This past week was a very rough week. It seemed like one thing after another kept popping up into my life. But I got through it. Here is what went down:
Ok so I was on an amazing high from the weekend before, and I knew this week was going to be stressful with 2 mid term exams, and some major assignments due in my classes, but I was in such a happy, loving, life state that I thought I could get through this. No big deal. Well that was until tuesday night rolled around.
So my ward had scheduled a temple trip that night to go and do baptisms. I was so excited because I had not yet been to the Provo temple! So it comes time to go meet up with the ward and I come skipping down the stairs as I see a girl on the phone standing next to my car. As I look closer I see that something is not quite right. ..
When I go over to my car, the door and part of the frame was all dented in and scraped up. I didn't know what to do. I just stood there and eventually said, "Um.. this is my car." The girl came over and "said" she had left her car in neutral not realizing it and ran back in to get an address she had written down and that her car had just "rolled" and hit my car (only problem is this is not possible. Where she is parked, when your car is in neutral, it rolls forward into the curb, not backward. And definitely wouldn't do all the damage it did to my car. We tested it). I was very calm and told her it was ok and just a car that could get fixed (or hopefully will and look brand new again).
For those of you who know me know that I LOVE my car. I do everything possible to make sure that nothing happens to it. I will park way out in the boonies at parking lots so nobody will park next to me and ding my door. So although I acted calm towards her inside I kept thinking "OH MY GOSH!!! Thats my car! Thats my car! Its just a car... ya thats right just a car... but its MY car."
I went to the temple still even though I was debating not going anymore with this happening, but decided I should still go and that Satan was just doing his best to have me not go.
So the rest of the week was pretty stressful. I studied my butt of and did a ton of assignments. I talked with my mom a ton and she helped me get through it. I also talked with Rex, and he did a GREAT job at helping me take my mind off of everything, especially tuesday night when everything started feeling like the world was crashing down. :)
So what did I learn this week? Well I will tell ya. I learned that sometimes in life you just have to remember that everything that happens in your life happens for a reason, even if you don't know what that reason is for yet. Our Heavenly Father loves us, and is mindful of us, and is always there waiting and ready to comfort us if we just pray and ask for his comfort. Don't ever forget that!!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
A much needed weekend!
This weekend was a very needed weekend! And a great one at that! So much happened that I cant say it all or I would majorly bore you to death! This still might even be too long and you may or may not lose focus and just stop reading all together :) Well .. . here it goes.
Me and my roommates had decided after getting back from Christmas break that we would go to my home town Presidents Day weekend, for one because thats halfway through the semester and a break would be needed, and two Rex had gotten home from his mission and I really wanted to see him :)
So we left Friday morning on our 8 1/2 hour trek to Happy Holbrook! The whole way home we sang songs, never repeating a single one! Lets just say by the time we got there, our throats hurt just a little. .. :) But hey, it was fun :)
As soon as we unloaded my car, me, my roommates, and my parents went out to each at El Rancho (You have to have mexican food when you go home, because lets face it, Utah does not have real mexican food). So we ate some yummy food and had some fried ice cream to top it off! Rex texted me when we were almost done, and the plan was to pick him up when he got home, little did I know that I wasn't really going to be picking him up..
So I go home to brush my teeth and get my car to go pick up Rex, but when I start walking around to the side, someone popped out and screamed! It scared the crap out of me and I yelled! It ended up being Rex so it was ok :) We hugged and it was good, but I was very close to hitting him before I found out it was him.
Man this is going to be a long post . . . Oh well! :)
So that night we hung out and played basketball at the church! It was there when I once again realized that I am not good at basketball. I would just grab people so they couldn't shoot. And I am pretty sure I only made maybe like 4 shots. But thats ok because it was fun. We then returned to my house and played with quarters, and watched 17 Miracles (a great movie that all should watch).
Saturday morning we met up at Rex's barn to go ride horses. I learned how to sattle a horse and all of that good stuff. His dad gave me his favorite horse, babe, and that made me feel special. We ended up riding for around 5 miles which was a lot of fun and the weather couldn't have been more perfect! It was sad when it came to an end though, because that meant I would have to say goodbye.
I have learned since going to college that I do not particularly like "goodbyes". They are just sad and not cool! I always have to remind myself that its not for forever and I will see them again, even if its not as soon as I would like it to be. But its sad and hard non the less. So me and Rex said our goodbye and left.
To sum up the rest of the weekend, we got Dairy Queen, sat on my roof looking at stars, went to church, went and looked at the Snowflake temple, and just hung out. It was a great weekend that I didn't want to come to an end!
But the lesson learned from this trip is that friends and family make everything seem great! When you are with them, nothing seems to matter. You can be yourself around them and just have a good time. But leaving is never easy. One might think that eventually you would get to the point that leaving and saying your goodbye's would get easier the longer you have been away, but this is not the case for me. Even when being away from home for almost a year now, I still get emotional when it comes time to leave. I just have to remind myself that I will get to spend eternity with them so this is just a small moment in time. I can do this!
