Thursday right after my English final, I get the opportunity to drive home for Christmas break. One of my best friends that's from my home ward and I are road tripping home. It should be an experience I can already tell she plans on stocking up on junk food and already has a play list of music to keep us occupied on the way home.
I am mostly excited for the fact that it will be a relaxing break to just sit back and not even think of school. It will be great to see everyone for a longer period of time. Even though I was home for Thanksgiving, it seemed like a rushed vacation. I cant wait for the break!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
BYU vs. OSU Excitment
Being from Oregon, I have many friends that went to Oregon State University. I myself almost went there. The news I received Sunday night that OSU would be play BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl made me very excited. My school would be playing my best friends school. I quickly called home when I got the news and told my mom. She decided it would be best if we hosted a party at our house during the break to watch the game. Although I will be out number by rooting for BYU, the idea still made me very excited. I get to see my friends in a competitive yet fun fun way. I am excited to see everyone again and hopefully see a BYU win!
Bus Pass Misfortunes
This semester started impossible for me to keep track of my bus pass. It seemed like once a week it would disappear. Luckily it would show up again a few hours later sometimes the next day. It got annoying that I couldn't keep track of it. One afternoon I went to use the bus and of course it was missing again. I searched in all its normal spots but no luck. i sat and thought though when I last used it and where it could be. I had remember busing to a friends house and putting it in my backpack while I was there.
I tore everything out of my backpack and looked in the pages of everything. Nothing. A week or so went by and still no bus pass. I didn't want to buy a new one it was almost the same price I originally bought it for. I was out of ideas searched my room went to lost and found. It was no where to be found.
One night I decided to write thank you note to gifts I had received while here at BYU, I had kept the letters I had received in my backpack. I pulled them out to get the addresses one I was holding upside down. Out fell the bus pass. I was so upset I had never checked there, but I guess there is more good that comes out when you write thank you notes.
I tore everything out of my backpack and looked in the pages of everything. Nothing. A week or so went by and still no bus pass. I didn't want to buy a new one it was almost the same price I originally bought it for. I was out of ideas searched my room went to lost and found. It was no where to be found.
One night I decided to write thank you note to gifts I had received while here at BYU, I had kept the letters I had received in my backpack. I pulled them out to get the addresses one I was holding upside down. Out fell the bus pass. I was so upset I had never checked there, but I guess there is more good that comes out when you write thank you notes.
Care Package
Last night while I was deep in my studies wondering how I was going to get everything done and get enough studying in to do well on finals, there was a knock on the door that completely made my day. It was a finals survival package from my parents. It was a great surprise and made me feel less stressed about what I was doing. To have something good come completely changed my mood. In the bag was a BYU beanie, some candy bars, a hot chocolate mug with cocoa mix, a sticker, a highlighter and some pencils. All somewhat random, but it was a great edition to my day. It was like an early Christmas present.
Halloween Birthday Shopping
When I woke up Halloween morning with now holiday plans, it kind of depressed me. I got on facebook and found one member of my FHE was online we talked a bit and decided to throw a Halloween party and being as my roommates birthday was the next day we decided to incorporate a birthday celebration into the mix.
Within the next hour we were heading to Walmart to get party supplies and good party foods. As we walked past the discount bakery items the perfect cake stood out. It was a My Little Pony cake with a pony figurine and kaleidoscope acting like a castle. The rainbow colored frosting made it the best choice of a cake for her.
The party was great a lot of people showed up and we watched a movie. We surprised my roommate with the cake and we got the reaction we had hoped for. A surprise that there was a cake and then a good laugh when she saw it. Made for a great night.
Within the next hour we were heading to Walmart to get party supplies and good party foods. As we walked past the discount bakery items the perfect cake stood out. It was a My Little Pony cake with a pony figurine and kaleidoscope acting like a castle. The rainbow colored frosting made it the best choice of a cake for her.
The party was great a lot of people showed up and we watched a movie. We surprised my roommate with the cake and we got the reaction we had hoped for. A surprise that there was a cake and then a good laugh when she saw it. Made for a great night.
Buying a Christmas Tree
Our apartment is so crazy. We are constantly working on random art projects. I knew it would only be a short time till the ideas for Christmas decorations came in. While in Oregon my mom bought me a nice one foot tree to help decorate the apartment. When I brought it back here it only sparked a few ideas although one was getting a taller actual size tree. We made our way to Walmart and there we bought a six foot tree lights of course, some candy canes that would work as ornaments and some wrapping paper to decorate around randomly. We now look very festive in our apartment and we are so ready for Christmas to be here.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Snow Adventure
One afternoon When I should be doing homework. My roommate and I keep looking out the window the snow calling us. The first 
problem was opening the blinds to see the very white snow globe that appeared to be outside our window. We couldn't take it any longer. We got bundled up and ready to take on whatever adventure the snow would take us on. We decided that an event like this needed to be documented the occasion. We grabbed a camera and made our way into the unknown (aka behind our apartment). Together we came up with some of the stupidest ideas although they did make great pictures. There was so much untouched snow we couldn't just leave it like that. After many random poses and we couldn't feel our toes and fingers anymore we headed back to our apartment content with pictures.
problem was opening the blinds to see the very white snow globe that appeared to be outside our window. We couldn't take it any longer. We got bundled up and ready to take on whatever adventure the snow would take us on. We decided that an event like this needed to be documented the occasion. We grabbed a camera and made our way into the unknown (aka behind our apartment). Together we came up with some of the stupidest ideas although they did make great pictures. There was so much untouched snow we couldn't just leave it like that. After many random poses and we couldn't feel our toes and fingers anymore we headed back to our apartment content with pictures.
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