All In

Today was a GREAT day!!!!! This week has gone by really fast. I took some new photography pictures too, with everyday stuff. I had three midterms this week! Ending in one A and two Bs!!!! Then, it SNOWED yesterday! Snow in September!!!! haha The mountains are gorgeous!!!!!! I also got to see Claire, my peer mentor from Aspen Grove Foundations of Leadership. I hadn't seen her in a little over a month. I also had TOPS today so Jennie drove Lynn and I to Rock Canyon Elementary and we played dodgeball with the little ones! One the way back we stopped by the Provo Temple! Good stuff this week!!!!!!!! Only one midterm left....monday or tuesday I take my American Heritage midterm. It's going to be hard, I know it!!!!

"Lorelai, this thing we're doing here--me, you--I just want you to know I'm in. I'm all in."

-Luke, Gilmore Girls

Every Single Moment

This week has been the worst of Fall semester in terms of busyness! I had a Human Development paper due yesterday, I had four classes today including tons of homework for University 101, I start my work at TOPS tomorrow and I also have to go to a movie for Book of Mormon. Plus, I have to finish 71 pages of reading for American Heritage before lab tomorrow and three tests in the next week!!!!! Happy, happy, joy, joy!!! I sadly missed the True Blue Football event tonight over in Helaman Fields where the cover the whole yard with blue foam. Sooooo mad I missed that!!! Where was I? I was at University 101....stupid class. I would write more, but as you can see, I'm slightly busy at the moment!

"I made out a schedule. Every single moment of every single day from now until graduation is accounted for!"

-Rory, Gilmore Girls

An Hour to Become

I was sleeping so soundly this morning that I almost slept right through my Y Serve Orientation Meeting at the JSB. I woke up to my amazing ringtone by The B52's "Love Shack." It was Lynn at 10:35 a.m. The meeting would start in twenty-five minutes and I was still in my pajamas. I jumped out of bed, ransacked my drawers for some clothes, brushed my hair and teeth, and ran out the doors to meet Lynn. We shot over to the Tanner Building to take the elevator up instead of trudging up the hill. Amazingly, we actually got there on time, five minutes early to be exact! The meeting only lasted 20 minutes and all the needed was our driver's license numbers and social security numbers for a background check before we start work at the local elementary schools.

Sarah sent me two CDs that I got in the mail today: Hannah Montana 3 and the new Miley Cyrus EP. I pretty much love them!!! Haha

As for the rest of the day, Lynn and I have been working very hard on our Human Development papers on Sex Education in public schools. It's a rhetorical analysis paper just like I did in Mr. Deal's AP Literature class in High School.

Dinner was absolutely fantastic tonight at the Cannon Center: chicken alfredo with an amazingly still gooey chocolate chip cookie!!!!!! YUM!!!! And on the way to dinner, the mountains were a fantastic shade of orangy-purpley-red from the sunset. It was amazing!!!! If nothing else, I love Utah sunsets!

"He's not much of a much of a morning person--It takes him about an hour to become Jackson."

-Sookie, Gilmore Girls

A Magical Place

Lynn and I got up at 6:45, had breakfast, and arrived at the Marriott Center around 7:30 to wait for the Prophet!!!! We were pretty close to the front of the line, and sat on the concrete in line with all our blankets, and waited for two hours before they let us in to find seats. At 9:30, they opened the doors to the Marriott Center and people were running, pushing, and shoving to get good seats to see the 16th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! We ended up with row 18 seats, right smack dab in front of the pulpit! Around 10:45, thousands of students had flooded in and the place was booming with noise from people talking and shuffling around. Out of no where, the whole place got instantly silent and the 20,000 + students all stood up simultaneously. President Thomas S. Monson walked forth from the tunnel and came forward to the podium seating, waving to us all. Russell M. Nelson, his wife, Susan Tanner, and Ann M. Dibb were also in attendance. President Monson spoke to us about the previous Prophets he has known and spent time with. He told us each of their favorite quotes, foods, hymns, and what they were most known for. He told us funny experiences that he's had with them. Joseph Fielding Smith "seemed to like sweet pickles," but Monson "hated them!" Spencer W. Kimball "refrigerated his notes!" He also liked milk with bread crumbs mixed in....President Monson "did not follow his example!" Kimball was also "not in the Navy like I was!" President Monson made the whole crowd crack up when he said, "I'm sorry, that was not in my prepared message!!!" His personal experiences with President Gordon B. Hinckley were my favorite to hear about. President Monson had a run in with President Hinckley's doctor, who complained that "President Hinckley needs to use his cane for WALKING! Tell him to use it as it's meant to be used!" In response, Monson said, "Doctor, I'm Gordon's first counselor, you're his doctor--YOU TELL HIM!!!" President Monson's talk was perfect in part because he is the Prophet, but also because he spoke about exactly what I had a quiz on in my Living Prophets class last night!!!! (I got an A+ on that quiz, by the way!) As President Monson left the performance arena, two little children were hanging over the edge waving to him. He stopped, looked up at them, and high-fived them. It was the cutest thing I'd ever seen!!! President Monson is amazing and an inspiration to us all. I'm so glad to have had the opportunity to see him in person and learn from him firsthand!

