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Finals are over!!!!!! Woo Hoo!!! First semester of college in the pocket haha. Finals went well I think. I'm waiting for my geography grade, got a 77 on American Heritage (no worries there's a curve) and an 88 on anatomy, not what I needed to be a TA but I'm satisfied because that test was ridiculously hard!
So now I'm on my journey home. I started out yesterday morning with my roommate Meghan and my friend Nikki that I work with. The roads were horrible!! We were going at best 20-20 mph on the highway and it was scary as crap. I live in Pennsylvania yes but I've never driven through snow like that, and I am definately not used to the Utah drivers that like to cut right in front of you car which in turn causes you to brake hard on a snowy highway. Genius. We prayed though before we left and I was praying the whole drive to the airport haha and He helped me get through it. I look back on it now and I have no idea how I had the strength and the nerve to do it, but we made it :) I dropped Meghan off at the airport and then Nikki and I drove to my other roommate, Katherine's, house in Bountiful to stay until our flights that were later that day. We built a snowman in their backyard, talked with Katherine's mom, and started watching Single's Ward. My flight ended up getting delayed and my connecting flight in Las Vegas wasn't going to wait for me so they had to reschedule my flight. So I ended up staying the night and they took me to the airport in the morning, but Nikki was able to fly out which was good. Last night I got to go to a junior high Christmas concert and then just chill.
As of right now I am sitting in the Denver airport waiting for my connecting flight to Nashville and then on the Philadelphia! I so can't wait to be home!!!!!

Crunch time!

Its the week before finals and I am so scared!! Especially for American Heritage and Anatomy...and Geography ah! I think I have a pretty good method for studying for all three but today ruins my study pattern!! Our University class is making us turn our projects in today and stay for two hours to present it to different people...I need those two hours!! I'll just have to play catch up later this week...but besides that everything is excellent! Jeff is in my group for the university project so we got to talk alot last night and it was so good:) yay. I'm thinking I might go on a walk with him and talk to him about liking him I guess because I know he knows I like him but I don't think he knows that I know that...Make sense? haha. So I just want to talk to him about it and stuff. So yeah that's pretty much all I'll be up to this week...so please whenever you want to, please save me from my insanity!!! haha I feel it coming on right...now...

so tired...and it's not even finals week yet :(

I have my new job! I can start right now if I really wanted to but I'm going to do that next semester when we get back from Christmas break!! Speaking of which, its only a week and a half away!!! yes!! oh update...My roommate Veronica isn't coming back here for winter semester. She doesn't really like it here but she said it had nothing to do with us! She just doesn't like Heritage I think and stuff. So I'm getting a new roomie in January :( It almost was going to be my friend from back home, Emily Clark, but then some Lindsey Hurd girl took it before she could grab it or before we could hold it. Emily did get a room in a hall right behind mine so that isn't too bad. Ah! I don't want to be negative about it but I just don't want to go through the awkward roommate stage again! I don't want a new roommate! It's got to be awkward for her coming into an apartment of girls that already know each other so well...and what if she comes between our friendships that we've made! What if she tries to take our men! Ah! Haha...positive be positive...thats what I keep telling myself. My roommates and I tried to creep on her on facebook but we haven't gotten very far haha. I did talk to her though and she seems really nice, but I don't think she gets my humor yet and that could be a problem for both of us haha. so frustrating...and it doesn't help that I got a 73 on my anatomy lab final! Grr...but I did get a 90 on the multiple choice portion of Geography so thats a plus but seriously??? I mean come on a 73?! I knew all of that crap and it just makes me so mad at myself...oh well what can I do now. Tonight we are going to a Christmas around the world dance production and then probably just chill. Oh! and I might hang out with a friend I haven't seen in a while so that will be good :)

