Riding a bicycle and finding a job.

First one, easy peasy......I even learned how to ride with no hands. (Yes, it took me a long time because, really, I'm not that good. But hey...) It's easy. Finding a job, harder. Sigh.
I feel like I'm slowly going insane one brain cell at a time, every day that I have to spend at this house by myself. So I just need to find a job to keep me occupied. Right now I'm just feeling a little depressed because, really, I've been trying hard, but since I'm not going to be her that long no one wants a temp. :(
But I have two happy things about today.
One: I went on a really fun bike ride with my father today. First time I'd been on a bike since my mission and it felt great. obviously not the same at all, but still nice. Perhaps I'll do it more often.
And two: Sister Harris told me how to change my computer so that it can write Thai. I's so cool! I just have to press a little button and voila! It writes in Thai! Now I can do this: อ่ำก่ำรฟวก้ศ that doesn't actually say anything that I know of, on account of I was too lazy to find the letters and try to spell them...but hey! It's cool! And that's all I have to say for today. I'm tired. The End. 

Hello there old friend!

It's been a looooooooooooooong time since I've written in this blog. A long time. But that's ok.
I am a completely different person than the one that wrote all that other stuff. Still nerdy, and still somewhat shy, but also very different. A mission'll do that to you. Especially one to Thailand.Now there is WAY to much to explain for it all to go on here, so I'm just going to start from scratch I think.
Right now I'm stuck in my parent's house (which is much bigger than it was when I left) with just my parents. My oldest brother is engaged and living in Springville, my oldest younger sister is happily married, and my youngest younger sister is now in Provo being a cute freshman. And I'm here. Whoodie doo. Eww.
Desperately looking for a job, but since I'm only going to be here like three and a half months that's a downer. Sigh. Sigh sigh sigh sigh.
On the bright side, I'm getting better at writing in Thai, and also discovered a really lazy-ish way to do it, so now I can keep in touch with all my Thailand friends. Yes. I can tell that I'm really out of practice at this. I shall think some and update more later. But I think it shall be good for me to update this every now and again to keep me sane. Yes.
Ok bye. 

Popcorn and procrastination.

So I'm supposed to be doing my music lit homework right now and I'm probably going to regret not doing it....but I seem to be all about procrastination right now, that and the popcorn I've commandeered from Lerin. Some of it just flew out of my mouth and hit the screen. Gross. But don't worry I have properly sanitized the screen so we're good.
I am so excited for Thanksgiving break it's almost unbearable, or at least it feels like it sometimes. The thing is though I get a whole week off, I have to practice for two hours a day including on Thanksgiving and also I have an insane amount of homework to complete. Blarg.
BUT! On Friday which is TOMORROW after I get home I am going to watch the New Star Trek movie with Kimber, which I am way too excited about.....and I'm hopefully going to find my way to West Valley to visit Cali while I'm home....Jodie is going to give me a tour of the new high school. Well half. Well, what happened is they're making major modifications to the one we have. Like tearing down most of it...only problem is students also have to go to school while this is happening...so it's kinda crazy. It'll be interesting to see what they've done....
Ya. So that's pretty much all I have to say but I wanted to update. Oh maybe I'll put something about my week. I'm happy to report that I am kicking piccolo butt more than it's kicking my butt and though I have lots of work still to do, I think I may actually perform something I can be proud of.
All my other classes are boring. Well not really I just don't feel like thinking about them right now. I just want to go hoooooooooooooooooome.
K that's about all I can think of for now. Just felt like updating so I did. Bye!

Hello there my neglected blog!

