Excitement And Everything Awesome!

So I'm taking a chance to basically tell the world about my excitement of my boyfriend coming back to Utah, finally!! It seems that every time I make mention of anything good in my life there's some opposing force that says "You were just sharing something happy with people, now I'm going to take it away from you and make you cry." which is sad but true, haha. At any rate, he's coming to visit for a few days to scope out the SLC area and apply to places in person and such to hopefully land a job soon after moving here, so he won't have to couch-surf at his best friend's place too long. I'm so excited to get going with the next chapter in my life. I think it'll be really great. :) I'm also looking way forward to moving out again with Taylor in a couple months, oh my gosh, so stoked! This time we'll be living in a house, with just us...and maybe our other bestie, Besan. So it's going to be fantastic! I'm still looking for a job...and it's frustrating and discouraging, but there's a time and a place for everything, and I guess it's just time for me to go through a struggle in order to get to a better place. The timing's never anyone's but God's, and sure it sucks sometimes, but I'm glad that it's all in His hands. :) I'm super excited (and slightly nervous) because I just got a calling in my ward as Young Single Adult Representative, so it's more motivation to be good and social at the same time! Hahaha!
Something else that makes me ultra happy is the fact that we just got my dog Tinker groomed, and she looks so cute and smells sooooo good! I love my dogs, they're so amazing and just bring me so much happiness that no human can fulfill.
Ah snap, I just realized that I forgot to go get new strings for my guitar today...guh, silly me. I'm going to pick up the guitar again and keep learning and I'm also going to start playing the piano again. I really miss my musical self, and I want to get it back and then improve upon it. Yay music! I've also decided that I WILL start stretching regularly so I can get back to being able to do the splits and then maybe one day be able to do the straddles as well. And I'm just so excited because I'm going to make my life awesome no matter how much life tries to discourage me. Because I'm legit, and I deserve the best! :D

Salem Days!

Every year in the first and second week of August in the wonderful place of Salem Utah is the town celebration called Salem Days. The name is rather unique, wouldn't you agree? I absolutely love this time because there are all sorts of memories with my family and friends during the festivities. This year it was just a couple friends and my parents that I got to have fun with. Which was okay, I really had fun. :) Saturday, the last day of the week of festivities is pretty much the most important day and the longest day too. This year I ran in the 5k and actually did pretty well for a first timer and without having trained for it. I came in 146th out of 199 overall and in my age division came in 17th out of 28. So not too shabby. It really peaked my interest in running in more races and actually training and everything. If I could swim at all and could actually get myself to learn, I would work my way up to a triathalon but I think the farthest I would ever go is a marathon. But that's good enough for me! :) That day I also went to the parade, walked around all the booths in the park with Taylor and Michelle and then played soccer with Taylor and Aaron, came home and took a quick nap, went back to play ultimate frizbee with them and then came back to go with my parents to the pageant show thing and then FIREWORKS! I am a huge advocate of the watching of the Salem Day's fireworks. I've been a lot of different places in the state and country and even out of country to see plenty of other fireworks displays and I still stand by the ones here in good ol' Salem. Haha, all bias opionions aside this is absolute truth. I decided that I'm going to donate to the fund for this awesome event when I have a good income again because it's just awesome. In times past I've been in the pageant show thing and the parade, so I know how much work goes into it and it's incredible how much the community works together for something so simple yet so pleasing. The word Salem means "city of peace" in hebrew, and it's so true. :)

P.S.

