Monday 3/5: In American Usage, we talked about lay vs. lie and imply versus infer. It was delightful and I figured out I had been wrong for a very long time. I was ok with it but not I have to get persnickety about it. I devoted a large chunk of the day to writing a letter to Jared just because I'd learned lots of things that week and was really exited to share them. In NT, we talked about Paul's last visit in Jerusalem and how when he was thrown in prison, he was there by himself for a night before the Lord visited him. The trials of faith that go on in the scriptures sometimes are described like this verse as "the next day the Lord came". He had to stay in a damp, cold cell for a night for doing the Lod's work I can only imagine the things he was thinking as he sat there wondering his fate and praying to his Heavenly Father. How much struggle he went through, I can't even imagine. It makes me reevaluate my trials you know? In LC we talked about good ol' Freud again and "The Uncanny". It mostly has to do the repressed and how it changes things that are normal to us to something odd and disturbing. Needless to say Freud is really an odd way to think about life. Got to American Humanities later and needless to say, hilarious as always. I think if I ever take an evening class again it'll be from Prof. Sederholm cause thats the only way I'll stay awake. Talked about lots of American paintings and it was really cool and I really enjoyed Cole's Series called "Course of Empire". Got home and chilled and did homework. Got the reading done for Islamic humanities. Always an exciting and eventful evening.
Tuesday 3/6: I made a commitment that I really wanted to go to more of the devotionals on campus so I got myself up and made sure I got there and I'm so glad I went. The guy who spoke was Dallan Moody; he's a financial consultant for the athletic department so I was skeptical about going but it was such an uplifting and powerful talk. All about his son Caleb and dealing with life when it gets "one degree colder". How miracles sometimes occur when nothing miraculous happens and the miracle becomes our strength to overcome adversity. The link to the talk is posted here so please read it. http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=13613&x=10&y=8 After a tearful devotional, I went to my Islamic Humanities class and we had a lecture about dance and the professor who came in had us all get up and demonstrate and it was really fun and made me smile. After, Giselle and I went to the temple, and i just came out really happy and bouncy and glad to be alive sort of feeling. I went to work and I got a note so that made me smile even more.
Wednesday 3/7: In American Usage we reviewed for our ginormous exam that was on the coming Friday everyone was quite literally scared to death of. So many terms and definitions and examples and I was really worried because I hadn't done enough studying due to all of the rest of my crazy classes, so as I was panicking about that. Then went and did reading for LC and NT and didn't get very far into LC but it was still cool. In NT, we talked about the end of Acts and it was wonderful talking about the power of a prophet and how when they lightened the ships its related to how when we are in times of tribulation, getting rid of all the bad stuff is usually the easiest way to stay afloat. Also about how beind an "almost" Christian doesn't change anything and if a very scary thought so we must continually push forward in the learning of the Gospel in order to not diminish. Lacan for LC was really interesting to read. More psychoanalysis but all about the mirror stage and how we identify ourselves as ourselves in the mirror when we are babies. It was cool going through and discussing because for my paper I've been editing for Criterion she used Lacan's arguments for her paper so I actually get what I am reading now which is always a bonus! Before my class, I went to the MOA and walked through the Islamic Art exhibit for my Islamic Humanities class with a study guide and half of my class was there so we worked together and got it done super fast. Later in American Humanities, we talked about Emerson and his "Nature" and trying to describe things in the spiritual realm of emotion with his "transparent eyeball". Fascinating but hard to understand. Later that night after orchestra, I got to go to Becca's house and watch Psych and make a very delicious homemade syrup as a precursor to the delicious lunch we planned on having on Friday with Lena and her girls. Psych was really good as well but it was really fun hanging out with Becca and Brett.
Thursday 3/8: Slept in a bit and then got up and studied for American Usage - I knew if I didn't I would absolutely die on that test so I did that before I had to go to a Lecture for my Islamic Humanities class by one of the ladies who wrote our textbook and it was pretty cool stuff. The rest of the day of kinda free so mostly I tried to catch up in studying for that exam and as breaks in between to watch such important things as Modern Family. After, I went to work for a little bit but I had to leave early to get to my Review for my American Usage test and I felt a little better after going to that but not really (but I did get a very sincere little note at work so it made it worth going). I got home and just studied because there was just so much. I got a letter from my favorite missionary and its just a huge spiritual boost every week to hear about all the things he is learning and all the scriptures he gives to me. He wrote me a really long letter full of encouragement, spiritual growth and its just a great uplifting experience that he shares those experiences with me.
Friday 3/9: And the day came. I got up really early and was on campus before 8 so I could continue studying for that monstrosity of a test. I was just going over and over things and finally got through and then it was time for the test. We got pretty much the easiest things to write on which was most certainly a blessing for me and I was very happy about. I came out feeling pretty good about it and then went to Becca's house as a blessed relief from my test taking mindset. I got to see and play with Ella and little Julia and oh it was so fun. It was so fun in fact I didn't go to my LC class and thats completely fine with me. Becca, Lena and I just talked and Becca made homemade pancakes to go along with our syrup (delicious) while the girls and I had fun with puzzles and played hide and seek. It was so nice to see them and so fun to feel that kind of friendship from Jared's fam even though he's not here. I really really liked it :) After, I went to work and got off early because Abby and I went up to get Megan who was coming down for the week. Yay! We rushed and got her from the airport and then rushed back to get to Divine Comedy on time (Phantom of the Awkward--classic). It was so funny and so fun and a great way to start off the weekend.
Saturday and Sunday 3/9-3/10: Weekends are just blurs cause they just move from one week to another so fast. I went to work on Saturday and that was as exciting as work ever is. After, I came home and slept. I was just tired with such a crazy week and all and just did nothing that day because I really wanted to chill and not do homework. So Dana, me, Ty, Robert, Giselle and other all went to go and see Sherlock Holmes 2 at the dollar theater that night and it was awesome. Like AWESOME. I highly recommend it and it definitely had the best slow motion scene ever. Sunday was tiring because it was the beginning of Daylight Savings (lost an hour of sleep) and going to bed at 2 made it so I didn't get nearly enough sleep. Very tiring but we got to church and had a grand ol' time. Came home and just chilled and was determined to do no hw but started freaking out about my test score.
