Life Since March Part 1- End of Being a Freshman

Well, lets see, some awesome things have happened since I last really posted about my life. There is a lot, though, so I am putting it into parts.

In April, I had finals to study for, and projects to do. Well, a project. A HUGE project. One that pretty much determined my grade in advertising, and could be the making or breaking point for getting into the advertising program. And my advertising group and I were all super procrastinators. Our project was finished at 6 in the morning the night it was due. I wasn't even there when the book was actually being made. I'm just glad that all of the advertisements we made were my idea, or stemmed from my idea. I'm just pretty awesome like that. 
Well, with that on top of studying for finals (Book of Mormon and American Heritage were the ones I was worried about) I was SOO stressed out. And on top of all that, the week before finals, my body decided to have SUPER-PMS. (TMI? Sorry, not sorry. Get over it.) I mean, I normally just get a little emotional and super flirty when I'm PMS-ing, but I think with all the stress I had, my body just went CrAzY. I would seriously be laughing with my friends one minute, and the next, I was on the floor bawling. It was so bad. SO BAD. Ugh. But, I must say, my friends are dang patient with me, and I totally didn't deserve it. I mean I was a huge brat, and they still were so understanding. I don't know how. I would have just left me to cry on the floor if I was them. 
The week before finals, our hall did a clothing swap. Everyone put their unwanted clothes in a huge pile in the basement and then anyone could take whatever they wanted. And can I just say, it was the best thing EVER. Like, free clothes? Yes, please! I put a few of my things out, but I got way too much. I was a little obsessed. It got to the point that I would literally spend everyday studying in the basement just so I would have first dibs on everything that came down. And it was well worth it. I ended the Hall Swap with 3 skirts, 3 pairs of pants, 3 cardigans, 2 jackets, 1 tunic, 1 dress, 2 bracelets, 1 brooch, 1 pair of leggings, 9 shirts, 1 pair of shorts, 1 cami, 1 pair of pants for my mom, 3 shirts for my mom, 1 shirt for a friend, about 5 yards of purple tulle, 1 rock that says "friends" on it, a bag of confetti, and a box of bubbles. Yeah, so there are a few non-clothing things in there. Also, throughout the week we were all leaving the dorms, people would leave boxes of stuff outside their doors that they didn't want, so I got another skirt and a bunch of nail polish. Can I just say, I love free stuff!!
Well, I finally got through that week, and I got all my finals done so quickly. I was done with all my finals by Monday, and I wasn't leaving until Friday. So pretty much I partied with all my peeps who had not left yet. Haley, Julianne, and I went and found out which apartment we were assigned to. It turns out it was one of the ones we had actually walked through! I am so excited to live with those girls! Somehow I got all my stuff packed up, and my dad came to pick me up, and we cleaned my room, checked out, and that was it. I was done with my Freshman year! And I was going home! But only for one evening, because then I was going to CALIFORNIA!!!

The one night that I was home, I really wanted to see Jake (who is the missionary I keep talking about, btw). But he had this rule where he would not hang out with me alone, which I found both cute and lame at the same time. So I had to come up with something for us to do, and someone to do it with. After thinking of stuff that would not work, I had a stroke of genius! My brother, Jesse, is 16, but because he is autistic and has no interest in dating whatsoever, he had never gone on a date. So we tricked him into going on a double date with us. We just told him we were going to "hang out" and play Just Dance then go get ice cream. So we had him call one of out family friends and ask her to join. We played Just Dance for a while, then ended up playing Rock Band. Then we went and got ice cream, and dropped off Jesse's date. We didn't tell him it was actually a date until later, and he was surprised, but realized that going on dates doesn't have to be romantic, it can just be fun! Well, then Jake and I went to go pick up my younger brother, Devin, up from a stake dance. We went for the last ten minutes and just partied it up. Then Jake went home and I packed for CALI!!

Check back later for my California craziness! :) (Which will include pictures, even though this post doesn't.)

P.S. If you actually read my blog, like read all of the crap I post, you are my favorite person ever. Because I probably wouldn't do the same. I don't like the reading part of blogs, I like pictures and the occasional funny story. Sorry for being a hypocrite.

Youtube Tuesday!

