bad day?

this helps

tumblr thursday

i'm almost done being sick. i can feel it. i still sound like a boy though. so i'm looking forward to that going away soon. i've been so eager for the weekend since monday and tumblr thursday means it's almost here! 

i feel like i have a lot of black and white lately. oh well. it's classy right? we finally finished decorating our living room! now that we've been here for three weeks... better late than never i guess. tomorrow night is betsy's diabetic party (every year on the anniversary of her diagnosis she has a party involving lots of yummy sugary foods she shouldn't eat, it's a really good time) and lot's of people are coming. can't. wait.

happy thursday, all!

the perfect indian summer

for those of you who don't know, rexburg is unseasonably cold for most of the year. not all of idaho. no, just rexburg. my very first semester here, it started snowing on october 5th and we didn't have our last snow until june 6th. i don't know about you, but i think 8 months of snow is like five too many. 

well this semester has been different. it's chilly in the morning, warm and sunny all day, and then cool again when the sun goes down. i'm not complaining at all. it's perfect. today i felt like going for a drive. i just had an urge. there's something about driving around with the sun roof open, not having a destination, and music blaring that's just so... magical. it's when i'm the absolute happiest.

chelsie joined me today for a drive followed by an adventure at the haunted swings. i loved every second of it. please forgive me for not wearing pants, and for having retarded faces in every single one of these pictures. i was just caught up in the fantasticness of it all.

she's a cutie

i like her

and the weather

and rexburg

and my life

except for the fact that i'm sick... that kinda sucks

forget me not

i love dieter f. uchtdorf 

so much

power is...

...the ability to ask for what you want

...having the courage to accept the things and people you can't change

...understanding your value as a person

...being comfortable with who you are

and power is knowing that i am a daughter of god

the mess inside my head

my room is finally beautiful and clean and feels like home. i like it a lot. over my window is the "welcome peepee" thing that amy made me when i stayed with her last month. in the windowsill are all my books, along with the picture frame of hank and hannah the phillips gave me. on the wall by my desk is the graffiti painting brant made me. on the opposite wall is the craft i made with amy. above my bed is the classy black and white picture i have of the sacred grove, and on the wall to the left of my dresser is the shrine i made to ecuador. it includes billions of pictures, along with notes all my girls wrote me and caitlin and danny's wedding announcement. there will probably be pictures in the future. i'm just happy my room is finally done.

i'm not so stressed about money anymore. my mom mailed me a $300 check and my grandma sent me a $200 one. how lovely. i also have an interview with the managing partner of the texas roadhouse in idaho falls. thank you mother. it pays (excuse the pun) to have a big shot mommy. 

i've been sick since yesterday morning. it's the worst. i'm doped up on dayquil, vicks vaporub, nasal spray and cough drops with vitamin c. i just want to feel better. that's not too much to ask, right? the nice thing about being stuck at home though, is being able to catch up on all my shows, aaaand getting homework done so i can enjoy my sabbath tomorrow.

here's the real point of this post... i made a decision. just a couple weeks ago i was jumping with excitement because i finally got accepted to teach english in china this winter with chelsie. well, i've thought and prayed and talked to my mom a lot about it. and without getting into details, i've decided not to go. i'm really pretty bummed about it actually, but i think it's what's best for me right now. so this january i'm moving to orem, working full time until august, and then transferring to uvu. 

what i've learned this year is that sometimes, just when you think you have it all figured out, heavenly father has a funny way of dropping in and turning your world upside down. in a good way, of course. i'm just not used to not having a plan. but everything that's happened this year has helped me be better at going with the flow. so here's to that.

happy saturday, fraaaands

tumblr thursday

it's really quite absurd how fast time goes by when i'm out at school. i'm almost done with my second week. strange? i happen to think so. here's what's on the agenda for today: clean/organize my room, get homework done, pick kelsey and lindsay up from class, go to the health center with kels to find out if we have TB or not (pray that we don't please... that would suck), celebrate not having TB by going to costa vida for lunch, getting help with my spanish homework from cory, being in bed by 11. let's see if that all happens. enjoy tumblr thursday.

a big announcement is coming tomorrow...

probably not that big for you

but pretty big for me

so i feel like sharing

get over it

happy freaking thursday