Sooo, I guess maybe I should write on this thing, since I never have. . .and it's been over a month since I left you guys. . . but really there hasn't been much to say.
Today has probably been the most interesting day by far.
The day started out pretty typical, my sister woke me up waaaayy earlier than I wanted to, we had family prayer, I ate some waffles (cuz you guys totally want to know all this) aaand I went back to bed. So then my mom left to run some errands and I figured I'd just be babysitting my sister til about lunch time- that pretty much happens like every other day. Anyway then the elementary school called and now I'm having to sit at home with my little sister while my parents are with my youngest brother in the emergency room at primary children's hospital. Fun, huh!?! It's pretty much driving me crazy. Apparently my brother was playing with one of my other brother's friends (there's like a 5 year age gap, I'm not sure why my brother was playing with him) and they crashed into each other and smacked heads, now they think my brother probably has a concussion and may have broken his nose, but right now they're just trying to keep him awake while they wait to have him looked at. So anyway, when the school started calling, they called here, but I couldn't do anything because all of the cars were taken (my sister took the one that I should have had because it's her birthday. . .) so then they tried calling my mom, but she had her phone on silent. Finally they called my dad who was at work, so he drove all the way back down here (he works like 30 min. away down on the other side of Salt Lake, it's like half-way between here and Provo). By the time he got down here, my mom showed up, totally oblivious and totally convinced that I had just been ignoring the phone and that I didn't know what was going on (cuz I would definitely do that, it's not like I called her probably 4 times and ran to a neighbors house to see if she might be there. . .). So, that's a long story, but basically today's been kinda hectic (my sister also forgot an assignment so I had to run down to the high school to take it to her, then got back to find that she'd sent her friend, in our car, to the house to get it from me), but it's been interesting. Hopefully everything works out well.
Other than that, life's been pretty dull. I'm trying to find a job in Provo for when I go back next month, but I wasn't able to get one here, so life is pretty uneventful. I've hung out with a few friends and it's been fun, but just not the same. Most of them have just been living at home basically just doing a continuation of high school (we live like right between Weber State and the U so it's really easy to live at home and just commute, really cheap too), it's kinda sad in a way- they're missing soooo much. Also, I've decided that I'm flat out sick of science, so I'm gonna attempt to change my major, but I'll have to apply to get where I want so this next year is pretty much going to be just hard core practice and prep.
Anyway, I think I've written too much, so I'll just stop now. I miss you all crazy bad and can't wait to see you all again in the fall!
-Jess House
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Heeeeeey,
I don't really have anything to say. I've just been working a lot. Something funny did happen at work the other day, though. This oldish (30s or 40s) guy at work, the dishwasher, who is always very nice started talking to me. Usually just asks how I'm doing like three or four times a day, but this time he asked if I was married and when I said no, I'm 18, he asked if I had a boyfriend. So I just said sort of and ran away from the situations. Haha. He has a wedding ring, though, so I'm confused.
So my brother and sister-in-law just arrived in town last night! They are going to be staying here for the next couple months because James has an internship in Jeff City, which is like thirty minutes away. They are out job hunting for Natalie as I write this.
On my calendar I have already started counting down the days til I get out of Columbia. There's about 80 something I think. and 11 weeks.
I have to give a talk on Sunday. Bah. I've only gone to that ward once and they're already trying to get me to do all this stuff. Ridic.
This past sunday I went with Cameron's family to his first mission companion's homecoming in Liberty (abt 2 1/2 hours away). He was a really sweet kid and gave a nice talk. Well that's about all I got for you. I miss you all!
-Loveli
I don't really have anything to say. I've just been working a lot. Something funny did happen at work the other day, though. This oldish (30s or 40s) guy at work, the dishwasher, who is always very nice started talking to me. Usually just asks how I'm doing like three or four times a day, but this time he asked if I was married and when I said no, I'm 18, he asked if I had a boyfriend. So I just said sort of and ran away from the situations. Haha. He has a wedding ring, though, so I'm confused.
So my brother and sister-in-law just arrived in town last night! They are going to be staying here for the next couple months because James has an internship in Jeff City, which is like thirty minutes away. They are out job hunting for Natalie as I write this.
On my calendar I have already started counting down the days til I get out of Columbia. There's about 80 something I think. and 11 weeks.
I have to give a talk on Sunday. Bah. I've only gone to that ward once and they're already trying to get me to do all this stuff. Ridic.
