Dance in the rain and forget about the storm.

I'm pretty sure I've never been this busy in my life, other than my mission. Here is a typical schedule for me. Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays I babysit for Brother and Sister Adam's. They have 4 kids. I go in the morning from 6-8:30. Home for a shower, school from 10:30-2:45, Work at Lasting Engraving, then work at Ink Solutions until 9, homework, talk to my Trevor, and bed. Tuesday and Thursdays I go to the gym in the morning from 7-8 then a quick shower and work at ink solutions then Lasting Engraving. Seriously, I get so worn out, but I love being busy. Oh, and I'm sick again now to top it all off. Sore throat, runny nose, man voice...you know the usual. It's literally a sick cycle. I work myself up and take on more than I can handle and stress myself out then get sick and I never get better. So, like my title says, I'm trying to dance in the rain and forget about my storm. Life is good none the less.

Somewhat switching gears, I just wanted to write about something I learned in church today. Our sacrament meeting was fantastic. Backing up a bit, all day I'd been thinking about fire and the symbolism of it. In sacrament meeting, Justin spoke about that same thing, fire. He pointed out that a fire takes a lot of work to build. Then after you build it, that's not all you have to keep continually putting wood in the fire to make it grow. Fire keeps us warm and brings light into our lives. The part I was thinking about today is that the refiners fire burns away impurities. That's like our testimony and the trials in our lives. We will always have trials, but we have our testimony to fuel our fire that keeps us going. It keeps us warm, but can also cause us pain when we are being refined and having our impurities burned off. So the things that are hard are also a blessing. That reminds me of that scripture in Ether 12:27. My weak things can be made strong. But do I really believe that? Do I work for that? Do I want to make my weak things become strong? It's easy to do that with some things that I struggle with, but what about my "pet sins" do I really want those to be a strength? Am I putting wood in the fire so I can keep getting refined? Even though it's painful am I trying to become better? These are just some questions that have been on my mind. I don't really have answers, but just like Nephi says, I know not the meaning of all thing, but I know that God loves His children. I know that God loves me and he's waiting for me to progress.

Even though, I'm busy and overwhelmed I'm dancing in the storm.

Checking in..

Nothing says Happy Valentines day like a reporting of my goals thus far. Let's see...So far I've lost 6 pounds. I've done so good at walking to campus. I only can go to the gym Tuesday and Thursday mornings but the rest of the days I walk to and from school. I've done good at eating smaller portions and less sugar, so I'm down 6 pounds. According to my scale at least, Trevor's said a whole other number yesterday....that's NOT OK with me. I haven't really learned much new on the makeup tricks yet though. I have learned some cool facial exercises. I look and feel silly doing them, so I only do them in the shower.


As for the Spiritual part this saddens me. I've done good on everything else, but I think there has been a few (less than 10) days that I haven't read my scriptures. And I totally forgot about my goal for specifically studying a gospel topic, so I didn't do that either. I still want to study the Law of Consecration, but I just haven't done that yet. I will repent and do better. I have written in my journal once a week. That's the one I thought I'd have the hardest time with! I'm working on finding someone to go to church with me. I was thinking of Diego to come again, but he hasn't talked to me in a while, so I don't know how that is going to work out. Someone else will be provided I know it.



Mentally, I'm still working on graduation, it's still a way off. I will take the CIL test after spring break and before finals, so not yet. So far I've got all A's in my classes, but we've got a few mid terms coming up, so we shall see and I haven't read any other books yet, but I will start one soon.



Socially I'm doin' awesome. My friend for January is Aramantha VanDeuser. Crazy cool name huh? She's great. She is in 2 of my 3 classes and she's wonderful. She doesn't really have a hometown, she moved a lot as a child but when ya really ask her, she'll say that she's from Vegas. She has one brother and one sister that is her roommate. She is thinking about minoring in Sociology with a major in Physical education? I'm not sure. When I had my dumb cold a while ago, she was so sweet and took notes. I really like her a lot. She's gorgeous too! I'm still working on the debt thing, I think I'm a little behind schedule, but I also bought a car so now I have another payment, so the debt goal might be altered a little. I don't have health insurance yet, but I did finally get a hold of the lady that's been helping me. I'm working on all of these so I'd say I'm doing pretty good. I've done fantastic at writing Morgan every week. Sometimes I mail the letter on Friday, so he has gotten 2 in one week before but I still have mailed him a letter every week. As for having a solid relationship, cross that off! Yes, it's with Trevor, but things are so good. He is so sweet and has really stepped it up a bunch. We have had some wonderful talks and really gotten to know each other. I like him a lot. He spoiled me like CRAZY for Valentines day. It was so much fun, Valentines day gets it's own special post to come later. Just know that I feel that this is a solid relationship. I'm not sure where it's going to lead to, but he has really been wonderful and so much fun to date!

So, that's me lately. I'm happy as ever! Life is good!

A breath of goodness...

This past week or so I've felt like a missionary again. I'm constantly busy! It's been so good and somehow I've managed to get just about everything done. And when I say done what I really mean is being caught up from being sick. I had the worst cold for 2 weeks! It started with a sore throat, then went to everything after that and back to a sore throat. Yuck! For a while I sounded like a man, then I sounded like I was going through puberty. Not fun! But, I'm feeling much better now and have got caught up in my classes and I love that feeling.
Yesterday in my theory class I decided I wanted to get to know me a little bit better. I decided to make a list of things about me. I've narrowed it down to only 54 things, but some of those things that I can remember.
1. I hate Swedish fish
2. I love the sound of rain on my umbrella
3. I love evenly cut cheese
4. I love organizing things
5. I love straws.

