why HELLO 7am!

Yes, I am awake this early AND went to bed at midnight. Booyeaaaah.
Since I'm not doing anything and am supposed to be doing several things I figured it's the perfect time to update the bloggster.
Majority of my month of October has been spent:
1. Kicking butt at school! I've only gotten two B's ALL semester. Try and stop from getting a 4.0... I dare you.
2. Bonding with ma roomies, who i <3 so very much
3. Enjoying my new nose ring (don't worry! It's tiny.. and not a ring, more like a stud)
4. Hanging out with this ginger kid who makes me laugh and is by far the most interesting person I've met in Cedar for awhile
5. Loving Alpha Phi... pretty much every minute of it, as usual
6. Visiting Alicia & Going to General Conference
The rest of my October will be spent:
IN VEGAS!!!!!!!! We're going for my roomie Michelle's birthday and have rooms reserved at Mandalay and the Luxor... chyeaaaaa. SO excited!!!

Eat, Pray and....

(courtesy of Ethan Young)

Sometimes I like to see what my classmates are doing from high school and so far I've been most impressed with Ethan. He's at film school in NY and is producing actually good stuff... like this picture!
In addition to observing Ethan's work I saw the movie Eat Pray Love tonight. It got me thinking about choices I've made in my life and where I've ended up and where I ultimately want to go.
Occasionally I fancy the endless ideas of all the amazing things I could do with my life. It's overwhelming, daunting and beyond exciting all at the same time. I wish that I could express to everyone that they themselves have the capability to TRULY do anything they want. If you want to be a producer of movies- you can do it. If you want to travel the world, go ahead! You have all the potential in the world and it's yours for the taking. Again I remind myself that I never want to settle for anything less than what I want... whatever it is

"but it could have been better!"

Actives + New Members :) This is why I do what I do and don't sleep for a week :)
for the moments that I know I'll never forget.

What I liked about rush week:
-having a lot of responsibility
-getting actives excited about rush!
-rushing potential new members!
-watching all of everyone's hard work come together
-the inside jokes "what is that?" "oh... it's a kady pile", "your boyfriend sounds like a witch"
-hanging with out in Kathleen's office
-kicking butt
I posted this picture for you Alicia! LOOK AT OUR CAKE! (the theme was "a night in vegas")
What I didn't like:
...the fact that while we got 48 INCREDIBLE new members it still could have been better! There is always always always room for improvement and I know it was a great rush but I wish I could go back in time, see what problems I knew would arise and fix them ahead of time!
Majority of our new members a few went home for the weekend... but still pretty impressive right?!

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.