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Sunday, March 11
Sunday, March 4
week gone by but not forgotten
Wow I guess I've been super busy and just haven't had enough time to sit down and blog. I need to set aside time each day instead of trying to find a giant hunk of time somewhere in the week.
Monday 2/27: Went to American Usage, then did reading for NT in the Tanner before going to NT which was wonderful. We talked about some really cool "water, blood, Spirit" symbolism from Romans 6:2-4 and Moses 6:57-60. All about how we are born and how that is a symbol of the Atonement of Christ, it was some really interesting stuff and I love building so much on the stuff I learn. In Literary Criticism, we talked about Tartuffe, which is a great play so that was fun. I forfeited doing real homework in order to write a letter to Jared. And I didn't mind in the slightest :) I certainly love writing him and I had to race to do it to get it to the post office before 3 so it could get the the MTC that day. They guy at the post office had to run outside to give it to the guy to get it there and I was very very grateful. Went to American Humanities not having done any of the reading but pulled of answering questions about the overarching principles anyways - WIN. After that I did some reading for Islamic Humanities and that was pretty much my day.
Tuesday 2/28: I had made a determination to go to more Devotionals because I had a slacker at going this semester. So I had determined to go but Maya called me and wanted me to come and have lunch with her and Papa before they left the next day so instead of seeing the devotional I got a delicious pulled pork sandwich with Abby, Katie, Cami, Maya and papa :) It wasn't the best barbecue but I was so hungry it did not matter :) We actually got back in time for school even though the weather was being really dreadful and snowing. Cold cold cold especially cause I was in a dress because I was planning on going to the temple later. Went to Islamic Humanities and starting watching (still haven't finished cause he talks so much in class) this movie called Arranged about this Muslim and Orthodox Jewish girls who work together and both going through the processed of an arranged marriage. Really cool to see their interaction in a US context because to be honest, I just don't know that much. After class, Giselle and I went to the temple which was wonderful as usual but it was pretty crowded cause apparently there was PSAT testing so kids got outta high school early. But I don't mind sitting in line cause I just read my scriptures. I didn't get to sit afterwards and read my scriptures as much before work but thats ok :) I went to work and got a lovely little note that made me smile all silly so everyone laughed at me, but I most definitely did not care :) I went home and attempted to do homework and was moderately successful but you know, distractions come.
Wednesday 2/29: Busy Busy Busy day . . . It started with me not doing Yoga because my shoulder has been hurting too much for me to do any such thing. My arm collapses underneath me so I am now in the process of finding a new sort of exercise. All I can think of now is running and that sounds miserable . . . Well I went to my American Usage class and started to get sufficiently scared for my midterm thats like most of my final grade. ugh . . . New testament came after and we talked about how confessing Christ as my Savior doesn't just mean saying it, but it comes from the Greek words meaning covenanting with the Lord to follow His path. What a wonderful concept! I love this gospel and how i can work one day at a time to make myself better you know? For Literary Criticism, we finished talking about Tartuffe and I was glad I actually finished the reading before class. After, I went and did some of the reading for American Humanities and then went to the class. If I ever need a good laugh, that class is sure to give it to me, Professor Sederholm is AWESOME. After, I went home and tried to eat super fast and then went to orchestra which was great and I think we are sounding really good :) The rest of the evening was dedicated to watching a really sad movie I had to watch for Humanities of Islam. Apparently most of their movies aren't really very happy, but it was called Leila and was about a woman in Iran who finds out she can't have children and then convinces her husband to take a second wife yeah sad right? It made me sick inside watching that pain and I read my scriptures and prayed really hard before bed so that I felt better.
Thursday 3/1: I decided I needed to get to school early so I got up earlier then usual and was at school by 9. I got my Study Guide all done for Islamic Humanities which is definitely a good thing since I got called up to the front of the class to explain the movie and what I though was good about it. A lesson to all to do your homework! Cause your teacher calls on you when you least expect it, so just do your reading. It was a cool class period cause we just discussed our movies but didn't have time to finish Arranged. Afterwards, I went and met with my editing partner because we got assigned our specific essay to edit for Criterion so we met and discussed so she could discussed it with the author later that day. I really wanted to go but I couldn't get work off. I also had a review for my massive American Usage test that I missed because I couldn't get work off. But at least I got money right? No sightings but I had a good time with Chris and fellow workers and it went by fast. I can't believe how fast the weeks go by it really is crazy. All of a sudden its the weekend and I have a big test to study for. Then I got a letter, 5 pages, holy crap :) It was so great to hear so much from him and he got a great idea. We're gonna get two Books of Mormons and read them and mark them up like crazy and send them to each other every 4 months. Then, read the book of Mormon we receive from the other person and get all their insights into the scriptures that we might have missed or just saw differently. Essentially, our own little scripture study :) I'm really excited to be able to do that so we can grow and learn together.
Friday 3/2: Started the day by getting to school on time for American Usage and doing our exercises. Oh you know, great fun. After, I did my reading in the Tanner for NT and Literary Criticism. Literary Criticism was great and awkward due to Frued. Frued is very successful in making every conversation awkward so that was just funny. I did lots studying for my LC test that I had to take the next day. I went through it all before work and had a dandy time. I had to stay in and write my Benjamin Franklin paper so everyone else went out and got malts while Carter and Brians chilled with me while I did that. When everyone got back, we went over to 462 to watch Catch Me if You Can with the whole crew. I finished my paper and turned it in 10 minutes late and went back to finish the movie. It was great again and we definitely stayed much later then curfew but you know, we're too cool for that, NBD.
