Noteworthy Items

I've been kind of busy and haven't really gotten a chance to write about what's been going on lately, so I thought I would share some of my latest adventures. We'll start with last friday...

In the afternoon, my visiting teachers invited me over to make pretzels and it was so much fun! They are super easy to make too so I definitely want to try it sometime! We all kinda struggled with forming the actual pretzel shape so on our second one we just made whatever we wanted. Here's my lovely initial with cinnamon sugar on top. Yum!

I then rushed off to a physical science test review with my awesome TA, Dylan. I just love her so much and she has the best sense of humor in the world! She makes physical science somewhat bearable which is a good thing! She's leaving on a mission after this semester to New York and she's really excited about it.

I was then headed to the Canon Center for dinner with some of my best friends...Chloe, Greta and Ben. We ended up staying there for 2 and a half hours just talking! It was a lot of fun to catch up, laugh, and just enjoy being around each other. We're gonna try and get together more often.

Last stop of the night...a date to the skating rink. I LOVE ice skating and was a little hesitant after my little accident last fall. But everything worked out fine and I didn't even fall once! I was really proud of myself and excited to be there because I haven't been ice skating for a while.

You could say I'm pretty pro on my tippy toes ;)

This rink is right in Provo but it's where they held the hockey and ice skating for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake which is way cool! The Olympics are something I look forward to every other year and it made me super excited for this summer!

When we got back, Emily and I talked for a while. I love late night talks with that girl!

Saturday was a fun day as well!

Around 2 I headed up to the MTC to volunteer at the Teaching Resource Center. We came up here once for FHE this summer and I really enjoyed it so I wanted to try it again. All you have to do is act as an investigator and the missionaries teach you a lesson. It's just to give them practice with real people before they officially are in the mission field. It's a lot of fun and a really good experience and I look forward to going back more often!

I immediately came home, changed, and rushed over the Marriott for the basketball game. Yes, an hour and a half early! It was one of the biggest games of the season and it was packed! But I had a great seat saved for me and it's just a fun atmosphere to be in. The beginning of games is so intense and I love every minute of it! Half time was awesome too. It was a group of jump roping kids and they are amazing! I wish I could jump rope like that! I was definitely impressed. The downfall of the game...the referees. Now I've been to my fair share of basketball games throughout my life but these were by far some of the worst refs I've seen. And of course the crowd just had to get all bent out of shape and it was kind of embarrassing. And we lost. But like they say, it's just a game so I wasn't too worried about it.

This week:

-I've officially been off of facebook for about two weeks and I just got off of pinterest. And guess what...I get so much more done in my day! Since I obviously couldn't control myself, I took control of the situation and made sure the wasting time on these fabulous sites wasn't an option. So now the only thing left to keep me sane is blogging and I'm okay with that :)

-After discussing some religion with my friend Suz, I had some questions that needed answered. So I went to talk to Brother Smith. He helped a lot and then said, "Tell your friend to keep asking questions. This is good for you! It helps you to learn and stretch and grow spiritually" Thanks Brother Smith.

-Wednesday was probably the most productive day I've had all semester. I was really proud of myself. After all the hard work on cleaning, hw, and a basketball game, I was enjoying reading Work and the Glory when I got a phone call. Alan and some of his friends were going to see a movie and happened to be standing outside my door wondering if I wanted to go with. To reward myself for all my hard work, I decided to go. We saw In Time at the dollar theater and it was so good! It's an interesting concept to think of our lives in time, instead of money. It made you appreciate what you have.

-Yes the groundhog did see its shadow. 6 more weeks of winter. But hey, if it's going to be winter like what we're having right now, I'm totally okay with that! I'm really grateful that we haven't had a miserable winter and that the weather has been a lot like home. Today it is gorgeous! Sunny and not even that cold!

-Last night was another basketball game. Against Gonzaga from WA! Once again, I love the atmosphere. Greta and I didn't really feel like standing up the whole game in the student section so we just found some random seats and enjoyed every minute of the game! During this half time they set up two inclined trampolines and had some guys do some AWESOME dunks! It looked so fun and they were doing flips and everything! Greta and I talked the entire game. That's what I love about a best friend. We never get sick of each other and there's always something to talk about. Like seriously, we could talk for hours. And even if there wasn't something to talk about, it wouldn't be awkward. And to top it all off, we won!!! It was a great game and the crowd was in good spirits this time. It was so loud in that arena and we ended up being on our feet for some of the game because it was just so exciting! Some say Matt Carlino is the next Jimmer. Only time will tell...

basketball lovers!

We were also very starving girls after the game which ended at 11 at night! So we called Wendy's which is right across the street from Helaman Halls and asked what time they closed. The girl said 2 so we started walking over there. What she failed to mention was that only the drive-thru stays open till 2...So off in the distance we see McDonald's. Let's just say we were desperate for some food. So we walked the couple blocks down there and enjoyed every bite. It made for a late night with early morning classes today but I think it was worth it.

-6:45 AM. I never see those numbers on a clock. That is just WAY too early for a college student. My body is not used to getting up at that time anymore. It's so dark outside and cold, but it was very peaceful and there's no one around.Those seminary days feel like they were years ago haha! And I definitely do not miss them. I miss seminary, just not the time. Anyways I thought I would be a good student today and go to my New Testament review. I'm glad I did, but it was tough!

-GONE! Today as I walked to school I looked over at the green covered fence that encloses all the construction. For several days now F. Smith hall has been the only building left standing. However today, that changed. The final building was being torn down. This afternoon in a big heap of rubble I saw the building that over half of my freshman year was spent in. So many fun memories in that building. If you can't tell, I'm a little bit depressed about it. Since it was a boy's building, majority of the boys are gone too so it kind of feels like all that time never existed. I guess that's the whole point of memories, to remember things that don't exist anymore, but it's still kind of sad.