make a wish...

No wait.

Make a wish on 11/11/11 at 11:11…its bound to come true. So make it a good one.

I’ve been thinking about my wish for a whole week now, haha.

Also, i've had a few other things on my mind.

Sometimes school gets like this...

or this...

Yaaaaa that pretty much sums up school for me right now.

And speaking of school, I love school, truly i do. That being said, i absolutely CANNOT WAIT until Thanksgiving and Christmas break. Text books are great and all, but i've been craving a good read. I can't wait to read whatever i want...

Just a few more weeks. Crazy how time flies.

this morning

This is what it looked like when I came to work this morning:

I have two words for you:

NOT. READY.

I know the snow is only in the mountains, and it really is just a bit of frost, but still. The snow is there and it is threatening my happiness as it slowly creeps down the mountains and the temperature continues to drop. Gulp. I think the days of warm weather are officially over...sigh.


On another note, have you seen this video?

I don't know whether or not i should laugh at it or just think it is completely awful...



You sneaky mom!



Aaaaand just one more clip for your viewing pleasure.

Unlike the last video, you can feel okay about laughing at this one...

Have a happy Saturday!!

Tragic

OMG. Today at work I was attacked by one of those heavy-duty-i'm-so-big i-could-staple-through-cement staplers. Moses could have parted the red sea with how much blood I lost. Look for my obituary in tomorrow's paper...

"Tragic Death at BYU Campus when Girl gets violently CHOMPED on"

Darn Stapler.

Halloween Happenings

Funny:

Halloween is always the most interesting holiday on a college campus. I don’t know what it is like at other schools but at BYU you see some pretty strange costumes. I promise I'm not a creeper, but i couldn't resist snapping a few photos...

Peter Pan...or an elf. I wasn't quite sure.

Daisy studying hard

Pretty in pink (photo credit: Rob Craig)

Not really sure who he is supposed to be, but I wonder where he got that polar bear to drape over his shoulder...

And it turns out the best costumes were harder to document. I didn’t even get pictures of the life-size whoopee cushion, the kissing booth, or the gargantuan peacock.

Embarrassing:

Today I went walking into my class like any other day; I climbed over people through the narrow rows to get to my seat in practically the middle of the classroom, took off my back pack, and sat down. The chair I sat down in, mind you, was one of those fold chairs that in all honesty just shouldn’t exist; for when I sat down there was a loud pop, the seat went came off the hinge and I went plop. Yes I broke the chair (though I’d like to think someone was playing a mean practical joke), yes lots of people saw, and yes I turned the color of a tomato. It was really fun.

Exciting:

I ATE A SANDWICH TODAY. Yup, you heard me…I ate a sandwich. After my appointment last week, my doctor officially gave me the go ahead to start eating more than just soft foods! As it turns out, eating a sandwich was pretty difficult and I ended up breaking into lots of pieces. But nonetheless I was pretty excited!

All in all, I'd call today a success.

(minus the broken chair part)

Happy Halloween!

i have a problem...

...I know what you all are thinking—which one, right? But I’m speaking specifically of my alarm problem.

I sleep through my alarm literally every morning. It doesn’t matter what sound it makes, how loud it is, or where I put it. I don't wake up. Its gotten to the point where I might as well not even set the dang thing.

Last night when I went to sleep I put my alarm all the way across the room so I would have to get out of bed to turn it off. When I woke up this morning I groggily realized that it was much too light outside and I felt much too awake. Not again! Oh well, I love being an hour late for work. NOT.

And that trick of putting my alarm clock far away was a total bust, because when I woke up this morning I was holding my alarm clock in my hands.

How does that even happen?

I think I need to get more sleep. Either that or I need to invite the Utah Symphony, complete with symbols, drums, and every other loud instrument you can think of, to be my personal wake-up call in the mornings.

I’ll try the former first, but desperate times call for desperate measures…

how i feel...

This morning while at work, I passed what appeared to be a wrestling convention on campus. Can I just say how weird I feel about it? Sorry to all you wrestling fans out there, but people (aka grown men) should not be allowed to dress or behave like that in public. I’m feeling just a little bit scarred at the moment. Yikes.

Also, this morning I’m feeling pretty bummed I have to miss the football game due to homework overload. In all my time here at college I don’t think I’ve ever had a busier week than what next week is looking like. I've probably said that a dozen times before, but this week trumps all. seriously. Here's what is on the agenda: 4 exams, 2 projects, a book report, and 15 hours of work. Oh man. I know I’ll survive because somehow I always do, but at the moment I’ve got a pretty big pit in my stomach!

And, is anybody else completely shocked at the date? October 22^nd? How in the world did that happen?! It feels like it was just barely Labor Day. Time goes by much too quickly. I was thinking the other day that it would be pretty cool if you could borrow time. Like next week for example, when I’ll be busier than Santa Clause on Christmas Eve; wouldn’t it be cool if I could borrow time from someone not quite as busy. Like, “Hey do mind if I steal a few hours from you on Wednesday?” followed by, “Oh go ahead, you need them much more than I do!” That would be nice.

Aaaaand last but not least, let the countdown begin:

273 days until the Outer Banks!

What i wouldn't give to be there right now...

10 thoughts

1. I love Autumn

2. Bugs have a mind of their own.

Take this weekend for example: You know those big nasty bugs that look like mosquitoes from dinosaur times because they are so big? Well one of those was on the windshield of my car when I headed up to work. It had all of its legs evenly dispersed on the glass but as my vehicle picked up speed it was struggling to hang on. Slowly but surely, he began slipping; and I watched as first one leg went flying backward; then another, then another, until all that was left was one leg keeping him on the car. His body was flailing around in the wind but he was gripping on like mad. It’s like the equivalent to mechanical bull riding or something. I am happy to say the journey was a success for that buggy. Tell me that little guy didn’t know what he was doing…

3. When it rains, it pours

4. Sophie is, and always will be, the light of my life

5. I play chicken and lose chicken every day

To those of you unfamiliar with chicken, it’s the game you play when walking, well, anywhere. Say a person is coming towards you. They are walking on the same path that you are. One of you has got to move or else face collision. To win chicken you’ve got to be the last man standing—the one that didn’t veer from their original path. On what seems to be a daily basis, I find myself playing said game. I see a person coming towards me and I can’t resist. So, I determinedly march forward, intent on winning; victory will be mine. But the individual playing with me (knowingly or unknowingly) never seems to move! Gosh. You’d think BYU students, of all people, would be a little more courteous. I always find myself jumping out of the way just in the nick of time; and on a rare occasion even experiencing the crash. Either I am the only one that plays this game or campus is full of chicken champs.

6. I’ve got pretty great roommates…the best, actually.

7. I’ve thought about Thanksgiving every day this past week and I think it might be my favorite holiday (though I’ll probably say that about Christmas once November has passed)!

8. My sister is having a baby in March and I CAN’T WAIT!!!!! New baby has got some competition though seeing as his/her older brother is about the most adorable child to grace the planet

9. The only pain comparable to stubbing a toe or getting a paper cut is childbirth. And seeing as I’ve never experienced childbirth, I’m going to assume that there is no worse pain than stubbing a toe or getting a paper cut. Unless you did them at the same time…

10. Not that I will, but what if I fail my marriage prep exam? What exactly does that mean?