5 Mini Posts in One! :)

Well, back to the day to day of life. It's starting to hit me now. haha. I wish EFY would never end :) It's so much fun being engaged in something good. Actually it has been fun talking to this guy at my work about EFY. He did it this summer as well, in the Eastern states, and it was like instant bonding. I wonder if a mission is kind of like an extended version of EFY, if that is the case, sign me up baby! ;) The only trouble is, you can't flirt....hmm...... ;) j/k I'm sure it is so worth it!

Keith and Ashley's wedding plans are coming along, actually I have no idea what all they need to do anymore because I never see her. I can't imagine what it is like to always want to be with one person, like, 24/7......one day I'll understand I hope....I guess I just like my own quiet time.

So I was planning on going to school this semester but I think I am going to hold off....school is pricey and I don't want to get any loans! So for now I am working at Los Hermanos, a local mexican restaraunt, as a server and looking for another job.

Camille moved into our apartment! We redecorated our living room (well, by redecorated I mean, rearranged the living room and put up a couple more pictures) It's amazing how much of a difference that can make! Change is so good! It's like my brain can think differently now. Aaaah.....(that was a brain sigh...)

We also decided to combine all of our food and go buy everything at Costco and split the bill. It will be cheaper and save lots of space! (Whoever suggested refrigerators built for two in a four person girls apartment was not thinking...) It was challenging taking all of my food and putting it in the pile to share, but it also opened up my heart to my roommates a little bit more, and I think this will teach us how to communicate better and to be honest with each other. We'll see how it works!

Random Happenings

So I totally slept in last week for temple duty....oops! I felt like such a dork. Thankfully Kleresa came and woke me up! And here I am blogging at 10:16 on a Friday night....sigh....one day I will be responsible....but I just got back from work so I am going to need a second to wind down.

I rode a horse on Tuesday for the first time...er...second time ever! It was more like sitting on the horse while it walked around in the little circular pen...I wish I had a picture but sadly my camera died... :( Our Bishop was kind enough to set up a weekly time for horseback riding and lessons! He has I think 4 or 5 horses....maybe 6. It's great! I think I want to go back and do it again, but faster! :)

I also got to see Carey Batschi for the first time in who knows how long! It is so great to see old friends and its like nothing ever changed! Accept for the fact that everyone in the room was married prettymuch, until Eric showed up. Well, him and Carey....OK so only Shara/Craig and Rich/Kirsti were married but still......I digress.....it was good to see everyone!! I am so blessed with good friends!

And what is it with this Farmville thing on Facebook? I started it and am hooked. Great, another reason to be addicted to facebook....gotta take care of those plants! haha. It's way fun though! You all should try it...

Catching Up

Well its been a couple of weeks or so...

So guess its time to catch up!

I just got finished with two weeks of EFY. Oh it was so amazing! My first week back was kind of rocky because I had all this stuff planned out--each lesson, etc. I was expecting them to be like my first week of kids, so I had all these ideas of what it was going to be like.

Well, they were younger--14/15 year olds. And they were crazy. Crazy as in, very energetic, very talkative, and very distracted during lessons. haha. Cute girls, but I found myself getting very frusterated because they wouldn't do anything I said, they would interrupt in the middle of lessons, etc. I realized where I went wrong was that I was trying to control everything, instead of being humble and listening to the Spirit and going with the flow.

The next week, I fasted and prayed to prepare myself to be ready for another round of girls. I didnt' think I'd be able to have another repeat of the previous week without going crazy! So I really needed all the help I could get. Oh man what a difference it made! I felt like I could go with the flow so much easier. My girls were so good, so obedient, so incredibly happy...I found myself feeling so much happier because of their joy and optimism. They kept me straight, and they were so ready to do anything I asked them to do. I loved it! Oh what a difference having a humble attitude (which I could have done better at I'm sure) and relying on the Lord and not on yourself can make! Maybe they were just different girls, but I found myself way more able to look at them differently and have more confidence that the Lord would guide me as I went forward.

NOt to mention I got to have two of the best co counselors ever! Katie Tenney was my co for my second week! What a blessing! Seriously, I almost cried when I found out we would be co's! She is so happy all the time, so much fun....we bonded a lot I think! Oh I love that girl!!!!