Spring Semester 2012--My FIRST Semester

I had SO much fun this semester! I LOVED all of my roommates and the lessons I was able to learn. I should have been blogging this all along but here is a sample of how much fun I have had this semester. :)

This was our first Sunday together. Left to right: Aly, Alisha, Kaylene, me, Brooke, and below is Erika. I love these girls!!

Oh Alisha... Haha

Kaylene wasn't here the whole semester so we were just 5 for most of the semester. But it was still a blast!!

One weekend we went and camping under the stars (in my Grandparent's backyard in Victor) and then went hiking in the Tetons the next morning. We had so much fun!

The girl in the middle is Becca, she is Kaylene's little sister who came and stayed the weekends with us for a couple weeks. She became an addition to our apartment pretty fast and we all loved her.

My roommates were very adamant about helping me experience Rexburg in my first semester, so this was my first time at Sammy's. :)

Swimming at the sand bar for FHE :)

Rexburg Rapids on college day was a blast! Only in Idaho is there a moose and a bear statue at a water park! Haha

Brooke, Quinn (one of our FHE brothers), Kaite (Brooke's friend from home) and I went to Mesa Falls, it is so beautiful there!

We decided to put out feet in the river on the way home, but we all ended up to our waists in water. Quinn ended up "taking a bath" :)

Independence Day! We went to Idaho Falls, had dinner at Five Guys, and watched the firework show. Aly, Erika, and I had different varieties of red, white, and blue! We looked super cute! Haha

Don't pick a fight with an African. This is one of my best and truest friends Villiem (VH is what he go's by) he is a lively man from South Africa and Kaylene made the mistake of shooting him in the face with a foam rocket, so he tied her up with kite string and she ended up outside, tied to the balcony. Haha

My Brazilian FHE brother Otavio. I straitened his hair. By the end of the day he completed this flamer look with a tutu, my sunglasses (that he has on now) and a bandanna.

I hope you can see from these few pictures the fun that I was able to have my first semester of college at BYU-Idaho. I will do better at blogging things as they happen from now on. Three cheers for SUMMER!!! Bring on the new memories! :)

Freedom

I have officially completed my first semester of college!! :D I didn't realize how much school stressed me out until I don't have to worry about it for a while. I didn't notice how much time I spent on it until I suddenly have nothing to do! Whoop!! Here is to the start of a great summer!! :D FREEDOM!!!!!!

Rose Colored Gasses

Almost all of my posts lately have been quite pessimistic. I really am loving life, I am just facing some painful trials right now. I am letting that show through instead of all the wonderful experiences that I am having. I love going to school, I love all of the people that I have met, I love the oppertunities that I have had to grow and become a new and better person, I love learning and I really do love life. I just need to put on my rose colored glasses more often. There is a Chinese proverb that says "A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials". This "friction" will pass and I will be able to be stonger because of it!

Diagnosis

I guess I got a few answers to my health issues. I haven't been feeling that great all semester (head colds, flu symptoms, fatigue, and an over all "blaaa" feeling), but the last two or three weeks have been especially bad. I have had to stay home from classes several times because I just couldn't force myself to do anything more that get ready for the day. I haven't been sleeping well at ALL and that is as well is taking a HUGE toll on me in almost every area of my life. So I finally caved in, decided to not be stubborn, and went to the doctor. Diagnosis? I am officially an insomniac. Awesome. I also have bronchitis (only two symptoms away from phenomia (if my fever was higher and I had chills then it would be phenomia)), a sinus infection and something potentially wrong with my thyriod. We will find out for sure as soon as they get my blood test results back from the lab. Fabulous. Just what I need. Hopefully I can get better SOON! I have classes to attend, homework to do, finals in two weeks I have to study for, I have to work, and it is just NO fun being sick. I miss my dad at times like this. He gives the best blessings.

Vehicle of Choice

 This is my dream car, and I will have one when I'm rich and famous! It is fast, sleek, and just all around sexy! ;)

But a truck like this is much more realistic (for now).  I love old trucks! The newer ones are good too, but I really like older models! :)

Country Livin'

Oh man, do I ever miss home! Last night my roommates and I all dipped in and purchased a HUGE watermelon! It was SO yummy!! That delicious bust or sweetness when you bite into the pink flesh = DEVINE!! But, I discovered that that flavor reminds me of home. That is the taste that brings back memories of sitting outside as a family eating watermelon, after "sacrificing ritual" (which consists of all the little kids running in circles arounf the watermelon and some lucky child getting to stab it at a timed moment) and throwing the rinds out to the horses or chickens. It brings back memories of freshcut grass, dogs barking, not a could in the sky, swimming in the Snake and family. I miss all of that so much! I miss living the country. Now I live in a tiny appartment, I walk outside and there is cement/asphalt everywhere, no trees, and I construction sight out my bedroom window. I miss walking outside and having the horses nicker at me, I miss having long lucious grass to run my fingers through, I miss being a mile away from a beautiful river! Water is something that I didn't really appreciate very much until I came to school and there isn't water like I am used to having. I can drive about 20 minutes and find some, but at home I could walk for 20 minutes and find some. I don't miss the gnats or the heat in the summer. But I miss everything else. I miss my horses especially. I miss riding them, handling them, kissing them, sitting on their backs watching the stars, and (as weird as it sounds) the smell of their sweat after a good hard ride. Ahh.. that country livin' is the only way of livin' for me!

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