**my pictures are blurry...but you can totally tell it's him!!**

"You have boys bringing you food?"

Yale (BYU) is a magical place, Anna!"

-Anna and Rory, Gilmore Girls change added

Evasive Maneuvers!!

Today was a GREAT sunday!!!!! I had three hours of amazing lessons at church. Sacrament meeting was all about the Articles of Faith and dissecting them to truly understand the fundamentals of our religion. Then sunday school was taught by Allison about the martyrdom of Joseph Smith. It was really interesting and I learned some new things! Then Relief Society was taught by the bishop.....morality. I won't go there now with all you readers!! After church, I was set apart as Ward Photographer!!! yeah!!!! Second ward in a row that I've been the photographer! On top of that, I'm the Hall Historian for 2100 floor!!!! Lots and lots of pictures!!!!!!! Tonight was also a CES Fireside with YW General President Sister Elaine S. Dalton. She spoke on a "return to virtue." I took tons of notes and I'm looking forward to sharing what I learned with all my YW back home!

I'm looking forward to a great week of learning, study, homework, President Monson, yoga, and starting my volunteer for TOPS!!!!!

"Lesson number one--when your mom or grandmother starts trying to pin down your specific whereabouts at a specific time and place, and she's smiling kind of weird, begin evasive maneuvers immediately!"

-Graham, Gilmore Girls

Circle of Freak Out!!!

Thought I'd start out will some new dorm pictures!!!

This week has been quite an entertaining one! On tuesday, I had my Human Development class where we talked about more Freudian theories about children. And then Robin and I rushed over to the Marriott Center for BYU Devotional to hear President and Sister Samuelson speak about "owning our futures." Then, at 5 o'clock I had my Living Prophets class where we watched and discussed the life of President Thomas S. Monson. He's so cool! HaHa Wednesday was my busy day! After our usual breakfast, we walked to American Heritage in the MOA and typed our notes so fast that our fingers hurt! I then had a meeting with my FA Peer Mentor Candace. I ran down to the Cannon Center to get lunch and then we were off to Book of Mormon where we discussed Lehi's Dream. Then off to Lifestyle Management where Kelli and I learned about how the body, mind, and spirit are one and must be in balance to be healthy. Then we were out to our most useless and boring class ever: University 101........we talked about family meals. How nice, right? After all of this stuff, I had a meeting with my RA at 9:30 and I am now the Hall Historian! I get to take pictures anywhere and everywhere!!!! Thursday was the usual Human Development and American Heritage Lab. I found out through Facebook that President Thomas S. Monson is coming to speak at our Tuesday Devotional and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!! I'm so excited to see him!!!!!!! Then yesterday, Lynn and I did Human Development reading and set up her new MacBook Pro, which I named Malcolm (mine is named Macy). Today will be filled with lots of homework, as tomorrow will be packed with Church, a CES Fireside with YW General President Elaine S. Dalton, floor meeting, and ward prayer!!!!! BYU is busy but FANTASTIC!!!!!

"Oh dear, you got caught in a circle of freak out!"

