Home Sweet Home

I am officially home! I got here on Saturday afternoon and it is so good to be here :) Even though my parents moved into town I still have a beautiful view.  The backyard is a boat marina and the ocean with mountains and snow and blue skies included.  It's gorgeous :)
I've seen all my family that's in town and I've seen Zoe, Dezi, Logan, Logan's family, and a lot of other people too! Brianna gets in at 12:50 and I'll be picking her up from the airport at about 1:30 since she'll have to take the 1:30 ferry.  I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!
I'm loving just relaxing but I miss my roommates and my friends back at college.  I keep calling college home and it throws me off but honestly it is like home to me.  And so is Ketchikan.  And I'm happy :)
I'll try to do a few more blogs while I'm home and have spare time but we'll see.  No guarantees but I'll try!
Hope everyone is having a good Christmas break :)

It's FINALLY Here!!!!!

Today is the day! It's finally here! I'm going home and I am so excited! Not much time to write, I need to finish packing so I can head out but I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EEEK!!!!!!!!!!! See you this afternoon Ketchikan!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another Relaxing Day

Today I slept in again and then I woke up to a lovely breakfast from our roommate Sarah.  Then I got ready and laid back in bed, reading all day long.  We went to Wendys for lunch where we got stared at by a random guy for quite a long time! Then Beth, Jasmine and I went to the mall to run a few errands.  We came home and I finished the book I started yesterday, "The List" by Melanie Jacobsen-such a good book! Now we're watching Princess Diaries 1 and 2.  Plus we start saying goodbye to our friends today and tomorrow that are going on missions.  It's a little bitter sweet.  Still trying to figure it all out but for now I'm going to go enjoy the rest of my night :)

The Finals Are Over At Last

I have officially finished my first semester at college here at Brigham Young University :) I finished last night.  The greatest thing of all is that I walked in to take my writing final that should of taken 3 hours and my teacher had us turn in our essays, take a donought and leave.  Best. Final. Ever. Then I thought ASL would take 2 hours but it only took one :) I got an 80 on BOM which I took after my Doctors appointment which was at 7:35 am.  Jasmine and I spent all afternoon at Frisbee Friend's apartment reading, studying, and taking naps on their cuddle bag/couch as well as eating icecream, pirouettes, and grilled cheese courtesy of Grant and Josh.  Today I refilled a prescription, ran an errand for my sister in law, got JambaJuice (in celebration of finishing finals) and spent the rest of the afternoon at Frisbee Friend's doing the exact same thing as yesterday.  Now we're going to go get pizza at Little Ceaser's and watch Phantom of the Opera.  What a great day :)
P.S. I GOT TO SLEEP IN TODAY! 10:30 :) First time all week! Score!

Halfway There

BIOLOGY IS OVER! And so is Psych! I took both those finals today.  My roommate Sarah and I woke up and left our apartment at 7:30 and got to the JSB in time to take our first test right when it opened.  I took  Bio 100 first.  I studied for more then 10 hours and ended with a 77% on the final so I'll get a B or a B+ in the class.  Considering how hard I studied and how that's typically the class average, I'll take it :)  It took 3 hours and was 150 questions, well a little more due to some little pauses to eat my yogurt covered pretzels that had the nerve to melt due to the extreme heat.  Then I looked over my Psych notes and turned around and went right back in to take my 50 question Psych test. It took about half hour and I got a 78 without really studying so I'm a-okay with that one as well.  Plus I ended the semester with an A!  I walked home in the snow (it's been snowing all day).  Then I got ready for the day since I didn't feel like waking up early to do that before tests and then I made some food, cleaned up, did some dishes, and relaxed.  

This afternoon Josh and I tried out for men (him) and womens (me) chorus.  He finds out at the end of the week.  I find out on January 7th or 8th, blehhh.  That's a long time to wait and not know!  Then Grant, Josh, and I made a detour to the creamery on 9th where we bought way to much junk food and proceeded to stuff our faces after singing Christmas songs the whole walk home.  Now I'm at home, surfing Pinterest and just unwinding.  

Tomorrow morning I have a doctors appointment (check up on my foot) at 7:35.  Then I'll go take BOM, I have a scheduled Writing final from 11-2 (reading our personal narratives to the class) and then my last final from 5:45-7:45 which is ASL.  AND THEN THIS GIRL WILL BE DONE WITH HER FIRST SEMESTER AT COLLEGE!

