Wednesday, October 30, 2013

college is

//nobody wanting to do the dishes

//hair all over the apartment

   (bathroom, bedroom, bed, couch, carpet, clothes, table, dishes, shower, kitchen floor, gagging yet?)

//reading every textbook for every class

  (and generally falling asleep in the process)

//blisters (& soon enough--calluses)covering your feet 


//staying up until all hour of the night chatting with your roommate just because you like to 


//waking up in the morning and threatening said roommate for keeping you up because you are so tired


//literally pinching yourself to stay awake in class


//having Family Home Evening with your peers

//being blown away by how much your professors seem to know


//a new excitement and passion for learning


//pressure and stress to chose a major, yet too many options to decide from


//free (not gluten free) food at every event


//free t-shirts at every other event


//loving your roommates


//wanting to get away from your roommates


//doing things just because you want to be able say you did it


//being sick of cooking for yourself


//realizing you have to cook for yourself forever


//getting distracted on pinterest & maybe blogs...yes definitely those. 


//& overall a crazy non-replicable experience that I wouldn't trade for anything right now..  (well almost anything)

^ BYU vs. Utah game ^


^ like i said, doing things to say we did, giant blue foam slip n' slide -- never again. ^



Saturday, October 26, 2013

happy birthday.






Happy Birthday to my best friend. See you in 15 months Elder (:


p.s. thanks Aubrey for these taking all these picture, I just love them! 

Saturday, October 12, 2013

goals.

you know those days, the days when you just want to take on the world? Those days when you just get a little peak into how much you are worth, just a little sliver, & you want to live up to every drop of that worth. I had one of those days this week and I decided to make some life goals:

1. become fluent in Spanish
2. help others, everywhere.
3. raise a family in the gospel
4. love more
5. judge less
6. find joy in every single darn step of this ridiculously lovely & sometimes excruciatingly painful journey
7. make friends around the world

& also decide on a major and minor... (:

But something big I realized, why wait to start? Why not start now! Your goals are not just going to fall into your lap -- that is why we make them. They are going to take effort, desire, motivation, and some blessings. But if they are what you really desire, and what the Lord desires for you, you can achieve them. 



& by the way, Happy October everyone (:

 (bedroom window view & my succulents)

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

the dreaded testing center.

Alright, so let's get something straight. 
The testing center is, in fact, a horrendous place.

Now I'm not one to stress too much about a test, I've always been a generally good test-taker, but today was an exception.


First off, I didn't really feel prepared for this test, but I didn't feel like any amount of more studying would help. Plus, I just wanted to have it off my mind. So I went ahead and took it today.


In front of the testing center seems to be the PDA central of campus as well as the most gloomy, miserable place on campus. It's an odd combination to be sure.


As I approach the testing center today I see a couple kissing. Not just a kiss, but the drawn out, 

"good luck" 
*kiss*
*kiss*
*kiss*
"good luck to you"
*kiss*
*kiss*
*kiss*
*kiss*
*kiss*
*kiss*
*kiss* x5

EWWW.

Okay, kissing is fine. But there's a time and a place for it, and right in front of the testing center is not that time or place. 

Then I go inside and sit down to try and fit in just a little bit more studying. There were some people in the center of the room talking really loudly, I can't even remember what they were talking about, but it was aggravating. 


The moment of truth comes as I walk up the stairs to check in and pick up my test and there are about 500 bajillion people in line. 


Fantastic.

So I go ahead and get in line and as we move along it becomes very apparent to me that we are all a little too close for comfort. I'm not sure if it was because I could feel the girl behind me breath down my back, or if it was because I could smell the boy in front of me as I think he may have been passing gas. I try my best to hold my breath.


I listen to people have awkward conversations about how their "aunt's best friend's brother's girlfriend's uncle lives in the same place that you're going on your mission to!" 

       
Then all of the sudden I recognize the sound of music, who's listening to music? Oh nobody, there's just a boy playing the Ukulele while waiting in line. 

Why? Well what else would you do in the testing center line?


I pull out my phone in an attempt to entertain myself, and not focus on the bizarreness around me. After a few texts to and from my roommate and a failed attempt at using the internet I give up.


Finally I'm at the front of the line with my test entering the testing central. Desks stretch from one end to the other, each one filled with a body. 

Hmm..this is awkward. Where to sit?

Then a brilliant idea hits me! There's a music room upstairs. I walk up there and as I enter the smaller room I can literally feel the humidity change. The stench of B.O. and dirty feet is practically suffocating. 

Resisting the natural urge I have to turn around and sprint the other direction in search of breathable air, I sit down and begin taking my test. I think we're listening to the Anne of Green Gables soundtrack. Interesting choice.


I finish up my test of application questions that really don't seem to apply and concepts I swear I've never heard to the song they must play when Anne's 'mom' dies. 


After all of this I figure I probably failed this one. 


I go to get my instant score, where everyone pretends that that one person on the screen with a 97% is actually them, and it turns out my teacher isn't releasing our scores until the end of the week. 


Awesome.


As I walk out of the testing center forcing myself to just relax a student walks by me on his phone. His conversation literally went like this (in a raspy voice), "Yeah I'm pretty sick....well I've done a lot of research on the internet and from all the symptoms and signs as far as I can tell it's either strep or mono.."


AHH!! 

Caution, avoid this guy! 

So I maneuvered my way away from him and headed back to my apartment to take, what I considered, a well deserved 20 minute nap before starting the next round of homework and studying.


Thank Heavens I don't have to go back there for another week and a half. 




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