A Sunday Afternoon

Today was wonderful...
Even though I started the day with a major headache, it turned out to be a marvelous day. It definitely has been a day of reflection on how to be better. I had a peaceful afternoon that I just took for myself. It is amazing how rejuvenating that can be. I took some pictures which you can see here. Then I went up to my favorite look out place to think and read... it was great. I've started reading Elder Maxwell's book Not My Will, but Thine, which is helping me learn lessons that I definitely have needed. I'm walking in graduation a week from Friday! It is so odd to think that these will be my last classes at BYU. I have been so blessed by all of the experiences that I've had while I've been here. Oh the picture is one that I took while I was reading and watching the sunset.

Promised pictures...

So besides the need to post these pictures...


I just wanted to say how much I loved conference. I feel so blessed to know that there is a prophet on the earth today to lead and guide us. And even better, he has a good sense of humor.

Color Color everywhere! :)

Today I finally went to the color festival at the Hare Krishna temple! It was great! There will be pictures soon. There were an insane amount of people there, but it was a blast! There will be pictures that follow. Because without them, it would be nearly impossible to imagine the sight of what happened. One of the best parts of the night was when my friend and I were at a pizza place waiting for our pizza when this lady came in. She just smiled at us as we were covered with chalk, and she said "oh you guys are just so cute." Then she picked up her pizza and as she was leaving said "especially after a couple beers you two are really funny" and she just starts laughing. :) I couldn't help but laugh, glad that we could make a tipsy lady's night. :)

Hmmm....

So this weekend we preformed the play up at BYU Idaho. It went really well. It was great to have a great audience. Plus it was fun that my grandparents came even though they don't understand any Spanish. :) My grandpa is so cute. He went around to all of the cast members to have them sign his program. Oh boy tonight on the other hand... I don't know what happened, but I started laughing during one of my serious lines, and I couldn't stop. It was horrible. I mean the only thing I can really do is just laugh about it. But it was so hard to get it under control. To say the least I don't think the director was very happy.... Oh well things go on, and I will try some random mind tricks to convince myself to stay in character at all times. :) Also I have a new random obsession with Goldfish. Not the cheddar ones, but the original plain baked cracker. I almost can't get enough of them. I LOVE THEM!!! Anyway. Fiesta is coming up on Saturday! I am so excited! It should be great!

Just thinking...

So after giving a friend a hard time about not updating his blog... I thought I have no room to talk. And then after realizing my sister had updated her blog before me... I knew I was behind. :) Speaking of my sister, she's amazing. I love how I can laugh with her like I can few other people. I am grateful that she gets to go through certain stages of life before me, and fill me in along the way. She is an incredible individual, as well as wife and mother. Anyway, I'm not sure where that came from, but there's a little shout out for my sister Rachel. :) Check out her blog at gwinland.blogspot.com (That sick picture is of Rache and I when I was about 14 and for FHE we updated our 72 hours kits... to say the least they were slightly out of date.) A few random things have been on my mind. A small thing... I don't like being called maam, especially by someone that is my peer. It just seems odd to me. Do I really look that old? I know most of the time they are just trying to be polite, but it just feels awkward. Hmmm. Anyway, this semester has been crazy. But a light finally seems to be appearing at the end of the tunnel. The play opens this week. Fiesta is next week. I finally have all of my graduation stuff squared away. I'm getting stoked about Spain.... so much but I am genuinely happy. This is just a quick update... more to come... :)

Things I love...

One of the things I love is walking past people who can't help but smile. Honestly these people are just BEAMING. Most of the time it appears as though they are running over a recent conversation or situation that just makes them smile. It makes me wonder did they just get an amazing job offer, was a finacial situation magically resolved, did somebody tell them they loved them, did they just ace a test, did the see a good friend... whatever it is makes me wonder. I hope that I have done something at least once to make someone that happy where they couldn't help but smile as they walked. And for those of you who have done that for me Thank You! :)

Observations...

I really ought to write things down right after I see them. Last night when we went to Red Lobster. I dropped my friends off at the door, and as I was driving away this man who I was sure was an Elvis impersonator walked in the door. I quickly called my friends to see if they had seen him... and no luck... I apparently I am seeing ghosts with the creepy similarity to Elvis. Also yesterday as I was walking across campus I notice this very awkward couple holding hands. And the guy seemed to be dragging the girl across campus. She was a full arms length away. Hmm.... something tells me that if you don't want to be side by side or if you can't keep up with each then... avoid the awkwardness. The third thing today was at Walmart the lady behind us in the check out line was sitting in a mobile chair... obviously pregnant... and she just kept yelling at her daughter who was probably three. The girl from my observations hadn't done anything in the past five minutes worthy of such an awful reprimand. Sometimes I wish some people couldn't have kids... is that horrible. Well then she went off on her little girl saying "I just want you to know how spoiled you are... you are getting two movies today. So don't you ever complain. You are SO spoiled." I wanted to slap her. And just say let's see whose actually buying the movies... right that idiot would be you... so you are the one doing the spoiling. Oh and did I mention that she ate two reese peanut butter cups in line... Anyway... I will stop. I am grateful that this first week is over. This is going to be a busy busy busy semester with Fiesta, The Play, work, church, and my last classes.... but I'm excited. :) Soon... there will be a video of my cute niece. :) Also I am considering somehow including the random cell phone conversations that I seem to hear on an almost daily basis.