So...

I started my "2009 In Review" post, planning on going into great detail on each month... but realized really quickly that this year was not so exciting. So instead I'll just recap some of the most "rememberable" events of the year, in no particular order. Oh, and sorry that I didn't really capitalize anything, you'll just have to deal with it on this post :)

-my trip to redmond in october where I got to see Wicked, visit Paul's family, be there as stephanie got set apart as a missionary, and watch General Conference.

-working in primary for the summer. "my boys" were (and still are) darling.

-moving into my condo. off campus. in a ward that wasn't just freshman.

-the sunday school lesson where a guy said that one of his goals in life is to make his wife laugh so hard that she pees her pants. this was the same lesson where we discussed how similar the law of consecration and communism are. i'm still not really sure what the point of the lesson was, but i know they shouldn't call that class "gospel doctrine" because there was no doctrine shared in that particular class. at least we know that mack wants to make his wife wet her pants.

-the great mouse hunt of january. that was really dramatic, and traumatic but a memory, none the less.

-hiking with 215 on halloween to celebrate my birthday.

-the BYU vs. UTAH football game. which we won.

-the BYU vs. OKLAHOMA football game. which we won. and injured sam bradford. not that i was happy he got injured, but it was interesting to watch how the rest of the season played out for him and how he would always remember that it was the cougs that messed that up for him...

-all the BYU football games. oh, especially the one that anna's friend bought us all churros at. because really, those churros had been calling my name all season and i really wanted one, and then i found out that they were really good, so its a good thing i don't bring cash with me to the games, or i would have eaten my weight in churros.

-checkouts in april. while i didn't love checkouts, it was a great experience. as i had to check out some of my girls it made me remember just how much i loved my residents and made me really sad. i still miss it sometimes, but then i remember all the work that went into it and how hard it was to have a job that i couldn't leave at an office. i love doing custodial work now, the only way that work ever comes home with me is if i choose to clean my apartment.

-divine comedy with christie. and watching star trek with her so that best of divine comedy would make more sense. oh, and other movies we've watched together. and our trips to big lots. and grocery shopping with her. and going to the saturday market with her. really, just christie.

-on that note, 215 in general. the night that almost all of us rushed to one apartment when we all heard someone was having a bad day. only to find out that in the 24 hours prior all of us had had emotional breakdowns, except for maybe allison... unless she just didn't admit to it. well, then there are our birthday parties, our sleepover during Thanksgiving Break (we missed you, jenny) where we played that one game... hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. i'm still laughing about it. with all of the times that my posts have been about 215, hopefully you've figured out now that they are a HUGE part of my life and that i love those girls like crazy!

-peanut butter butt. yes, she's part of that 215 in general bullet point, but oh my goodness. she came to nauvoo this summer and the limited amount of time i got to spend with her was so fun! staying up all night, talking in my room, laughing about everything. and who else could i make crazy new years resolutions with? (pbb, i wish you the best of luck in your attempt to achieve the goal. i'll do my best as well :P) i don't know how many nights this summer were better because i talked with her online.

-my sfl 472 class. our trip to the cannery. eating at jdawgs with emily e and cherie. our group of about 8 girls that would sit and talk outside our classroom for the hour before class, unless it was friday... then we'd sit in our classroom and talk. we all shared boy stories, creeper stories, funny stories, sad stories, basically everything! with the fantastic teachers we had and the great classmates, this class made the semester worth it.

-"chance". chances are good that if you were at the family reunion or live in 215 you know the story of chance already. but for those of you who don't, i can enlighten you now. during our family reunion we went and saw some of the plays that the young performing missionaries do down on the flats. in one play one of the guys stared at me as he sang, winked, and went about his part. my nieces noticed this better than i did. afterwards we stuck around to say hi to the cast, the kids loved seeing them all and talking with them. as the oldest nephews were talking to this particular character (who in this play his name was chance) he walked over to me, shook my hand and thanked me for coming to the show. i laughed. we told the story to everyone else when we got home and laughed about it. the abba song 'take a chance on me' became a theme song of the summer, and i just laughed about it. fast forward a few months. first football game at byu. chance is right behind me. fast forward another week or so. he lives in helaman halls where i work so as i would leave work he would often be coming home, so i would walk past him. i laughed every time i saw him, never once talking to him or mentioning anything. through football games i found out what his real name is, but still think of him as "chance".

