I'm All Growed Up and Gradiated (again)

Hey hey hey! Graduation was this weekend...I don't have pictures yet, but as soon as I do, I'll post them, I promise :) Thursday was awesome. Marcus, Irene, Marisa and I went to the festivities together. We marched into the Marriott Center, looked for their families, and heard a bunch of ppl speak. Elder Uchtdorf and Elder Nelson were part of the line up which was definitely awesome to listen to. After we got outta there, everyone went their separate ways with their families and I scooted on home to eat some mouth watering ramen noodles and oatmeal (yummy, I know) and then headed up to West Jordan to kick it with the family for a few hours. Everyone was mostly beat that night so if I remember right, we all just kinda laid around like bums all night long. Can't really complain with that though, you know?

Friday was the big "walking" day. I walked into the Marriott Center, not ready for the almost 3 hour ceremony that was ahead of all of us, and as I was looking for my family and their promised social cues ("We're the ones waving...yeah, that's helpful...I'm the one in the blue gown with the matching hat and yellow tassel...), I couldn't find them, no matter how hard I looked. Eventually, Jeremy came running down (I was on the end of one of the rows) and got my attention and showed me where everyone was sitting. It took me a while to find them, but I finally did which I was definitely impressed with. :)

It was finally my turn to walk across the stage and receive a "diploma" of which I already had. Kinda anticlimactic, but whatcha gonna do right? They said my name and apparently, my family cheered. I heard nothing though. When asked why I didn't acknowledge them or wave or something, I replied with, "Are you kidding? I was so concentrated on not falling that I almost didn't even hear my name called!" Wearing heels may not have been the best idea, but I survived just fine. After I got my picture taken with Dean Magleby, there were four people in line after her to shake my hand. I didn't who know three of them were, but the second person in line was Elder D. Todd Christopherson! It was so exciting to finally "meet" an apostle! I was actually just complaining to my friends the night before because they had all met a countless number of apostles and I was so jealous. It's been on my list of things to do before I die to meet one for as long as I can remember, and no matter how hard I have tried to see one, I could never get close enough. haha. But, now I've proudly marked one off of my list. I didn't technically meet him, but beggars aren't choosers you know? It was kinda funny because Elder Christopherson was second in line to shake my hand, and as I was moving from the first person to him, he stepped out of line towards me(I'm assuming he was moving somewhere else...I'm not sure where to, but whatever) to shake my hand and then I moved on. It kinda scared me...I was like uhh whats happening? Wait...where are you going? You can't jip me! haha. I seriously woulda chased him down if he left. lol. He said the coolest thing to me though. He grabbed my hand to shake it and then said "Congratulations!" HA! He said congratulations...to ME! Yeah...definitely a conversation I'll remember for the rest of my life. haha. Good times.

After it was over, we high tailed it off to the creamery to have some double scoop, waffle cone, bonding time. It was soooo yummy. My favorite quote of the day from Sydney was "Auntie...sometimes my panties get dirty" hahah I was like uh well...it happens to the best of us kiddo! lol. After a little contemplation, I realized that she was talking about her tights...but it was still hilarious.

The festivities still continue as my sister and her fam are still here. It's been so fun to spend everyday with them! I just love my family! My "no sugar" diet thing isn't working so well....I didn't even last one day. Well, technically, I did if you let me say that that day was my sugar day. Then I cheated on all the other days. lol. I decided that I'll start it after my family leaves. Maybe. The Sunday that I was going to start it was the Sunday that I got released from my calling. I wasn't taking it very well...crying all day n such...and a lot of people gave me chocolate, ice cream and taffy to soothe my soul. hahah it worked... My home teachers took me out for ice cream and ever since my sister has been here, I'm pretty sure we've had some kind of ice cream or Boston cream pie at least once a day. hahaha. Love, love, love it. Maybe I'll try again later...we'll see! haha. Anyway, my fingers hurt from typing so I'm outta here. Love love love yall! XOXO

