Happy New Year!

I'm not a resolution maker. I don't like them. The thing about resolutions is that for the first week, people try really really hard to change their lifelong habits. One week or one decision doesn't correct scores of times mistakes. Resolving to do or to change something because it is a new calendar year just doesn't seem effective. That being said, there are some things that I am excited for this next year, some things I hope I will be able to change, and some things I want to stay exactly the same. My top seven list for 2010:

1. Get accepted to where ever it is that I am supposed to end up for the next few years of my education. Or have whatever it is that is supposed to happen to me actually happen, so that I end up where ever it is that I'm supposed to be, doing whatever it is that I'm supposed to be doing... I need some direction.

2. Go the entire year without a single ticket. No parking tickets. No speeding tickets. No tickets of any form please. Just this year.

3. I hope to be able to do really well in school my final semester but still enjoy my time in Idaho as well.

4. Get more fit. I'd like to reach my fitness goal by May. This is something I have been working on for some time and cannot wait to finally obtain.

5. And #4 leads me right to #5... run the BoulderBoulder in the spring. My first 10k. My dad is supposed to be doing it with me so hopefully he doesn't bail. I'm so excited!

6. I am just excited to see what the year has in store for me! This is an awkward stage for me, without any definite plans or life goals but I feel like it will pan out this year.

7. I want to keep loving life more and more everyday. I want to keep trying my hardest to do my best. I want to become the person I was meant to be.

Confession #4

I don't have a "type" and I hate the question.

Thanks for asking.

Please refrain in the future.

Confession #3

Sometimes, even the most ridiculous things make me ridiculously sad.

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So my birthday was November 30. A great year for festivities it was.


I was home for Thanksgiving break so I had a little birthday party while i was home. The plan was a night of shopping and Cheesecake Factory. Somehow we ended up at Red Robin. Disappointing but a good dinner nonetheless. Pictured is myself with my parents, little sister, and best friend.



After a 10 hour drive back to school the following day, I went to bed exhausted and dreamless. I awoke in the morning to a decorated apartment with a gift from my roommate waiting. It was so thoughtful and put a smile on my face right away.




She then treated me with a trip to Cocoa Bean - a local cupcake cafe for the best cupcake I had all day! :)




That night I had a small party at my apartment for a few of my friends. It was a lot of fun to get to see people that live so close but that I never actually get to see. It was so awesome that they all got to come. Dessert was funfetti cake, with funfetti icing and lots of ice cream!



All in all it was a great start to my 21st year of life. I hope to stay this age forever. I can't imagine actually making it to see the big 3-0. Thanks to all that made my day as great as it was :)

Ok.... GO!

Here is an update of my fall semester all in one pretty little post. Normally I'm off-track (not in school) for fall semester but I started going year-round (3 semesters a year) in order to graduate in April 2010. It's been nice knowing that I'm almost finished but I genuinely miss working and having a little bit of a break from school. Regardless, this has easily been the greatest semester I have had so far. I have great roommates, challenging classes, church at noon... life is just good.

Started the semester with my first ever, last minute trip to Salt Lake for sunday morning session General Conference. My dad, sister and I all met up for it. None of us had ever been and it was a really great experience. I have to admit that it's the exact same spirit that you can get at home though too. It's not something I will likely to again and again but it was worth it. The picture above is the three of us at dinner the night before. The following picture is of President Monson as he exited the Conference Center. I ended up with AMAZING seats. I was on the very bottom level, not very many rows back. I was lucky, to say the least.

Since then I have:

Eaten at Craigo's with an old roommate. sooo good. I'll miss that place when I graduate.

Made multiple trips to the "haunted swings." Basically it's just a really little swing set outside of Rexburg. It's really creepy but I don't think they're actually haunted.

Gone to Mesa Falls in the middle of the night for no reason.

Played on the most giant stacks of hay bales I have ever seen. Followed by a visit with a drunk man on the side of a dirt road that didn't want us to call the cops. We did anyway. Followed by star gazing during a meteor shower.

ROAD TRIP! to Colorado for Thanksgiving Break. My roommate lives in Centennial. I was so lucky to have someone to drive with - makes the 10 hour trip seem that much shorter!

Followed by Thanksgiving in Alamosa. We had dinner this year at my aunt and uncles new house. I've been trying for almsot 21 years to convince my parents that we need a trampoline. I haven't gotten anywhere but this picture proves my point. Sidenote: my little sister is SO big now. She barely has any "baby" qualities left. She's talking, growing, hitting. She's grown into such a little girl.

Visited with my great grandma Ruth. She turned 103 this past summer. I guess now I know what I'll look like in 82 years... wait, what? No. I haven't actually been down to visit my mom's side of the family in over 3 years because of school and work. It was nice to be able to get to go down and remember exactly why it is that I haven't been down in so long :)

All in all it's been a great semester. Three weeks left before it's over. Christmas is right around the corner, preceded by my 21st birthday on Monday!