good week.

I've decided Thursday nights are my blogging nights.  I never get around to it during the week.  Anyways, its been a really good week (for the most part).  Its the little things that make it though.  It hit me when I got to talk to a good friend on the phone today for just a few minutes.  It made my day.  Some of the other little, but wonderful things this week.

-finishing a beast of a computer project, 5 down 1 more to go!!

-finishing a 6 page paper 10 minutes before class started (I dont know why I do that to myself)

-staying up way too late talking to one of my best friends about life (when I should have been writing said paper)

-calling home and having my little sister say "guess what?!" about a million times.  She gets so excited about the little things and it makes me happy to hear her.  

-hearing the countdown my sisters have for me to come home.  Only 27 more days till I get back to the 20878.  I'm sooo excited!!

-catching up on life with a few good friends that I havent talked to in a while

-seeing girls from my freshman hall and remembering how much I miss freshman year and the amazing people I'll be friends with for life

-getting a letter from a good friend on his mission, loving the advice he gives and loving seeing how mature he's getting

-not being able to control my laughter multiple times at our Olympics ward activity

-coming home everyday to awesome roommates who always have exciting things to tell me or put up with listening to the exciting things in my life

-getting to see friends/roommates from last year that I dont get to see enough!

-checking the time on our kitchen clock that keeps getting slower and slower, and realizing that I need to slow my life down 

-going to the gym everyday (just kidding.. like that happened...maybe next week?)

-getting my eyebrows plucked by roommate who thinks its therapeutic and enjoys doing it for us :)

-venting to my mom way too often and her never getting annoyed with hearing about my life

-going to work everyday at a job I absolutely LOVE

-playing piano duets with my roommates

-watching hilarious videos at the library and trying not to bust out laughing, but failing. haha

-killing a bug (bravely, I might add) that was on Karalyn and Lauren's ceiling a few minutes ago

-listening to my new weird favorite song of the week on repeat about a million times (my roommates make fun of me thinking it sounds like an EFY song.. I dont think so.  At DanceSport the cabaret dancers danced to this song and it was incredible)  Anyways, I love this song.

and now for a few pics from life the past few weeks before this marathon of a post gets any longer...

my first pho "fuh" experience.  not that yummy...

 me and Jess with our torches

 making our own hot air balloons!

 my awesome roommates who both placed in Dance Sport!

 some of my favorite people :)

 Chipman 1200 Reunion!

 ward Olympic/80's/Elders Quorum Appreciation night

30 days to thankful.

So I was doing my routine blog-perusing tonight and came upon a "30 days to thankful".  I'm a little late starting, but I figured that I might as well try to doing it.
Today, I am thankful for the people in my life.  Most specifically my parents, sisters, roommates, and friends.  But for serious, I am so lucky for all the people in my life who are willing to put up talking with me, listening to my problems, giving me advice, just being there to talk to.  They are all such incredible people and awesome examples to me.

I dont know.

I dont know what I'm doing with my life.


I dont know what classes to take.


I dont know if I want to stay in my major.


I dont know what I'm passionate about.  


I dont know if I want to go on a mission.


I dont know if I just want to lay in bed and not make any decisions (well, actually thats the one thing I do know I want to do).


I dont know how I became an adult all of a sudden.  Maybe I'll just go back to being a kid again.  

I Have the BEST Dad in the World.

There is no question about it.  I know I might be just a little bit partial, but its true.  

My dad is the best dad in the world.

  

I've always known this, but I've noticed it more and more recently.  


My dad has always been an amazing example to me and all my sisters.  He sets goals AND accomplishes them better then anyone I know.  If I can ever accomplish half as much as him, I know my life will be incredible.  


In high school, when I would get up for Seminary and go down to eat breakfast, many a dark mornings my dad would already be down in the family room reading his scriptures and praying or already downstairs running on the treadmill (And he didnt even have to be up at 5:30 in morning!).  


He is the most patient person I know.  Literally.  I cant tell you how many times I have stayed up late, stressed out over homework assignments in high school and he patiently stayed up trying to get me to calm down and finish what I was doing.


