Grown Up

You know how when you are little kid, people always ask you what you want to be when you grow up? Well i know i am not really a grown up yet (and i definitely don't feel like one); but my mom sent me a couple pictures this week that made me realize how far away i am getting from my childhood...sigh.

Meet the Ipsens. My childhood friends. We grew up on the same street, walked to elementary school together every day, went to primary together and had play dates on the weekends. We were the best of buddies. But then, as fate would have it, we all started to grow up...their family moved away and so did mine. We no longer have play dates, we are in different wards, and only some of us go to the same school...but a few weeks ago the Ipsen's oldest son returned home from a mission and we were reunited. Here are the "before and after pictures", if you will...





It's weird to be grown up...or to be growing up at least. I still can't decide if i like it. Oh well, here's to the good old days of childhood!

{a thought and a laugh}

So my cousin Madeleine and I had an intriguing conversation at Lunch yesterday. We were talking about the Broadway play “The Lion King”. Isn’t it weird how in the play you forget the characters are people…but in the Disney movie you forget the characters are animals? Weird, i know.

Also I had to post this video…hopefully you will laugh just as hard as I did. Enjoy!!

Awkward Encounters

Why do I have so many awkward encounters with people?! Today someone asked me for directions to the JKB (a building on campus). So I proceeded to draw him a map in the air (bad idea) and despite the FINE job I was doing, he started to get this funny look on his face where his mouth turned down and his eyebrows got all squinched together…aka he was confused. Well I know the poor boy didn’t get a word of what I said because when I was through explaining he said “thanks”, turned around and started walking in the complete wrong direction. Woops.

A few seconds later I was rushing to class and I accidentally knocked my earring out of my ear. Well of course it was a hoop earring so it started to roll away from me. Naturally, I chased after it. Well I chased after it right into the middle of a busy sidewalk and as I bent over to pick it up, I failed to notice who might be coming my way. Soon I found myself in the middle of a collision and very quickly a human traffic jam began to form. Woops again. When this boy and I finally picked ourselves up I realized that I had met him before. And what do you usually do when you know someone? You talk to them. So in my most friendly voice I said “Hey, I know you!” his response was a bored “You do?” And I was like “Yeah I was at your apartment randomly last semester” and to my dismay he said “You were??” Talk about embarrassing. His two friends were looking at me like woooooow who is this stalker? So amid my embarrassment I started rambling about when I had gone to his apartment. When it became clear that he really had no clue who I was, I stopped mid sentence, muttered something about having to get to class, and I scurried off. Pretty sure I wanted to crawl in a hole.

The one thing that redeemed my day was that i got to wear one of my favorite pairs of shoes with a newly purchased pair of cherry red skinny jeans! Totally worth the awkward encounters :)

LOVE.

I was walking on campus today and saw a girl with this picture in her binder. I fell in LOVE. I couldn't have said it better myself...

Jane

Jane is my roommate from San Luis Obispo, California. We met in the dorms freshmen year. We have the same birthday, but that is one of the only things we have in common. Jane likes organic food; she worries about chemicals in processed foods; she picks out her clothes and irons them the night before she has to wear them; she uses big words and has a tiny waste; she never stresses; she works an insane amount of hours and takes way too many credits; she likes eating tofu and watching Project Runway; she listens to Red Hot Chili Peppers and Led Zeppelin; she has incredible self control and enjoys zumba and surfing; she was a river guide and a Relief Society President; she always gives people the benefit of the doubt; she wishes she was a hippie; she wants to serve a mission; she does anything and everything she sets her mind to; she drinks herbal tea and loves bananas; and she always thinks she is right.

I think it is pretty safe to say we are very different. But for some reason the differences don't matter and over the past few years she has become one of my best friends. School, Provo, and life in general would not be the same without her.

Last night we stayed up late laughing about who knows what, watching Harry Potter trailers, and Facebook stalking everyone and their dog. It may not sound very exciting, but it is all these unexciting moments that mean the world to me, and make our friendship so great. So thanks for everything Jane...



hug hug kees kees

Mmmmmm

This little dessert is what most people like to call a cupcake. I like to call it "a little piece of divinity sent from the angels, just for me". Have you been to THE SWEET TOOTH FAIRY?! This adorable cupcake store has changed my life! Seriously.

The coconut cupcake is pure perfection and i would like to meet its maker so i can personally thank them for bringing such happiness to my life.

Am i overreacting about this cute, friendly, bundle of sugar, flour, and goodness? Not in the least bit.



And i don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but i just discovered that not only is there a store in Salt Lake...there is a store in Provo, right down the street from me...ya!

Go try a cupcake...TODAY...you will never be the same.

Brianna = Spaz

The most frequent name i get called (other than my own name of course) is SPAZ. I have denied it my whole life but recent events would suggest otherwise. In just the first week of school

I walked home to the wrong apartment

I came out of the bathroom with my dress tucked into my slip in the back

I tripped up the stairs in the SWKT with my hands in my pockets

I had a laugh attack in a work meeting where no one else laughed

I lost my apartment key and had to climb in through the window

I waved like a mindless idiot to a person i thought i knew...yeah he was a complete stranger

I went on a double date last semester with one of my current professors

I cried in class when my physiology teacher told a story about rats


Rough life? Nah, that's just my life! I think it is safe to say i am a SPAZ
But on the bright side...i get to drive this around all semester

Boo Yeah