i tried.

so, i'm trying to be productive. but the internet at the byu-h library is not letting me! i took a test just a few minutes ago, and the computer that shows our grades was down. so i'm supposed to log in to check my grade, and the page just will not open! and now before my class i'm trying to log in to blackboard to get some reading done and that page won't load either! oddly enough, facebook, yahoo, and my blog website all work just fine. very interesting... and slightly irriating.

there were pictures i wanted to upload from recent events.. but since i'm not on my laptop, i don't have them. hmm.. even this blog post is a failed attempt at faux productivity.

i guess i'll watch last week's episode of glee again til my next class :)

three years.

three years ago today i was baptized into the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints! best decision i've ever made.
the church has given me so many opportunities to grow.
it has helped me know my heavenly father and my savior jesus christ better.
i have developed a greater understanding of the scriptures.
i have made lifelong friends.
i know where i came from and what my purpose on earth is.
i will someday have the opportunity to get married in the temple for time and all eternity.
and i am planning on serving as a full-time missionary.

i know the book of mormon is true. it works with the bible to testify of christ!
i know our heavenly father loves each and every one of us.
i know that jesus christ died for our sins so that we may return to heaven some day.
i know the church is true.

if you want to know more, ASK ME!
or go to www.mormon.org



:)

i yell, "pick me up!!" in my head.

and i think it works.

i've had to walk everywhere since i've lived in hawaii.
and it's taken some getting used to.
i don't mind walking. really.
just, when it's 90 degrees or pouring rain, or if i've just had a long day,
i'd rather not.
so i get rides from people a lot.
and, when i can't get a ride, i walk.
and i yell in my head "pick me up pick me up!"
hoping the person driving by will "hear" me,
and take pity on me and give me a ride.
say what you will, but i really think it works!
not having a car has given me much more compassion
for those of my friends who don't have cars back home.
typically, i'd be annoyed when people asked me for a ride...
like, come on, how old are we? you don't drive??
but now i can totally sympathize.

in other news,
harry potter comes out this weekend!
call me a little kid (really, it's okay if you want to).
but i LOVE harry potter. like sooo much.
and i'm not ashamed to admit it!


31 days til i go home for christmas!!!
i love and miss my family.
:)

all i want for christmas is regina spektor.

i'm seriously obsessed with her music right now! ahhhh sooo good. i only knew a couple of her songs until this week when i started searching for some more. she is one talented artist. one of my new favorites for sure. so, if anyone wants to make my christmas, you can make me a cd with her music on it :) just sayin.

i go home in 43 days! how exciting. i miss my family, they are so good to me. my dad's planning on coming to visit me in hawaii next semester, which will be tons of fun. i love hawaii. i'm going to chicago with my mom for a week in may. and then of course my study abroad to the mediterranean which i still can't believe is actually happening... and then next fall, i'm planning on serving a mission for the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, and who knows where that will take me. :) lots of good things coming up.

also, these pictures make me happy.









here's a little song for you. one of my new faves by miss spektor :)

roomies.

i just wanted to say that i really love my roommates. somehow, we got everyone together at one time to go down to waikiki friday night for dinner. everyone meaning my ten roommates and three other girls that are honorary roommates... not an easy feat, getting us all together at one time, but it was great fun!

caitie, my roomie.

becca and kristal.

sierra.

the ten roommates :)

all thirteen of us! <3

it's always a party with these girls. love them!

"you change your mind like a girl changes clothes."

yeah, katy, i know.

in the past two weeks, i've changed my mind more than my ten roommates do in a day. BUT i'm pretty sure i've got the next year figured out. yes, i know i thought i had it figured out a week ago, but, looking at things more logically has caused me to change my mind.

i really wanted to go to provo for spring/summer. it sounded like a great idea. but i made a pros/cons list of both options... and being home has waayy more pros... i'm guaranteed two jobs, i'd live at home for free, eat for free, AND get to start on my mission papers in april. i'd also have the opportunity to be an efy counselor. if i went to provo for spring/summer, i'd get a couple more psychology classes in, and have a blast living up there, but i'm not guaranteed a job and i'd be paying for half of my tuition, books, my rent, and my food. and i wouldn't start my mission papers til mid-august and i want to leave in october so that's not going to work. also, my mom is going on a trip to chicago for her 60th birthday at the beginning of may. if i was in school, i wouldn't be able to go with her so that will be another good thing about being home!

i just found out today that i got accepted to the mediterranean business study abroad with byu!!!!! we'll be going to italy, greece, turkey, and egypt for about a month this summer!
i'm SO excited!

so, new plan...
home mid-april, work, go to chicago, mission papers, maybe efy, study abroad, then mission in october.

thanks everyone for the advice and for listening to my insanity! :)

decisions, decisions.

there are currently far too many options for what i'm going to do with the next year of my life.
here they are.

for spring:
-stay in hawaii
-go to chicago with my mom
-go to provo

for summer:
-go on a study abroad (i've applied, just haven't heard back yet)
-work at home
-be in provo working
-be an efy counselor

for fall:
-go back to hawaii
-go back to provo
-go on my mission

here's the conclusions i've come to thus far (plans ARE subject to change):

for spring:
go to provo and take classes. i'll be able to go home for 2 weeks between winter semester here in hawaii and spring in provo, seeing as i'll be done in hawaii april 8th and spring session in provo doesn't start til april 26th.

for summer: stay in provo, working.
or, if i get into my study abroad, i'd have to be back in provo by july 8th-ish and i could go home for a week or two to visit after spring session and before my study abroad. which i will probably do seeing as i'll need to bring my car back home (and i'll miss my family)!

for fall: go on my mission!
i've wanted to serve a mission for 2 years now, and i could actually leave next september!! i'd have 2 months to be home between getting back from my study abroad and the time i want to leave for my mission, in october.


so, this is the plan for now. the only problem is my parents don't entirely support my decision to be in provo all spring and summer... which is tough financially, as well as emotionally for me.
regardless, i'm at the point in my life where i need to start making decisions for myself.

so this is what i think i'll be doing with my next year. what do you think, any advice or ideas??