So the last couple of weeks I haven't had the best luck. Some may say it's not luck, and it's all because of my stupidity, but to make myself feel better I call it luck.
Two weeks ago, I dropped my camera over a cliff. It's broken.
On the first day of school I dropped my phone. The screen broke. But we sent it in and got a replacement for free by wednesday.
My check engine light went on in my car so I had to get around without my car for a few days.
I got hit by a car on my bike yesterday, so now I'm bikeless. Also, I ruined that pair of shorts I was wearing and I'm a little bit ticked about that. And I'm sore everywhere and my knee hurts.
Some guys treated me like dirt because I'm the only one in my spanish class that didn't serve a spanish speaking mission.
I forgot my iclicker on the first important day and had Annie (bless her heart) bring me it.
I almost had to pull an all nighter to get homework done only to find out that the homework's not actually due until next week.
And to top it off, our microwave stopped working yesterday.
So it's been a lovely week. Hopefully this weekend with bring my spirits up. Bring on swiss days, story telling festival, and my cabin!
The End
Friday, August 31, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
August of 2012
The last few weeks have been crazy packed with summer activities. Since one of my sisters is a Jr. high teacher and another one is a grad student/ english teacher at the U, we try to do as many family things as possible in the weeks leading up to school. Not to mention I'm still in school and so is my little brother. Unfortunately I didn't get a lot of pictures of the things we've done, but I can briefly update this neglected blog.
At the beginning of August I did my first half marathon with my brother-in-law, Ladd. It was a night one where we started when we wanted and the goal was to be the first one to finish after midnight without using a clock or timer. It was a blast and I finished 23 seconds after midnight. I was the 7th person to cross the finish line after midnight. Pretty lucky.
Then the olympics started (well actually it started before this but I wasn't being too picky on my timeline here) and I constantly watched them. Except I was often too tired from work to stay awake until 11 so my brother had to throw things at me to keep me awake. While watching the trials in June I picked out my favorite athletes and so it was fun to see how they did in the big times. Pretty great actually. Nathan Adrian, you are a cutie, and Jake Dalton, I don't care what people say, you're not gay because one of your two events is floor, I know that girlfriend of yours isn't just a cover up.
During those two weeks I also went boating and hiked stewart falls with Carson, Jake, and shams and hiked baldy with Annie and my host brother from Spain.
And then I took a day off of work to hike Cascade Peak with Annie. Let me tell you, I thought I was gonna die. Seriously, the hardest and scariest hike I've ever done. The first half is just a steep hike but then you get to the saddle and climb (without a trail) to the summit for the second half. Cliffs on both sides. I ended up with a numb toe (still numb by the way), way too many scratches, and a swollen ear (I think it was an allergic reaction from sap). I'm surprised we didn't have more severe injuries. Let's just say I wont be hiking that one again.
After the olympics came shark week along with education week at BYU. Unfortunately for me, I wasn't able to enjoy shark week as much as other years because of that horrible week that BYU loves enough to not allow its students to have spring break. Seriously, I hate education week with a passion.
This past weekend I went backpacking with some friends from work. I was really nervous to go because none of them had been before, but it was actually a lot of fun. I ended up being the mom of the group (even though I was by far the youngest). I cleaned up after them, I told them what to bring, and I boiled their water and cooked their food for them. By the end I accidentally called one of the boys "honey" just like a true mom would. On the second day we decided to explore so we hiked up to some cliffs that overlooked the lake. I was sitting there with one of the boys and we were timing how long it took a rock to hit the bottom of the cliff when my camera fell out of my lap. It probably would have been ok if the tree hadn't ripped it out of its case. It bounced several times. I about cried. When we rescued it (which was not an easy task) it was pretty banged up. And now I'm camera-less for a while.
The End
At the beginning of August I did my first half marathon with my brother-in-law, Ladd. It was a night one where we started when we wanted and the goal was to be the first one to finish after midnight without using a clock or timer. It was a blast and I finished 23 seconds after midnight. I was the 7th person to cross the finish line after midnight. Pretty lucky.
Then the olympics started (well actually it started before this but I wasn't being too picky on my timeline here) and I constantly watched them. Except I was often too tired from work to stay awake until 11 so my brother had to throw things at me to keep me awake. While watching the trials in June I picked out my favorite athletes and so it was fun to see how they did in the big times. Pretty great actually. Nathan Adrian, you are a cutie, and Jake Dalton, I don't care what people say, you're not gay because one of your two events is floor, I know that girlfriend of yours isn't just a cover up.