Saturday 3/3: I got up way too early and did tons of studying for my exam I have to take right after work. It was exhausting especially after staying up very late the night before to be studying so hard so early but it was worth it. I went to work, I got a note, smiled my own little smile and had a great time :) After work, I got a call to go out on a date so that was exciting and then I went and took my Literary Criticism test. I really felt my studying of my notes, the Googledoc we did as a class and reviewing in class helped me alot. I made myself go really carefully through each short answer question and essay until I felt like I had gotten it right. I feel like I did really pretty well on that test and now I'm just waiting with bated breath to see how it goes. I got home, got decently dressed and went out to Pizza Pie Cafe with Carter, his roommate and his date. I was starving so it didn't matter to me that the pizza was that great, I was just hungry. We chilled there for a while then went back to their apartment and wathed Rise of the Planet of the Apes. One of the roommate's friends came down with her baby and watched it with us so I got to play with the baby alot of the time we were watching the movie. He was soooo cute and definitely would not stop wiggling but it was still really fun. The movie was god too especially watching it with two animation majors. After the movie, Carter and I went back to our apartment and chilled with everyone there for a long time. It was a fun night :)
Sunday 3/4: I got to sleep in surprisingly and even got up and ready to go to Choir. We practice a song that I'd only sung through a few times but decided it was good enough for us to perform that day and we did! And it was great. Its always wonderful to feel that special Spirit that comes in with music and I absolutely loved it. Church was great full of really powerful testimonies and fasting was great cause I felt really spiritually focused which was great, I went up to the Marriot in an attempt to save seats to see Elder Cook, but turns out, he's at BYUI. Lame sauce, So Dana kindly came and picked me up and I got back in time for break the fast. I was stil really hungry so while the devotional was going on , I baked some BBQ chicken in the oven and had a delicious meal. The Devotional was wonderful and powerful message on the importance of not wearing masks in our lives and presenting our best selves to the Lord, always something to be working on right? We got home and just chilled for a while and had a jolly good time until it was finally time for bed and I passed out immediately after doing scripture study. Scripture study is so wonderful and I have the best Hometeachers in the world for encouraging me to do it everyday. It has truly blessed my life and I am very excited for it to continue to bless me in the future. :)
Monday 2/27: Went to American Usage, then did reading for NT in the Tanner before going to NT which was wonderful. We talked about some really cool "water, blood, Spirit" symbolism from Romans 6:2-4 and Moses 6:57-60. All about how we are born and how that is a symbol of the Atonement of Christ, it was some really interesting stuff and I love building so much on the stuff I learn. In Literary Criticism, we talked about Tartuffe, which is a great play so that was fun. I forfeited doing real homework in order to write a letter to Jared. And I didn't mind in the slightest :) I certainly love writing him and I had to race to do it to get it to the post office before 3 so it could get the the MTC that day. They guy at the post office had to run outside to give it to the guy to get it there and I was very very grateful. Went to American Humanities not having done any of the reading but pulled of answering questions about the overarching principles anyways - WIN. After that I did some reading for Islamic Humanities and that was pretty much my day.
Tuesday 2/28: I had made a determination to go to more Devotionals because I had a slacker at going this semester. So I had determined to go but Maya called me and wanted me to come and have lunch with her and Papa before they left the next day so instead of seeing the devotional I got a delicious pulled pork sandwich with Abby, Katie, Cami, Maya and papa :) It wasn't the best barbecue but I was so hungry it did not matter :) We actually got back in time for school even though the weather was being really dreadful and snowing. Cold cold cold especially cause I was in a dress because I was planning on going to the temple later. Went to Islamic Humanities and starting watching (still haven't finished cause he talks so much in class) this movie called Arranged about this Muslim and Orthodox Jewish girls who work together and both going through the processed of an arranged marriage. Really cool to see their interaction in a US context because to be honest, I just don't know that much. After class, Giselle and I went to the temple which was wonderful as usual but it was pretty crowded cause apparently there was PSAT testing so kids got outta high school early. But I don't mind sitting in line cause I just read my scriptures. I didn't get to sit afterwards and read my scriptures as much before work but thats ok :) I went to work and got a lovely little note that made me smile all silly so everyone laughed at me, but I most definitely did not care :) I went home and attempted to do homework and was moderately successful but you know, distractions come.
Wednesday 2/29: Busy Busy Busy day . . . It started with me not doing Yoga because my shoulder has been hurting too much for me to do any such thing. My arm collapses underneath me so I am now in the process of finding a new sort of exercise. All I can think of now is running and that sounds miserable . . . Well I went to my American Usage class and started to get sufficiently scared for my midterm thats like most of my final grade. ugh . . . New testament came after and we talked about how confessing Christ as my Savior doesn't just mean saying it, but it comes from the Greek words meaning covenanting with the Lord to follow His path. What a wonderful concept! I love this gospel and how i can work one day at a time to make myself better you know? For Literary Criticism, we finished talking about Tartuffe and I was glad I actually finished the reading before class. After, I went and did some of the reading for American Humanities and then went to the class. If I ever need a good laugh, that class is sure to give it to me, Professor Sederholm is AWESOME. After, I went home and tried to eat super fast and then went to orchestra which was great and I think we are sounding really good :) The rest of the evening was dedicated to watching a really sad movie I had to watch for Humanities of Islam. Apparently most of their movies aren't really very happy, but it was called Leila and was about a woman in Iran who finds out she can't have children and then convinces her husband to take a second wife yeah sad right? It made me sick inside watching that pain and I read my scriptures and prayed really hard before bed so that I felt better.
Thursday 3/1: I decided I needed to get to school early so I got up earlier then usual and was at school by 9. I got my Study Guide all done for Islamic Humanities which is definitely a good thing since I got called up to the front of the class to explain the movie and what I though was good about it. A lesson to all to do your homework! Cause your teacher calls on you when you least expect it, so just do your reading. It was a cool class period cause we just discussed our movies but didn't have time to finish Arranged. Afterwards, I went and met with my editing partner because we got assigned our specific essay to edit for Criterion so we met and discussed so she could discussed it with the author later that day. I really wanted to go but I couldn't get work off. I also had a review for my massive American Usage test that I missed because I couldn't get work off. But at least I got money right? No sightings but I had a good time with Chris and fellow workers and it went by fast. I can't believe how fast the weeks go by it really is crazy. All of a sudden its the weekend and I have a big test to study for. Then I got a letter, 5 pages, holy crap :) It was so great to hear so much from him and he got a great idea. We're gonna get two Books of Mormons and read them and mark them up like crazy and send them to each other every 4 months. Then, read the book of Mormon we receive from the other person and get all their insights into the scriptures that we might have missed or just saw differently. Essentially, our own little scripture study :) I'm really excited to be able to do that so we can grow and learn together.
