that.

I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others.

Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken,

the world doesn't stop for your grief.

I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are,

but we are responsible for who we become.

I've learned that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean that they don't love each other.

And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.

I've learned that sometimes you have to put the individual

ahead of their actions.

I've learned that two people can look at the exact same thing

and see something totally different.

I've learned that no matter the consequences,

those who are honest with themselves get farther in life.

I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours

by people who don't even know you.

I've learned that even when you think you have no more to give,

when a friend cries out to you,

you will find the strength to help.

I've learned that writing,

as well as talking,

can ease emotional pains.

I've learned that the people you care most about in life

are taken from you too soon.

I've learned that it's hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice

and not hurting people's feelings and standing up for what you believe.

I've learned to love

and be loved.

I've learned...

-Omer B. Washington

Rainy Days and Mondays

Life is hard. Sometimes there are things that just don't work out, and people that don't like to spend time with you no matter how hard you try to be their friend. 

It's hard not being perfect and even harder admitting to yourself when you've really screwed up. It's hard to pick yourself up off the ground and not let trials run you into the ground. 

It's hard to let go of the past and try to move on. It's hard to realize that nobody else really can understand what you are going through and that sometimes, they are just going to hurt you because they don't understand how much something is affecting you.

 It's hard to deal with feelings of inadequacy, of not being included, or of just plain being down. It's hard to pretend nothing is bothering you so as not to bother anyone. 

Thank goodness for that one good friend that will take the time to listen, empathize, and hug you when you are having a terrible day, and that says exactly what you needed to hear to help you start turning some things around in your life for the better. For that friend that understands you can't always be happy, and that sometimes you need support to keep you from falling down.

Thank goodness for a loving Heavenly Father that always knows exactly what I need to hear when I go to Him.

Thank goodness for the knowledge that no trial or disappointment can last forever, and that somewhere down the line happiness is inevitable. 

 

I Used to Be a Boy.

  I guess it really is October now. It's rain and no shine here in Logan. So we bought fall-smelling wax to put in our candle melter-thing, and I just bought a mini pumpkin for our kitchen table :)

  Speaking of our kitchen table, we just finished a 1500 puzzle that has lived on our table for 5 days now. I am SO GLAD it's done!! It kept us all up till 2 trying to finish it last night.

  And speaking of last night, I went on a date with a really awesome guy :) Props to this boy for actually having the guts to ask me out at all, let alone in person. If only all boys were brave enough to go on real, live, actual dates! It was really fun, so good to go on a real date for the first time in a long time. :)

  Me and Ash went on a quest to find boots today. She wanted grey and I wanted black. After hitting up several stores...and by that I mean the whole mall....and T.J. Maxx...and Plato's closet...I found a pair of AMAZING boots that go halfway up my calves. I am in love! I also bought a new crocheted brown hat. Aaaaand I bought 2 cardigans at Plato's. Now it's time to start starving myself again to save money.

Speaking of money, I had exact change at Plato's today again. WIN. Exact change. Not sex change. Don't confuse the two.

TTFN, ta ta for now!

 

Rainy days in Logan :)

Today is a list day. So here's a list of my day!

• I did seven hours of homework yesterday, and five hours today.
• I got my car fixed! My car alarm no longer wakes Pineview and Cobble Creek every morning when the wind blows
• My head is feeling much better :)
• There is a 1500 piece puzzle dominating our kitchen table right now.
• I had exact change at the movie store last night and the worker told me to put it in my journal when he saw how excited I got about it.
• One of my favorite necklaces broke yesterday :(
• I forgot how incredibly cheesy Prom Night is...hahaha.
• This is the weirdest song you will ever hear.
• YEAH TOAST!!
• I like the rain muchly :)
• Reminiscing over old missionary letters is both creepy and hilarious.
• I secretly wish the power would go out all night tonight during the thunderstorm.
• I think I'm going to record one of my own songs next week :) I'm so excited!
• My roommates are funny people... :)

Concussed!

  This semester seems to be following a pattern of late night accidents and mishaps. Last night my friend Tyler tried to do a lift with me in our apartment, which ended up with me hitting the floor head first and blacking out to a terrible cracking noise. Within a half hour it was pretty apparent I had a minor concussion...my eyes were dilated to different sizes, I was dizzy, I was incredibly tired, kept bursting into tears (haha), and had a terrible headache. Thanks to my mom-away-from-mom Ashley, we made sure I was doing the right things to treat it and make sure I didn't need to go to a doctor. Dan and Justin very kindly agreed to give me a blessing for comfort.
  I wish I could even explain how grateful I am to have worthy priesthood-holding friends that can and are willing to give me a blessing when I am in need. If they only understood how much we women look up to them for being able to act as one of the Lord's mouthpieces when we can't do it for ourselves. I can't imagine what it would be like to go to college somewhere where there aren't boys that can do that. Thanks to them, I was able to go to sleep feeling a lot more comfort than I would have normally.
  Anyway, I'm feeling much better today-my pupils have gone back to normal, I'm not emotional (thank goodness haha), and I'm not dizzy. Just very tired and a headache. Luckily Excedrine Migraine is dominating that. I am hoping this will be my first and last concussion though. :)

New Music

I have a confession.

New music is like Christmas for me.

I get so excited to walk to class because I get 15 minutes of music.

Here are the best of the newest music I just bought:

Echo - Jason Walker

Saving Grace - The Maine

Make it Without You - Andrew Belle

Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People

Restless - Switchfoot

Everybody - Ingrid Michaelson

Take a listen. I dare you.

And that is what I've done today. Made dinner, made cookies, had some great conversations, and bought myself some new music.

It was a really good relaxing day.