Dancing Through Life

Finally I have some time to post! This week I had an essay exam for Art History 202, a four part (listening, CIQ, oral, and written) exam for French 101, and my personal narrative to extensively revise for Honors 150. Wooh. But I think I am pretty much done for the week. Huzzah! Now to my favorite... My Favorite Things #39/365 I woke up this morning and without even looking outside, I knew it was rainy. I love how beautiful everything is when it is/has been raining. So fresh and clean. We even got some snow on the mountains!

My Favorite Things #38/365 I have had this laptop since I was 14 years old. I cease to be amazed at how long it has lasted! The keys don't look like they've hardly been used (even though they have been used A LOT) and it has rarely given me any trouble! It is very useful to have the laptop here at my apartment. I use it every day. I don't know what I would do without it!! It isn't very portable, but that's alright. I don't really want to take notes in class on a computer, so there really isn't any need to move it, at least not for now.

My Favorite Things #37/365 This is the ward directory for the 192nd ward (my ward). There are so many people in my ward! Sometimes I am not sure if I'm in the right place because there are a lot of people that I don't recognize still. In the directory, they included everyone's name, email, address, and phone number. The Bishop really wants us to date :) PS My picture is the third one down on the left side. Just in case you wanted to know :)

My Favorite Things #36/365 Plasma is a great way, for me at least, to earn money. For those of you who don't know (which I pretty sure everyone does, but that's okay) how it works, I will explain. First, I sign in. Then I wait in the lobby area for maybe 45 minutes to an hour (if it's really busy). Then they call me into a booth. They do some tests (weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, hematocrit, and protein) and if you are good on all those, they ask you the questions (Have you read the AIDS bulletin? Have you had close contact with hepatitis? etc). Then you wait for anywhere between 10-20 minutes to be called to the back. A phlebotomist will then prep you and stick you. It doesn't hurt too bad. Plus, you get used to it quickly. I think so anyway. Then you sit there while your blood is drawn and centrifuged. The red blood cells are returned to you and the plasma goes into a clear cylindrical container. It takes me around 45-50 minutes to do this. So overall, it...

My Favorite Things #35/365 On my keychain, I have a broken lanyard that I got from seminary, a pocket knife I got from the Petrified Forest gift shop, a lighter that I got asked to homecoming with, a broken clicker to my car, the key to my apartment, a thing from maverick that I've never used, the key to my bike lock, the key to my car, the key to start my car (why they made the keys separate, I will never know...), the key to Grandma's, the key to our house, and a metal thing I got from BYU for getting a scholarship. I think my keys say a lot about me. Don't you think?

My Favorite Things #34/365 I definitely picked the right major. I love this class! Even when I'm nodding off in Chem 111, I am wide awake in this class, even though it is just a half an hour later. The teacher is enthusiastic; she wants us to learn and to understand. The text is great! It does not read like a textbook. I think it is so interesting (of course, I'm a bit biased). This class is my longest one (an hour and 15 minutes whereas the other 4 are 50 minutes a piece), which is good. I'm very thankful that I was able to find something that I love!

My Favorite Things #33/365 Last, but not least, there is the bathroom. Nothing real exciting there, but I do really like it. I thought it would be hard to move all my stuff from two cabinets to one drawer, but it worked out just fine!

My Favorite Things #32/365 Wyview really is great! There is more than enough room for the three of us! The couches are comfy, the sink is big, and so much more! I really like it here.

My Favorite Things #31/365 It's a little cluttered, but it is very comfortable! It is a great place for me to study and get things done. My area Very handy computer desk! Decently comfortable bed with portable drawers underneath Good sized closet with more portable drawers Not a great picture, but this is the view outside my window.

My Favorite Things #30/365 Though I like being able to be independent in my apartment, I do love being less than 15 minutes away from home! When I forget things, as I have done several times already, I can just run home and grab it (well not usually until the weekend). Also, I don't need to buy food because we have a store house at home! Chips, Popcorn, etc. Stouffer's frozen food, popsicles, and frozen gogurts. Yum! Something else that is nice about being close to home is that I can come home to see my family! I should have brought my camera yesterday, but I was playing with Abi all night! It was so much fun :)

My Favorite Things #29/365 No pictures for this one, sorry. But I do have to say that I am grateful that I don't have all of my classes everyday! Though it is difficult to have both Chem 111 and French 101 every single day, I can survive it. I could not survive having all 5 classes each and every day!

Just a quick question. Can everyone still see my pink/black/white/gray/whatever background? Because BYU has blocked pyzam.com from my computer so I can't see it and it is just gray. But if it is all cute to everyone else, I'm okay with that :) Let me know!

My Favorite Things #28/365 Mirror: $5, Hooks that hook over the door: $2.44, Ribbon: $0.47, Getting exactly (mostly) what you want and accomplishing a goal: Priceless :) The Finished Product The braided ribbon tied through two holes I made in the back. Hope it holds! The hooks and the braided ribbon The reason why I did it. In Springville, I had four mirrors surrounding me when I did my hair. Crunching that down to one was a bit difficult for me. When I straightened my hair, I used my compact as a mirror to see the back of my head. It worked, but it wasn't very efficient. It was so awesome to be able to use my contraption this morning!!

Back in June, I applied for the Study Abroad program in France during the Winter semester of 2010. Well, just a few days ago, I was contacted via email by the head of the program, Dr. Ricks, and we set up an interview. Well that interview was today and after asking me a few questions, he told me that I was accepted into the program! So I will spend my 19th birthday in Paris, France!! Wow. I'm so so excited!! I will have plenty of favorites from France to post come wintertime!

My Favorite Things #27/365 For a couple months during the summer, I had the opportunity to teach one of the CTR 6 primary classes in my ward. It was all boys!! These kids drove me crazy, but it was so much fun to teach them! (Two of them, Jacob and Beau, are not pictured) Ben Coy Travis Tiago Sis Peterson's CTR 6 class

My Favorite Things #26/365 It's been a while since I've updated. I've just been so busy! I'm not sure if I'll have the time to get one done everyday, but I'll try. So I started college last monday at Brigham Young University. It has been very different than I expected. I came home each day completely exhausted!! I am taking 15 credits and have two classes that I go to EVERYDAY. Yikes! This past week has probably been one of the longest I've had in a really long time. Some things, like my French 101 class, really frustrated me throughout the week. But by Friday, I had adjusted into my schedule and I think I'm ready for another week! (Though I am really glad to have today off!) First day of school pictures are harder to take when no one is around to help! My huge backpack. It is so heavy!