2011

Usually this is the time that people would say... "I can't believe this year is over!" or... "This year has gone by so fast, its been a blur." Well... not for me! My blog is going to start like this...

IT'S FINALLY OVER!!!!!!!!
2011 was a long year, and not my favorite if I'm being honest. A lot of great things happened this year, don't get me wrong.

• Babies were born

3 day Abby isn't as much fun as 7 month Abby, but I still like this picture!

(although I haven't met Baby Brinley yet, I already love her as much as I do the others!)

• Weddings were attended
  

This is Keri and I at Alexa and Tophers wedding in their photo booth.

This is Keri, Alexa, Natalee and I at Grant and Alyssa's wedding in their photo booth!

(P.S. I decided I wanted a photo booth at my wedding!!!)

And there were more cousins weddings that I didn't go to, and the Royal wedding, and the Kardashian wedding... so all in all it was a good year for weddings!

• Vacations!!!

Park City with the family and Amy!

San Diego with my mom! (Also... I turned 20 years old!)

And I went to Denver, Colorado, but my camera was broken so I don't have pictures of me there.

• And I got to see David Archuleta preform for one of the last times before he leaves for his mission! Woohoo!

Also in 2011, I did a lot of school, and even more work. 2011 was a working year it felt like. Winter and Spring I worked a lot of hours, more than I ever had, and then I worked all summer break, and then my internship was a 40 hour a week job. (So you would think I should have a lot more money since I worked so much, but I don't!)

All in all, I loved my internship, but that is most definitely the reason the year went so slow for me. Since July all I have been doing is working 8-5. Then I would come home and do a lot of nothing. I read books, I watched movies, hulu and TV, I worked out occasionally, I shopped (a lot), I went out to eat, and I took naps. I even started donating plasma this year, not because I needed the money, just because I needed something to do!

I'm really really looking forward to 2012! This year is going to be non-stop crazyness! For the next 7 months, I am going to be the best student this school as ever seen. For about 1 week in that 7 months I plan on going to Ohio so I can meet that Baby Brinley, and then after that 7 months... I'm moving. I will probably be gone for about 18 months, and I'm not sure where I'm going to go. But I do know that wherever I go, I will LOVE it! I am going to start my mission this year, and I will be a full time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and I have never been so excited about something in my whole life! I will start my papers in about 3 months, get my call in about 4 months, and ship out right after I graduate! I can't wait!!!

2012... HERE I COME!!!

Spring!

I was so mad when I saw that my favorite sister in law had updated her blog with this...


this blog now has an new post :)


Really Natalee?! Really...

Anyway, I thought I would blog about my new semester! I realized while I was talking with my dad last night that I am already 3 weeks into the semester! So far its just flown by! I am keeping really busy, but still have time to watch all my shows! haha...
So... my semester so far...

Classes = Awesome!
Homework = Not too bad!
Roommates = Coolest People EVER!
Job = well...

Seriously though, I really love this semester! I have classes that I am excited to go to everyday, and I am keeping up with my homework pretty well! Taking 15 credits + 20 hours of work a week can make for a busy busy girl. Lets just say, Mon-Fri 8-5 is completely booked... but thats life! I'm surviving!

Here is the most exciting part of what this semester holds for me...



I'M GOING TO DENVER!!! Here is whats happening. I got accepted to do an Internship Expedition in Denver next month! So I am going to meet with a bunch of healthcare professionals in Denver and try to set up an internship with them! I'm so so so excited! I think about it every day! I got my flight information today!!! YAY!!!

I'm a Senior!!!

I logged into my BYUI page this morning and saw this! Notice carefully the very top line...

Classification: Senior!

Thats basically all I wanted to blog about today! hahaha...

Two Weeks Notice

Here is my two week notice!

Dear Rexburg, you have 2 weeks to get all this crappy weather out of the way. When I come back next semester it better not be here. OR ELSE! (jk, how do I threaten the weather... really!)

