College, Life, Etc.

Man, I have not written on this blog for a VERY long time. A lot has happened since I last wrote, that's for sure.

First off, it is not the Spring Semester up here at BYU Idaho. The weather has not been very good, it has been extremely windy almost every single day. At least there's no snow! (Actually, it did snow a few weeks ago for a few hours.) But it has rained a little bit. Greg and I go and play soccer a lot, either with his roommates Cameron and Jon, or just messing around with our inter-mural team. It's a lot of fun. Currently, I am taking 16 credits this semester. It has definitely been keeping me busy, but I really need a job. That is going to be very high on my list of things to do.

I definitely miss California a lot. Going back this past break, in April, made me really wish I was there. I was dreading coming back up here, but I do have Greg, and that is making it a lot of fun. I love being with him. We spend a lot of time together. He's pretty much the only reason I wanted to come back up here for this semester, in all honesty. We spent Easter at his house in Park City. It was a lot of fun. The Friday before Easter, we drove down to Utah together, barely made it to my brother Greg's college graduation. After that, we went to Greg's cousin's graduation party (she graduated from BYU as well) and I got to meet a bunch of his aunts and uncles and cousins, as well as both of his grandparents. It was fun. Then, we went to Red Robin to meet up with my family and cousins. The next day, my parents came up to Park City, met Greg's mom, and we all went out to eat at Cafe Rio. We walked around Main Street for a little while, and then they had to leave to go back to California (I was a little jealous, and sad at the same time). Later that night, we dyed Easter eggs and then we watched Harry Potter 7 (secretly I was excited to watch it). Then Sunday, we had the Easter egg/basket hunt and for Easter dinner, a bunch of Greg's family came up to his house and we all ate a delicious meal. It was way nice. I really enjoyed being there.

Other than that, all I've been up to is homework, homework, homework. And hanging out with Greg. And playing soccer. The first couple days back up here were really weird... I had a really hard time without Leah and Sara. Basically, I only knew Greg up here at first. My friends were all gone, with the exception of a few. It was just strange getting new roommates and meeting new people. But it's been nice being with Greg, that's for sure!

Idaho Falls Weekend

So, Leah, Sara, and I went to Idaho Falls this past weekend for just a getaway from Rexburg. It was so fun! We stayed at a hotel called Shilo Inn for two nights, Friday and Saturday. It was just so nice to sit around, relax, swim, sit in the super warm jacuzzi, and hang out with each other. I think both nights we fell asleep at like 3:30 AM. Which isn't too bad, I think it could've been worse. Friday, we went shopping at the I.F. mall; I got some new cute clothes :] I think my favorites were the new brown boots and white sundress I got. I think I'm gonna look like a country girl with that outfit on. I love it. Saturday, we went to the Bodies Exhibit, with all the cadavers that show the insides of the bodies. It was extremely interesting. My favorite parts were the exhibit that showed the blood vessels only in your body, and also the exhibit that showed the fetus at different stages during a pregnancy. It all was just way cool. Later that night, we went to Red Robin for Leah's birthday basically, and then saw Tangled. Cutest movie ever! It was so adorable; I had never seen it before, and I was so glad to have gone! Basically, the rest of the trip was just hanging out at the hotel and going in the jacuzzi, which was just fine for all three of us. We absolutely loved that jacuzzi. Overall, it was a way fun weekend, and I'll always have those memories with my girls!

As for this week: I'm going down to Utah on Wednesday night! Sean Lisenby (Leah's cousin) and Pedro Mendoza (Leah's boyfriend) are both coming up to Idaho to pick Leah and me up and we are going back down to Utah. I will get to see Greg all weekend! I am so excited! We are actually going down for one of our old FHE brother's wedding on Friday. But other than that, I will be in Park City! I think we are also gonna go to the Festival of Colors in Spanish Fork, and maybe go to some hot springs down there too, oh and maybe go skiing! It's gonna be AWESOME!

What's New?

