Mellowing Out

Well Holy cow. It most certainly has been awhile, don't worry though, you haven't missed a whole ton. To recap my summer:
1. I went home for a week. Best week of the summer.
2. My grandpa died :( I loved him so much! But he had a long happy life
3. I LOVE my nephew! He' so cute and loves to scream poop when he gets tired at night. I don't know what else could make it more obvious that we're related
4. Alpha Phi truly is my life
5. I became a workaholic
6. Hello history major and communication minor! GOODBYE graphic design.
7. I'm officially terrible at being spontaneous

8. I'm obsessed with pepperoni. I crave it like I'm pregnant... but I'm not, don't worry.
9. I love my roommates, but I got so used to living by myself! It's weird having to adjust
10. Have you ever outgrown your party phase? I have literally NO desire to go out and party anymore... it's weird. I love staying home and most of all, sleeping. Is it bad when you get excited to sleep?

Staying Up to Late

Staying up to Late causes me to:
Think about my ex boyfriends
Want chocolate
Be grumpy in the morning
Want to cut my bangs
Contact all these crazy people from my past
... so why the BLEEP do i not go to bed on time?
... I have no idea.

I know the Heart of Life is Good

Disclaimer: Semi- sad Post
My dog Riley (Rileypants) died on Thursday. I love him so much and it hurts and I miss him. I didn't get to say good-bye and I hadn't even seen him in six months... but still. there's happiness in this world and there always will be :)

(my fave picture of the two of us)

And while bad news never has good timing, good things can always happen! Today I met my new friend Milt... he's a stray that wandered into my life and while he can't stay with me and I really have no idea what's going to happen to him, I can't help but love him. So grateful for my new pitbull friend :P

You know you're growing up when...

Your mom let's you travel on a greyhound bus by yourself.
and you learn why she never let you do it before.


this was the beginning of my greyhound journey to Salt Lake City


this is what I saw in the middle of it.

This was the end.

HELLO SORE MUSCLES

it's me. Your body.
It's been a while.
I've started running again! So far I believe I am on day eight. You're supposed to take a rest day so even though my body felt like a blob of lard I didn't run on Wednesday. My goal is to get to 21 days of running. Well, that's my beginning goal! Soon I'll run across the world! Jk, not possible. We have oceans.
Also, I'm visiting Alicia. We're having a ballin' time. I love her.

Precautionary measures

Some Reminders to myself:

1. You love your family. Not seeing them for almost a year is going to be hard, but you can be strong!
2. If you don't like him, you don't have to kiss him. IN FACT you can tell him to leave. Please do, we don't want to keep the Creepers (with a capital C) around.
3. Working out is hard. It's harder when you've stopped for a long time. so please be consistent.
4. You'll miss reading when you all you'll read is text books so dedicate some time for it.
5. Your parents really do know what they're talking about.
6. DO NOT ever settle for less than you deserve

7. Pain is temporary

8. When you're doing your very best you'll NEVER disappoint yourself. You'll have disappointments, but you won't be disappointed in yourself.
9. Have fun :)

May Madness

April Showers bring May... Madness.

May isn't over yet, but I have quite the ample amount of time recently so I figured I'd blog.

My month of May has been pretty intense I must say. Hence (yeah, Hence) May Madness.

So first of all I'm insane and decided to stay in Cedar over summer. I miss my family, friends, dog, malls, food and lakes of New York already. Not going to lie it's been a little rough accepting the fact that I won't see most of them until Thanksgiving. On the plus side my brother Ben is going to come visit me and I'm SO SO SO SO SO SO SO excited! We have so much fun together and i can't wait to see him! He's a hoot.

Living in Cedar does have it's +'s (get it?? PLUS {+} ). I have a great job as hostess/busser/caterer person for the Garden House h! It's a ten minute walk from my house and I love (most of) the people I work with! It's a lot of fun and I get to meet new people everyday. Another + is that I get to organize the new Phi House! That doesn't really sound fun... but it is.

I've also got to go to Sand Hallow! One of my top places to visit and get nice and warm.

Another +. I went to the St. George temple, and although I didn't have time to go in it brought me so much peace just to be on the grounds. I'm learning to appreciate the temples more and their importance. They are all so beautiful.

I've been trying to expand my hobbies! I got a new camera and with some photography classes behind me I've been working to get some real world experience in. I did some shots of my friend Amanda, her husband and their dog Holly. I think they came out pretty well! For my first time... (check out my facebook if you want to see more)

And just real quick I have to tell a story. So last night I was on my way to this get together with some friends. Getting out of the door I (accidentally) slammed my left ring finger in the door. Hurt like a beast. I screamed... a lot. Anyways I made it through the night and through work the next day only to get sick to my stomach for 3 hours, but I feel better now :) The end.