The end of the semester...

So, i'm incredibly proud of myself... I'm officially an adult. I signed my first contract yesterday! I feel so accomplished. Too bad it wasn't for anything cool, just for Cat and my storage unit, but still... I'm cool. I've been completely busy for the past week trying to pack, study and getting the apartment ready and all clean to move out. Cat and I bought MASSIVE plastic tubs to put our stuff in. We thought we could fit all of our stuff in them... but that was pretty much hilarious. They only held about half, but oh well. It worked nicely. One night instead of studying Cat and I decided to decorate our tops with paint pens... here are our artistic masterpeices Cory, who was nice enough to help us move our stuff into our cute little storage unit and he made fun of us mercilously for the cute tubs, "fluffy stuff," and hot pink duck tape.
Today was the last day for everything. I survived my first semester! I got really depressed when Kahala left today though :( I'm going to miss my roommates. Especially Kahala and Cat. Today was full of cleaning mostly because my two exams had been take home and all I had to do was go to class and turn them in. I had to defrost the freezer which I find completely not cool because there was a crazy glacier in there when we moved in! Anyway, I had to scrape so much ice out that it looked like snow... so of course I made a mini snowman in our freezer. Yes, those are Q-tips.... Anyway all in all it was a fun day. I'm pretty tired too because last night Cat and i went SNOWMOBILEING with some friends!! It was AWESOME! We took a few pictures before the batteries froze and I'll post them as soon as I get them.

So, I've got a question....

How do you defrost a freezer?
I mean the only way i know to defrost anything is to zap it in the microwave... but considering the microwave is attached to the freezer (not to mention it wouldn't fit) I really don't think that's gonna work...Granted the only things i've ever had to defrost is meat and veggies n'such ...but I have to figure it out by friday night. Help anyone?
Back to my humanities paper... joy

Girls night and snow!

Saturday night, all the girls in the apartment had a date...with each other. We decided that it was about time we made time for each other. First, we went to Craigo's and ate delicious pizza. Where has this place been hiding all semester?! It was sooo yummy! We had such a good time talking and telling each other what we thought of people when we first moved in. Apparently nobody liked me... but it's all good because they do now! haha
Next, went to Walmart. We ended up stuck there for a while because our ride, Rachel's boyfriend locked his keys in his car (way to go) So we had some fun taking pictures. This one is my absolute favorite Yes, we are all piled on one walmart bench "like hobo's" as Kahala described it. Oh, maybe I should tell you who these people are. The one in front in black is my Hawaiian princess, Kahala. Directly behind her are the two Rachel's.
Then Cat and me, and sitting on my lap is Xochi (pronounced zo-chy lol)
After Walmart, we went crazy in the apartment for a while and then rearranged the living room so we could all have a sleep over in the living room and watch P.S. I Love You till we went to sleep. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of this because we were all too lazy to get up and take one. But this is me attempting to nap on the couch after church on sunday... No, that was not comfortable, and yes I wore my UGG boots to church... (It's ok mom, my bishop said so... not that I asked him, but still) I'm so glad we had a girls night. We had so much fun and we all really bonded. Too bad it's at the end of the semester, but whatever. We have all agreed to have another Craigo's night in April when we get back. And this is what I woke up to this morning. I was soooo excited. I was like a little kid at Christmas. My roommates think I'm ridiculous...buuut I kind of don't care. I threw an illegal snowball at Cat on the way to lunch this afternoon... it was great fun. I'm gong to miss the snow!

10 days!

So, I come home in 10 days.. and believe you me, I'm SOOO excited! The cold here is insane. It's getting hard to breathe. With leaving comes intense amounts of stress. I have last minute tests, projects, papers and assignments not to mention exams coming up. Also this Saturday starting at 9 in the AM we have white glove clean checks which is basically where everything has to be spotless.... it's at NINE in the MORNING on a WEEKEND! And might I mention it's the weekend before exams?! On top of that, Cat and I are trying to find a storage unit to store our stuff for the winter semester. We've been comparing companies, locations and prices all afternoon. We also have to figure out some way to get to walmart tonight or tomorrow to get cleaning supplies and storage tubs. BLAH!!!
So, on a much happier note, my humanities professor showed this hilarious video in class today. Excuse the one or two profanities, but I saw it in class at BYU-I so I figured it was blog appropriate. It's kinda long but worth every second!

