Sick Days

Dear readers,

I have been sick for the past few days and moving before that and homeless before that and had finals before that, so it has been awhile since I have even been on the internet.  I have the cold flu and have found the most marvelous invention (besides Afrin, Sudafed, and Nyquil)!  Puffs plus lotion tissues with the scent of Vicks Vapor Rub built right in to each tissue!  It opens you right up!  So if anyone else gets sick heaven forbid, happy blowing!

Things I Have Done This Week

I want to post a blog about what I do with my life. I often write about random thoughts that I have. But here is a glimpse into the party I call life that is intermittently broken up by some schooling.

1. Out of all the things I have done this week, I am most proud of the fact that I have run eight miles (not all at once of course, I am a horrible runner, but am building up to it)! I have this new heart rate monitor, which is great and really helps! The first day I ran in the rain which was awesome, and the second day I ran in the snow :) But don't worry, the weather is much better now, and i am loving it all. I have been praying really hard that my bad knees will hold up, and they have been doing pretty well so cross your fingers!
2. I have taken three finals, and have two to go! Yes, the last two are probably going to be the hardest by like ten times, but I am choosing to just not think about that. There is so much to study I feel like I don't know where to begin...which is why I really haven't....
3. I threw a bridal shower for Ashley on Wednesday :) It was fun, and I think it went well. We had a good turn out, and I think everyone enjoyed the food - I made spinach dip and salsa, and Ann made two kinds of bread, and we had fruit and the kind of punch that has sherbet floating in it. It was good, and is all gone... I think that says something right? I am so glad that I have watched my mom entertain so many times, and I think I understand more now about the pressure of wanting everyone to have a really good time... I was actually kind of nervous beforehand!
4. I went to Seventeen Again at midnight with the roomies, which I must say was totally worth the 8.50 that it cost. I am normally totally against paying full price for a movie, but two hours of Zac Efron eye candy=totally worth my time and money. It was so fun :)
5. I went rafting on a lake in the dark! That was way fun. After helping Trent T. get engaged, Smalls and I stole away in the raft that Trent had used and rowed around the lake and then we of course led the others to believe that the raft had floated away on its own.... good times. Me and Brody and Smalls also got to eat the extra strawberries and chocolate involved in Trent's proposal, which was amazingly delicious. Yea for people getting engaged!
6. I also went to a sleepover at Hannah's apartment where we danced, and had a CRS (Coldplay Rejuvenation Session, which involves listening to coldplay in the dark laying on the floor with your feet sticking up above you resting on the wall). And of course, the best part of the evening is that Dani graced us with an amazing appearance in a red spandex jumpsuit (who randomly has one at college might I ask??).

So there you have it. I live a charmed life :) Viva la vida! And hopefully the party won't end, because I am going to be in "p-town" for the next year. I am excited to see what it is like and all there is to do over the summer here, since this is my first time staying. I think it will be great though!
Ttfn peeps ;)

Here's to you! And us :)

Audrey Spainhower, or Auds or Audrey Spenglehowserstein as I like to call her, turned 21 today! And in honor of that, and the fact that we are leaving each other for the first time in awhile, I would just like to say that I couldn't ask for a better friend, and I love her, and I am going to miss her. We have been best-ies since 9th grade, and have lived together for the past two years. They have been such good years! And now she is off on grand adventures without me this time, first to Washington D.C. to do an internship for the Smithsonian National Archives Museum, and then she is going on a mission. I am so excited for her!
There are so many reasons that I will miss Audrey. For one thing, she is my external hard drive on which is stored many of the facts of my life. I don't know how I am going to tell people about myself without her to check facts with! For example, one time when I was telling some person I had just met at a ward social that I took AP something or other in high school, and they asked what I got on the test, I shouted across the room, "Hey Audrey! What was my score on ______ test?" And she knew! And I didn't! And that is when I figured out that Audrey's mind that is like a trap was a perfect complement to my fuzzy and abstract thinking, and my absentminded-professor ways.
I will also dearly miss staying up late talking to her. We did that more last year when we shared a room. We honestly spent approximately an hour every night talking till we fell asleep. It was so fun because when I say we talked, we mostly laughed, especially when we were discussing how hot Zac Efron is, and how I was going to marry Channing Tatum, and she was going to marry a Harvard-going politician's son, and of course we laughed hardest when quoting HPPP ("Well that's just fantastic!"). This year we have stayed up late in the living room on the couches with the Christmas lights on, hot chocolate (she likes hers with toast), feeling homey. And we have also greatly enjoyed her Netflix account. Bu I am forever amazed about her patience in listening to me and my ridiculous woes. She has been a saint.
I think I am going to be a little bit lost without her. She has been my lunch buddy, gym buddy, and probably pretty much everything else buddy. I am so lucky to have had these years with her in which to study with in the library in high school together while sneaking to eat our sandwiches at the same time, to almost get in fights with Pineview people, to make cake for each other, to go on trips together, to freakout over something or another, and to waste time together and laugh at getting away with it.
Happy Birthday Auds!

Split Ends

Ladies, I need your input! For one reason or another, I need recommendations for where to go to get my hair cut. I have horrid split ends because it has been too long since my last trim. Where does a girl go for a not-too-expensive, doesn't work at an establishment with the word "clip" in their name, not-too-ditzy, and not just-out-of-hair-school-with-black-on-the-bottom-and-blonde-on-the-top-stylist in Provo? Where do all of my beautiful friends get their hair done? Leave a comment!

The Zone

One of the reasons that I love school is because of "the zone". When I am working on certain types of assignments or projects, my brain goes into this lovely mode where all my thoughts are directed toward what I am working on. It is like meditating, because my thoughts are very focused and moving forward, and my mind is empty of everything except what I am working on. While in the zone time goes by in hours not minutes. It is bliss. And maybe this is just me, but I usually have so many thoughts running around and around in my head without much purpose to them, that when I focus and direct and put my thoughts toward a useful purpose and have them work for me in a streamlined way, its like I've conquered something. It feels good :)
I get in the zone most easily when I am doing calculus or reading well written fiction. I am noticing my zone as I am writing the paper that I am working on, and am so grateful. Its like leaving life for a little while. The zone might not be the best vacation ever, cause you don't get a tan, but it is definitely the cheapest. Y'all should try it ;)