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

improvement

Days are long. Its been fun over the last few days to catch up with some old friend. I feel like I'm growing up really fast just cause everyone around me is too. I turn two decades old in less then a month, how weird is that?!

Yesterday, work was work and not that exciting but I put up all my pictures in my room last night :) As indicated by the smiley face, it made a not so great night pretty fantastic. Lots of great memories with lots of really great people who are all very good at making me smile. Now I smile every time I see the pictures, absolutely fantastic!

Orchestra is super fun to take a breather in the middle of the week but its also a VERY long day on Wednesdays. We're playing such awesome pieces (Symphonie Fantastique 4th movement, Beethoven's 7th Symphony 2nd movement, Carmen Suite and Finlandia) that it TOTALLY makes up for it. Classical music is the best kind of music ever, bar nothing and bar no one. Show me another piece of music that requires more skill, delicacy and patience. HA! You can't can you? Classical music for the win.

I love my religion classes and I love the fact that my other classes input religious subjects that go along with our discussions. I had religious discussions in 3 classes! New Testament was great talking about how men can agree maybe not on ideas but principles bring people together and bring more harmonious ideas. Literary Criticism we talked about the family and the roles we have and how society has shifted both for the better in these roles and in some cases, for the worse. I loved reading last night a Devotional talk about how we need to remember that we can't save ourselves only through Christ. We do our best and it may not be everything that everyone else can do, just what I myself can do. American Humanities was awesome talked about the Atonement and how by taking the Sacrament represents us believing what Christ said and knowing that He is the only one that can save us, we can't, and we need to remember that otherwise life is just too overwhelming. I just wish that more people understood or were open to understanding that; it'd save them much heartache.

Life is good you know? Life and I wil be better somehow, just take it a day at a time. Thats all I can do. Strive for improvement not perfection, working on it.

Fare Thee Well