Ok, well. I am addicted to this song. So listen. And enjoy. Or else.

Also, I wrote my very first, hand-written letter to a missionary. (Unless you count those mutual activities where they made us write missionaries I didn't even know. "Dear Elder Blah-blah-blah, Uhm, so how is wherever it is you are? I hope you are having a grand old time. Sincerely, this girl who is in your ward but you don't even know or care about.) He hasn't even gone to the MTC yet, and I'm writing him already. I have friends that have been out for months that I haven't written. (Sorry, neglected friends....) And from this, I have learned how incredibly sucky I am at writing letters. I have friends that literally write five pages front and back to their missionary friends. I wrote one. One stinkin page. So, if you have any tips, let me know.

Also, last night at FHE, I met a guy in my ward who served his mission in Australia. I told him I was obsessed with Australia. He looked at me like I was crazy and said that after living there for two years, he found the accent annoying. I don't believe it is possible for an Australian accent to be annoying.

If you couldn't tell, I'm doing a lot better.

But still, i would very much like to skip to 2015 now.

First (of many) letters written! 

The Best, but Worst Thing Ever

I don't know how long it has been since I last posted. And I don't know how long it will be until I write again. I have been busy and lazy. Mostly lazy. And I will talk about all the fun things that have happened since I last posted, but not today.

Today, I am talking about the best and worst thing ever: missionaries leaving. 
It is the best because you know they are going to serve the Lord. For two years, they are leaving family and friends to selflessly serve the people they were called of God to serve. They are blessing the lives of others and are going to be blessed enormously for it. They are going to teach many about the glory of the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. I have a great appreciation for missionaries and all they do. Because of missionaries, my mother joined the church, married my father, and now has a family that can live together forever. Missionaries have to actually leave on their missions for all these wonderful things to happen.

But it can also be the worst thing ever. It is so hard to say goodbye. It is so hard to know that the person you spend so much time with, the person you talk to everyday, the person you can tell anything and everything, the person who, no matter how stupid you are, how low you feel, or how bratty you are, is always nice and always says the right thing, is going to be gone out of your life for two whole years. That last moment you see them, when they are walking away for the last time, and you just break down is the worst feeling in the world. In that moment, you honestly don't know how you are going to survive the next two years, and you have no idea where you will be in two years. For all you know you might never see them again. Ever. And that thought just breaks you down even more. But, even though all these things suck, you know it would suck more if they didn't leave, because of all the good things that wouldn't happen if they didn't go on a mission. You just want to fast-forward the next two years and have nothing change. 

Colorado is getting one of my best friends for two years. They are getting the best missionary ever. He is going to love everyone there, and they'd better love him back, because, for goodness sakes, he is frickin spectacular. I only wish I could be there to see him be the amazing missionary I know he will be.

So, even though I have spent a majority of today in or on the verge of tears (and it will probably continue for the remainder of the two years), I know that he is doing amazing things, and that he will come home a million times greater than he already is. (I don't know how that is going to be possible, because he is already absolutely incredible.) 
These next two years are going to be hard, but from what people say, it only gets easier.

Oh, I sure hope so.

But in the mean time, dark chocolate and Dr. Pepper always makes me feel better. *winkwinknudgenudge*

I really need to work on this whole Blogging thing...

Wow, I really suck at blogging. No wonder I only have two followers. I am just so lazy, and I feel as though now one really cares about what I write about.

Well, something big happened yesterday. And by big, I mean super extremely creepy/stalkerish. I used the BYU student directory to find Aussie. On this directory, you can type in a first name, last name, PART of a first name, PART of a last name, or hometown and it will pull up everyone in the school meeting those requirements. Yeah, so I thought I knew Aussie's first name, and it was a pretty common name, so I just thought I would put it in and skim through until I found someone whose hometown was not in the US. Problem? Only about 1/3 of people have their hometowns listed. I was worried. What is Aussie didn't have his hometown listed. I got to the second page, and there was one that had a hometown listed that was not US. So I typed that name into Facebook. And after looking through a couple pictures, I discovered it was Aussie. I had found him. So I proceeded to thoroughly Facebook stalk him. Because I am utterly creepy like that. My friends now understand why I am so in like with this guy. 

