so fall semester is ending in like two weeks and i'm panicing -- [1] because finals are rapidly approaching and i need to do very well to get good grades and [2] because i'm leaving rexburg for a little under two years. and it's a very bittersweet thing. because i'm obviously pumped to go on my mission but i'm also sad to leave this hellishly freezing place. i have made some of the best friends a girl could ask for here. and when i get back in fall 2014, all of my girlfriends will have graduated and i will have to find new girls to room with, which is horrific in itself. and a lot will change in 18 months.
so this semester i have this precious little roommate named brooke. she graduated from high school in 2012 so this is her first semester up at college and away from her home in colorado. if you've ever met brooke, even for 10 seconds, she'll tell you she's from colorado. she's absolutely obsessed. i have a few nicknames for her -- including, but not limited to: baby b, brooketurd, brooklyn, freshturd. baby b and i have some very interesting conversations. and one of us usually finds something super hilarious and we end up writing it down in our phone so we never forget it. and then we bring them up at random times and start hilariously laughing because we're two of the funniest people ever.
since most of you don't have the privilege of hearing our conversations, i thought i'd sum up my fall 2012 semester [i'm aware that it's not over yet] with a few phrases and quotes from brooke and myself [and some other friends] to make your day and realize what i'm dealing with in rexico on a daily basis.
*talking about a girl who got her mission call to budapest, hungary*
" there's nothing happening in budapest except for death" -- michaela
*brooke trying to justify how she was a good employee*
"i was seriously the best employee. my manager cried when i left. and she was a democrat" -- brooke
*on brooke's birthday*
"in 17 minutes your birthday is over" -- ali
" in 17 minutes i'm going to make you my bitch" -- brooke
*kim talking about how she struggled to cut up the onions*
"it was just a struggle. some would call it...mein kempf" -- kim
*brittany talking about how stuffed she is*
"oh my gosh, guys, i ate like a whole pancake this morning." -- britt
*logan and ali having a normal conversation*
"i wish i was jewish so i could wear a bonnet" -- logan
"jews don't wear bonnets" -- ali
"the guys do" -- logan
"that's called a yarmulke" -- ali
and this is just a glimpse into my life in rex. you know you're jealous.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
ollie is a fashionista
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
sunday
monday
tuesday
i've come to realize that even when you have so much going on & feel like things aren't working out as planned, dressing like you're trying to impress that cute boy in your class really can make your day go a lot better than expected.
my weekend with sister
so i went to provo a few weekends ago. and let me tell you -- it was the best weekend i've had in a while.
i usually spend all weekend doing homework and catching up on school work and basically studying and having maybe 15 minutes of fun. but on thursday night at 10:30 i decided to go to provo. i've been wanting to make at least one trip down there this semester and after checking my work load and realizing it was manageable, i went for it. and after an epic car ride [i may or may not have gone 80-100 the whole way... sorry dad] i arrived in provo.
half of the purpose for the trip was to see middle sister erika. we'll just refer to her as sister throughout this post. and the other half was to see my very best buds tyler, hatchy, and baby coons.
when i arrived sister was taking her accounting test [which she got an A on. go her] so i hit up hatch and we went to costa. and we just talked and laughed and argued like an old married couple. you know, the usual. and may i just say that my friendships with my boys [the boys i've grown up with] has drastically changed since they've come home from their missions. because while they were gone for two years, growing and maturing, i was doing the exact same thing. i am definitely a different person than when they all left -- but different in the best way possible. and now i just love reminiscing with them and having the amazing friendships we do. so then we picked up sister and went back to her place and tyler and baby coons came over.
most of you know that my sister and i [well, all three of us mah girls] have very different personalities. i like to say that our personalities are as different as the way we look - which is probably the best way to describe it because most people don't even think we look like sisters. and to top off these personalities, we're all super close in age. erika and i are 19 months apart and erika and millie are 22 months apart. so take 3 girls who are 3 1/2 years apart, add some very strong personalities, subtract not knowing when to stop talking [mostly on my part] and you've got an interesting combination. i sometimes wonder how mama mah does it. but erika and i have always butted heads due to our similar yet extremely different personalities and priorities. and i've always wondered when that day would come when we would start treating each other like sisters and not mortal enemies. so i texted sister on thursday night asking if i could come up and she said yes. and i was stoked. and on friday morning when i texted mama mah that i was going to provo, this was our conversation:
[S is mom, A is me]
A: sue i'm going to provo this weekend.