Idaho at last....

Oh man, I had a rather interesting trip back to Idaho. So, we get to the Roanoke airport to discover that my first flight has been delayed, so right off the bat I'm going to be late. The guy behind the counter tells us that I'll get into Salt Lake at like 11, which of course is not going to work because the shuttle taking me to Rexburg was leaving at 9. So, he makes come calls, types some things into the computer, goes and checks with some people... aaaand tells us that I can move to Delta and I would be leaving Roanoke later but would get to Salt Lake at 8:30. Perfect. Well, turns out there was "something in the way the reservation was made that was making the transfer difficult." So, we head to the Delta counter where they stare at the computer for a while. Finally the guy says the best he could do was give me one boarding pass, but give me a print out of the confirmation numbers for the next two. This makes me nervous but of course I take what I can get. Not to mention at this point I have switched airlines, I'm now flying from Roanoke to Atlanta instead of Charlotte.... I'm slightly confused by the whole thing.
When I get to the security checkpoint, much to my dismay I am informed that I have been selected for the extensive search... great. I go in the little glass box and am patted down while two men search my stuff. Lovely. At least this time they didn't find pepper spray...
I get to my gate, and they call us to board... only to get turned around because all of the planes have been grounded due to weather. The same lady who had been one of the ones trying to work on my tickets earlier was at the desk and calls me up to tell me that I may or may not make it to my next flight in Atlanta and that If i didn't i would have to change airlines... again. Might I remind you all that I still don't have boarding passes for any of my other flights. I'm starting to stress out. They finally clear us to take off, and that was probably the worst flight I've ever been on. Crazy turbulence the whole time and I couldn't see anything but fog when I looked out the window. I couldn't even see the ground until about 5 seconds before the wheels hit the runway. I seriously thought we were going to crash. Luckily, the guy at the desk back in Roanoke had given me the scheduled gate number for the next flight. I booked it and barely made it. I was the last person to board. They closed the door right after I walked through it.
This was the four hour flight from Atlanta to Phoenix. I was squished in between an almost attractive guy (although his arms were covered in tattoos) and an ancient guy who breathed on me the whole way. I felt like Monk. I really didn't think I was going to make it. But, luckily, I did, and I had to bolt out of that plane and find my next one. I didn't have a gate number for this one, but thank goodness it was just right across from the one I had just gotten off of. They had already printed my boarding pass, and once again I was one of the last people to board. This was probably one of the best flights I've been on. Take off and landing were perfect and there was very little turbulence compared to my other two flights. I landed in Salt Lake at 8:45 (remember the shuttle left at 9) and walked as quickly as I could to baggage claim... only to find out that my bag had been left in Phoenix. Fantastic.
Lucky for me, the bus was late in leaving. Unfortunately, however the heat was broken... as in it wouldn't turn off. The guy beside me and the girl in front of us talked for about half the trip while we absolutely roasted. We stopped in the middle of no where in Utah to get fuel and i FINALLY got to potty... did I had had to pee since Georgia? Well, I did. But there had been to much turbulence on the plane and not enough time in between to go at any of the airports. It was a very interesting day. Oh, and then I adjusted in my seat, and found that it was broken. It reclined right into the guy's lap behind me. So, after that I had to be super careful about how I sat.
I finally made it back to my dorm at about 2:15 am. and then i slept.....aaaaalll day. And I finally got my bag (after two very dissatisfied calls to Delta) at about 9pm.
My trip there and my stay in Virginia was absolutely amazing though. I had so much fun seeing everyone! I went shopping, dyed Elizabeth's hair pink, had lots of fun lunches with the girls and the last dinner at Jimmy V's was a night that I will always remember. I haven't laughed like that in I don't know how long. It was a good for the soul kind of laugh. I'm sad to be back in Rexburg even though it's good to see the girls. I'll be leaving in two short but stressful weeks! YAY!

I never knew I had so much clothing....

