Stressed much?

I sure am. With the end of semester nearing closer and closer everyday, it means that I need to study for a couple tests, and write about a gazillion papers. Well, not really that much, more like four, but still. You get my point. :) Luckily, my giant term project is almost complete. Hooray! Just one...more...page. And then I can move on to studying for my Abnormal Psych exam, and worrying about whether or not my credits from SLCC will transfer to the U. I'm going to meet with an academic advisor tomorrow, so hopefully that will bring about some good news. But I am quite worried. What if the classes I've already taken don't transfer? Then what? I'd be very upset but I'll try not to think about that. Also, I need to turn in my graduation application because I plan on graduating in the spring. If everything turns out well, which I'm hoping it does. Therefore, I can't mail the application until I know for sure that the classes I've registered for in the spring will allow me to get a transferable degree and my degree and transcript will make it's way up to the U. I don't think I'll be registering for classes in Fall '10 because I'm going to work full time and earn money to actually go to the U. And get my new (used) car. Chevy Cobalt. Yep, that's what kind of car I want. So, we'll see how my plan works out. I think taking a semester off from school will be nice. I just don't know if I'll get a new job, or keep the one I'm currently at. Because I love Vanity...but, I may have to move on with my life. Sigh.

Anyway, enough rambling. I really should be in bed. Farewell.

Fall is in the air!

I love warm fall days. They make me happy. Plus, this time change is awesome.

It's been a while since I've last posted. About a month and a half. I guess October was pretty busy for me, but who knows. This month is actually going to be busier because I have a bunch of papers to write. It ought to be fun. :) No, really it will be fun because they should be pretty easy to write. A few of them need research, and I just have to find that motivation to research them and write them, but they'll all get done. Go team! I'm excited to write my paper on Unitarian Universalism. It should be interesting and I'm looking forward to learning more about that religion.

I'm really happy with how life is going. I'm still with Brandon, and I absolutely love every single minute we spend together. This is the part where you think, or even say, gag. It's ok, I don't mind. :) But yeah, we try to make time for each other because we both have busy schedules, and it seems to work out pretty well. We went to the Ute game on Halloween, and that was an experience. It was really entertaining to see people dressed up in costumes. So funny. There was a guy dressed up as Jesus which I found really bizarre. But good for him I guess! There was also a person dressed up as the mom from Hairspray. I can't remember her name...but I hope you know which one I am talking about. It was really funny.

Anyway, I need to go on spontaneous adventure sometime soon. It's time to do something random. As much as I love routine, it needs to be broken once in a while. It's kind of hard right now though, because of school and how there are only 5 more weeks left in the semester...so it may have to wait until December. Or January. We'll see.

For those of you who haven't heard about my Las Vegas experience, let me enlighten you. I absolutely hate Vegas. I couldn't breathe there because the stench was a mixture of smoke, alcohol, perfume, and air fresheners. It's really not a good combination. It's disgusting. But, the concert was fun! And that is the reason why I went. It's always good to see U2 live. :) So, thanks Brandon for letting me experience Vegas for the first time and taking me to U2. :) :) Oh, I did like our hotel too. We stayed at Treasure Island, and it was really pretty. Our room didn't smell like smoke either because we got a non-smoking room. Yay! So, at least that was good.

Well, I bid you farewell blog. Hopefully I'll write more often, but I won't make any promises. Peace. Love. Happiness.

Lazy Day

I think everyone should have a lazy day once in a while. With the stress of life, it's just good to spend a day relaxing and catching up with the world. And I did that today. Yes, there were times where I was thinking, "Wow, I'm so bored."...but thats ok! :) I even got some stuff done. I studied for a test, went to new websites I don't usually go to, and took my sister to soccer practice for my dad. Yep. Oh, and I went to class and took my fifteen minute test. Yeah, that's how long it was. And it was extremely easy. Hooray! I love psychology.

Anywho, I'm worried about my lizard. He's acting very sluggish and I don't know why. :( I hope he's ok.

My computer is going to die. I shall post at a later time. Peace.

School, School, and SCHOOL!

I love college. :) It's really great to be in an atmosphere where people actually WANT to be there. I'm really happy with how my classes are going so far, which automatically makes it wonderful. I'm extremely fond of my Personal Growth and Development class. I think it's going to be great. I feel so peaceful when I attend that class, and then I'm continually peaceful throughout the day.

On another note, I'm trying to get into shape. A couple nights ago I went running at the Taylorsville track with my sister. I almost ran a whole lap without stopping. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it because I was exhausted and it hurt to breathe. This just tells you how out of shape I am despite how "skinny" I am. Therefore, my current goal is to get into shape. I need to ask my sister to write up a work out guide for me. She's pro at that. I swear she's going to be a personal trainer in the future...

So, I haven't attending the writing group meetings for a while. :( Unfortunately, I always have work on Wednesday evenings so I can never go. It's quite sad. I hope I'll be able to go again...but I guess we'll see what happens.

School is next week...

...and I'm so excited! I am so ready to get back in routine and attend classes. I'm even excited for homework. How weird is that? But I'm sure I'll be sick of that within a couple weeks or so. But here are my classes I'm taking for the Fall Semester:

Religious Diversity in America
Personal Growth and Development
Intro to Sociology
Abnormal Psychology

I'm pretty excited for all four of these classes. :) And I also found out a lot of people I know are attending SLCC this semester. It's pretty exciting :) I think this will be a good year.

Summer flew by. So much has happened this summer, and I'm so happy with how things are turning out in my life. I still work at Vanity which I love, I have my amazing boyfriend, and Melissa is back from Oakcrest. :) Things are turning out well. I think I completed my summer goal of reading ten books as well. I'm either going to start book nine or ten in a little while. Unfortunately I lost track of what books I've read. Oh well. I can estimate. :)

Peace. Love. Happiness.

Haagen Daz?

Today has been an excellent day. Work was fantastic and it made me feel great. :) I love working midday shifts. Just the thought that I don't have to close is comforting and allows me to be more motivated. :) I felt like a good salesperson today, and getting 4/5 stats is a confidence booster as well. :) I've been off work for about seven hours, but I still feel awesome. I can get used to this...

...there are probably other reasons why I'm feeling like this as well. After work, I went to see The Proposal with Nick and a few of his college buddies. It was way fun. :) We had ice cream afterwards and talked for a bit. I felt really comfortable with them. It was fun. I'd like to do it again.

Then at around eleven fifteen I had a visit from my cute boyfriend. :) Which was awesome. Like always. :) I'm such a sap. But I don't care. I like feeling this way. If I could, I'd make the whole world feel this way. It's a great feeling.

I also bought my jeans today! When I say 'my jeans', I mean the Vanity Samantha jeans. We really have jeans named Samantha. It's so cool! So I purchased those, as well as a cute shirt. I get to wear them tomorrow for work because Jamie asked me to come in for three hours. I'm ok with that! :) More hours equals more money. And that's always a good thing.

I thought I'd share my happiness with the world tonight. :) At least, the blogging world. I'm stoked for tomorrow as well. Not only for work, but for the writing group meeting I'm going to attend. It'll be swell.

Peace. Love. Happiness.

Money, Money, Money

Man, what a summer it has been so far. Unfortunately, my goals still need to be accomplished. I need to read five or six more books to meet my reading goal this summer. I also didn't accomplish my hiking goal. But it's hard to find the time and money to go to the canyons twice a week. I guess I should have thought this through a little more...

