Freaking Flabbergast....

Being busy is sometimes good.

It keeps me on my toes. Ready for action. Ready for learning. 

But then sometimes....well, let's not beat around the bush....almost all the time, being busy isn't so great. 

Especially when all the busyness just bombards your fragile brain in one day and you have a presentation for which you didn't prepare until the night before.....oh and the morning of.....and for which your group didn't really meet for and then you have a religion test due right after devotional, but your class before devotional goes up to devotional so you're fretting about whether or not your class before devotional will get out early enough for you to take it AND go to devotional or if you will have to just skip devotional all together. 

Yeah....it's been one of those days. 

So Moriah and me decided we need to run away. 

Far far away. 

Somewhere where the busyness cannot touch us. 

Ever.

We were thinking Europe.

Pisa.

Tuscany.

Greece.

China.

New York City.

The Maldives Islands.

Specifically the Boat hotel on Cocoa Island. 

Mexico.

Australia.

And wherever else our feet guide us. 

Yeah.....

We are leaving this weekend. We haven't quite figured out the travel arrangements yet. 

But let me tell ya.....it's going to be awesome. 

Definitely worth all of the loans we took out to do this. 

If anyone wants to join.....let us know. 

Unfortunately, you'll definitely have to take out your own loans though. 

Ours only go so far. 

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So I forgot something. My roommate wanted your number.

First homework assignment of the semester. 

Make pinch pots. 

Yes. Possibly the best first homework assignment I've ever gotten. 

I should have change my major earlier. :)

Doesn't Everest have a gift shop?

Before I left for school, I knew that this semester would be a game changer.

A big, kick you in the face, game changer.

Bruises included, but not necessarily bad ones.

Nope.....some are good.

I just haven't figured how.

That's okay though. It is only the third day of classes.

I'm sure questions will be answered.

Surprises will continue.

Prayers will be never ending.

One after the other.

The only thing I am really sure of is that there is a lesson coming.

A lesson I am already learning bit by bit.

I just hope it pulls me closer to my Father in Heaven.

Not away.

Because heaven knows, I can't do this all by myself.

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They are all just babies.....

Night before the semester begins and I am sitting in my bedroom wondering....

About what?

Ya know....I have no clue. 

Do you ever have those times where you know something is bothering you, but you have yet to decipher what it is?

Or maybe that the thing that is bothering you just hasn't happened yet? So it is a mystery, but it is still bothering you. 

I don't know.  

It is probably just nerves. 

About delving more into my major. 

About finding what I love about it.

About finding a job. 

About turning 21 and what that means. 

About finding a way to support myself. 

About being independent. 

About making my parents proud of me. 

About making my Heavenly Father proud of me. 

About making friends and getting good grades. 

Yeah.....probably just nerves. :)

But onward...

To the Pins of the Week.

I have been really into crafts of late so here are some I found really nifty. 

Being a college student plagued with stress and worries, 

I thought this was pretty cool. 

I mean....who doesn't like packing bubbles. 

Plus, it is an inexpensive little surprise you can give just to tell them

you are thinking of them. 

Even though I'm not yet a parent, me thinks this is brilliant. 

Creating a little surprise so the kids will be as excited as you are to leave for your date. 

Great way to keep their minds entertained. 

Super awesome idea. 

Putting your families story on a light switch cover 

before you move so the next tenants will be able to find it.  

Great way to share a part of yourself with others. 

When I grow up.....I want to be a mother.

Who really puts an emphasis on getting to know her children. 

This jar has different questions to ask children everyday.

Some are funny and others are serious. 

It is a great way to record memories.

One word. 

Brilliant. Just so brilliant. 

No other word to describe it. 

Such a cute alternative to a family portrait. 

A fun idea of how to save your wedding bouquet 

instead of just letting it die. 

You could probably do this with a lot of things. 

Happy Sunday.

b.

Recovered, never cured.

Man.....it's uhhh....been awhile.

I missed this. Sitting down, just my computer and me, typing away.

My Mac got sick and had to go to our local medicine man for a few days. Thankfully, the cure took.

So my vehicle for this blog took a few sick days off.

As did I. After work ended, a cold overtook me.

But I can assure you, we are both back.

Better than ever.

We are super stoked for the semester in front of us.

We can't wait to start another chapter in the Burg.

But unfortunately, we might hit a snag.

Because packing is not that great.

Sometimes I wish I just had a bag like Mary Poppin's.

Just so I could just dump all of my crap in there without having to organize everything like the organizational freak I am.

Would that be too much to ask?

 b.

Rexburg's calling and I just want to go home.

I am blog-stumped. 

I have no idea what to tell you. 

It's not like I don't have tons of ideas. 

They just don't seem to be coming out as smoothly as my dad's snores. 

Sleep is the only thing that comes naturally for me now. 

Work makes me too sleepy for anything. 

Especially poetic monologues about my aventures to the Royal Gorge, 

to the top of Pikes Peak on my day off, 

to Red Lobster with my family, 

to this cute little diner in Manitou Springs, 

and to my parent's kitchen where I whip up cupcakes and cookies. 

Maybe I've lost my excitement. 

Or maybe it's because I haven't written in so long. 

I'm out of practice. 

Maybe after my last two days of work, I can focus on this and everything else. 

Two days. 

I can do this. I can. 

Two more days.

And.....here's your

Pins of the Week.

I think this almost everyday. 

Especially when I talk to myself. 

Out loud. 

Mostly, it's to say, "Hey, don't judge me."

Yeah....I have some issues to resolve. 

I'm far too judgmental.

I've decided I need an awesomeness stamp. 

So whenever I see something awesome like the picture above, 

I can validate it's awesomeness. 

And I'm pretty sure thats all the validation it would need.

Oh yeah....that is definitely my next project.

I talk to myself, I stumble over my words especially when talking to an attractive member of the opposite sex, and I love to stay at home and chill with an awesome book in my hands. 

But I like it that way.

Well played, Robert Downey Jr. 

Well played.

Yeah....I was definitely born in the wrong country. 

The British definitely know how to make good entertainment. 

I mean, there's Harry Potter, Merlin, Doctor Who, Sherlock, 

Downton Abbey, all the Jane Austen movies, Little Dorrit, and so many more.

Yeah....America can't even compare.

Hehe.....I couldn't help myself. It's just too cute.

b.

Too soon....

I am behind.

I am so sorry.

There is too much work to be done.

Fun to have.

And sleep to be slept.

But I promise.....

That I will blog the blog posts that need to be blogged.

Very very soon in the future.

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