My Cabin Weekend

AH!!! This weekend was so much fun!! We left for the cabin at about 6:30 and drove up for about an hour and a half to the Sander's cabin in Pine. We got there and were all so starving that we just sat and ate food for a really long time! (Hayley's mom made us our food for the two days :) So nice of her!) We started playing scum and I decided that it's really not about luck or strategy very much because I went from 5th to scum to third to last to actual third! That had nothing to do with me! It's all luck in the cards! It was really really fun though! We all sat down and jammed on guitars for a while and we got people singing, then we played catch phrase. Let's just say, I love my friends haha.

We woke up the next morning and ate blueberry pancakes and bacon :))). Delicious! We just kinda hung out then decided it was time to go to the natural bridge. It was SO HOT but once we got down by the actual bridge, it was beautiful! We hiked around for a little over an hour and headed out! We had two people get yelled at for going places they weren't supposed to...dang kids! We got out and we were all so sweaty it was gross. Even though it was kinda cool, it was super humid and it just sank into our clothes. By the time we got home, all we wanted to do was to change our clothes and put on more deodorant! So we did. We ate turkey sandwiches for lunch and started just hanging out. We were all so tired that the rest of the day wasn't exactly exciting but it was still really fun. We had a really awesome group that went and none of us really wanted to leave. As we were packing up the cars, the one and only injury of the trip happened...to...ME. My good ol' pal Wesley smashed my fingers while he was closing the trunk to the car! They are not all bruised and covered in little red marks (They are like blood blisters but teeny tiny). It didn't really hurt that bad, but now they are pretty sore and yesterday they were kinda swollen. It's all good but I tend to keep hitting them on things and making them hurt again! AHH!! :)

We had a movie night when we got home, Hayley, April and I and we ate lots of fruits and vegetables!! (We were all so sick of junk food that all we wanted to do was to eat healthy stuff!)

The MOST exciting part of the weekend though, actually happened this morning! The new Kid History is finally here!! And so funny! Enjoy :))

I'm Starting a Petition...

If I have to spend one more day sweating my brains out, I think I'm going to die. (Would you die if you brains had been sweated out?). Either way...ICKY!!! I honestly don't understand why the sun has to be so hot! It's so far away...it should take a chill pill... (hehe). I can't even get from my garage door to the car without already being soaked. This is a problem. Therefore, I am starting a petition to make the sun be less hot, or even just to skip the summer months completely. We can just go strait to fall :). If you would like to sign leave your names here......

_______________________    ________________________   __________________________.

I figure it won't take very many people, just lots and lots and lots and lots and LOTS of prayers! Let's get on it!

Last night was absolutely fantastic. April, Wesley, Miranda, Jaci, Brad and I went to Applebee's for karaoke night. I don't know why it is, but I get a lot of enjoyment out of drunk people singing karaoke. The best part is, we are all so crazy anyways that I'm sure people are saying, "I want what they've got!" They will be quite disappointed when all they get put in front of them is a glass of ice cold water! :) I think everyone should go at one point...super fun!

This weekend is going to be sooo much fun! Me and a bunch of friends from Valencia are going to stay in my friend's cabin! We get to get out of the heat warning isn't that great?! We are going to hike and spend time together before everyone leaves and it's going to be a blast! I honestly can't wait...it just needs to be 6:00 already!!!!!!

The other exciting thing about this weekend is that tomorrow....A NEW KID HISTORY COMES OUT!! I think we are going to have a little premier party for it. Yeah...we're legit. For those of you who don't know what this is...

These make me so happy!!! :) It's FRIDAY ERRY-BODY!

A Blessing From Above

The past couple of days have been absolutely amazing!! I found out a couple of days ago that I actually qualified for a grant! I get about $3000 a semester :). This is my reasoning behind why this happened.

A) Heavenly Father was really proud of the way I handled the whole situation and decided I was ready to have a little break! He is basically giving me a second chance!