I'm sure 2009 had lots of other rememberable events, but that was what stuck out. Also sticking out: being sick about 20 times. Not blogging as much as i wanted to because i didn't feel like anything was worth blogging about.

Oh, and I guess I should enlighten you on the word rememberable, because i'm sure it is driving someone nuts (amy, how do you feel about made up words?). Freshman year Kelli had a shirt that had been designed for her senior prom. it was kind of like the mastercard commercials "dress $200. Tux $65." and then it talked about how those were all the makings for a memorable night. Except... the person who made the shirt didn't believe everyone when they said that the word was "memorable". she insisted it was "rememberable". thus, rememberable is one of my favorite words. i especially like to use it to make fun of kelli, and since she may read this i wanted to remind her of this rememberable event :)

Here is to 2010... may I not be as sick, and may I succeed in my New Year Resolutions. :)

Almost There...

I just printed my boarding passes. That means I leave in less than 24 hours. That means that I'm almost done with finals (in 2 hours I'll be taking my final final of the semester)! It's about freaking time :)

I am exhausted. I've cleaned more bathrooms, closets, hallways, etc than I knew we had in our building. Yesterday I even helped strip the wax off the floor in the basement in another building. That meant I worked with Big Boss Debbie. It was CRAZY intense!

Anywho, I've got to go to campus, print my essay, turn it in, sell two textbooks to random girls on campus, and take a final!

My next post will be my 300th post. I'm excited. It should be a good one :)

Question for my Siblings/Mother

Is anybody else Facebook friends with Uncle Jeff twice? On one of Uncle Jeff's pages we have 14 mutual friends and on the other we have 20. I'm so confused!

Apparently...

I talk in my sleep. On a regular basis. Like... Lesley says I say something EVERY night.

Last night was different though. Last night I said a full sentence, not just a mumble or "what?". Last night I said "there is a boy in my class at 6, I am going to buy him a notebook for Christmas." I don't have a class at 6:00, nor was I planning on buying anybody a notebook for Christmas.

I knew I talked in my sleep growing up... after sleep overs with "the squad" in like 7th and 8th grade the girls would always tell me what I said the night before. The most memorable was "I want more jello", to which my friends mom surprised us with jello for breakfast.

Freshman year Christie was laying in bed debating whether or not to get up and do her hair before class. Apparently I said "go for it" right then, and that became one of our most quoted quotes. She hadn't said anything out loud, and I did not remember any of this when she asked me about it later that day.

Next time Lesley is awake and hears me talk in my sleep she is going to ask me questions and see if I respond.

Does anybody else talk in their sleep? Or live in the same house as someone who does? Or have any funny things that they have heard me say in my sleep?

Almost Done..

Since Sunday I have worked 16 hours and taken 3 finals. I've only watched one movie, and I haven't rewatched Glee OR The Office. I've done some laundry, and I've actually made a meal or two. I feel like it's a way productive week already!

I was really excited when my boss told me that we could work full time beginning on Reading Days, but then quickly started to dread being at work for 8 hours, because really... who wants to be cleaning the dorms for 8 hours a day? Then I just reminded myself that it meant my paycheck would be a lot prettier if I worked this, and that felt like justification enough. Then yesterday came. I realized that when we work more than just 4 hours, my supervisor is very willing to spend a little bit of time talking with us. Today I don't know whether I talked with her more than I cleaned or not, but it was very close. Also, when we work all day during Finals Week, we get to work in groups, which means I get to talk to Rachel and Haley all day long!

I'm so ready to leave Provo now, but I've got to wait until Saturday morning because of my final on Friday afternoon. At least I've got another 16 hours of work to keep me occupied!

Studying...