He always puts the needs of my mom and sisters before his.  He puts up with all our weird ideas and plans and never complains, no matter what crazy thing we want to do this time.  (oh except maybe that one time he complained about the humidity in South Carolina and we'll never let him forget it :))  He is selfless.


He is always trying to improve himself and tries to do things he loves every day.  A few years ago, my dad realized he had always wanted to take singing lessons, and finally started taking lessons.  Not long after, he sang his first duet/solo on stage and did an incredible job.  He also makes time to play ultimate frisbee and tennis almost everyday. 

My dad goes to the temple EVERY SINGLE week.  At least I dont know of a week he has missed.  All the temple workers know him and have grown to love him (who doesnt?).  He will also share neat stories that happen to him there. 


He loves giving me advice (especially about boys) and makes it a point to emphasize everything about a million times.  But I love it.   


He sends us motivational emails and "good" and "great quotes" every day.  They always make my day.  


Every little kid that meets him will love him.  He should be a preschool or kindergarten teacher in his next life.  One time, my little cousin Jacob admitted to him, "I've always liked you."  Only to my dad...despite the fact that the whole vacation Em and I had been fighting for Jacob's attention - apparently he liked my dad better :(.  I cant wait till I have my own kids and can send them off to play with my dad. 

Well I could go on and on all night about how awesome my dad is.  If I can marry someone as perfect as him someday I will be so lucky.  But, I should probably go study for my human development midterm first...

our apartment!

My mom wanted to see some pictures of our newly decorated apartment, so here a few pics are!

Roommates

I love my roommates.  They are seriously some of THE most amazing girls I know.  I cant even believe how lucky I am that I have been able to live with them for the past two years.  There's never a dull moment with them and I cant imagine BYU without them.  We can eat a Little Ceasars pizza better then anyone I know (and probably do it more often then I anyone I know too)!

A few other random side notes... I just finished the first week of my JUNIOR year at BYU.  Crazy?  Yes.  I cannot believe I am a junior already.  Time had better slow down because I love it here way too much.  We moved into our new apartment about a week ago and we are already loving our ward and our cute new place.  Oh and we had our first football game of the season yesterday and we totally beat Washington state.  SUCH a good game (and I really think I am starting to understand football.  Lauren can attest to that!).  Annie and I actually went at the beginning of the game with everyone else and it basically killed us standing there for so long!

the crazy football fans

we just like taking pictures

I hate change.

So of course after weeks and weeks of waiting for all my best friends and family to get to Provo, I dont know why, but I'm not ready for the change.  (Ok I kinda REALLY am)  But, for some reason, once I get into the swing of things, and finally after 4 months, I'm not ready for change again.  I've never liked change all that much, and in fact I really actually hate it.  I know its a strong word, but I really dont do well with change.  

When I was 8 years old and moved out of my childhood home, I remember never wanting to leave.  The day we were moving out, I wanted to try to step in EVERY single spot in our little Cheverly home before the moving van left.  I started in a corner in the Dining Room and only got about 3 feet across when my parents told me we were leaving.  I was heart broken. 

I'm also a HUGE reminiscer, is that even a word?  When my sister Em and I get together we're even worse (and I'm realizing with Lauren it happens too...oh freshman year and our freshman boys).  Sometimes Em will count how many days its been since a certain event or fun place we've been.  I remember last summer after the Jonas Brother's concert, every week or month after it she'd remind me "a month ago we were getting on the metro to go to the concert!" haha.  

Basically I'm down to my last 4 days of work.  I get to see my absolute favorite people in the world on Saturday and my best friends start trickling back to Provo after that, oh yeah and school starts way too soon.  So I really couldnt be happier!  But theres a still a little part of me that hates change.  

p.s. I got to go down (not up...) to Vegas with Lauren and meet up with some of our girls for Janae's wedding this past weekend.  It was an absolute blast!  Seeing Janae and her husband now (weird!) so happy and so in love made me so happy!  I couldnt get over how adorable they were together!