Thursday: We had a HABOOB! First of all, I had no idea what a haboob was and my dad called me from New York saying that a haboob was coming my way and I was really confused. Then I found out what it was! It was crazy! It wasn't as bad as the one like a month and a half ago but it was still cool to see! Im pretty sure I didn't do anything thursday night because I was going to go to Tempe but it wasn't safe with all the dust and storms everywhere. Oh, and most importantly, I found out that I PASSED ECON! I have never been so happy to get a C- in my life. I am so incredibly happy that I don't have to retake it. If I had studied even one hour less than I did, I could have run the risk of getting a D+ and having to retake the entire class. Everything counts. All the work that I put into that class kinda payed off in the end. I don't normally shoot for C-'s in classes but this was an exception. Im so glad that I didn't give up. There were several moments when I wanted to but I didn't. Make that a life lesson. We are going to come across several trials in our lives that we may think are completely unbearable and impossible to get through, but if we just stick with them and have faith that everything is going to be fine in the end and do everything we can, then everything will be fine! That is exactly what happened this semester for me. There was a lot of stress involved but it was all worth it.
Friday: This was madness day. I had 5 zillion things to do. I had to go to the grocery store to get a bunch of things for Emilys Bridal Shower, and then I had to put together her gift which was a picture frame with 6 photos in it each with a different letter spelling out d-e-n-t-o-n, which is going to be her last name. I found some in my yard but I ran out of things so I had to drive around my neighborhood creepily driving really slow looking at everything I saw very thoroughly and taking pictures. I thought someone might call the cops on me haha. Well I got that finished and then I went to the grocery store again and on the way there, I barely missed this car accident that was in the exact same spot as where I had mine. Same thing happened. It was super crazy. Im kinda glad I didn't see it, but it would have been crazy to see too. The ambulance had just gotten there when I drove past. Then I went home and showered and then picked up sierra from volleyball practice. We went to Maries wedding reception! So fun to see her again! He looked so gorgeous and happy and I haven't seen her smile so much in a really long time so that was great to see. After that, Laura came over to my house and we watched You Again and ate the cookies that I made a couple days ago that sierra wont eat because they look funny. They taste good though!
Saturday: Woke up early and got ready to go to Emilys Bridal shower. Sierra and I went and got flowers and then went to Bri's house at like 9 to start getting ready. The shower was a lot of fun and she got a lot of great gifts! I hope she enjoyed it, and I think she did. Its more fun with friends than old people from the ward haha. After the shower I was supposed to go to the lake with Aliese, Tanner and Chase, but it kept getting postponed because Tanner and Chase were out job searching, and then it was like 8pm so I assumed we just weren't going anymore. Taylor called me and we went to Buffalo Wild Wings with Seth. SO GOOD! Honey BBQ boneless wings...the only ways to go. After dinner we went over to Kirk Fairbanks house because he had a bunch of people over. Im pretty sure everyone there was in the ward. Allen Cooley was there and I haven't seen him in like 5 years. Allen Cooley was one of Lindsays really good friends growing up so thats how he knew who I was. Here is what happened. He looked at me, then gave me this look like 'hey, I know you', and then he says (and Im ready for it because I get it all the time and I already knew what he was going to say) "Are you....?", I was like "Yes, I am haha". On countless occasions people recognize me because I look a lot like Lindsay. Its great haha. So yeah. The last time he saw me, Im pretty sure I was this really unfortunately awkward looking child in like 7th or 8th grade. Oh man, I was hideous. I find it really funny that I know all these people that used to be Lindsays really good friends now, like Kirk and Allen and a bunch of other people her age. This is a good age to be. I enjoy it a lot. I love meeting new people. I love life! But Im sad that Im going to be leaving all of these people that Ive been meeting!
Sunday: Went to my wards sacrament meeting so that I could say hi to people in the ward and then went home and cleaned a little bit then picked sierra up from church. I went to Singlesward at 1 and there were like a million people there. Way more than normal. Aliese, Tanner and Chase decided to just stay for sacrament meeting but I wanted to say so I sat in the Chapel and read hymns for the last 10 minutes of sunday school because we were talking the entire time, then I went to Relief Society by myself. I didn't really think it through that Aliese was leaving and that I would be going to everything alone but I am glad I stayed. After church, I talked with all the guys for a bit like Brad, Zach, Seth, Nathaniel and Hyrum and then got a ride home with Nathaniel and Hyrum. They're nice guys. It was fun to get to talk to them for a bit since Nathaniel just got home from his mission so it had been a while. So I got home and cleaned the entire house with Sierra. I went to tempe for a couple hours to say hi to Nick because its like 5 minutes away from the airport and I was supposed to pick my parents up at 11. Then didn't end up getting in till 2am because they're flight kept getting delayed so I just stayed at Nicks the whole time. We ate dinner with his roommates. We had steak and potatoes. I was very impressed. I would like never go that all out for one dinner haha. And then I creamed him and all of his roommates at super smash bros. They underestimated me haha. It was fun to see him for a couple hours. Then I picked up my parents and went home and went to bed.
Now it is Monday and a bunch of other people started school today, like all the community colleges. It kinda hit me. Im not going to school in hawaii anymore. I know I talk about this a lot but how can I not?! It was an entire year of my life that impacted me as a person greatly. Its a weird thought. I don't know what to expect out of Utah. Kinda overwhelming and I cannot put it into words. Its sad. I miss Hawaii. Im super excited for Provo though. Its kinda a bitter sweet situation. Its hard to believe that a whole year ago me, my mom and sierra were all on a plane flying to hawaii for the first time (not for my mom). We were all so excited. I specifically remember the first time we went to Sunset Beach. It stole my heart. It was gorgeous. Man, this makes me want to cry haha. Im pathetic. Just looking back on it now, it makes me realize how much I have grown in the last year. All I can say is I'm having a lot of overwhelming feelings right now and I have no idea how to explain them. I have so many things to be grateful for, and so many things to look forward to being grateful for. This is a great time in my life and I am very happy with where I am. I have accomplished a lot. I am already a year ahead in school. Im practically a junior. Crazy right? I cant believe it. Im definitely looking forward to this year and living with Aliese. We have a lot of fun together and just work really well together. Its really easy to meet other people with her. I think Im driving up on saturday and Im giving Erika Vasquez a ride. I was going to caravan with Zach but I want to stay home longer that he does so that didn't work out. Anyway, Im going to make the most out of the last 5 days that I have at home! Duces.
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