Anyway, despite my goals, this summer has been quite eventful. I'm usually doing something every day, which is good. It keeps me busy and all that jazz. I'm anxious for school to start though. I think it'll be good to get back into routine so I won't sleep in until noon most days.

I've been really worried about money lately. I mean, I have a job, but it's just not enough for me to pay for school and everything else I have to worry about including: speeding ticket, traffic school, gas, and other stuff. Luckily, my parents are going to chip in a bit to help pay for tuition, but still it sucks not having a scholarship. I was also going to apply for FAFSA again, so we'll see if I'll get any adequate funds from the government. I guess I'm really going to be a poor college student this year. That's ok though because I will learn.

Anyway, I gotta go to work now...I'll write some more another day! Peace.

Tacos?

Well, hello Blogosphere! I don't really know who reads this anymore, but that's ok. It's kind of like my way to piece everything going on in my life together. I'm pretty sure I butchered that sentence. Oh well.

Anyway, a lot has happened this past week. I have gone hiking, hung out with friends, and managed to get a boyfriend. Yeah, I'm in a relationship. It's been a while since I've been in an actual relationship. I like it. :) Brandon is a very nice guy and he treats me with respect. He also likes me a lot, so that's a plus. :) And...my family likes him. :) :) I have a feeling I will be happy for a very long time with Brandon. Hooray!

This weekend is the 4th of July. I'm totally stoked for it. :) I have plans for the whole weekend! And both Friday and Saturday night will be filled with good friends and awesome fireworks! :)

Well, I'm not really in the mood to write anymore. Peace. :)

Adventures

June has been quite the month. Despite it raining pretty much every freaking day, I find myself going on all sorts of adventures without the weather tying me down. :) I even went to Lagoon in the pouring rain. Well, it poured for at least a half hour, but my friends and I were all drenched after that incident. It was very interesting. Btw, I have gone to Lagoon a lot in the past two weeks.

But...

I hate rain. I'm really sick of it, and I just want summer to be more defined with sunshine and all that good stuff. I tried to go on one of my favorite hikes yesterday, but it was raining so much we had to turn back. We didn't even get to the destination. Nonetheless, I will accomplish that hike in nice weather.

On the bright side, this past Friday was a fantastic sunny, warm day. Luckily I spent most of it outside at the Gateway with my friend Brandon. It was so much fun and it was the perfect weather for browsing the shops at the Gateway. They even had a chalk festival going on, so it was cool to watch people draw pictures with chalk. :)

Speaking of festivals, I am going to the Utah Arts Festival on Thursday and I'm extremely excited. :) I've never been and I'm anxious to see how many cool works of art will be there as well as the symphony performances. It is going to be an radically fantastic adventure.

I finally played Badminton last night for the first time in like, three weeks or so. It felt so good. I missed it so much and it was nice to spend time with my Badminton buddies. :)

I need to start reading again. I've been so busy this past week that I haven't had time to read. I think I will start a book tonight and see how it goes. :)

Signing out. Peace.

Rain Rain go away

Seriously. Please go away. I'm tired of the rain. And thunder. And lightening.

I want to start my outdoor summer activities. Unfortunately, I can't because of the stupid weather. I need to get going on my hiking adventures so I can finally be in shape. I should probably start getting in shape before I go hiking...hmmm...we'll see. It's a great idea though, right? Not only is hiking one of my outdoor activities for this summer, but Lagoon as well. I am officially a 2009 season passport holder and I'm going to use it to the fullest extent. :) I'm sure it will be quite the adventure going with my fellow buddies who also have the pleasure of owning a pass. Even my sister has one, which is also a plus. Special sister-bonding time! Yay! :)

Moving on...

I'm catching up with an old friend. I'm very happy about this because, well, I missed this friend. I missed talking to this person and having those "deep conversations." Those conversations are good for the soul. Really, they are. I like talking to this person and I hope it will continue throughout the summer.

For those of you who don't know, I have a gecko. Yes, a gecko. To be more specific, a T-rex leopard gecko. And I love him to death. His name is Iggy and purchasing him was one of the most spontaneous things I've ever done. :) I like my spontaneous purchase. So yeah, I take care of him now. He's my pet and our family cat, Misha, absolutely loves him as well. It's quite entertaining.

I really enjoy board games. I hope this summer will consist of occasionally playing board games along with my other list of goals I need to accomplish this summer like, read at least 10 books, hike twice a week, go to Lagoon as much as possible, etc. I need to do all those, plus go to work. Making goals for this summer was probably one of the smartest ideas I've come up with in a long time. My time will be well spent as long as I have the motivation and drive. :)

As for now, I'm off. Peace and Love.

Radically Fantastic

That's all. :)

Now

I often forget to live in the present. I always think about the future...and it's like, why? I mean, it's not bad to think about the future. Thinking about the future is pretty helpful when planning what decisions one should make pertaining to a career and that sort of thing. I know in this society people think about the future when it comes to relationships. Like, romantic relationships. Not going to lie, I do it as well. And it can get really irritating.

I want a relationship where I can live one day at a time and not worry about what is going to happen eight months down the line...it causes unnecessary stress. If the relationship ends after a month or so, so be it. It will probably be tough at first, but hey we're all human and we all move on. Life goes on. The good memories shared with that person will still remain in one's head. Remember the happy times and the lessons learned. People often forget that concept and focus on the negative, which isn't entirely a smart idea.

Now, this is easier said than done because, well, we're human, not Vulcans (oh yeah, I just used a Star Trek reference). Emotions are sometimes more powerful than logic. It's...how it is. Unfortunately. Not saying emotions are bad, but it can definitely complicate logical ideas. I'm personally a very emotional person because one: I'm a girl, and two: I rely heavily on emotions. From my experience, let's just say emotion and logic aren't the best of friends. It's like, contradicting to say the least. Maybe that's why I'm such a contradicting person...who knows.

I wish emotion and logic could go hand in hand. But in my eyes, it's very difficult. Sometimes it can work out, but it never really does for me.

Sorry if this doesn't make sense. I'm just trying to get all this down in writing. Feel free to criticize or voice your opinion. I'd be happy to hear it. :)

It's been a while

Hey there Blog. Missed ya. A lot has happened in the past two weeks. Should we update? Of course. :)

I should be in bed...but...what the heck. I'll post and we'll see how long I write before I decide to hop into my bed and sleep. Ah, sleep. It's wonderful. Anyway, here I go...

So, I went on a trip to Wisconsin for those of you who didn't know. Not only did I go to Wisconsin, I also went to Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Yeah, all in one week. Can you say crazy? But it was a lot of fun. I learned a lot from this trip and I even figured out some things I believe in. That's always a good thing, right? I also learned that I hate traveling in cars. It's horrible. I had to constantly remind myself that the destinations were going to be worthwhile. And they were. :) Mall of America and Cedar Point were both fantastic places to visit. I rode one of the biggest roller coasters in the world! Millenium Force for the win! :) It was a fantastic ride.

Anyway, to continue my discussion about my trip, it was wonderful but I was glad to come home and face reality once again. And it sure hit me pretty hard. I had to work the next night after I returned. Brutal. But I survived! yay! I love my job, and I love working with the people I work with. And another good thing about coming back is that I was able to play Badminton again. Oh how I missed the wonderful game of Badminton.

One bad thing about coming back home is that I am constantly reminded of things I don't want to think about. I won't go into detail, but it can be hard to deal with sometimes. I even had an emotional breakdown the other night because of it. But I was upset with a number of things so it was just a breakdown waiting to happen....21st Century Breakdown...good album by the way...Green Day is uber awesome. Anyway, random tangent. My bad.

