Can we say, "Hi Monica!"

So, I had kind of a large-ish wake up call the other day. I am anal when it comes to organization. Not only that, but clutter makes me anxious. Unless of course, its organized clutter, in which case, I'm usually okay with it...sometimes...if it's mine. :) Okay, here's the story: My friend told me that he was planning to play the best prank on me and that he was excited to do it but that I would more than likely be really mad at him. I had no idea what could possibly be bad enough to make me really mad. I love prank wars, so in the spirit of fun, not a WHOLE lot could really do me in. He is also friends with my roommate who he talked to to see just how mad I would get. She assured him that I would get incredibly upset. What was the prank you ask? He was planning to sneak in to my apartment, when I wasn't there, and rearrange my DVDs out of order. Sad, but true, my friends. Sad, but true. The worst part is, is that I got excited thinking that I would get to rearrange them back the way they should be after he did it. Luckily, he never did. But, rest assured, I still rearranged them after I was done with finals anyway. I have a problem. haha. I can't tell you how relaxed I've been since Saturday...I've had the apartment to my self and it has been spotless clean all 4 days. It's been so great and I'm so at peace. lol. Yup...I have issues. Everyone keeps saying things like, "oh man...you're there alone? Are you lonely?! Are you just about to go crazy?" And I'm sitting there thinking yeah, i miss living with people like crazy, but the place is so clean! haha. My worst fears have been realized. I'm more like Monica on FRIENDS than I would like to admit. I love to organize, I get in cleaning moods ALL the time, I pay my bills the day I get them in the mail and cooking makes me happy. Now all I need is a Chandler *melts* haha. Wouldn't that be nice? He's foxy! *laughs*

Today is supposed to get up to like 81ish or so, but get this. They said that tomorrow, it will be a high of 51 which a chance of snow! What in the world? I tell you what..>I think Utah is trying to depress me more and more. I get so happy at the thought that summer is finally here to stay and then they spring this on me! How am I supposed to get a tan to win my bet with Emily if it's snowing all the time?! I could always fake bake but...no. I did get a sunburn yesterday which made me happy, but it looks like today will be my last shot to even it out until who knows when. I hope the weather man was wrong. That would be sweet!

I have decided today that I want to learn how to sew...well, okay, I already know how to sew, but I want to learn to make clothes and not just pillows and blankets n stuff. It may come in handy someday, not to mention that I think my shoulders get broader by the minute. I'm kinda tired of having to buy shirts that are 1-2 sizes to big so that they fit my shoulders...blah. haha good times. They should have a forever 21-like store for broad people. That would be SWEET. I bought this "Crunchless Abs" workout DVD set the other day and i'm excited to use it to see if it works. I don't usually get to run anymore since I'm at work all day and by the time I get home, all I want to do is play so getting all nasty and sweaty probably isn't the best thing, so I figured I wouldn't get as nasty with an ab workout. We'll see...maybe i will. haha. Anyway, I'm out...there's an episode of the office with my name all over it! Latas! XOXO

Twick

YAY my finals are DONE! I was kind of going crazy yesterday though. I finished the two I had left and was home by noon and I didn't have to go in to work yesterday so I had the rest of the day to kill. I'm so used to constantly going all the time, up until I hit the sack, that I wasn't sure what to do with myself. I just kind of sat in my room for a while, watching my roommate pack. haha. She looked at me and was like...you really don't know how to have spare time do you? lol not really....I guess between all my classes, work, and my calling, I've always had more than enough to do and not enough hours to do them in. She always laughs at me because even if we are leaving somewhere in like 5 minutes, I still hop on my computer to do a little genealogy analysis or something. Good times.

