The Lucky One

I just finished reading another Nicholas Sparks book! The Lucky One is so so so good!!! I would recommend reading it if you haven't. The reason I started reading it is because they are making a movie on it, and Zac Efron is going to be the lead. So the whole time I read it, I thought about him, and how awesome the movie is going to be. Then after I finished it, I decided I needed to watch some Zac movies! Last night Tamazine came over, and we watched him in Carlie St. Cloud!



Then today I watched 17 again...




And now I am currently watching Hairspray!



Anyway, I'm kind of in love with this man! I might be watching some HSM later today too! hahaha, its just one of those weekends! Here is a sneak peek of him in The Lucky One. Logan Thibault, back from war, and ready to find the girl who saved his life in Iraq! I can't wait!!! I just hope the movie comes out before I leave for my mission!

Crazy Adventures!

So last week I finished up the summer session! Monday all my roommates got back into Rexburg and it was like a whole week party! Monday night we planned to hang out with our friends Jacob and Blake, who thought it would be fun to go to the Caves and play hide and seek. I had plans with some friends of mine from the summer, but I really did want to go with my roommates... So I followed Blake's car as we drove and drove and drove. What he said would be a quick half hour drive turned into a lot longer. We drove for 20 or so minutes on 2nd East, past the Sand Dunes, and then on this dirt road for probably and hour. Blake would stop his car and say, so I think we were supposed to turn right at that last little place, so we would turn our cars around and drive for another 20 minutes when he would stop and say, I think we were right to begin with... When he finally said he knew where he was going, I saw something leaking from his car. I pull mine over as we call his cell, and he stops his car. It was his oil. He had his a rock with his car and leaked a ton of his oil... So there we are, NOT at the caves, on a random dirt road, with poor cell phone reception, and Blakes bad car. Luckily he did get a hold of his dad who lives in Idaho Falls. So his dad drove all the way out there to tow back his car. I put the back seats in my car up and we camped out in the back of Christine. We drove Blake to the beginning of the dirt road so when his dad got there he could show his dad where his car was. So we sat in Christine on the side of the road, and almost every car pulled over to see if we were okay, this one old guy saw Blake in the back with all of us, asked if we were okay, and told Blake to behave himself! hahaha

So when Blake's dad finally did get there, the rest of us girls headed off to Wendys!

Tuesday was a fun day as well. Besides the painful day at work I had, I got to spend time just talking and catching up some more with my roommates. Jessica's brother is in his first semester so her parents paid for us to get pizza and eat it with him and his roommates. So that was fun!

Wednesday was the best! I had work in the morning and then got off work and hung out with the girls. Then I went and bought Camp Rock 2, and we watched it! Then there was a dance last night that was crazy fun!!! Then I got back from the dance and realized, oh snap, I have school tomorrow... I should figure out where my classes are... haha

Today was the first day, and it is gloomy and rainy and sad. Maybe it wouldn't have been so sad if I hadn't stayed up late and got little sleep, oh well. I was up by 6:30, at work from 7:30-11:15, class from 11:30-1:00, then I went home for 2 hours, and then dance class at 3:15-4:15, and now I am just sitting in the Ricks waiting for Stats to start. Usually I would spend this time doing homework, but I really don't have anything to do since I have only been to 2 classes and one of them was dance! So ya!

Sorry this was crazy long, I just felt the need to fill everybody in with my fun exciting week! Now the party ends and the school work begins... oh joy!

Just Waiting...

I don't know if anyone else has ever thought about this, but it has been on my mind a lot lately. I feel like I spend my entire life waiting. It seems like there is always something that is going to be happening that I am waiting for.

For example today:
Went to work, and spent the day waiting to be done with work.
Sent a text message to someone, and waited to get a respond.
Went to the kitchen to make my lunch, and waited for the microwave to beep.
Then I get off work, and now I am waiting for my friend to get off work...
I'm sure when I get to Red Robin tonight I will be sitting there waiting for my food to come.

