Performances, Soup, and Shoes

Sadly, I don't have any pictures for this entry. But here we go! Last night, I went to Savior of the World with Jenn, her family who was visiting, and our FHE brother Jake. It was amazing! And I loved getting to see Jenn's family again! I spent Thanksgiving break with them last year, and it's almost like they've adopted me into their family! How awesome! Today, I slept in, which was so nice, and then I got up and did a little homework, made Jenn and myself some breakfast, and then finished my homework which took quite a long time. Then, Julia and I walked to Walgreens because Julia mentioned how jello sounded really good, so we went and got some. We also came back with sidewalk chalk, peanut butter M&M's, purple eyeliner, and mascara between the two of us. Jenn had a dance performance, and everyone else was gone, so Julia and I decided to go to Best Of tonight, which is basically a combination of all the best performances from the semester. When we left our apartment, we ran into Taja, and told her she should come with us, and she did. It was so much fun! We have some pretty talented people at this school! After Best Of, Jenn and I needed to go to the store because we didn't have any produce, and I think we're going to start couponing. We saved half of what we spent tonight! When we got back, our FHE brothers Jake and Colin were chilling in our apartment with our roommates, and Colin decided to make us soup. He makes delicious soups for us! Then they had to leave because of curfew, and I decided to start this before I went to sleep because I did get to sleep in this morning! :)
I'm so excited for Monday (technically tomorrow since it is 12:30 in the morning...) whoops. I go to the health center at 8:40 in the morning and get my leg x-rayed. I'm pretty sure this boot is coming off :) If it doesn't, I may cry. Just saying. But it's been 5 weeks since I broke my leg, and I'm starting to get antsy. I just want to get out and walk, run, skip, and hop! I miss my right shoes. Soon we will be reunited though! Haha Well, it is getting late, and I'm getting tired. I will write again though! Eventually... Finals are coming up and I'm going to be busy...

New Experiences and Knowledge

Okay, I know that college is about learning new things, but it isn't all about school work! I've learned a variety of new things from the best places and techniques to explore, cooking methods that I never learned at home, last night one of my friends was teaching me how to play the guitar, I've learned how to slip on ice and break a leg, how to smile through trials and find the best in every situation, and so much more. This last one was probably the most valuable lesson that I have learned, outside of school of course. After I broke my leg, I tried to look on the bright side of things, such as: This boot has some sweet traction! Bet I won't slip again!! Thankfully I haven't. I've learned to serve others, and I've also learned that I clean when I am stressed, or I am trying to procrastinate something.  And I mean I deep clean something. It usually takes place in either my room or the kitchen, but it can extend to the bathrooms and living room as well.
Another thing I have learned to do is prioritize. At the beginning of this semester, that was REALLY hard for me to do. I would rather hang out with my friends and be out doing something than being cooped up in my apartment or the library doing homework. I eventually came to understand that if I finished all of my homework, then I could reward myself with doing something fun like playing at The Craze on the playstructure with Jenn, or watching a movie and relaxing, or anything else fun.
Throughout this semester, I have also come to a greater appreciation for everything that I have to be thankful for. I have an awesome family with parents who support me, two awesome brothers whom I love, and the best roommates in the world. I am also so incredibly blessed to come to school here at BYU-Idaho. This is the best experience I have ever had, and there is a feeling here you just can't get anywhere else. People refer to it as the bubble, and if that's the case, I never want to leave! It is amazing to be surrounded by people with my same standards who share my beliefs and genuinely care about the people around them. I had a complete stranger stop me a couple weeks ago and ask about my leg. She asked if I was going to be okay, whether it was going to heal properly, and then she asked if she could give me a hug. Only at BYU-Idaho. It completely made my day, which until then, had been less than ideal. It was absolutely amazing.
I have the best roommate that I could ever ask for, too. She's become like a sister to me, and I'm going to be REALLY sad when she graduates and I'm still here. This means I'll need to find a new roommate... hmmm maybe an eternal one? haha, just kidding, Mom. I know, I'm only 18. And that's just entirely too young!  I can hear it now :) But Jenn is the best. She was gone last week, and that made me appreciate her even more! She's always there when I need to talk, and I think my favorite conversations of ours occur when we're laying in bed after we decided to go to sleep, and we just keep talking! It's happened more than once. Sometimes, we even make breakfast together. We woke up early one morning and made Monte Cristos and had a bunch of fruit before class. It was absolutely wonderful.
I have so much to be grateful for, and sometimes I get a little discouraged and it seems like the entire world is against me succeeding, but I have numerous reminders around me about how blessed I really am!