So what did I do with my day yesterday, you ask? Well, I'll tell you...
It all started with me walking home from campus after finishing my last final. I was so excited that I was finally done that I forgot that I drove up to campus. Too bad I didn't realize that until I was about 2 minutes away from my apartment. Luckily, it was a nice day yesterday, so the 20 minute walk back home really wasn't all that bad. It was good that I left my car up there though because it motivated me to go run! So, I went for my usual run and then looped around to pick up my car and then drove home. Once I got home, I planned on taking a nap (I haven't been sleeping well lately cuz my RLS has been acting up for some reason) but just as I was walking upstairs, Laura turns on FRIENDS and well...I couldn't turn that down. So I watched a couple of those episodes and then went to Michaels to pick up some craft stuff that I need for later. This is when I got home and watched Laura pack for like 10 minutes but then she quit, so I was lost. haha. I went downstairs to see what Emily was doing and she was watching Remember the Titans so I joined in for the last little bit of that, watched some more TV, made some dinner, which was then followed by more TV, Mario Kart, TV and then going over to play wii tennis at this guys apartment in our ward. I don't think I have ever watched so much TV in my life. It was the most relaxing, lazy day I've ever had. haha. I hope I don't have any more of those though. I get off work at 11 today so I've saved some things that I thought of doing yesterday for today so I don't go crazy.

I made up a new word yesterday while we were playing wii....Twick. I'm not sure what it means. Right now, emily and I are just using it in whatever context we think best until we can come up with an official meaning. If anyone has some suggestions, they are welcome. Anyway, I hope yall have a great day! XOXO

Blast off!

Today is FINALLY the last day of classes. WAHOO! I love days like these...knowing that I can say that by this time next week, I'll either be completely done or maybe have 1 or 2 finals left. This also means that I'll only have one more semester left, but more importantly, I get to go home and see my new niece! I got to talk to them on Skype the other day and so I actually got to "see" her which was fun! She's so beautiful! I can't wait! Not to mention that mom wants me to help her find things for their new living room...like floor lamps, coffee tables, etc. Good times! :)

I boxed up all of my winter clothes yesterday...it felt pretty good, although, I looked at the weather forecast for the next 10 days, and two of which said "flurries" on the description..1) I think I cursed it and 2) WHAT THE? It's the middle of April..."flurries" should be something we're all wishing for because it's so hot outside. BLAH. My roommates and I sat out on the grass on Sunday, meaning to take naps and work on religion homework, but you can probably guess that that definitely didn't happen! We kind of attracted a large crowd and then just ended up playing for like 2 hours. haha. good times. You really can't beat it though! Which is why I'm so bummed that I may have to dig back into my winter clothes selections. I probably wont tho. I'll protest and just wear lots of layers and jackets. :) Although, packing up all of my winter clothes made me realize something horrible...I've been in Utah for so long that at least 3/4 of my wardrobe is winter clothes. Talk about wake up call. I need to get out of here soon. I need to get back to the place where there are 2 seasons...summer and the two weeks of not summer around Christmas time. Sometimes we refer to those 2 weeks as "Fall," but I really think that's just because everyone there has heard of it and they've never seen it so they're just assuming that that's what it is. :)

So, these last couple of weeks at work have been GREAT. We haven't had hardly anything to do, so I'll sit and work on my reviews and watch The Office online. I've almost made it through season 2 and I've finished 1 and 4...I feel kind of bad that I'm getting paid to do my homework and watch TV, but it is kinda fun! I'm sure it wont last long so, I should definitely enjoy it while I still can. Anyway, I'm gonna head out and keep doing nothing, so I'll catch yall later! XOXO