-Rory, Gilmore Girls

Pure Dickens

Four Day Weekend: sounds fun but in reality, sooooo not cool!!!! I slept over at Lynn's dorm for three nights!!! We went to the Festival Latinoamericano in Downtown Provo. It was a bust. Then there was the BYU vs. Oklahoma football game broadcast on ESPN and shown on HUGE epic sized screens in the Wilk. It was a pretty intense game!!! 3 minutes left and BYU scores and went ahead by one ultimately beating #3 Oklahoma. It was a great game to see!!!! Then there was the huge Blue and White Carnival at the Cannon Center in Helaman Halls. There was a talent show, carnival games, dunk tank, and cotton candy. It was a great way to celebrate BYU's victory! Church was good as usual and then Lynn and I watched "Baptists at our Barbeque." This morning (Labor Day) we slept in until noon! A full 12 hours of sleep!!! It was fantastic!!!!! But now we're bored out of our minds, adding to the M&M wrapper wall and listening to music! Classes actually keep us sane! haha 

Labor Day usually doesn't make me think of home, but now that I'm in Utah, I felt really sad about missing out on the Lowell Labor Day Parade and the Hebron Ward Party. I've had so many great memories on Labor Day and it really made me miss home to think about them. I can't help but think about all the fun I missed out on......102 days!

"Man, I love email. Every day Rory and I write to each other multiple times. It's great!"

"You enjoy typing to people more than talking to them?"

"Wrong perspective. Email is a return to the romantic days of letter writing. It's pure Dickens, baby!"

-Lorelai and Luke, Gilmore Girls

Nice to You

The first week of Fall Semester at BYU has been fantastic!! My Book of Mormon class and Human Development class are my favorites!!!! I've been hanging out with Lynn a lot watching movies and studying.  We're in almost all our classes together.  There's not much news other than studying, so until next time....

"Hey, talk to a boy! A boy will be nice to you!"

-Sookie, Gilmore Girls

Through a Tunnel

Classes started yesterday and they are going amazingly well!!!! I love them all so far!!!! It's already shaping up to be a great semester! I usually have breakfast with Robin, Briggs, and Tyler every morning and then off to class we go! It's so exciting to be a BYU and I truly love it here!!! More to come when homework subsides!!! 

"You're breaking up, the, the house is going through a tunnel!"

-Lorelai, Gilmore Girls

One Less Moment

Lynn and I walked to the Provo Temple today. It was great! An absolutely beautiful place!! We each wrote to five missionaries as well!  I have a really good feeling that this semester is going to be amazing! Classes start tomorrow and I'm beyond excited!!!!! BYU is fantastic!!!!!

My textbooks and everything totaled around $250, which apparently is good! HaHa I'm taking Freshman Seminar, The Living Prophets, Book of Mormon, Human Development, Lifestyle Management and American Heritage. Lynn and I had nothing else to do the past few days so we finished all our readings for classes and watched How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days and Sons of Provo and Turn Around!!!! It's been very eventful!! 

Today is my first day in the 151st Ward!!! I hope we have a great group like I did over summer term. We meet in the JKB (Jesse Knight Building).  Today is also fast sunday! It is a great day!!!!

"People can live a hundred years without really living for a minute. You climb up here with me, it's one less minute you haven't lived."

-Logan, Gilmore Girls

SIMPLY FANTASTIC WEEK!!!!

