Use Them for First Aid

Well it's been a while since you have had the chance to hear from me. I sold the extra David Archuleta ticket for $40. I was way excited! I had an interesting weekend. Friday night we had our ward talent show where our friend, Ben, performed his roommates version of The Little Nerd-man. It was great, but the real story started when we headed for the car. I called shot gun like I always do, and then I saw a cool puddle that was icy, so I ice skated for a bit. Jayme decided to take advantage of the moment and jumped in the front seat. I ran and grab at the door. Of course I missed it, but a split second later my other roommate shut her door behind the passenger seat. Yes, that meant my finger was caught in the door. I freaked out and screamed at the of my lungs. I then realized the door my finger was stuck in is broken and you can't open it from the inside, so I had to calm myself down enough to realize that, and then open the door and release my finger myself. When I took it out, I saw that the skin was squished down to the bone and part of it had turned dark purple. It hurt SO bad! when we got home I put ice on it and elevated it. It was really swollen. Our friend Alex, who is a Health Science major, came and looked at it for me. Between him and Larissa we concluded it wasn't broken. The next morning it didn't hurt as much, but we got a brace and tape so that I could keep it still.

Jayme, Larissa, and I went to Jayme's brothers football game and it was snowing during it. It was freezing! After that Larissa and I went up to Island Park, and hung out for dinner at her family's cabin. We sat in the hot tub for a while. After that we came back home. My finger started to feel numb in some parts. It is a very weird feeling. Again Alex was my hero. He said it was probably a damaged nerve, so Monday Larissa took me to the doctor and they took some x-rays. nothing was broken, but they said to just keep moving it and take anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce the swelling. It is helping, but it's still numb. The doctor said it should fix itself.

Monday night the Leonid Meteor shower came through. I convinced Chelsea, Chrissy, Jayme, Larissa, Alex, Nick, and Luke (both are FHE bros) to come with us and watch. We headed out at 10 pm and found a field that we could lay in. It was freezing! We had many blankets, and all got very close to each other that night. We all sat and talked and saw the meteor shower. At one point I saw this bright streak, I looked closer and it was a meteor. it was moving pretty slow, and the tail was really long and bright. At one point the meteor broke into 3-4 pieces! It was way cool!! The flash was really bright to us, and we had a hard time getting everyone in the picture.
That's pretty much all that has happened that has been exciting for us. Hope all of you have a good Thanksgiving, in case I don't write again before that.

Sell Them for Concert Ticket Money

So it is 7:39am and I am sitting in the Kimball Building (administrative). Why you ask? Well David Archuleta is coming here for a concert. Chrissy, Chelsea, and I are sitting in line to buy tickets. I'm getting one for Larissa as well. The thing is that the ticket office doesn't open until 8:15. I was going to buy them online, but they say that the servers could crash so we are sitting in a line with other potential concert goers. We are going to also try to buy them online and see if it works. As we are sitting here I decided to put the CD on. So it is playing for everyone to hear. I just know there are people here that don't know his music, but know it's a big thing so they are jumping on the band wagon. So I decided to inform them on what they are going to see. Why do they do that? Crazies...

What's so great about him is that he is an LDS singer, and he's not weird like the Osmonds. He competed on American Idol. He was second, only to the fantastic David Cook. I will have to admit that I didn't vote for him to win for many reasons. 1-David Cook is an amazing rocker. 2-I didn't want a cute little mormon boy to be locked in a contract, especially when they have REAL standards. 3- because I knew everyone else in my family, aside from Chris, were going to vote for him, so I figured he was covered. :)

It is now 8:40. Tickets have been on sale for less than 30 mins. At 8:15 tickets went on sale. We stood in line, we were the 51-53 persons in line. Luckily I thought to bring my laptop for security purposes. We got online while in line and tried to buy tickets. They were selling like hot cakes. We wasted time trying to sit together. After 3 tries we gave up and just bought anything we could find. I ended up buying one on the floor and one in the bleachers (for some stupid reason it cost me $35, and I didn't want to refund in case I lost it). We went up to the cashier to print our tickets, and Chelsea bought another floor seat so we all could be there together. We have different seats, but we are all on the floor. Now I have an extra ticket for either Lynzi or to sell for money! YAY! Totally not intentional. We are so excited! I can't even tell you! Thanks Mom and Dad for my birthday present! :) I will let you all know how much I sell it for.

