Saturday, January 29, 2011
Post #9
8:54 PM
My goal was to have 10 posts at the end of January.
Hmmm. What to do? What to do?
GOT IT!
I'll blog about random happy-ness and adventures until I feel I have a sufficiently long post.
ITEM 2:
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| This is my "Got It" expression. Because I'm awesome. |
Heck. I got really close.
But I don't have anything to blog about right now.
Hmmm. What to do? What to do?
GOT IT!
I'll blog about random happy-ness and adventures until I feel I have a sufficiently long post.
ITEM 1:
I love listening to promptings! Despite their weirdness. Ok. So, I was on Facebook and saw a post from a girl about needing a dance teacher sub for her class that day. I haven't talked to this girl in years. Literally. But I felt strongly impressed to email her. A you-better-not-ignore-this-or-all-heck-will-break-loose impression. Yeah. So I emailed her. I apologized profusely for being random and said I hoped I wasn't creepy, but could she please tell me about her job? She emailed and said she needed a dance sub for the day and do I dance? and would I take the class? and ps THANKS for listening to the prompting. So I agreed and drove to Springville and taught 3 dance classes. WOAH. It was lots of fun and I enjoyed doing two things I love: dancing and teaching. My two morning classes were 2-3 year olds and 4-5 year olds. Ballet. Yum. My evening class was Musical Theatre. Yay! It was grand. Just grand.
I went on a random happy adventure today. Crazy, right? I was sitting with my Best Friend and we decided we wanted to do something exciting. So we drove to Salt Lake and walked around the Gateway. He had never been, so we went to the Planetarium (AWESOME) and the Children's Center thing (sorta). Then we went to the Capitol building (I had never been).We replaced some old memories, made some new memories, and over-all had a fantastic day.
Hmm. That's sufficiently long. Thanks for your patience. :o)
Signing out.
Me. 
Friday, January 28, 2011
TV IS REAL!
11:21 AM
Yesterday was a normal day.
In the middle of my normal day, I drove to school to pick up my Best Friend and we went to the mall. (He had to buy stuff.)
We were walking out of the mall and saw some people taking pictures.
"Cute." I thought. "Just precious." Yeah. Whatever.
We tried to go out a door, but it was locked, so picture-taking-people walked out the other door in front of us.
As we walked behind them, one of the girls in the group looked back at us.
I froze.
I made Best Friend freeze.
"IT'S MICHELLE!!!" I whispered.
"No way." He replied. (Good thing he knew EXACTLY who I was talking about.)
This woman:
Is Michelle from the Bachelor. The season that is running RIGHT NOW.
HOLY COW!
She is from Salt Lake, and she is CRAZY on the show. No joke.
Best Friend's roommates are kind of *cough* obsessed *cough* with the show, so I've seen all the episodes. Michelle is definitely not my favorite.
But I saw her at University Mall! She is a real person! She really lives in Utah!
My world just got a lot smaller.
In the middle of my normal day, I drove to school to pick up my Best Friend and we went to the mall. (He had to buy stuff.)
We were walking out of the mall and saw some people taking pictures.
"Cute." I thought. "Just precious." Yeah. Whatever.
We tried to go out a door, but it was locked, so picture-taking-people walked out the other door in front of us.
As we walked behind them, one of the girls in the group looked back at us.
I froze.
I made Best Friend freeze.
"IT'S MICHELLE!!!" I whispered.
"No way." He replied. (Good thing he knew EXACTLY who I was talking about.)
This woman:
Is Michelle from the Bachelor. The season that is running RIGHT NOW.
HOLY COW!
She is from Salt Lake, and she is CRAZY on the show. No joke.
Best Friend's roommates are kind of *cough* obsessed *cough* with the show, so I've seen all the episodes. Michelle is definitely not my favorite.
But I saw her at University Mall! She is a real person! She really lives in Utah!
My world just got a lot smaller.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Taylor the Missionary
10:59 PM
Wow. It's finally happened. Taylor is gone.
... ... ...
I'm actually quite depressed about this, to be perfectly honest.
I mean, I am thrilled for him! He gets to leave the country, serve the Lord, see cool sights, meet incredible people, feel the Spirit, go through the temple (multiple times), etc etc etc.
AND! He is going to be really great at it. (His farewell talk was incredible. I absolutely loved it.)
...but he has never not been there when I've gone home.
He has always been around. Always.
We hang out while all the kids are at school. We play video games and compete for lunch. We play piano and sing together.
We even weigh ourselves together.
I probably won't get on a scale for two years.
(Is that wrong?)
*sigh* The worst part?
He is just up the street from me. Literally.
And I can't see him. Or talk to him. Or laugh with him.
Dude. I thought it was hard to send a friend away. It doesn't come CLOSE to sending your brother away.