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B) It took ME putting in the effort to figure some things out and make some decisions before I actually got the blessing! Once I figured out where I was living, started applying for jobs, got all set up with school, and had a good attitude about it all, this huge blessing came into my life!

I am going to try really really hard to budget and save so that I can hopefully get a car!! And maybe even go back up in the spring. Honestly, I have no idea what is going to happen in the next few months, but I feel like I am ready and prepared for whatever will come!

The other awesome things that have happened recently are stake conference, temple trips, babysitting, hanging out with my friends that are leaving me, and much much more! I have been so sleepy though because I haven't been sleeping all too well :(. I don't really know what's going on, but hopefully next week will start a completely new me!! School, work ( I have a job interview this weekend for a nanny of three cute little kids!), and institute (I found someone to take classes with me!). This is going to be a good semester, I can feel it.

The show must go on

The past few days have been...uneventful to say the least. I have been working a lot but in all truthfulness, it takes up like 1/10 of my day. The rest of it is filled with a lot of sitting around. I want to do things, but I don't really have anything to do yet. I spent one whole day writing missionary letters, another day I spent organizing my stuff I brought home, and today I spent mostly getting things in order for the next few months. I have filled out some applications, sent in my ticket thing :(, and again, done a whole lot of nothing. I can't wait for my classes to actually start and for me to actually find a job! It will get me out of the house and I will be able to feel productive again. It's been a LOOOOOONG time since I have felt productive.

I really don't have much to say I just feel like it's time for me to move and get stuff done. It reminds me of the song that just got remade.

Alright already, the show goes on
All night till the morning the dream goes on

Life isn't over, it's good to have opposition in all things!

The Only Reason I Brought You Along

This weekend was really fun. Even though it was kinda low energy and not that much happened, it was just really nice to be so far away for a day. We got up to flag yesterday at like 2 and went to lunch with Ryan and Amanda. It was so nice to eat Freddy's again! Delicious... :) We just hung out for the rest of the day, not much but sitting on the couch, chatting, and just enjoying the quiet. We had a friend of mine over to watch psych and then we skyped my dear friend WESLEY!!!  He is back from Canada and it was sooooo exciting to talk to him! I seriously feel like he has been gone for ages but it's only been a month or so! Weird. Anyways, so we stayed up WAY too late doing that and we had to be up by 9 this morning for our pancake party we were throwing. In reality, only 4 people came and only two at a time. Super lame...last time I threw a pancake party, I had almost 20 people there. What happened?! Anyways, we had my friend Andrew pack up the car for us and we set off on our ride back! It was so funny trying to buy a ratchet for the truck bed without knowing anything about the truck! I'm sure that the guy at walmart thought I was a total idiot! We got it all figured out and we headed home. The ride home was the best part.

1. Crazy old guy walking towards our car on our way out of walmart
2. Gas light comes on in the middle of nowhere and there are no gas stations! (Last time I trust mom!!)
3. Random little gas station pops up on the side of the road! yay :) Heavently Father has got our  back
4. That gas station doesn't sell diesel! What kind of gas station doesn't sell diesel?
5. We find another gas station about a mile away.
6. I am the biggest moron ever and couldn't figure out how to work the gas!
7. 101E was closed, so we drove around through Scottsdale trying to get back on track. What the heck.
8. It only took us 4 hours to get home!!!!!!! (It is usually a 2.5 hour drive)

The funniest part of the trip was the comments that Miranda would make every now and again about the only reasons I brought her. On the way up, she figured out that I only brought her so I could drive in the HOV lane. This morning she figured out that the only reason I brought her was to clean my kitchen and to load up the truck while I talk on the phone. Stopped at the gas station I hear, "this is just one other reason why you brought me right???" hahaha  I love Miranda so so much and I am so grateful that I have a friend like her to do things like this with! We also took pictures as college super heroes, those will come later. It was a really good weekend and I can't wait to go to two farewells tomorrow! It should be a good day! Life is good.

You know that friend...

