Ode to My Pink Nails

I generally do not like painting my fingernails.
They get messed up too easily, and perfection is gone.
But there was a bottle, sitting right next to me
Tempting me, teasing me.
So I gave in.
Knowing they would probably only last an hour or so.
But 15 hours later, they are still beautiful.
Pink, precious, pretty nails.

A BYU Story

Once upon a time there was a girl named Erin. When she was 18, she left her home in Houston to go to BYU to pursue her education. While she was there, she met this girl named Jamie. The two quickly became friends, and the next school year, they decided to be roommates. Soon they moved into an apartment complex where they started off the school year happy as two friends can be. Life was good.

Then, one day, Erin decided to go to FHE. There, she met a fantastic young man named J.J. They hit it off quickly, and soon started dating. Each other. By the time the semester was over, they were seriously considering marriage. In February they were engaged, and they got married in August.

Jamie, being the great and wonderful friend she was, flew all the way down to Houston to be there for her friends. Little did she know just how much this would impact her life. At the wedding, Jamie met several people from both Erin and J.J.'s family. One in particular was J.J.'s little brother Trent. Trent had just returned from his mission to Brazil. She didn't really think much about it until they both returned to Provo. They became friends and they started talking to each other. That was about the extent of their relationship at the time though.

However, a few months later, Jamie and Trent decided they liked each other. They started dating in November, three days before Thanksgiving break. They have been dating ever since! There is more to the story as well, but that is for another day. :)

A Writer's Notebook

So for my English writing for elementary education class, we are supposed to write in a "writer's notebook" once or twice, or maybe it's three times a week (maybe I should look that up). As I am too lazy to go out and buy an actual notebook (I'm just sick of spending money), I will probably just post here a lot. There will be other posts about my life (hopefully) but there will be mostly posts about random literary events. Just for future reference.

School

I'm only a week and a half into the semester.

It feels like I should be prepping to take my finals.

I have had more homework and assignments and readings in the past week and a half than I probably did all last semester.

It's a lot of work.

But I don't mind.

Because I am going to be a teacher.

And this stuff will apply to my life.

I will use it.

In my classroom.

As a teacher.

Isn't that wonderful?

Sad Letter Days

So my friends Erin & J.J. decided to write their very first Christmas/New Years letter, and then send them out to their friends. It was a very cute idea. Well, a few days ago I was over at Trent's apartment, and I saw that he had gotten his letter from Erin & J.J. I hadn't gotten my letter yet, so that made me kind of sad, but then I remembered that I hadn't been to my apartment yet that day, so it was probably there just waiting for me. I read the letter that Trent had received, and it was cute. I went home later that night, but I had just forgotten about it.

The next day, I was over at Ilarene's apartment and I saw that she had received their letter. I didn't think that was fair! I hadn't gotten my letter yet, and I wanted one, even though I already knew what it said. And I lived right next door to Ilarene! I mean, seriously! Did they forget about me? Well, I didn't really think that, because I know they would never forget about me. :)

So then on Friday, I came home from school and noticed that someone had put the mail on the table. On the table, there was a letter addressed to me! Yay!! It had finally come...but...it looked like this.....

I decided that the mailman tried to use my letter to ward off an angry dog.

But it is good to know that the postal service cares about me!!

I thought it was really funny, and I got a good kick out of it. I showed it to Erin & J.J., and they thought it was pretty funny too. They then printed out another non-chewed on letter that I could have. Thanks to the postal service for adding some laughter to my life!

2010 Goals

So someone once came up with this idea that once the new year started, people should come up with things they want to do to improve themselves. I'm not sure why it started on the new year, seeing as everyday is a new day to to better and improve, but I figured that I might as well come up with some resolutions of my own. Maybe having them posted will help me actually keep them. So here are my goals for 2010.

-To post 44 times. In 2008 I posted 11 times. I posted 22 times in 2009. I want to post 44 times this year.

-Get stuck on the roof with my brother.

-Read a book for fun during the semester.

-Be nicer to people in general.

-Express gratitude on a more regular basis.

-Read the Book of Mormon again by the end of Winter semester.

-Walk. A lot. (This isn't so much starting a new thing as it is continuing to do what I have been doing for the past four months anyways)

-Get a job.

-Enjoy my classes.

-Play Calvinball (from Calvin and Hobbes)

-Take a lot of pictures (should be easier than before because I got a new camera for Christmas!)

-Go crazy a couple of times...

-Recover from going crazy in a timely manner.

-Learn at least 10 new songs on the guitar that I can play without the chords in front of my face.

-Go to BYU basketball games.

-....and whatever else I think of throughout the year...

Life as of late...

Well, I haven't written for a while. Life has been good. I finished up the semester with hopefully the best GPA that I've had since I've come to BYU. I've had a good semester. I really have been blessed. Probably the most exciting news of the semester is that I started dating this really great guy. His name is Trent, and we met four months ago. My best friend Erin married his older brother J.J. and we met at their wedding. I was the Maid of Honor and he was the Best Man. Pretty classy, if I do say. Although we met in August, we didn't start dating until a month ago. It has been a lot of fun though (minus the parts where he goes home to Oregon for Thanksgiving and Christmas).

I think he's cute : )

Other than that, I've just been hanging out at home. It's been really good to see my family and my friends from my ward. I've been baking a lot of Christmas goodies too, so that has kept me busy. I do love Christmas. Life is just good right now. What can I say? :)