So in exactly one month, I will be in CALIFORNIA! A few of my friends and I are taking a trip there after the semester ends as a last big huzzah before we part our separate ways. And by separate ways I mean two missions, three of us living together, and one living somewhere else. We are so excited! We are going to go to Disneyland and to the beach and stuff like that! 

I am sooooo ready for this semester to be over. BYU doesn't get a spring break, so I am getting really antsy at this time. 

Anyway, this is all I have to say right now. Don't believe me? Ask a salmon. 

Peace Out.

This weekend. And Last weekend. And stuff. And even Youtube Tuesday.

Let's see here. My last real post was A WHOLE ENTIRE MONTH AGO. No lie. Wow, I am so much lazier than I thought. Well, I guess I should let you know what's been up.

Aussie Update: He sat by me. On Valentine's day. Now we are engaged. OK, that's a lie. I didn't even talk to him. Why? Because I am a scaredy pants. Also, I think he might be on to me, because the other day he walked into class, and I had successfully kept a seat open right next to me, at the end of the row, just so he would take the first seat he saw, and he looked at the seat, then walked up three rows and walked over someone to sit in the middle of the row. That's right, he would rather inconvenience someone and crawl over them awkwardly than sit by me. I am completely convinced I have absolutely no chance with him. At all. Maybe he stalked my facebook, or read this blog and now is completely creeped out by me. I think that is a reasonable explanation. 

This is how I felt after the Australian sat by me on Valentine's day.

Since I can't exactly think back to a month ago to tell you about my life, I will have to just tell you about the past couple of weeks. Nope, I can't even remember that far back. I have a horrible memory. Like super bad. Like Dory status. I can remember P Sherman 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney and that's about it. I'm surprised I even remember my name. Seriously.

Well, I do remember last Sunday, Haley, Spencer, Tyler, and I went for a drive around Utah. It was so much fun! We went through all these small towns, played on a playground covered in snow, and listened to the Fireside that was on that night. We found this cool looking house for sale, and we were going to call to see how much it was, then we remembered it was Sunday, so they probably wouldn't answer. At the playground, my tights got soaking wet from the snow, so I had to take them off, which was kinda awkward since I haven't shaved my legs in 5 months. (TMI? Sorry. But not really.) Later we found some goats and sheep, so we pulled up and started "baa"-ing at them. It was really funny! Overall it was just a really fun day!

Me, Tyler, Spencer, and Haley driving around. 

Funny sign we saw at the playground. I don't know why, but it is just funny!

Yes, my vehicle is naked, thank you for asking! :P

Uhhhhhh........

Cool ice tower thing seen on our drive.

On Monday, we played a bunch of games for FHE. I combined my group with Julianne's group and Haley's group. Now we have a normal number of people show up. Haha! It's pretty fun!

On Tuesday, I got an email from my Advertising teacher saying that we needed to make a Twitter. So, I have a twitter. You can follow me if you want. @kaileighbow It's super exciting. Actually, I don't like twitter, so I was not happy I had to make an account. Also, my teacher told us we could get extra credit for being one of the first 10 people to get a picture with a statue of Captain America. I was one of those ten people. :) 

Me with the statue of Captain America!

On Wednesday last week, Haley and I went to the mall because she needed to get her mom a birthday present. We ended up spending a lot more time than we originally planned to there. It was fun though, so it's ok. I also got a cute lace shirt/dress/thing for only $5, which is pretty awesome, if you ask me. Later, Haley, Spencer, Tyler, and I played Slender. And oh my goodness, that game is soooooo creepy! We were in Haley's room during visiting hours and we turned off the lights in her room and the hall. We were all legitimately scared. Those people are pretty fun people. 

On Thursday, I had an adventure with Spencer and Haley. It involved peanuts, sunflower seeds, spitting, a room full of a crapload of chairs for some strange reason, and me singing nursery rhymes. It was pretty fun. I also took my advertising test, and got...... 100%!!! Wooo!! It was soooo exciting! 

The room full of chairs. Really random. 

You see that one on the top? That's mine!!

 

On Friday, Devery, Spencer, Julianne, Tyler, and I went to Night at the HFAC, which was just like this big free party at the Harris Fine Arts Center on campus. They had performances all over the place, and food, and karaoke. No one would sing karaoke with me, so I awkwardly sang Call Me Maybe alone. Luckily, everyone knows that song and they jammed out to it. 

