I'm Back!

Wow.

Sorry I'm horribly inconsistent at blogging.

But I've also been rather busy these past few days.

Last Monday-Wednesday we had our last day of classes(!) which was stressful because that's when everything was due. All the projects, papers, assignments, all that jazz. And then, we had to take finals and pack and clean on Thursday and Friday. Basically after my crazy ridiculous final on Thursday (that I studied for for like forever), I was pretty much done with school. I just had a presentation Friday morning at 7:00am but other than that, I was done.

But I did have to pack and clean the entire apartment.

Jess and I were up until 3:30 am packing and cleaning and doing whatever else needed to be done (we also had a car party and car-flirted which was super funny) and then we had to wake up at 6:30 on Thursday morning. We were exhausted on Friday. We got out of class at like 8:10 and then from then until 2 we were packing plus some cleaning. We were running all day long. I have never been so stressed. Then we had to walk across to the shuttle station where there were hundreds (okay, maybe not hundreds) of people there waiting too. All the little AFY kids and everyone else who was going home. It was precious. The bus was rather late which was annoying. But I sat by myself until IF until I got to sit by a cute little old lady all the way down to Salt Lake.

Once I got to Salt Lake, I checked in, went through security, and then sat at my gate... I was supposed to be sitting there for like...20 minutes. But out airplane had some mechanical failures and it was MIA. So we kept getting more and more delayed (but it did give me the opportunity to get some TCBY.) Instead of leaving at 7:53p like we were supposed to, we left at 9:30ish after we stole a plane from Denver. But that meant that I got home later which actually ended up being okay. But theeeennnnn we got to drive to Auburn. That was an adventure.

We got to out hotel in Auburn and by then, I had been up for 22 hours and had been traveling for 11 hours. I was so exhausted. I feel asleep in like two seconds and then slept like a rock. We had to wake up at 7:15 for our rafting adventure. We went to breakfast and then got all ready. We drove to the rafting location and then watched a fun training movie. Then we went down to the river which was great. But it was SO hot. Once we got in our little rafts though it cooled down. And we got to go swimming in the river which was fun. And super cold. But it was quite an enjoyable day. The best part was when we got SUPER stuck in rocks for like 30+ minutes. We kept maneuvering our raft around but it was pretty slow. We were getting almost done when we had some assistance arrive. Three strong men came and saved us. Then we got to the end and everyone was so curious as to what happened to us which was funny. Then we had to roll up all the rafts and everything and pack it up and it was SO hot standing in the sun waiting.

Then we drove home. And on the way home, we stopped at Chick-fil-a which was SO good. mmm :) And it was so nice to finally be home after so long. We went to bed kinda late as well on Saturday night.

Sunday morning, I had to wake up early for church. And then I got to work in the Nursery so after church i was way tired. Sunday was busy because the Bishop was out of town so my dad had to do everything and so I helped him. We watched UP! but I was so tired that I couldn't even watch the whole thing and I went to bed at like 9:30. So lame.

These past few days have been pretty low-key. Just going to Target (twice), Rok (twice) and just hanging out and sleeping in until 11. It's been a wonderful start to the summer. Plus, I've bought some super exciting things while at Target... Some things I won't mention here. haha

This week is going to continue to be super crazyyyy.

La Biblioteca

I've fallen in love.

For some reason, doing homework in the library today was the bestest. Jessica and I both brought our computers and we found a super secret little spot on the third floor and we each had our little tables and our super comfortable chairs. We had our snacks and we listened to our music and we just sat there and wrote our papers. We were SO productive. This might be a more frequent occurrence (in our week of the semester left). But seriously, we got more done in those 3 hours than we would've had we been at home.

The only thing that ruined our perfect Saturday evening at the library was the fact that they kicked us out at 9. Seriously? The library closes at 9 on the Saturday before finals? It was fun though because they played really good we're-kicking-you-out-of-the-library music. So that was fun. It would've been a lot better if they didn't kick us out though because everything was so perfect.

