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!