This past sunday I went with Cameron's family to his first mission companion's homecoming in Liberty (abt 2 1/2 hours away). He was a really sweet kid and gave a nice talk. Well that's about all I got for you. I miss you all!
-Loveli
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Life in good ole P-town
Well Hello Lovely Kawanga Girls,
First of all I miss you all dearly and I hate that I am sooo bad at keeping in touch. I have never written on a blog before so I dont know what to say. I will just share some high points I guess. I love my new ward at Liberty Square and I am very disappointed you guys are living in glenwood! :/ It is very social here and the guys in my ward are super sweet.
I feel like I should tell a story to make this interesting so here it goes. I went with a group of people from my ward to vivian park up in the canyon like three sundays ago. We played frisbee and football, but I had to leave early. I could go into detail about why this happened but long story short my car rolled into the barrier that was like a foot in front of my car. I tried to back up, but my car just kind of re-rolled into barrier. All the guys who I came with rushed to my car and lifted up the front of it as I backed out. It was horribly embarrassing. When I saw them again I explained why it had happened. They understood and thought it was funny. When they were lifting up the car and I was triyng to back out I couldnt stop blabbing and I kept apologizing and after writing this I am going to try to forget it happened because it really was very embarrassing!
On a happier note (ha!) who I consider the most attractive guy in my ward is now my home teacher. I am trying to think of this as a really good thing because I want to get to know him better and now we will be forced to, but at the same time I would love to date him and that would be weird. HA
me and asia really want to get together and kool-aid our har. hopefully it will happen soon and we will of course take pictures. well I hope you all found this interesting........btw I love randomly shouting things like, "stay on your side!" as I am driving or just walking around.
Peace and blessings ladies! <3
love, Shanaynay
First of all I miss you all dearly and I hate that I am sooo bad at keeping in touch. I have never written on a blog before so I dont know what to say. I will just share some high points I guess. I love my new ward at Liberty Square and I am very disappointed you guys are living in glenwood! :/ It is very social here and the guys in my ward are super sweet.
I feel like I should tell a story to make this interesting so here it goes. I went with a group of people from my ward to vivian park up in the canyon like three sundays ago. We played frisbee and football, but I had to leave early. I could go into detail about why this happened but long story short my car rolled into the barrier that was like a foot in front of my car. I tried to back up, but my car just kind of re-rolled into barrier. All the guys who I came with rushed to my car and lifted up the front of it as I backed out. It was horribly embarrassing. When I saw them again I explained why it had happened. They understood and thought it was funny. When they were lifting up the car and I was triyng to back out I couldnt stop blabbing and I kept apologizing and after writing this I am going to try to forget it happened because it really was very embarrassing!
On a happier note (ha!) who I consider the most attractive guy in my ward is now my home teacher. I am trying to think of this as a really good thing because I want to get to know him better and now we will be forced to, but at the same time I would love to date him and that would be weird. HA
me and asia really want to get together and kool-aid our har. hopefully it will happen soon and we will of course take pictures. well I hope you all found this interesting........btw I love randomly shouting things like, "stay on your side!" as I am driving or just walking around.
Peace and blessings ladies! <3
love, Shanaynay
Saturday, May 15, 2010
OOhhh I Believe There Are Angels Among Us!
My lovelies,
Prepare for a looong entry. I'm sorry, but I've got a LOT to say.
I have two events I wish to speak of. I shall start with the graver one, cuz I like to end up happy.
My sister and I got into a car accident today. It shouldn't have happened, and I watched the whole thing happen. She a new driver, and is headstrong anyway. Well, my family was in town basically the whole day with soccer games and such, and MaLee and I went to various places in my car. My mom asked if I would drive and I did for the first half of the day. Later, I asked MaLee if she wanted me to drive again to our last destination, and she declined the offer and so I became the passenger. During a yield green light, MaLee made a move to turn, and I warned her of the OBVIOUS HUGE car coming towards us. Hey, he had the right of way. Despite my warnings, she pulled out, having an odd, dazed look on her face, and the man hit us passenger side, back seat. We spun and landed in the opposite direction from where we had turned. Totaled car. The 78 year old man that hit us was extremely rude, and cussed and yelled at me for several mintues. I felt like the most mature one of the bunch as I calmly called 911and did what I could to control the situation. God stepped in there, because I would normally have flipped out. As we were waiting for the police, I noticed our missionaries running towards us from across the street. Elder Holt and Heldt waited with us until my dad and the police came. "We JUST came through this light, then felt like we needed to turn around and come back. Then we recognized you, Mariah, and knew why," Elder Heldt said. "We didn't want you alone with that creepy old man. If I had daughters...yeah. I'd be very angry if I knew they were alone with weirdos that THAT," Elder Holt said. It was funny. But, yeah! That is my third accident. I have never been the driver. I am now called "Jonah" by my family because I have always been in the passenger seat during these wrecks. Bad luck, I suppose. The hits have always been on my side. I should have been severely injured every time...but I have walked away from each one with only seatbelt lash and bruising. God has been protecting me. I always wonder why. Listen to your parents if they ask you to DO or NOT to do something. Something as simple as switching drivers can make a difference sometimes. My poor sister is in shock, and is humiliated. I hate left turns. I have much to be grateful for though. Life is fragile, guys. Please be careful out there. I love you.