Since next semester is going to be so insane academically for all of us, I have a feeling that nights like tonight might be more common next semester. Which is really okay with me because I love the library now. I just wish that someone would make a video like this about the David O. Mckay Library, just like they made one for the HBLL. Too bad. But I guess I'm starting to be more like the scholar I am by not studying in a cave...

The other unfortunate thing about the Mckay Library is that Cafe Mckay isn't open on Saturdays. We were super hungry but we couldn't get ourselves a Celestial Sandwich. :(

Uh, I suppose I should stop talking about the library and my new love for it. I should go and finish my super duper paper!

Less than a week left in the 'Burg. Ridiculous. But I can't wait to be home and be reunited with my fam, Cupperton, my amigas, Kuma, my sunglasses that have been missing since September but have been found!, Rok!, Chick-a-fil, Chipotle, Real international food, Target, California sunshine, water polo, sunday night swims, the beach, sleeping in, road trips, "cousins", weddings, work, no homework/school, etc. Can't wait! :))

Irked.

Nothing is happening.

Seriously.

I go to class, I come home, I do homework (or watch tv for hours on end...) I eat, sleep and then repeat.

And, things have gotten kinda awkward within Apartment 20.

Everyone is walking on eggshells. Mostly because there are a couple of roommates who are bothering the others.

Example One:

As previously discussed, Jessica and I decided that for the 4th of July we would have a BBQ. Vikki was here and Josh was here so we decided that we would cook Sunday dinner. We bought lots of meat and buns and condiments and everything. T (C's friend) came over with them and asked if we needed help. So we sent him down to the grill to get it ready and cook our meat. Well, it took a lot longer than expected so C and L decided to come back up to our apartment and just cook stuff on the stove. So they used two of my pans and one of Jessica's (and one of their own) and cooked our food. After our dinner, we came up and put away all the food and everything and then we looked at the stove. It was caked in grease and the four messy pans were just chillin'. So after we did all the other dishes, we washed them too. Two of the four pans had like super thick gross layers of grease sitting on the bottom. It was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. So basically we cleaned EVERYTHING up while they sat in their room, listening to music, on facebook whatever. AND we had guests here. Usually when they make dinner, we all do our own dishes and they use a Crock Pot so they just wipe it out. We were SO pissed with them. And it didn't help that there were some annoyed boys in our living room yelling at us. That is what kicked off our annoyed-at-our-roommates attitude. Oh, and as a side note, they didn't ask if they could use our pans and they semi-ruined Jessica's pan. That just isn't acceptable. We had to clean up a huge mess they made. We weren't happy.

Example Two:

On Sunday, Jessica had to go to church early for all her meetings but they were done early so she texted me and told me to hurry because she was sitting in the chapel all alone. So I left at like 1:05 (when she texted me) but I left S home because I didn't think she'd be ready or anything. And she was all locked up in her room PLUS they leave without me every week anyway soooo I just left (and C and L were both out of town.... so it was just S). During Sacrament meeting, we couldn't see S so we were kinda confused. We went to the fun Sunday School and saw her so we sat behind her and Jess asked if she was in Sacrament meeting and S just gave her the death glare and then turned around. We were both SO confused. And then in Relief Society, S sat all the way in the back and there was no one even close to her and then immediately after the prayer she was gone. She like ran home and locked herself back in her room. It was SO awk. Once C and L got home though, she acted like everything was okay. It was quite strange.

Example Three/Four/Five:

Michelle sent Erin, Jessica and I a package like... 6 weeks ago? It was full of candy and silly little games and stuff. Well, all the candy melted in transit so we got a bag full of foil and rehardened chocolate. We put all the chocolate in a big bowl and we kinda ate what we could but it was A LOT of work. So it kinda sat on the table for a while. Well one day, I come into the kitchen and L and C are melting all OUR chocolate in a pan on the stove. So we just kinda let them do it but it was OUR chocolate and they were using it as their's. Whatever, we let that slide.

