New Semester

So the new semester has started! I'm hating Logan, stupid traffic and no parking. Oh how I wish I could just live in Harry Potter land and apparate to all of my classes and destinations. That would be just great. I like my roommates, they're pretty nice. So glad I'm rooming with Mikenzie, she's a sweetie. Tis too bad she has to work all the time and I have to study.. But anywho. The family is doing well, McKenzie had her birthday yesterday so I went down and saw everyone. She's getting so old! I can't believe she's 15, at the high school, and soon to be getting her permit. Crazy girl.

I like all of my classes so far, I have a million things I've been wanting to blog about but I don't have the time now.. Just for a quick update! Woo woo USU!

Meh...and... AWESOME!!!

Okay so I've just finished the book "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro. I'm going to rate it a...5 out of 10? Not the greatest book, but still, it made you think. The story was told by a character named Kathy, who grew up attending a small school in England. The school isn't like every other school though, things are much different. Turns out, these kids are actually CLONES that were made for the sole purpose of eventually donating their body parts and then "completing" or dying. Pretty intense plot... but I feel like their was such emotional indifference from the narrator so it was hard to connect with any of the characters or what was going on in the story. I found it difficult to get through because I never really got into the book. I don't know that I'd recommend it... but like I said, the plot was very interesting and it really made you think about ethics, the future of medical technology, and things like this. I think there's supposed to be a movie made about it... I hope it's better than the book. It just needs some spice!

And nowwww for the awesome part. Today the book Mockingjay came out. It's the third book in the Hunger Games series and I am soooo friggin excited. I'm going to try to pace myself so I don't finish it all tonight.. although that may be hard to do. I'm sure it's going to be great but I'm also saddened that this is the last book in the series (I think... correct me if I'm wrong--please!). I'll be sure and blog about how the book is when I've finished, hopefully that won't be any time too soon, lol.

Loving the Kindle. I'm trying to think of a fantastic name for it.

woo woo

So I'm moving out in a week. I'm super excited. But sad, I'll miss Pete. Hopefully my car can make the drive back to Brigham every week.. eek! My car is a '96ish (not sure) Ford Contour. It ONLY has about 189,000 miles or so... Anywho, just wanted to blog about a few random things tonight..

First off, I'm loving the collaboration between Amazon and its services with, well, everything. It seems like everywhere I look products are adding apps and things from Amazon. Love. For instance, I was looking to get a new phone some time soon (can I afford it? no.) and was looking at T-Mobile's new Samsung Vibrant.. and guess what app comes with it? AMAZON KINDLE. So freaking sweet.. But if I do buy that, I'll feel like I spent $200 on my actual Kindle, and it'll be a waste..

I love/hate technology. Since I'm not much of a tech wiz, (yes, just made that term up) *Tech Wiz: someone who has vast knowledge of all things, products, services, that have to do with technology. Yes, so that's not me. But anywho, since it's not, I never know what's coming out or if I'm buying "the latest" of a purchase. For instance my Kindle. Brand new, newest version, good deal, etc. Buy it. Love it. Content with it and proud of my purchase. Then, like 2 months later, a newer and better version comes out. And that's how it is with EVERYTHING. Or the XBOX 360; bought it, loved it, and now I think they're coming out with some sort of newer version than that. L-A-M-E.

It's also hard to make any purchases when I have this lingering anxiety about the cost of school and books and how poor my family is lol. If only we were more financially...set. Things would be a little easier. But then I probably wouldn't think twice about my purchases or feel guilty when I wasted a few bucks. And then, just think of the horror, I wouldn't have anything to blog about on a hot Monday night in August.

Anywho, that's my rant for now. Excited for the week. Hope things go well and someone randomly enters my name into the lottery and I win.

Slow down.

So time is flying. It's August 18th already. Wait...what? What happened to the first 17 days of August? It's like everyone secretly changed my calendars and everything else that tells me what the date is so I would be confused. Very effective..