The delicious breakfast of Monte Cristos and fruit that Jenn and I made

My Awesome roommate Jenn. Apparently she loves me enough to spell it out with beads!

My Guitar Lenora. Hopefully with the assistance of people around me, such as 2 of my roommates and Lizzy from apartment 15, I will be able to actually play a song by the time I go home

 This is from when Jenn and I went to The Craze and played on the playstructure there. After 9:00, kids of any age can play on it, and we had it all to ourselves on a saturday night!

Our wristbands from The Craze.



My Adventures in Blogging

So lately I've been thinking about starting a blog because I'm not so great at writing in my journal, and a lot of things happen that I definitley want to remember, and I figured I would be more motivated to actually write things if other people read them... So here we go! I'm in my second semester here at BYU-Idaho, and I absolutely love it!! I have been so blessed to have the best roommates ever. My room roommate is Jenn, and we have decided that we are going to room together until one of us gets married. Jenn insists I will get married first, but I personally don't know. Jenn took me home for Thanksgiving break last year because Georgia is just a little too far. Another one of my roommates is Stephanie. Steph and I are going on our second semester as roommates, and she is awesome. She is from Florida, and she shares my disdain for the snow. Another one of my roommates is Taja, and this is our second semester rooming together too. Taja is the sweetest girl in the world, and I don't have any idea what I would do without her! Last semester, I had one roommate Monika, who was also from Georgia, and was more southern than I could ever be, in a good way. Another roommate last semester was Ruth, and Ruth was an awesome roommate! She loved to explore, and we would wander around campus exploring buildings whenever we had some free time. This semester I have Savannah and Julia instead of Ruth and Monika. Savannah is so excited about life, and it's pretty infectious. Julia is basically me in redhead form. It's a little scary how much we have in common. So that's the lowdown on my roommates this semester and last.

Jenn was out of town this week, so I had a lot of spare time to do some homework. What a fun way to spend my week and weekend... NOT!! Over the weekend, I spent a lot of time with Taja. We did a lot of homework. It wasn't so bad because we had the apartment basically to ourselves, and we were pretty productive. Mid-afternoon, we were starting to get antsy so we made some rice krispie and chinese noodle nests with whopper eggs and peeps on top for the girls we visit teach.

 Friday night, Savannah and I were home, and I didn't have any plans for the night, so Savannah called dibs on me for the night. She needed to get some folders laminated, so we drove to alphagraphics, and afterwards we went and got some dinner. While we were out, Julia texted me and asked if I wanted to swing on the swings behind our apartment, and I of course said yes! So we went and got some dinner, and when I got home, Taja didn't have any plans, so she joined me and Julia on the swings. This is how we got some sweet pictures :)

Well, since you can see my boot in the above pictures, I guess I should mention that I broke my leg on February 22nd. I was walking to my child development class that morning, and crossing the crosswalk, I slipped on a patch of ice. Me being me, I got up and walked (more like hobbled) to the Clarke building, which was 2 buildings away from where I slipped. I decided that I couldn't go to class, so Taja came and got me. I sat on the couch icing my foot for 2 hours before my mom called and asked why I hadn't gone to the health center. I didn't have an excuse, so she made me go immediately. Taja drove me there, and at this point I still didn't know that my leg was broken. So I get to the health center, and I go in only to find out that you can't walk in for an x-ray. Awesome. So in the meantime, I went to class. And then I walked to the health center, which happens  to be down a hill from where I had class. Hills are very painful on broken legs. Just saying. So I got my leg x-rayed and they told me it was broken. I had to wear a boot for 3 weeks minimum before I could get it re-x-rayed and that appointment was last monday. Turns out I have to wear it for 2 more weeks. One week from tomorrow. I can't wait to get out of this boot! I miss having my own two feet and walking barefoot around the apartment.

Well, That's all I've got for now, but you can bet that I'll be updating this more often, because in the course of writing this blog, I have discovered something. I enjoy blogging! So I guess that's a good thing!