So in the past week, I've done a lot of things and met many amazing people!!! On Saturday, Roxanne and I walked 5 miles to Orem to the movie theatre and saw "Post Grad" which was simply amazing! Alexis Bledel is one of my absolute favorite actresses!!!! After wandering around University Mall, we traveled the 5 miles back to Provo on foot, which seemed like a much shorter walk! Then we moved all of my stuff into my new Chipman dorm room and went off to babysit two little girls. We spent the whole night with them and slept over to the next day. After a lovely dinner, we went home, watched Gilmore Girls, and unpacked my stuff!!! My room is now completely wallpapered in photos and posters!!!! I love it!!!! Then monday, I was off to Aspen Grove for the Foundations of Leadership Conference for incoming freshmen. It was simply fantastic! I can't describe how amazing the experience was!!!!! I was in group six with Claire and Brad as peer mentors and Katy, Annie, Katie, Sarah, Chase, Camron, and Sam as group members. We left BYU around 10 am and had an Opening Introduction and a lesson from Claire at our group spot on the third floor balcony of the Beckham Lodge. Then we had some MAJOR FUN at the Follies playing group games that required a lot of team work to accomplish.  There were building games, frisbee games, hula-hoops, alphabets, and giant volleyballs!!!!  Then we went to the ropes course where we had to play more teamwork games that forced us to communicate effectively. Those were the best: lifting everyone through "spider webs" and capturing a magical fish! We then went up to the Emerald Dining Hall for dinner and then reflection time! Then came the really fun part: the "Rise and Shout" Rally!!!! We learned the BYU fight song and all about having school spirit! We even met Cosmo the Cougar, BYU's mascot!!!  Then there was a dance, which Sarah and I opted out of to watch National Treasure with some other people in another room.  The sleep I got that night was pretty solid!!! Tuesday's breakfast was pretty fantastic: waffles!!!!!  Then we had a lesson from Brad at our group spot then two breakout sessions.  I went to Brother Livingston's lecture on Self-Development. He was AMAZING!!!! He said some of the most hilarious things!!!!! For instance, "The Natural Man is an idiot," and "Shouldn't we clean this up?!"  Then I went to Brother Bott's lecture on sharing the gospel and overcoming obstacles.  After that we had another reflection and lunch!!!!! After that yummy meal, we went to the amphitheatre to hear about all the activities and groups on campus.  Then we went to their booths, reflection again, and then more games at the Follies.  Then came a great time in the day: FREE TIME!!!!! I went swimming with Sarah and hung out with Annie.  Then came dinner!!!! And then an amazing Music Program and Testimony Meeting. Then came the best ending to the day possible: a night adventure about trust where we were all blindfolded being led around camp by Claire and Brad.  Afterwards we laid down and looked at the gorgeous stars above the mountains of the Wasatch Range.  We had a great day!!!!!! Then came this morning.....a sad day......checkouts.  :( We had one more breakout session, and we went to one by Brother Peterson on Service.  Then another lesson was given by Brad and Claire.  Then came one of the best parts of the experience, breaking through our fears and reaching our goals by breaking boards!!!!!! Everyone was so pumped and really cheering each other on. It was amazing!!!!!! We then took a group picture and loaded the busses. I'm so glad I went to FOL. My group was amazing and even though we only new each other for 48 hours or so, we really grew close and are now really good friends.  FOL was one of the best decisions I've ever made! 

I'm soooooo excited for Fall Semester to begin on monday! I've never looked forward to school so much!!!!

Thank you to Brad and Claire for being the best peer mentors ever and to Orange Ninja for being an amazing group!!!!!

"The plural of cul-de-sac is culs-de-sac? That doesn't even sound like English!"

"That's because it's French."

-Lorelai and Rory, Gilmore Girls

Colorful Characters!

So it's been a week since my last post.  Since then, everyone has moved out and Roxanne and I are the only ones left!!!! We've played tons of solitaire as well as spit, james bond, and trash.  We are also well on our way to finishing the complete series of Gilmore Girls before school starts up again on the 31st!!! We also drank so much water that we now have 10 empty bottles and have begun bowling in my room, with our cell phones instead of a bowling ball.  We had an adventure to Salt Lake City on tuesday, movie (Julie and Julia starring Meryl Streep) on monday, baked a lovely lasagna last night, comedy sportz tonight, movies (post grad starring Alexis Bledel) on saturday, move out saturday morning and move into my new room on saturday night! We've had some pretty fun adventures even though there is no one else to talk to but each other! I go to Aspen Grove on monday for the Foundations of Leadership Conference for byu freshmen.  It should be fun!!!! Until then, we're stuck eating Spoon Me spoons!!!

"What is Stars Hollow if not a haven for colorful characters?"

-Sookie, Gilmore Girls

Earn My Grades! END OF SUMMER TERM!!

