Success

Once upon a time I successfully went to savers and found two of the best christmas sweaters I've seen in a long time.

Once upon a time I took a Book of Mormon test and got a 97%. Success.

Once upon a time I made mac and cheese for the first time here at college and I actually enjoyed eating it. Success.

Once upon a time Karli and I discovered a new and better way to cook cinnamon rolls. They were possibly the best things I've eaten, and so I made them again today with my little brother. Success.

Once upon a time I successfully stalked someone in my ward as he came home from a date. I would like to thank Sani and Liz for that.

Once upon a time I successfully made two wishes at 11:11 on 11/11/11. One in the morning and one at night. My wish hasn't come true yet, but considering the past week I've had, I expect them to be granted in the next week or so.

So to celebrate all of these successes here is the first music video I ever remember seeing. Classic. My favorite are the background dancers/ musicians. Really? Haha got to love the good old days.

Late Night Chats

Once upon a time I moved in to an apartment with Megan and Jessica. We often encourage each other to skip class and not do homework and sometimes it's not the best.

For example, today I asked Jessica to do my reading for me and she said she would and then give me a detailed summary if I made her a S'more Pocket. I almost took the offer. Sad Sad Sad.

We also encourage each other to eat poorly and then not feel guilty about it later because this somehow makes our own meals seem better.

For example, yesterday and today I ate pretty healthy meals (or the closest thing I've had to meals since being here) but then after coming home from the temple, I was starving so I cracked. I started eating directly out of my half gallon of ice cream. And then I still felt hungry so I made myself a S'more Pocket. And then I felt all gross and my kind roommate, Megan, told me that tomorrow was a new day. I then informed her that I was planning on going to Legends grill tomorrow. So she said, "Well then start eating healthy on Saturday, or Sunday, or forget that and just start fresh on Monday, you've already blown your chances this week." Thank you Megan. That gives me three days to eat the first thing that comes into my head. And then on Monday I will probably fail again and Megan will just say start the next Monday and so on.

My roommates are the best.

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University Parkway

Once upon a time it got cold and somewhat miserable in the mornings. I like it the rest of the day, but sometimes it would be nice to not freeze on my way to school. Anyway, this morning my gears decided to not work and so I had a heck of a time trying to get to school. Sometimes they would pop out in the middle of an intersection and I'd look like an idiot peddling and peddling just to try and get them back on. Ya.

Also, last night as I was jumping down from my bed (it's really high because I had to switch to the approved, "safer" bed risers), my knee slammed into the corner of my dresser. I silently screamed in pain on the floor of my room and then got up and finished getting ready for bed. When it was time to get back into bed, I felt my knee and realized I had grown another knee. So I went out to tell my roommate and indeed, she had heard the noise of me crashing into the dresser, but she didn't know I was in pain, because I, myself, made no noise. We kind of laughed about it though. It was funny up until biking this morning. My jeans get tight on my knees when I bike and boy did that hurt.

So with the combination of my gears, my knee, and my numbness, I was the idiot that got off my bike and pushed it the rest of the way up University Parkway this morning. I pretended that I had to push my bike because there was something wrong with it, but I think people caught on when I got back on after getting to the top. Am I thoroughly embarrassed? yes.

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I Found my Calling

Once upon a time I hated science. It was my lowest score on the ACT and despite my passing grade on the AP Biology test, I never did well in any of my classes. So when I decided that I wanted to go to dental school I was not looking forward to all of the chemistry classes that are the prerequisites.

In June I signed up for my classes and decided to take chemistry and treat it like a trial run for the rest of my life. I also decided to take a comparative government class, something I was actually interested in as something for fun. Well about a month into the semester I realized that I hate political science and love chemistry. That was lucky...

Anyway so about a week and a half ago I took a chemistry test and I was feeling kind of low because I didn't study as hard as I should have and I didn't feel like I did well on the test at well. Come to find out I got a 94%!!!! Actually the TA emailed us just barely and my 94 went to a 96%!!!! My second A on a college test! Needless to say, I'm pretty excited and now I can't finish my research paper that's due tomorrow. So instead I decided to do something productive and write on here so I wont have to write in my journal for writing tonight!

It's official...I've found my calling in life!

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Depressed

Once upon a time I wrote a post and acted like I didn't care anymore about this kid...but now every time I see this kid and this girl together I want to call up my friend Shams and ask for a favor...just kidding Shams. I've always wondered if you get mad at us that we joke about those things, but you haven't ever gotten mad at me for it so I'm going to keep rolling with it.

Anyway, so I've been a little depressed about the whole situation but then yesterday I listened to David Archuleta's the Other Side of Down and perked up a bit. That CD is actually fantastic and it makes me happy every time. So here's a song that describes my situation now...

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The White Flag is Up

Because I haven't had a picture in a long time

Once upon a time I liked this kid. We were friends for a long time before I actually started to like him. This was the beginning of this summer. Well no joke, about one day after I decided that I liked him, he met one of my friends and they formed this "magical" bond. The only problem was she wasn't going to be here in Utah for the entire summer, or for the fall for that matter. So I was a bit annoyed to say the least. Well I ended up telling this kid's cousin who's also my friend and he said, "Madi...just fight for it. Fight for it." Well long story short, I didn't really do a good job at "fighting for it." In fact, I don't really know how to fight for it. So that was a disaster that didn't end up well. Though me and the kid continued to be friends throughout the summer.

Well I'm in the same situation now. It's been three months since I've liked someone...ok more like 2 but I like to round up, and last week I decided that I had developed a baby crush (if you don't know that meaning of that term, just come and ask me). Well that baby crush grew despite the fact that I know the kid likes someone else. He likes a girl that is the essence of annoying. She flirts with any walking, breathing, living male in a ten-mile radius. So that's frustrating. But I ignored it and he hadn't mentioned her in a while. Oh until last night. After he left to go hang out with her the words of my friend came into my mind again, "fight for it Madi. Fight for it." Ya...not going to happen. It's not worth it. So the white flag is up. I'll just wait for that one boy to get off his mission....that's only 1.5 years...I can make it. So until then, my life will be filled with random dance parties in my apartment, and studying.

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My Waves of Laziness

Once upon a time I crashed. I promise, at one point I was a good student, but now I'm just sick of school and my classes this semester. Last week I slept in almost everyday and I ended up missing three classes because of it. And then this week I was late on Monday, Tuesday and today. Also Tuesday I missed an entire class and didn't get my 10 page research paper done. But before you get all upset mom, it was only a draft that was only worth 11 points and I got 6 out of 11.

Maybe this whole crashing thing has something to do with the fact that I don't go to bed anymore. And unlike before, I can't live off of 4 hours of sleep every night. The four hour nap that I took yesterday didn't even help me. Kind of pathetic actually. So as of tonight I'm going to get back into my groove and actually start taking notes again in class. This will be exciting. We'll see how long it lasts.

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Oh and because I missed last friday's music video friday here's one for today. Again, it's not a music video, but I like the song and it's not my fault that she chose to not release this one.