Winding Down

The end is near! I only have 1 week of classes left (after tomorrow) and then finals and I'm OUTTA HERE. It's been really sad this year compared to other years. Laura is getting married and she's my last friend from Freshman year that I've been living with so next year will be kinda weird since all of my closest friends from 4 years ago are all going to be married now and doing their thing. Last year was rough cuz Zaz and Jen both bit the dust, but I think this year will be more weird just cuz the last of em is gone ya know? It'll be alright tho...I've got Em and we're going to party it up. We're definitely gonna miss Laura, Jen and Melissa tho. Definitely glad I've got Emily though...otherwise I don't know what I'd do next year! It's been kinda fun because for two weekends in about the last month or so, it has really just be me and Em fending for ourselves cuz Melissa and Laura have been gone most of the time with their fiances and Jen goes to her sister's house some weekends, so we spend the entire weekend together...which is good. It's good to know that we can stand each other for 72 hours in a row and still not get even close to being sick of each other. haha. We always laugh at ourselves cuz if there's some down time where we really don't know what we're doing yet and I'm in my room and she's in hers, its only like 5 minutes before someone caves in and goes into the other's room to see what they are doing and the other person is like good...cuz I was wondering what you were doing. haha. We're crazy but I love it! Those are some of my most favorite weekends...my Em and me weekends! They're even better when Jen is there too and its definitely a huge plus to have Laura and Shusha with us too...but those weekends are very hard to come by these days, you can imagine!

I've got all of my homework done for the rest of the semester except for reading two more articles. It feels soooo good! Normally, at this time, I'm frantically trying to get in my 50 hours for my genealogy projects, but since I dropped that major, I don't have to worry about it anymore, and it's GREAT. I signed up for classes last night too and can I tell you that my Fall semester is going to ROCK?! I'm taking intermediate tap dance and intermediate irish dance. I'll be taking beginning bowling with Jeremy (aka Pooh)...when I was at the Breinholts on Sunday for Conference, he and Jaelynn came over for some dinner and he was saying how he wanted to take bowling since he's graduating in December too and I was like OH ME TOO, so we're gonna take it together. I feel sorry for the people in our class...and for our instructor. haha. I'm also taking three "Family living classes" which will be a breeze. One of them is purely on the Proclamation to the family, another is about things we can do to incorporate the church in our homes so they can be a place of peace and another is about effectively managing your home or something...I don't really know, but everyone I've talked to said that all three of those were basically relief society lessons every week. haha. It's gonna be so great....school wont be stressful! haha. The only class that I think I'll have to do any work for will be my church history class. I'm taking it from Susan Easton Black and I"ve heard it is amazing! I'm so excited.

I can't wait for Wednesday! My new baby girl will be born! WAHOO! Someone else to spoil and play with all the time! I can't wait. If I have as much fun as I do with Sydney, can you imagine all the good times with TWO?! Syd is such a bundle of joy, you can never have a bad day when you're around her, so I can't even imagine how much better it will be with both of em! Even if I don't get to spend much time with Mallory this summer, depending on where I'm needed and whatnot, I'll at least get some quality Syd time which I'm definitely excited for. Nothing beats a good ol Sydney lovin and play time! I hope my being there will be more of a help than a bother for Ben and Meredith with a new baby, ya know? Meh...they'll tell me...right? hahaha. I'm working on Mallory's little wall hanging thing that I do for new babies n such so that's been a nice break. I'm workin on a little something to give to Mallory and syd too so I'm excited about that! OH and I FINALLY finished Zarah and Ashton's temple thing from their wedding last year. haha Happy 1 year anniversary! :) I have two more to do, so I need to get workin on those eventually! Anyway, I think Jen is going to teach me about Quicken for her finance class. I really think I should start using that or something...especially with all the money I'm spending for people's weddings and bridal showers and such...it would probably be good to keep track of that stuff! Anyway, hearty'all bad! XOXO

Watch out for that...door?

