Last night was Friday night. I went to bed at 8:00 with our dragonfly lights hung over the window, plugged in and giving our cozy little bedroom a nice, dim glow. I was exhausted from the day so how could I not fall asleep?! I almost felt a little bad for going to bed early but hey, I like sleep and if I don't have anything going on I am going to take advantage of not having homework due the next day! It was a lovely evening. I woke up around 11 and did a few things (like put on pjs, brush my teeth, the usual) but then I was back in bed by 12. I did stay awake to see the rest of my roommates get home at one and talk to them about their days since a few I had seen for only 10 minutes that morning. The great thing about getting to sleep early is that you can wake up early! I was up at 7:30 this morning so I could go up to the temple. It's quite busy on Saturday mornings and it took me EXACTLY three hours to get through...to the minute. Three hours. That is skill right there.
I'm currently sitting in the MC doing homework. Well, most currently I am writing on here but before I did that and as soon as I am done, I am going to resume homework. I didn't shower this morning so my hair is a disaster and I have on no makeup and I'm in jeans and a white t-shirt. I love not having to dress up for work or church today.
Exciting news!!! Remember that big bone exam I was studying for? I took it last week and got a (drum roll please........) 104%! Which means I got 50/50 PLUS the two bonus questions. All those hours studying in the lab really paid off. The only bad thing is that that was the easy part. Now we're doing muscles and have to memorize not only the name of the muscle, but it's function and which two bones it attaches to. Just when I thought I had accomplished something cool they lump on even more. Back to the lab again!
Can I just rant for a few minutes about how awesome my friends are? I will warn you, if you don't like your friends you may not want to keep reading. I don't want to create any feelings of jealousy here...so I'll start by saying that I have awesome friends!! Seriously AWESOME friends. I went through a time in my life where I was relatively friendless and it was awful. So I am even more appreciative now of the good ones I have. My friends in high school couldn't have been better. You guys were hard workers but always knew how to have a good time. I was blessed with multiple groups of friends. There were my band friends (us band geeks stuck together) and my non-band friends (who were awesome in a non-band geeky kind of way). There were even the drama (theater) friends although they usually fit into one of the other groups as well. No matter which group I was with, I had good examples to follow and fun times were always abundant. I can honestly say that I miss bonfires at Kriegel's house, games at Luke's, pool parties at Olivia's, cast parties at whoever's, bus rides home from band contests with trophy's hanging out the windows, chilling at Panera, Blizzard runs, the "orange" orgy chair (am I allowed to call it that? haha), lunch with Brooke'nAlek, and every other spontaneous, happening that happened. I think often about those times and how we were all able to have good, clean, sober fun :) That's the best kind of fun and that's not even my opinion. It's a true fact!
Now that I'm across the country and thousands of miles away from all of those friends, I've been able to create new friendships. I don't do the best job at keeping in touch with hs friends but I think that's how life is supposed to go. You'll always be making new friends and trying to keep in touch with old ones. Just because I don't talk to my best friends from a year ago doesn't mean I don't love them. I smile just thinking about all the fun times we had. And I am who I am because of them. They are what made my high school experiences so wonderful and I have hundreds of pictures (race car at Disney...nuff said :P) and memories to prove it. No matter what happens, they will always be my friends.
With that said. My Idaho friends are top-notch. It surprises me how well I get along with some people and how much they can get me to open up and talk. I'm a pretty tight-lipped person but for some reason, I tell a few people everything! I love how my roommates can tell if I'm having a hard day and ask me if I need anything or bring me a Dove chocolate without even asking. Whitney is the best back-rubber ever and I am certainly glad I am not a guy because it's usually frowned upon for guys to give each other back rubs. Kadi went to the bone lab and studied with me for HOURS before my test and is a huge reason I did as well as I did. And there are soooooo many others who literally just make me happy when I see or talk to them. They all continue to be genuine examples to me of what I should be trying to be like. They make me want to serve others and speak kindly. I know they care even if we have our bad days. I know they'll love me even if I refuse to join the ward choir or sing on Sunday afternoons because stuff like that doesn't matter. I support them and they support me and it's a strong support system!
Now to my friends who I don't get to see or talk to for a while because they are off in foreign countries or elsewhere in the states preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. My missionary friends!!! I know they won't be able to read this but I'm going to express my appreciation for them anyways. Their examples to me are more than they can imagine. I've gone through the awkward middle school years, the "finding yourself" high school years and a semester or two of fun college with most of them. I read their letters home and my mouth hangs open at how much they are learning and experiencing. How many of you have friends that would give up talking to their families, watching tv, getting on facebook (or the internet for that matter), and all other "worldly" things for two years so that they could go teach people about Christ in countries they've only heard of and in languages they had to learn in a mere few months. They are the cream of the crop as far as friends go, that's for sure! And being at school here, I've gotten to make so many friends who have honorably served and returned and they are just as special and I hold them in the highest esteem. You guys (and girls *cough* Kadi *cough*) ROCK!!!
I wish I was better with words because after reading this it's not coming out how I wish it would. But I'm thinking I need to get back to real homework so it's going to have to do. That's life for now. Tomorrow is going to be another busy Sunday.
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