Dear male population (and some females too), you have 2 more weeks to talk about this Madness that goes on in March. Luckily now that BYU is out I won't be hearing as much about this Mr. Jimmer guy. I have gotten to the point that I pretty much zone out when I hear his name... lets be honest people, I DON'T CARE!!! And last night, having to watch him with his weird band-aid on his chin OVER American Idol... well that was just the last straw. No more Ms. Nice Girl.... American Idol takes priority over Jimmer. Sorry Jimmer but it just does. (side rant... I CAN'T BELIEVE the judges saved that weird leprechaun Casey! Saves are meant to be used when there is a really good top 4, not when the bad person gets kicked off during the top 11! Crazies!)

Dear classes, you have 2 weeks left! And yet inside of me I feel like you are never going to end. I hate you. Honestly, I have never hated a group of classes more so than this semester. Usually I have one or two classes, Accounting, or Business Communications, that I can't stand. But having a semester full of stupid classes is just about killing me! 2 more weeks, and I will never think about you dumb classes ever again! :P

Dear current roommates, we only have 2 weeks left together. This really does make me sad, and I'm sorry for bailing out on you and moving to American Manor. Its not personal I promise, I just desperately need a change. I will miss you dearly and promise to still hang out with you.

Dear future roommate (Tamazine) - ONLY 2 MORE WEEKS UNTIL WE ARE ROOMMATES!!! Literally I am thrilled at the thought of this! We are going to have the most fun EVER!!!

Dear Arizona, in 2 weeks... I will be with you! :D

Dear Mortensen family, 2 (and a half) more weeks until I'm with you! I have not wanted a Spring Break to happen more so than I want this one to happen! I can't wait to spend time with my favorite older sister (and the fetus inside of her) and my favorite nieces! We are going to have a blast! I especially can't wait until I watch American Idol with Angell and my mom, because that just sounds like the best time ever!

Dear Greys Anatomy, I just started watching you in the middle of the 3rd season last night, but I suspect we have a good next 2 weeks in front of us. Once I move out, I will no longer be able to watch you with Brittney's netflix, so lets make the next 2 weeks count!

Update!

I know its only been a little over a week, but I feel as though I haven't written in my blog in AGES!!! So here is what you missed on... GLEE (haha, Jk...)


As you may remember from a recent post, I got the amazing opportunity to go to the amazing city of Park (Park City) with my amazing family and my amazing BFF! (That stands for Best Friend Forever, in case you didn't already know!) Basically I could go into great detail about every thing we ate, like all the frozens waffles, the cups of hot chocolate, the wedding cake cupcakes, and the pizza... But I won't! I could go into detail about how amazing the weather was, how sunny and blue, and yet cold enough that the snow was perfect. We could take our goggles off on the lift to cool our selves down, and then by the end of the run we were all warm on the inside. I don't think I have ever had 2 days in a row with as perfect as weather. But I won't go into that detail either! I could also go into detail about the movie we saw in 3D on Saturday, actually I decided just now to go into that detail! Justin Bieber, Never Say Never, was the best movie OF ALL TIMES! Better than the Titanic even (ok, not really... but much better than Avatar!) Honestly, I heard of JB when I was in 12th grade before he was famous, and have been a loyal fan ever since. His movie was inspiring, funny, cute, hot (ok... he was hot!) and just plain good!

Here are some pictures...



So basically all day Sunday I was just complaining about having to come back to Rexburg, but it ended up not being that bad of a week at all! Monday was going to be lame, becasue it was the 14th of February and I'm not with anyone, but it ended up being just like any other day of me not being with any one, and I have done that for the past 19 1/2 years, so it really wasn't that bad! The rest of the week just flew by! Tuesday I watched Glee and thought it was super fantastic (they sang 2 JB songs!), and Wednesday I started to watch AI, but the power went out within the first 15 minutes. I was so sad. We ended up putting in a movie on my laptop and watched that!, I watched AI again on Thursday, as well as Bones. Basically its that time of year where I have a show on every night. Which actually makes me a good student, becasue I force myself to finish everything before I watch my shows. So I am litearlly gone from my apartment from 5:45 am to 5:15 pm (with the excpetions of a little lunch break or a quick change of clothes). Then when I get home I try to get everything done so I can watch my shows. Then when I miss some, like I did a lot this week, i catch up on Fridays. Today I woke up early so I watched The Office and Community, then I went to work, classes, and the gym. Then I came home and watched Castle, Glee, and Mr. Sunshine... I think I am a little addicted to TV and to Hulu. But hey, if I don't let myself take a chill from school and work, I won't have any fun right! Right... (like how I am trying to convince myself that my TV addiction is ok?!)

