Why I Love BYU, including The Best Saturday Ever

I. Love. BYU.

So. Much.

I mean seriously.

Top Reasons Why BYU is Awesome:
1. I've seen friends from Fallon that I haven't seen in a long time.
2. Everytime I'm in a group of people singing a hymn, I can hear harmony.
3. Graham Canyon Ice Cream
4. The weather is absolutely beautiful, and not humid.
5. Mountains
6. I saw a deer on campus behind the Maeser Building. A deer.
7. My roommates are pretty much the best, coolest, awesomest people on the planet.
8. My Late Summer Honors Professor was super awesome.
9. My roommates.
10. My roommates.

There are other reasons, but these are the top ones.


About The Best Saturday Ever . . .

All I'm going to say is it involved a very productive shopping trip, running into friends on campus, feeling popular, creepiness times a thousand, bizaree but cool coincidences, really funny comedy, embarrassment, relaxing, and lots and lots and lots of laughter.

Can't wait for school to start tomorrow.

Day 2 in Provo Adventures

Today was truly an adventure. Craziness, let me tell you . . .

So, first we said goodbye to my Grandma Wilda and my Uncle David, who had stopped by her house. I was glad he did. They're both pretty awesome people, and I was super glad to see them because I haven't seen either of them in like five years. Hopefully I'll see more of them now that I'm in Utah.













Then, my mom and I set off for BYU. I had some things I needed to take care of there before we went to my other uncle's house. So, we're driving on I-15 when all of a sudden we see this rock come flying at our window and there was nothing we could do to stop it. We both jumped and shrieked a little. Right where the rock had hit, a star-like crack had appeared on the window...of the rental car. Let me say that again, on the rental car. So...my aunt found us a Hertz place in the Provo Marriott so we didn't have to drive all the way back to Salt Lake. But, we were kind of lost so we had to go to one Marriott first and get directions from them to the other Marriott. Once there, they told us that the actual Hertz place was somewhere else. So we called them, and they gave us directions there, and we finally got everything taken care of: paid for a replacement windshield and were given a brand new car. Everybody was so nice.




This is the crack from the inside. Lovely, huh?

Then, when we finally found BYU, it took about a half hour to find a place to park because of Education Week.

Then, after all of our shopping at BYU, we were driving from BYU to my Uncle Scott's house and we almost hit a biker. Not. Even. Lying. My mom had sped up a little to try and turn at a light while it was still green and this biker girl came out of nowhere. My mom slammed on the brakes and neither the girl or the bike were hurt, but it was still super crazy. And I think my mom was officially shot at that point.

However, besides all of that drama and craziness, today was pretty awesome.

Highlights:

1. I got my ID card!
(I'd show you a picture, but then I'd have to kill you)
2. I. Love. Taco Bell.
3. I found these really cool posters at the BYU Bookstore. They are seriously amazing. The artist was even there signing posters. They're called 'Real Hero' posters, and the website is www.realheroposters.com. Check them out.


This is the one I bought.

4. We impromptu decided to buy my textbooks. So I now offically feel official. It's pretty darn awesome. And all I gotta say is, yay for scholarship money.
5. and finally, I saw this super cool car in front of us today.



If anybody read all of this, please tell me and I will give you a super big hug when I see you because you are officially awesome. :)

We'll see what happens tomorrow . . .

*dodododododododo*

When I grow up, I want to be just like Allie Bailey

Allie Bailey is a friend of mine, and she is one of the most all-around awesome people I have ever met. She doesn't know this, but I have been observing her for a long time (not in a creepy way, promise).

First of all, Allie's favorite color is yellow. Point one.

Second, Allie is super talented. She can organize her time better than I ever could. Ever. I don't know how she does it. I won't give details on the off chance that some wacko reads this, but she can do it all. But she's modest and won't admit how awesome she is to people.

Third, Allie is super sweet. She is always so nice to people, but she isn't a pushover. She will be kind to people, but she won't let other people get away with being stupid or rude or lame.

Fourth, Allie is always positive. She is always there to uplift people. She is the smiling face at every activity (especially volleyball games).

Last but most definitely not least, Allie is really good with kids. Her little brothers adore her to death. AND they listen to her. She is always good at playing with them and coming up with creative games and ways for them to have fun. But, again, she won't let the get away with stuff. Someday, I hope that I can the kind of mother to my children that Allie will be. I don't know if I can make it, but I can hope.

There are many, many other amazing qualities about Allie, but these are just the ones that I was thinking about today as I sat behind her at church. I love Allie to death, and I hope when she reads this that she won't blush too too much and that she will believe that evey word I wrote is true, because they are. I will miss her dearly when I leave for college.

Catch Phrase Awesomeness

So...Friday night and Saturday night I played Catch Phrase with some awesome friends of mine, and there were some pretty interesting moments...

"Their square, you eat them for breakfast, and they have a checkered pattern on them."
"Chex?"
"No" BEEP "Aww...it was waffles"
"My waffles are heart-shaped"

(The phrase was 'American Beauty')
"If you're not a Norwegian ugly person, you're..."
"An albino!"

"If a kid is in trouble the parents say, 'I am going to...'"
"Whip you! Slap you! Punish you!"

Those were just some of the best.

Top 10 Items Found in My Shoeboxes

10. Twelve bouncy balls
9. One unopened pair of tights.
8. Twenty or so pipe cleaner bracelets.
7. One black and white jump rope with cow-shaped handles.
6. Ten squashed pennies from different theme parks.
5. An entire set of "Goodbye" notes from my fourth grade class in Maryland (which I had completely forgotten about).
4. Innumberable papers from past Girls' Camps.
3. Three journals with three entries each and hundreds of unused pages.
2. One rather embarrassing note from a friend written when I was fourteen.
1. A newfound gratitude that I am NOT the person I was in junior high.

Yay for cleaning.

Fall 2010

It's official! I only have 14 full days in Florida before a plane will carry me away to Utah and to the next chapter of my life. Two weeks.

Anyway, today marked an awesome event - I officially have a BYU All Sports Pass. Exciting!!! And I'm in a group with the amazing Erika Bailey and the one and only Brooke Towns. I can't think of any other people with whom I would have a better time at a football game. I cannot wait. :)

Also, today I realized that I never posted my official fall schedule. SO...here it is

9 MWF: Deductive Logic with Prof. K Codell Carter
11 MWF: Honors First-Year Writing with Prof. Lisa Johnson
12 MWF (and lab 9 Th): Physical Science with Prof. Joseph Moody
1 MWF: Descriptive Astronomy with Prof. Eric Hintz

12 TTh: Book of Mormon with Prof. Tyler Griffin

And possibly... 1 TTh: New Testament with Prof. Todd Parker
- My mom wants me to drop this class. We'll see...

I'm super happy with my schedule. From what I've read, my professors are all cool, and I think I'm going to have fun in all of my classes. Not bad for a first semester, I think.

Only two weeks, and it all begins...