Out With the Old, and In With the New

Good morning Starshine!  The Earth says hello!!

Exciting news time!!  I have officially been released as the Ward Music Chairman (er, ... Chairwoman ...) and I am sad to see it go!!  I loved choosing the music every week and getting to know all the talented people in our ward!  But, change always comes, no matter how hard we might wish it were otherwise, and I have been called to serve as the Second Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency!!  I am even more excited for this calling!!  It will give me bajillions more opportunities to serve the girls in my ward and grow closer to the Savior!!  I am so excited!!

BUT!  I am also nervous.  This means I now have the RA job, 15 credits, the student manager job, and a much more involved calling.  I'm going to have a lot to do and not a lot of time to do it- I still have a lot to do from last semester.  So if I seem to be going crazy, it's because I am.  If I seem too busy to blog, it's because I am.  If I start speaking in French, it's because I'm attempting to learn it this semester and it's my hardest class.  

But, I digress... more exciting news:

• I've lost fifteen pounds this month!!
• I scored big at DI!! (New skirt and jeans in GREAT condition)
• I officially change my major from ECE to Business!!
• We now have a Preach My Gospel class during Sunday School and it's FANTASTIC!!!
• We had an apartment dinner yesterday and I invited a guy over!! (and it wasn't awkward!)
• I got a late Christmas card which made my day!! (Thanks, CLE!!)

and . . . 

• I get to wear jeans to work this week ;]

That's life!  And I'm lovin' it!

Things I learned from Noah's Ark

ONE: Don't miss the boat
TWO: Remember that we are all in the same boat! 
THREE: Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark. 
FOUR: Stay fit. When you're 60 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big. 
FIVE: Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done. 
SIX: Build your future on high ground.
SEVEN: For safety's sake, travel in pairs.
EIGHT: Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.
NINE: When you're stressed, float awhile.
TEN: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.
ELEVEN: No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting.

It's That Kind of Day

Today was a baking day.

(which is like a vacation day, 

but better 

because I can listen to my "Awesome Music" playlist

and put on my apron and open all the windows 

and just bake whatever I want 

and I feel like there's nothing else in the world that needs to get done

and I don't even have to leave my apartment!)

I got adventurous and tried out a pinterest recipe I found a few weeks ago: 

Peanut Butter Meltaway Cupcakes.  

The Geek-dom of Myself

I feel that I need a post 

devoted to my

extreme

Geek-ery.

Le premiere:

Star Wars.  'Nuff Said.

Second:

Big Bang Theory makes me laugh.

Third:

These are the greatest scientists who ever lived.

In case you can't see them: Mr Fantastic, Dr. Horrible, Spock, Dr. Emmett Brown, Bunsen Honeydew, and Beaker. 

Fourth:

The guy who wants to marry me, should do this.

Fifth:

You can never have enough Star Wars.

But you know, 

I think it's okay to be a Geek.

Lots of people have done it.

And they've all survived.

There are no known records of a

"Death by Geek-ness"

so, what's wrong with being a geek?

I'm just being . . . 

ME.

P.S.  If you can bear more of my overwhelming "Geek-ery,"

you should follow me on pinterest.  Jus' sayin'.

P.P.S.

Nom Nom Nom on Some Food For Thought

     So, as I was walking to work yesterday morning I started thinking about my life.  And then life in general.  And then I started thinking about trials and how God gives everyone trials.  My favorite comparison to trials is and has always been rain.
     There are different "degrees" of rain, so to speak.  There's the annoying rain that just drives you crazy, but other than that is pretty harmless.  Then there's the slow rainfall where the whole world is just like "Hey man, I'm just soakin' in some rain.  Keepin' it real."  Then there's the hard rainfall where it's pouring cats and dogs (but without any pet food- poor kitties and puppies).  There's also the thunderstorm, where it's raining hard and thunder is thundering and lightning is . . . lightning-ing . . . And finally, there's the hurricane where it seems like the whole world is being swept away behind a curtain of rainfall.
     But, even though there are varying degrees of trials and we don't all go through the same thing, there is always a rainbow after the storm.  Sometimes the rainbow is just a small one that we notice on a puddle on our way to work.  Sometimes, it's wide ribbon of color that stretches across the sky and encompasses the world with light.  Sometimes, it's even a double rainbow.  (Yeah, I just went there; if you don't understand, click.)  But no matter how small, there is ALWAYS a rainbow.
     (Here comes the good part.)  We all go though different trials.  Sometimes, it's just a little sprinkle and sometimes it's a destructive torrential downpour.  But no matter what, there is always a blessing for every trial we endure.  For every rainfall, there's a rainbow.  For every trial, there's a blessing.
     And I'm grateful for that.  I'm grateful for the rainbows after the storms; they are so beautiful and simple that they make the storm worth it.  People sometimes complain about trials; but we have to go through them no matter what.  If we have to go through trials, then I'm certainly thankful for the blessings we receive because of them.  I'm grateful that trials have blessings, that storms have rainbows, and that thorns have roses.

  
     Everything happens for a reason.  This trial is certainly one that you won't be able to live without.

Here I sit in the library

Wow, I haven't blogged in over a week . . . I apologize, dear friends (all 7 of you).

Here I sit in the library, awaiting my classmate so that we may do homework.

Here I sit in the library, wondering what I should blog about.

Here I sit in the library . . .

French is going to whip me into some kind of crazy studying machine this semester.  We have our first test over the first two chapters next Friday (yeah, next Friday as in the Friday after this one, as in the third week of the semester).  Lucky for me, there is LOTS of online help and Gail.

All aspects of work are becoming crazier and crazier.  I have almost no wiggle room in my Cougareat schedule and I suddenly have about fifty bajillion things I need to get done for my store.  I still have certifications from last semester to finish (I know, I'm a horrible person.  Sue me.  In my defense, I'm almost done.  My goal is to be done with the 22 I have left in one month).  The powers that be in charge of apartment complex have decided that we are no longer going to have the lounge open after office hours except for reservations (know how often those happen?  Maybe twice a month . . . ).  I now have to do cleaning checks every month for half of the girls in my complex.

Major business . . . I'm thinking business.  Specifically, entrepreneurship.  With a minor in accounting.  Thoughts?  Feedback?  Comments?

And a little happiness for your soul :]

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