NEXT....ELDER SCOTT! it has been 36 years since an apostle came to my town. Sick, huh? Well, he is amazing. He spoke at our single adult session for conference, and really gave me such a boost of comfort. He was so sweet and grandpa-like. But then, at the end of his time, he suddenly proclaimed himself as speaking as an apostle of God, and his whole demeanor changed. It was incredible. He suddenly spoke boldly and powerfully and there was no way anyone could deny the spirit that was felt, nor could they deny that the words he spoke were absolutely true. WOW. I had been feeling so alone the last few days as a serious minority in religion...and he reminded me that it was all worth it. I got to sing in a trio for the meeting. It wasn't my best performance, but I guess we sounded alright. Elder Scott called us beautiful young women that sounded like angels. Ummmm, THAT went straight into my journal! I shook his hand last night, and tonight I went again and said, "Is it selfish that I want to shake your hand again?" He smiled and said, "If you keep that smile like that, you can shake my hand as many times as you like." A few people later, he walked straight back to me and grinned and shook my hand again. "Look, you got to shake it again." He winked, then was gone. AHH!!! AMAZING people. I have been so blessed. I have met two apostles within two months. What. the. heck. I don't feel worthy. How stinkin' grateful I am, though.
God is real and mindful of you. Keep doing what you are doing--being strong. You guys are the best, and I miss you so much. I think of you every single day. Keep me posted on YOU. I want to know everything about everybody! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!! SHOOT!
Til the tree barks,
-Crouching Tiger
Prepare for a looong entry. I'm sorry, but I've got a LOT to say.
I have two events I wish to speak of. I shall start with the graver one, cuz I like to end up happy.
My sister and I got into a car accident today. It shouldn't have happened, and I watched the whole thing happen. She a new driver, and is headstrong anyway. Well, my family was in town basically the whole day with soccer games and such, and MaLee and I went to various places in my car. My mom asked if I would drive and I did for the first half of the day. Later, I asked MaLee if she wanted me to drive again to our last destination, and she declined the offer and so I became the passenger. During a yield green light, MaLee made a move to turn, and I warned her of the OBVIOUS HUGE car coming towards us. Hey, he had the right of way. Despite my warnings, she pulled out, having an odd, dazed look on her face, and the man hit us passenger side, back seat. We spun and landed in the opposite direction from where we had turned. Totaled car. The 78 year old man that hit us was extremely rude, and cussed and yelled at me for several mintues. I felt like the most mature one of the bunch as I calmly called 911and did what I could to control the situation. God stepped in there, because I would normally have flipped out. As we were waiting for the police, I noticed our missionaries running towards us from across the street. Elder Holt and Heldt waited with us until my dad and the police came. "We JUST came through this light, then felt like we needed to turn around and come back. Then we recognized you, Mariah, and knew why," Elder Heldt said. "We didn't want you alone with that creepy old man. If I had daughters...yeah. I'd be very angry if I knew they were alone with weirdos that THAT," Elder Holt said. It was funny. But, yeah! That is my third accident. I have never been the driver. I am now called "Jonah" by my family because I have always been in the passenger seat during these wrecks. Bad luck, I suppose. The hits have always been on my side. I should have been severely injured every time...but I have walked away from each one with only seatbelt lash and bruising. God has been protecting me. I always wonder why. Listen to your parents if they ask you to DO or NOT to do something. Something as simple as switching drivers can make a difference sometimes. My poor sister is in shock, and is humiliated. I hate left turns. I have much to be grateful for though. Life is fragile, guys. Please be careful out there. I love you.