So, I decided to do laundry today so that I would actually have something to pack for my trip.... and then I realized just how long it had been since I had last done laundry. I think we're talkin about three and a half weeks! I just got done putting six.... yes, count them, six loads of laundry in the dryer. And because I really don't feel like studying for my World History test anymore, I have decided to catch up on my blog....
As I was putting some more Jones Soda into my fridge, I saw this label...Is it not the cutest thing you've EVER seen?! it basically made my day!
hmmm let's see... what's new? Rachel and I have a gym addiction, I don't think I've told you guys... but we love going to work out. Yesterday, we decided to join a class called "abs that rock" which is basically killer ab workouts to fun music. I have now lost the use of my abdominal muscles. I have apparently completely lost all muscle that I worked so hard to build under the intense instruction of Master Ra. However, unfortunately we didn't feel the effects right after the class, so we decided to go downstairs and run a bit before going home...I'm sure this helped us none. Rachel nearly fell out of bed this morning it was kind of funny.
Also last night, the Vikings got completely killed... i mean it was bad. I think the score was 26-6 or something like that... poor guys... but at least they made it into the second round of playoffs, right?
My first class was canceled today, so I didn't have to get up early! YAY! And both of my classes tomorrow are canceled and I am greatly looking forward to sleeping in!

They're Magically Delicious!

So... I kind of have this thing for Lucky Charms. They truly are magical! I mean chemically processed marshmallows combined with frosted whole grain cereal... how much better could it get?! And it's a "Good source of calcium and vitamin D--Nutrition to help your kids grow up strong!" HAHA anyway... So I'm munching on my Lucky Charms doing my science homework about the brain. This is what my science teacher had to say about neuro sensors... "It's a nice January morning in Rexburg and you realize you left something in your car. So, you run outside in the shorts and tshirt you wore as pj's to go grab it, and what happens? Every temperature sensor in your body is gonna do what? Scream 'YOU IDIOT!!!! GET BACK INSIDE ASAP!!!' And you can't help but listen to them." Ok... I didn't know cells in my body could call me an idiot, but cool. Nothing too exciting going on here. I got all my homework done including an assignment that I anticipate will be assigned to me tomorrow because i'm just that bored... maybe I should sleep... maybe

VIKINGS FINALLY WIN!!! ...IN OVERTIME!

Yes ladies and gents, Cory's team, the Vikings have FINALLY won a game! ....and I missed it.
See... he told me a few days before that it was at 2...but it was at 10 so I was sleeping/showering through it. When Rachel found out from her boyfriend, Josh that it was at 10, it was like 11:30 and I figured the game was probably already over since they always lose pretty quickly.... BUT NO! Vikings won in an intense game which included overtime! I guess if you're gonna win one, the first game of the playoffs would be a good one to win. They play Wednesday I think and I plan on not missing that one. The Vikings have continued to practice when most other teams have slacked so maybe their hard work is finally paying off! Anyway, I know it's been a while but nothing too exciting has happened so I didn't really have anything to share with the blogging world. I had a crazy test to study for which contributed to the neglect of my poor blog. But you should totally listen to the first song that plays... I'm kind of addicted... even though it is country... one of Taylor Swift's few flaws. So...why can't my hair look like that?

Jones

So, basically, I have to best boyfriend ever. I received two boxes full of Jones soda today. One box of cream soda, and the other of RON PAUL cola! haha AMAZING

How we do homework in the burg...

All wrapped up in a fleece blanky :(

I'm dreaming of a white......Thanksgiving?

Well, this is what I woke up to this morning.
The ice nearly killed me on my way to class but it's all good. I kinda LOVE it! It's all white and pretty! but it's kind of going away now. ...sad

Another saturday of football and homework

blue-the titans (josh's team) red-random other team, i think they were the hurricanes (we don't care about them)

(my phone takes awesome pictures! i <3 it!)

I forgot to get a picture of the vikings (cory's team) but they lost....uuuuugain anyway, it was still fun. On the way to the viking's game, I ran into Nicholas Whipple for all you people in Oxford who have been around long enough to remember him. It was way weird! My weekend has been pretty uneventful. Just lots of homework. I just finished my religion take home test. It was a beast. Only because it was a 5 page paper... ugh Time to study science! My favorite quote from the science readings: "Men occasionally stumble over truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened" -Winston Churchill

The scariest thing EVER!