It's comforting to know that he is protected and watched over. It's comforting to know that he is smart and will do the things he needs to. The people of Japan need him now more than I do. He'll be awesome.
I just... miss him... ya know?
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Sitting in the Library
1:44 PM
It's very rare that I go to the library.
Now I'm here a lot more often than I would like to be. I come when I'm bored and have nothing to do. I come because I have homework to do and don't have my laptop with me. I come...frequently.
Well. It's different this time.
I'm sitting in the Media Center.
There is a really really Really REALLY cute boy over there.
I look at him. He looks at me. Sometimes we catch the other's eye.
Hmm. It's really fun, actually. Tee hee.
Maybe I will come to the Media Center more often.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Chocolate & Hulu
5:31 PM
Well. Tonight didn't exactly turn out as planned.
I wanted to spend the evening with my Best Friend. Unfortunately, I forgot that he is busy with a Men's Chorus retreat.
Yup. He's spending the night with a bunch of stinky, but talented, boys.
I was spending so much time being productive and forgetting he was busy that I got ALL of my homework done. So now I don't have any homework that I need to do tonight. Unless I want to get ahead on my homework for next week...but who does that? Well, I'm sure someone does, but it sure isn't me!
What am I going to do?
I'll tell you. It involves brownie batter and Hulu, followed by brownies, ice cream, popcorn, a blanket, my stuffed bear, and a movie.
Sounds fun, right? Actually, it sounds very unhealthy. But hey! I'm excited.
Take that, Best Friend. ;P
Signing out.
Me.
I wanted to spend the evening with my Best Friend. Unfortunately, I forgot that he is busy with a Men's Chorus retreat.
Yup. He's spending the night with a bunch of stinky, but talented, boys.
I was spending so much time being productive and forgetting he was busy that I got ALL of my homework done. So now I don't have any homework that I need to do tonight. Unless I want to get ahead on my homework for next week...but who does that? Well, I'm sure someone does, but it sure isn't me!
What am I going to do?
I'll tell you. It involves brownie batter and Hulu, followed by brownies, ice cream, popcorn, a blanket, my stuffed bear, and a movie.
Sounds fun, right? Actually, it sounds very unhealthy. But hey! I'm excited.
Take that, Best Friend. ;P
Signing out.
Me.
Idaho!
1:36 PM
I can finally add another state to my (very short) list of states I have been to. Yay Hooray! And yes. It is Idaho. *phew* Finally, right? It only borders Utah, so I only should have been before, but I've never had a reason. Well. Last weekend, I did. And it was a good reason, too.
My Best Friend and I traversed the wilderness from Provo to Idaho Falls late at night to visit his sister and her family. It was quite the adventure. We left after classes and drove all night. Well, until 9:30 pm, anyway. The only problem we ran into was the unfortunate situation of driving through fog. However, nothing is impossible for the awesome team we are, and we both kept our eyes wide open as we drove through. Moderately scary, but we survived. No sweat. Well, maybe just a little.
After arriving late, there wasn't much to do except meet the family. Which turned out to be lots of fun. Sister and Brother-in-law have a daughter and they were all fantastic. It was a great time spent with them, lots of game playing (Boggle and Sequence and Stratego), movie watching (Episodes V & VI of Star Wars), and just chatting it up. Oh! And eating great food. We didn't spend any money on food this trip (except the gummy worms we bought before hand for the drive) and the food we had was de-lish! I definitely felt a teeny bit pampered. *sigh* Great way to start a vacation.
Saturday we drove to Rexburg to visit a convert from Best Friend's mission that is now attending BYU-I. She is a super sweet girl and I enjoyed walking around campus a little (even though I complained a tiny bit - I was ridiculously tired). Best Friend loved getting to see her, and so that made it more than worth it. After saying good-bye, we drove across the street to the Rexburg temple. GORGEOUS! And sort of just appeared right out of the fog. It was magical. Loved it. We headed back to Idaho Falls, but got lost. Hooray for us. We drove past the Idaho Falls temple, which was also gorgeous, and after I failed at my attempt to figure out where we were on the map, Best Friend pulled over and took control. He figured it out quickly and we were on our way. I was grateful he could read a map. I'm sure it will be handy again someday.
We made it back safely, and enjoyed a relaxing evening playing and talking w/ Sister, Brother-in-law, and Niece. Since it was a vacation, you'd have expected us to stay up late - no dice. We totally went to bed around 11 pm every night. It was a great & relaxing weekend, but oh man, we were beat. (That's good.)
