The Man Your Man Can Smell Like

We aren't sure why, even after a long process of investigation, but our room smells like man.

and not the good kind that you would find wandering around Abercrombie half naked

We smelled the beds, the closet, our clothes, each other, and just about everything else. We smell just fine. (My hair especially)

It could be the stench we bring in after running, that we just let sit without ventilation for a few hours.

It could be the stench of man that winds itself over from the boys apartments right outside our window.

Or, (and this is my number 1 theory) it could be the family of smelly gnomes living under Taylor's bed.

Either way, our room smells like high school boys locker room, and we aren't sure why.

If you would like to send a care package to me encasing febreeze, we would be very grateful.

*AHEM*

Running should be a major.

Perhaps a BS in Athletic Training? It could happen.

I also wish I had more credits so I could sign up for classes sooner and get in to classes where I can run and do something exciting. Rather than sitting in a classroom

Give me your thoughts on this idea? Thanks

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Say what? BYU in the fall guys. See you all in Provo. Very soon.

I will never recommend a long distance relationship to anyone. Even if it's only 4 hours away. I'm so glad mine is on it's home stretch. 2 months.

Welcome Sabbath Morning

Bishop's interview at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. It's a good thing that transferring is going to be more than worth it, otherwise I would find it hard to get up that early....

Oh how I wish I was spending this weekend in Utah.

The Mid-Week Weekend

I skipped school this week. No, not all week, but Monday, almost immediately after English, I headed for Utah, only to return resentfully this evening.

Now, why would I be so irresponsible and leave the state in the middle of the semester?

Augustana, a discussion with the parents, a separation anxiety problem from Will, and Augustana.

Augustana was amazing. No, none of the band members are the same since November's falling out, but Dan still sings strong, and it couldn't have been more perfect. Will, I could tell he didn't like more than a few of the songs, but he's a good sport. Most of the time he chuckled at my insane singing skills. (His long arms were helpful to get some great shots and a couple videos. Maybe one day, when I'm tech savy I will put them up here, but I'm clueless as to how to put it from my phone to the blog.

The talk with the parents? Went more than well. This summer is going to be absolutely perfect. (and here I was thinking that nothing could top last summer)

Time with Will is never enough. To all of you that have a significant other within 10 miles of you at all times? Let's switch spots for a day. The drive from Rexburg to Provo isn't something that you can do every day. Or even every weekend.

As consequence for skipping class, my homework load is a little on the large side.

Awful Internet and the Rantings of a Friday

"Your internet should always be fast and reliable. But I will send a note to maintenance"

Why? Oh, maybe because we can't ever connect to the internet in our apartment after the hour of 4 p.m. System overload is our best guess. All we know that homework and hulu t.v. shows has become virtually impossible at night. Good thing we have movies and seasons of I Love Lucy to watch on our real life t.v.

Our quick fix remedy? Ethernet cables. Who would have thought right? Three cheers are in order for my dad and his possession and knowledge of such items.

Two classes on Friday is golden. I wake up, head to my 9 a.m. class, then head to he library, print off whatever I need to print, grab an amazing breakfast burrito (the burritos here are to die for everyone, I don't think you really understand. It's a 'you made it through the week without collapsing treat to myself') sit down on a lonely table by myself, plug in Fall Out Boy, Augustana, or whatever strikes my fancy that day, and dive into homework/internet surfing. (the internet speed on campus compared to the speed at my apartment makes me feel like I traveled to the future) I then waste about 2 1/2 hours of my day doing almost nothing before heading off to my last class.

Seems like a pretty safe and sound routine right? I thought so. Up until I somehow jammed the school printer without actually touching the massive machine. (they needed a new one anyways...) With that out of the way I went to the crossroads to get my breakfast and finish annotating a paper for English. As soon as I open my water to take a sip, I trip on absolutely nothing, totally soaking some poor man sitting innocently at his own table... I would have consoled him, helped him clean up, dry off, anything. But he ran away like a super hero with a call from the mayor... Awesome...

