5 days

Thanksgiving was a blast, and I absolutely loved it. So many fun people, its just the time of the year I absolutely love. The awesome time we had with Annalise and Steve, and then the fun we had with Cory's family. It was awesome. The downside was definitely all that food I ate! I mean when I was eating it, I definitely loved it, cause duh, it was delicious, but each night I felt slightly sick. And I knew by the end of the week I would have lowered my immune system enough to get sick. haha. well. I was right. These past few months I've been super healthy and working out often, I've been healthier than I've ever been. Sugar was something I only treated to myself every few weeks, and even then it was in small doses, and stef and sav and I after our workouts would make these meals full of veggies and good stuff. So my body definitely went in shock with all those white bread carbs and sugars! And I got sick :/ and I have swim champs this weekend :/. I have a cold and am just stuffy and achy and I can't sleep at night! Can't wait to be well again! Oh the prices you pay for hard core partying :) haha

On an upside, because I definitely don't mean to complain about thanksgiving at all:

1. I ran every day, woohoo! 4.5 miles on wednesday, 5.4 miles on thursday, 3 miles up in the mountains on Fri, and 6 miles on Saturday! I was quite proud of myself for getting out there on my vacations.

2. I got an awesome throw blanket fron Anthro for $10.

3. I saw the muppet movie (was so skeptical but everyone else was going) and laughed the WHOLE time. sometimes uncontrollably

4. Was able to see Jannette. It was a short but definitely awesome visit. I love her.

5. Shopping with Sydney and Taylor, now that is something that needs to happen more often

6. Cory's aunt Sarah, she is freaking hilarious and funny and sassy. and is convinced I need to be part of the family, she was convinced on getting me married into the family, and wanted a ring on my finger before the weekend haha

7. The fact that she wanted me to marry a specific cousin name Justin that I happened to have a huge crush on last semester haha too bad he's graduated already, and I like Bryce. But it was still fun to see him!

8. And then when we got back, watching Ever After, one of my favorite movies, with Bryce! It was a good way to end the brake.

Oh the food, and its not even Thursday yet

Yesterday on the drive here to Utah we listen to some of my select favorite Christmas songs. I was like screaming them I was so excited. Well, we all were.

Then last night Annalise (we helped out a teeeeeny bit) made us this amazing thanksgiving meal so that we could have a little minnie thanksgiving as sybs! Well and because she just could wait until Thursday for thanksgiving goodness. We had fairy rolls, one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving, dressing that was DELICIOUS, turkey, Brussels sprouts, yummm and lets not forget her world famous "best choc. chip cookies. OH MY GOSH. id never had them, and let me tell you...that dough? was addicting. pretty sure I had like 6 cookies worth of it. seriously though. She made them with brown butter, which means you like cook it on the stove till its brownish? well it makes the butter taste like toffee, so you can only imagine how much better the cookies taste.

Then we played pinocle and J and David killed me and Annalise. We went down almost every time, one of them being 1000 points haha. so we're chillin at -1000 and they're at 1300, funny

but thats okay because next game me and david killed them! It was a fun night. Full of laughter and fun times. So excited for tonight, I love my sister! And I'm so glad these few days that we all get to be together.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!! :)

Off to go running, which will hopefully make me feel a little better about last night haha

let me introduce you

to my future roommates. yes they are awesome. and yes they are weird and yes we pretty much became instant best friends.

First day of military fitness, we ran 2 miles, we were all the front girls and all realized we loved working out. Instant bonding right there people. slowly but surely we pretty much do everything together. And by that I mean we go to the gym 2-3 hours a day and make awesome delicious healthy meals together. because thats pretty much all we do these days (other than homework!). Its really funny, because we all have our strengths in the trio, stefs legs because she's a beastly runner, we're talkin 13:00 minute 2 mile, savannahs abs, she did 87 sit ups in 2 minutes, thats like 17 past the MAX points for the army fitness test and then me the arms. can you believe it? who knew, when i actually started working those puppies out, they turned into something. We like to joke that if you put us all together we would make a super woman. haha it makes us feel better.