Friday 3/2: Started the day by getting to school on time for American Usage and doing our exercises. Oh you know, great fun. After, I did my reading in the Tanner for NT and Literary Criticism. Literary Criticism was great and awkward due to Frued. Frued is very successful in making every conversation awkward so that was just funny. I did lots studying for my LC test that I had to take the next day. I went through it all before work and had a dandy time. I had to stay in and write my Benjamin Franklin paper so everyone else went out and got malts while Carter and Brians chilled with me while I did that. When everyone got back, we went over to 462 to watch Catch Me if You Can with the whole crew. I finished my paper and turned it in 10 minutes late and went back to finish the movie. It was great again and we definitely stayed much later then curfew but you know, we're too cool for that, NBD.
Saturday 3/3: I got up way too early and did tons of studying for my exam I have to take right after work. It was exhausting especially after staying up very late the night before to be studying so hard so early but it was worth it. I went to work, I got a note, smiled my own little smile and had a great time :) After work, I got a call to go out on a date so that was exciting and then I went and took my Literary Criticism test. I really felt my studying of my notes, the Googledoc we did as a class and reviewing in class helped me alot. I made myself go really carefully through each short answer question and essay until I felt like I had gotten it right. I feel like I did really pretty well on that test and now I'm just waiting with bated breath to see how it goes. I got home, got decently dressed and went out to Pizza Pie Cafe with Carter, his roommate and his date. I was starving so it didn't matter to me that the pizza was that great, I was just hungry. We chilled there for a while then went back to their apartment and wathed Rise of the Planet of the Apes. One of the roommate's friends came down with her baby and watched it with us so I got to play with the baby alot of the time we were watching the movie. He was soooo cute and definitely would not stop wiggling but it was still really fun. The movie was god too especially watching it with two animation majors. After the movie, Carter and I went back to our apartment and chilled with everyone there for a long time. It was a fun night :)
Sunday 3/4: I got to sleep in surprisingly and even got up and ready to go to Choir. We practice a song that I'd only sung through a few times but decided it was good enough for us to perform that day and we did! And it was great. Its always wonderful to feel that special Spirit that comes in with music and I absolutely loved it. Church was great full of really powerful testimonies and fasting was great cause I felt really spiritually focused which was great, I went up to the Marriot in an attempt to save seats to see Elder Cook, but turns out, he's at BYUI. Lame sauce, So Dana kindly came and picked me up and I got back in time for break the fast. I was stil really hungry so while the devotional was going on , I baked some BBQ chicken in the oven and had a delicious meal. The Devotional was wonderful and powerful message on the importance of not wearing masks in our lives and presenting our best selves to the Lord, always something to be working on right? We got home and just chilled for a while and had a jolly good time until it was finally time for bed and I passed out immediately after doing scripture study. Scripture study is so wonderful and I have the best Hometeachers in the world for encouraging me to do it everyday. It has truly blessed my life and I am very excited for it to continue to bless me in the future. :)
Sunday, February 19
days turn to a week
Saturday: Uneventful. I should've been doing homework but did I? Nope and it was very nice to just have a nice chill day. Work wasn't so bad, fun sightings bring smiles all around. :) Then chilling with the roomies till bedtime.
Sunday: A wonderful meeting and there was a powerful Spirit throughout. The people in my ward are all very genuine and in their lessons and talks, its easy to see how sincere their testimonies are. I challenge anyone to find a better ward with a better bishopric then the YSA Provo 95th Ward. Nice try :) I stayed up till 3 again but this time it was to write a letter to Jared. I love reading and getting his letters because he has such a powerful spirit and testimony that it strengthens me every time I read them. And I'll say it every time, mine is better :)
Monday: Well now we're running into Monday. Monday was good I finished my reading for New Testament and American Usage before class started but then was late due to the crisis of not being able to find my keys. Figures. Class was interesting as always but its getting harder now because were getting into grammar like Who vs. Whom. Its HARD to figure it out cause I for one don't use whom but I need to know it if I wanna be a good editor. So . . . let the notecards be made! Got most of my reading done for Literary Criticism before New Testament and then New Testament was wonderful as always :) We took apart 1 Corinthians 13 and Charity. True charity has only ever been performed once with Christ and his perfect life and atonement but, by accepting his love and bringing it into my life, I become a reflection of that divinity when I show charity to others. Charity is the true love of Christ, all the attributes described in verses 5-7 were done by Christ perfectly and only in accepting Him into my life, can I have any hope of giving these attributes to anyone else. THe scriptures and the gospel are amazing things :) Literary Criticism was interesting with our discussion of Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproduction. We talked about how art has an "aura" of being singular and how photos and cinema question the old definitions of art. A very materialistic argument but thats not surprising since he was a Marxist. But the idea of what makes a work of art authentic was interesting to think about. I think did none of my reading for American Humanities but studied my brains out for my Humanities of Islam exam which I took after my class (which was hilarious as ever). It took me 3 HOURS. Oh my goodness did my brain hurt after that but I thought I did well. Needless to say, I didn't do my reading for H of I the next day.
Tuesday: Goodness this is going to be a long blog post. I slept in Tuesday and it felt wonderful. I woke up to a Valentines with my Valentine close by but at the same time far away. I was determined not to mope or anything so I didn't do my reading and went to class. I really need to get to the devotionals more though, I think I'm probably missing out on an opportunity to have my Tuesdays be even more spiritually invigorating by missing those. Time to set the alarm on Tuesdays and get up early and get going! Giselle was busy with papers so we didn't get to go to the temple which I was bummed about but I got some pictures printed for Caleb cause he asked for some in his last letter and sent some off to him. Then I was reading some blogposts in the library and Giselle, sitting behind me in the library, kindly offered to give me a ride to work. I was torn all throughout work trying and then not trying to see Jared because at that point, I really missed him. But I went through the shift and walked home and what did I find a Valentine's card just for me :) It was simple and sweet but man I was and am very much blessed to have Jared in my life. It made my Valentine's day probably the second best ever :) (last year taking first prize). Then Giselle came home telling us of her strutting into Ty and Robert's classes to give them their dinners with a black dress and red red lipstick. You go girl! The evening more then made up for the not so good day. Stayed up late doing reading for New Testament.