I went to another haunted house last night. This one was called "Dr. Slaughter" and was located in Idaho Falls. It was put on by the Idaho Falls D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) so some of the kids in the program as well as the police officers and local teens were putting it on. My favorite part was when we were in the building, but still waiting in line, there was this little area where some of the actors would come out every 10 min or so and do a dance to Thriller. It was so funny and really good! If you've never seen monsters dance to Thriller, well my friends, you are missing out! This haunted house was MUCH better than the last one. It was longer, and much more intricate. Various famous movie monsters included the abominable snowman, the "ring girl," and the things from alien vs predator. My least favorite room was a room full of spider webs with massive spiders all over the walls. Then, as you rounded the corner, there was an even BIGGER spider under a table... and it JUMPED AT YOU!! Oh my gosh! That was actually the only thing that made me scream. I hate spiders so much! While the haunted house was fun, it wasn't the scariest thing i've done so far....
Last night after I got home, Cat and I decided to have a little adventure. I had gone to Walgreens earlier in the day and found some pink semi-permanent hair dye. I had never dyed my hair at all and Cat had only gotten high-lights so we both had butterflies the size of bats in our stomachs! The following slideshow is a nice picture documentary of our adventure!

THE FINAL RESULT!! (after being washed and styled this morning)

Officially a nerd...

I wore the molecular jewelry that Dad gave to me for my birthday. Luckily no one so far today has known what it is!
Thanks Dad!

World History... the biggest mistake ever (except for that whole physics fiasco!)

Yes ladies and gents, I have once again logged into blogspot to express my very negative feelings toward my World History professor. So, remember all that homework I had to do over the weekend? The two units (which took a class average of more like 3 hours each to complete) and reading the first six books of the Aeneid as well as studying for his nightmare of a test... Yeah, well when I got to class today I found out that the Aeneid did not in fact have to be read until NEXT Tuesday...the absent minded professor from hades (notice the usage of mythological language *wink, wink* maybe I am learning something from this class) forgot to include the useful bit of information called the DATE when he sent out the assignment. GRRR I am now sitting here angrily munching on my [fake] chinese from the Nordic while imagining what we could do to him that wouldn't be illegal...(juuust kidding) Anyway, luckily for most of the class only one other girl and I stayed up till all hours of the night trying to finish it, the rest found the task too daunting and abandoned all hope. I was tempted, but unfortunately I tried to be responsible!
The test was also terrible. Even though I've been stressing over it and studying every chance I got since wednesday night, the multiple choice section was RIDICULOUS! It had quotes from a reading we did several weeks ago and it asked us to identify who had said them. I figured that kind of thing wouldn't be on the test because I thought he was gong to test our KNOWLEDGE on the subject. Not our ability to memorize random picky details. I mean the people weren't even important to what we were studying! So, I missed like 10 multiple choice (although I think he said there were some problems with the answers so I may end up getting more credit) However, I wrote three AMAZING essays. Hopefully the total score will turn out ok!
I found this picture the other day in the random archives of pictures that I transfered from other computers. I miss my equine buddies!

BOO!

Friday night we went to the "Fear Factory" in Rigby which is kind of like a haunted house only it was in an old factory. It was so much fun! It wasn't really all that scary...except the guy who opened the door had a live snake around his neck which i wasn't too thrilled about. I didn't really appreciate it's creepy tongue flicking in my face. There were a couple of parts that were my favorite. First, one of the instructions were "If someone touches you, DO NOT HIT THEM, they won't hurt you." I got this great mental image of me punching someone in the face... But apparently it's happened before or they wouldn't have had to say that. The best part of the whole thing was probably watching my roommate, Cat freak out. We were walking by a "scarecrow" and I warned her that it would probably jump at us... which of course it did (right in front of her) She was so freaked out that she ran our friend Adam into a mirror and made me trip and fall over a hay bale. It was so funny, even the scarecrow giggled a little. I also liked making the people mad when their attempts to make me scream were unsuccessful. The only part I didn't like were the strobe lights. It was almost completely dark, but there were a couple of places with strobe lights. People with migrains shouldn't be allowed to be in the presents of strobe lights in the pitch black. They made me feel kinda sick and dizzy, but it was all good. Then we went and got milkshakes after. Like I said, we had SOOO much fun.