Coming back from the dead

Wow so I haven't written in a long time...Um today I just finished up my anatomy lab with a horrendous final that I think I totally blew...but I'll find out for sure tomorrow. I'm also thinking about becoming a Lab TA for that class but after that final haha I don't think I'll have the grades they want me to have. Other than that school is same ol same ol. It's all winding down now with only like a week and a half before Christmas and I get to go home!!! I'm so excited :) Let's see, anything else new...Oh for Thanksgiving I got to go to my sister's in-laws and spend time with them and her! I got to see Aiden and Landon and got to hang out with my sissy a lot so it was mucho fun!! We also went to see Twilight on a girl bonding trip and it was soooo good! Recommend it definately. Hmmm...Any boys? No not really haha. The boy I like, Jeff, found out that I liked him and he's so awesome because he isn't weird about it and we are still really good friends and I'm satisfied with that. I also think he's shying away from the dating scene (not completely) because he has the mission in mind which is excellent! And I'm switching jobs next semester! No more salsa for me! I am now going to be cleaning buildings at five in the morning! Yippee skippy... but it's the right thing for me to do...thought, prayed, and decided; no worries!! Anyways, I think that's about it for an update. Sorry it's not in full detail but I don't really have the time or brain power to think back that far... maybe later.

End of first midterm week!

Yay! So this weekend is the official end of our first midterm week...well for some of us. I still have to take an anatomy one next week. Anyways, it was extremely nerve wracking and I can't wait for finals! jk.

Wow, so a lot has happened since the last time I posted. My friends and I have discovered our special talents of making weird animal noises, pulling pranks, and posing as the sculptures in the MOA (Museum of Art). My roommates and I hang out with this one guys apartment all the time and we do the craziest things! Well we think they are crazy. As of right now we have been talked to by the police twice. One, for posing with the statues on campus (puhlease!) and second for sidewalk chalking!!! Honestly, isn't there a murderer, speeder, or drug dealer you should be busting instead of being party poopers? I think the sidewalk chalking incident was quite ridiculous.

Hmmm let's see what else...? OH! I went on a group date this past Friday to Legends Grille on campus. We went to watch the BYU football game that was away this week. They totally dominated!! Anyways, I went with a guy named Will. He's pretty cute and was a real gentlemen. He held the door open for me, pulled my chair out for me, bought me a drink and then filled it up for me, and he walked on the traffic side of the sidewalk. He's really funny too. Like if I were to suggest something crazy to do he would be like, seriously let's do it! We went inside the intermural soccer building and there was an extreme game going on and someone said to run around the outside of their field. So we did. It sounds dumb but it was really funny. Anyways, after that one of the other guys wanted to show us duck pond down by rape hill and then he wanted to find rape hill...great date huh? He wasn't mine though luckily. Mine had enough sense to see that taking your date to rape hill is a little strange. So we ended up walking by the hill first and then rolled down it splinter cell style. So dizzy. Then we went downt to the duck pond where there were tons of couples making out hard core. So awkward! But yeah all in all it was a really fun night!!

Right now my roommates and I are currently making brownies with that stuff in it that makes you pee blue...yeah we are going to give that to our guy friends because we kind of have this prank war going on haha. They trash bagged us last night so it's our right to get them back. muhahaha.

Well, I think that's pretty much it...oh I have another date this Wednesday. My really good guy friend, Jeff, and I are going iceblocking at Rock Canyon so I'll let you know how that goes!!

help!

So currently I am worrying...haha. I laugh it off because its probably completely ridiculous but yet still here I am worrying. I have so much reading to do that it isn't even funny. I hate highschool!!! They say they prepare us for college...bull!! I'm basically learning everything on my own...thanks central mountain for sucking so much.

On a good note though, I do recall some things that I learned in high school, but they're very minimum. Don't get me wrong, I love college. But I just wish my high school would have prepared us more. This will definately be a growing experience here, and we will definately have to rely on each other and the Lord ALOT! But its possible.

Free at last, I am free at last!

So today I said goodbye to my parents and sadly I feel great about it. It's not like I don't love them or anything its just I'm so ready to be on my own and not have to worry about making sure I see them. So now I can just focus on my studies and schoolwork, 'cause that's what I'm here to do right? right. So anyways, today was our first day of classes! They went really well, but the hard ones start tomorrow so ask me again tomorrow if I like my classes. I also started my new really cool job...making salsa!! That is seriously my job, don't be hating. I get to go in like every other day for an hour or two and make salsa, and then I'm free! I agree its probably not going to be a high paying job, but its a job nonetheless and I love it so thats a bonus. After classes I went and hung out at my neighbors apartment. Well really I just stepped in their apartment because I heard them singing and playing the guitar, they were really good so I wanted to tell them that. The one girl's name is Deneka and the one playing the guitar is Mika. So cool right? So then we sat there and sang songs together...around a campfire haha no but we could have been. It was way awesome. The girls in my apartment and the one next to us just get along so well its awesome!