Well I just love these girls, they're hilarious and funny and we're all just crazy around each other, and umm kind of man like? we talk about muscles and when we're going to work out next, and trying to beat each other, not really girly things. And we burp and punch each other. haha its kind of fun. no worries, I'm only like that around them, I'm still a lady!!!

oh btw, stefs is the blondie and sav is the brown haired one. I love these girls and cannot wait to room with them next semester! It will be a blast. I just can't wait for next semester in general.

Have a Happy Healthy Thanksgiving, and get out there and work out!

(warning: its addicting)

Colder weather

i found a new band I really like, The Alkaline Trio, they're awesome. Also, the civil wars, I've known one of their more popular songs for a while but just looked up a lot of their other stuff and I'm in love!

Today after the turkey trot, I had a math study session, which I was like 30 mins late for because of the trot. It was in the Ricks building which is the furthest form my apartment, about 15 minutes, and is all up hill. Well its 20 degrees out with massive winds and I'm like turning into an ice burg as I walk there. Their supposed to be there for an hour so I knew I would be fine. nope. Got there and there was no one there. And I didn't have anyones number cause we had planned it the day before. So I was quite sad when I went to all this trouble to not even get to study with anybody. Oh well. I just sat in the room all by myself and studied. Its getting cold people. Very very cold. Well when its not windy, it really isn't that bad, but its super windy! I hope it snows more soon.

le weekend

ITS FINALLY THE WEEKEND. well almost....just have nutrition, military fitness, a swim meet and a math test to take..haha whatevs, its friday atleast. Fridays are my absolute longest day, I went from my past 2 semester of only having 1 class on friday at like 9, to having a chem lab at 7:45-9:45, math at 10:15, Chem at 11:15, Nutrition at 2, military fitness at 3:15 and then a meet at 5. finally home by 7:45! its a good thing that thats my friday and that I get to crash after that, cause otherwise I would die!

Also, tomorrow I'm getting my hairs trimmed, I haven't gotten it cut in 8 months, its getting a little less than ideal my friends.

also tomorrow is the turkey trot, the thanksgiving 5k! So that should be fun, and it should be blizzarding outside, so I'm excited.

tomorrow is J's big Dance showcase, which is awesome each year. He says its not supposed to be as good as last year, but I'm still pumped. Bryce and I will be going to it.

Also I think I'm getting some sort of ill? I don't know, I don't have a cold or sore throat, or achey muscles, but I feel like I'm going to throw up and pass out at the same time and then I get hot flashes, I don't even know whats going on! Like I feel fine, but sometimes if I stand up, I fall over cause I get so dizzy, happened twice last night but thats it. Maybe its just time for thanksgiving break!

Also, as I'm sitting here, Stef and I decided that I'm going to skip nutrition and that we're going to find an empty corner of the library and sleep until Military fitness, yup. I'm excited.

Have a good weekend people! I just have a quiz and a test (other than classed on mon and tues) that I have to worry about until thanksgiving.

Saturday

Going to the ice caves on saturday with bryce! It will be a party, and I'm excited.

Also, funny story, girl on my swim team, rachel, she's quite awesome. well she's heard stories here and there about the guy I like. And I'll be like, remember the guy I almost gave up on?!?! haha so she knew of him, but not necessarily who he is. Well I was in the Library tonight and Bryce came and sat with me for a bit and we talked, and he helped me with some chemistry, then he left. Well rachel came in to study some anatomy and walked up to me and was like, how do you know that guy!?!? And I'm all like, he's the guy I'm totally crushing on!! and she's like NO WAY. he's my anat and phys tutor and he is HOT. like dude, HE IS SO GOOD LOOKING. and i was like I KNOW RIGHT!?!? it was just a funny correspondence we had. lol

<3 the girl thats totally twitter-pated

randoms

13 degrees today as I walked to class in a cardigan. My ears actually started to hurt, I could feel my ice cold earrings agains them and my ice cold necklace against my neck. Half way through class I could feel my hands and ears again. It's christmas time people.

Chemistry test tonight/tomorrow. Whenever I decide to take it. I decided I'm going to ace it, so be ready test, you're about to get killed.