At work, we're moving into our new building. For the past 250 years there has been a building called "The Lincoln Center." Ok, so it's had many names, but that's its current title. I don't quite know the history of it, perhaps it was made by cavemen back in the dinosaur age but the building is old. When you work in the same building that your grandma and mom attended elementary school in and it was also called "old" way back then... you know it's kinda ancient. So we're moving. The Boys and Girls Club of Brigham City will soon be relocated to what was Bunderson Elementary. Some are happy about this change, some are angered by it. In my opinion, change is usually good. It'll be nice for things to be different at the Club. Although I won't be there during it's first year of use (TEAR!!!) I'll be back there hopefully next summer. I'm excited.

In other news, I'm moving next week. Super excited. But kinda........bleh about things. Every time I look at how much my books are gonna cost and I reminisce about all the money I've already flushed down the latrine called "school", I get a little light-headed. Hopefully I'll make it work, have enough money, and do okay with my 15 credits this year... We shall see!

But that's about all that's happening. I'm getting super sad about leaving all of my chillens at the Club.. I've seen them every single day (aside from weekends) for that last two years. I seriously LOVE them. Even though they can be little chits, hahaha. Hopefully most of them will still be here next summer, when I'm back again.

Another recent event, Pete made the WSU soccer team. I think I was more nervous than he for the few days he tried out. But alas, his billions of hours kicking the ball around and practicing cool moves with cool names I can't remember, have paid off. I'm very happy for him.

Ta-ta :)

The Dentist of Doooom

So I have this weird problem when I go to the dentist. Not only do I freak out and dread it as soon as the realization hits that I have an appointment soon... but I KEEP freaking out, until I walk through the door to LEAVE the dreadful place. The people that are cleaning and poking and scraping and drilling and searching for buried treasure with a miniature pick-ax in my mouth keep talking to me like I can answer, (which really drives me nuts) and act like things are just so hunky dory! No. My whole body is tense, I'm trying not to gag/throw up/scream out obscenities/pass out while they smile down at me, AND keep up on the same questions they asked me last time I was in there.

Okay okay, so I love the people who work at my dentist's office as well as my dentist himself, but I can only show so much love when I'm going through such high amounts of anxiety. I keep having these horrible thoughts that they're going to get lazy (because they do this millions of times every day) and a knife is going to slice through my lip, or the drill is going to slip and tear through my flesh, or a random sensation of horrible pain is going to make me freak out and jerk and cause all of the above to happen at the exact same time! I guess the dentist is bad for everyone, maybe even worse for some, but I do NOT like it.

So I have good teeth and oral hygiene. I've only had about 3 cavities in all my almost-21 years of life, which I think is good. But my mouth is VERY small and I guess I have something called "irregular enamel" which means I have to work extra hard to avoid cavities and things like that. The small mouth part mostly sucks because the things they stick in your mouth to take x-rays with kills, so therefore I move, and we have to do it 50 times. Another thing is they keep saying "open a little wider" thinking I can dislocate my jaw and open my mouth big enough for them to put their fists in. I'm sure that's frustrating for them... but I feel like it sucks more for me lol.

I kept thinking today while sitting in the chair, trying to keep my sanity with all the cleaning and too-rough flossing going on, how much it would suck to have to work in people's mouths every day. Well, for me at least. I can't imagine working in a clean and healthy mouth with people's spit and weird breath let alone the mouth of someone with some sort of disease or fungus or who-knows-what. Those are the people my hat goes off to. They're like the garbage people and the people who deal with sewage and that whole process that makes the world go round. And, I'm very thankful for the dentist for keeping my teeth nice and straight and clean and bright :) if only I could take some mild anesthesia during my visits...