But the fun was not to last. I had to do my two 2hour units for World Foundations, as well as read the Aneid and study for a test... all for the same class. I also had all the homework for my other classes to do. As you may be able to tell from the picture, Greek epic poetry really isn't my cup of tea...


There are AMAZING sunsets here. I tried to take a picture last night, but of course it didn't come out as pretty as it actually was. Yesterday, I went to two football games again. Cory's team lost [again, poor kid] and Rachel's boyfriend's team lost as well, although it was a great game! It was really intense. I've never been so into football in my entire life, but it was so much fun! The BYU-I marching band was there and played during the game as well as a half time show. It was like a real football game. It was also nice to see a good match up. But then I had to go home and do crazy amounts of homework which was not so fun.

Homework, homework everywhere

(me reading for my Heroic Journey class)
So, as I was finishing up my Humanities Chronicle (and thus completing all my tasks that had been assigned) I check my email to find that my World Foundations professor (already my least favorite instructor as you might remember from previous posts) had [FINALLY] emailed us our assignment. I have to do two units (each taking about 2 hours to complete) read half of Virgil's Aneid, in addition to taking a KILLER test for him by monday... I freaked. Oh, and he didn't get around to posting the essay questions for said test until 12 last night. I'm really not pleased with this guy! So, last night I got together all the materials for the test, and once he finally posted the essay questions, i outlined half of them before crashing. I got up this morning 15 min before my religion class, threw on some jeans, t-shirt and my favorite MSU hoodie (yes, yes, i'm a traitor.. but my bestest friend ever gave me a super cute one!) converse, and ran out the door. Luckily World Foundations was canceled today (hence the insane workload) and so I took what I meant to be a one hour nap, which turned into about a two hour nap. I proceeded to shower and get ready for the rest of the day... completely forgetting that my second block class (the one that is saving me from losing my scholarships) started today. Luckily I had done the assignments and turned them in on blackboard so maybe the TA that is teaching the class will have some mercy on me... I feel like a complete idiot! Anyway, my new winter coat came today and I managed to snag it from the Head Resident's office when she was in there after her office hours. It's waaay cute! The pink color is ironically named "popsicle" which makes me laugh. It is quite warm too, and did quite nicely against the wind today. I'm very pleased! I have a debate meeting tonight were we are finishing up plans for the on campus debate tournament!

Law Fair

I forgot to tell you guys that I helped run the BYU-Idaho Inaugural Law Fair on Thursday. And might I say, I looked fabulous while I was doing it! I learned a lot of interesting things. Mainly that LSAT scores are super important (which I already knew) but I also learned about some things that I want/don't want in a law school. Several universities came to talk to potential students about their schools. I mainly just hung back and listened since I was a freshman, and wouldn't be applying for quite some time the admissions people wouldn't remember my name anyway. It was also good to learn what types of things to ask about when I do finally get to the point of seriously talking to admissions board members. I got to talk to a guy from the University of Idaho, and while he was a great guy, and fun to talk to, and I learned a lot, the University of Idaho isn't the right fit for me. One of the last places I went was to where Washburn University was set up. I really think I like that one! For one, the average LSAT scores and GPA are much more reasonable as well as the tuition! AND you can get instate tuition by living there for only six months! Sweet deal, yeah? Plus this school gives away tons more scholarship money to average people like me! I was impressed with the representative (an alum, not some stuck up guy from admissions) who had a lot of really good things to say about it. Only drawback is that Washburn is located in Topeka Kansas.... Oh well!

After so many times the rents said no...

I finally went to a concert... and I didn't die :-P
Secondhand Serenade was AWESOME! Here are some picts of the insane people i went with. We had tons of fun!

Slight Addiction...