I'm sorry I haven't updated you lately Mr. Blog!
...although I have no idea why I'm referring to you like you're a person.........
....and also if you were to have human characteristics you would be female...cuz I am....and this is....my...life....ok whatever I'm putting way too much into something very irrelevant.
The point is, I have not updated this in awhile. And boy has a lot happened.
First things, I am going on a mission. Wow. Like it doesn't really seem real to me yet. But when I go home in the winter instead of going back to school it'll probably hit. I've already sold my contract and I'm going to apply for deferment, or whatever, I'm going to go to the school admin and defer my schooling on account of a mission. And since this is a church school they actually encourage this sort of thing instead of making it difficult so that's nice.
My roommate Nyssa is also going on a mission and, truth be told that was probably the turning point that convinced me to go on one as well, but I have been thinking about this for a very long time, since before Cali's wedding. I didn't think I would do it so soon though. I was sure I was going to be here winter semester. I suppose the Lord has other plans for me, and if that's so I'm content to go along with them. :) Wow.
So that means I'm now going to mission prep classes and temple prep classes, the works. I'm learning lots, I love it. Also I've officially started filling out my papers so that's exciting. I hope to have them in soon after Thanksgiving.

Ok, so what else is happening in my life? Lots of music.....but thats normal. I'm playing piccolo in the symphony band and it's kicking my butt. But never fear, I will have that piccolo's butt kicked by the time the concert comes along. It's going to be awesome.
I've kind of just fallen into a routine that I do over and over and over as I go through my life. Classes, homework, practice, class, practice go home and do more homework. Not that it's a bad thing but I don't really have a life except I go over to Marisa's every once in awhile to watch movies or something.
Oh, I did go with Marisa to her hometown of Jerome, Idaho for a weekend. That was fun...I learned a lot about life, and also weird as it seems, I learned kind of what it's like to be a not-Utah Mormon. We played in her sacrament meeting for her boyfriends farewell which was fun. We went to a party and played pool, watched too many movies and went four wheeling. Oh and her mom is an AMAZING cook. We had homemade pizza the first day, potato bacon soup the second, and oh shoot. I want to say Thai food but it wasn't Thai. It was something like that though. I shall have to ask her.

Tonight was my FHE brother's birthday so we made him dinner...Hawaiian haystacks and spice cake cupcakes. Delicious, I ate way too much. In fact I think I'm going to go get the leftover olives and eat them. Ha ha ha ha!!! What an evil person I am.
Mmmmm munch munch. Ok what else. Tomorrow I don't have school til eleven thirty yay! (Which is extra great because I usually have to be at school at seven fourty five.)
Ok I can't think of anything else except I really can't wait for Thanksgiving break! But weirdly enough I also kind of want time to go slower because this is potentially the last semester I will spend with the roommates I have and that will be sad. :(
Oh can't end this on a bad note. Something good.....perhaps just that I am very grateful for the experiences I've been able to have and the people that have blessed my life. I'm not sure what to expect next but I'm going to face it boldly and walk forward with my head held high.
Hopefully it won't be so long before I update this again. 'til then.

soooo tired. But satisfied.

Fulfilling the obligation I feel to report on the crazy weekend I just had:
I don't know why. It just feels like when I write things down perhaps I won't lose it so fast.
Anyway, I left for home Friday at two. The girls I rode with were really nice, but they all seemed to know each other somehow whereas I just found them on the ride board.
That evening there was a bbq at Jake's house for all those who were going to participate in the wedding. I was kinda hoping they would do toasts or something but they didn't. As I've said before it was pretty nontraditional. Cali was looking really stressed so Mckell and I decided, after dinner we would take her hostage. So we did. We all got in our pjs, got frozen yogurt and then just did whatever we felt like 'til super late then had one last sleepover just for old times sake. Really really fun. One of the best parts though, was when we got to my house I found a note on the door (from my sisters) that said "follow the frosted flake trail to find a prize." So we did. They had actually laid a trail of frosted flakes through the kitchen and into the laundry room. In there was an empty box of frosted flakes that said "this box may LOOK empty, but it's full of love!" hee hee. Plus we found all kinds of other sticky notes all over the house. My sisters are awesome.
When I woke up Saturday morning, it was to find out that the sniffles I had been trying to suppress all evening had evolved into a full fledged head cold. Oh joy. So I was basically drugged up the entire of the wedding so that I wouldn't sneeze when the preacher asked for anyone to "say now or forever hold your peace." :) In spite of that, the wedding was awesome. I think I've come to better terms with Jake even. Here, I'm going to put up a picture. (p.s. I didn't notice 'til now, but Jake seems very serious in this pic. Not much of a smile, and dark sunglasses. Maybe he works for the men in black instead of the army... :) My dress turned out ok even though the sleeves were pinned on. They're going on their honeymoon in a car covered in creamed corn, bologna, sauerkraut, cocoa powder, ranch dressing, and more toilet paper in than out. Sheesh. It's cuz Jake's best man is nuts. Like really really nuts.
Ok what else? Umm, it was held in the park and we were SUPER SUPER lucky it didn't rain. Jeni Allen caught the boquet and her fiance got the garter. Big surprise there.
Mostly I'm glad it's finally over. So much drama over with. But I'm gonna miss that girl.
Also conference was EXCELLENT. The part that I heard anyway, although I'm sure the rest of it was as well. I didn't see Saturday obviously, and Sunday I kept falling asleep on account of the cold medicine was on.
Oh, I am SOO excited to hear that Brigham City gets a temple! So excited! If it's finished before I'm married, I definitely want to get married there. Who knows, maybe Cali and Jake will be sealed there....although I think they want to to that earlier than like two years from now.
Got back to Idaho about ten. Still sick. Have school tomorrow. I might not go to my first class, we'll see how I feel.