So, that's what I came up with about me. I was going to write more but honestly, I'm pooped and I have to babysit tomorrow. Love it!

a day late and a dollar short...

I try and stay on top of things, but I always find myself trying to play catch up. -sigh- I'm not even procrastinating! (not too bad anyway!) Life is good. I had a wonderful weekend. Friday I went to Salt Lake to Trevor's niece and nephew's birthday party, then to Jamie and Theron's house to watch a movie. Saturday I worked out with Jamie and got SUPER DUPER SORE! Yes, that was Saturday and today is Tuesday and I'm STILL walking like an old grandma. After the workout we went to get haircuts! Whoot...I love haircuts! I look gorgeous. Pictures to come. We went to the grocery store after that and I had some of the best eye flirtage EVER!! How's that comin' anyway James? Do I have a date yet? :) Then Saturday night I went with Trevor to the auto exbo. He was so cute! I've never seen him this excited about anything, he was shaking and couldn't hold still. We had lots of fun looking at his dream car which is a 2010 Range Rover. (again, pictures to come.) After the auto thing, we went out to dinner with Matt and Lacey. That is always a good time. The 4 of us are hilarious together! I love us! I had to go home that night because Rebecca (my mission companion) was coming to stay. Sunday was the usual, church, dinner with Gram. This week we had it at Krystal and Sean's house....YUM! Then we went to ward prayer and when we got home we randomly had the dance party of the century. My friend Dede and I were dancin fools when in walked none other than TREVOR!!! He came up with his friend Cavet. They stayed and played games with us and we had a lot of fun. Monday Rebecca took me out to eat for my birthday, then we bummed around the rest of the day because I was sick. So, that brings us to today....work. So off to do homework and rest before mom gets too mad. :)

I am the gate keeper of my own destiny...

Since they are my goals, I have the right to modify them right? This blogging daily is a lot harder than I thought and a lot less important than I thought. So, I'll shoot for every other day. We'll see how that goes. OK, backing up...my birthday was wonderful. I got a boyfriend and a billion friends to show their love. It was so great. Long story short, Joel and Darci had a fantastic party for me on Sunday. They made super cute signs. ( As you can see by the way Georgia is posing by her dang cute sign that has me as a 24 year old balloon.) We ate cobbler and played twister. Thanks Johnson's! Then on Tuesday, Jamie(sister) and Jamie(friend) had a surprise birthday party for me. It was in Bountiful and so great. We ate sloppy joes and veggies that Jamie was so wonderful to prepare and Jamie Young was in charge of inviting everyone. Wow. I loved it.

My cake was awesome! Trevor helped me decide what to do. Yes, it was a bunch of oreos stuck in a gallon of ice cream. Isn't that the epitome of delicious? I think so! So, the whole Trevor thing goes as follows. He hadn't talked to me for 2 weeks, he called, he came to my Birthday party and brought me gorgeous Gerber Daisy's and then asked me to be his girlfriend on the way home from the grocery store. We worked out the kinks of our relationship and started a new and improved Trevor and Julia relationship. He really is wonderful! I think the world of him. It's been SOOOOO much better in the one week we've been dating again than it was before. Our communication is a lot better and he's starting to be more mushy which I love. I went sledding with him at Mountain Dell this past weekend. We had SOOO much fun and the best part is was that there were no broken bones! Yeah! So, I don't know why it's underlining everything, but I'm to tired to figure it out. My first day of school was WONDERFUL! I love my classes. They are going to be hard and challenge me, but that's what it's supposed to do right? Life is good. The end. Or as Trevor would say, The beginning, the middle AND the end.

The Phone call

Tonight my friends and I are watching the Phone Call. Remember that Dad? It totally reminds me of Morgan and Daddy. Almost as good as KKKAAAUUULLLEEENNNEEE!!! Oh good ol' Sunday's at the Parker house. Good times. Today was nice, I guess. I decided to write 3 good things that happened out today. So for today's list it is:
1. I played with my animal crackers at work.
2. My roommates came home! Yeah Keller Sisters.
3. Jamie and I had a long, VERY MUCH SO NEEDED date. We went to this new place in town called Pounders. It was pretty good, but man I'm full.
So, today was great day. I love friends coming back and spending time together. Yeah!! I have to babysit in the morning so I'm out.

Weddings Galore...

So, I hooked up with Trevor this weekend, when I got home my roomate told me that her and Niels got engaged and are getting married March 13th @ 9:00 in the Draper temple. I'm so excited for them. I love them both and there couldn't be a happier couple together. You really can feel that they are perfect for each other on so many levels. Yeah for them. My second wedding is Jamie. She is my bestest bestest friend I love her dearly. She is the sweetest girl in the world. I love her and tonight I found out that they aren't technically engaged, but getting pretty close. He finally kissed her for the first time tonight. I'm so dang excited for her and him. They have a perfect relationship. They really are the twinkle in each other's eyes. I will put pictures up of the happy couples soon, but not tonight....I'm pooped. AND I'm blogging about my birthday tomorrow. Oh glorious day!

This is Jamie and Steve. This is Sarah and Niels.