And I took my trash out earlier this week, so these aren't all the bottles!
So I think I'm addicted... I feel like a little kid with a juice box b/c I have a bottle of juice in my purse at almost all times and I drink it with most every meal. I guess it's better for me than soda, right? And I'm getting a boat load of Vitamin C so maybe I'll stop getting sick. The pineapple peach mango is DEF the best... there is a half drained bottle sitting next to me at the moment actually...
Much love to everyone!

UGG(lies), sickness, ice cream, snow and football...

I never understood the concept of the "UGG" boot...especially when the sorority girls wear them with mini skirts....I mean seriously. My friends and I called them UGG(LY) and swore we would never own a pair. Well, now I understand. And am ashamed to say that I ordered a pair from Overstocks.com and embraced their warm wool-lined goodness with open arms! I am ashamed, but my toes are warm!! I ordered the chocolate brown version and they look (almost) cute with my sweaters.
Shortly after my UGGs arrived, I got sick... yes, it's sad. Thursday, I slept so much, which is so out of the ordinary for me, that my roommate thought I had died. She told me later she was tempted to poke me just to see if anything happened. Luckily she saw that I was breathing and didn't interrupt my much needed REM cycle. Long story short, on Friday I went from very sick to hyper in the course of about 2 hours (making my friends and roommates wonder about my mental stability)
After not being able to eat much for three days, i wanted ice cream! Insane, I know... So after dinner on friday Cat and I got ice cream and ate it in 38 degree windy weather. Right before this picture was taken Cat exclaimed: "Why are we eating ice cream?!? Oh yea, cuz it's good and YOU'RE AND IDIOT!!!" Sorry Cat... but It was fun! Later that night we went to Dairy Queen and got a blizzard! More ice cream! Yay! I'm so glad i can eat real food again!

This morning after I got out of the shower I heard screams...wondering what on earth was going on, i opened the blinds to see SNOW! Pouring down from the heavens in big beautiful flakes! Of COURSE all the girls from the southern states ran outside to take pictures for our friends back home... here are some samples of my photographic masterpieces...

So, I'd been promising my friend Cory that I'd go to one of his football games and he had one at 2 today and I absolutely promised him i would be there...not anticipating frozen water to be falling from the sky... buuuut because I am SUCH a nice person, I went. I LOVE my UGG boots after not only Cory's game, but I also stayed with my roommate, Rachel to watch her boyfriend, Josh's game. My toes were frozen, but I can't imagine how bad it would have been without that toasty wool-lined amazingness! So, just to describe my apparel... I was wearing my UGG boots, jeans, sweater, coat, scarf, flowered hat, and like 3 blankets between the two of us.... here's a lovely picture of Rachel and I freezing our little buns off ...by the look on the guy's face behind us apparently the ref had just made a bad call... that or he was just cold. Who knows? Anyway, Poor Cory's team lost :( but Josh's team won, so... yay! haha After we went to Josh's house and made pizzas Yum! Then I went to Cory's house as I end up doing almost every weekend because we're both social rejects. As he was walking me home (like a total gentleman not wanting me to get attacked walking across campus at almost midnight) it snowed... and then snowed harder! Oh my gosh I couldn't see! He made fun of me the entire way but then made a snowball and let me throw it at him (breaking a city ordinance...oops? but ya gotta have some fun, right?) When I got back to my apartment snow was EVERY WHERE! ...on my pants, boots, in my hair, on my hat and scarf, even in my eyelashes... I tried to take a pict but it didn't come out very well. And neither did the picture I tried to take of the snow actually accumulating on the grass, but here ya go...

So, it looks like you, the readers of my blog are now finally caught up on the crazy life of Emilie!

amazing...

So i went to the Cafe McKay again for lunch today! I'm kind of addicted to this sandwich called "the sky is falling" it's sooo yummy! It also helps that there is this way cute guy that works there sometimes... anyway I was really craving water, like real water. Not the nasty stuff that comes out of the tap that i generally have to flavor just to choke down. I wanted clear, non mineraly water, and LOTS of it. So, the biggest bottle they had was a brand called "FIJI" water... alledgidly from the islands of Fiji... i wasn't really buyin that but i just wanted water, so i picked up the bottle (which happened to be cool and kinda squarish, but most importantly, it was HUGE) and proceeded to order my sandwich.
This water is the most amazing water I've ever had... and i'm not generally picky about water unless it has some funny taste or has so many minerals it leaves gunk in the bottom of the cup (as does the water here) but i'm serious, this water changed my life! Ok, not really, but it's pretty darn good water!