Today I took my three finals!!! English was at 11 am, a group project, presenting a brochure. We got an A+, so that brings my final grade to an A-! Then Arielle, Taylor, Amanda, Alyssa, and I went to hang out with Harold (the Harold B. Lee Library!) to study a little for Physical Science. We sat down in a dark room on the bottom floor doing review questions and learning to dance to "You're a Jerk!" Then we ventured off to the Testing Center.  I spent an hour in there for a 100 question test and got a 70% which I'm perfectly okay with! That class is HARD!!!!! That brings my final grade to around a B-!!! And finally, after dinner I took my final in Student Development.  It was a group project to diagnose a case study.  I was in a group with Taylor and Connie (a mom coming back to college).  We're pretty sure we got an A+ which would leave me with an A! Overall, I'm very proud of my work this summer. 

I'm sad that everyone is leaving tomorrow or friday. Hopefully I'll get to see most of them still in the fall semester (which starts in two weeks!). In the meantime, Roxanne and I are gonna party it up here in Provo for our two week vacation!!!!!

"I'm just saying that I want to earn all of my grades. No matter how many 'wise, willfull, and wonderful women' I know!"

-Rory, Gilmore Girls

Brains Completely Fried!

Yesterday was our last day in the BYU 95th Ward..... :( It has been a great summer with all of these amazing people.  I've made friendships that will last a very long time.  I'm excited to start Fall semester, but really disappointed that the fun of summer and the people I've grown to love are leaving.  

Today was our last day of actual class for English and Physical Science.  We worked on our final group project: a brochure for English. Then Physics was a big review session. A ton of people had a TON of questions!!! Big long day of Physics!!!  After classes, we went and had lunch with Sister Cutler. Then I made the dreaded walk to the testing center to take my final "midterm" for unit 4 Physics about Geology and Astronomy.  I made a 70% which wasn't horrible.  It seems to be my average test grade.

We opened our tie-dye shirts and they look AMAZING!!!!!! I love them!!!!!! Mine shrunk, so I'm just going to have everyone sign it and I'll hang it up in my fall dorm room as a keepsake!!!

"What was with those kids? So curious, so full of questions. Shouldn't their brains be completely fried on TV and video games by now?"

-Lorelai, Gilmore Girls

Everybody Else Is!

Tonight was the Super Summer Splash-n-Bash for all the on-campus housing students. It was held in Helaman Fields over by Budge Hall. There was ultimate frisbee, dunk your RA, a bounce house race, snow cones, popcorn, waterballoons, and water kickball!!!!! It was pretty fun!!!! Cameryn and Arielle won the girl team relay through the bounce house! They got quite a lot of burns on that as well! We dunked our RA Julie too! hahaha Good Times!!!!

After the party, Alena, Arielle, Cameryn, and I went back to Hinckley to tie-dye t-shirts!!! There were only two sets of gloves so I was the odd man out without gloves! Thus, I have a tie-dyed shirt AND tie-dyed hands!!!! I'm that cool!!! Pono says the dye lasts for a few days and theres nothing to help it.....sad.....but it gives me more character!!! Now we have to wait about 9 hours to rinse out the shirts and see the finished product!! We ran out of dye so all of our shirts have a bit of white still left on them....they should be pretty cool though!!!!

"Look around. Every single person in this place is having a better time than we are. Why? I mean, we've been doing everything everybody else is." 

-Paris, Gilmore Girls

Spreading Like Wild Fire!

The past couple days have been interesting. I've finally realized what the craziness is about college finals week! There are so many review sessions to go to, papers to worry about, and packing to do! On wednesday, we turned in our 8 page research papers and we got them back today! 96% for me!!! My highest college paper yet!!!! We also started our next project in English, a group project making brochures to lure high school seniors to BYU.  My group is Arielle, me, Dan, and Ally.  We're doing really well so far! Then today was our last day of Physical Science instruction.  The last day we got to see Professor Hart.  He was one of the best Science teachers I've ever had, maybe THE best! I have one more test in there (tomorrow) and then the final on Wednesday.  Student Development should be an easy final as well.  We are in groups for this as well, working on a case study to "diagnose" a student's study problems.  Tonight, or some other night soon, the girls of 2100 Hinckley are tie-dying shirts!!!! I'm so excited! I love making shirts!!! Last night we actually made t-shirts as an entire hall.  We spray painted them out on the back lawn.  I got there a little late and there weren't many colors left, but I still think I got out with a pretty good shirt! This morning, coming back from class I passed the area where we spray painted and the grass was all different colors!  It was a sight to see! I still find it ironic that Mormons were getting high off of spray paint at a BYU approved event!!! HaHa!