During those two weeks I also went boating and hiked stewart falls with Carson, Jake, and shams and hiked baldy with Annie and my host brother from Spain.
And then I took a day off of work to hike Cascade Peak with Annie. Let me tell you, I thought I was gonna die. Seriously, the hardest and scariest hike I've ever done. The first half is just a steep hike but then you get to the saddle and climb (without a trail) to the summit for the second half. Cliffs on both sides. I ended up with a numb toe (still numb by the way), way too many scratches, and a swollen ear (I think it was an allergic reaction from sap). I'm surprised we didn't have more severe injuries. Let's just say I wont be hiking that one again.
After the olympics came shark week along with education week at BYU. Unfortunately for me, I wasn't able to enjoy shark week as much as other years because of that horrible week that BYU loves enough to not allow its students to have spring break. Seriously, I hate education week with a passion.
This past weekend I went backpacking with some friends from work. I was really nervous to go because none of them had been before, but it was actually a lot of fun. I ended up being the mom of the group (even though I was by far the youngest). I cleaned up after them, I told them what to bring, and I boiled their water and cooked their food for them. By the end I accidentally called one of the boys "honey" just like a true mom would. On the second day we decided to explore so we hiked up to some cliffs that overlooked the lake. I was sitting there with one of the boys and we were timing how long it took a rock to hit the bottom of the cliff when my camera fell out of my lap. It probably would have been ok if the tree hadn't ripped it out of its case. It bounced several times. I about cried. When we rescued it (which was not an easy task) it was pretty banged up. And now I'm camera-less for a while.
The End
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Fire Alarms
Oh how I'm ready for school to start so I can stop working full time. I'm getting sick of doing the same thing every day. For those of you who don't know, I work at the electric shop testing fire alarms and smoke detectors. Snore. But I have met some cool people so far.
Today we got here at 6:30 and we had to test all of wyview. That means every building, every apartment. But we surprisingly finished before lunch so now we don't really have anything to do. I'm up next for fire watch which entails me sitting in the Marriott center trying to ignore all the people here for education week. Only 7 more hours today though! Ya, it's been a long day.
The End
Today we got here at 6:30 and we had to test all of wyview. That means every building, every apartment. But we surprisingly finished before lunch so now we don't really have anything to do. I'm up next for fire watch which entails me sitting in the Marriott center trying to ignore all the people here for education week. Only 7 more hours today though! Ya, it's been a long day.
The End
Friday, August 10, 2012
Missionary Letters
A lot has happened since the last time I wrote, but I'll catch up some other time. Right now I want to talk about an activity that has occupied my time for the last year. Writing missionaries. I need to start photocopying my letters because it takes up all my time and I have no time left to write in my journal. So what I'm trying to say is, these missionaries know more about my life than my future self will. Sad sad sad.
I often wonder how much money I've spent so far. All of those stamps... not to mention paper and envelopes. Luckily, most of my friends have gone state side or to Mexico.
Total number of missionaries I've kept a steady contact with: 9
Total number of missionaries that have ever written to me: 13
Total number of missionaries leaving in the next month: 4 And yes, I will write them.
I'm somewhat drowning. But the sad part is, I enjoy all of it. It's my time to write everything that's happened to me and not be interrupted. I love talking and talking and talking and telling my stories and it's perfect for me to actually write them down. And the worst part of this is, my friends know I'm like this. So when they ask me to write to them, I can't say no. Now I can't promise writing to them once every two weeks as I used to do, but once every month and a half or so, unfortunately yes.
I think it's time for people to start getting back so I'll have more real friends to talk to again. I'm getting a little overwhelmed.
The End
I often wonder how much money I've spent so far. All of those stamps... not to mention paper and envelopes. Luckily, most of my friends have gone state side or to Mexico.
Total number of missionaries I've kept a steady contact with: 9
Total number of missionaries that have ever written to me: 13
Total number of missionaries leaving in the next month: 4 And yes, I will write them.
I'm somewhat drowning. But the sad part is, I enjoy all of it. It's my time to write everything that's happened to me and not be interrupted. I love talking and talking and talking and telling my stories and it's perfect for me to actually write them down. And the worst part of this is, my friends know I'm like this. So when they ask me to write to them, I can't say no. Now I can't promise writing to them once every two weeks as I used to do, but once every month and a half or so, unfortunately yes.
I think it's time for people to start getting back so I'll have more real friends to talk to again. I'm getting a little overwhelmed.
The End
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