My roommates and I also decided to start a quote wall. When someone says something funny we write it on a star stickie note and stick it to our wall in the kitchen. Some of them include..." You know how a spork is a spoon and a fork put together? Well spam is a spoon and ham put together." and " This safety lid is extra safety tonight." Haha. We were also really loopy for some reason, so basically everything was way funny. It really seems like we've known each other for a long time before this. After that we tried to make smoothies...I say tried because we couldn't decide who was right. Do you put icecream, yogurt, or milk in it? How bout all three? They turned out really good though...and the sugar probably didnt help our loopiness. Oh well. We ended this awesome night with She's the Man.

college life thus far...

So basically, college is the best so far! Of course we haven't started classes yet so that might change. Ha. Our apartment is...unique. It is seriously one of the most beat up ones here at Heritage. I'll have to post some of the pictures on facebook soon or something. My roommates are awesome and our New Student Orientation group was amazing! We had so much fun with our leaders Kris and Gabe. They really knew their stuff and you could totally tell they love it here. So awesome. Our RA rocks our socks off and she totally chased us up three flights of stairs because she thought we were the ones who ding dong ditched her, but we were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Good times, good times.

Let's see... so far we have played apples to apples and signs for hours and have met a ton of really cool people that live close by. We have also met some not really cool people, like this one guy Derick. He was cool at first and then he started to get a little strange. Here he was a sophomore, RM, and he was hanging out with a bunch of freshmen. Sketchy! We didn't even invite him...Johanna from across the hall did and then she left halfway through. But luckily we had some guy friends there to protect us!

These past couple of nights have been amazing. Last night they had a dance for NSO and it was insane! There were people everywhere! At one point we went into the middle, looking for some free dance space, and it was scary. There were people hitting us with their elbows! Then after that there was an after dance, dance party which was pretty sweet. And then tonight we played signs and then mud soccer at midnight. It was pooring rain the whole time but it was sooo much fun!

So yeah that's pretty much whats been going on...Now I have to start my homework thats due Tuesday. Yikes!

Provo!

We finally made it to Provo today!!! Now we can stop this whole sitting in the car for eight hours business! It was really fun to hang out with family and just relax today:) Now all I have to do is figure school stuff out and do my homework...

birthday...

yay so its my birthday...finally 18. woohoo. It was exciting though to watch Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh win gold on my birthday!!!

Alive!!

This past weekend my family and I got to spend time in Franklin, Montana on a ranch that is owned by our extended family. It was really cool to see some of the buildings that were still up from back in my grandma and great-grandmas time. We got a first class tour of the whole ranch, which is huge!! At one point we got out of the car to see a herd of cattle. It was hilarious because after we got out of the car they circled around us like they were herding us! Other cool things were being able to see for miles, the sunsets, sunrises, and the full moon...

On the other hand the ranch had a creepy aspect to it...For one we were about 15 miles from the closest town(which really isnt even a town) so the first thought that ran through my mind was we could be axe murdered out here and no one would know for days maybe weeks! I know that was an irrational thought but it didn't help much that the lady there joked about a body bag...sooo not funny! Then I think the icing on the cake for me was checking under my bed in my private room and finding two bolt action rifles under there. Needless to say I slept on the floor of my parents room.

Overall the trip was fun but I would never be able to live so secluded like they do. Today we left and went to tour Jellystone, Wyoming! It was awesome. Now we are eating our chinese take-out in our hotel in Cody, Wyoming while we watch the Olympics.

Memories!!

Thought Id join in...
1. Leave a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses.If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Stuck in Wall

So today is day two of our trek out west. We are currently residing in Wall, South Dakota for the night. Our first night we stayed in Des Moines, Iowa which is funny because that was the same night I watched the US gymnastic athlete, Shawn Johnson, win silver...and I got to watch that from her hometown! I thought that was pretty awesome. We didn't see much yesterday so it was kind of boring but we did get good gas milage. haha.