I'm excited for this summer: Lagoon, Hiking, and reading. I've made some goals for myself and I hope I fulfill these goals this summer. It will take motivation and time, but I think I'll be able to pull it off. We'll see. :)

I made Oreo cheesecake tonight. Delicious stuff yo. :)

Bed time. Night.

John Allred came to my house!!!

Yeah...total surprise. I was not expecting John Allred to be on the guest list for my birthday party. It was...well, words can not describe how I felt last night. Let's just say I have amazing friends who are extremely good to me. I'm so blessed to have them in my life and support the decisions I make. I love you all so much and I'm so grateful you all are a part of my life.

Anyway, he performed in my backyard and it was the most surreal thing I've ever experienced. He wanted me to choose the songs and he apologized for putting me on the spot. Fortunately, he played all of my favorite songs even though I had a hard time thinking since I was in total shock. But he played Start Over and Golden which are my two favorite songs of his. I then told him to pick some songs he wanted to play. Sigh...it was so awesome. Melissa got the whole thing recorded and she's even making me a video of my birthday party. :)

Not only was John Allred's private concert awesome, but the day as a whole. Before the party at my house, we all attempted to hike up Donut Falls. Unfortunately, there was too much snow to hike all the way to the falls, so we decided to have a snowball fight instead. It was pretty epic. Snowball fights in the mountains = amazazing. :) After that, we all migrated to my house and ate yummy food. This included root beer floats, pizza, and chips. Yep, very good indeed.

Overall, my 19th birthday party was a success. Probably one of the best birthday parties I've ever had. Wait, it was the best birthday party I've ever had. Pretty much everyone I invited came over to my house. It's a rare occasion when everyone invited attends.

Thanks again to those who have made a difference in my life...for the better. :)

DONE!

Yep, death week is officially over. I'm through with all my finals and now I get to focus on my birthday party/birthday and my upcoming Wisconsin trip. I'm going to be gone for seven days...that is so long. I'm going to miss Utah, but hopefully I'll be distracted in Wisconsin, Minnesota, possibly Chicago, and Ohio. You think I'll be distracted? I think I will be. :)

I'm not sure how my grades will turn out. At least, for a couple of my classes. I'm really hoping I'll pass Statistics, because if I don't, that means I have to take it again or take a different math class. I really want to be done with math for a while. Like, really bad. It's my definite weakness, and I hate it. I wish I was good at math, but in order for me to be good I'd have to be tutored multiple times a day. Unfortunately, I don't have time for that. Blah.

I really like lists. I feel more organized with lists. I'm like a list whore. Well, not really. I just thought it'd be funny to put the word 'whore' on my blog. This seemed like an appropriate time. :) I'm so weird. I love it. :) Sorry if I offended anyone. Not my intention.

Well, I got an A in Badminton. That's no surprise. All you need to do to get an A is show up and participate. Hooray!

I want to take a hiking class again...actually, I don't need a class. I can just go with some people. :)

Finals suck

Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. I've done enough studying to last me a lifetime. Well, that was a little dramatic, but seriously I'm sick of studying. I'm so glad my stupid Stats test is tomorrow so I can get it over with. We'll just hope I actually do good on it so I am able to pass the class. Current worry: Passing Stats. Yep, it's that hard. For me, anyway.

Then after my Stats test, I need to study for my Anatomy final before I head to work at five. My Anatomy final is Thursday morning. Ugh...I have a feeling I'll be studying a lot for that tomorrow night. After work. But then after the Anatomy final...I'm DONE! Oh man, I can already taste the sweet completion of my first year of college. Hallelujah!

Then the fun begins. :)

Frosty Floats

So, today has been quite the day/adventure. Full of studying, friends, friends who bring pizza to study sessions, and badminton. Oh the wonderful sport of badminton. :) I really enjoy that game. Probably a little too much. *thinking* Nah, you can never have too much badminton. :)

Studying sucked. Like it should...but it's ok because studying Stats really helped with people who share the same class with you and can talk about the problems and discuss them. It's helpful. Unfortunately I need to do some individual Stats study time tomorrow...for how long? Who knows. Probably until I get distracted or go to my sister's soccer game.

Tonight was fun. I watched House and it was an AMAZAZING episode. Like, OMG. After badminton, I watched the end twice to make sure it happened. I like confirmation. :)

Badminton alleviates stress levels. Yep, pretty much awesome. Like usual. Anyway, tonight Brad was teaching techniques on how to hold the racquet so it's easier to smash the birdie. I really need to work on that. I'm terrible at smashing. It's quite depressing. But...I will get better :) I just need to practice, practice, practice!

Frosty floats are delicious. Just so you know. Therefore, I feel everyone should at least try one sometime in the near future. It's very important that you have one. I'm serious. It's like heaven in your mouth. It's just something about mixing ice cream and soda together that makes it irresistable. :) And I'm not even a big ice cream eater! Look at me go.

Tomorrow is going to be a great day. I'm going to be productive and study hardcore, but then I'm going to have some fun. It's all about the balance.

Exhausted...

Yeah, it's my own fault. I should have went to bed, but I was having a few discussions with certain individuals. I love when that happens. Unfortunately, they can be at the worst times.

I went to IHOP for breakfast today for Kristen's birthday. :) It was very fun! I had a really good omelette and I was able to meet Kristen's good friend Cali. Then after, Kristen and I went to her house to watch Quantum of Solace. Too bad I was dozing off through half of it. So did Kristen. It was pretty amusing. :) I then decided to go home at about three.

I'm anxious for finals. I have one tomorrow, but luckily it's going to be super easy. The tough ones are on Wednesday and Thursday. I will get through this. YES!

Oh yeah, last night I went to Nicole's house for her birthday. We had a yummy Italian dinner and then she opened presents and then me, Jessica, Nicole and her family played Apples to Apples. I love that game so much. :) I pretty much won. It was awesome. I rock at that game.

Friday, Friday, Friday. So excited. That's all.

Stupid eyes. Stay open. Please...

Bruin Bash

I haven't posted for a few days, so I decided I should probably write something. Who knows if it'll be a long or short post, though. :)

Last night was a party. At SLCC, there was a Bruin Bash for the end of semester. I arrived with Kortney and Melissa at about eight thirty and we grabbed a piece of pizza from the institute and then we made our way to see what SLCC was offering on this joyous night. We came across some people showing various reptiles. Now, I'm not one to enjoy reptiles, especially snakes, but I actually touched a few! They had this huge Boa Constrictor and it wasn't even full grown yet! Crazy stuff. Then, at nine there were fire dancers and that was amazing! Those people are definitely good at their job. After that, we headed inside to watch an improv show by Laughing Stock. I've seen this improv show before, but a couple of the people were different. It was hilarious! I laughed pretty hard. Melissa was even chosen to go up and help them with one of the skits. Good times for sure. :)

Other than the Bruin Bash, my mind has been on finals. I'm scared. Like, really scared. I shouldn't be though because all I have to do is study. Yeah...I'll start on Sunday because I want to have a good weekend. And try super hard not to think about finals. I wonder if I'm doing the right thing...

I have no idea what I'm doing tonight. It's Friday night, and I want to do something but it's hard when you have no money. Hopefully something will come up and I'll enjoy my night. :)

This turned out to be a decently long post. That is good! :)

My birthday is in 9 days. :) :) :) I tend to get excited when it comes to my birthday. I don't know why, but I feel like a little kid again. I try to hold on to that feeling.