Wednesday: Got up and did yoga as always. It was a great workout cause I pushed myself. Love that feeling :) Finished my exercises for American Usage and ran with Jackie to get there on time. I finished my reading for New Testament and most of my reading for Literary Criticism before NT. In New Testament, we talked about II Corinthians, how comfort from God is the same with charity, only by feeling it through God am I able to really give it to others. God has given us an earnest (downpayment) of His spirit to give us just a tiny taste and an assurance that if we follow Him, we will receive all the more when we return to live with him again. We talked about the Great Exchange of the Atonement in chapter 5 verse 21 - Christ was sinless but consented to sin by taking on my sins so that I could be made perfect like He is. Such wonderful and powerful doctrine and I am so grateful to be at a school where I learn these things in class! Always have a wonderful Spirit. It doesn't even bum me out that there's a test in that class that starts on my birthday because I learn and grow each time I open my scriptures now. Literary Criticism was great talking about Bordeiu's ideas on culture and how taste in the arts distinguish people. A person doesn't understand why a piece of art is good with no training or background and that training sets people above the masses - like us as Humanities majors. People just look at us weird sometimes lol. After class, went to the library and started to do some reading for American Humanities but I got distracted by trying to find bus schedules/routes so Abby and I could go and visit Grandpa on Thursday. Things are just so stressful when they are in the planning process! So I went to class yet again without having done all the reading and had a hoot all the same :) I got home and saw the awesome box that Dana had made for our Valentine for the ward Valentines party - Phantom of the Opera themed with the soundtrack even playing on the inside of the box. It was absolutely fantastic. But what was even more fantastic was I got a letter from Jared, 2 letters in one week and I am a very lucky girl :) I'm so proud of him for all the wonderful work he is doing for the Lord, I've definitely got the best best friend ever :) Then I went to orchestra and had a wonderful time playing my heart out. I love music! And playing and singing and just everything :)
Thursday: Ah so Thursday I slept in again which is always nice but this time I got all my reading done for Islamic Humanities and we had a really interesting discussion about movies. We talked about how the council from the brethren is nothing "vulgar, immoral, inappropriate, suggestive or pornographic" so that sometimes is PG-13 and sometimes R, but its up to us to make wise judgements. Pretty cool discussion. After class went and got my ticket for the Passover Seder Service that BYU does every year in March/April. I'm really excited to go :) Then Abby and I ran to the bus stop to catch our bus to Salt Lake to go see Grandpa who got surgery on his back. I didn't get nearly all that I needed to done cause Abby and I just talked the whole way. We hopped on the Trax and went right through the stop Jared and I got off of last semester when we went to his sister Lena's house. That was a fun trip :) and our trip on Thursday was great too. We got to see most of our Dad's side of the family and Grandpa's surgery went really well and didn't have any pain in his back. It was great to see :) Grandpa is such a sweetheart and Grandma is sassy and its super funny to watch. I love them both. Kairisti picked us up and gave us a ride home. We stopped at Baja Fresh for dinner on the way which was delicious because I was starving. We came and chilled at my apartment for a little while and Abby and Kairisti left. I finished some reading and exercises for American Usage and headed to bed.
Friday: Friday was the countdown to the 3 day weekend. Yoga (where my shoulder started giving me problems and I had to ice it. Can't I just saw off the part that hurts?), went to American Usage, got out and went to the library and finished some reading for Literary Criticism. In Literary Criticism we talked about culture can be a factor in determining national identity and not only to our personal culture. Interesting as always. After, I went to my NT review for the test that starts this next week and felt really pretty good about it. Then I got to go home on a Friday which hasn't happened since last semester because I got it off thinking we were going to Vegas this weekend. But I just got home and chilled and watched a few shows and took a nap. A very long nap because I didn't wake up till 7 so then Dana, Jackie and I could go out and start our epic girls night. We went to both FYEs looking for Madagascar 1 and 2 and finally found them after a very long time searching. I also got Moulin Rouge, Monster's Inc. and Juno. EPIC. We got Little Caesar's on our way home (a staple on a Friday night in 431) and watched both Madagascars because I've never seen the second. SO FUNNY. Oh goodness a great night.
Saturday: Again I didn't have work so it was a nice relaxing morning where I slept really late. I watched some CSI just for fun and even took a little nap. Then Dana and I got ready for our night in Park City with Robert and Ty. We left at around 4:30 because Dana is far too popular for her own good. Awesome time jamming out in the car. We got there and just walked around the galleries with some delicious Hot Caramel Apple Cider - doesn't that just sound wonderful? Cause it was :) The galleries were really cool and off course tremendously outside my price range but it was fun just the same. After we'd wandered around for a while, we finally found the Blue Iguana, a mexican restaurant where we had planned to eat. We got seated and the dishes were really authentic at least thats what Ty said (served in Mexico on his mish) so I got the Mole Poblano with Pork and everyone else got new things too. Dana's grande burrito came out and we just started rolling from laugher. It was SO BIG! We had told her to order it because if you finished it you got a free dessert but my goodness that thing was huge. SO after we had finished our food, we were pretty full and then started on the 3/4ths of the burrito that Dana hadn't eaten. The beef in the burrito was not good but the chicken was, truly it was just one huge chuck of meat. Ugh my stomach has never felt so full in my life and it was not in a good way. But after over an hour, we finished it with only a small bit left and our waiter brought us the dessert! VICTORY! We downed the dessert in 10 seconds flat and led to a great discussion of how there's always room for dessert. After struggling for a minute, we all managed to get out of our seats, and started walking up to the car. We went in and out of some cool galleries, a little more slowly then normal, but then it started to snow so we booked it up to the car cause there was a big storm coming in. More fantastic rocking out on the way home and we watched Alex and Twitch on Youtube from So You Think You Can Dance because we had been listening to that song in the car. It was great fun and then it was almost midnight and we all went to bed with the intention of never eating again.
