Dabbling in the Finer Things

It's a start!

That's right folks: I french braided my own hair. Of course, I understand that it's not quite ready to grace the public, but maybe someday...

What thuh...???

SNOW DAY! We had the first of the flurries on October 25, but now I fear that this cloud dandruff is here to stay. November 8, 2010 will be forever infamous as the day when everything I knew about weather no longer was applicable to real life.

My bewildered face next to snow.

Oops.

Here's the real link. I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oK_otxtNIk

Good news!

In a word, Beck and Ben have inspired me. Me and Beck made a solemn oath a few weeks back to become more excellent bloggers, and while she has surged ahead and made impressive headway on that goal, I'm left behind to spit the gravel and dust that she's left in her wake.

So, here it goes: I am highly cultured.

Of course, you all knew this already if you remember my post about my friends from Peru and Indonesia and the like, but today I was advanced into a whole new level of sophistication. That's right - I ate cilantro. On purpose.

My roomie, Suzy, LOVES cilatro. She buys little bunches of it every week and puts it in a cup of water to make it last. I dump it all over our fridge on an almost daily basis. Anyway, today I was preparing my customary lunch of a turkey and cheese sandwich with honey mustard when I spied it edging toward the end of the fridge shelf. I snatched it up and put a whole handful on my sandwich. It was delicious. And grassy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoK_otxNIk

This link is provided for your viewing pleasure. NOTE: This video is about 5 minutes long. My roommate dies laughing the whole time, while my next door neighbor finds it a waste of her time. You've been warned.

It came with packages, boxes, and bags!

Mail makes me incomprehensibly ecstatic.

This is me being REEEEEALLY happy.

If everyone sent me mail all the time, I wouldn't even be sad.

Happy One Month Anniversary!

This past Monday, October 4, marked one month that I have been away from Georgia. Yesterday, the 5th, marked one month that I have been in Idaho. I'd just like to say, that this has been one of the absolute most fantastic months of my entire existence.

My Life: A Brief Synopsis of these Past Thirty-One Days.

The Reuniting.

Me and my best friend of all time, Samantha Reinhart, had a wonderful reunion after two and a half years of seperation.

The Roomies.


I have the best roommates anyone could ever ask for. They really have become like five more sisters. I don't think I've ever bonded with any group of people as fast as I have with these girls. Suzy, the girl I share an actual bedroom with, is such an example of everything good. I just like them a lot.

Joyce, Rachel, Heather, Ally, Me, Suzy

Reading, Riting, and Rithmatic.

My classes are swell. All of my teachers are fantastic, even though my anatomy teacher says too many words and my science teacher reminds me of either Mr. Jones (my sixth grade math teacher) or the dad off of Back to the Future. I got to drop my writing class because my AP credits cover it, and I got a NINETY-SIX on my first Spanish test. My health and wellness class is the best thing that's ever happened to anyone. Enough said.


Rexburg.

EVERYTHING is so stinkin beautiful here! I love it! It hasn't been freezing cold yet, except the first day of classes when it was 47 degrees and raining. There's a lot of wide open fields full of alphalpha and wheat and potatoes and dirt. Its fantastic.

This is the view outside my front window. It's like this basically every night.

Road Trips.


I got to go TO GENERAL CONFERENCE. It's a totally different experience when you're actually in the conference center. The ride down was a blast, the stay, first at Suzy's MANSION cabin, then at Michelle's Doll House that makes me feel like I never left home was superb, and the ride up involved A LOT of Josh Groban jammage. Perfection in a nut shell.

This is everyone, plus Suzy's "mum." She is from England, and so we just call her Mum.

This is the PROPHET. Live and in person.

Romance.

Heh. Just kidding. Actually, it seems that I have a thing for married men. It seems whenever I smoothly finnagle myself a seat next to the most attractive guy in the room, he is ALWAYS married. I guess I'll just have to go back to Plan A...

Improptu Temple Journey

So, today, Suzy was monumentally stressed out. SOOOO, she went to the temple, and I tagged along. While she was inside doing baptisms, I sat outside with my journal in the dark and watched a PHENOMENAL sunset.

As I sat there, I was suddenly overcome by an almost giddy sense of excitement oddly enough... NO I'M NOT GETTING MARRIED. But all the sudden, I was just really excited to go through the temple and see what it's really all about. It was kind of a crazy and unexpected experience. But it made me super happy that my family has been sealed in the temple for eternity. I think it also has possessed me with a greater desire to go to the temple more often, and to make sure that I am always unquestionably worthy to be there.

That's about all I have to say about that... I'm just glad to be here when I am.

Also, I found this stick. When I look at it, I feel that it's just the epitome of what a stick should be. I mean, when you think stick, you think this. In addition, it's also deliciously smooth.

"I FOUND A STICK!!!!" Name that movie...