Mission Accomplished

I feel so good today. I got a lot done. :) My Mondays always seem to be pretty productive. I think tomorrow I'll be productive too. It makes me feel pretty fantastic. :)

I love laughing. It's awesome.

Mars Attacks! is quite the random show.

I like this.

This one sentence thing.

House was amazazing. Like always.

Oops

So much for trying to update my blog everyday... This is the longest I've gone without posting for like, a month? I don't even know how long it has been since I've wanted to write everyday. Oh well. :) Wow, I'm pretty sure what I just said doesn't make sense at all. Again, oh well.

Slumdog Millionaire is fantastic. In my opinion, it's not even that bad to be rated R. But maybe I'm desensitized. I agree with Nick, though. Not sure if it was Oscar worthy, but it was definitely wonderful. It's an epic love story. :) And...I even got a better feel for the Indian culture. :) Sweet action.

I have....six tests in two weeks. Kill me now. Unfortunately, three of them are finals. Luckily, I'm almost done with my killer Human Growth and Development take home test. Now I'm more worried about my two Stat tests. I have the first of the two tomorrow. Oh joy.

I complain about school a lot. I bet it gets annoying. I think it's a way for me to release my stress. I don't really know, though. Fortunately, it's almost over and I get to enjoy the awesome summer. :) For example, I am getting a Lagoon season passport. I decided this today because my sister got one and I was like, hey I should get one and then whenever we get bored we can go to Lagoon. Not every time we are bored, but a few times. I'll definitely get my moneys worth. :)

I'm ALMOST done with Wicked. Maybe I'll finish it tonight. I guess I better stop writing so I can start reading.

Wow, this post is a lot longer than my last few posts. Cool beans :)

Let the stress begin :)

Bring it on, Stress. Bring it on.

I'm pretty busy tomorrow. Unfortunately, I won't get a lot of reading time in because I'll be doing homework. Pretty much all day and night. :) Hooray!

Wicked is a really good book. Once again. I'm getting farther into the story, and I keep on loving it. I'll probaby read some more tonight. I'm more than half way done now! I love getting lost in a book. I probably got lost at the wrong time, though. I really should be focused on studying and finishing homework before school ends. But alas, I read. My timing rocks. :)

I'm so overwhelmed right now. I need to stop thinking about tomorrow.

Goal!

You know what really made my day? Holding six Death Cab for Cutie concert tickets in my hand.

Today was a pretty good day because I woke up feeling refreshed and awake. That hasn't happened for a while and it was a good change. Plus, the weather was amazing and I think I'm going to wear shorts tomorrow. :)

Like usual, Stats sucked. I mean, it'd be good if my calculator wasn't being so stupid. I wanted to rely on it today, but I wasn't able to because apparently I'm typing data the wrong way. Psh. Technology occasionally angers me.

Things turned out better once I was watching my sister's soccer game. It was so intense! They tied the game at the last minute. 1-1. Score it. :) I mean, it'd be better if they won, but a draw is better than a loss. And I had fun watching Melissa eat sunflower seeds. Now THAT is hilarious. :) She needs me to train her or something. Bahahaha.

I'm going to see The Soloist on Friday. Pretty much excited. :)

Work, Books, Finals

I worked every day this weekend. Wow. I'm a champion. :) I worked all day today, but it was alright. I was kind of irritated because people kept returning their purchases therefore it made sales go down. No bueno. But my mom and sister came into Vanity today! It was very exciting. They bought some stuff. :)

Anyway, I don't work again this week. It's kind of unfortunate, but at the same time it'll be nice to have a break. Who knows, maybe someone will ask me to cover one of their shifts. We'll see. Only if I'm not busy! Which will be rare this week since my schedule is full of soccer games, homework, and school. Hooray! Finals are coming up. Gasp.

I'm starting to read Wicked. So far it's very interesting and I have a feeling I'm going to like it. I'm not that far yet, but I'm excited to know the WHOLE story. Now I just have to see the broadway musical and the movie (if they are making one). I hope they are making a movie! It'd be good just in case I never see the live musical.

Why do boys have to be so complicated? :)

Post Post Post

I thought I should post since I didn't last night. Honestly, I forgot. Yeah, I know. I'm a terrible person. Nah, just kidding. :)

Last night was pretty awesome! I don't really want to elaborate much...So...yeah.

Tonight was awesome as well! I'll elaborate...Kenny made me dinner, Kenny and I went shopping for clothes for HIM which was utterly amazing, and then went to Leatherby's and got some ice cream, and then we went to Melissa's house and watched the Sound of Music. After the Sound of Music, Melissa and I almost died laughing. I'm not entirely sure what we were laughing about, but I know some of it was because I looked like a dead fish at one point. Yeah, good times. While this is going on, Kenny is sleeping. Oh yeah, more good times. :)

I gotta wake up kind of early tomorrow to go to my sister's soccer game, so until next time. :)

Scholarships

Yeah, that's right. Scholarships. I've been applying for a couple tonight, but I'm going to apply for the one I'll most likely get tomorrow. It's a tuition waiver SLCC offers for continuing students with at least a 3.5 GPA. Hooray! :) I'm in a great mood because of this scholarship business. :)

Tomorrow is going to be great. I'm going to use every precious minute of my time doing productive activities. For example: writing my summer goals and goals I can achieve within a month down on a piece of paper, filling out the scholarship application I'll most likely get, mailing this said scholarship application, stats homework, oh and class. And probably some other stuff I can't think of at the moment.

Work went by pretty fast tonight. It was a good thing. :) But I missed work so it was nice to get back in the helping customers and doing freight routine. :) I helped pick out an outfit for a customer tonight. It was awesome.

There is a dance at SLCC on Friday night. I'm pretty excited about this! It's free, which is a good thing because I'm currently broke right now, and It'll give me the opportunity to meet more guys (possibly). Or at least dance with them. :) And before the dance I'm hanging out with my good friend Kenny. Oh how I love that kid. :)

Stranger than Fiction

It's been a great night. A GREAT night. :) I love spending time with Jaron, Nick, and Melanie.

It all started after my Human Growth and Development class. I went to pick up Jaron to take the trax up to the U with him. I love talking to Jaron. :) He makes me happy. We discussed various subjects, and it was nice. I get good vibes with people, and Jaron is one of those people. 'Nuff said. :)

Anyway, we attended Nick and Melanie's concert, and man was it amazing. I mean, amazazing. David Maslanka's (I really hope I spelled that right) Symphony 8 was awesome. It was probably the best piece of instrumental music I've heard all year. I was way into it. :)

After the concert we went back to Nick's house to eat some food and watch a movie. The movie was Stranger than Fiction. It's a very intriguing movie. I like it. :) I've seen it before, but back when I saw it, I thought it was ok and not the greatest movie. Now that I've watched it again, I caught all the dialogue and humor. I enjoyed it. Plus, Will Ferrell is awesome. And Dustin Hoffman. :)

Well, it's time for me to turn in. Good night.

Utter Disappointment

Ugh. Stupid scratch on my phone. It's bothering me.

So, today was a fun day. I slept in until eleven thirty and didn't go to my Communications class. I didn't want to because I knew we weren't going to do anything today, therefore I slept in. It was nice. :) I only went to my Stats class today, and I'm glad I did (even though I go every time anyway because missing the class would be death). Anyway, I was able to get some questions answered about my project. It was very useful. After class I came home to work on my homework, which I didn't do so well on the first assignment. I was confused, but then I started getting the hang of it. Yay...