In the long run...
I am waiting for someone to get back into town!
I am waiting for my parents to come see me!
I am waiting for my birthday!
I am waiting to get my new car!
I am pretty much always waiting for a text message.
I am waiting for my roommies to return back to me in the fall.
I am waiting to get my scholarship money!
I am waiting for the day I can go home again (probably Thanksgiving and then Christmas)
I am waiting for the best vacation ever! PARK CITY! (even if I can only go 1 day)

In the longer run...
I am waiting to be done with school so I can start working!
I am waiting to see if Graduate school really is for me.
I am waiting to find the special someone who will take me through the temple so we can be married for time and all eternity.
I am waiting to be a cute little house wife.
I am waiting to go on vacations with my siblings and their spouses to Disneyland (which my sister promised we would do since I missed the last Disneyland trip)
I am waiting for the day that I will leave my kids with my husband and meet my sister at Paradise Bakery Cafe like we have talked about so many times!
I am waiting the day that I will return to Europe, even if that day doesn't exist, I am still waiting for it!

point is, I feel like I am always just waiting... Maybe if I spent more time in the moment than looking forward to future events, life wouldn't feel so long!!!

Its the Little Things

So I have been crazy stressed lately just realizing how close we are to the end of the semester. By far this has been the hardest and busiest semester for me, and with all my group projects, final projects, and final exams coming up in such a short amount of time.... lets just say my head feels like its about to explode with all I have to get done! So as I woke up this morning I thought that this day was... not going to be the best. I have 4 classes, 3 hours of work, I need to go to a study group, do tons of homework, FHE, and work out! YIKES!

I know its only 12:30, and my day is not even close to being over, but I have actually had a great day so far! I realized what has made it so great is the wonderful people in my life that care so much to make me happy! Like when I went to science and my friends asked me how my weekend was. So simple, but it was nice for them to care! Then as I ran into my apartment to get my wallet that I left, my roommate yelled "TARA!!!" I felt like I was home and my parents were yelling "TARA'S HOME!" (which is my favorite thing ever!) Or when I was walking to my last class and I passed 3 people that I know and they all with a huge smile said, HEY! how are you! (I really liked when the cute guy from my ward did this!) Or when I ran into my boss on campus and she just came up and gave me a huge hug, and commented on how good I was looking and that she can tell I have lost weight. Not gonna lie, that's the best compliment a girl like me can get! (maybe the best compliment ANY girl can get!) The very best little thing that made my day was when my friend Nate sat with me while I was eating lunch. Nate is my home teacher, and he is probably the best guy I have ever met ever!!! When home teachers ask, is there anything I can do for you, I'm not going to answer with.. Ya, I am always a loner who eats lunch by myself and would like a friend... And yet that is totally how I felt. Not telling him anything about how I hated eating by myself, he saw me a few weeks back and sat with me, and now he looks for me everyday to eat with me. It just is such a small thing eating lunch with somebody, but it can totally make their day!!! :D

I look back at all the great things people have done for me today and wonder if I have done anything for anyone else. I think I need to stop being so selfish and start thinking about other people more. Because if I can make people feel like the way I have felt today, then I will be doing a much better thing with my time!!!

David Concert #4

So, I saw him again! This time it was twice in one week too!!! I saw him on Thursday when he was at Desert Book signing his book, and I saw him again on Saturday at his concert in the auditorium. Not gonna lie, I LOVE going to a church school where famous mormons come all the time!!! He sang all my favorite songs from his 1st CD, and then 2 new songs that will probably be on his next CD, and then he ended with Zero Gravity. So we yelled a lot and then he came back and sang Crush, and then he sang Imagine, which was AMAZING live, and then he sang Be Still My Soul. He didn't want to forget the words so he went and got a hymn book and sang right out of it!!! SO CUTE!!! :D

Half Way There!!!

Today is June 15, halfway through the month of June. I have half the month left to finish the Iron Man. When I added up what I have finished, I got about 49%! WOOHOO!!! Its so hard though, like I had no idea. Last semester I would have spent hours in the library and maybe 20 minutes in the gym, and I feel like that has completely reversed. Last Saturday Aubrey and I were in the Hart building for over 2 hours. We did running, biking and swimming all in one day! Today I think I was there for about 1 hour. I guarantee I have spent more time at the gym and on the softball field than I have in the library. Yikes!!!