I just realized that I forgot to mention that the guy that is moving to Utah soon is NOT that one guy I talked about in previous entries. That one guy is long gone history and I am soooo thankful. It's amazing how some things (or people) can be so seemingly harmless and actually the perfect addition to your life...and then the wolf in sheep's clothing makes itself known and all hell breaks loose. I had to go through some crap to get to the awesome stuff, and it seems like that's a recurring story of mine. I've DECIDED, however, to make the CHOICE to do the absolute best I can to completely avoid the unecessary crap and just go straight for the awesome stuff. I realize that a lot of not fun stuff happens in life anyway but why just go with the flow of stuff that in all honesty really doesn't have to happen??
At any rate, this friend of mine that's moving to Utah is really awesome and I can hardly wait to get to know him better and create new memories. We've known each other since 9th grade but have only been around each other twice - when we first met before he had to catch the buss after school and then a few years (he had moved away in 9th grade) later when he came back to visit during Christmas time. But we talk almost non stop now and I really appreciate his friendship. :)

Things And Such

It is 4 in the morning and I'm sitting here eating a cheese quesadilla thinking about all the crazy things in life. Which is rather awesome. Haha. I went to the bridal shower for one of my best childhood friends tonight, and it was sooo amazing seeing the glow she had when talking about her husband to be. It was really fun seeing a lot of old friends too. Swapping stories and different things. :) Although, I had way too much sugar while I was there, bleh. So now I'm trying to balance it out with salty, protein stuff. Anyway...my life since the last entry basically consists of job hunting, talking with a special someone A LOT and waiting for the first part of october when he'll move to Utah, and chilling with my family and sometimes friends. I'm working on a lot of random projects and things, some lucrative and some service oriented. I love it. :) One of my brothers and his wife and little girl are all officially moved and settled in Cincinnatti Ohio now and I'm super happy that they're progressing in life and everything but I'm still ultra sad that they're so far away. My family is everything to me and though I don't always show it, I would do anything for any one of my family members. They are the world to me. :) Another thing I've been doing a lot of lately is packing and moving and babysitting. There was the brother moving to Ohio and then another of my three brothers and his wife and baby girl moved from downtown Salt Lake to Sugarhouse. Haha so while I would love to see my other brother and his wife and 4 girls move into a house, I really hope it's not for at least a few months. All of this has taught me to not have so much crap and to try not to move very much in my life if I can at all help it. Which is funny, because I love change and traveling and moving just as much as I love stability.

Crazayyyyy!!!

So I'm up, yet again, at an ungodly hour because I got on a deep cleaning rampage today and didn't take my sleep aide and kept doing other things. That having been said, I figured I should maybe just update the cyberworld on my life as of late. I've been so busy the past few months with drama drama drama and oh my heavens drama. Haha, helping members of my family move, craziness with friends, sorority stuff, losing my job cuz I was sick, and just so much awesomeness like that. Haha, ain't it grand!? I'm currently on the hunt for a job that pays well and I'll do anything, sans prostitution and drug dealing (fast food and call centers fall under those two categories, so don't even go there.) Things in that area aren't as good as they could be, for sure, but I'm just ultra glad I'm living at home and at least don't have to worry about paying rent and dealing with Nazi management. Haha parents are bad enough. ;p I really am loving being around my dogs on a daily basis again though and I know they're loving being played with and taken on walks, etc. My furry buds are awesome. :) Without them, and my best friend Taylor (as well as many others, but that's not the point right now), my life would be utterly boring and quite sad. So thank you for livening things up!

Oh Wisdom Teeth...

Well, I suppose you're wondering why I haven't updated you on my life (ie the date, etc.) and the answer is...WISDOM TEETH!! I had a fabulously wonderful time on my date (as well as several more that weekend with the same guy) and then I was super busy with family over the Memorial holiday as we were celebrating one brother's birthday and not-so-celebrating the soon departure of another brother and his family to Ohio for his new job. THEN...I was blessed to get all four of my impacted wisdom teeth out. It was...fun? Haha it actually was a pretty smooth ride overall. I was SUPER bruised (still am) and really swollen, but the swelling was lopsided on my face, haha. It has been kinda funny to see the ultra quick looks come across people's faces thinking I'm like abused or something. At any rate, my face is about 90% back to normal, so that's nice. But then I have to get two fillings pretty soon to finish up my dental stuff for my papers. Oh well. It'll be worth it.
As for all the dates with that guy...well, I'm kinda wondering (ever so slightly, at this point anyway) if I'll actually end up going on a mission. I'm leaving it completely up to God though. I really want to go on a mission, so if I'm not supposed to go at this point in my life, He's going to have to put a fire under some worthy man's behind, cuz I'm not staying home from a mission for just a possibility. There has be a ring on my finger before anything like that would happen. Just saying. :)

Um...I can't think of a title, so THIS is my title!

