Easter and such

It is quite loud in our dorm tonight. why? very good question, i would like to know that too. I think it's national play your music as loud as you can, scream at the top of your lungs when your roommate has class in the morning, day. So i thought i would take this time to blog instead, let my frustrations out.

So this past weekend was full of events, a few of which i missed because i SLEPT THROUGH MY ALARM! i need to find a new method of getting myself up. I was supposed to run a 5k on saturday morning, 'bete coach pete' where our football coach challenges anyone to beat him in a 5k, and if you do, he'll donate $5 for each person who beats him. I had stayed up pretty late the previous night, because i was going to be the designated driver for my roommates, but some of them decided to leave really late, so i stayed and someone else was the dd. So after sleeping through beat coach pete, i was kinda upset with myself, and decided to go home to see my family, and my dogs ;] but my family wasn't there, so i hung out with my dogs.

Sam went to his senior prom on saturday, which is weird, because it just seems like yesterday that it was my senior prom, but sam and his date were so cute :] Sam decided that he will be going to the University of Arizona next year, majoring in physics.

Then on Sunday, which was easter, i got someone to cover my shift at work, even though i probably shouldn't give up my shifts, but i got to sleep in and not have to worry about sleeping through my alarm. Then some of my roommates decided to have a bbq in the little quad right outside of our dorm. We invited all the kids in our building who couldn't go home for easter dinner, and we made hot dogs and hamburgers, and brownies. It was such a beautiful day outside, that we all just layed in the sun. They we decided to have a scavenger hunt around campus, looking for things that our school is well known for. We got into groups of 3 or 4 and took a camera with us, to document that we had gone to every point. I have to say, Boise State is a pretty big campus, and with points at both ends, i was so tired and out of shape i couldn't keep up. It was pretty embarrassing. Our team didn't win, but it was an awesome day.

Then on monday, construction on our house started!! It has been about 5 months since the fire, and we are MORE than ready to rebuild. They expect to be done in about four months, so hopefully, Sam and I will still be here when it is finished.

What a BEAUTIFUL day

I love the days that are so warm and refreshing, that it is hard to stay inside, and today was definately one of those days. I don't have class on mondays, so i woke up and kinda lingered around until i went outside and felt the sun on my skin. I don't think there is a better feeling of sun on your cold skin in the beginning of spring. It means SUMMER is coming! But then reality set in and i had to study for an anthropology midterm. I do NOT reccomend this course, it is boring, and difficult, and i find it hard to put any effort into it because i have no intrest.

I need to catch you up on the weekend stories, which there are plenty of. So friday night, i went to work, and didn't get back until around 10, and by that time, my roommates were already pretty far gone, and were planning on going out. I offered to drive them there and back, and they were very 'greatful' for that. I have never really experienced anything like that in my life. They were very touchy and happy and just very playful. And LOUD. Oh my gosh were they loud, but i loved watching them, it made me laugh. It was probably one of the funniest nights of my life.

(me and taylor and cass on friday)

Then yesterday i went to Barnes and Noble on my way to work, and bought Rosetta Stone, the one that is on the infomercial, where you can learn any language fast. I just want to say, this is the BEST thing ever invented hands down. I am so obsessed with this thing, i am finding it hard to do anything else! I will be fluent in italian in about 2 seconds. If you are ever looking to learn a new language, i would reccomend this in a heartbeat.

And now i am sitting in my living room with some of my roommates, getting ready to watch the hills! There isn't very many times when all of us are together, but it is always a trip when we are.

hi friends

So i haven't written on here in almost a year, weird how fast time flies, and how much things change. So many things that have happened in the past year that have changed my life for the good and for the bad, but i believe the bad things have made me a stronger person.

First, i finally started college, after taking a relaxing year off which was needed. a lot of people have asked me if it was hard to take time off and return back to school, and i didn't have a problem with the transition at all. I am so glad that i took the time off so i didn't burn myself out on school. I stayed local at Boise State and i LOVE it. If you had asked me a year ago if i would consider going to bsu, i would have said no way in a heartbeat, but i am so glad i stayed close to home and i have come to love bsu and Boise even more.

I got a new job in the summer of 08, at a steakhouse called 'cool hand lukes', which is based in Fresno, but opened 2 locations in Boise. I was hired to be a hostess but have been promoted TWICE and i am now head expo, and received the honor of employee of the month in February 2009! I love my job and am grateful for all the opportunities i have been given there.

Then in November 2008, our house burned down. It is the weirdest feeling to leave your house, expecting to return later, with everything where you left it, and come back and find nothing. I am so so grateful for the outpouring of support from the community and friends who have done everything possible to make this situation feel normal. People who we didn't even know were bringing us dinners (which were AMAZING, btw), clothes, toilet paper, things that you don't really think about until you need them, like nail clippers. I am also grateful that grandpa convinced us to install our dog door a few months before, because it saved my dogs. I am so grateful that there was no loss of life that night, and i am grateful that our neighbors were there and made sure we were all out.

This who experience has made me realize what is really important in life. I know that sounds cliche, but it really is true. I don't miss my shoes, i don't miss the posters on my wall, i don't miss having to clean out my closet, with junk that i don't need. The only things that i wish i still had were some pictures that were in a picture box, my diploma and tassel, and a doll that i got when i was born that i slept with every night, and i still have a hard time sleeping without. About a week after the fire, we knocked down the house in preparation to rebuild. We are still currently in a rental house, and hope to begin construction this month.

Then in January, i decided on a whim to apply for a study abroad program through Boise state to study in Italy for a semester! i don't know what came over me, but since losing the house, i have had an epiphany that life is short, and to take advantage of every opportunity that you are given. I know it will be a challenge for me, to be away from home for 4 months, but i am hoping that i will have the strength to do it. I am going with one of my really good friends, Michael, who i met when i first moved to Idaho on my co ed soccer team! he is a great guy with a lot of energy, who will push me to try new and exciting things, which i probably wouldn't do if i was alone. I recently got my passport and will be applying for my visa shortly, and i couldn't be more excited.

I am now in my second semester to bsu, and i moved on campus, in an 8 room suite with 7 other girls! Taylor, Tess, Kara, Courtney, Lacey, Joclyn, and Becca. can you say LOUD?! holy moley, these girls know how to stay up all night! they are all so different, but i love them all. They do like to party, and they know i don't, and they don't pressure me to do anything i don't want to. But the little worrier in me is always offering to come pick them up, no matter the hour, if they need me to, and i think they appreciate that. The only thing i regret is not moving in sooner! i love it, and i will be very disappointed when the semester ends and i have to move home.

If you asked me a year ago where i thought i would be, i wouldn't be here. It is so weird how much we all mature and all grow up in 365 days. It's weird to think that two years ago, i graduated from high school, and went to Hawaii with jacie. It's weird to see kids i know from school getting engaged and married, but i am so happy for them. It's weird to see lucy driving, and sam graduating. I don't want life to pass me by anymore. Let's just make it stand still.