Alright, alright, alright...time for what may be one of the best stories of your week. It all started on a dreary Tuesday night. I wasn't feeling well at all and I was pretty sure that I had a fever. Since this isn't the first time this has happened, I asked my roommate, who was going to the store, to pick up a thermometer for me and I would pay her back. So, long story short, turns out the thermometer didn't work so I had to exchange it for one that did, the next day. Keep in mind, it was more of a chilly night and I still wasn't feeling 100% chipper and I wanted to get home soon so I was walking...briskly. :) Anyway, I'm digging through my purse to find the thermometer so I can have it ready to exchange, all the while keeping my perriphrial vision on the opening to the door. However, right as I'm looking up, I run smack dab into the glass window. When I came to, I analyzed the situation and realized that I had walked right into the part that doesn't move. The sliding part was a little more to my left. Well, it hurt really bad, but I figure, whatever...I do stuff like this all the time. I can shake it off. I walk to the customer service counter and the lady has this really concerned look on her face as soon as she sees me. It wasn't the happy, how can I help you look...oh no. So I was a little worried that maybe she saw me and just felt sorry for me, and then I realized that my eyes were watering from the recent blow to my head, so I thought maybe she was thinking I was tearing up because my thermometer didn't work or something. haha. Anyway, so I get it exchanged and I'm doing a little grocery shopping and it's hurting real bad so I think to myself that maybe I should try to look at it to see if there was any damage done. So i find the sun glasses display and I look into the mirror only to find that there is a gash in the side of my nose and there's blood! There wasn't too much, but it hadn't clotted yet, so it was kinda icky. Anyway, I laughed a LOT so I decided to text some of my friends that I knew I wouldn't see for a while because well, everyone should know about this. haha. Plus, this way, me laughing to myself looked somewhat more legit since I was texting. I didn't want people to think I was some crazy lady at the grocery store that laughs to herself (in abundace) while she shops. That's kinda weird, ya know? So, anyway, I get home and my roommates are watching American Idol and that commercial comes on where she's like "Car On" "Door Open" BAM. haha we definitely laughed HARD.

My mom seems to think that I'll get some sort of black eye. I haven't seen a whole lot of bruising yet but Emily says she can see where its getting darker around where my cut is. I'm really hoping that I get a black eye tho. How great would that be? Honestly. My dream come true! haha. Sadly, I'm not being sarcastic at all. lol. I was really hoping for one this morning, but NOTHING. It was like I was waking up for Christmas morning only to find that Santa didn't bring me anything. BLAH. Sometimes that guy really burns me up! :) It's still hurting pretty bad today. Not that it helps that I have a head cold so it kills everytime I blow my nose, but ya know. I'm gonna try to get it checked out tomorrow to see if I broke it or cracked it or something. hahah How funny would that be? I broke my nose because of running into a glass door at a grocery store. lol. You just know after I left, the manager came over the loud speaker and called an emergency staff meeting so they could watch the security tape over and over. lol. This is definitely a moment that I'm gonna wanna watch when I die and can watch my life movie. haha. I'm sure it looked a LOT more awesome than it felt. :) Anyway, that's my story. I hope it brighted all y'alls days! Heart yall bad! XOXO

Life's Unanswerable Questions

Howdy, howdy, howdy! So, this week has been kinda interesting. I'm not really gonna write about it on here, but lets just say there's been a lot going on, good and bad. But, I guess you can't have the good without the bad right? Its times like these when I really would just love it if the Lord would tell me why certain things are happening or what I should do in certain situations or why stuff like this keeps happening. I'm beginning to think I'm 1 of 2 things: 1) I'm either severly broken, in which case...bleh (haha) or 2) I still have some kind of lesson to learn and apparently, I haven't learned it yet. Well and then there's the whole Lord's timing thing. I know it will all make sense after its all over and I can look back on everything, but right now, its pretty sucky. I got to go to the temple this morning which is ALWAYS awesome, so that helped a little. And last night was Michael's baseball game and he definitely played this time and we were all very excited about it! My friend, Kat, and I (and her boyfriend) went and saw 27 dresses afterward which was fun, but it wasn't one of my favorites...pretty much a movie about my life. lol. I'm glad she ended up marrying the hot guy tho. That always gives me some good hope! :)

Tuesday, Enchanted came out and can I tell you how much that movie rocks? haha. There's nothing to hate about that movie! it never gets old either, which is definitely a good thing. I'm getting excited for Easter Sunday! Since Puden isn't here this year, I'm going up to my roommate, Jen's, grandparent's house after my meetings n stuff. We always have fun up there, so that'll be good. Much better than making myself a waffle and taking a long nap. I never sleep well Sunday nights because of those. You'd think I'd learn my lesson, but I really don't think that I will. haha. They are just too good to not do it! :)

The Joys of St. Patties Day!