There have been about 12 forest fires in the state of Utah over the past couple of days.  One is in Zion National Park, one in Salt Lake City that closed one of the airport runways, and one near Cedar City.  They haven't moved near Provo yet, and they probably won't.  They are pretty much contained now.  The air was so dusty and smoky that Mt. Timpanogas completely disappeared for a whole day! We got to experience a "flat" Utah for awhile!!!

"I've been testing people who have 'honk' bumper stickers lately to see if they really want people to honk..."

"You need a hobby."

"Yes, actually."

-Lorelai and Emily, Gilmore Girls

What Does This Mean???

I've been pretty incognito lately! The end of summer term is very busy! Monday night, instead of regular FHE, we had our Ward Closing Social.  We went up into the mountains to Vivian Utah County Park.  There was volleyball, soccer, ultimate frisbee, and a talent show.  At one point Chris had to jump in the nasty river to retrieve the volleyball. Later, Russell kicked the soccer ball too hard and it landed in the river as well.  He wasn't quite as eager to jump in though.  He waited until the ball floated down to the road to grab it.  The talent show was really good.  It was more of a variety show though.  Caitlin played and sand "Umbrella" on her guitar, Jennifer sang, Tommy played guitar, the boys sang the Pokemon theme, men's choir performed, Kody played and sang a Billy Joel song, and Matt made up a song on the spot with the piano.  

Tuesday was a very long day.  First, Arielle, Jordan, Allie, and I went to breakfast and then to the TA Lab for our geological field trip up to Rock Canyon.  When we got to the TA Lab, there was a sign from Katy on the door that said, "We left! Come on up to Rock Canyon!" But we were 10 minutes early! So we decided to wait until 9 to leave because Braden (our TA) is notably late.  A lot of us showed up and luckily right at 9 Katy walked up! Braden came in a little after.  We carpooled up to Rock Canyon and walked around for about an hour and a half looking at all the different rocks and how plate tectonics worked on the Wasatch Mountains.  Afterwards, Braden drove us back to Helaman Halls.  Arielle and I worked on our papers for about two hours and then were off to conference with Sister Cutler about them.  Mine went very well....not much to fix! I was so happy that it was quality. That research paper was a killer.  I wrote about Habitat for Humanity. After conferences, we went and chatted with Kody and Tommy on the way to the Cougar Eat.  Then, I went to dinner with the kids in my freshman academy with Professor Rash from our Student Development class. Our class was at 5 was all about relaxation techniques.  We were all laying out on the classroom floor. A lot of the guys ended up falling asleep they were so relaxed! I was pretty light headed after the class, so I had to get up off the floor very slowly.  It really tired us all out but we were definitely relaxed! I was walking back to the dorm and I see Jocelyn, my friend from back home.  We decided to go to dinner at the Cannon Center.  Afterwards, I went back to the dorm for like 10 minutes and then I was out again with Jordan to the library to see a lecture on "Is Pluto a Planet?" We learned that sadly Pluto is no longer a planet and probably never will be again....at least when we're older we can tell our children "When we were your age, Pluto was a planet!" HaHa!  We finally got back at 9pm.  All I could do for the rest of the night, was edit my paper and read physics!! I went to bed at 1:30, being the most tired I've been my entire time in Utah.

Woke up this morning at 7:30, English started at 8 and if you were late, your 300 point paper was late! Luckily, we were on time. Sister Cutler brought us donut holes and milk!!!! We then went to the computer lab to start our next project, in groups!! Its an informational brochure luring kids to come to BYU.  It is our final. Then, Physical Science was pretty interesting today. We talked about the solar system and the life cycle of a star.  I learned that the Sun is actually an average size star.  There are actually a lot of stars BIGGER than the Sun!!! Woah!!!! Then we had lunch with Sister Cutler and Prof. Hart. After that, the bed sounded like a great option.  We came back and slept for like three hours! Then dinner.....then now! Volleyball later tonight!!!!!

