A NEW YEAR

Its a new year...

Along with 2010 comes a few new things to my life.

1- New major...Anthropology here I come.
2- New classes and Semester
3- New roommates
4- New ward at church
5- New students to fail...jk...more like teach and help.
6- New page in my life.
7- New friends.
8- New experiences with the old friends
9- New perspective on life and where I should be going
10- New times with a special new person.

All in all its like a fresh start on life. Im so excited to see where this year will take me and how I will grow and be better. I have thought about the last year and where I was and how far I have come. I really am a new person, truly myself and much happier. All of which I account to the hard work I have been doing for myself in seeing that I am a good person, it took me a long time to see it but its true... I wish you all the best of luck and many blessings ove rthe next year. Sometimes trials and blessings in disguise that would be what I truly learned this year.

Good luck and bring on a new decade. 2010!

stand in the rain...

Off to a rough start this new semester...
somethings seem to just be a waste of my time. I feel like I am giving it my all, my time, my effort, my mind, my heart, my strength, everything I got and its still not enough. Where did I go wrong? So I am starting over with the new year, I am going to get a new life. Make changes. Rely on myself. Be who I really want to be. and I am facing my worst fears, getting the strength to pick myself up off the ground, so I can stand in the rain. There is a song by Superchick called stand in the rain that says :

" She never slows down
She doesn't know why but
she knows that when
She's all alone feels
Like it's all coming down
She won't turn around
The shadows are long
And she fears if she cries
That first tear
The tears will not stop
Raining down

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain

She won't make a sound
Alone in this fight with herself
And the fears whispering
If she stands, she'll fall down
She wants to be found but
The only way out is through
everything she's running from
Wants to give up and lie down

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
Stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain. "

So I will stand in the rain, and let it crash down, I just can't give up, and I can't give in. And NO ONE is GOING TO DRAG ME DOWN!!!

Such an AMAZING christmas break...

If only it lasted longer!

I could go to all the places we did again for free... lol...
This break was definitely different but very good at the same time. It took a couple days to get where I was headed instead of the original few hours, but it was character building in the airport and learning that it is better to eat before you get to the airport. The first day I was there we just kinda relaxed went and ate at CHIPOLTLE, which is amazing by the way, and we did a little grocery shopping.



Then the next day my mom texted me during church cause they were trying to fly in with lots of silly delays because Spokane cant handle more than 2 inches and they had around 2 feet... then Monday and Tuesday we went shopping, then Wednesday I was lazy and slept in and enjoyed psych episodes all day then went Christmas caroling, then Christmas was fun opening presents and eating lots of sugar.




Then on Friday we went to Sea World in San Diego which was amazing! I got to touch sting rays and see shamu or shampoo as I would say...lol... and I learned about penguins and flamingos, and a bird that really was trying to impress my oldest sister so they could go jest skiing for a date. It was pretty cool to see everything up close! And what they could do to get the whales to swim the way they wanted them too was pretty cool too! We also saw Sesame Street in 4-D. Hence the cool Glasses!


Then Saturday we did more shopping I think... I cant remember this day very well... then on Sunday we went to church, and took a nice nap.
On Monday we started out with a bang by going to Knotts berry farm... riding these awesome coasters, it was hilarious to see how psyched out Reid was and how Joslyn wanted to ride every scary ride in the park... then it turned into they all wanted to ride scary ones, which was fun... I think the ride that freaked me out the most was the supreme scream, where they pull you up 254 feet then drop you, it freaked me out worse cause the lady whose seat I took was crying when she got off... so I shut my eyes for the first half and the second half I was telling joslyn to breath. It was a rather exciting day. We all rode the silver bullet multiple times, so I think that was the favorite out of us all. I was so proud that my parents even went on roller coasters with us.


Then on Tuesday we slept in a little went to an island right off the edge of the bay in San diego... I cant remember what it is called... it states with a C it it is not for cookie... lol...
that was cool and we took lots of really cute pictures. We also saw the San Diego Temple which was beautiful! Then we went and looked at Old Town and then we went to the harbor to look at the boat from the movie master and commander.

Then on Wednesday my parents pulled a fast one by telling us we had an outing, Josh kept saying we were going to Vegas to earn money for college but I didn't believe him that much! So we head toward L.A. and I am not even thinking about what we are going to do... we pull into Hollywood and Jos and Reid get this really sad look on their faces, they were so disappointed, so we park the car and go for a little walk down Hollywood blvd. It was cool to take pictures with the stars on the ground and the ones dressed up... I really didn't steel there treasure, I just wanted to look at it!

Then my parents are like k lets go eat now we cant be late of course i just thought we were going to eat with my cousin that lives in L.A. and as we drive down the street we pass a theater that is playing Wicked. My brother had even asked my mom if we were going and my mom straight up lied to my brother and said we weren't going. So Jos and Reid didn't believe them until we were sitting in our seats, and Geneil figured out the secret before we even got there, I just have to say I was shocked and so excited. It was definitely an amazing experience and I would love to go see it again! We celebrated new years by playing Wackee six, which is also a way fun card game!

The next day my family flew home , and then I just relaxed and then played card games later that night, we tried to go see valkerye but the tickets were only front row and we didnt think it was worth it to pay full price to sit in the front row. So then I flew back to lovely Utah were there is tons of snow and ice, and now I wish i was back in the 75 degree weather, but soon enough I will be back home and I can enjoy the warm weather there too!

All in all it was a great vacation due to my parents creativity and Josh's German driving skills!
I am glad I went and really I wish i was there still, pretending to avoid reality, forgetting that classes start tomorrow, and that real life has to kick back in. Someone described it all as "my head is full of cobwebs that mean everything and nothing..."that about sums up my joyful feelings of starting school again. But it should be nice to start a new semester with new classes and some new roommates, along with new experiences. So here I come 2009! Time to start a fresh page!