Sunday we went to church and enjoyed a beautiful musical number. It was definitely my favorite part of the block, at least, I'm not sure about the others. It was so touching. The girl that sang was blind and sang about God's love for her. So touching. I wanted to cry. Almost did, actually. Cuz I'm awesome like that. After church, Best Friend and I baby-sat Niece while Sister and Brother-in-law went to their home teacher's. Actually, Niece was sleeping and so we did the dishes. Yup. We're awesome like that. Then we went to Best Friend's Grandmother's house. She is an awesome lady. Being there reminded me of being at my Grandma Stepan's house (my dad's grandma). Good memories were brought back and I was reminded how grateful I am that I know I'll see her again. It was incredible.
Another early bedtime, and the next morning we woke up ready to get going. Breakfast was delicious (all the meals were, truth be told, I loved it!), and while Best Friend's Sister went to the doctor for a baby check-up, we baby-sat Niece. She was so much fun to play with and super easy to watch. We make a great baby-sitting team. We took turns so the other could get ready and pack, and then put the baby down for a nap and did dishes. WA-BAM! Lots of fun.
We left Idaho Falls shortly after lunch. We made a special detour to go to Logan to visit my ex-roommate Winona (ex-roommate. Haha). It was a fun trip, we all went to dinner together and got to do some awesome chatting and fun-having. The food was amazing, too. The plates were ginormous!!! I loved it. So much food. It was beautiful and happy and exciting. We said good-bye to Winona and finished our drive back to Provo.
Idaho added to list of states? Check. Good time w/ family & friends? Check.
Yay for a great weekend.
Signing out.
Me.
My Best Friend and I traversed the wilderness from Provo to Idaho Falls late at night to visit his sister and her family. It was quite the adventure. We left after classes and drove all night. Well, until 9:30 pm, anyway. The only problem we ran into was the unfortunate situation of driving through fog. However, nothing is impossible for the awesome team we are, and we both kept our eyes wide open as we drove through. Moderately scary, but we survived. No sweat. Well, maybe just a little.
After arriving late, there wasn't much to do except meet the family. Which turned out to be lots of fun. Sister and Brother-in-law have a daughter and they were all fantastic. It was a great time spent with them, lots of game playing (Boggle and Sequence and Stratego), movie watching (Episodes V & VI of Star Wars), and just chatting it up. Oh! And eating great food. We didn't spend any money on food this trip (except the gummy worms we bought before hand for the drive) and the food we had was de-lish! I definitely felt a teeny bit pampered. *sigh* Great way to start a vacation.
Saturday we drove to Rexburg to visit a convert from Best Friend's mission that is now attending BYU-I. She is a super sweet girl and I enjoyed walking around campus a little (even though I complained a tiny bit - I was ridiculously tired). Best Friend loved getting to see her, and so that made it more than worth it. After saying good-bye, we drove across the street to the Rexburg temple. GORGEOUS! And sort of just appeared right out of the fog. It was magical. Loved it. We headed back to Idaho Falls, but got lost. Hooray for us. We drove past the Idaho Falls temple, which was also gorgeous, and after I failed at my attempt to figure out where we were on the map, Best Friend pulled over and took control. He figured it out quickly and we were on our way. I was grateful he could read a map. I'm sure it will be handy again someday.
We made it back safely, and enjoyed a relaxing evening playing and talking w/ Sister, Brother-in-law, and Niece. Since it was a vacation, you'd have expected us to stay up late - no dice. We totally went to bed around 11 pm every night. It was a great & relaxing weekend, but oh man, we were beat. (That's good.)
Sunday we went to church and enjoyed a beautiful musical number. It was definitely my favorite part of the block, at least, I'm not sure about the others. It was so touching. The girl that sang was blind and sang about God's love for her. So touching. I wanted to cry. Almost did, actually. Cuz I'm awesome like that. After church, Best Friend and I baby-sat Niece while Sister and Brother-in-law went to their home teacher's. Actually, Niece was sleeping and so we did the dishes. Yup. We're awesome like that. Then we went to Best Friend's Grandmother's house. She is an awesome lady. Being there reminded me of being at my Grandma Stepan's house (my dad's grandma). Good memories were brought back and I was reminded how grateful I am that I know I'll see her again. It was incredible.
Another early bedtime, and the next morning we woke up ready to get going. Breakfast was delicious (all the meals were, truth be told, I loved it!), and while Best Friend's Sister went to the doctor for a baby check-up, we baby-sat Niece. She was so much fun to play with and super easy to watch. We make a great baby-sitting team. We took turns so the other could get ready and pack, and then put the baby down for a nap and did dishes. WA-BAM! Lots of fun.
We left Idaho Falls shortly after lunch. We made a special detour to go to Logan to visit my ex-roommate Winona (ex-roommate. Haha). It was a fun trip, we all went to dinner together and got to do some awesome chatting and fun-having. The food was amazing, too. The plates were ginormous!!! I loved it. So much food. It was beautiful and happy and exciting. We said good-bye to Winona and finished our drive back to Provo.
