trying to catch up

(Written from a few weeks ago. I just haven't had time to grab the computer and transfer it over to my blog.)

Man, life can get so crazy before the blink of an eye. My life for the past few weeks has been so crazy that I havent even had time to remove the nail polish from all of my fingernails. Forget putting new polish on! I can't even seem to find enough time to get my nail polish off! I'm currently typing with 4 out of 5 fingernails without nail polish. The rest of my nails are covered in chipped, faded, and
striped nail polish. And it always seems that my blog falls to the bottom of my long to-do list.

A few of the crazy events since my last post include an awful virus leaving me immobile for 3 days. A couple of hefty midterms and papers. Full-time school. The job hunt. Applying to scholarships and the LEAP program. And many more that i jsut can't seem to remember. But most of
all... (drumroll please).... MY DEAR SISTER GOT MARRIED TO HER WONDERFUL (now) HUSBAND!!!! They're currently visiting San Fran and I am soooo jealous of them! And I'm
pretty sure I've told them numerous times just how jealous I am. (If you don't know, San Francisco is my favorite city quite possibly in the world. (One day I will live there for some period of time.)
They were married for time and all eternitylast on Thursday in the Salt Lake Temple. All of last week was immersed in wedding planning and stress. Including wrapping 600 cake pops. (Let me tell you, they taste delicious! But wrapping them is not a piece of cake.;) I hope you caught that pun because I thought it was hilarious! Sister Hortin joke!!!) My entire house was covered in peach and navy everything! With some cardboard boxes mixed in. We made it through though with
only a few MAJOR bumps and bruises. Including sewing one of the bridesmaids into her dress and fixing the bride's hair in less than 15 minutes. More photos will follow all about the wedding. At least I'll try. We've seen how well that worked out before. But hopefully I can kind of work my way back into a routine of school and work and volunteering and the job hunt and getting my homework
done and church and writing papers and working out and best friends and blogging and most importantly painting my nails. Yeah right... There's no way I can fit all of that into a normal routine. Wish me luck. I'll try to bump up the blog a little closer to the top of my to-do list so you don't feel neglected! (Keyword: TRY)

speaking the truth

It's great to think that when you're having a terrible day, Britney had it much worse. Plus this picture is just SO darn hilarious!!! It makes you laugh a little bit too.

when the devil's on your back, shake him off

Today has been a rough day on me. It's just been one of those days where everything seems to beating against me and I just can't catch a break. Sometimes I just have days where I tend to doubt myself and can't get out of the rut, no matter how hard I try. But one song that has the perfect message for today comes to mind. Good ol' Florence and "her" machine tend to speak the truth on days like this.

"Shake It Out"
  Regrets collect like old friends

Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play

And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I've been a fool and I've been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I'm always dragging that horse around

Our love is questioned, such a mournful sound
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
So I like to keep my issues drawn
But it's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa

And I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
And given half the chance would I take any of it back
It's a fine romance but it's left me so undone
It's always darkest before the dawn

Oh whoa, oh whoa...

And I'm *darned if I do and I'm *darned if I don't
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope
It's a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat
'Cause looking for heaven, found the devil in me
Looking for heaven, found the devil in me
Well what the *heck I'm gonna let it happen to me, yeah

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa

*edited a little bit by me.:)

the bachelor girl

As mentioned in my earlier post a few days ago, I've recently become addicted to The Bachelor. Don't judge too quickly! Have you ever watched it? It is so addicting. All of the drama and everything really sucks you in because you really want him/her to end up with your favorite "contestant", I guess. I haven't quite solved the conundrum of the addicting Bachelor/Bachelorette. But all I know is that it is so entertaining to laugh at some of these girls. And yell at them at the same time. One of my favorite blogs gives a weekly commentary after Monday night's episode and it is HILARIOUS! So if you want some extra-ly awesome commentary, check out mormoninmanhattan.blogspot.com. But for now, here's a little bit of commentary from yours truly on this weeks episode of the Bachelor.
1. An underwear shot? Really? Don't get me wrong, he's got a nice bod, but REALLY? Leave a little to the imagination.
2. Rock climbing. What a thrill.
3. Or terrifying.
4. Geez. Showing off the ta-tas much?
5. Rock climbing in a push-up bra and low tank. Living on the edge. (HA! Literally and figuratively...)
6. The Iraqi hates the desert and the sun? Last I checked Iraq was in the desert.
7. She has a scary smile. Please go away!
8. She is a world class BRAT!!
9. High school drama that YOU are the one creating?
10. What a liar and manipulative girl.
11. Go home!
12. You're really going to fall for the desperate girl and give HER a rose? What are you thinking? I should take over his job of picking who gets a rose.
13. Wedding dress girl needs to go home. I think.
14. Teeny Bikini.
15. She looks like a flapper from the 20s. With terrible, terrible lip stick. Not an awesome look with the ratty hair.
16. YES!!! The girl that I don't like is going home!! Yay. Scary smile, fake girl is headed home.
17. Now Tierra needs to go home. Sean, please see through the fake mask and send her home next week!
18. And REALLY? Hypothermia next week? Karma will get you every time.
19. And P.S. don't run into freezing cold water in a tiny bathing suit and stay in the water for a long period of time. It's kind of common sense.

if only...

It could change so many things in our friendship...

welcome to utah

You definitely know that you live in Utah and attend the University of Utah when it snows an entire foot and a half or more nonstop all over campus in twelve hours and the administration STILL doesn't cancel classes. Westminster college cancelled classes the morning of the snowstorm and they're not even as high in elevation as the U. Plus the U is completely built on a hill. Somehow this seems like a stupid idea NOT to cancel class until 1:00 pm when anyone that needed to be on campus was already stuck up there, freezing and soaked in gross slush/salt water. We really appreciated it.

Anyways, that snowstorm really did add up to one of the best days of my college life, but it definitely made me think of this clip from one of my very favorite tv shows, Gilmore Girls. Enjoy!

dear followers...

dear followers (whoever you are),
Please forgive me for my shortcomings here on my blog. I always seem to go through the same cycle with taking care of my blog where I blog about six times in a row and then fall behind for at least a month. Again, my sincerest apologies. But here I am, always returning to my blog. Give me a little credit for that... Please??

First of all, I am trying to work on some New Year's resolutions which I pplan on posting very soon. So stay tuned. Secondly, I have recently become extremely addicted to some wonderful forms of entertainment known as Downton Abbey and The Bachelor, which I will also be blogging about shortly. And when I say recently, I mean the last week. I have watched almost every episode of Downton Abbey in the last week and a half. This OBSESSION is quickly becoming extreme. So please stay tuned for (hopefully) some fun blog posts.

Sincerely,
Me