S: wonderful. good for you. where are you staying?
A: with erika.
S: you are staying with erika? omg.
[then we talked about random schnickens]
S: i can't believe you are staying with your sister.
A: why not? we talk like every day.
S: seriously? you guys are friends?
A: working on it..
S: i'm dying of happiness now. this is the first mission miracle.
so all weekend long erika and i would refer to everything good that happened as a 'mission miracle'. and may i just say that i love my sister? after spending saturday in the library, going shopping, me seeing a movie [perks of being a wallflower - go see it and fall in love], we went to a halloween party at the place she lives. i had a few friends there, but erika kept texting me and calling me to made sure i was okay and had some friends to hang out with at all times. and i am so overwhelmed with love for my crazy little sister of mine. seriously, if you saw her dancing in her red tellytubby costume you would agree with me. she has grown up and matured so much since she has been at byu and i am so proud of her. love you, eek.
i usually spend all weekend doing homework and catching up on school work and basically studying and having maybe 15 minutes of fun. but on thursday night at 10:30 i decided to go to provo. i've been wanting to make at least one trip down there this semester and after checking my work load and realizing it was manageable, i went for it. and after an epic car ride [i may or may not have gone 80-100 the whole way... sorry dad] i arrived in provo.
half of the purpose for the trip was to see middle sister erika. we'll just refer to her as sister throughout this post. and the other half was to see my very best buds tyler, hatchy, and baby coons.
when i arrived sister was taking her accounting test [which she got an A on. go her] so i hit up hatch and we went to costa. and we just talked and laughed and argued like an old married couple. you know, the usual. and may i just say that my friendships with my boys [the boys i've grown up with] has drastically changed since they've come home from their missions. because while they were gone for two years, growing and maturing, i was doing the exact same thing. i am definitely a different person than when they all left -- but different in the best way possible. and now i just love reminiscing with them and having the amazing friendships we do. so then we picked up sister and went back to her place and tyler and baby coons came over.
most of you know that my sister and i [well, all three of us mah girls] have very different personalities. i like to say that our personalities are as different as the way we look - which is probably the best way to describe it because most people don't even think we look like sisters. and to top off these personalities, we're all super close in age. erika and i are 19 months apart and erika and millie are 22 months apart. so take 3 girls who are 3 1/2 years apart, add some very strong personalities, subtract not knowing when to stop talking [mostly on my part] and you've got an interesting combination. i sometimes wonder how mama mah does it. but erika and i have always butted heads due to our similar yet extremely different personalities and priorities. and i've always wondered when that day would come when we would start treating each other like sisters and not mortal enemies. so i texted sister on thursday night asking if i could come up and she said yes. and i was stoked. and on friday morning when i texted mama mah that i was going to provo, this was our conversation:
[S is mom, A is me]
A: sue i'm going to provo this weekend.
S: wonderful. good for you. where are you staying?
A: with erika.
S: you are staying with erika? omg.
[then we talked about random schnickens]
S: i can't believe you are staying with your sister.
A: why not? we talk like every day.
S: seriously? you guys are friends?
A: working on it..
S: i'm dying of happiness now. this is the first mission miracle.
so all weekend long erika and i would refer to everything good that happened as a 'mission miracle'. and may i just say that i love my sister? after spending saturday in the library, going shopping, me seeing a movie [perks of being a wallflower - go see it and fall in love], we went to a halloween party at the place she lives. i had a few friends there, but erika kept texting me and calling me to made sure i was okay and had some friends to hang out with at all times. and i am so overwhelmed with love for my crazy little sister of mine. seriously, if you saw her dancing in her red tellytubby costume you would agree with me. she has grown up and matured so much since she has been at byu and i am so proud of her. love you, eek.
these are some of the pics from our photo shoot in a bowling alley. we're classy like that.
my beautiful halloween costume.
the crazy mah sisters.
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