Also, I had no idea how hard life gets to have good grades, good sleep, and a good social life! Like last night, usually without a social life, I would have come home from FHE, done homework, and then went to bed. But last night, I came home, changed, went back to some guys apartment, played a game, came home, had another guy come over, talked with him til curfew, then texted him for another hour, and then went to sleep. So today instead of doing homework after my class, I had to take a nap... Maybe I shouldn't have a social life... but its just so much fun!!!

Softball Started!!!

So after snowboarding season ended, I didn't think there was anything that could take its place until next winter when it was snowboarding season again... but guess what!!! I completly forgot how much I love softball!!! Oh my heck, it is so much fun! I wish I never stopped playing! Today was my first day in my softball class. It was the best thing ever!!! We did a bunch of drills, and then we played a game. It was the best feeling ever! I love everything about it!!!

I love being outside in the amazing weather.
I love the sound of the wind in my ear when I'm wearing my helmet.
I love the feel of my glove in the hand!
I love sprinting to the base and that feeling when you are safe!
I love that stinging feeling when you catch a ball that was hit/thrown really hard!
I love the feel of the dirt under my feet!
I love the cheers from the girls in the dugout.
I love making a run!

Also, church softball started last week! I love that just as much! I don't like how its not as well structured like real softball, but its still fun!

I love that its coed, and I get to play with guys!
I love playing with my roommate Gaby.
I love watching the boys get really into it.
I love that all my roommates come to watch my game!
I love that its not hot in June to play!
I love high-fiving everyone after I make an amazing catch!

Pretty much, softball is my love, and I am sad that I have forgotten it these last 4 years. I hope to never be parted from it from this day forward! :D

Ward Activity

What a fabulous summer day! It started in Idaho Falls when I drove Aubrey's friend back to the airport. And then we went swimming, I did 15 laps which pretty much killed me, but I am that much closer to finishing the Iron Man. Then I did a bunch of homework! So lame! And then it was the Ward Bon Fire at the Sand Dunes! It was so much fun! We jumped off the dunes, had smores, buried some FHE members, and just had a great night! (I think I need to get a frisbee!) But ya, here are some pictures!

3 Day Weekend!!!

What a fabulous 3 day weekend I have had so far! Friday was what seemed to be the longest day this semester, just because I covered someones shift at work, so I had 3 classes in a row and then about 6 hours of work. Finally it was 5 and I got to go home. When I got home I got all ready, and then we went bowling. It was so much fun, I haven't been bowling since I have come to college, and there are like 3 bowling alleys here in the burg! So anyway, I didn't do amazing when we played regular, but then the 2nd time we did skittles bowling, and I kinda rocked at that. I picked red skittles ALL THE TIME, and that was bowling with your opposite hand, at first it was hard, but then I got a strike with my left hand! I felt pretty accomplished! Then we went to my friend Maddogs apartment and we watched The Blind Side!

Saturday was a nice and relaxing day. I slept in for like ever, and then I got my homework done, talked to my family on the phone, and just hung out! It was nice to have a relaxing day off! Then Aubrey's friend was coming to visit us from Michigan, and she needed to be picked up from the airport, so we took a trip to IF and picked up Alisha, and then we went to the Olive Garden! My favorite part was the guy down from us looked just like Toby from the Office, so I took a pic of him and sent it to Keri and told her it really was Toby. Then I convinced her to that there was a famous people convention in town and was telling her all the different famous people I saw... I'm pretty sure she knew that I was kidding, but she went along with in, and it was so funny!!!!!!! I love her!

Sunday was also a super nice day. We went to church, came home and took a nap, made dinner for my roommates (we had plate tacos) and then we watched Saints and Soldiers! At the end of that movie, we started to watch Forever Strong, but then our FHE brothers came by and asked if we wanted to watch it with them. So we went over to there place and watched it there! Also, I signed up to be on the 44th ward softball team, I'M SO EXCITED!!! I love softball!!!