Idaho added to list of states? Check. Good time w/ family & friends? Check.
Yay for a great weekend.
Signing out.
Me.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tired = Stupid
7:48 PM
You know those times when you refuse to admit you're wrong? Even though you are?
Or those times you really think you should be right? But you aren't?
I hate those times.
Or those times when you do or say something really stupid because your tongue seems to disconnect itself from your brain and keep blabbing and blabbing and blabbing while inside you're screaming at the stupid little man inside your brain that lost control of the tongue and thus let escape a huge variety of words that weren't ever supposed to?
Yup.
I had...an interesting day. It definitely wasn't a bad day. Nope. Not even close. I enjoyed my classes.
But I was exhausted.
And apparently that does funny things to the little men that run my brain and causes them to mess up.
Now I sound even sillier because I'm not accepting responsiblity for my actions.
Ugh.
I am accepting responsibility. I said some things I shouldn't have. I said them in a way I shouldn't have.
Then I got upset when someone reacted to what I had said in a fairly predictable and understandable way.
Then I got even more upset while driving.... and said more things I shouldn't have.... Oops.
I was behaving like a child and then got it handed right back to me. I deserve it.
I shouldn't behave like a child. That's stupid. And not the way to get what I want.
...
You know those internal battles that happen sometimes? They go something like:
"I'm grumpy!" "No. You're tired. Be happy. You can and should be." "...I'm grumpy!" "No. You're stupid. Now smile." "... ...I'm grumpy!"
It's so easy to be happy, but it's so easy to be grumpy too.
But...who wants to be grumpy? I mean really?
Not me. I like being happy.
So why was I being so stubborn? Because I was behaving like a child. Maybe preschool is bad for me.
JK.
I was stubborn, tired, and grumpy and the little men in my head lost control of my tongue and I made a mistake.
Now I have to fix it. But I don't want to. Why? I'm grumpy. And stubborn.
But it's only hurting me.
*sigh*
Someday I'll learn.
P.S. I am going to fix it. In approx. 15 minutes. Well, I'll try to fix it anyway.
How?
Not the slightest clue.
Moral of the story: Don't be grumpy if you aren't. It's stupid and childish. And only hurts you.
Yup. That's all. Cheerful, huh? Sorry. I'll write again when I fix this. Just had to get my thoughts out.
Not that they made any sense, but oh well!
Signing out.
Me.
Or those times you really think you should be right? But you aren't?
I hate those times.
Or those times when you do or say something really stupid because your tongue seems to disconnect itself from your brain and keep blabbing and blabbing and blabbing while inside you're screaming at the stupid little man inside your brain that lost control of the tongue and thus let escape a huge variety of words that weren't ever supposed to?
Yup.
I had...an interesting day. It definitely wasn't a bad day. Nope. Not even close. I enjoyed my classes.
But I was exhausted.
And apparently that does funny things to the little men that run my brain and causes them to mess up.
Now I sound even sillier because I'm not accepting responsiblity for my actions.
Ugh.
I am accepting responsibility. I said some things I shouldn't have. I said them in a way I shouldn't have.
Then I got upset when someone reacted to what I had said in a fairly predictable and understandable way.
Then I got even more upset while driving.... and said more things I shouldn't have.... Oops.
I was behaving like a child and then got it handed right back to me. I deserve it.
I shouldn't behave like a child. That's stupid. And not the way to get what I want.
...
You know those internal battles that happen sometimes? They go something like:
"I'm grumpy!" "No. You're tired. Be happy. You can and should be." "...I'm grumpy!" "No. You're stupid. Now smile." "... ...I'm grumpy!"
It's so easy to be happy, but it's so easy to be grumpy too.
But...who wants to be grumpy? I mean really?
Not me. I like being happy.
So why was I being so stubborn? Because I was behaving like a child. Maybe preschool is bad for me.
JK.
I was stubborn, tired, and grumpy and the little men in my head lost control of my tongue and I made a mistake.
Now I have to fix it. But I don't want to. Why? I'm grumpy. And stubborn.
But it's only hurting me.
*sigh*
Someday I'll learn.
P.S. I am going to fix it. In approx. 15 minutes. Well, I'll try to fix it anyway.
How?
Not the slightest clue.
Moral of the story: Don't be grumpy if you aren't. It's stupid and childish. And only hurts you.
Yup. That's all. Cheerful, huh? Sorry. I'll write again when I fix this. Just had to get my thoughts out.
Not that they made any sense, but oh well!
Signing out.
Me.
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- Nashelle
- I am a wife, sister, daughter, friend. Dancer, actor, singer, pianist. Reader, sleeper, cross-stitcher, photographer. I am Nashelle and on this blog you will see me doing what I love to do best - being me!