Melissa came over at about four, today. We watched Seven Pounds while she colored in her giant Cars coloring book. It was so cool. After that she stayed for dinner and then after we watched She's the Man. I was able to color a picture of Mader (I don't know if I spelled his name right). It turned out quite well. :) I did some cool shading and whatnot. I love coloring...it's a wonderful stress reliever.

Unfortunately, Melissa had to go home. Like all good things, they come to an end. But I was able to watch the new episode of House. It was awesome. I love that show. I have watched a lot of tv today/tonight. It won't be like that tomorrow, though. I'm pretty busy. :)

I found out about something tonight that made me very disappointed. I can't go to Nick and Melanie's quartet performance on Thursday because it interferes with my class. I'm still pretty sad about it. :(

Well, this has been another post on the daily adventures of Samantha Brooke Perez. Have a wonderful night ya'll.

Easter treats

I didn't post yesterday. Probably because I didn't get home until after three. Oh good times hiking up Ensign Peak in the early hours of the mourn. :) Unfortunately, my green chucks have mud all over them.

Anyway, Easter was today and I loved every second of it. :) My mom hid some eggs in our backyard for my sister and I and we had fun finding them. I even got beef jerky for Easter! It was awesome! I love beef jerky. :) Then we went to my grandma's for lunch/dinner at two. We had an amazing meal. :) I even played badminton!!! I love it. Hooray!

I watched a really powerful movie today called Seven Pounds. I recommend it to everyone. I know it received bad ratings and all that jazz, but I really liked it. It sends a good message and everything made sense in the end. I was literally confused throughout the whole movie up until the end. Everything was pieced together and it was absolutely wonderful. :) So, go see it.

Maple Butter Thing

So, I went on yet another spontaneous adventure. It was pretty exciting :) I went lazer tagging with Dallin, Nicole, and Dani. That was an adventure. Dani won. It really doesn't surprise me. Then we picked up Jessica and dropped off Dallin at his house and then and went to Applebee's. We just ordered appetizers and desserts. But as we were eating our mozzerella sticks, the manager comes over to us and asks how we're doing and all that jazz. Then he started talking about the desserts and how we needed to try the Blondie since neither of us had it before. He just gave us the "Blondie" thing and we didn't even have to pay for it. He was totally hitting on us or something. Just the way he acted, you could tell. So, this Blondie thing had like maple butter and some kind of cake with walnuts. It was ok, not nearly as good as the manager elaborated, but it was alright.

All in all, tonight was fun. :) Tomorrow is going to be even better. Hannah Montana and then later, Studio 600. It's going to be great. Oh, and I have to work on my group project with my group, but that won't take too long. It'll be a very eventful day. I may even write a paper. We'll see how the day goes. :)

Discussion

My Human Growth and Development class had a really good discussion today about books, faith, etc. It was intense! I feel so good right now. So good. I love knowing who I am and I love learning about what people believe because no matter what, I am still the same person. I really want to have a deep discussion with someone right now. It'd be super intense. SUPER intense. Everything that would come out of my mouth would be sincere and honest. No bull crap and whatnot. I LOVE who I am right now, and I don't want it to ever change. People may try, but it won't happen. That's all I gotta say. They can't get through my thick German skin. I'm so happy. :) Even though I have my daily trials and it can sometimes get me down, I still feel great knowing how fortunate I am being alive and healthy. I'm grateful for what I have despite small constant struggles throughout the day. I wake up everyday knowing today is going to be good. Well, most days. It's rare when I wake up sad or unhappy. My unhappiness when I do wake up is if I have to get up early or something. Other than that, I wake up with a good attitude.

If you listen to "If Today was your last day" by Nickelback, it might make your day. Depending on if you like Nickelback. If not, then it might not. But that song is currently my favorite song.

Ah! I can't get over how good I feel. I wish I could explain it, but sometimes I can't explain everything I feel. I just feel it.

Accomplished

I'm feeling semi accomplised :) Last night I did my individual presentation for my Communications class. I don't present until the 22nd, but I wanted to do it. It is about hiking and a few of the Wasatch Front trails, and after working on it, I want to go hiking. Like, really bad. Hiking is peaceful and I forget everything when I hike. It's a really good feeling.

Anyway, the only other class I have to do a lot of work in currently is Statistics. Go figure. I might work on the Project #3 this weekend, but we'll see how it goes. I don't think it'll take too long...at least, I hope not.

I'm going to see Hannah Montana the movie on Saturday. Totally stoked. :) I'm going with some good friends too. It'll be a party. :)

So, I'm starting to watch Heroes again. I'm trying to get caught up so I'll be ready for Volume 5. It's sooooo good. I love that show to death. It's so intense. Thanks to Nick, I'm able to watch Volume 3 and Volume 4 episodes because he recorded them on his Tivo. Thanks Nick. :) You're a pal.

House

...was insanely shocking. I'm still like WHAT?! yeah....I love House.

Anyway, I went and saw Monsters vs. Aliens tonight. HILARIOUS movie. I recommend this movie for everyone. And go see it in 3D. It's ten times better. :)

I'm kind of lost for words right now so, this is all I'm going to write tonight.

Lovely

It has been quite the weekend. I had a blast dancing to music. Even though I need some sleep since I only got six hours last night, I am doing pretty well. :) I love partying with good friends and eating breakfast with cute guys. This weekend wasn't nearly as good as last weekend, but it was still awesome. I even ate Cafe Rio, Olive Garden, and Cracker Barrel all in the same weekend. That was amazing.

I watched Enchanted this weekend as well. I never realized how funny that movie really is. I watched it with Kortney on Friday, and boy was it awesome. I laughed quite frequently.

Anyway, since the semester is almost over, I have a ton of projects and finals coming up. The word "final" never used to bother me until now because I have three this semester. Last semester I only had one real final. I'm kind of nervous for all these tests. I just need to prep myself in order to do well on all of them. The one I'm most worried about is Statistics. I need to keep a positive attitude and study hardcore in order for me to pass with flying colors. Statistics is also stressing me out because I have a group project to work on, and a individual project due before the class is over. Plus two tests and a final. I never realized a math class could be so brutal. Oh wait, yes I have. Calculus. Except I dropped that class after the first semester. I'm actually following through with Stats.

I have to do an individual presentation for Communications, which should be fairly easy, but I need to get started on it. This month is going to be quite the challenge because I will have another huge take home test for my Human Growth and Development class as well. It's an easy test, but it takes a lot of time.

Wow, I should really stop talking about school or else I'm going to be extremely overwhelmed. Eh, it's bound to happen anyway.

I watched a movie called Never Back Down today. It's a wonderful movie because it's full of good morals and lessons. It kind of reminded me of the O.C., but there was definitely more fighting and such. It's more of a fight movie, but it was extremely intense.

This post is kind of long so I think I'm going to stop writing for the night. I just felt like since I didn't post last night, I needed to make up for it.

Party like a Rockstar

Yep. That's what I did last night. Except I didn't drink :)

So, I am happy I didn't have class this morning. I would have been dead because I was out until one thirty last night. And then I didn't go to bed until two forty five. Good times. And I woke up at eleven thirty. Oh, I love college. :)

I'm pretty excited for my day today! I don't know what I'm going to be doing during the day, but I know I'm going to dinner tonight with a friend and then later a couple of my friends and I are going to a dance held at the South Towne Expo center. It should be an adventure :)

I ran in the rain last night. It was cold, but it was something I have never really done before. By the time we got to Nicole's car, we were all drenched. And I mean drenched. We all probably looked like a wet dogs. I'm not usually a fan of rain, but I didn't really have a choice on whether or not I'd get wet. I'm probably going to get sick or something, but oh well.