It's official. I'm addicted. To working out. I've always loved being fit and running and stuff, but believe me guys, this is a whole new level. I lift weights, do pull-ups, can actually DO perfect push-ups. And running a lot, but a lot of interval stuff, so it's making me faster. I do 2-3 workouts a day, its just habit. I would say its addicting. last night to finish off my day good I ran the 2 mile at the indoor track. 13:40 baby! fastest i've ever gone. I'm happy people. Way happy. I'm faster than I was in cross-country! this is a big deal.its an a-d-d-c-t-i-o-n.

And have I ever mentioned my crazy work-out buddies? This would be Stefanie, Savannah and erika. Stef and sav and I all met in military fitness on the first day. We did a 2 mile run and realized all of us were athletic and now we workout 2 or 3 times a day together. Erika is stefs sister and she comes too. AND. we're all living together in the winter. who's excited? me. I'm excited. I'm SO excited. we're also kind of crazy together. we like to punch-eachother and make fun of each other. Its a great relationship we have. It really is annoying having to wait till the winter to be with these girls, because theres so much driving! we're all in different apartments, and we go from place to place all the time. I'm with them more than my own roommates haha

well life is good. I'm liking it. Oh. and one thing that I would like to say, its thanksgiving time soon, and I would just like to say I am thankful for my body. This awesome gift that heavenly father gave thats capable of so much! And I'm grateful that its healthy, and that I can accomplish all I want to do. I'm grateful for the gospel! And its truthfulness and the plan of Salvation! That I know that I can live with my Father in Heaven again and be with my family forever. and Prayer! My goodness prayer. It is wonderful, and amazing and powerful. Its peaceful and is great that we are able to communicated with our father in heaven. I am just so grateful for the Gospel. And I know its true! and I love it! and It just makes me happy!

what a random of a post. D&C is screaming my name. have a great day!

class

I would just like to say, that every day here at school, I try to dress really nice, I put these outfits together that sometimes I think up in advance, or I see a picture on pinterest and I'm like, hey, i have a lot of stuff like that! and recreate my own version of it. I look forward to it everyday, I love my pink and red lip stick  and I just try different things. I have to say I was inspired by pinterest, seeing all the cute outfits on there. Its like I play dress up everyday. It does something for your self esteem too people. If you wanna feel good about yourself, DRESS NICEE. A lot of people have said that I need to start taking pictures of my outfits everyday and posting them on pinterest, that sure does make you feel good. if only I had a nice camera, then I would! Also, just for the record, I have not worn a t-shirt (even a cute plain v-neck), sweater or big jacket once this semester. layers layers layers!!! there my favorite.

Sunday

Today we had stake conference and it was simply amazing. We got a new stake relief society presidency so they spoke. Those ladies are inspiring, and so loving. You can just tell the love they have for the Savior. Henry Eyring, our Stake president (Henry B. Eyring's son) spoke last at it was short and sweet. He told us to look deep into our heart, and to find something, something that we need to improve. Something that will make us a better disciple of Jesus Christ. Something that if changed, will make us a better person and change our lives for the better. I found my thing and I cannot wait to start working on it.

Also, have you seen 17 miracles? Its about the pioneers, and one hand cart companies experience on the planes and all the different miracles that happened. We watched it tonight and I didn't know a lot of the miracles! It was  so good. What a good sunday :)

Sometimes you just need a laugh

All of these have made me laugh and laugh and laugh. I've seen them multiple times, but the other day in the cross roads I was chillin with stef and erika and my brothers, and we were looking at my "funny" pinterest board, and these were some of our favorites. So funny. We were very rambunctious and loud that day, people started to stare. but we just couldn't stop laughing!

the baby just wouldn't cooperate

also, remember last week about all my guys? How I had pretty much given up on Bryce? well like right after that post he texted me and we talked for quite a while, then the next day he returned my plate (I had made him banana bread a week before) with cookies on it, and then we talked for a while, then went to stadium singing, then back to my apartment where I played guitar for him :). Well this week I had pretty much given up again ( he's just super busy people and I couldn't tell if he liked me or not) BUT HE ASKED ME OUT FOR TONIGHT. I am so excited its ridiculous. all those other dates this week were fun, but I really just have a crush on Bryce.