Anyway... its a 3 day weekend, and I have a HUGE to-do list. I am going to go to the Temple, work out, do my homework, send out a certain someones birthday package, clean my room, do my laundry, and prepare a RS lesson. Hopefully I can get this all done tomorrow and then I can just chill on Sunday and Monday!

Wow that was long, sorry if you read the whole thing and are completly bored. Anyway, thanks for reading my life story (for the week anyway!)

So Close!

I am so close to the end of the semester... and I just have NO motivation for finishing! Once I got back from Thanksgiving I have had the hardest time getting back in the swing of things. I was supposed to be working right now, but I had a group project that I thought would take a while, so I asked my friend to cover an hour for me. But the group project is over, and I'm stuck in the library. I should be working on different homework assignments, but since I didn't think I would have this time I didn't bring my other books. And because it is blizzarding outside, I don't really want to go home to get them. So I'm just hanging in the library until my next class starts. I wish I had something productive to do with all this time. I am done for my assignments for today and most of tomorrow. Mostly all I have left is studying for my finals and a group project! I just want to be done already! Then I can go back to AZ and enjoy Christmas! Yay!!!

You know you're busy when....

You know you're busy when....

You wake up, get ready, go on campus, and its dark.
You stay on campus all day and when you leave, its dark again.

When you get to school, the Presidents car isn't there yet, and when you leave, his car has already left. Dang it!

Your meals start consisting of a bowl of cereal for breakfast, a slim fast shake for lunch, and a piece of bread with peanut butter on it for dinner.

You no longer have time to just sit down and enjoy a meal, everything has to be multi-tasked with something else. Like eating lunch while you take a quiz or eating dinner while walking to FHE.

You start to feel guilty just for watching a 30 minute episode of The Office on Thursday night because you should be doing something better with your time.

You HAVE to do homework or study or do something else while you watch a movie (How to Train Your Dragon is the best movie to do Statics Homework too! :D)

You want to ask a guy to hang out with you, but then realize you have no time to hang out anyway! :(

You have homework due in an hour and you still haven't started it.

On Saturday, instead of enjoying a day off, you prepare a treat for a ward activity, a talk for sacrament meeting, and a lesson for Relief Society, both to be given on the same Sunday!

Yes, all these things have happened to me, pretty much in the last two weeks too! This is the way I stay sane when I am as busy as I have been this semester....

President Uchtorf gave the best talk, at least for me, this last conference.
Of Things That Matter Most

He said, "Therefore, it is good advice to slow down a little, steady the course, and focus on the essentials when experiencing adverse conditions..... May I suggest that you reduce the rush and take a little extra time to get to know yourself better. Walk in nature, watch a sunrise, enjoy God’s creations, ponder the truths of the restored gospel, and find out what they mean for you personally."

My new thing is to take at least an hour each day just to enjoy living! These hours have consisted of going out to ice cream in the evening with my roommate and then going on a walk, taking the hour in between my classes to go to the Gardens, lie down in the grass, and talk on the phone to family or friends, play sports (softball is over again, but Battleship starts next week, there will be a post on that soon!), and just spending time not stressing or doing school work! It has been amazing how happier I have been since I have started this little experiment. I literally had days a few weeks ago where I woke up at 6, went from work, to class, to the library, to another class, back to work, to another class, home for 10 minutes, to FHE, and then went to my room to study until 11 when I went to bed, and then woke up the next morning and did the SAME thing!!! I was so stressed and not having any fun at all! Even though I did have a minor melt down yesterday, my roommates helped me to calm down, enjoy life, and to have fun! I am so thankful to have amazing people in my life to help me!

I love that I didn't schedule anything on Fridays, because today is my catch up day, I have a huge to do list that I didn't quite get to during the week, so I'm gonna go get started on that, and when I am done, my roommates and I are going to go shopping in Idaho Falls! yay!!!

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!!!

Summer

So it may seem like my life is really lame since I have not updated my blog in a while, but its actually quite the opposite! I have had the best summer break ever! (If you can call what I am doing a break!) I have class everyday from 10:00-11:40, and then I work from 12:00-5:00, except on Fridays when I work from 8:00-5:00. Then after work I go home and hang with my awesome new roommates whom I love!