Anyway, I think I'm going to eat something real quick. I love food.

New York

I will go there one day. And I will fall in love with it. :)

So, I was pranked today. By Peter Thorup. He said he got in a car accident and totalled his car and I totally believed him. I felt so dumb once he said oh and Happy April Fool's Day! I was like oh gosh....

Work went by unbelievably slow today. I was only there for like three and a half hours, but it was the longest three and a half hours of my life. Well, not really. I had Brittany to talk to most of the time since Jamie took a long lunch. Brittany and I talked about all sorts of things: college, relationships, and sex. It was pretty entertaining.

I should be studying for my Anatomy test tomorrow...I kind of did earlier today...but I should probably do some more before the test tomorrow morning. I might be going to bed soon, though. We'll see what happens.

Anyway, I am pretty much done here for the night. Peace.

Mysterious Ways

Yeah, that just randomly popped into my head. I don't know why.

Today was a pretty good day. :) I went to school, and then I went with my mom to get lunch and run errands. Of course, we got into some kind of argument, but it's such a daily thing it doesn't really long term affect me anymore. It's pretty chill.

I got a lot done today. I wrote a paper, studied for a test, and wrote a missionary. I feel pretty accomplished now :)

I'm watching a movie so this post is kind of short. Farewell.

Home

My family came home from Vegas tonight. :) It was awesome to see them after four days. They told me fun stories, while I told them fun stories about my weekend without them. My mom even picked me out a shirt from the Coca-Cola factory. It's awesome :)

I went on a hot chocolate run with Kristen tonight. She texted me after she got off work and asked if I wanted to get some hot chocolate. Of course I said yes. We caught up on stuff and exchanged stories about our weekend and such. Good times. I love that girl. She cracks me up.

I've been pretty anxious lately. I guess it's the cause for my stomach acting weird. I swear I have GAD. For those that don't know what that is, it's Generalized Anxiety Disorder. It's not very fun...

I hope this coming weekend turns out to be a fun weekend. It probably won't be like my past weekend, but hopefully it's pretty good. It's only Tuesday and I'm already thinking about my weekend. I'm sick of school. Once I start thinking about finals, I get sick of school. I'm excited for Badminton, though. :)

I should be studying for my Anatomy test, but here I am writing a post. Ah, the beauties of technology and how it stimulates procrastination. I'll just study and write my Human Growth and Development paper tomorrow. Homework for the win!

It really needs to stop snowing. Just bring on the warmth already!

Champions

My sister's soccer team is the Las Vegas tournament champs. They won their final game 1-0. I'm sad I wasn't there, but I got to see a picture of their team trophy. Pretty exciting stuff.

They come home tomorrow. They'll probably be home sometime tomorrow night. :)

I'm staying at my grandparents house tonight :) Although, I have to get up at eight thirty to go home and get ready for school. Bleh. I don't really want to go to school tomorrow, but such is life.

I went to a family party tonight. It was fun to talk to my extended family. They crack me up. It's weird though because I get really shy around them occasionally. Maybe it's because I'm not around them twenty four seven. Who knows.

I'm glad my Stats test is next week and not this week. I was a little worried it might be this week, but I checked the calender and it's not. I felt a wave of happiness pass over me.

Anyway, I am going to watch Hannah Montana now. Yes, I do watch Hannah Montana. You can laugh, it's ok.

Life is GRAND

I'm sitting on my couch with Melissa. She's sleeping over tonight. :) We had a good time at dinner and a movie tonight. We went to Rumbi's and then we went and saw Knowing. Very interesting movie. The ending kind of threw me off, but once I thought about it some more, it led to some interesting concepts.

Last night was a really really good night. I danced my heart out and met some new friends along the way. They are so cool! :) I am so glad I didn't go to Vegas this weekend. Or else I wouldn't have met my new awesome friends.

Well, I need to go to sleep. Apparently I'm going to breakfast tomorrow morning. :)

Dance.

Freaking amazing night. It's almost three and I don't want to write a long post right now because I'm dang tired. I danced for hours tonight.

Canoli

Yeah, I totally found out what that was tonight. :)

So, I am wearing my Every Avenue shirt. I pretty much love it. :) That's really all I have to say about that...

Wow, I feel like what I'm writing is just going to be pointless. But wait...maybe that's how all my posts are. But that's ok. At least I feel a little more fulfilled when I write a post.

So this weekend is going to be pretty awesome :) I'm really excited for Saturday night. Melissa and I are going to have a blast. And Friday. Still kind of a mystery. But we'll see how it turns out.

I have to work tomorrow. I'm excited because it's the only day I work this week. Unfortunately, my hours are kind of getting cut back. That's the economy talking. Lovely.

Speaking of lovely, it reminds me of my Human Growth and Development teacher. Well, not saying that she's lovely... well, I guess she could be? Anyway, back to topic. She mentioned the word lovely in class today because when she went to London over spring break the people there kept using it. Therefore, she decided to use it more often in her vocabulary. I laughed. :)

Daily Show

A lot of comedians are funny. They are good at their job.

So, today was kind of bleh. In other words, a crappy day. It started looking up at around seven. Which was good.

I rode trax by myself tonight. I liked it :) I love watching people and taking in my surroundings. I was aware of everything tonight. It was refreshing. I experienced reality in a different way.

I really don't like Statistics. It's honestly the worst class ever. Well, I think Calculus was the worst class ever, but stats comes dang close. I am probably exaggerating right now, but hey I don't care. I really don't like that class. It was one of the reasons why I was having a crappy day.

I feel like all I've done today is complain. Usually I tolerate my complaints rather well, but I'm kind of annoying myself. Not good. I didn't complain while riding the trax tonight. Probably because I was by myself and absorbing my surroundings. It's a good distraction. :)

I'm done here. Peace.

Current love: Every Avenue

Wow. Awesome night. :)

I was really happy how things turned out today/tonight. But I did forget my gym clothes so I had to leave Anatomy early to go home and get my clothes before Badminton started. But luckily I live close to SLCC. :)

Badminton was a lot of fun. I played doubles with this really good guy in my class, my teacher, and some other kid. I was on the good guy's team aka Brad, and we did pretty well until the end. Our teacher and the other guy kicked our butts at the end. But it was pretty intense :) After we lost, Brad and I just hit the birdie back and forth. He was trying to teach me some ways to hit it at a certain angle. I didn't do very good, but I gotta keep practicing. I've improved a lot, though.

Later, I was just hanging out at home until my Human Growth and Development class, and then the time came for me to leave. When I got to the classroom there was a sign on the door saying my class was cancelled. I was happy yet a little frustrated because I hurried and ate something before my class because I wouldn't have time to eat before the concert. But oh well. So, I go home and my sister texted me and asked if I would pick her up. And me being the nice big sister I am picked her up. :)

I go home and wait until five thiry rolls around so I can pick up Jessica and go to the awesome concert. We get there and wait in line until they open the doors. Then they open the doors around six and everyone files in. The first band that played was Anarbor. I really like them! :) Then, Every Avenue played. Oh my gosh I love them so so so much! :) After them was Breathe Carolina, not exactly a fan. They would be good if they didn't have their screamo moments. It ruined their songs and stuff. After them was Meg and Dia. Female singers. Muy bueno. And for the final act....Cute is what we aim for! I like them too, but unfortunately I only knew three of their songs while everyone else knew them all! It was crazy. What a party. People were moshing and jumping up and down and yeah. Good times. I love the concert atmosphere.

