Finally.

I know I've said it before, but finally finally finally finally finally we have seriously found a place to live.  There have been so many places where we aaaalmost found the perfect place, but there was always something that messed it up and made us back out.  Finally, we have found a place, signed the contracts and (mostly) put down the deposit.  It is such a relief to know where I'll be living next year and to have one less thing to stress about.


The place we finally decided on is Heather Cove.  It's $315 a month plus utilities, which is a little pricey, but it's two bedrooms, two bathrooms, washer/dryer, dish washer, and tons of space!  

The rest of the pics don't do it justice so you'll just have to wait on pins and needles until we move in and I can take pics for myself without looking creepy...

So yeah.  This problem is FINALLY solved!  Now it's just surviving the rest of the semester...

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Gosh.  I am just so confused lately.  Not about the important important stuff, but the semi-important stuff.  
I know what I want to major and minor in.
I know what I want to do with my life.
I know where I'm going to live.
I know what my beliefs are.
I know who my friends are.


But I think I've forgotten who I am.  I don't know.  I don't know what I'm thinking.  I've been in a weird mood lately and I don't think I'm who I want to be.  I feel like I have been mean and kinda blasé about everything.  I feel lackluster.  I don't even know if someone can feel lackluster, but I feel it.  


Boys kinda make the situation worse.  I know who I don't like, but I don't know who I do like.  I don't know if I'm so confused because I actually don't like anyone and I'm just too chicken to deal with the fact that I'm completely alone in those regards, that I don't even have someone to pine after, or if I'm confused because there is someone I should like but everything is just too complicated to like them. 


Can someone just live my life for a little and get it all figured out?  I'm usually pretty good at figuring out other people's issues but for some reason, I just can't figure out mine.


Any takers?

I don't even know.

Since this semester began, I think I've lost any and all creativity I once had. 
I have become a boring person.
An old lady.
An I-don't-even-know-what.


This is not good.  I am much to young to be this boring already.  Oh well...


Anyways!


We finally found a place to live!  It's a little house 2 1/2 blocks south of campus right across from Liberty Square!  There are 2 rooms (four beds) upstairs - on the main level - and 3 bedrooms downstairs for 6 girls.  We got the main floor!  Woohoo!  We have a nice sized bathroom and two decent rooms.  Lauren and I don't have a closet in our room but we have a closet in the hallway and we'll get some storage stuff from Ikea to make that part better.  Then we have a cute little kitchen and downstairs will be a brand new washer and dryer that all of us will share.  The rent is a good price and the landlords seem friendly!  I am so excited to live there and be in a home rather than an apartment!


Besides that, I have no idea what to talk about!  School seems to be going better than last semester - so far. 


I have three tests next week so I'm probably going to want to die a bit, but hopefully everything will go alright! Or, as I learned is the only appropriate form of that, "all right". 


The end!

Cardigan Weekend

So there are a few things I need to update on here!  I haven't blogged in a while (sorry for anyone that actually reads this!) and I figured it might be good to finally do that!


Two weekends ago I got to go to California and it was wonderful!  We went to the Golden Gate Bridge and some other places around San Francisco and it was so much fun!  It was so nice to see Matt before he leaves for his mission!  Here are a few of my favorite pictures from that trip :]

Since then, things have been pretty good!  School has been kinda hard but mostly manageable and my job has been picking up it's pace but is still under control!  I love working with Lauren and I love love love my Usage class!  Being in that class has definitely made it clear that I am in the right major which is such a blessing after Grammar destroying my self-confidence in my English skills.  I can't wait to get into my editing minor and really get started on my future.  Everything lately has been falling into place so perfectly, even if it didn't seem perfect at the time!  I have really learned to trust in the Lord these past few weeks.  Even when I felt I was at some of my lowest points, things turned around and I was able to have peace.  That's kinda where I'm at right now.  I don't really know what's going to happen in regards to a few areas of my life, but for right now, that's okay because I know it will all work out eventually!  


I also am more than sure that BYU was the absolute best choice of a school for me!  Tonight we played #4 San Diego (we're #9) and we WON by 13 points!  Isn't that incredible?  I love that I live in a college town because since the game ended, people have been randomly blaring car horns and screaming and being happy and excited!  I love it!  It is so awesome to be surrounded by so many good, happy people that have school spirit!  It's great!


I think that's all I have to say for now!  I am just loving life right now!  Even though not everything works out the way I plan, I'm coming to find that it's better that way because it's teaching me to have more trust and faith and giving me more stories to tell my kids :]


The End.

I miss my boys.

RJ is serving in the California Arcadia Mission.

He gets home in August!  

I don't have any mission pics though...

Jason is serving in the Mesa Arizona Mission!

He also gets home in August :]

 Zack is serving in the Mexico Leon Mission.

He arrived in Mexico November 30, so he has a while left.

Tony is serving in the Boise Idaho Mission! 

He left shortly after Zack so he also has a bit left!

Matt will be serving in the Spain Malaga Mission.

He hasn't even reported yet and I already miss him!

Simple Testimonies

In my home ward is a little boy that has Autism.  Every Fast Sunday, he bears his testimony.  I'm sure to some, he is annoying because he's loud and slightly awkward and sometimes stays up for a long time.  To me, though, he has one of the purest testimonies I've ever heard.  He says things completely off topic, but what he says comes from his heart.


Today, after running up to be the first person and then waiting to let someone else take their turn first, he jumped down the steps to the podium and just stood there.  Then he started talking about how he loves his family and his brother and said his brother is his "BFF".  Then he said he was thankful for the zoo and being able to go every day and night and how he doesn't know why his brother's mom picks him up from the bowling ally (he's in a yours-mine family).  But, in the middle of his testimony, the purity of his testimony came out.  He said "I know that Jesus Christ died on the cross for me," and that he knew the scriptures were real.  Even though he didn't say anything profound, the Spirit was so strong and tears came to my eyes.  The testimony in his heart is one of the strongest and deepest I have ever seen or heard.


I think that's pretty special.

Another year you made a promise
another chance to turn it all around
and do not save this for tomorrow
embrace the past and you can live for now
and I will give the world to you

Speak louder than the words before you
and give them meaning no one else has found
The role we play is so important
we are the voices of the underground
and I would give the world to you


Say everything you've always wanted,
be not afraid of who you really are,
cause in the end we have each other,
and thats at least one thing worth living for,
and I would give the world to you


A million suns that shine upon me
A million eyes you are the brightest blue
Lets tear the walls down that divide us
and build a statue strong enough for two,


I pass it back to you
and I will beat for you,
'cause I would give the world
and I would give the world
and I would give the world to you


This is the new year
A new beginning
You made a promise
You are the brightest
We are the voices
This is the new year
We are the voices
This is the new year