Then today, I woke up late again, watched some home-decorating shows, and got ready for the day. Later we have a BBQ to go to, and then I might study for a midterm... (maybe!) But ya, I love having this time off just to relax, and its been amazing!!! :D

Comedy Improv Night!!!

So since the semester started, I have had tickets for the comedy improv show that Kirby Heyborne is in!!!! Then when I got on my facebook this morning I had a message from my Uncle Todd saying that if I find Gracia Taylor she could hook me up with some Kirby time! She runs his website, and is also my Aunts friend. So they let her know that I was going to be there, and when I found her today, I told her who I was and she gave me a hug! Then I asked her if I could meet Kirby, and she said ya, so she called him, and he didn't answer. So she said she could find me after the show and hook me up. But then I went and took my seats, and she came and found me. She did that wavy thing for me to come follow her, and we went downstairs to the basement and told me to wait outside. So then he comes out, and is like... Hi, I'm Kirby! And I was like... I KNOW!!! Then I asked her why he follows my blog, and he said it was because I was such a sweet girl. I was like... How did you find it? Do you stalk me? And he said that he does! haha! So then I ask him to sign my CD, and he signed it... Tara, I love you and your blog. Kirby! then I was like, I have a camera, can I get a picture? And he took it from me and said that he was really good at this, so he reached his hand out, hugged me, and took the picture. It didn't work at first because it was a video... Then we fixed it and he took a pic. He asked me if I was going to this first show and I said ya, and then I told him after that we were going to see Iron Man, which he is going to see tomorrow! (In the comedy show he talked about seeing Iron Man... hahah!!!) Then he told me to have a good show... and I was like, no YOU have a good show! So I hugged him and I went to his show.

Then the show was absolutely hilarious! It was Who's Line is it Anyway, but BETTER! I can't even describe how funny it was because you just had to be there. So then after the show there was this meet and great.

Funny story, he actually met my roommates in the MC today while I was at work, so when he saw them he said, hey I met you! And then I was like... These are my roommates, and he was like... WOAH!!! He asked us if we liked the show and how funny it was.

Then we went and got pictures with Corbin Allred, that hottie on Saints and Soldiers, and then we got a picture with Lincoln, the weird-o from The Singles Ward.

After this whole thing, we went to see Iron Man 2! It was so good!!!

Now here's the pictures!!!

Romeo, Romeo....

Who wants to hear the best story EVER!!!

So me and my roommates last night thought there was a dance, so we all got super cute! Then we got a text from our friend who was going to the dance first telling us that the dance is actually Saturday night, and not Friday night.

So here we are, 6 girls all dolled up ready to go out for the night with no where to go. So we decided to start walking around.

We got to the gardens and saw a big group of people, but we didn't really think anything of it and we just walked around them. So we get to this little gazebo type thing and stopped walking. One of my roommate Lauren gets behind the little opening in the gazebo and calls out ROMEO ROMEO... WHEREFORE ART THOU ROMEO...

At that same second a guy comes running towards us yelling... AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....

We all started dying laughing, and he sat down by us and was like, did I miss something. So we told him how he has the perfect timing in the world, it was so funny! We kept talking to him and then we were like, oh ya, whats your name... He said his name was Romeo, and we all laughed! Then his brother came, we just called him Mr. Capulet because we couldn't remember another name from that play!

I guess there was a group of them playing capture the flag in the gardens. He asked us if we wanted to play but we were all dressed up, I was even wearing heals, so we said no thanks. We kept talking to him for like 20 minutes, we talked about hanging our maybe next weekend, he said he would "supply the guys" for us! Then he decided he should help his team, so he starts running off and yells, Next Friday at 9! Be there!

It was just so funny how we met him! :D Anyway, I love my roommates, and it is going to be such an amazing semester!

New Favorite Movie!!!

So tonight me and my roommates all went out to dinner and a movie! I hadn't really heard all that much about his movie, but my roommate Katie W had, so we went to see it, and I LOVED IT!!! It was so much fun, so cute, so exciting, so adventurous, so intense, and SO FUNNY!!! I would totally recommend going to see this! 100% good!!!

Oh, and the actors aren't that bad looking either!!!