NEXT....ELDER SCOTT! it has been 36 years since an apostle came to my town. Sick, huh? Well, he is amazing. He spoke at our single adult session for conference, and really gave me such a boost of comfort. He was so sweet and grandpa-like. But then, at the end of his time, he suddenly proclaimed himself as speaking as an apostle of God, and his whole demeanor changed. It was incredible. He suddenly spoke boldly and powerfully and there was no way anyone could deny the spirit that was felt, nor could they deny that the words he spoke were absolutely true. WOW. I had been feeling so alone the last few days as a serious minority in religion...and he reminded me that it was all worth it. I got to sing in a trio for the meeting. It wasn't my best performance, but I guess we sounded alright. Elder Scott called us beautiful young women that sounded like angels. Ummmm, THAT went straight into my journal! I shook his hand last night, and tonight I went again and said, "Is it selfish that I want to shake your hand again?" He smiled and said, "If you keep that smile like that, you can shake my hand as many times as you like." A few people later, he walked straight back to me and grinned and shook my hand again. "Look, you got to shake it again." He winked, then was gone. AHH!!! AMAZING people. I have been so blessed. I have met two apostles within two months. What. the. heck. I don't feel worthy. How stinkin' grateful I am, though.
God is real and mindful of you. Keep doing what you are doing--being strong. You guys are the best, and I miss you so much. I think of you every single day. Keep me posted on YOU. I want to know everything about everybody! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!! SHOOT!
Til the tree barks,
-Crouching Tiger
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Some pictures of my life without YOU!
This is what's going on in my life with out all y'all.
So at work the other day, we were opening up mail (as usual) and I came across this splendidly beautiful envelope.
[see below figure 1]
It has 41 one-cent stamps.
Beautiful.
Also, my new dorm-mates have adopted a man into our dorm.
Well...sort of.
He's kind of just a Head.
And ahead :) hehe
You never know where Sterling is going to be.
(It's really creepy actually. Visitors are quite disturbed by him. And if you rub up against his facial hairit's quite a scare!)
Well, Peace and Blessings my Sistas!
~JFish
Saturday, May 1, 2010
PTHTHTHTHT!!!!! (greetings from the 'window' of BONETA!!)
Yes, that's right. Pththththt refers to a little something I like to call, "laugh at people outside our window while we act like jr. high boys." If you don't know what I'm talking about, well, I will CUT you!!
I agree with all yall that I miss BYU and all of you terrably. And until last night, I haven't seen anyone besides my mom, dad, and grandma in a week! I was going craaaazy!! But it's okay. I got together with some friends from high school/rm's and went bowling. I beat my score of 46, with a whopping 57!! I was very proud of myself. Then we helped ourselves to Arby's shakes, played guestures, and watched Wolverine. While it was a blast and great to see everyone again, it was a little like torture in a way. I would, out of habit, say something like "Ru", or "SHaOOT!" or make some random weird pththt noise, I would just get weird looks. Which yall give me anyway, but you UNDERSTAND!! Oh well.
So I'm still job searching. Applied for several at the hospital, and at a grocery store. None have called me back yet, so I'll be going back and looking more on Monday. Who knows; maybe I'll end up at McDonalds for the summer!! Yay!! :(
I've been attempting to teach myself guitar. This doesn't work because I have decided either my mom's guitar is too big, my hands too small, the internet telling me how to do chords wrong, or I'm just no good at it. Oh well.
Enough about me. Soooooo....................... Peace and blessins!!
Oh, and speaking of kittens...... we have a skunk living under our house. It's really cute, but rather stinky.
I agree with all yall that I miss BYU and all of you terrably. And until last night, I haven't seen anyone besides my mom, dad, and grandma in a week! I was going craaaazy!! But it's okay. I got together with some friends from high school/rm's and went bowling. I beat my score of 46, with a whopping 57!! I was very proud of myself. Then we helped ourselves to Arby's shakes, played guestures, and watched Wolverine. While it was a blast and great to see everyone again, it was a little like torture in a way. I would, out of habit, say something like "Ru", or "SHaOOT!" or make some random weird pththt noise, I would just get weird looks. Which yall give me anyway, but you UNDERSTAND!! Oh well.
So I'm still job searching. Applied for several at the hospital, and at a grocery store. None have called me back yet, so I'll be going back and looking more on Monday. Who knows; maybe I'll end up at McDonalds for the summer!! Yay!! :(
I've been attempting to teach myself guitar. This doesn't work because I have decided either my mom's guitar is too big, my hands too small, the internet telling me how to do chords wrong, or I'm just no good at it. Oh well.
Enough about me. Soooooo....................... Peace and blessins!!
Oh, and speaking of kittens...... we have a skunk living under our house. It's really cute, but rather stinky.
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