PS. Pictures will come soon :)
Me and my roommates had decided after getting back from Christmas break that we would go to my home town Presidents Day weekend, for one because thats halfway through the semester and a break would be needed, and two Rex had gotten home from his mission and I really wanted to see him :)
So we left Friday morning on our 8 1/2 hour trek to Happy Holbrook! The whole way home we sang songs, never repeating a single one! Lets just say by the time we got there, our throats hurt just a little. .. :) But hey, it was fun :)
As soon as we unloaded my car, me, my roommates, and my parents went out to each at El Rancho (You have to have mexican food when you go home, because lets face it, Utah does not have real mexican food). So we ate some yummy food and had some fried ice cream to top it off! Rex texted me when we were almost done, and the plan was to pick him up when he got home, little did I know that I wasn't really going to be picking him up..
So I go home to brush my teeth and get my car to go pick up Rex, but when I start walking around to the side, someone popped out and screamed! It scared the crap out of me and I yelled! It ended up being Rex so it was ok :) We hugged and it was good, but I was very close to hitting him before I found out it was him.
Man this is going to be a long post . . . Oh well! :)
So that night we hung out and played basketball at the church! It was there when I once again realized that I am not good at basketball. I would just grab people so they couldn't shoot. And I am pretty sure I only made maybe like 4 shots. But thats ok because it was fun. We then returned to my house and played with quarters, and watched 17 Miracles (a great movie that all should watch).
Saturday morning we met up at Rex's barn to go ride horses. I learned how to sattle a horse and all of that good stuff. His dad gave me his favorite horse, babe, and that made me feel special. We ended up riding for around 5 miles which was a lot of fun and the weather couldn't have been more perfect! It was sad when it came to an end though, because that meant I would have to say goodbye.
I have learned since going to college that I do not particularly like "goodbyes". They are just sad and not cool! I always have to remind myself that its not for forever and I will see them again, even if its not as soon as I would like it to be. But its sad and hard non the less. So me and Rex said our goodbye and left.
To sum up the rest of the weekend, we got Dairy Queen, sat on my roof looking at stars, went to church, went and looked at the Snowflake temple, and just hung out. It was a great weekend that I didn't want to come to an end!
But the lesson learned from this trip is that friends and family make everything seem great! When you are with them, nothing seems to matter. You can be yourself around them and just have a good time. But leaving is never easy. One might think that eventually you would get to the point that leaving and saying your goodbye's would get easier the longer you have been away, but this is not the case for me. Even when being away from home for almost a year now, I still get emotional when it comes time to leave. I just have to remind myself that I will get to spend eternity with them so this is just a small moment in time. I can do this!
PS. Pictures will come soon :)
Thursday, February 9, 2012
I am a major slacker... :/
Ok go ahead and say it. . . I am a slacker when it comes to writing my blog! I know! But I hope to get better hopefully and get better about posting what happens weekly throughout my life. I started this blog hoping to update it weekly to keep people updated on my life at college. And as you can see that has not really happened all too well :) But thats ok. Right?
So, a lot has happened since July when I last posted. I don't even know where to start! Life has been a major roller coaster that is for sure, but you know, I would not change a thing that has happened to me this past few semesters. All have been a major learning experience in my life and helped me mature and grow up. So for that I am grateful. I will spare you the boring details, because I know you would fall asleep or say, "Ya. Ya. Ya. We got it. Life sucks sometimes who cares!" All you need to know is that I am alive and doing well :) haha.
But can I just tell you that trying to find an apartment to live in for Fall semester which is like what, 6 months away, is SUPER stressful and dumb! I mean come on! Who in their right mind signs contracts that soon! Oh thats right, all the over achievers at BYU!!! Goodness! So now I am stuck trying to find some where to live with the uncertainty of whether or not I will even be at BYU next Fall. Its just lame! But oh well.
Its moments like these that I just have to take a step back and say to myself, "God knows the path which I should go down, He will lead me to where I need to be. And He will always be with me through all these stressful times." So why do I worry sometimes so bad when I know that my Heavenly Father loves me and is watching over me? I just need to put my trust in Him at all times and know that things will work out the way that He wants them to.
So, a lot has happened since July when I last posted. I don't even know where to start! Life has been a major roller coaster that is for sure, but you know, I would not change a thing that has happened to me this past few semesters. All have been a major learning experience in my life and helped me mature and grow up. So for that I am grateful. I will spare you the boring details, because I know you would fall asleep or say, "Ya. Ya. Ya. We got it. Life sucks sometimes who cares!" All you need to know is that I am alive and doing well :) haha.
But can I just tell you that trying to find an apartment to live in for Fall semester which is like what, 6 months away, is SUPER stressful and dumb! I mean come on! Who in their right mind signs contracts that soon! Oh thats right, all the over achievers at BYU!!! Goodness! So now I am stuck trying to find some where to live with the uncertainty of whether or not I will even be at BYU next Fall. Its just lame! But oh well.
Its moments like these that I just have to take a step back and say to myself, "God knows the path which I should go down, He will lead me to where I need to be. And He will always be with me through all these stressful times." So why do I worry sometimes so bad when I know that my Heavenly Father loves me and is watching over me? I just need to put my trust in Him at all times and know that things will work out the way that He wants them to.
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