HOLLA! Happy St. Pat's! I hope everyone's has been wicked awesome! My celebration pretty much started last Monday, but that's to be expected right? Although, that does mean that after today, it's all over. *sadness overcomes her* Its alright though, I still get to decorate for Easter and that's always good!

Friday was my Annual St. Pat's party which is always fun! Lots of green food, games, Lord of the Dance and root beer chugging! Can't beat that ya know? So yeah, it was definitely fun. Saturday, Laura (my roommate) and I ran the Rex Lee Run 10K. We are still high fiving ourselves since we ran the entire 6.2 miles without stopping and each mile averaged out to be a 10 minute mile. I had no idea I was capable of doing that...my body definitely was mad at me for the last two days, but I'm feeling up to running again, so I'll probably hit that up again starting tomorrow...or maybe Thursday. haha. After the run was over, we jumped into the hot tub since our muscles hurt so bad and then I crashed on my bed for THREE hours. Definitely didn't mean to. I was supposed to take a test so I didn't have to today, but I guess that didn't happen! :) Kami came in town too so I drove up to West Jordan and we crashed on the couch and watched movies and talked a lot. Good times! Those are the best days where I can just relax and not worry about anything!

Sunday was good too. Other than my usual meetings and church, we had our Enrichment Fireside which was really good. It was all about the importance of temples, so Irene (one of my really good friends in the ward, and my 1st counselor) and I decided that we were going to start going to the temple every Friday morning. I used to be so good last year. I would go once a week and now I'm definitely slacking. I forget how blessed I am to have the temple be just up the street. So, I'm definitely excited that we'll be doing that together! We also had DISNEY night as usual which is always fun. This time was especially good tho cuz me and Jeremiah held hands! BWAHAHAHA. Not to worry...I've already done my usual freak out mode. Thanks to Isaac (my friend at work), I'm feeling better. He's always so good to let me unload on him. And he's pretty good at telling me to stop worrying and get over it. haha. Love it. The best part is, is that everyone knew that my freaking out was coming, they just didn't know when...so at least they were prepared. haha. At first I was worried that it was too soon after Trevor, which, it may be...only time will tell, but I'm not gonna know if I don't try it out right? I'll be sure to keep yall posted!

Today has been good so far. I rode with Jeremiah up to campus today so that was fun, I had my devil class and then I went browsing at the mall for about an hour, looking for an easter dress. I didn't find anything that really grabbed me except for one...and its more fall colors, but I'm over it, so I think i'm gonna go back and get it today. Now, I'm at work and have nothing to do again. I was supposed to be editing my poster for my presentation that I have to give next month for our research, but my boss forgot to look over my rough draft, so I guess I'll just save that for Wednesday. I start observing in the schools again tomorrow so I'm pretty excited about that. I always love observing the cute little kids. There's always something hilarious that happens. Kids are just too funny! Once I get off work, I need to go study a little bit more and take my test and then its off to the grocery store! I really need to be better at having more of a food supply considering that we're about 100 years overdue for an earthquake round these parts and there's no tellin what I'm going to need, so that's going to be my goal tomorrow. Our bishop told us that if it was within our means, that we should probably have enough to live off of for 2 weeks. I definitely have enough for pancakes for two weeks, but you know...that should be a given! haha. Later tonight, we're going over to Jen and Derricks for some ice cream and Duck Tales. It should be freakin awesome! You can't go wrong with Duck Tales. Anyway, maybe I'll post pictures from Friday if I remember...we'll see! Anyway, love yall and I'll catch ya lata! XOXO