This means 2 things...I should probably look over my BOM notes for the test tomorrow morning, and......

I GET TO GO HOME IN 5 DAYS!

Can you tell I'm just a little excited? ;)

Vent

It's finals week! Tomorrow I'm taking Bio and Psych.  Oh and I'm supposed to be trying out for Women's Chorus but I think I might cancel the audition.  Tuesday I'm taking BOM, Writing, and ASL.  Then I'll be done with the semester, thank goodness.  I wish I could go home on Wednesday but I don't get to till Saturday.  Not sure what I'm gonna do yet till then. Probably just sit around and wait to go home.  I wanna just be there already.  Last week everything was going so great and as of today I feel like it's all going down hill again and I'm just stressed.  I feel like everything I say is the wrong thing and I still can't manage to make everyone happy.
When I first got to BYU I felt like I had to try to be someone I wasn't to fit in and please everybody.  And I still felt like people just picked and pulled me apart with everything that was wrong with me.  So I finally gave up and just started doing what I wanted to again.  But now I feel like everything I say is wrong and people just get irritated when I mention something or say my opinion.  And I'm always always always wrong no matter what I say. I was so excited to come to college and get a start over, a redo, and I thought it would be amazing and perfect.  Well it's definitely not that.  I guess I'm  just still trying to figure things out.  Including money and finances and trying to think about next year and this year and this summer and a job and my classes and my STILL undecided major.
I know I'm just homesick and need a break from everything here.  I really owe a lot to 2 of my roommates, Jasmine and Beth.  They've welcomed and accepted me 100% for who I am and have become 2 of my very closest friends.  I don't know what I'd do without those 2 girls. I'm hoping that going home and seeing my friends and family will let me feel like I can be me again.  And hopefully this break will be just what I want it to be.  A break.  And I know it will be.  I'm so excited and anxious to be home.
On Saturday I want to go to the basketball game and see my nieces and some old friends.  On Sunday Logan gets back from a wrestling trip and I'll get to see him.  Then Brianna gets back a few days after than and I'll get to see her.  I am so excited I seriously can't wait.
I apologize for the rant, but I just needed to get some stuff out.  And I already feel a lot better.  This is just one reason that I love writing so much.  It's where I can just let everything go and it comes out so much easier and better than when I try to say it.  Oh, how I love words.  And oh, how I can't wait to be home. I miss everyone and everything. 6 days

Let The Studying Begin

Well it's official, tomorrow is the last day of classes this semester.  I just finished my last reading assignment and all I have left is a digital dialogue (if that even ends up happening).  I have 2 ASL classes and 1 Psych class left and do you know what that means?  IT'S TIME TO START STUDYING FOR FINALS!
I'm hoping to take Biology on Monday and get it out of the way since it's probably going to be the hardest for me.  It'd be nice to take Psych as well.  Then on Tuesday I have 2 scheduled finals.  Writing from 11-2 which is just reading our personal narratives out loud  to the class and then ASL from 5:45-7:45.  I have a doctors appointment on Tuesday morning at 7:35 so I'm hoping to take BOM after that and before my writing final.  That partially depends on the line however.  I might end up taking it between Writing and ASL, we'll just have to wait and see.
Today we have clean checks so I'll do that when I get home from ASL.  But, that leaves me a little over 2 hours to start studying so I think I'm going to start from the beginning of the year and study for Biology.  I'm probably going to need to go buy a bunch of note cards for both biology and psychology at the Bookstore.  I'll probably make  stop at the bookstore after ASL or on the way to it.  Or maybe even tomorrow after Psych.  I guess we'll just see :)
I have my yogurt covered pretzels, trail-mix, goldfish, yogurt, popcorn, string cheese, and ice-cream all ready to go.  So let the studying begin! Wish me luck! :)

Debating a Job

So, I'm debating on whether or not to try and get a job second semester.  I could really use the extra money but I don't know if it's worth the stress.  I'm also trying to decide if I'm going to make enough money this summer in order to be able to afford not having a job.  I guess I have a busy day ahead looking to see what my options are.  If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, please let me know.  It would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. I went to Christmas Around the World last night with Beth, Jasmine, Josh, and Mary.  We watched Russell and Erika in it and it was fantastic!
Also I went to the Doctor, finished my ASL activity and bombed my last bio test but now i just have finals to worry about for the most part.  Oh and I was sick for a large chunk of the week.  On to bigger and better things and productivity!