So I'm pretty much done studying for finals. If I wasn't working at 8 tomorrow morning I would be first in line at the testing center to get Personal Finance over with. But, I'm working 8 hours tomorrow, so I won't be in line until around 4:15. My goal is to take Personal Finance and one other final tomorrow, I just haven't decided which other final I'm more ready for--Interiors or Human Development. Depending on time, I may take all three, which would be EXCELLENT. Then I'll just work all day Tuesday-Thursday and be ready to take my Doctrine and Covenants final on Friday (it's scheduled, dang it!). Then I'll go up to Lesley's aunt's house with her so her aunt can take us to the airport bright and early Saturday... and then I'll be on my merry little way!

This time next week I'll [most likely] be sleeping still, in my bed, and I can't wait. Oh man I can't wait for finals to be over!

To 215

Today we had a 215 breakfast party for Kelli's birthday which is really next Tuesday. I'm sorry that Kelli's birthday is during finals week, and that she has three scheduled finals on her 21st bday! Whenever I come home from anything with 215 I just sit around thinking about how much I love 215. Today I came home and my thought was "man, my life would suck without them" which reminded me (of course) of the last episode of Glee when the Glee Club sang "My Life Would Suck Without You" to Mr. Schuester. This is my favorite part of the song:

'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you

So 215, that's how I feel about you (in case you were wondering). When we are all like 100 I will sing this song to you, and you will all love it. Maybe I will even choreograph a dance to it (or just use the dance from Glee)

Big Shout Out...

... to the roommate that thought it was a good idea to turn the heat off when she got home from school today. I really liked coming home to an apartment that was only 65, especially since windows were also open. In case you couldn't tell, there is snow on our balcony, and everywhere else outside, now would be a great time to keep doors and windows closed and the heat ON. K, thanks?

Stolen from Kelli

So one of the loves of my life (aka one of my freshman roommates [215]) started a blog and just sent me an invitation to read her private blog and her first post made me really happy... and I wanted to share part of it with everyone. It is a scripture and quote from Stand a Little Taller by President Hinckley. I believe she said this is the page for September 6.

Therefore, let your hearts be comforted concerning
Zion; for all flesh is in mine hands; be
still and know that I am God.
-D&C 101:16

"Our lives become extremely busy. We run from one thing to another. We wear ourselves out in thoughtless pursuit of goals which are largely ephemeral. We are entitled to spend some time with ourselves in introspection, in development, in thinking, meditating, pondering things" -Gordon B. Hinckley


I think way too often I get caught up in running from one thing to another. Work, class, study groups, review sessions, the testing center, the grocery store, church, church activities, the temple, the elms, the football stadium, home, etc.

This week is the last day of class for the semester-finals start on Monday. My calendar currently has multiple review sessions for three of my five classes,a few homework assignments to finish, a work christmas party, lots of work, a wedding reception, packing, cleaning check, church, a stake fireside, and somewhere there will be a birthday celebration for one of the loves of my lives.

But all of this. Really? How much of this will really matter in the long run? I already explained to one of my home teachers that I didn't know when I would eat or sleep for the next week and a half, and then as soon as I got to Nauvoo I would pretty much only eat,sleep, and play my piano. Why do I do this to myself? Do I ever take time to stop and think? Pretty sure if I thought it through I would realize that the review sessions, while good, don't need to ALL be attended (especially the ones that the TA won't be at).

If I thought, pondered, meditated, or spent time developing my talents as much as I wasted time on Facebook, Hulu, or watching movies... life would be very different.

So, although it is not quite time to be making new years resolutions, or even my new semester resolutions... here is one for both lists:

learn how to chill out. I really like to-do lists and crossing things off my list, so I need to include time to think on my to-do list, otherwise I will postpone it because it won't get me a little check mark or a line through anything on my list. I think I've had this on a list before... but I don't think I did very well with it. If I ever figure out how to reinstall my printer I'll put that quote up on my wall or next to my desk, or glue it to my computer screen or something. Take a litle time to think, ponder, meditate, play the piano, read a book for fun, color, etc.

Finally, I want to thank Kelli for inviting me to her blog so I could find that quote and find the inspiration I need to get me through this week, finals, and working almost 50 hours between now and when I go home. I heart you, Kel!