Today was the most tired I've felt in my two months here at BYU.  The lack of sleep is finally catching up to me. I seem to be forgetting everything and I can only think about sleeping. Tonight, I am definitely retiring to bed early! FINALS NEXT WEEK!!!!!!

"I don't know what anything means anymore. I mean, I can't even read my own handwriting.  What does this say? The person who wrote this should be dressed in a clown suit stuffing bodies under their porch!"

-Paris, Gilmore Girls

This Town

This town--Provo, UT--is dead on weekends!!!! All there is to do is eat, sleep, homework, facebook, and go to Humor U!!!!!! Stand-up comedy is pretty hilarious! They danced to Billie Jean, talked about the Smart Mop, tough economic times, robots, sang a song about being part of The Cupcakes, and about Sarah Palin being President of Relief Society!!!!! Great stuff!!!!! I went with Roxanne and Clara.  Just can't wait until tomorrow! No food AND no entertainment!!!!!

"This town--"

"--is our town. This town is so glamorous!"

-Luke and Lorelai, Gilmore Girls

fRiEnDs!!!

I said goodbye to Emily and Elyse today......sad day in the neighborhood!!!! I'm so excited for Christmas time when I get to see all my girls again. I miss them all so much!!!!!!!! YW was the best thing I ever could have asked for. It was my safe haven and my happy place. I miss it a lot. Only four months and some odd days left until I get to see everyone again!!!!!

"What about Paris? Are you two friends? I never really could tell!"

-Emily, Gilmore Girls

Freud Himself

The past two days have been some of the most stressful, fun, boring, and enlightening days of my time here at Brigham Young University.  I've had papers due, a huge annotated bibliography, quizzes and tests for physics, failed servers, library visits, time with my girls Emily and Elyse, burned toes from the Hot Springs in Midway, rewards of Jamba Juices, blogging, and sitting around racking our brains to figure out something to do. This is the wonder of college life. BYU is a very interesting place.  I am currently sitting under a tree next to the HFAC and there is a family of five walking past completely decked out in BYU apparel caring huge bags from the BYU Bookstore! There are some very funny and interesting people here.  I can't even remember half of the things that I did yesterday. BYU is fun packed and very stressful, but I totally love it here!

"It's a long story. I don't wanna go into all the whats and whys and gory details right now....and to figure out exactly what happened, you'd have to dig up Freud himself and have him work on me full time."

-Lorelai, Gilmore Girls

Up All Night......

So last night was interesting......first I left to go take my Physics test, and I ran into Emily and Elyse! I stayed with them for about 20 minutes and then headed off to the very scary looking Testing Center!  I would say it took me about half an hour to finish the test.  Usually, I look over the test again after finishing, but this time I just went with my gut and turned it in right when I was done.....walking down the stairs, I contemplated my fate. Would I end up at McDonald's or at my BYU graduation in 2013? I looked straight at the screen and in that screen I saw and heard Pomp and Circumstance!!!!!! 83% for me!!!!!!! Thats 23% better than the last test!!!!!!! After the test, I was just on this huge high!!!! Sooooooo excited!!!!!!! So then, I came back to the dorm for a bit, then left again for class at 5 pm.  After that, I stayed at the library until 7:45 working on english. The library was WAY too quiet, so I headed back to the dorm to finish up. My English took most of the night. When I finally finished English, it was 11:45 and I still had Physics chapters to read and quizzes to take!  I finished reading the chapters and to my dismay, the server was down so I couldn't take my quizzes.  After freaking out for a little, I realized if I couldn't get on, no one else could either! So I went to bed around 12:45 as Arielle stayed up all night cramming for Physics with Jocelyn and Alena.  If I weren't mormon, I would need coffee to do this! I really have no idea what keeps me up at night!!!!! Whatever it is, I'm glad it works!!!!

"I'm gonna have to drink a lot of coffee to keep up with you two!"

-Sherry, Gilmore Girls

.......pictures......losing my mind.......

"Did you lose your mind?"

"Nope, it's still sloshing around in there!"

-Emily and Lorelai, Gilmore Girls

When I have nothing to do, I use PHOTOBOOTH!!!!!!!