A New Goal

Holler!!! :) So, I've decided something yesterday....starting Sunday, I'm going to start trying a new uhhh...diet? lol It's not really a diet or anything, but kinda. I figure if I tell everyone about it, then I have to do it, so here it goes...I'm going to allow myself to only have one small amount of sugar per week (not including weeks with Holidays, of course). I decided that every time I slip up and have more than one thing of sugar for that week, I can't have milk in my cereal for breakfast the next morning. That should be a good incentive for me to actually do it! :) I also want to try and not eat after I have dinner each night. Back in high school I tried not to eat after 6pm cuz we always eat early and it was nice. I rarely felt like I'd eaten so much during the day that I wanted to die. I hate that feeling, and I tend to eat when I'm bored. :) Alicia and I did the sugar thing back during Freshman year and it was definitely fun. It was hard because well...I love ice cream a LOT, but I think it will be better for me in the long run. I'm kinda excited to see how it turns out! :)

With that said...I opened my daily pack of fruit snacks today and there was one that was in the shape of a person with something weird growing out of its' neck. haha it was the strangest thing, but it made me laugh...a lot!

Everyone is starting their finals now so its kinda fun that people are around more than usual. Although, they are (or at least should be) studying instead of playing, but who cares...it's been fun! :) Ashley and I went out to lunch yesterday, my roomies and I went to dinner (I know...talk about LOTS of food yesterday) and Jeffrey and I went out for a night of putt putt where he easily schooled me in the art of mini golfing. But, I kinda figured that would happen. Mini golfing isn't exactly my forte by a long shot. Emily and I are goin to see Mall Cop at the dollar theater tonight and then hitting up YOGA with another girl in our ward. We LOVE Yoga...its so great and so relaxing. I suck at it, but its still awesome! :)

My family comes in a week from today!!! AHHHH! I'm so excited to see everyone. I'm sure we'll have plenty of fun stories and things going on. We talked about Sydney maybe coming to have a sleepover at my apartment one night just cuz it would be way fun. All of my roommates will be leaving so it will just be me (and I think Ashley is going to stay with me for a couple of weeks until she moves home) so it will be fun if she decides to come party with us for a night. Anyway, I've gotta go get something for Irene's bridal shower on Saturday so I'm gonna split...love y'all bad! XOXO

Strange things are happening to me

So, the last couple of weeks have been filled with some random, funny things goin on. For starters, I've been quite the sicky pants for the last two weeks...because of it, my sense of smell and taste have gone WACKO. Natania and I walked into one of the schools that we observe at for work, and I was like,*sniffs in really big* "Nat...do you smell that? That smells soooo good!" She just started laughing and was like, uh...we're right next to the gym...what are you smelling that I'm not? I responded by telling her that I smelled mashed potatoes and chicken noodle soup. Apparently, all she smelled was smelly kid...weird. But ever since that day, I've definitely been craving some good ol' mashed potatoes and gravy. Earlier that week, Ashley and I went to the temple to do baptisms and I thought the water tasted like slurpee...Not that I was complaining at all. I'll take slurpee water over chlorine water any day. :)

Here's the kicker though...I opened a bag of "Smiles" fruit snacks from walmart (sent directly from heaven, I think...seriously, the best things ever). And this is what I found... Weird huh? Talk about a shocker! Definitely funny though. I was quite honored that it was a purple shark. Purple is the best color, easily.

Also, to update everyone, I got a call from Naropa University and they want me to come over for an interview in May! WOOP WOOP! I'm excited about it for sure. They told me to come in professional dress but to wear something that I can dance in...*confused* I'm not sure what kinds of professional clothes they wear, but shoot...I'm not sure that my dancing abilities will be magnified in my most professional wear...this could be fun! haha. Anyway, I'm gonna go reorganize my DVDs or something cuz they're all outta whack and its killin me! I heart yall bad! XOOX