2 weeks later, we had a Rexburg-wide water fight. We were all planning on going but we didn't for various reasons (mostly tennis and a visiting boyfriend). But C still went. AND she brought two of our three little water guns from Michelle. She decided not to tell us what happened until we started wondering where they went. Then she told us that the "got misplaced" at the Water fight. She didn't really apologize for taking them and then losing then and she didn't offer to buy us new ones, nothing. We didn't understand why she thought it was alright for her to take our stuff and then lose it and THEN not tell us. Whatever, they were like $.75 guns and we really weren't going to use them but STILL.

Jessica and I sent Adam a package on Monday and we used the box that we had gotten from Michelle to send it off. We put all the stuff that was still in the box, and put it on a corner table that is between the two couches. There were three cans of silly string and some poppers and other silly things. We just figured that we could just leave them on the table for a little while because they're ours, right? Well, apparently that isn't how things work in this apartment. If they're out in the open, they're kinda free game. I came out to cook dinner the other day and I started talking to C and L who were in the living room and L said that C had "a little accident" and I looked outside and saw silly string EVERYWHERE. OUR silly string. And they didn't say, "oh, sorry we kinda got in a silly string fight. We'll buy you some more." NOTHING. They probably wouldn't have even told us unless we asked. And now there is still silly string all over our balcony. It's been two days. There is silly string everywhere. And I kinda want to bring it up and talk to them about it and be like, "Uh, where's our silly string?" I also heard from Erin that C was eating my Cheez-it's earlier today because they were on the same corner table.

Jessica and I are SO done with them. We are literally walking on eggshells.

I'm at the point where I do want to just confront them and have them be mad at me. I'd rather have them be mad at me then for me to be mad at them. So tomorrow I might ask them what happened to my Silly String. We shall see. We have a week left and I honestly don't really care if they get mad at me when they deserve to know that what they've been doing is unacceptable.

Thanks for listening.

Sorry about that.

But yes, I cannot wait to live in Birch with Shmerin and Michelle. It will be such a breath of fresh air.

I will be back home in the fantabulous city of The Talls (Los Altos), California in 190 hours. YIPPEE!! :)

Everybody's gonna love today...

Goodness gracious.

SO MUCH has happened since I blogged last.

Let's see, I went down to Salt Lake on the 25th to pick up Josh/see Nicole. I met Josh at the airport and then we took the shuttle thing to the Square. Nicole, being the rude missionary she is, had to postpone our appointment so Josh and I had a lot of free time to spare before we met with Sister Quister Twister. So we went to the Nauvoo Cafe for lunch and then to the Conference Center for a tour. Then we met up with Sister Quist and Sister Kinman (who by the way were late...) and they took us to Assembly Hall and then into the South Visitor's center. It was pretty precious. Basically what when down is Nicole and I talked while Sister Kinman taught Josh. haha It was great. Then we hurried to get to our shuttle and all that jazz. The shuttle was uneventful. It was SUPER hot inside the bus which was a bummer. But it was so nice to just be with Josh again and be able to talk to him face-to-face.

Sister Kinman, Sister Quist, Me, Josh

When we got to Rexburg, we hung out with Jessica and Erin and Ricardo and such. Erin's roommate's fiance is in a band and he was playing at Relay for Life at Madison High School so we went to that, which was fun. Except for there was a lightning storm so it was postponed for a while. But it was still fun to hang out with all of them.

Saturday, Jessica and I had a tennis match at 1:00. Except our two matches were postponed to Monday. So we just sat there and cheered for our teammates. It was still fun although the weather was perfect so it would've been nice to actually play but whatever. It was fun to sit and watch a bunch of tennis. Then that night, Josh and I went on a date (and Jessica tagged along for the ending). We went to dinner and then to Toy Story 3. It was SUCH a good movie. I would watch it all day long if I could. It was great.

Sunday, Jessica and I went to Rigby for church because her cousin was getting blessed. And I'm basically a part of the family. Plus, we always look for an excuse to not go to our super late church. So we went to that, and then to a brunch after at the Barton's house. It was fun because her family is super fun. And they had a dog that I got to play with so it was great. Then when we came home, Josh came over and he and I hung out and played wii and stuff while Jessica took a nap. haha it was a great Sunday. We also made pancakes for dinner and watched The Singles Ward 2. It was precious.