Today has been rather interesting. I woke up around 9 a.m. and chilled for a few minutes and then got ready to work out. I ran for a half hour and then came home and did other cool things with my workout ball thingy. Then I showered and got ready to go to my Pre-Mission Dental exam. They cleaned my teeth a bit and took some exrays and stuff and my mom (who had met me there after a meeting she had that morning) and I left with the thought of "...crap...how are we going to pay for all this!?" My mom is trying to be calm on the outside for my sake, which is really sweet. But I have a hunch she's still pretty worried. At any rate, I'm getting all four of my wisdom teeth taken out next Wednesday...and they said it's not going to be easy because of how they've grown in (especially the bottom ones) so they're sending me to a really good oral surgeon. Oh joy. :p Two weeks after that, I have to go back to get a couple fillings. Crazy. After the shock of the visit with the dentist my mom and I went to the mall to chill for a bit till it was time for me to head to work. It was kinda hard at first because I was so shocked at how much finances are just not being our friend right now, so I wasn't really hungry or fully concious of what we were doing. But I eventually snapped out of it just enough to pop out some jokes here and there and start being fun again. Haha. I love my mom. :) Anyway, we parted at 5 pm and I went to work. Tonight work went by phenominally fast! No joke! It's pretty dang rare when that happens. So now I'm sitting in Barnes and Noble, waiting for a date. Haha, I'm sure there will be at least some detail later on. Until then, my butt is falling asleep...and I have to pee.

La de da

I haven't been very good at writing my life-ness while it's still fresh in my head. I've been pretty busy with school, work, family, working on my mission papers, etc. I'm actually pretty bummed because one of my brothers and his fam are moving to Ohio for a new job he got after closing down his mortgage business in order to get more financially stable. Crazy. I'm way proud of him and happy for him, that he gets this opportunity to grow and expand in his life even more and that he doesn't have the stress of his business anymore. But I'm so sad, words cannot fully describe, that he and his wife and their little girl are moving so far away for who knows how long. I just love them so much. I just love my entire family so much. Honestly, if we could like build our own private community somewhere that would be the most awesome thing EVER and make me SO HAPPY! But, so goes life.
As for working on my mission papers, I'm about 2/3 of the way done and I can hardly wait! Because of all the doctor and dental stuff, I'll probably end up turning in my papers some time in June. But that's okay, I'm not really on a personal time limit, I just want to get it all done correctly. I am so excited to be living a life for 18 months where there isn't anything else like school or work (though I know a mission is work, that's not what I'm getting at) friends wanting to hang, family activities, and just all the other bazillion things that take time away from focussing on living the gospel. I know the challenges on a mission are entirely different, but I'm ready to have that entirely different part in my life.
Work has been pretty good lately aand today was a pretty funny day. Things have been really slow for a while, which sucks for the store, but makes time for a lot more goofing off to take place...even by the boss/owner. Haha, he can be rather interesting sometimes. But it's great. My favorite thing of today though would have to be when a mom and her daughter came in to the store. The daughter must've only been 4 or 5 and was super pretty and very sweet/soft spoken, but she totally had spunk too. So I'm standing there hanging up the newly tagged items to be put in the "new arrivals" section, and out of the corner of my eye, I see the little girl do a small skip over to the counter where my boss is talking to her mom, and then I hear her utter the words "Hey Dude..." in the sweetest, most polite way EVER, and she proceeds to say (after being corrected by her mom) "...Excuse me, Sir...howcome you can't get the Hello Kitty tent down off the shelf?" My boss proceeded to tell her that it had to stay on the shelf because it was ripped and needed to be fixed. And then she very placidly said "Oh, okay." and went back to play with her little brother whom had been brought in to the store by the grandma. Anyway, it was just super funny and gave us a good laugh. It seriously was like she just couldn't think of the correct way to start into asking a question and just said "Hey, Dude..." in hopes that it would be overlooked. Haha, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it all day.
Next for me to talk about...SCHOOL! I'm pretty much hoping that I can pass this class. I'm sure I will, but it's just so relaxed and quite boring that it's really hard for me to push myself, because I keep thinking "Oh, I don't have to have any of the homework or tests done til the end of the block, so I'm fine if I don't work on anything this week." WRONG! I'm noticing that I'm getting behind. So I need to bust my butt a tad and just plough through the homework so I'll be able to catch up and have time to study for the final exam.
Anywho, I'm pretty dang tired right now, and I've kinda just been letting my fingers type away as I sit here hoping that they're transfering things from my mind correctly, because I really haven't been paying that much attention to what I'm writing. :p

