I wrote Tuesday then realized it was Wednesday

I've been greatly mixed up with my days lately. But you know, I was just bored and thought I'd blog about some random things...

• I don't understand how IceMelt Salt works...I thought salt made ice freeze harder/faster?
• I am in love with my old man slippers
• I hate when I put a bandaid on a blister and later when I take my socks off the bandaid is on the other side of my foot, or on my other foot completely
• I feel popular when people say hi to me on campus
• I keep thinking of good names for books
• I think of a book title and then I figure out what it's going to be about. It's all backwards
• I really hope that one day I get published, but that may not matter since there's really only one person out there who I care reads my books.
• I wore 3D glasses with the lenses punched out all day today and felt awesome
• I bought knee socks just so that they would show above my boots (well, Santa bought them actually)
• I love jeans. I could live in them. When people tell me they think jeans are scratchy I unconsciously make a sour face and immediately think they are weird
• I feel so embarrassed when people ask me the definition of a word and I don't know it. Yeah I'm an English major, that doesn't mean I'm a dictionary though!
• I am obsessed with Lunch Room Peanut Butter Fingers. If I got stuck on an island and had one thing to eat the rest of my life, that would be it.
• I don't understand why people say they're "taking a break from dating." It seems so contradictory.
• I need to eat more fruit. Especially now that I have a bag of apples, bag of oranges, and a bag of grapefruits
• Mentholatum is awesome. Congestion is not.

15 going on 20

My little sis is all grown up and married.
I started my first day of college the day she turned 16. I wasn't around for her dating years so I feel like she's still 15, but she's not. She's 20, and in the last year she handled full-time school and three jobs. More than I have ever done in my last 4 years of college.

Rachie Face has always been a role model for me. She did everything the right way after graduating from high school. I was just dying to get out of Arizona, I guess I didn't really think much of the benefits of staying home for a year or two. She's about to finish getting her Associates at MCC (well, she actually just transferred to Dixie so she will get it there), and I am no closer to betting my Bachelor's than I was when I first started at BYU.


She has always shown me how blessed one can be in the gospel; continually reading her scriptures and saying her prayers even when it did not seem timely to do so. And trust me, I know this because when I was visiting home she and I were squished into the same bed all over again, and even after I had crawled in, there she was reading away; being her best 24/7.

I'm still trying to come to the realization that this little girl-

is now all grown up with a man of her own...

She couldn't have found a better man suited for her. Congrats to you two. Sorry this post is more poetic and nice. I just had to get it out while I could.

Thankfully she's now only 3 1/2 hours away and can visit more.

Historic Provo Tabernacle

 

 The historic Provo Tabernacle burned down this morning. It's crazy to think that I was just there a few weeks ago for a special regional conference, sitting just feet away from the beautiful pipe organ, amazed at the gorgeous architect. I remember driving down University Ave and always thinking that I wanted my house to "look like that." They are still unsure of what caused the fire, but after the roof collapsed in around 6am they knew the chances of saving it were extremely slim (Full story on ksl).

I've never felt so nostalgic over something like this. Is it odd to say that I really hope it wasn't arson? We've had enough church buildings vandalized, please not this one too. I am interested to see what the church decides to do with it, especially if they decide to rebuild and what the new building will look like. Gosh, sorry I'm still so in shock, all that history just gone...thankfully it was just a symbol. Everyone will always have their memories and stories. I'm glad I was able to attend regional conference there even if it was just once so that I could see how beautiful it was on the inside too.

Bleeding Blue

First football game of the season

I weaseled my way into going to one of the Cougars' games with my roommates Ashley and Kaycie. It was hot, we had seats waaaaay high up and I of course, forgot my sunglasses. We lost, no biggie. I only go to BYU games for the social anymore. The highlight of the whole game may have been walking home, which took over a half hour since our house and the stadium are on opposite sides of campus.

Half way home!

By far the best moment- taking this picture. That or when Kaycie fell asleep during the game :)

One time...

One time this summer my friends and I took a really cool picture

PS, you know how I'm wearing that blue bandana? Yeah I almost got jumped for wearing it on the strip. Good thing we were almost to the car and we had Parker with us. I'm serious! This guy walked up all in my face and said "Yeah! You wear dat blue boy!" (or something like that) I thought he had been talking to Parker since I am clearly not a boy, but nope he meant me. Great for all I know I probably flashed him some gang sign or something

You may have to reteach me

Been so long since I've written a school paper that I forgot how to go about double spacing my document