Monday I had school and everything. Josh came over and watched me do my homework and tried to distract me but it was good having him here. Then we had tennis and FHE and it was just crazy. But super fun. For FHE, we had a water fight/capture the flag with the neighbors which was fun because it was so hot. We kinda just hung out and did normal ol' stuff besides that.

The rest of the week kind of followed suit. We didn't really do anything too exciting besides school and hanging out with the gang. We did go to Snoasis a couple of times (since it was Josh's new favorite thing) and we went to the grocery store a few times as well. It was quite great. We also had a HUGE freak thunderstorm on Tuesday night. The city streets were like rivers it was raining so hard. It was ridiculous. We played in the rain for quite a while which was super fun.

Wednesday, tennis practice was cancelled so Jessica and I decided to go and play/practice by ourselves. We went at like 8 when the sun was just starting to set. We play two sets; 2-6 and then 7-5. It was so great because I've only been playing tennis for like 10 weeks... and now I'm pretty much a pro. We were both playing really well so it was super exciting. The only problem was that we were playing in the prime mosquito time so I got quite a few bites, which wasn't good. Then we came home at like 9:30 and we were both starving and we had a 15 pound watermelon sitting on our table so we decided to split it in half and eat it. It was so good.

After that, we had our two empty halves so for some reason we decided to put them on our heads. Josh walked in while we were wearing our new hats and taking pictures of them and his face was priceless. It was so funny. Those watermelon rinds were so heavy, which was kind of unexpected. But it was great. She and I do the most random things sometimes.

Thursday, I had a very busy day of classes but once I was done, I was done until today, which was good. I had a 4 day weekend. But on Thursday afternoon, Jessica's friend Vikki came to visit from Colorado. It was fun. I had to go to a meeting for extra credit on Thursday night but after that, the three of us went to Craigo's which was delicious. And we walked to Jessica's grandma to get an air mattress and stuff for Vikki to sleep on. The walk back home was super long but it could've been worse. There was a dog that freaked out and scared all of us which was quite memorable.

Friday, my class was cancelled and Jessica doesn't have class so we went to Broulim's and Walgreen's (and Josh got some Snoasis...) and bought our daily groceries. Then we came home and we were lazy and just sat around for a while. But then Vikki and Jess went and played tennis and Josh and I went to dinner with his grandparents. I was kinda nervous for the dinner but it was actually pretty good. They were fun and it was good. We went to Original Thai which was de-licious. And then we went to the park to play. It was so fun to just be kids again. I loved it. I love swinging a lot. haha after that, we just kinda hung out and then when Jessica and Vikki (plus Eric and Logan) came home, we decided to go to the park to play soccer. But the park was kinda dark so we just sat around and talked and played which was fun. But then I started having really bad allergies and I didn't feel all that well so Josh and I walked home earlier than the rest of the gang. But when we got home, I pretty much passed out on the couch and Josh sat next to me and then he fell asleep. It is so easy to fall asleep cuddling with that boy. Then he went home a little after curfew (oops) and then I went to bed.

Saturday we slept in and then got all ready for the day and while Vikki and Jessica were getting ready, Josh and I watched the World Cup which was fun. It was an intense game. Then we walked to Nature's Nook to get Jessica's grandma's car and then we went to Walmart to buy some stuff for our BBQ on Sunday and then we came home and got ready for our trip to Idaho Falls to see fireworks! So we got to Idaho Falls, went to Red Robin, ate some delicious food and then we found a sweet parking spot and then we found a sweet spot on the lawn by the river and right next to the temple.

