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)