Catching Fire=Awesomeness

So, as promised in my previous blog, I'm going to discuss my latest read, Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (sp?). I've only just finished it, and I absolutely loved it. I really enjoyed not only the action scenes and love story portions of the book, but also the horror and inspiring feelings that I felt while reading it. In the book, the characters are stuck in a world where their government has complete power over everything, and so the stars in this book rebel. I love how realistic it is in this world and how it calls to it's readers to not just sit back and let injustice take over but instead to rebel and fight for what is right. I'd give it another 4 1/2 stars, like the first book in the series, The Hunger Games. But not for lack of quality; only because I wanted more. When I could feel the book winding down to an end I was sad because I wanted more. I'm not sure if there's another book in this series but I'm going to go find out!

Some Recent Randoms

So a lot of things have been going on lately! (and when I say that, things are basically the same as they were last time I blogged.) But anywho, just wanted to talk about some awesome things, and some not so awesome things in my life right now.

Awesome thing #1. I've bought myself an Amazon Kindle. It's a reading device that you can take with you, store thousands of books on, and I can buy most books cheaper with the click of a button. It's great for obsessive readers like myself. So far I've read 1 book on it, and I'd give it 4 1/2 stars. If I were to make improvements myself, I would have the option of a lit screen (for reading in the dark or when you don't have a lot of light) and the real-life-looking page turner; which I guess is on some Kindles, but I'm not willing to pay $400 buckaroos for it. Mainly because I don't have $400 buckaroos. Mainly because I'm a student.

Not so awesome thing #1. Girls who hit on guys who are taken. Now, most of the time, I'm pretty content with myself, pretty confident. But not the other day, when I put on a bikini after about a year and a half and prepared myself to go swim with Pete. I've been asking him if we could go swimming, like, every day after I get off work for the past.. oh I dunno...5 weeks? And when he finally says yes, I'm the one with the issues. Anywho, like I said, I'm usually confident and don't worry too much about what other people think of me besides this particular day when we head down to the pool. So not only am I feeling like a fat cow with a total of 4 goofy suntan lines (majorly from soccer) but this day is also the day that every single skinny girl my age decides to go swimming as well! How nice :) Welp, to make a long story short, because I'm sick of blogging about this not so awesome thing already, I spent a lot of time being annoyed with people hitting on Peter that day at the pool, and hopefully now I can get my butt back into shape to enjoy the icy water and wonderful joy I feel when swimming. Ahhhhh. PS- don't hit on other people's sig. others and expect me to like you :) simple enough.

Awesome thing #1 b. Oh! The book I've just read, entitled "Hunger Games" was FANTASTIC. Took me two days, loved every second of it. There are some minor parts that I think could have been changed for the better (in my opinion) but for the most part, it's an awesome book and I definitely recommend it. I'll be reading the sequel next, I'll let ya'll know how that goes!

Awesome thing #2. Ooey gooey love. I'm not much for that kind of stuff but can I just mention how utterly happy and lovestruck I am? Not only have Peter and I been together for a year, we've been together for a year straight, not just off and on like it's always been before with me. When we fight, we talk, make up, and things are fine. That's a good relationship. A professor once told me the main cause of divorce is the avoidance of conflict, or problems or something... who listens to their professors anyway... Meaning that when one partner is annoyed or stressed or unhappy, they don't TALK about it to the other person (or they do and nothing is done to fix/solve the problem). Instead, they just cover it up, and pretend it's not there. So I'm very excited, we seem to be going in the right direction.. Now if only one of us would switch schools so we didn't go to school an hour away from each other.. bahhaha.

Not so awesome thing #2. Stress. Lately it seems to by piling on... Not only do I already have family issues going on (story of my life, I'm quite used to this actually) but summer seems to be flying by and I have to start making some big decisions again. I'm trying (well, trying indicates I've put effort into achieving the goal, which I have not, therefore I've been attempting-to-try) to get things straightened out this fall so that I can stay with my best friend Mikenzie up in Logan, and finish up my degree at Utah State. Unfortunately, we've put it off for about 4 billion years and now I fear we've not only missed out on housing (it's mostly full, if not completely) but I've also missed out on deadlines and financial aid crap that needs to be done. Hopefully that all goes over okay... matter of fact, I should probably get on that right now... Ta ta!