Life's too short to sit around miserable... Sometimes I need to just remember this phrase.
Life's been alright lately. I've just been working and going to school. I've had to teach Relief Society a couple times now. I love it. I love teaching and talking in front of people. I think I'm always a little nervous at the very beginning of the lesson, but I get over it pretty quickly. And the time seems to go way faster than I want it to! I never have enough time to cover everything I want!
School hasn't been too tough for me this semester, considering I'm only taking two classes. But we have quite a few essays to write for English. It's not bad at all though. Honestly, I think I wrote more in my Family class last semester than I do for my English class, so I feel very blessed this semester. Science is pretty easy as well, my online class. I'm blessed there, too.
Work has been pretty brutal, if I'm being honest. It's always a struggle to want to actually go and work the days I have to. My heart kind of sinks a little bit. But hey, I need it, so I can't complain too much.
So, I was pretty dumb and went online trying to see where I could live next semester. I found a couple places, Mountain Pines and La Jolla apartments. I saw that I could apply for them, so I assumed that the application online that they offered was JUST an application. Well, to my surprise, I found out that I signed for the contract to both places. So now I'm stuck with both contracts for both places, but I'm trying to sell my La Jolla contract. If I don't by the start of the Spring semester, I'm screwed. I'll be responsible for BOTH contracts, which means I'll be responsible for paying $1,000 to each of them. It's just ridiculous. It's constantly on my mind, and it's been stressing me out. I NEED to sell it.
Greg came up here to Rexburg this past weekend. I loved it. He got here on Friday night. Earlier that day, Sara, Shelly, and I went to the store and bought a bunch of stuff so I could have a candlelight dinner with him. We got some fake roses, 4 candles, a red tablecloth, some "nice" cheap red napkins, and then got the food for it as well. Sara made chicken parmesan and spaghetti, texas garlic toast, salad, and chocolate covered strawberries for dessert. We also had sparkling cider. I really owe Sara a lot for doing what she did for me because I was at work pretty much all day until about an hour before Greg got here. I also went to Wal-Mart and printed out a picture of Greg and me and put it in a frame that sat at the end of the table next to the fake roses while we ate. He was pretty surprised I think. It was awesome.
Then on Saturday, Greg and I drove to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We ate at a place called Bubba's. It was pretty good. We also went and saw the arches made of antlers. That was pretty awesome. Then we went to Snow King Mountain and took the ski lift up to the top of the mountain. We saw the whole view of Jackson Hole and beyond. It was beautiful, but kind of hard to see Tetons because it was cloudy and starting to get snowy. Let me just say that it was FREEZING. Actually, we didn't even know it until after, but we drove right through the Tetons to get to Jackson. I thought that was pretty cool. Needless to say, we had a lot of fun in Jackson.
Saturday night and Sunday were basically just chill and relax days. We hung out at Corey and Lisa's house with them and the boys. Can I just say that I absolutely love them? They seriously are the best. And I love their boys. On the down-low though, Greg and I played Tooth Fairy for Corey on Saturday night. Austin had lost a tooth, and Greg and I were watching a movie, so Corey wanted to go to bed and asked us if we would put a dollar under his pillow and just throw away the tooth. After the movie, Greg went to go do the deed, but was totally too chicken, and came right back out of the room and said someone (Austin and Jacob share a room) moved in their beds. So I took the money in my hand, opened the door, and walked in, with Greg right behind me. The problem now was trying to figure out which bed Austin was in. Basically, I just guessed (luckily I was right), and at first when I stuck my hand under the pillow, I couldn't find the tooth. I turned to Greg and kind of whispered that I couldn't find it. I was so nervous. But I went in the second time and found it, slipped the money under the pillow, and we booked it out of there. Overall, it was a very exhilarating experience, but hey, I consider myself a pro now. So watch out!

Valentine's Day

So Greg and I went on a nice hike on Valentine's Day.

Greg had some fun...

Then we saw a nasty dead swan.

You can tell that we were pretty tired by the end of the hike. Ha.

Fun times :]

Job!

I finally got a job, can you believe it? I got a call on Monday night before class from the girl who hires, and she said she wanted me to come in the next day for training. So, yesterday was my first day. I got there at about 3 PM and didn't leave until about 9:30 PM. The first four hours were actual training and filling out the W4 and stuff like that. But the rest was actually on the phones calling people. It was pretty scary at first because we just jumped right into it with hardly any practice. But I guess that's the best way to learn. Honestly, this job is sooooo incredibly boring. I could hardly sit there for 2 hours doing it. I don't know how I am going to last for 5 hours or even 9 hours a day like they want! I work Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 3-8 PM and then Saturdays from 10 AM-7 PM. It's gonna be brutal, but I guess at least it's a job right? That's what I wanted. So I can't complain too much.

Roomies :]

Skiing in Park City

Greg and I had a lot of fun in California over Christmas Break

Best Parents Ever :] Miss you guys!

Steph and me in NYC over Christmas Break! So much fun!