Sunday: I woke up at 10:10, 10 minutes before my home teachers were supposed to come and I booked it to get ready. I got my make-up off and my face washed and myself dressed when they got here. Hometeachers, well mine anyways, are always nice to talk to and work in giving me a kick in the butt when I need it. We talked about scripture study and how important it is and they challenged me to get up a little earlier every morning and do my scripture study. Check back with me in a month and I felt like an investigator lol. It was a very nice lesson. Then I had to hurry and get fully ready because I had work and Dana was nice enough to drop me off. Then I saw that Chris was there and had taken my shift and was about to leave but Jessie had people gone and sick so I stayed on. After apologizing profusely to Chris, I worked on silverware for lunch and had a marvelous time. They fed us and then I took a nice little nap in the locker room before I read my scriptures for a bit. I worked on first position in pit for dinner which is busy but keeps you occupied. First, I got a note from Jared without even seeing him he just put it on a random tray. My smile was the biggest ever, Chris even commented on how no matter how many jokes he told, he could never make me smile like that, and he's right only one person can. I continued working and I looked up and there he was smiling at me. I wasn't expecting it because I thought he'd already left. But he smiled at me and we did my favorite hand signal and he left. I have to say, I like that kid a lot :) We got out super early and Chris gave me a ride home. I got home and showered and got all looking nice because I was going to go to Hailey's house for pretzel night but my Skype date with AJ went much longer then planned. It was great though. I haven't talked to him in a really long time and he ships put for basic and job training in a week for the Army. Goodness all of my friends are going into the Army. I talked to him for 3 hours and it was really nice to talk to an old, white de-froed friend. Hopefully I'll get to talk to him later this week before he leaves. It was midnight by the time we finished talking so I went to bed.
Wow, lots of stuff happened this week and I will be better about writing everyday as opposed to a giant letter at the end. I will go and do right? Not sit and stew and play on the computer. Bring on the day!
Much love
Sunday: A wonderful meeting and there was a powerful Spirit throughout. The people in my ward are all very genuine and in their lessons and talks, its easy to see how sincere their testimonies are. I challenge anyone to find a better ward with a better bishopric then the YSA Provo 95th Ward. Nice try :) I stayed up till 3 again but this time it was to write a letter to Jared. I love reading and getting his letters because he has such a powerful spirit and testimony that it strengthens me every time I read them. And I'll say it every time, mine is better :)
Monday: Well now we're running into Monday. Monday was good I finished my reading for New Testament and American Usage before class started but then was late due to the crisis of not being able to find my keys. Figures. Class was interesting as always but its getting harder now because were getting into grammar like Who vs. Whom. Its HARD to figure it out cause I for one don't use whom but I need to know it if I wanna be a good editor. So . . . let the notecards be made! Got most of my reading done for Literary Criticism before New Testament and then New Testament was wonderful as always :) We took apart 1 Corinthians 13 and Charity. True charity has only ever been performed once with Christ and his perfect life and atonement but, by accepting his love and bringing it into my life, I become a reflection of that divinity when I show charity to others. Charity is the true love of Christ, all the attributes described in verses 5-7 were done by Christ perfectly and only in accepting Him into my life, can I have any hope of giving these attributes to anyone else. THe scriptures and the gospel are amazing things :) Literary Criticism was interesting with our discussion of Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproduction. We talked about how art has an "aura" of being singular and how photos and cinema question the old definitions of art. A very materialistic argument but thats not surprising since he was a Marxist. But the idea of what makes a work of art authentic was interesting to think about. I think did none of my reading for American Humanities but studied my brains out for my Humanities of Islam exam which I took after my class (which was hilarious as ever). It took me 3 HOURS. Oh my goodness did my brain hurt after that but I thought I did well. Needless to say, I didn't do my reading for H of I the next day.
Tuesday: Goodness this is going to be a long blog post. I slept in Tuesday and it felt wonderful. I woke up to a Valentines with my Valentine close by but at the same time far away. I was determined not to mope or anything so I didn't do my reading and went to class. I really need to get to the devotionals more though, I think I'm probably missing out on an opportunity to have my Tuesdays be even more spiritually invigorating by missing those. Time to set the alarm on Tuesdays and get up early and get going! Giselle was busy with papers so we didn't get to go to the temple which I was bummed about but I got some pictures printed for Caleb cause he asked for some in his last letter and sent some off to him. Then I was reading some blogposts in the library and Giselle, sitting behind me in the library, kindly offered to give me a ride to work. I was torn all throughout work trying and then not trying to see Jared because at that point, I really missed him. But I went through the shift and walked home and what did I find a Valentine's card just for me :) It was simple and sweet but man I was and am very much blessed to have Jared in my life. It made my Valentine's day probably the second best ever :) (last year taking first prize). Then Giselle came home telling us of her strutting into Ty and Robert's classes to give them their dinners with a black dress and red red lipstick. You go girl! The evening more then made up for the not so good day. Stayed up late doing reading for New Testament.