I didn't get home until almost midnight, but honestly it was a really spectacular night and I would do it all over again if I could. The only downside was being on my feet for six hours straight. Ouch.

Concert

...tomorrow. Stoked for it.

I keep thinking about something. That's all I'm going to say about this particular subject.

I really don't have a lot to say tonight. I'll post something longer after the wicked concert I'm going to tomorrow :)

Flip Flops

I still need to get them. I didn't go last night, but I'm pretty sure I'm going today. :)

So, this coming weekend is going to be quiet. Quiet in the sense that my whole family is going to be in Vegas for my sister's soccer tournament while I stay home. I would love to go with them, but I have to go to work and school on Friday and I have school on Monday. Therefore, I have the house and the whole weekend to myself. Party! But not really. At least, not at my house. My mother made that very clear. But I hope I will have fun with friends and such. I also have to take care of the house and my cat. I'm ok with that. :)

So, my closet is full of clothes :) And it's extremely organized. I love it. It's so nice to have one room.

School starts up again tomorrow. I'm kind of on the fence about it. I'm excited to get back in routine, but I'm not sure how I feel about doing more homework. It's been so nice not to do any homework this week. Luckily, the semester is almost over, and then I can focus on my trip and summer. Yay!

The picture is of Harold. We came across him in hiking class. :) Melissa named him.

Dialated

I probably spelled dialated wrong, but that's ok.

Anyway, yeah my eyes were dialated today. It's a terrible feeling. I actually disliked the sun today. That never happens. My eyes were so sensitive. It's still a little bit dialated, but definitely not as bad as earlier. Stupid bad vision.

On another note, my closet is almost finished :) That means I can move all of my clothes from my previous room into my new room. It is very good news because now I won't have to go back and forth from room to room to pick out an outfit. Sigh. I'm really excited about this. Yay!

My mom is making dinner and it smells delicious. I also want to go to Old Navy to get some flip flops. I might do that tonight. We'll see. Or I'll watch Twilight with Melissa.

I'm posting earlier than usual because I was bored. I'm still bored, but it's alright. Not how I imagined spending my Saturday night, but hey I've been having fun all week. It's good to have some down time.

Scary

Another spontaneous adventure. I love spring break. :)

It was a lot of fun. I hung out with Kenny, Peter, and Nicole all night. We visited and brought Melissa a vanilla shake because she got her wisdom teeth out. We hung out there for a while and then went to Burger King because Kenny was hungry. Dude, they have Icees at Burger King. I was excited. Wow. I had to get one. So I did :)

We then decided we wanted to watch a movie. We went to Hollywood Video and browsed for a while, but didn't get one. Instead we got a red box movie. Swing Vote. Good movie, but not realistic. But still, good movie. :)

On the way home from Kenny's house (we watched the movie there), Nicole was driving to take Peter and I home and when we got to Peter's house, this car pulls up by us and inside are people with weird masks and some creepy windchime. They sat there and stared at us and by this point I was spooked. Peter got out of the car pretending he was calling the cops, and they drove away. But I was still scared. Same with Nicole.

She is driving me home, and then we see their car again! They go the opposite direction, but then I look back and they are signaling to make a U turn! Ah! They were pretty far back and I don't think they saw where we turned. Fortunately. But it was still scary!

This is what happens when people are out later than midnight.

On another note, I've been thinking about a lot of "stuff" this past week. Both good and eh. I say eh because I don't want to say bad. It's been a good learning experience for me.

Needless to say, I know how to respond to someone when the time is right. It'll be good.

Clubbing

...didn't happen tonight. But it's ok, maybe next time.

I did go see Yes Man, though. Funny movie. I love Jim Carrey. He is awesome. :)

On the bright side, at least I have an outfit to go clubbing in for eighties night. So, when I do go, I'll be ready. :)

Spring break is flying by so quickly. I only have three more days left. How can this happen? I've been having so much fun! I better make the most out of these three days. It's going to be grand. :)

I had a good talk with a good friend tonight. I missed that. We both needed it.

It's pretty late, and I should go to bed. But instead I am posting because I really want to accomplish this writing-everyday goal. It's working out quite nicely. Still.

My stomach is making weird noises. Nice.

My other half is getting her wisdom teeth out tomorrow. Sad day. I shall visit her either tomorrow or Saturday depending on how she feels. I'm going to get her a slurpee :)

Numb/Different

I'm feeling quite numb right now.

Today was a good day up until the end. Then it turned into my worst nightmare. Unfortunately this nightmare happens often in my life. I wish people just understood...and I wish I understood people. I really need to work on this because it's getting to me.

I was hoping tonight would be a lot different than what went down. I made an idiot out of myself.

I feel like I ruined something. My stubbornness ruins everything.

Excuse the drama, I'll be fine soon enough. I just need to vent for a little while. Even if it is very vague venting.

I feel like crying. But nothing is coming out. What is wrong with me?

Spring Fever

Yes, I have a bad case of spring fever. It's...really bad.

I came to work with a not so great attitude today. Mostly because it was warm outside and I wanted to play out in the nice weather than work and be surrounded by clothes. There, I said it. It's one of those rare occasions where I would rather be outside than be surrounded by clothes.

Anyway, it's ok, I had a picnic again before I went to work, so that helped. But I still wanted to be outside.

Other things have been on my mind other than the weather. Like, will I ever leave Utah? I mean, I want to leave, but yet I don't. It's hard. I have a feeling I will leave, I just don't know when. It's something to think about.

On to a more lighter subject, I'm going to have lunch with my dad tomorrow. And visit my grandparents. I'm pretty excited :) I haven't visited my grandparents for a while. I can talk to my grandma about things going on in my life. It'll be a party. :) Then I might be going hiking again. And then I'm going to a dance company concert at Taylorsville. Another busy day. :) Hooray! Oh, and I have to clean a bit because my mom wants me to. Spring break just gets more exciting by the minute. I like this.

Life in the fast lane

Today was grand. I like that word. Grand. I should use it more often.

Anyway, today was awesome. I spent my time with friends. The whole time. I went to Ogden and Plain City today. Super duper fun. :) I even had a wonderful picnic! I like picnics. Plus, today was warm so it was even better! After I got home from my adventures in Plain City and Ogden, I went hiking up Ensign Peak. Now that was amazing. I've never been up the trail before, and it's really easy. I am glad I finally went. :)

Now I'm sleeping over at Melissa's house. I thought I'd post before I go to bed because, well, I want to try to post something every day/night. It's going pretty well so far. And I like it, even if I only write a small post.

It's only the beginning of spring break and I'm already having a blast. Yay!

Oh, and I watched HSM 3 tonight. Good movie. I like it even though a lot of people don't.

European Style

So, I hung up my pictures for my room. It turned out quite well. :)

I'm watching Fievel Goes West right now. Good movie. Hilarious.

I'm pretty excited for tomorrow. It'll be awesomely amazing. Yes, awesomely is a word. :)

Spontaneous Adventure

So...I only did three out of the five things mentioned on my Saturday list. I slept in, went to work, and finished my homework. I didn't get my hair cut or go to that concert.

I went on a spontaneous adventure instead. :)

I go on those a lot lately. Tonight's consisted of me finding pictures to hang in my new room. I found them. And it totally fits me. :) Not only did I that for my spontaneous adventure, but I also went to another scary movie(The Uninvited) at the dollar theaters. With Nicole, Jared, Clint, and their friend Tara. It was a dumb movie, but good company. So it's all good. :) After the movie, we went to Leatherby's. Jared and I shared a banana split. Good stuff.