Not only that, but it's a curly hair day, seeing as I didn't fall asleep til 1 a.m. and had no desire to get up early to dry and straighten this mess.

Good thing the boy tells me he like my curly hair.

Being a people watcher shouldn't be as much fun as it really is. I'm reaching creeper status rather quickly.

The boy always tells me how much all of the teachers love him. He's the kid in the front row with all the answers and the occasional smart alek comments. I hate kids like him in my classes. I sit in the back, answer when called upon, and have a strong desire to debate anything that anyone says that I don't completely agree with. And my smart alek comments come out of my mouth like they are on a conveyor belt... haha. that's probably why all the teachers don't like me too much and sent me into the halls in high school

Well. I hope you all have a great weekend.

(my apologies for the sadistic tone throughout this entire post.)

The College Library Chronicles:2

Guess who showed up again today? Yep. The guy from last time... Golden.

"Hey! I knew I'd see you around! Are you doing anything this weekend?" "Yeah, I have a lot of homework to do and to get ahead on cause I'm going to Utah on Tuesday and Wednesday." "Oh cool! What are you going to Utah in the middle of the week for?" "My boyfriend is taking me to a concert of my favorite band." "Oh. Boyfriend. Awesome..." *Awkwardly turns head to the side* "Well... I guess I'll see you around sometime." "Yeah, see you later"

Talk about awkward right? Poor kid.

I've grown accustom to eavesdropping on the student employees sitting at the front desk, very near my study area. What are they talking about today? How they are so glad the international students get on campus jobs. Gives them an advantage against all the other girls when it comes to dating the black men.

Good luck ladies.

That's all.

An Actual Blustery Day-and a Wednesday

Walking to class the goal wasn't to get there on time. The goal was to get there without being blown over. Think I'm kidding? Come up to Rexburg. I nearly got knocked off my feet more than once. And my breath was taken away several times as I trekked around campus.

Ridiculous

Although it made for some great hair days from the female portion of the students, and when my coat is zipped up all the way and my hood is up, you can only see my eyes and nose. I looked like that of a lime eskimo. I had a rather enjoyable time trying to maneuver my way around things. But I could tell that I was in the minority.

A storm is on it's way. Finally.

Just, everyone cross your fingers that it doesn't hinder my concert attendance on Tuesday.

The College Library Chronicles:1

"What's up girl! haven't seen you in a while." *grabs left hand* "You married up yet? I thought you would have been gone by now..." *moves over to another girl* "What's up girl! haven't seen you in a while." *grabs left hand* "You married up yet? I thought you would have been gone by now..." Got to love eavesdropping

Sitting across from Mr. Jock.-

"Boom!" *setting down bag. "sorry, my bag is way heavy." "yeah I noticed" "haha..."

Awkward pause. I then retreat back to my readings about Arab's.

"So, you come here often?" haha. Are you kidding me? "Yeah. It's the library."

"You're funny" Gee, thank you. I'm really trying.

About 5 minutes later.

"So, your hair is really pretty. I like the curls a lot." "Oh thanks. It's not my favorite." "It should be. It's really cool. It matches your pretty green eyes too" "Oh, thank you" *cue sweet smile*

2-3 minutes

"So, what are you doing this weekend?" "Going to Utah" "Oh, sweetness. Is that your home?" "Yeah" "Oh nice. Well, I have to get going. Maybe I'll see you next week back here around the same time?" "Haha, probably. I come here regularly in between classes" "Hmm. I'll keep that in mind." *Wink*

Wow. That was awkward.

One Full Week

It's been exactly a week since the beginning of this semester. Let's write up a review

-Taylor is a great roommate. We get along a little too well.

-It's a cold walk to class in the mornings. Very cold.

-Tennessee boy is a good time. We enjoy one another's company. Walks home are fantastic.

-Visual media-well, at least now I know I will never go in to graphic design. It blows my mind that some people can make full on, professional cartoons on the same program that I can barely make a square. I'm an idiot.

-Teryaki stix will feed you for a good 4 days in one container.