So today was a day of days. There are goods and bads to what happened today but as my mom says, I have made a lot of mental progress. I got a call from the financial aid lady this morning and she told me that I am not eligible for anything but loans for this semester. This is what I was afraid of...I can't go back up to school. As soon as I got off the phone, I got online and switched to all online classes which should be a challenge for me. I had my little pity party and cried it out for a while ( a very long while ) and sat talking to mom.

You know that friend that you have, that no matter how upset, angry, or frustrated you are, all they want you to do is see the bright side of things? Mom was that friend today. I know she's right but I just didn't want to hear it! I wanted to be sad and angry but then, in trying to prove that she wasn't just showing me the happy she says, "But I gave you till Monday!!". I'm just glad the morning is over. Once I was done crying, I got on the phone with a couple of people, and started looking for jobs. I have one place I am going to put in my resume and another I am applying to be a nanny online. This was good for me to start making progress. I have been living in limbo land of what's going on and where am I going and it was really time to move on.

I went to the Merchants and listened to them practice for their show tomorrow! They are opening for Little Big Town! I am so blessed to know that family, they have been going through trials and I know that by watching them, I can grow too. It takes me back to how I felt when Joy died; there was just nothing I could do and it was hard to watch...well this time I COULD do something...I took dear McKenzie chocolate! She's the best!

I am leaving for flagstaff first thing in the morning and I am going to go get my stuff from my apartment. That was another plus for the day. I can finally settle in one place and get ready to start the semester. I am so excited to go back for a couple of days and I am taking my dear Miranda with me!!! It should be an awesome weekend! Adding to the good ending to this day, I am going to have my own little "office space" to work, Wesley gets home tomorrow, I got a little tiny email from Jarek telling me he was going to send my letter on Monday, and I have a double date on Monday with my friend Parker and McKenzie!! Even though it was a hard day, I'm glad it's over and I'm ready to head to FLAGSTAFF!!!

Never another potty break

Yesterday I brought home my little puppy Juliet :). She is a six week old Australian shepherd, Queensland heeler mix. She is pretty much the cutest thing I have ever seen in my entire life! She came home yesterday afternoon and spent the night hanging out with the kids and exploring a  little bit. Once bed time came along, I was set up to sleep in the living room and Jules was in the crate right next to the couch. The only problem is, little puppies can't control their bladders. This being said... there were a LOT of breaks to get up and go potty in the night. Once at about 9, 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4...you get the drill. It was like having a new baby in the house, but this baby just whined nonstop. The kids started school today too so I had to keep her quiet all night so she didn't wake anybody up! Let's just say, it was an experience I do not look back on with fondness.  The other thing about puppies is they have SO MUCH ENERGY. Even if she didn't need to go potty, she was always screaming to get out of her kennel because she just wanted to walk around and play! It was a bit ridiculous. I love her I do, but when it came down to tonight...I couldn't do it again. I was going to go out with a couple of friends but because Jules wouldn't be quiet, I couldn't go. That was when mom had the brilliant idea to take her back to her mom for a couple more weeks. Hopefully by doing this, she will be able to control her potty times a little better and will be a little bit less of a crazy puppy! I made the quick little drive to the Hardt's and dropped her off. While I am sad that she's not here with me right now...I know that when I wake up in the morning fully rested and ready for the day, I will be glad I did. Now I can watch the video on puppy training and get ready for her return!

The financial aid lady called me today and set up a phone appointment to call me tomorrow morning at 8am. She said I should know how much financial aid I am getting by FRIDAY!!!! This is such a relieving feeling because I am so sick of being stressed out! I need time where I don't have to worry about anything but hanging out with friends and sleeping! Goodness. I also was very productive today because I got NINE missionary letters written, enveloped, and ready to send! All I need now is stamps and a couple pictures! Dude. I am so good! While writing these letters was somewhat of a grueling process, I can't wait to start getting the replies in the mail! It always makes it worth it! Now I am going to slip into the abyss of sleep I missed out on last night!