full...and 5 lbs fatter!

geez...holidays are the best yet WORST time of the year. CONFESSION: I'm not a fan of Thanksgiving. I know...I know...you're all shocked! I don't know. It's just not a holiday I fret and get all excited over. The food is good and all, I just let it come and go. Although, my grandma and everyone that helped made some delicious food and it was so good!

Thanksgiving: a holiday to express "thanks"; so...i figured i would do just that.

1. I am thankful for my family and all the support they give me as I progress in life
2. I am thankful for my friends who I can just be free and myself with.
3. I am thankful for Scoob, my dog. He has become my best friend and I enjoy spending all day, everyday with him. What a loveboy:]
4. I am thankful for the opportunity to go to college-oh how i love college!
5. I am thankful for the gospel that I live in. Without it, I would not be me!
6. Heat.
7. Food.
8. Running water.
9. Internet.
10. Reality T.V. shows.
11. gumm-keeps my breath fresh!
12. homemade meals.
13. tivo
14. free room, gas, insurance, food
15. journals-they're what keeps me sane.
16. snowboarding. thanks to gaby and dustin who taught me.
17. personality. what would this world be without it.
18. temples.

***okay this is in no particular order. i think i would be sentenced to hell by now because all my worldly things are before temples! oops.

19. the atonement.
20. animal print.
21. hummers.so i can own one someday.
22. music. i'd go insane without it.
23. diet dr.pepper. love.
24. tahiti. so i can go there one day.
25. the mailman :]

I loved today and the chance to spend it with my family. I am one thankful girl who is full...and 5 lbs fatter. To all, a happy thanksgiving. :]

{i'm in love}

1. Teenage Dream: l.o.v.e. i.t! <3

2. I want boots that look similar to these!

3. Christmas

4. BYU-Idaho: REXBURG

5. Friends

6. Hot chocolate

This time of year, my mind is just everywhere...holidays, to what's next upcoming in my life, to the simple things in life. {i'm in love} xoxo.

Unexpected..life changing decision

Wow.

You always here about people having to make life changing decisions- but I didn't see one blowing my way anytime soon.

but. it has.

Well, it all started the day of registration when I was deciding what classes to take. I saw that there was one teacher left for Chem 106 classes. me, being the stubborn one who HAS to have a good teacher, put it off thinking I can just go in on the first day and they will admit and add me.

that's what my chem 105 teacher, so why wouldn't the 106 teachers?

I decided to email the teachers in advance thinking that maybe they could add me now instead of risking my first day of class and possibly not getting in.

my response email said: you will be put on a waiting list.

A WAITING LIST?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

i wasn't too happy, so on I went to sign up for bio 180.

CLOSED?!! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

well, that was when i opened my email up again and emailed the bio teachers.

my response email said: basically there's no hope. you can come to class the first day and try and add it but the spots are going to be given to those with seniority.

ohhh...i wasn't too happy.

the emotions hit and all my patience went...

down.

the.

drain.

Those were the two classes I was for sure planning on taking with no problems, but obviously there was...many complications.

Well, back to researching what I could take again.

My prerequisites for dental school said that I needed a semester of biochemistry and a year of physics. So I figured I could work on that while in the mean time.

I go to add physics, and to my suprise...an alert that says I haven't fulfilled the prerequisites for the course...BUT I LOOKED ON THE CATALOG FOR THE PREREQS AND IT JUST SAID MATH 109 or HIGHER...i took 110!!! so, I get on the phone with the school and ask why it's not working..well. she said that i have to either take math 109 or math 110 AND math 111 or math 112. no where in the catalog did it say that. so once again....back to scratch. i think i'm on plan G by now! then i go to add biochemistry..guess what? another problem!

i, once again, haven't completed the prereqs for that..i need to have taken chem 351. well! at this point, the emotions are high, frustration has hit, and it finally bottled over into tears.

my poor parents had to put up with this.

now the question is: do i go or do i stay?

If I go to Idaho, I have no idea what classes i'll take.

I'll have to work on my 4 year degree because I can't get into these classes until a few semester anyways..might as well.

I'll pay $1000.00 in housing.

I'll have to pay for food.

If I don't get into a meaningful class-it'll be a waste of a semester and of money.

If I stay here, I leave behind all my friends, esp my roommate Bri who I was supposed to be living with in the winter.

I'll have a car.

I'll be able to work somewhere besides campus.

I'll have free housing..courtesy of the parents.

I'll have free food..courtesy of the parents.

I'll be able to take these classes that I wouldn't at Idaho.

I would be ahead and get into Dental School sooner.

What do I do?

What's in store for me and my life?

Why is everything seem like it's a joke and failing?

Is the reason it's all failing because I'm supposed to stay?

I'm leaving it up to the Lord and will pray about it and let him guide me where I need to be.

I never thought that staying would be an option, but we can't always predict everything in life.

stay tuned....

puppy love.

This weekend. I swear. full of puppies. here a puppy-there a puppy. well, last week from tuesday-friday, I house-sat and dog-sat for one of my mom's patients. Pretty easy. Her dog is Dolche. Spoiled and high maintenance. For example: She has to have ice-cubes in her water, walked twice a day, and cookies for rewards. Basically-she's a dog, that doesn't really know she's a dog. But she was suppper fun to watch! Here she is.

Friday, my brother got the opportunity to play in the Lady Rebels Half Time Show because he goes to Tarkanian Basketball Academy. It was cool to watch my brother at a rebels game, since that's what he's aspiring to become. hopefully not a rebel though. haha. but he did great and i'm proud of him. I wish I got a better pic, but forgot the camera. so. my phone camera it is! he's on the far left down at the bottom where there's three little boys waiting to go in and play ball!

Then, my mom's co-worker was going out of town to visit her kids and asked my mom to dog-sit for her for the weekend. my dog scoob found a girlfriend and I swear they were wrestling and playing from the minute they woke up til the minute they were separated by the one and only crates. her name is chloe and she's a beagle. i wasn't a fan of her for the mere reason that she went the bathroom in the house what seemed like all the time and she would come in and jump on my bed and all over me so early in the morning. i know. i'm bitter. but! she is a cute dog, so i guess i'm in between. i'm just a girl that likes my sleep. haha. do you blame me?! well my dog scoob constantly found himself giving her kisses and i'm so glad i captured such a precious moment. puppy love <3

I have my date and my front row passes!

It was Wednesday when I got a text that said, "what are you doing tonight?". My response was, "i'm out with my mom and brother tonight but don't know what time i'll be back. why?" the next response was,"because i have two tickets to mystere at 9:30pm tonight if you wanted to go!" my response,"i think i could possibly be back by then..." haha. well this was the text conversation that i had with my date for that night. who is he? you may be asking. well. we met last sunday in choir. that's his calling. not mine. well. we goofed off. me. and the three boys in the back. typical. i added him as a friend on facebook. he asked for my number. and we text. this is our friendship. so this was going to be our first date. excited much?! yes. well we show up and get the tickets-and lo and behold! fRoNt RoW?! yup. i loved the show. i wanna be in one. how cool right?! acrobats, the baby, papa, my date...all part of a great night! here we are: me and brian dinkelman.front row to mystere. he's my sugar-daddy. and he knows it.(inside joke between me and him)

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