Oh, I forgot to mention what else I did. So, when I got home from work, I immediately cleaned my car. Inside and out. I feel so much better now. :)

Anyway, back to topic. So, yeah we went to Leatherby's and chilled there for a while and then left. Nicole had to go get gas before she took everyone home so that was....fun? And then she took me home. It's been a fun night. :)

Tomorrow, I have a work meeting at 11. I'm....semi excited for it? Apparently we're going to play games and eat food...which is always a good thing. :) But I have to go pick up some treats for the meeting before I go to the meeting because I didn't have time tonight with what my spontaneous adventure and stuff...

Btw, I don't have homework over spring break. This is exciting news. :)

IKEA food...

....is really good. Not going to lie. I had some tonight after my sister's soccer game. We went to IKEA to eat and browse around for a mirror and sweet awesome picture for my room. No such luck. But...the food was still good :)

I also had a new visitor in my house tonight. It was fun. :) We watched a few Office episodes on my lap top. Good times. :)

Life works in mysterious ways. I'm always up for the adventure, but I just want to know why time goes so fast. I can hardly catch up to it. I should really stop talking about this "time" issue. It's probably really annoying or something.

Saturday. I love Saturdays. They are almost as good as Fridays. But not quite. Tomorrow will be quite the day, though. :) I get to sleep in, go to work for three hours, possibly get a hair cut, finish up (or maybe I'll do it on Sunday) my communications assignment that is due Monday, and then go to an orchestra concert a couple of my friends are in. It shall be a great day. :)

I love this picture. I took it from my phone. Crazy, eh?

Friday the 13th

Lovely. Just what I need right now.

This whole not-having-enough-time thing is really getting to me. I don't even know why. I just feel like I should put more effort into hanging out with my friends. And family. Especially family. I miss them. :(

This is when I start to wonder if I'll leave home anytime soon. I really don't know if I'd be ok. I'll have to eventually, but now I have another excuse not to leave. Yet.

Never enough time

Why does everything go so fast?

I wish things would slow down. Just a little bit. I feel like my life keeps going in fast motion.

Things keep changing. So many of my friends are getting their mission calls and leaving for two years. It's going to be so weird for the first few months. It's almost depressing in a way. I mean, I'm totally happy for them and they're doing something they want to do, but seriously two years is such a long time. Everything changes in two years. And I mean everything.

By the time most of my friends come back I'll be working on my Bachelor's degree. It's a very weird concept to think about. Where will I be in two years? Out of state? Still living at home? Going to the U? Engaged (unlikely, but still)? Traveling the world (again, unlikely)? Alone? It's really hard thinking about this kind of thing. I guess I'll do what I always do: go with the motions.

Medley

So, I'm pretty sure I will have no homework over spring break. :) This is good news. This means I can focus all my time and attention on work and random adventures I go on. I'm totally cool with that. Wouldn't you be?

I wish I had money to buy every color and design avaliable for chucks. That would be freaking sweet. I'd seriously wear them all depending on what day it is and if it'd match my outfit. :) Wow. Now I'm intrigued. Maybe I will do that someday.

Allred's new rerelease cd comes out in April. I'm planning on being there.

I don't really have much to say today. So. Bye.

Concerts

As you all should know, I love concerts. All kinds really.

Currently, I'm stoked for the concert I'm going to on March 24. Every Avenue w/Cute is what we aim for. And some other bands. :) I'm so excited!!! oh my gosh!!!

I also would like to go to the Fall out Boy and Metro Station concert at the Saltair venue. I think that concert would be amazing. We'll see if I end up going. I am willing to go. :)

I just finished writing chapter 5 for my Human Growth and Development class. I think it turned out well. :) If you don't already know, I have to write a short biography for the growth of a child throughout the semester. In the beginning, my teacher gave us a scenario a child was born into. And through all the stages of development, we have to write a chapter using concepts from the chapters in our textbook to see how the child's development is coming along. For each paper, our teacher will give us wild cards (which are certain experiences the child deals with during its growth). The wild cards can be normal or difficult for the child. It's pretty fun to write about how someone is developing.

I slept in today which means I didn't go to Anatomy. I needed to catch up on sleep, so I decided to skip that class today. I'm sure I didn't miss much.

Badminton sucked today. :( My back has been hurting, so it was hard to play. I am out of the tournament because I lost twice. I'm ok with it. I wasn't up for playing today because I was in pain. Maybe on Thursday my teacher will teach me some cool techniques. :) And we'll hope my back is better by then.

My sister has a scrimmage soccer game tonight. I wonder if they'll even be playing because of the snow. I won't be able to go anyway, but I still wonder. :)

And that is my kitty. :) I love her.

I'm going to make this a habit

Wow! Look at me go.

I'm going to start playing again. I think it'll be good for me. I miss playing the clarinet. When I have a free afternoon, I am going to get some music. I'm pretty excited and I hope I stick with it. Who knows, maybe I'll even get better. :)

I'm going to Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ohio in May. All in the same week. It's going to be quite the adventure. I'm going with Melissa and her family to visit their dad. He lives in Wisconsin so we'll hang out at his place for a while, then for a day we're going to the Mall of America. :) You know me and malls..we're tight. And the Mall of America is supposed to be huge. After Mall of America (well, after we go back to Melissa's dad's house to sleep), we'll be traveling to Ohio to go to Cedar Point Amusement Park. Pretty much stoked for that. Huge rollercoasters, overpriced food, and screaming people. Sigh. Gotta love amusement parks. Since it's like seven hours away from his house, we'll be staying in a hotel for a couple nights.

Btw, I already bought my plane ticket. :)

Spring break is next week. I don't really have any plans other than working, but I'm sure stuff/fun adventures will come up. Something enjoyable always happens for me these days. Most of it is spontaneous. I like spontaneous. :)

I've been listening to the new U2 album No Line on the Horizon. It's very different from their other stuff. I like it. It's new, fresh, and exciting.

I want to cuddle. By this lake.

2 posts in one night? Weird...

So, maybe if I keep writing in my blog, I won't neglect it so much. This is my current theory.

I just remembered I get my Stats test back tomorrow. Oh no. I'm scared.

I like my name. It rolls off the tongue quite well. :)

I really should be asleep. And yet here I am writing complete nonsense on a blog I hardly ever check. Eh, I must have gotten my second wind.

My room is cozy. I like small rooms.

I miss high school football games...

Cool Beans

Last post: December
Current post: March

Ok, glad we got that settled. It's been a while. Lots has happened. I mean, lots. But we won't talk about the past because I mean, who does that?

Let's talk about the current days of Samantha Brooke Perez.

I still go to SLCC. I still work at Vanity. I still have homework. That aspect hasn't changed much. :)

I love boys. Nuff said. Things are looking up in my personal life. I like to go on date adventures. Good times. :) I recommend that everyone should go on a date lasting nine hours. Just do it. Have fun. :)

So...I have a new room. Nick, Jaron, and Rachel came over to help assemble the dresser, nightstand, and bed. My dad did most of it. We got distracted because we were watching Flight of the Conchords. Good show. I think everyone should at least watch one episode. Or listen to the awesome songs. Either way, they could possibly make your day that much brighter. :)

This weekend has been quite the adventure. Actually, life has been quite the adventure.

I want to go hiking. Like, really bad. Too bad the snow isn't melted yet.