Something...ness

Today went very nicely, after math class I chilled on campus and did some homework while waiting to meet my best friend for lunch, because my mom called me and told me she wasn't feeling well so we'd just take care of the stuff tomorrow. It was lame that she wasn't feeling well, cuz I always enjoy spending time with her. But my best friend Taylor Baker came and then we saw a friend from high school and talked a bit, then Taylor and I went to a place in American Fork called The Sushi House - I treated her for her birthday that's coming up in a few days. The place looks kind of like a dump from the outside, but once you walk inside it's actually pretty cute and nice. The sushi was pretty much awesome, and I am still super stuffed from it. I don't know that it's my favorite place for sushi, though it is Taylor's. Then, I went home and attempted to do homework and some other stuff for like business, etc., but I decided to take a nap...and then watched an old tv series collection that my parents and I love, called That Girl. Now I'm just kinda getting some scrambled nonsense out of my head so hopefully I can go fall asleep in a few minutes. I really need to start going to sleep earlier. I'm looking older than I am...but not necessarily in a good way. In more of a tired, worn out way.

Oh math class...

I'm sitting in my college intermediate algebra class and wishing I were at home chillin in my pj's and doing my homework online. If this class wasn't so entertaining, I'd probably drop it simply for the fact that it's summer and my brain doesn't feel like functioning at full speed. Haha, but that's okay because I'm stimulating it so I won't be a dumby on my mission...hopefully. Anyway, I'm excited for today, because I can just feel it's going to be a good day. For instance - I pulled into the parking lot at school, and normally it's really hard to find parking, but I decided to go to one of the closest rows of student parking to the building and thought, "maybe I'll get lucky..." and then I saw the car in front of me take the last open parking spot on that row...or so I thought! There was another spot just over from them that I took while excitedly saying "IT'S MY LUCKY DAY!" hahaha Anywho...I'm basically just rambling because I'm extremely bored. But I'm excited because my mom and I are going to meet for lunch after class and then go pay my traffic ticket (which I'm not so excited for, but whatev, I'm over it.) and then I'm free for the day to chill and do math homework. I hope something fun happens to me today. Like, out of the norm. :)

On my feet and ready to run!

So, you might be saying to yourself "Oh Beth...why would you start another blog? The first one was bad enough!" But I decided that I'd like to start a blog of just my everydayness, and keep the other one for just my attempt at being a writer of sorts. So, I'm here to say HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO WORLD! At any rate, today was interesting because I had my first day back at work in 2 weeks since I had been down with the most terrible case of the flu. I work at a cute little place called Kid To Kid, and my coming back went well, and my boss and manager were pretty nice to me. As much as I love my job though, I need to find a better source of income, and at a place where I'm a little more appreciated even so. If anyone reading this knows of any good summer jobs I could do before I go on my mission, it would be awesome if you could let me know! Haha, and yes you read right - I am serving a mission! I start my papers on May 28th and should have them turned in some time in July and have my call some time in August. I am so excited I can barely contain myself!