It was the best of times (first Friday of the semester), it was the worst of times (summer is now officially over) and it was Mocktail time. I feel like I've done an adequate job describing these in past semesters so if you're unfamiliar with it or you just want to check out old pictures click here.
And if you want pictures of this semester's bash, just keep scrolling down. (PS- I go to BYUI and have great friends. No alcoholic beverages were present at this party...and, if you look closely, most of the glasses are empty...we just carried them for fun)
You know I always bring the classiest treats. Top: Lemon cupcakes with strawberry frosting and a raspberry on top. Bottom, brownie bite with frosting and a mini Reese's cup on top.
Rockin' our sunglasses.
The Limanites
My new roommate, Whitney
Hank, always looking classy
Dallin, no longer the Clarke newbee
I had to drag Nathaniel to the party, but secretly he had fun
Alec and Myles
Roommate picture
Photobombed...
Four amigos
Our gracious host, Travis
Ohhhhhh Casey...it's a familiar picture (see below)
Cheng
Noelle and I trying to look classy...don't know how well that worked.
Sarah, Annalise and Nathaniel talking about their horses...or something classy like that.
I will apologize a head of time for this post...there's really nothing funny about it. Usually I wait until I have something important to say before I blog. Actually, looking back, I rarely have something important to say.... interesting? naive? time-wasting? completely random? That's more like it. But since I am also trying to use this blog as a journal of events, I feel I should write for the purpose of writing and recording my happenings.
I'm back in Rexburg after a two week vacation at home (well I got back on the 5th). School is wonderful!!!! With two religion credits (and ONLY two religion credits) my work load has been quite a bit lighter than last semester. I've had a lot of time to do things that I only dreamed of doing in the fall. I've been to the gym almost every day (one day I worked out next to Jack Weyland (a well-known LDS author) who wrote Charly which has been made into a tear-jerking movie) and my muscles yell at me constantly for not using them the past few months.
I've cooked a few meals although I hope to do more as the semester goes on. I still enjoy my calling in Relief Society and am looking forward to getting to know all of the girls better. I baked delicious polar bear cupcakes!
Last Wednesday I was dragged to country dancing by my old roommate, Lexie, and have decided to go back every week. I'm pretty awful at it at the moment but I'm really hoping that if I keep going I'll someday figure out what I'm doing. Hillary and Alexis came to the instruction with me last night and we learned a few things. The problem is that more girls show up than guys so I didn't have a partner for most of the instruction which complicated things only slightly. I was the stereotypical bad dancer who stepped on too many toes and could not follow half of the twists and turns I was supposed to do. But I will get better and by the end of the semester I will rock the country dance floor...or at least not break as many toes.
Alexis, me, and Hillary all ready to rock the dance floor!
We had our first FHE (Family Home Evening) on Monday which was a blast and a half. Usually the first one is super awkward because you don't know many people and no one knows what to say but this time we all hit it off right away! It felt like an fhe from the last month of the semester. This is good news and hopefully we'll all enjoy going and getting to know each other.
I'm an usher for devotionals again this semester. We're in the new BYUI Center which makes it a much more difficult job because there are new rules and most students aren't aware of them and when they are made aware they don't want to comply. I still love doing it and I feel like I'm able to give back to the university by volunteering some of my time to make it a better place.
BYU-Idaho made an amazing lip-dub/ flash mob movie at the end of last semester that I was able to be a part of. I got on a committee to organize another one for this semester and am really excited to get to do something like this! I miss theater productions from high school and making movies with Eli so by helping with this I am able to get part of that back and enjoy the creative process again.
Last weekend I got a surprise visit from my Tucker grandparents and cousins from North Carolina. My cousin, Kimberly, left on her mission to California for two years on Tuesday and they stopped in Rexburg so she could say bye to a bunch of friends. I loved seeing them all and even got to give them a tour of the new parts of campus.
Today I've been so lazy it's embarrassing. Alexis just took a picture of me writing this so I thought I'd post it...for memory's sake....
Thank you, Alexis, for reminding me how pitiful I look today. I promise that this is the only day I've been in my pjs at 11:30 am!!!! I'm usually up before 8:30 and headed to the gym. Today was just not my day I suppose.
I'm getting my butt in gear now. There's real things I need to accomplish today that require exerting energy.