Wednesday: Got up and did yoga as always. It was a great workout cause I pushed myself. Love that feeling :) Finished my exercises for American Usage and ran with Jackie to get there on time. I finished my reading for New Testament and most of my reading for Literary Criticism before NT. In New Testament, we talked about II Corinthians, how comfort from God is the same with charity, only by feeling it through God am I able to really give it to others. God has given us an earnest (downpayment) of His spirit to give us just a tiny taste and an assurance that if we follow Him, we will receive all the more when we return to live with him again. We talked about the Great Exchange of the Atonement in chapter 5 verse 21 - Christ was sinless but consented to sin by taking on my sins so that I could be made perfect like He is. Such wonderful and powerful doctrine and I am so grateful to be at a school where I learn these things in class! Always have a wonderful Spirit. It doesn't even bum me out that there's a test in that class that starts on my birthday because I learn and grow each time I open my scriptures now. Literary Criticism was great talking about Bordeiu's ideas on culture and how taste in the arts distinguish people. A person doesn't understand why a piece of art is good with no training or background and that training sets people above the masses - like us as Humanities majors. People just look at us weird sometimes lol. After class, went to the library and started to do some reading for American Humanities but I got distracted by trying to find bus schedules/routes so Abby and I could go and visit Grandpa on Thursday. Things are just so stressful when they are in the planning process! So I went to class yet again without having done all the reading and had a hoot all the same :) I got home and saw the awesome box that Dana had made for our Valentine for the ward Valentines party - Phantom of the Opera themed with the soundtrack even playing on the inside of the box. It was absolutely fantastic. But what was even more fantastic was I got a letter from Jared, 2 letters in one week and I am a very lucky girl :) I'm so proud of him for all the wonderful work he is doing for the Lord, I've definitely got the best best friend ever :) Then I went to orchestra and had a wonderful time playing my heart out. I love music! And playing and singing and just everything :)
Thursday: Ah so Thursday I slept in again which is always nice but this time I got all my reading done for Islamic Humanities and we had a really interesting discussion about movies. We talked about how the council from the brethren is nothing "vulgar, immoral, inappropriate, suggestive or pornographic" so that sometimes is PG-13 and sometimes R, but its up to us to make wise judgements. Pretty cool discussion. After class went and got my ticket for the Passover Seder Service that BYU does every year in March/April. I'm really excited to go :) Then Abby and I ran to the bus stop to catch our bus to Salt Lake to go see Grandpa who got surgery on his back. I didn't get nearly all that I needed to done cause Abby and I just talked the whole way. We hopped on the Trax and went right through the stop Jared and I got off of last semester when we went to his sister Lena's house. That was a fun trip :) and our trip on Thursday was great too. We got to see most of our Dad's side of the family and Grandpa's surgery went really well and didn't have any pain in his back. It was great to see :) Grandpa is such a sweetheart and Grandma is sassy and its super funny to watch. I love them both. Kairisti picked us up and gave us a ride home. We stopped at Baja Fresh for dinner on the way which was delicious because I was starving. We came and chilled at my apartment for a little while and Abby and Kairisti left. I finished some reading and exercises for American Usage and headed to bed.
Friday: Friday was the countdown to the 3 day weekend. Yoga (where my shoulder started giving me problems and I had to ice it. Can't I just saw off the part that hurts?), went to American Usage, got out and went to the library and finished some reading for Literary Criticism. In Literary Criticism we talked about culture can be a factor in determining national identity and not only to our personal culture. Interesting as always. After, I went to my NT review for the test that starts this next week and felt really pretty good about it. Then I got to go home on a Friday which hasn't happened since last semester because I got it off thinking we were going to Vegas this weekend. But I just got home and chilled and watched a few shows and took a nap. A very long nap because I didn't wake up till 7 so then Dana, Jackie and I could go out and start our epic girls night. We went to both FYEs looking for Madagascar 1 and 2 and finally found them after a very long time searching. I also got Moulin Rouge, Monster's Inc. and Juno. EPIC. We got Little Caesar's on our way home (a staple on a Friday night in 431) and watched both Madagascars because I've never seen the second. SO FUNNY. Oh goodness a great night.
Saturday: Again I didn't have work so it was a nice relaxing morning where I slept really late. I watched some CSI just for fun and even took a little nap. Then Dana and I got ready for our night in Park City with Robert and Ty. We left at around 4:30 because Dana is far too popular for her own good. Awesome time jamming out in the car. We got there and just walked around the galleries with some delicious Hot Caramel Apple Cider - doesn't that just sound wonderful? Cause it was :) The galleries were really cool and off course tremendously outside my price range but it was fun just the same. After we'd wandered around for a while, we finally found the Blue Iguana, a mexican restaurant where we had planned to eat. We got seated and the dishes were really authentic at least thats what Ty said (served in Mexico on his mish) so I got the Mole Poblano with Pork and everyone else got new things too. Dana's grande burrito came out and we just started rolling from laugher. It was SO BIG! We had told her to order it because if you finished it you got a free dessert but my goodness that thing was huge. SO after we had finished our food, we were pretty full and then started on the 3/4ths of the burrito that Dana hadn't eaten. The beef in the burrito was not good but the chicken was, truly it was just one huge chuck of meat. Ugh my stomach has never felt so full in my life and it was not in a good way. But after over an hour, we finished it with only a small bit left and our waiter brought us the dessert! VICTORY! We downed the dessert in 10 seconds flat and led to a great discussion of how there's always room for dessert. After struggling for a minute, we all managed to get out of our seats, and started walking up to the car. We went in and out of some cool galleries, a little more slowly then normal, but then it started to snow so we booked it up to the car cause there was a big storm coming in. More fantastic rocking out on the way home and we watched Alex and Twitch on Youtube from So You Think You Can Dance because we had been listening to that song in the car. It was great fun and then it was almost midnight and we all went to bed with the intention of never eating again.
Sunday: I woke up at 10:10, 10 minutes before my home teachers were supposed to come and I booked it to get ready. I got my make-up off and my face washed and myself dressed when they got here. Hometeachers, well mine anyways, are always nice to talk to and work in giving me a kick in the butt when I need it. We talked about scripture study and how important it is and they challenged me to get up a little earlier every morning and do my scripture study. Check back with me in a month and I felt like an investigator lol. It was a very nice lesson. Then I had to hurry and get fully ready because I had work and Dana was nice enough to drop me off. Then I saw that Chris was there and had taken my shift and was about to leave but Jessie had people gone and sick so I stayed on. After apologizing profusely to Chris, I worked on silverware for lunch and had a marvelous time. They fed us and then I took a nice little nap in the locker room before I read my scriptures for a bit. I worked on first position in pit for dinner which is busy but keeps you occupied. First, I got a note from Jared without even seeing him he just put it on a random tray. My smile was the biggest ever, Chris even commented on how no matter how many jokes he told, he could never make me smile like that, and he's right only one person can. I continued working and I looked up and there he was smiling at me. I wasn't expecting it because I thought he'd already left. But he smiled at me and we did my favorite hand signal and he left. I have to say, I like that kid a lot :) We got out super early and Chris gave me a ride home. I got home and showered and got all looking nice because I was going to go to Hailey's house for pretzel night but my Skype date with AJ went much longer then planned. It was great though. I haven't talked to him in a really long time and he ships put for basic and job training in a week for the Army. Goodness all of my friends are going into the Army. I talked to him for 3 hours and it was really nice to talk to an old, white de-froed friend. Hopefully I'll get to talk to him later this week before he leaves. It was midnight by the time we finished talking so I went to bed.