-Weekly dinners with Katy are much needed.

-English teachers should not be 25, they should not have graduated from college in July, and they should not be single. get. me. out.

-The Middle East is intriguing.

-The library is a fantastic place to eavesdrop.

-Cuddles, you were much missed. So glad to see you at school again.

-Dodgeball?

-Running. It's still a strange addiction.

-The boy came up this weekend. Decided on it an hour before he left. Good thing he brought a friend for Taylor. What a weird weekend.

-Book of Mormon with Brother Bear? Yes please.

Gotta love school.

Rock It Out

Want to be avoided much like a plague?

How about you just want some 'me' time, and nobody to bug you.

Head right to a highly populated area, sit yourself in the middle of everything, and then put in headphones.

Headphones work magic my friends. Magic.

Love the Subject-Hate the Class

I walk in, sit down, and situate myself. Just another class right? Then shorty mc-shorterson with possibly the best built body that I have ever seen sits down next to me. "hmm." I think to myself. "This class might be rather nice."

Cue professor. "Well class. Welcome to understanding the Middle East. Good thing all of you are here, because none of you actually understand it at all." He takes a seat on his podium, then proceeds to kick off his shoes, revealing mismatched, colorful socks.

I immediately knew I would like this professor.

"I believe in a casual life, with casual dress." As he loosens his tie, unbuttons the top button of his shirt and stretches out a bit.

"I love this subject. I've spent more than half my life in the middle east as an archaeologist. But, I hate teaching this class."

*audible gasp*

"Don't worry. I'll teach it all to you. But I get rather frustrated, rather quickly. So deal with it. I also have back and foot problems. So you can deal with those as well. I don't believe in Brainhoney/I-learn. I will be grading your papers with a red pen, you will be collecting them all when I hand them back. And that is how you will know your grade. I, lucky for you, do have a website though, so, through google I'm sure you can find it. You have an assignment posted. Print out some maps. Don't worry though, I won't make you color them in. I'm not a total freak. Good luck people"

Professor, this could be the start of a great semester.

Welcome Back Kids

Half moved in, I decided to take a break from the chaos.

After dropping $300 on books, I'm starting to not look forward to class again.

The excitement of college has quickly worn off. It's just another day in the neighborhood.

Last semester I was attending orientations, meeting new kids, going to parties. This time, I'm procrastinating moving in, buying books, and waiting to get a check from Old Navy so that I don't starve this week... Back to the old grind.

On the plus side, my new apartment is much bigger, there's a t.v., my roommate is just as wacked as I am, and there are no math or science classes in my oh so lovely 17 credit schedule. There's room in the kitchen for more than one person, my bed isn't 6 inches from the ceiling, and I don't live in a complex surrounded by crazy freshman girls, and across the street from non-commitment pre-mish boys.

This could get exciting folks.

Stay tuned.

The Double One

I suppose, a nostalgic post is in order so as to really start off the new year.

2011(in a semi, but not very so particular order)

-Sent my sister, a best friend, and so many more friends off on missions

-Graduated from high school, and everything that comes with that

-performed my senior recital

-Said goodbye to many wonderful people

-Worked diligently, and goofed off at the Old Navy

-Met an amazing guy (whom, so as to really get it out there, I plan to keep around for a while)

-Worked even more at Old Navy

-Kept close to the friends I love

-Made myself a regular at Farr's

-Got me a smart phone

-Longboarded and destroyed my knee

-Wrote the missionaries

-Welcomed my sister home from her mission so that she could recover from her illness(Had to eat some radioactive food so that they could look at her digestive system more closely, and still denies having any super powers...)

-Ventured off to college

-turned 19

-Made some amazing friends, with which I hope to keep ties for a very, very long time.

-Experienced scary foreign movies

-Lived through a 7 a.m. class

-Became a big fan of love boat couches

-Barely passed my math class

-succeeded at my first semester at Rexburg

-Endured very much below freezing weather

-Had an amazing Christmas with the family and the boy

Here's to 2012, and the new adventures it holds for us all