Saturday, my floor had a temple trip planned. The Provo temple was crazy packed though, so we went to the Timpanogas temple. That looked really busy too, but there were three weddings going on, so we figured it wouldn't be too busy inside. We were wrong. There was a three hour wait. Well, a lot of us had stuff to do and we didn't want to be getting back super late, so we left and went and got lunch. That night I went to Zuppa's for dinner with Sam, Devery, Colin, Spencer, and Spencer's cousin. Then we watched Mobster's and Mormons. We also watched American Mormons. They were both so funny! 

Timpanogas Temple

Sunday was not super exciting. I slept a lot after church. I guess I needed to catch up on sleep or something.

Yesterday, we decorated cake for FHE. We also played Mafia. After FHE I went with Haley and Julianne to the creamery. I got a milkshake. The girl that made my milkshake was a little too excited, I think. It was kinda weird. After that, I watched the newest episode of Once Upon a Time (I totally called it! Just saying.) and then my head really hurt so I took a shower and went to bed. 

I had the worst night's sleep ever last night. Like EVER. It was even worse than when I was sick the week of graduation. I was burning up and sweating and tossing and turning and having strange dreams. I did not want to get up this morning, but I did. I'm feeling a lot better now, but I'm going to take a nap before my class later this afternoon.

Well, yup. I need to sleep now, so peace out!

New Look, Same Great Taste

Well, my blog has a brand new look! I've been meaning to do this for a while now, and I think it looks a heck of a lot better! It's still not super fancy like all the blogs I blog-stalk, but I love it! Hopefully along with a new look, there will be new blogging habits formed. I'm going to try to post twice a week. I don't know if I can do that, seeing as I am the laziest person ever, but I will try! 

Also, to go along with my new blog, I would love if you would follow my blog. I know lots of you read it when I post it on facebook, but if you could actually click that "Follow me" button under my picture, that would be fan-freakin-tastic! Like seriously, if I actually get people to follow my blog, I might be able to do giveaways or guest blog on other people's blogs and become blog-famous! So follow me, share me, pin me, tweet me, and love me! 

That's all for now, I will try to post a life update soon, since I have a super exciting life! Peace out!

Life is Grand!

Life has been pretty good to me lately.
Update on the Aussie in my Book of Mormon class: I still have not talked to him. And I don't know if I ever will be able to do that. Because every time I hear him talk in class my heart races and I melt into a puddle. I can only imagine what would happen if I ever tried to talk to him.

My friends, Haley and Julianne, and I have decided to live with each other next fall. We spent all last week reading the BYU Housing guide, looking up apartment websites, looking up reviews of apartments, visiting the housing fair, and actually going to several apartment complexes we were interested in. We would just walk up to a door, knock, and ask if we could look around. Julianne and I went on Thursday and got it narrowed to a few that we took Haley to. We finally decided on a complex after looking in three different apartments and hearing nothing but positive feedback from everyone living there. We are so excited! We have already started planning how we are going to decorate and stuff. The only problem, there are three of us, and we are getting a 4-person apartment. So, not only will we have a random girl who has to live with us (poor girl), but one of us will have to share a room with her, while the other two get to room together. We are all kinda avoiding talking about how we will decide who has to room with the random girl. But, I know we will have to just do it. It's really not a big deal, but it also kinda is. But, I'm sure it will all work out, and be great! :)

On Saturday, we celebrated Julianne's birthday! We went shopping, and out to dinner, then went and played Sardines in the HFAC. Afterwards, we went to the Creamery on Ninth, and got ice cream. We had fun and found some pretty awesome hiding spots. We also may have accidentally stalked a group date that was going on. They were in the HFAC, and then we saw them at the creamery. Haha!

And, on Sunday, I officially became a woman. I finally saw The Notebook. And I cried. It was so good! :)

Oh, and I got new jeans, since four pairs of my jeans ripped. FOUR! Including my purple jeans. (I am still trying to find a good replacement for those.) But one of my new pairs of jeans are polka-dotted with little hearts. They are soo cute! :)

Well, that's all for now, peace out!