Just spitting out random things.....

So its been quite a long time since I've gotten around to updating this thing.....
A lot has happened I guess but most of it is school stuff. I'm in Idaho (obviously) and just you know, schooling. Yay.
Scary thing.....I am three semesters away from my senior recital. Eee! Like, my flute teacher wants me to start working on the music next semester. It's gonna take that long. That is so crazy! But life just keeps going on and on relentlessly. It can't do anything else I suppose. Unless I had the power to go through time or something.
Which reminds me....the new season of Heroes started tonight and I'm excited to watch it! I don't ever get to watch it live cuz we don't have cable (although we do have a TV that works FINALLY so I can do DDR and we can watch movies) but I just watch it online later. I'm gonna watch it to reward myself for getting all my homework (and maybe a little extra) done tomorrow.
So ya. My workload actually isn't too hard this semester, I only have 13 credits because I dropped my English class. I really like it though because now I can get all my practicing done before 4 0'clock every day except Tuesdays on account of having Master class when I'm supposed to practice. I feel more on top of things than I have in other semesters.
This weekend I'm going home so I can see Cali get married. So that's exciting I guess. It's taken FOREVER but it's finally here. I'm kinda glad to be getting it all over with, and I know Cali is; she hasn't been taking the stress very well lately. I'm predicting that getting married won't make any of the stress go away though. Sigh. My mother is making my dress but since I'm not there to do measurements she's using Amber. We're approximately the same size (like everywhere :) ) so it should fit ok.
Sigh. Today is Monday. I hate Mondays. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Off to Idaho......

So tonight is my last night here in good 'ol Brigham. Yes, I am leaving all my adoring fans and returning to Idaho. Or something like that anyway. I have packed all of my life (except for a small overnight bag) into our marshmallow minivan and tomorrow and like 7:30 in the morning we are going to drive up to Idaho. Why so early you ask? Well we decided to get there in time to go to my cousin's church. THEN we're going to have a somewhat massive Sunday dinner with the Webbs, the Watkins, the Richins/Roemichs AND Aunt Karen and Nichole. It's going to be awesome.

After that it's back to school! I'm really excited about it but also a little nervous. Apparently the stakes have been raised. Or the bar has been raised. Or something. It's getting harder and harder to become a flute player, like the juries are going to be WAY more intense. Also I still have to figure out what classes I'm taking, like I have my schedule planned out, but it could al change depending on what (or if) ensemble I'm gonna get into. Mostly I don't like to think about it, but it's coming so I have too.

One happy thing though is I got a new phone!! Yay! I like it but it's definitely going to get some getting used to. Especially the texting. Sigh. K I just don't feel like typing anything else tonight.
Update when I'm in Idaho.