Lists

I miss.....

• Having sunshine from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
• Warm enough weather to wear shorts
• Being warm without a jacket
• Summer
• Laying out
• Scooter-riding weather
• Arielle Harrison
• Working only 3 days/week and spending the other 3 days at the gym
• The way I looked and felt when I was doing the previous
• Kate Darowski and Racheal Curley (a lot! Especially right now!)
• Effron Fridays
• Having fun at work
• Eating whatever I want, whenever I want and not being affected it any way
• Watching multiple episodes of Grey's Anatomy every night with my mom
• My mom
• Making forts for sleep overs with my blondie girls
• My blondie girls (K'annie and Penny)
• Did I mention Summer?

Well There isn't really a point to this post, it's just a list. Here's another list...

WINTER IS SO CLOSE! (angry, not excited)

Pros

• No allergies
• Christmas lights
• Cute winter clothes
• Snowball fights
• Hot chocolate
• All encompassing Christmasness
• Fireplace Cozies

Cons

• Always have a cold
• Being cold
• No sun
• Getting out of my warm bed
• Driving in the snow
• Being cold
• Having to put on shoes to go outside (even just to get the mail)
• When you put on your clothes and they make you colder because they're cold
• Scraping windshield
• Being cold in general
• Always tired
• Less motivated to do anything
• It lasts WAY TOO LONG
• Being cold
• Can't/wont run outside
• Having to take 5 min to bundle up before going out the door
• Still being freezing after bundling up
• Being cold

Clearly not a fan of the winter time

NOW new things in my life that I appreciate!

• Gordon
• Kiersten having enough time for me again
• Having Joseph and Kasey sit with us at work
• Cameron, Danny, and Zach (in alphabetical order)
• Being back in my gym habit after 2 months (sheesh I got really out of shape)
• The fact that my parents are letting me buy the Civic from them
• Making more money
• That today at work is slower (yesterday was crazy!)
• Skyler being a Zumba instructor
• The way my hair has been looking even though I haven't done my hair in weeks thanks to the way that Gina Luke cut it.
• My kick of watching The Office
• The insane amount of laughter I have experienced in the past 24 hours

Life really ain't so bad. :)

Septiembre

So, I think you have learned better than to expect frequent posting from me. Here is an update. The past couple of months, I have spent an immense amount of time with the following: (in alphabetical order) Ancestry (work), Friends/Gordon, Guitar, and last but SURELY not least Pinterest!

       This is where I work. I take calls for the 1800 number. I am now working full time and am not taking any classes this semester, but I do plan on taking a few next semester while still working full-time. Having benefits will be a really good thing for me. Anyway, no, it's not the most glamorous job in the world. Frankly, knowing I have to get up and go to work makes me cringe a little bit every morning, but I have a feeling it won't be any different with any other job I have. I just don't like working. But then there's pay-day. :) Love that! Best 2 days of the month!

     Friends! I went to Lagoon with Arielle a few weekends ago. She got to go for free with a guest because Alexis works for Nu Skin and they rented out the park for the employees. It was CLEARLY a blast! We went on wicked 5x in a row. Yes, in a row. We got off the ride and ran right back to the end of the line. We ended up making friends with the boy who assigned seats. His name was Ralphy. :) It was so fun but also SO nauseating! The samurai was closed which was a bummer because that is what we were going to go on first, just to keep my streak up. This trip to lagoon was my first one where I didn't go on the Samurai first. But we clearly made up for that! Who wouldda thought I would ever like roller coasters? Not me, but I do! 

     Kiersten and I have had many-a late-night chats lately. It has been really fun! When we are both done with our nights, one of us with go to the others house (she usually comes over here) and we will sit in someones car and talk for hours! It's fun! We say hilarious things!

     Another group of friends and I spend many nights at....... dennys...

No, I'm not kidding. I feel so ashamed. The worst part is one time I ate this......

Yes, that is the Big Daddy Patty. It is kinda a grilled cheese meets ham burger meets Mac and cheese. Luckily, I ate it in the morning so I had time to burn the calories, and more luckily, I only ate half of it. You guys dont even understand how much I regret eating it, but you might once you see this...http://www.hulu.com/watch/273858/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-monologue-thu-sep-1-2011

YEEsh. I apologize to all of you!  But I will never do it again! I promise!

        I am going to go ahead and clump Gordon and guitar into the same thing because it's almost rare to have one without the other. This is what we do when we are bored, and it's really how we became friends. He and I are in the same ward which is how we initially met, but then he started coming to the open mic night that I used to go to every week. So I suggested that he and I sing and play together sometime, so with no more than 5 min of prep, we sang Green Eyes by Cold play that night and decided to keep singing together, we had a lot of fun while practicing during the summer and then we just started hanging out literally every day. Tonight we were supposed to go perform at his friends back yard concert thing, but that didn't really end up happening which is why I am taking the time to post on my blog.

And well Pinterest is the best. Nuff said!

The past 2 weeks

I have been super duper busy the past two weeks. Here is why:
     On the 7th of August, I got a third calling, that's right, three callings. Before then I was the ward chorister, and I was a librarian. I am now also the Relief Society Meetings Coordinator. That means that I am in charge of all of the relief society activities or meetings that aren't Sunday meetings. WELL, that calling put me in charge of a relief society camp-out that was on the 18th and 19th. So I had a week and a half to plan a camp out, and I had to plan pretty much the entire thing. The only thing they had planned in advance was when and where.
     Well, after a lot of thinking, planning, shopping, and praying, the camp-out came. It went better than expected. We didn't have a large turn-out, but I didn't expect one because no one made the camp-out a big deal. It was mentioned in relief society, but not with details. Anyway, I think it turned out to be a pretty positive experience for those who went. There were only seven girls that spent the night including myself, but two girls came up on Thursday evening and left when we all started getting ready for bed. I feel like those who went got to know each other on a new level. For me, that was a pretty big deal because I have had trouble adjusting to this ward, but I got to get to know these girls and have some laughs. It was nice.