Today though we did stop and see a few things. Our first sight to see was the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota. That place is awesome! The whole outside of the building is decorated with corn! It's really cool because they create multicolored murals with it. Our second stop was in Wall, which is where I am now, to see the famous Wall Drug pharmacy store. It was pretty cool but all of the gift shops ended up being the same stuff. We also ate at this little cactus cafe place and the food was basically...horrible to say the least. It probably wont sit right with us tonight. :/

And I'm leavin...on a car ride

So I'm officially leaving tonight, or rather tomorrow morning, at two. We had to literally jam pack our tiny little green car with all of my belongings and my parents stuff for our trek out west.

I've been a serious emotional wreck all day. I got to see alot of my friends today and I would be fine in front of them but the minute they left I'd start crying. haha man I better stop that. It's just weird thinking I'm leaving good ol PA for what seems like forever, to start off on a new chapter of my life out in Utah. It's going to be a loooong time before I see some of these people again and I think the realization just started to hit me today...

But on a more positive note...I'm super excited for college!!!!!! My roommates and I have already planned out our crazy outfits for all of the BYU home games! They seem like really nice girls...how could I be so lucky? I'm kind of scared for the singles ward though. Fresh meat on the market walking! yikes! Well thats pretty much it for now...I'll probably give an update while I'm on the road.

UGH!!

I personally hate buying things online at the moment! Because either the site isn't working properly, it's completely confusing, or it was so easy that you don't feel comfortable going through with your purchase...all I have to say is that I am sooooo frustrated with online ordering right now! I guess it doesn't help that I'm extremely tired as well...they better have it fixed by morning...

Still not home...

This past week was EFY and it was amazing!!! Our company name was Not Ashamed and boy did we have fun with that haha. We won the banner competition and got second in the cheer off. This was the first time ever that our company bonded and came together so quickly so that was pretty cool. My roommate this year was amazing. Her name is Emma and she is from England! We would stay up way past our bedtime just talking and stuff. We regretted it in the morning but it was worth it haha. We had awesome counselors this year as well: Kevin, Annie, and Abbie. Kevin, I swear, looks exactly like Mr. Incredible!! And he has THE sweetest dance moves ever lol! Annie was a first time counselor and she did an awesome job, and I didn't get to know Abbie very well...sad.

This past week enabled all of us to grow spiritually and come closer to Christ, and it did just that. Every where we went the spirit followed and it was just awesome! But we learned that we can feel that anywhere so I'm going to work on that. I am definately going to apply to be a counselor as soon as possible!

I was home shortly today...for like a half hour...and then it was back on the road for me and my mom. We planned this trip to go see my grandparents one more time before I left. I leave in two weeks!!! Crazy! I really didn't want to come here though because of my Aunt Cherie. She has been put on an hourly morphine drip and they inserted a catheter. Her breathing is very difficult, she cant really open her eyes, she cant speak, and the doctors said it wont be long now.

We went and visited her before we officially left and I got time to just talk with her alone. I wanted to make sure that she knew I loved her...When I touched her hand and told her who I was, she tried to open her eyes, and as I talked to her I could tell that she was crying too. Its hard to see her in this condition but I know I will see her again where she wont be in pain and she will be herself again...

So now I'm sitting in my grandparents living room just typing away...but now I'm going to get some sleep. Night.

mixed emotions

So a friend told me I should start on of these...why not?

I would have to say that this week has been one of the most difficult ones I've been through: my really good friends moved away, I'm roommateless (it's a word now, trust me lol) for EFY, and I just recently found out that one of my close relatives won't be around much longer. Everything just seems to keep adding to the pile and its going to take me a while to sift through it.

And here's something I don't get...Why is it that when someone I really care about is going through a rough time and they don't make the greatest choices, why do they push me away when all I want to do is be there for them and help them? Do they think I will just walk away from them and want nothing more to do with them because they made wrong decisions? Because I won't and would never think about doing it because I love them too much. I'm sick of the goody-two shoes appearance people seem to think I radiate. I'm not gonna go run off and become a problem child because of that, but i just want everyone to know that I'm not perfect either!! So how could I judge you and all of your wrongdoings when I'm not perfect? ...And it hurts, it really does hurt to think that I might not see them again even though I've tried countless times to stay in touch...I don't even know anymore.

Yeah so thats just a little of what I'm feeling right now... Tomorrow should be fun though, its the start of EFY!!