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.