I made it through the day!

You know those days where you're half asleep, you're hair isn't done, and you're wearing an extra large christmas sweater?  Well I sure do because it seems to happen a lot in college.  I've been lucky enough to have classes that haven't required a lot of work this semester, but this week I had to do a lot.  This week was hard but it's finally over and when I get home I'm going to take a well deserved, long nap.  I've calculated my possible grades and they aren't nearly as good as I was expecting or hoping for, but my overall GPA shouldn't change so I'm pretty pleased.  Here's to the weekend!
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I see the light at the end of the tunnel

This week has actually gone by pretty fast.  Probably because I've been dreading Friday, tomorrow, so it seems that it came quicker this week than most.  Last year I had a 10 page research paper due, but it was due at the beginning of november.  This year all my assignments have come this week or next.  And I'm drowning.  But the end is near.  If I can just live off of no sleep for a week I should be good to go.  This song is stuck in my head at the moment, listen to it, it's good.

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Getting Ready to Go

These past two weeks have been crazy busy.  On top of the end of the semester projects and tests, I've been working on mission things.  Mostly just shopping but my visa requirements came in the mail while I was in California, so now I'm working on those as well.  Today I went with my mom to get fingerprints and copies of my birth certificate.  I also went to the doctors and I got 4 shots- 2 in each arm.  My arms are hating me right now.  No matter how many walk the dogs I do, I have a feeling they are going to be hurting tomorrow.

The good news is I have my temple stake president interview tonight!  I could possibly be going through the temple for the first time on my birthday.  That would be pretty sweet!

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Argentina here I come!

So yesterday I got my mission call.  It was a day full of emotions and by the end, I was exhausted.  I had to wait until 7 to open the big white envelope that was sitting on my kitchen table at home because my sister couldn't make it any earlier.  So all day long I was feeling nervous/ excited/ anxious/ worried. The guys at work all made their guesses and were giving me advice and it wasn't helping me get my mind off of things.  They kept telling me things about postage stamps and that $1.90 meant that I was going foreign, but I'm pretty sure that's not always the case.
By the time 7 came around, I was more calm than I thought I would be.  More calm than my mom was at least.  She tried to open the corner just enough to peak inside.  It didn't work.
When I pulled out the letter addressed to me my eyes instantly found the place I was going.  Oops.  But I played dumb and read the letter as if I didn't know where I was going.  After I said Argentina the cheers were too loud for anyone to hear what mission.  So I had to repeat it several more times throughout the night.  Rosario!!!!  I'm reporting to the MTC February 27th and I cannot wait.  I've already started researching Rosario and it sounds like a great place.  Everyone keeps asking me if I wanted to go to Spain.  Spain would have been cool too, but it wasn't my first choice.  Argentina was actually really high up there on my list so I'm extremely excited.  I'm excited that I get to learn about a whole new culture that I've never experienced before, and while doing that I get to share the gospel and bring joy into people's lives!  Dream come true!  And...  I get to speak Spanish!!!!!  Wahoo!!!!!!!
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Christmas is Here!!!

This morning as I was driving to school Cozy 106.5 was playing christmas music.  When I finished work and I was on my way home, more christmas music was playing.  I took this as permission to play my own christmas music.  Finally!!!  So Annie and I sang along to some songs while we ate dinner tonight.  All I want to do now is make some hot chocolate and watch The Santa Clause.  I have two months of this and I'm super excited.
This song has always made me laugh.  Yes, my mother gets mad that I make fun of this song, but really?  The kids really had to join in and sing?  It's just a tad bit cheesy.  And it's my favorite.

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Another Half? Why?

As many of you remember, last weekend I did the Halloween Half Marathon.  I had fun while doing it and it was fun to look at everyones' costumes.  I decided a long time ago that I would only do unique races.  Not the traditional, the gun goes off and everyone starts running.  The Halloween half was pretty traditional, but the costumes made it unique.
Except that decision didn't hold up this weekend.  Friday I had planned to go camping with Annie and a club at BYU.  I scrambled to take a test earlier in the day and I skipped work and everything.  And then Annie and I decided that we'd much rather relax and go to St. George.  Well then I found out my family was staying until Sunday, so we'd have to miss a ward activity.  I thought that would be OK but Annie wanted to stay.  So I ended up going down to St. George with my sister, her friend, and my parents.
On the way down McKenzie and her friend convinced me to do the half marathon with them and my mom the next day.  Without thinking it all the way through, I agreed and signed up for late registration. I then told my mom and she thought I was crazy for A) spending the money and B) doing another half when I really didn't train all that hard for the first one.  But it was too late.
The next morning I knew it was going to be a bad race.  I have some messed up system in my body and I can tell when it's going to be painful to run.  I was right.  The first three miles were miserable.  I really thought I would have to quit and just lose my money.  But then it got sort of better and I ended up finishing my first traditional half.  And... I didn't do any better this week than last week.  Everyone else did but not me.  I did the same.  I'm kind of disappointed but if I'm not gone before february I'm doing another half over valentine's day and I will beat my time.
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