We played Phase 10 (and I won) and then we played Your Team (which Josh didn't approve of) and then we sat at waited for the fireworks to begin. Jessica and Vikki had to go to the bathroom so they walked like all over the city to find an acceptable bathroom. Josh and I waited for them to come back for like an hour. I was semi-afraid that something happened to them but Josh was very good at assuring me that they were fine. And they were fine. But from our little spot on the grass, we couldn't really see the fireworks except from through a tree. But it was still funny. We saw these guys wrestling for a light up sword but it looked like they were making out. It was a grand ol' time. Then after the (not as great as it was supposed to be) firework show, we decided that it would take us like 2 hours to deal with all the traffic so we went to Denny's and got some... dinner? I don't know what meal it was but we were all hungry. We parked and walked all the way there because there was SO much traffic. But we first sat at the breakfast counter or whatever it's called. And it was nice because we got seated right away but we were all SO far away from each other. So after they all got their soda floats (and Josh spilled his all over everything) we moved to a table right nearby. Jessica was sad we left the view we had. and then she started hallucinating. It was one of the funniest nights ever. It was so awesome. I loved it. We were laughing the entire time. People kinda hated us I think. We were acting like we were drunk mostly because we were just so tired and being so crazy. It was grand. And the food was good. Then we walked back to the car (while Jessica was talking in a man voice the whole time...) and then we drove home, dropped Josh at Biddulph at like 2 and then we drove the car home to Grandma's and then we walked home which was kinda creepy since she lives in the semi-sketchy part of Rexburg and it was 2:30 in the morning. But we got home a little before 3 and then we had to do some things and then we finally went to bed at 4. It was so eventful.

Sunday, we had church at 1:30, which was good because we were all SO tired. Church was pretty good, as usual. We combined three wards so Hannah from tennis was there which was fun. And Josh was there which made it even better. :) It was Testimony meeting which is always enjoyable. But Josh left after Sunday School to go and pack so we had to endure through Relief Society by ourselves... I mean, obviously we would since he would have to go to Elder's Quorum but whatever. Then he came over right after church and we had our BBQ. It was really good but it didn't go as expected. And there was a tension between me and Josh mostly because it was his last night and we didn't know what was going to happen between the two of us once he left.

After dinner, we had to do the dishes (and I really felt like a housewife...) and then we went to the park to play soccer.

Matching Outfits for Soccer! :)

It was so much fun. We were all so tired though. Josh was so good at soccer and the rest of us were just mediocre. First we played girls against guys but they kept beating us by a lot so then they decided that we should switch up teams but that Josh and I couldn't be on the same team (because we were dating and because we were both the best on our respective teams). So it ended up with Jessica, Josh and Vikki on one team and Eric, Logan and me on the other team. Josh was still the best but it was still way fun. I got a nasty jean burn on my knee though from Eric's pants though. After that, everyone went and played on the swings and Josh and I went to go and talk and hang out by ourselves. He had a hammock so we set that up and just cuddled in the hammock for a while. But then it was freezing so we came home where everyone else was still watching Zoolander (even though it was past curfew). Josh stayed for a while after that and we just sat and talked on the couch and ate ice cream and just enjoyed our final hours together before he went back home and then on a mission for two years.

Monday morning, I woke up to go and see him off on his shuttle. We kinda just sat there enjoying just being together and near each other for a while. By the time it was time for him to go, we were both crying. He got on the shuttle and he was crying and I was bawling the entire time I walked home from the Hart. Seeing him leave was horrible. He has never been the one to leave me; it has always been me leaving him. I cried for a good hour and a half and ate some ice cream. Then I took a nap, woke up and continued crying. haha and then we went out and did stuff (Wendy's, Walmart, Payless) and then we came home and watched the Bachelorette. Josh called me once he got home and we talked for a while and I cried again. It was so hard being away from him for after being so close to him for the week. I then cried myself to sleep. I'd never cried so much in my life. It was ridiculous. And I think that it might happen again tonight. And since he is gone and he will be getting his mission call (probably tomorrow) we just decided that it would be better to end our relationship now. We're still really good friends and there are no hard feelings but it's definitely going to be tough to shift from boyfriend/girlfriend to friends. But I know we can do it so it'll be fine. I don't think it's fully hit me yet so we shall see what happens with this week.

BUT, I got a letter from Connor-kins today (finally) and I got my new battery/AC adapter so I'm using my computer again. After it stopped working suddenly last Wednesday (which was a nightmare).

It is all good.

Sorry this is the longest post ever. I hadn't blogged in more than two weeks, and A LOT had happened.