Wow, lots of stuff happened this week and I will be better about writing everyday as opposed to a giant letter at the end. I will go and do right? Not sit and stew and play on the computer. Bring on the day!
Much love
Friday, February 10
good friday night
An unexpectedly full Friday to say the least. I got up and did my yoga, and I got a great workout :) It felt way good and I think I could totally continue this as a great workout regimen. I was talking to Dana and a friends of hers named Dallas and they were saying how ridiculously difficult it is. Yeah they're right and I'm gonna continue to do it because its the one fitness thing that doesn't hurt my shoulder! Maybes its even helping it! Yay for discipline!
Went to class which was just dandy you know. Got all my Criterion reading done between classes (cause I had finished my reading the night before, WOOT WOOT) and went and had, as always, an nice interesting discussion about Foucoult ideas on how the idea of prison and punishment has changed, I wonder how I'll connect that to The Would-Be Gentlemen . . .
Went to the library after class and did some scripture study. Great stuff in I Nephi about the vision of the tree of life and everyone striving to cling to God's word and return to Him again. It reminded me again that I'm not alone in my daily struggle through life. The struggle against myself is not a new idea in the world and others can help me along the way :) Then I was talking to my dad on the phone for a little while and finished that and came back in and starting writing Caleb back. He mentioned that he wanted some pictures so I went through and was looking for some. I LOVE PICTURES They just make me very very happy all the time I look through them. My best friends are most definitely the best, if you doubt look at how awesome our pictures are.
Went to work and was just happy the whole time. Moving to dishroom was great cause I got to meet lots of new people and only see a certain Elder very occasionally. But those occasions certainly make me happy for the entire shift :)
I was walking home and got picked up by Dana halfway there and we got taken on an unexpected date. We went roller skating (well I was roller blading) at Classic skating in Orem and made our legs awesomely sore in weird places from going in one direction around the floor all night. We all had a good time though. Then we all (Brian, Dallas, Me, Carter, Dana and Wes) all came back to our apartment and made cookie dough brownies, best decision ever. Wes had to go but then Jordan came over and enjoyed the brownies with us and we all talked for a while and had a jolly old time.
Overall, a good Friday night :)
Much love
Monday, February 6
a busy day through tired eyes
A tiring day. I had to stay up till 3 to study for an exam I had this morning at 10 for American Usage because my Literary Criticism paper took over my life on Saturday so I just didn't have time. All the nemonic devices with the first letter of all the things I had to remember worked really quite well (Ron Goes Calling Lavender for the 4 precepts of language - Rule, General/Educated Usage, Chameleon, Linguistic norm) and I feel like I did really really well. Fingers crossed :)
New Testament was wonderful as always. I love the new perspective I have on my scriptures and actually going through and searching and pondering things. Search, ponder and pray - amen! We sang How Firm a Foundation and man it was a powerful way to start the class. Music is such a wonderful way to bring the spirit into the room. In conjunction with that song, we learned from Paul how the prophets can lay the foundation of the gospel and a strong one it is but I have to be careful what I built on top of that foundation. What kind of house/life/family/happiness will I create? But if I rely on the Lord it certainly makes it that much easier.
Since I had my other papers today however, it made me get behind on my reading that I was supposed to actually have ready for today but thats ok, I'll do it tomorrow when I have my free morning. And I get to go to the temple tomorrow! I'm so excited to feel that wonderful spirit again and get to just spend time with me, my scriptures and the Lord. My American Humanities paper was all about the Puritans and how through their poetry they discovered a great personal relationship with the Lord, and it made me excited be able to go to the temple and feel the Spirit that is there.
My other classes were great! I mean I was wide awake - only I would find Marx ideology and how it applies to capitalism and looking at the texts of the Great Enlightenment absolutely fascinating. Its easy to see why I have the major that I do huh?
I finally got a letter from Elder Price - haven't heard from him since a Christmas card but hey that boy's apparently been super busy. I mean he got bumped to Zone Leader! But I mean its, Caleb so I can't say I'm surprised. Its cool to hear his stories about everything and I'm grateful to have him as a friend an example.
I just remembered that I need to do my Forum entry before I go to bed, its due at 11:55 - and I want to go to bed FAR before that. Its been a great day. Life is fine, Life is good, especially mine which is just as it should be! Onward and upward we go.
As Salaam ‘alaykum – May
peace be unto you (Arabic from my Humanities of Islam class)
Thursday, January 26
a random thursday
When I have only one class on Thursdays and it starts at 12, then you finish everything early and are super bored? That was ALL day today. But the bonus is that I got most everything done and don't need to worry about it, YAY! (said like Flynn Rider in Tangled)
So You Think You Can Dance is absolutely fantastic! Roommates and I went back and watched all of our favorite ones, and oh dang, I'm gonna learn to hip hop dance. I will be the awesome (yes awesome not awkward) chick at dances who breaks it out and you'll all cheer for me just wait! It'll be fun to get back into Dance classes cause they make life so much fun :)
I got a letter! 3 pages! Very impressive: both in him and in me for being able to read all of it. He's doing so great and man am I proud to call him my best friend :)
Going to continue reading more talks about the Atonement before bed. I love my Savior and I can't even express how much His love means to me. God has blessed me so greatly for having a knowledge of His Son and the fullness of the gospel. It is everything to me and I'm just working on being better, one day at a time.
Remember the Lord
So You Think You Can Dance is absolutely fantastic! Roommates and I went back and watched all of our favorite ones, and oh dang, I'm gonna learn to hip hop dance. I will be the awesome (yes awesome not awkward) chick at dances who breaks it out and you'll all cheer for me just wait! It'll be fun to get back into Dance classes cause they make life so much fun :)
I got a letter! 3 pages! Very impressive: both in him and in me for being able to read all of it. He's doing so great and man am I proud to call him my best friend :)
Going to continue reading more talks about the Atonement before bed. I love my Savior and I can't even express how much His love means to me. God has blessed me so greatly for having a knowledge of His Son and the fullness of the gospel. It is everything to me and I'm just working on being better, one day at a time.
Remember the Lord
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