EFY

So once upon a time I went to a magical week of EFY in Provo. EFY is a church thing.
You spend a week at a university with a bunch of people your age, and you learn about the church and you get to be all flirty, and you have counselors that are college students.
I LOVED it! Ever since then I have wanted to be an EFY Counselor. I think it would be a blast. Problem is that it is in the summer, and I go to school until July 24ish. Except for the fact that Rexburg has 3 sessions right after the semester ends! So anyway, what I am getting at is I applied. Then they emailed me and told me to schedule and interview!
I scheduled an interview. The bad news is that it is in Cedar City, UT. So on Wednesday I will be driving 6 hours, and going through a 2 1/2 hour interview...
OH WELL! Totally worth it. I am so super duper excited. If I get in, it will be the best thing ever for sure. Who knows I may meet my future husband through this, well probably not, but a girl can dream :). 
Well, this is it for me tonight, just want to keep writing, and be a real blogger. I am so excited and I just can't hide it.

Oh p.s. Zach one of my besties got his mission call to RUSSIA! I am excited about that as well! haha and I got a letter from another one of my besties Trey. 


Now all I need is a real job this Winter, and the EFY job and I will be sitting pretty :).

Update...

So a quicky update on what I have done so far...

1. I have put in a bunch of applications,
2. Cleaned my room out, 
3. Rearranged the furniture,
4. Painted the walls, 
5. Gone to one FHE,
6. Started getting into a good routine,
7.    I've been reading the scriptures 30 mins every morning, and praying a lot.
8. My dad and I spent some time together today putting in my desk,
9. I've been putting my brother to bed for my mom (he's difficult, but I love him)
10. I went to dinner with my family,
11. My mom and I have been hanging out a lot,
12. I got a letter from Trey and have already started writing him back,
13. I went to Ross and bought some cute professional clothes :)
14. My dresser is painted white, now I have to add some decorations and new handles

Anyway, just a quick update, it's not all fake stuff, I really am changing my life. I listened to "what I wish I'd known when I was single" by John Bytheway, and it was so great because it was just a reinforcement to what I had been feeling that night. Oh man I feel so refreshed and renewed, and Casey and I have had so many good talks. One that lasted till 4:30 in the morning. NBD. It's so nice being home. I've really missed it. I'm so ready to start a real job, but until then I am going to continue to clean and love my life basically. I just bought "The Art of Possibility" on amazon.com. I read some of it when I was younger, and loved it. I want to read it again, because I think that plus eat pray love plus Les Miserables, will really add to my new life :) 

I love my friends so much. Pretty much I am pretty sure that I am super blessed with the people that enter my life. My boys (plus Casey and Taylor), everyone at college, and anyone else I've met/known has been placed in my life for a reason and I am so grateful. I am a really lucky girl and I totally know it. I love people. I'm so lucky. So whoever you are, reading this blog, thank you so much for being my friend, because I know you have changed my life for the better and I am grateful for you. 

New Life!

So just right now as I was about to write this post I realized it's a New Year and it's kind of like a New Year resolution, but it was not my original intent. Anywho, I am so ready to start my life anew. I have so many plans for myself. It’s a new year and a new semester!

1)  I want a job that gives me at least 28 hours a week

2)  I want to clean my sister’s room and turn it into mine again

a.  Clean out her stuff

b.  Rearrange the furniture

c.  Paint the walls a fresh coat of white

d.  Clean the carpet

e.  Put up stuff that’s mine again

f.     Deep clean the room

g.  Move my stuff out of the hallway and into my room

3)  Go to the singles ward

a.  Be active in the singles ward

b.  Go to FHE

c.  Go to institute

4)  Be super committed to reading the scriptures and other good works of the church

5)  Finish Les Miserables

6)  Join a book club (and read the books as well)

7)  Be a good daughter to my mom, and support her

8)  Be a good sister, and help my siblings with anything

9)  Be a good daughter to my dad, and hang out with him

10)               Learn to love myself (sounds crazy but it isn’t)

a.   Be okay without any sort of crush

b.   Take myself to the movies and be okay with it

c.   Go out to dinner by myself

11)               Hang out with Casey

12)               Hang out with my family

13)               Be a good pen pal, and write all my missionary friends for real

14)               Keep my room clean, and clean the house for my mom and keep it clean

15)               Buy more professional looking clothes

16)               Be happy with my choices

17)               Work out and love my body

a.  Run

b.  Lunges at the softball park

c.  Pilates!! (Found my DVD)

18)               Read Gordon B Hinckley and Thomas S Monson’s biographies

19)               Plan fun things to do

20)               Save money!

a.  Don’t feel guilty about spending a little bit of money on myself

21)               Pay for dates with my siblings

22)               Pay for gas

23)               Pay my rent, and be able to pay rent for next semester

24)               Have money to live on for Spring and next Fall

25)               Go to bed happy

26)               Get into a healthy, happy routine

27)               Lower my caloric intake, and increase my caloric output

28)               Do things for me and not feel guilty

29)               Enjoy me time

30)               PAINT!

a.  Make paintings for me

b.  Decorate my room with my paintings

31)               Stop putting myself down

32)               Learn how to sew for real.

33)               Paint my dresser…

Pretty much, it’s just a list of things I want to do this winter that I will do, if I really want to. I’m cleaning right now and I feel so good about it. When my mom told me I could paint my room I felt so good about it, and I know that it will make a difference to come into a clean room, and have me time. Yep this is going to be a great semester, no longer the days of bittersweet. No longer the days of being dependent on others. I am going to enjoy myself. I am going to live for me. I am going to just enjoy every moment of every day and not wait until spring semester, because it’s only as good as I make it. Well now, it’s time to listen to some good ol’ Glee, sit with Jack, and clean my room :).

New Years!

So it is a new year :) But this last year was pretty great, so let's do a quick recap.
So the end of the semester was good. It was hard, but man it was a pretty good one. I was sad to say goodbye to my roommates, but I welcomed the new BYUI-Center. It was so awesome to see the apostles and how beautiful the new building was. I was able to date a really amazing guy for about a week. Then I came home, and was able to spend time with my family and friends, It was wonderful. I got to have 2 Christmas's with my family. They were both fantastic. And then for New Year's we went over to Scott's. We said goodbye with everyone during his farewell. And then Casey and I got dressed in our   formal gear, and came down for the dance party. It was so fun, although we really missed Zach, Matt, Trey, and Jeff. When Midnight came we watched Las Vegas get all Fireworky, and drank some Martinelli's. Then we got up and made breakfast! It was so great. Now tomorrow I say goodbye to Scott. It's so sad. I will miss him so much. But I am so happy for him. He's going to have so much fun. He is going to serve the Lord, and do amazing at it. Tomorrow will sure be an interesting day. I will also need to start looking for a job. Woot Woot a new year. Oh well I will make the best of it. I am excited for this winter, and the wonderful things it will bring. I am very excited.