bestie

i'm so happy for my best friend and the wonderful things that are happening in her life! i couldn't be more proud of her. she deserves the best!! i just needed to say that haha.
luh you bestie
xoxo

sunday rundown

this week has been pretty good. school has been pretty chill, so i need to amp it up a little this next week. work has been pretty uneventful too.
the big exciting event for the week was my sweet jenna's baby shower! jenna is so darling. she will be such a good mommy! i know she can do it and with strength and grace. i can't wait to meet baby b!

saturday night turned into kind of a bummer night. so me and hol watched hairspray, love it. later, i'm lounging around, trying to figure out what to do to not be so bummed, and i get a phone call from dallin's brother. i answer and its alot of shuffling around and talking, so i think its a butt dial and hang up. he calls again, so i answer, and 3 boys start singing to me. i'm trying to decide if its on purpose or not, but then i hear the song and theres no way a bunch of boys in a car are just singing it together, it really must be for me.
it happened to be my fav song for the moment, i won't give up by jason mraz. i love this song. how could they know that? and dallin doesn't know it, its new and hes been gone a long time. but i love it its so sweet. so these boys sing me the entire thing! and it has some pretty complicated vocals. i thought it was lovely :) when they were done, tyler gets on and says something like that was for you hil, hope you liked it, have a good night. and by then i'm trying not to cry because it was so cute and just what i needed for a pick me up! so i text him and tell him they made my night! so thoughtful i'm so glad those silly boys did that!
night= made

xoxo

19 months done, 5 to go

i cannot believe i only have 5 months left! i swear after i got done celebrating 6 months left i forgot that i could ever get better than that, or lower! i forgot to keep counting! i kept saying 6 months 6 months less than 6 months. and then 5 months hit!
whoever said the last 6 months fly faster than months 6-18, i'm sorry i didn't believe you!!
i'm so excited! i can't believe it. and every time it gets brought up i smile all huge and probably blush and start to breathe really fast. i can't wait. well i can. i've been doing it this long haha.
i'm so lucky to have my dallin. he is the reason the time is flying so fast! he is working so so hard out there. i know we're both getting showered with blessings, and there will be more! i'm so proud of him. i think he's amazing and i'm so lucky he can balance mission and girlfriend so well. i know lots that couldn't and i know i'm just plain lucky. 5 months isn't really that long. plus it will probably take me that long to find an airport outfit!!

xoxo

the fighter

give em hell
turn their heads
gonna live life til we're dead
give me scars, give me pain
then they'll say to me
there goes the fighter
here comes the fighter
thats what they'll say to me,
this one's a fighter.

i love love love this song! sometimes when i feel discouraged or too exhausted or like i just can't do it, i think of this song. it usually makes me tear up, but it also puts my chin up. i CAN do this. anything. i can do anything! i'll give em hell, i'll turn their heads.

when i'm feeling down, i don't have time to for very long! so i have to find things to cheer me up. people laugh and wonder why i'm doing something dumb. but it cheers me up and then i'm in a better mood. and when i'm in a good mood, i can get things done. i can powerhouse at school. i can get things done at work. and i don't just mope around about dallin being gone, i can actually appreciate the blessings and his hard work. so i jump around a few times. i try to make myself laugh. i go get a mag. i get balloons to brighten up my desk at work. i listen to phil collins, or more recently, justin bieber's christmas album. which i adore any time of year. that brightens me right up haha!
mostly i've learned that being sad or down is a bummer, being happy and laughing and smiling is not. i do not have time or patience for being bummed.
like sweet marjorie pay hinckley said, i would rather laugh than cry. crying gives me a headache.

xoxo

august package!

its countdown time! august is only 5 months left, so i did things with 5!
i found 5 flavor life savers, 5 gum, take 5, 5 dollars, 5 new pens! (because who doesn't love new pens?!)
i made snickerdoodles, and printed off pictures, and my fam wrote him letters too. they were adorable!

thursday thought

'and Christ hath said: if ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me.'
Moroni 7:33

week 80!

happy august!
i can't believe its already august. just one step closer to january!!
today was week 80. finally in the 80s! today was wednesday mac day, so i had my 80th box of macaroni and cheese! thanks babe haha!
also 175 days left!
i'm just really excited today :)

xoxo