One of FIJI's adds... i laughed.. but cool bottle, huh?

*sigh*

So I just dropped my spanish class... I feel like such a failure, but with 17 credits, trying to resuscitate the debate team, and being drafted onto the moot court team it was just too much... I knew it was too much about a week and a half ago I just didn't want to admit it. But it all hit me in class today when she told us that we had a test the day after the oral exam (the oral exam being tomorrow) I just can't keep up. It was too hard. But dropping it left me with only 13 credits so I'm trying to add an online government class (which is 3) so i don't feel like so much of a failure. That class gives me a massive headache every day as well... ugh!
On a happier note I got to go to the caves this weekend! We climbed to one of the back rooms and poked holes in glow sticks and splattered the glowy guts all over the rocks and ourselves! it was waay fun. and THEN we played hide and go seek... yes, glow stick hide and go seek. One person is "IT" and they give everyone one minute to hide. Basically everyone just finds a spot to lay down on the rocks. It seems silly but when the person who is "IT" opens their eyes they can't tell where people are at all. Everyone blends in. Some girl was like "I know this is a rock and not a person" and then proceeded to step on my leg... needless to say i squealed and was "found" We played for several hours until we got cold. It was so much fun. We're thinking about going back this weekend and doing it again! Sorry, no pictures this time. The glow stick stuff doesn't photograph well!

Pre-Law Society/Moot Court... the beginning

So I went to the Pre-Law Society for the first time today and I totally pulled a Legally Blonde. I got there and everyone had LSAT prep books out. Then, when the speaker got there, everyone started taking notes and pulling out laptops. Holy cow guys! He was just talking about his practice not real pointers or anything. But still, I felt sooo awkward. All I had brought with me was my purse with the big flower on it and my phone. And of course I was one of the only girls in the entire room. AND just to make the whole thing worse, i was wearing bright pink....So, does this mean I get to go to Harvard? And get Elle's ending? Because I REALLY want it! Anyway, it all worked out and everyone was really nice to me after the meeting. Even though I'm only a freshman, they're gonna let me go to LSAT prep. AND I got recruited for Moot Court... which TRAVELS... the first competition is in long beach in December. It's kinda like debate... right? BYU-I has never had a team before and I got drafted for my mad debate skills which impressed many of the cute lawyer hopefuls. So, hopefully i'll win something and show those losers that the only girl on the team can kick their butts! I'm pretty excited. I'm still depressed about debate, but Moot Court sounds fun... to try anyway.


Harvard, here I come!

Everything I ever needed to know, I learned from Star Wars

My Humanities teacher told me this today, so therefore it MUST be true! Brother Williams is the bomb! lol
So we were talking about Aristotle's components for a good play (or movie) and Star Wars is like perfect. It matches all of them. So that's what he was talking about... if ONLY I could learn everything by watching Star Wars! But no, apparently I have to learn everything i need to know from the crazy amounts of homework I have!
My spanish teacher (who just gave us a test that closed today) is giving us a quiz tomorrow and an oral exam next tuesday(UGH!) and my humanities teacher wants us to read like 20 pages and take a bunch of comprehension quizzes before friday AND write a paper on the Aristotle stuff due in like two weeks... that doesn't include the several chapters of book of mormon I have to read every day and write a paper on, another book due for World History, and the usual science reading and quizzes... I'm going INSANE!!! ...i'm ok

And it's cold! :( I'm a little popsicle!

Manna from Heaven! Ok, so it was just water...

IT RAINED! We were soo happy! We ran around and played in the rain! It was waaaay fun!
I miss the rain!


Video of the rain and others enjoying the rain as well! It was a very happy moment for lots of people

Thanks Mom!

So, my roomies and i had a heart to heart... with the aid of FUN DIP! Thanks Mom! Green tongues for all!
it was a fun night

Compasionate Service Leader... What is that anyway?!?