Some big events that have happened since school got out:
Keri came and visited with me!
Moved into my new apartment
Got my grades back and only got 1 B, and was awarded a full ride scholorship!
Went to FHE and made some new friends ;)
Saw the movies Inception (again), Eclipse (again), and Charlie St. Cloud in theaters.
Road tripped down to Utah with Keri
Road tripped back up to Rexburg
And have watched Space Jam, Iron Man, the beginning of X-Men, Forever Strong, and When In Rome (but I didn't really watch it, I was distracted)

I love love love my new roommates, and I love the laid-back chill atmosphere that comes in Rexburg during the summer. I love that I get to stay up late and sleep in, and I love that I have made so many new friends! I haven't been the best at bringing my camera places cuz I never quite unpacked everything in my new apartment since I am just moving back in a month... but I will try to take some pics of the summer!

I'm a Junior!

Well I have officially taken my last final for the semester, which means I have completed 60 credits, which means I am a junior in college!!! Not too much longer and I will be done! :D

This semester was... horrible. Ok thats a lie! I really didn't do that bad. It was just really stressful, but its over now, and Keri gets here in less than 2 hours and I am so excited!

I don't really know what else to say. The last couple weeks of my life have been pretty boring, I have been doing a lot of projects and homework and studying! But now I'm done, at least until Tuesday. gotta love having a summer vacation that lasts only 4 days! haha, not!

Just in case you didn't know, I am crazy! I am staying here in the 7 week break and I am taking a Doctrine and Covenants class and working full time. So from 10-5 I will be busy Monday through Thursday, and then Friday I will be working 8-5! But then at night and on the weekend I will be partying it up every night! I'm so excited for the summer!!!

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!!!

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!!!

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

Back at it!

So last week I had a wonderful break! I spent the week at my grandparents house in Orem! It was way fun being able to see some of my friends at BYU! And then my sister Angell came with her kiddos, and that was also super fun! Then on Saturday my dad ran the SLC Marathon, and we went down to see him! What a crazy man! Then, on Sunday I came back to Rexburg!

My new apartment is awesome! My roommates are so much fun! Yesterday before classes started, me and Gaby went shopping, we got our books, grocerys, some decorations, and then I went to work for a few hours. When I came back we started to decorate our apartment, and so far it looks GREAT! I will take pictures when it is all done and clean! Then we had a "roommate meeting/party" last night becasue we didn't have FHE set up yet. We introduced ourselves, we talked about decoration ideas, we named the apartment (the name is... The Yoorooga, it means The Home in some language we don't know!) Then we had a roommate excursion where we went to Horkleys and got our soda cups that we can use this semester! Horkleys has way cheap soda, espically when its a refill! Then we played this card game that I had never heard of before, but I dominated! I don't know if they will want to play games with me anymore!

After that I got ready and went to bed! Then I was up this morning at 6 getting ready for my classes. I had 2 today, Medical Terminology and Teachings of the Living Prophets. So far I like them both! Tuesdays are my nice easy days! Tomorrow I have 4 classes, American Epidemic, Accounting, Managing Healthcare Providers, and a Finance class! On top of that I have to work for 3 hours tomorrow! Pretty much I will be on campus from 7:30 until 5:00 just in classes and working, then I will have to go to the library to study! Ahhh....

But ya, so far so great! I have a feeling its going to be a great semester!!!

Recipe for a Perfect Day!

Almost There...

Last night I finished my last 2 finals! I had a science final in the testing center. I had a 91 going into the final, I got at 91 on the final, and my total grade for the class is.... a 91!!! Who would have guessed it. I'm a little sad that I didn't get an A. He said the first day of class that is was really hard to get an A in his class, because you need at least a 95 or more, whereas most teachers give you an A when you have a 93 or more. Either way, I deserved an A-. I know that an A- is a good grade, but when it lowers your GPA, and you are trying to get a full-ride scholarship, the littlest bit of GPA lowering makes me sad...

