Being 20!!!

What is it like being 20?

Its. Like. Heaven!

Its like sleeping in...
Its like showering in a shower with two heads! (Which by the way is very luxurious.)
Its like going to the pool and tanning.
Its like going to the beach and tanning.
Its like taking fun roadtrips and listening to my favorite music!
Its like playing card games with my mom all day long!
Its like WINNING card games all day long! (hahahaha)
Its like watching TLC and Chopped!
Its like going to the spa!
Its like being on vacation! Oh wait, its exactly like being on Vacation!!!

On my 20th birthday, my parents had planned to let me go to California with some of my best friends. I had been planning on the vacation of a lifetime since about April... but some things changed last minute. It ended up being just me and my mom, and let me tell you, it was the BEST VACATION EVER!!! My mom and I had so much fun! We got there Friday evening and just took the night to chill. Saturday we went to the Outlet mall and got some fun things! Then we went to the movies and saw The Help! Sunday we just chilled, we watched a lot of Chopped and just hung out and played games. Monday we went to the spa and the beach, Tuesday we spent a lot of time by the pool, Wednesday the beach again, and Thursday the pool again! It was all about spending time in the sun! I really didn't even get all the burned, just tan! (kinda!) Thursday afternoon we drove back and my mom is on her way back to Cali right now for a cousins wedding. I am just chilling in my parents house right now waiting for Kyle and his daughter to come over! This morning I went out by our pool and finished reading my book! Even though I'm not in Cali, I'm still on vacation!!!

I have a feeling that being 20 is going to be the best year for me! I am super excited for two main parts of this year. 1) I am going to get my bachelors degree this year. 2) I am going to get my MISSION CALL this year!!! Like I said, I think being 20 is going to be the best year EVER!!!

Boredom

"Boredom is an emotional state experienced when an individual is without any work or is not interested in their surroundings."
-wikipedia

I haven't been bored in a long time... I am always so busy between school and work that I don't even have time to think about being bored. But I am done with school, until January at least, and I'm afraid that I am going to get bored. I remember talking to Ty right after he finished his bachelors degree. He was saying how bored he was when he got done with work, because he had no assignments to work on, no papers to write, nothing to study, and nothing to learn! I laughed at him at the time, but now I am feeling his pain! Today I did 10 sudoku puzzles! TEN!!! Thats way to many for 1 day. The LAST thing I want to do is be bored without school. I thought about taking online classes, but there really isn't a point. I have 2 semesters left, and I need to save my classes for those.

So I need to think of things to keep me occupied between the hours of 5p.m. and 8a.m. I will be sleeping for probably 8 of those hours, but that still leaves 8 hours for me when I'm not asleep and when I'm not at work to do something... So what should it be!? I have decided that I am going to give plasma this summer. It will be nice to have a little extra cash, and it really is good to give plasma! So that will be my extra money/service project twice a week! I will be attending the temple more regularly than I have been during the semester. I need it! And I also plan on like losing 400 pounds! (K not really... but 40 would be nice!) So sometime I will have to schedule in working out! But I still am afraid I will have a lot of down time! I have contemplated getting a 2nd job, maybe a part time night thing where I just work 6 to 10 each evening at some restaurant or opinion center or something... Just because if I'm not working, I will be sitting in front of my laptop or TV, and that is no way to spend a summer.

Any ideas of new hobbies or fun things to do to keep me occupied are much appreciated! I really don't want to be bored!!!

The Stone that was Yellow

I went to yellowstone again!!! It was the best day ever! I just love car rides, and I love my roommates, and I love Yellowstone! Its the prettiest place to be! Unfortunately my camera is broken, and I need to buy a new one. So I didn't have a camera to take with me, but my roommate did, and she took some really amazing pictures! So this post is just going to be her pictures! The second picture is awesome because the water behind us is Old Faithful! We saw it go off twice! Made me so happy!!!

New Hobbies!

So the very first day of break I was complaining to my friend about how I am going to be bored a lot of the break, and he told me I needed to get some hobbies! What kind of hobbies could I pick up to keep me entertained for the next little bit! I mean I am pretty busy during the day, I wake up around 8, get ready, do some homework, go to class, go to work, and then I'm home by 5. So 8-5 I'm busy, but other than that I don't have a ton going on.

One of my new hobbies started up again the other day when I had to do my laundry. I was going to watch TV and eat ice cream while I waited for my laundry to be done, but instead I sat down at the piano in the lounge and started to play. I forgot how much I like playing! I started with the song Crush. I learned it senior year, you see my dreams were that one day I would be randomly in LA, sit down at a piano and start playing that song. Then David would turn the corner and see me, kind of like a Camp Rock moment when Shane hears Mitchy play. Then David would fall in love with me and the two of us would be married that next day...kind of like in Enchanted, Oh Giselle, we shall be married in the morning!!! Haha, anyway so I played that song again, and then I started playing some hymns that I once learned and tried to teach myself new ones!

My other new hobby is... brace yourself... reading books!!! I know that might sound crazy coming from me... but its the truth! A while back I got Davids book (this blog sure does seem to be about him a lot huh) and I started reading it! I just got it so that he can sign it and I can look at pictures. But during the break I decided to go for it! Then I have been noticing a ton of people talking about the Hunger Games so yesterday at work I googled it, and on google books it comes up! Except they take out random pages. So I got hooked on it while I read the first couple of pages at the office, and I went to WalMart right after that to buy the book. Last night I read it until about 1:00, and then I woke up this morning and read it until about... an hour ago! haha. I literally read it for 10 hours! And I finished it! And now I am going crazy because I can't find the 2nd book anywhere in Rexburg. Part of me wants to drive to IF tonight to buy the 2nd book... but I don't think I will!

In Bride Wars, the blond girl never cries, and than at the end she is like crying a lot. And she says, "Its like a whole new me!" That's what I feel like right now! All my new hobbies are like a whole new me! haha, well not really I guess. I have always known how to play the piano and I have read books before... so anyway, that's what I have been up to! :D

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!!!