I got a calling... one that I've never even heard of. I'm the Compasionate Service Leader. My bishop said we would talk later as to what the specifics of that are. I don't think he even knew. Anywho.... I had a much healthier dinner tonight. I had a lovely spinach salad from tomassitos. It was delicious! It had almonds and orange slices in it. Yum! And i'm trying to put off doing my huge amount of spanish homework... It's working! I think I want to go back to second grade where all I have for homework is a one page worksheet of simple addition... *sigh* but alas wishes don't always come true! haha
So, I'm also still really sick. So sick in fact that I finally broke down and made an apointment with the doctor :( ...I really hate doctors. But maybe I'll stop coughing up my lungs. My roommate said I was making funny noises in my sleep last night like i couldn't breathe... that's probably not a good sign. So off to the scary scary doctors I go on thursday.
Nothing really is new with me. Just the same old thing homework, class and more homework...
woohoo!

Popcorn and Lucky Charms... lunch of champions!!

So... last night at like 12 we realized that today is Sunday and we had no way of getting food... intelligent, right? So we basically invited ourselves over to the guys apartment for dinner since they had a kitchen. Luckily they were gracious enough to not let us starve. But that still left the question of "what to eat for lunch?" After looking in our closets we compiled our resources to form a not so healthy, but highly satisfying meal... Popcorn and cereal! I chose Lucky Charms because of their marshmallow-y goodness!
I just got a text from one of they guys and apparently they're bbq-ing for us. We all noted how super backwards it was for them to be cooking US dinner and the fact that we're the ones eating cereal for lunch... oh well! We never claimed normality! It also doesn't help that we were up till about 3.... heeheehee oops?

dance... yay!

So, we all went to the dance. It was mighty dandy. We accidently ended up in the middle of the crowd during one of the songs they like to "mosh" to. Basically we weren't sure if we were going to make it out alive... ok, so it wasn't that bad, but it was pretty bad!

Could things get any worse?

So i've gotten into this habit of hitting my head on things. And honestly i don't think it's my fault. Whoever designed these rooms weren't all that intelligent. They put the desk chair right under the side of the bed. So, when i go to stand up i generally end up banging my head pretty hard on the side of my bed. And the one shelf in the room is above the bed... right at head level. So, when i repositioned myself while studying last night i got my head... again. And the chairs in the living area. You'd think they'd be soft. well apparently not because i've managed to hit my head on those too... twice. So it's no wonder that I have a constant headache. The chronic migranes don't help much either.
My roommate and I are both miserably sick. We're coughing, sneezing, sniffling the whole shbang. AND we had a minor dorm emergency last night which meant that none of us got sleep. And even though I didn't go to bed until some unearthly hour I didn't get the email until tonight from my World History teacher telling us about the homework assignment he had just posted. And yes, i did check my email before going to bed. So, lucky me I was unprepared. Fortunately though the video didn't work for many of the class members.
So the combination of the cold and lack of sleep is making me feel like i've been hit by a very large truck. Which wasn't helpful when I went to my science class where the professor talks in a very low monotone voice. It's like he's TRYING to put his entire class to sleep. I'm glad I didn't have to go to my Practicum class today... oh wait I don't have to go because there's no longer a debate team at BYU-I...lovely. This is just NOT my day. Oh, and something is wrong with my computer. It just hates me I think. I'm going to go track down the techies tomorrow since I only have two classes (YAY) but an entire book to read for my new favorite person...my world history professor.
Even though it's only like 7 o'clock I think it's approaching bedtime!

Does cold have a smell?

It's freezing outside today! The day started out normally, but then we got a rain storm (they have those here?!?) and it got cold, then colder... It's crazy! My teeth were chattering on the way to dinner tonight. And it smells like christmas... which is why i'm wondering if it's possible for cold to have a smell. Not that i can smell much because the little cold i came with seems to be getting worse instead of better... joy. So homework is slightly out of control. I'm sitting on my bed with tissues, a water bottle, millions of binders scattered everywhere and a cough drop in my mouth. Ugh... I've got the nice balloon headache too.