An Attitude of Gratitude

Of course I'd be writing about gratitude considering Thanksgiving Break just ended...just when you thought we were done with this whole grateful shpeal...I bring it up again haha. But there's nothing wrong with that.

So this was my first time spending Thanksgiving with my grandparents who live in Idaho (my dad's parents). It was just what I needed. I needed to relax, to be "mothered", to have hugs and be looked after. It felt so good. My grandparents were the best. My grandma even made me a billion Japanese things--Miso soup, rice, takuwon, yakisoba and gyoza. I was in heaven! And their dog, Koko, reminded me a lot of my dog Sophie. I'm so glad I went to see them...It was perfect!

Well now that Thanksgiving is over, I really decided that I should focus on being more grateful and not just on one day of the year. So here it goes!

I'm grateful that...
1. I got into BYU
2. That I've made some amazing friends
3. That I've survived college this long haha
4. I have family members close by
5. The Lord has placed certain people in my life where we are good influences on each other

Well everyone, I hope we all can have an "attitude of gratitude" in our every day lives and not just on Thanksgiving. Now, time for homework :]

I Can't Come Up With a Creative Title...

Basically this week has been crazy.

But here's a story I forgot to write about last week. So I was walking up the stairs and I needed to get my cellphone out of my back pocket. As I was pulling my cellphone out, my elbow slammed right into this poor girls face. To make matters worse, my elbow hit her hand, which was holding pizza before hitting her face, so the pizza slammed into her face as well. Shocked, I turned to her and was like, "Oh my gosh, I am so sorry!" But she ran away...Oops.

Other stories, I stayed the night at my aunt and uncle's house. I was stressed most of the week. My friend, Skelly, helped me with my essay for 6 hours and stayed up until 4 o' clock his time (thank you, thank you, thank you...times 108243723 haha). I got to see my friend, Tazh, who came out to Utah. I got to see Harry Potter (omgsh, Rupert Grint became a MAN this movie. I am seriously in love with him and Tom Felton haha).

Now that my stressful weeks are over, hopefully this week will be very relaxed. I have 3 more classes until Thanksgiving Break, which I'm spending with my grandparents. I'm so excited!

Sorry For the Long Wait, But the Worst Week of My Life Finally Ended...

Okay so I'm just going to cover the beginning of the week to now, because I don't even remember last week details (that's how fried my brain is haha). So this whole week consisted of three tests (American Heritage, Book of Mormon and Physical Science...the worst combination of tests to take in one week, if you ask me). This whole week was all work, no fun, panic attacks, stress, prayers of desperation, late nights, early mornings and so on...I never want to have another week like this again! Haha. But besides all that stress, here's good news: I got an 88 on my first American Heritage essay (and first college essay in general) and it was 7 points above the average, so that was pretty sweet. I got an 80 on my Physical Science test (main reason for my panic attacks, I was that worried). I meet the funniest/cutest/smartest TA in the world...who just so happens to be my friend's cousin (she'll definitely have to hook me up). My friend got the package I sent her--a Book of Mormon and a letter...although the letter really helped her, I know the Book of Mormon will help her as well. She said the package couldn't have come at a better time and that she's willing to read it. I couldn't be more thrilled. When she told me that, I almost cried tears of joy...Now I can see and feel a fraction of how God feels when one of His children receives the gospel. It's a wonderful feeling. I got to volunteer at the nursing home twice this week. Geri has made my visits wonderful, as usual. Every visit she repeatedly says how pretty we are, how lovely my long hair is and how beautiful our smiles are...and when she gets the answer "no" for if we have boyfriends, she's always shocked. "No?! Well what the hell's wrong with ya?", she'll say...She doesn't mind a little language, I suppose. This week we brought our guy friends too and she basically said we should go out with each other...ummm, embarrassing and awkward? YES! But that's Geri for ya. I also got to talk to Russ on Friday...and by talk, I meant had my hand kissed three times...if only teenage boys were more like old people haha. I guess that's it for my week!

Tonight (and the rest of the weekend) I'll be spending it with my Aunt Cindy and Uncle John. Yay for family!

Time Has Flown By...

Okay so my last entry was Wednesday and you know what? I can honestly say I forget what I did on Thursday. All I know is that it was stressful and I cleaned my room...but if you looked at my room now, you wouldn't have guessed we did haha. But anyway, Friday was another fun family adventure. My cousin, Sam, and I needed to buy things at Target, but we got lost. So we decided to head down to our Aunt Cindy's for directions...we ended up not going to Target that night and stayed watching "The Ghost Writer" and something "Wright" and spent the night.

Saturday morning we went to Target, bought make-up, headed back down to Provo, got ready for life in general, then headed up to Highland for an official family gathering. We celebrated Halloween with Trick-Or-Treating and delicious soup. After that, Sam and I headed back home and I hung out with Alison L. and Jonni the rest of the night...and my cousin, Josh, and his friends swung by to say "hi" from their party.

Sunday was Stake Conference.

Monday and Tuesday were rough days.

Earlier this morning (12:00 A.M.) I had to pick my classes for next semester. Let's just say, my schedule is less than satisfactory...If classes don't switch around, I will be stuck with a 7 A.M. class, Monday through Thursday and I won't have my PDBio class...which I unfortunately need for my major. The rest of the day consisted of my normal schedule (my American Heritage teacher dressed up as a Confederate soldier for the lecture...Jonni and I laughed so hard).

For the rest of the day, I plan on reading my American Heritage and going to an intramural basketball game with Stephanie, Jonni's roommate. Woot wooo!