After I took my science final, I went to my classes. My Humanities Final was a take-home, and I couldn't find 2 answers, so I got those 2 wrong, but I got everything else right. So I got a 98 on that final. I'm not sure what my final grade is in that class because he hasn't added a lot of the last projects we had, last time I checked I had a 88 in that class, but he still has a LOT to add, and so I am hoping to get that up to at least a 90!

So ya, I am pretty much finished. All I have to do is clean my apartment for the white glove checks on Tuesday, pack up all my stuff, and go to my last Book of Mormon class. I also am working a lot next week, which is good because I love my job! So ya, after all that happens, then I get to play for a week in Utah and see my nieces!!! Its going to be a party! I'm so excited!!!

Self-Esteem Class

My roommates have recently told me that I need to take a self-esteem class, I told them that that would probably be the first class that I failed!

For some reason I have been way down on myself. Luckily my roommates are amazing and they have been there to pick me up! I don't know what I would do without them.

So I don't want you to think I am being crazy prideful in any way, but I thought for my self-esteem class I should take I should probably write down 10 things I am good at, so here you go!

1. Snowboarding!
2. School work/ getting good grades.
3. Talking with people, even talking in front of people.
4. Planning things, like class schedules or events.
5. Making cookies!
6. Keeping in touch with my family and friends.
7. Critiquing American Idol!
8. Curling my hair with my chi.
9. My job, answering phones, talking to strangers, telling people about healthcare.
10. Making power-points. I made 2 this week and both are AWESOME!!!

Its kinda a sad day when I got stuck after number 3, but low and behold, I found 10 things! Maybe I can pass this self-esteem class after all!!!

Opposite of Stressed

What is the opposite of stress... relaxed, calm, not busy... whatever it is, I am it!
Last semester at this time I remember freaking out about all the finals, the white glove clean check, and I had JUST started a job and was still training which is never fun. But now, I am totally relaxed. My snowboarding class is done, I only have 1 more class in my Natural Disaster, Public Speaking, and Humanities class. Basically I am going to ace every final because they are not hard. For public speaking I just have to give my final persuasive talk, which I am giving on Healthcare, and for Humanities I have a take home final that I can use my books/notes/any thing he has given us! I am going to do that tomorrow! And for Natural Disaster I just have a test in the testing center, but I have made a TON of note cards for that test and have been studying them for the past week, so I am not worried about that at all. Other than those classes, I still have 3 more Book of Mormon classes, but those aren't hard, and the final is just to come to class and write about how we enjoyed the class and something we learned. So ya, this is going to be an easy final week. I will be officially DONE on April 6th, and then I will clean/pack on the 7th, and on the 8th and 9th I will be working at the office all day while the other girls take their finals. Then on the 10th I will move all my stuff to Birch Plaza, and once its all stored there I will drive down to Utah to spend the week at my grandmas house! I can not believe how fast this semester has gone, and I am actually really sad. This has been a great off-track, and I am SO glad I stayed instead of went home like a lot of people i know, because I had such a great time here. Next semester I have a feeling is not going to be a stress-less semester, most likely it will be stressful! But I'm ready for it!!!

Oh and if you haven't already seen... I have made a separate blog about American Idol because thats how much of a dork I am!!! Feel free to read it and leave comments!!!
www.tarasidolopinions.blogspot.com

Next Semester Classes

So I was super annoyed last night. I stayed up until midnight so I could register for my classes, but the internet stopped working on the my.byui.edu page (probably because over 1000 people were trying to register...). So instead of waiting and waiting, I went to bed and woke up when my roommates got up to go to work. So at 3:30am the computer was running a lot faster, and I got my classes. I was annoyed though, because all the classes I wanted were available, but 2 of them I need prereqes, and it didn't say that on the class until I tried to add it and it wouldn't let me. So crazy! Like English 101, I was pretty sure I got that covered my senior year, but I guess my senior year English class transfered over as like ENG 111, so I don't have to take 111, but 101 is still required, so I have to take that next semester. Which is so lame, because I hate English!

Anyway, here is my list of classes:

• Survey of Accounting
• Introduction to Finance
• Writing and Reasoning
• The American Epidemic
• Medical Terminology
• Teachings of the Living Prophets
• Softball

That equals 17 credits hours!

I can't wait for next semester, but I am pretty scared that its going to kick my butt! Oh well!