Don't Squirt Them In Others' Eyes...It Hurts

So today is finally Friday. The infamous Rexburg wind came back in full force. Of course this meant that my very sensitive eyes were not happy with it, and I crossed the street blind and almost ran into 2 people. Stupid contacts...hopefully I will be able to have laser eye surgery soonish. That would be the best, though it's a scary thought to have some one cut at your eye. Anyways it's been a really good day. I was able to solve all of my issues, talk to friends, and get everything done that needed to be done. I even had time to watch Psych. It's a show on USA about a guy named Shawn and his friend Gus. Shawn's dad is a retired cop, and taught Shawn all the secrets of the trade. Shawn decided to twist his incredible sense for detail and noticing little things into being psychic. He isn't really, but the cases he gets put on are awesome, and with his friend Gus, life is never boring. They are hilarious. My old roommate Nicole has started to watch them, and we came to the conclusion that she is Shawn and I am Gus. We totally act like they do. We can be mature when needed, but we love to mess around and annoy people.
Now I am sitting on my couch contemplating life while listening to Owl City (thanks David) and watching Lynzi make yummy soup. I love soup. It makes me happy, but I must admit I miss my mom's stew and homemade bread though. It's funny when you cook for yourself how much more you appreciate your mom for cooking, and miss those meals that you used to dread. I know you all know what I mean...
Speaking of cooking, the other day Lynzi and I were talking about how we thought that it was lame that mom's get kitchen utensils for Christmas, and that they were excited. I didn't get it. But this year I am so having kitchen stuff on my wish list. I understand why it's a great gift! Well I'm off for a night of funness!!! Make it count all!

Use Their Power to Clean With

So I'm sitting here waiting for the lady to come and make sure we have cleaned our apartment for clean checks. I kind of hate them. I mean I hate how strict people are. Last year I got marked down for not making my bed. Are you kidding me? It's my bed, I will make it if I want! I understand getting marked down for the stove or something like that, but come on, my bed? Really?
Also last night Larissa and I spent quite some time cleaning out our second freezer, yes we have 2. I guess the door decided it didn't want to stay closed last night, and the sherbet decided it wanted to melt all over the meat. So we had to empty it out, load it all to the max in our smaller freezer and defrost the little thing, cause some of the liquid froze in the back. After that we had to wipe it all down and then mop the floor around it. Luckily though it's all ok now and everything is clean.
Right now my roomies and I are on a Harry Potter kick. We watch one movie every night, have deep conversations about them and then watch a part of A Very Potter Musical on YouTube (if you haven't finished the series do not watch, also there's swearing). Last night we watched Chamber of Secrets, and we got into a discussion about horcruxes, and I looked them up on the Harry Potter wiki. It's very interesting, J. K. Rowling of course knows how they are made, but she is waiting to disclose them in her much anticipated Harry Potter Encyclopedia. But what I found most interesting is that she told her editor the process of how to make them and apparently her editor felt like vomiting after. That really gets me thinking. I mean, hey, I've read the series MANY times, and I know it's a nasty thing to get involved with, but I never really thought about how nasty it is. I mean murdering someone and then splitting your soul. EW! Wow...I'm rambling on about Harry Potter...maybe I should change subject...
I was able to sign up for classes last night. I didn't get some of the classes I wanted to, but that's okay I still have another 2 semesters to go. And as I looked I only have 25 credits left! that's so exciting! I only have to take an average of 13 credits each semester. When I originally planned everything out this summer I had o take 17 credits average. I don't understand how I was that off...it kind of worries me. I'm thinking of applying for an Account Executive position for the schools advertising/PR firm. It's a paid position. I'm only worried because I have only participated for one semester, and I don't feel like I'm prepared enough for that. I threw the idea out of my mind, but then today the adviser over the whole company set me an email saying that I have the potential and should apply...dang it...now I'm stuck...it's quite a frustrating thing.
The plus is that it's Thursday already. Thursday is the best. And I have 4 reasons why: 1-Glee is usually on the night before. 2-Grey's Anatomy is on that night. 3- A new episode of Vampire Diaries airs which means I can now watch it online (it plays during Grey's Anatomy, and since its number 2 on my list it is more important). 4-tomorrow is Friday. Oh what a great thing that is! Have a great Thursday all!!!

Use Them to Procrastinate Your Homework

So I decided that I want to start a blog. We'll see how well I do keeping it updated. I decided that every post will finish the phrase "when life gives you lemons." I figure this will be a good way to stretch my brain. This title really explains me, and since this is my first blog I should say a little about me for those of you who don't know. I'm currently going to school at Brigham Young University-Idaho. I'm majoring in communications, and I think my focus will be in Public Relations. I keep changing my focus, but right now that's what it is. I actually like Idaho. It's really not that bad. It definitely gets cold, but you learn to live with it. I live with 5 other awesome girls. Left to right they are: Larissa, Chelsea, Jayme, Lynzi, Chrissy, and me! We have many fun times. We cook together, shop together, laugh together, travel together, and watch movies together.
Speaking of movies...a couple of weeks ago, Larissa and I were sick so we stayed home from class. After we did our homework, we decided to alphabetize our movies and make a list. We have a total of 197 or so. Now when people ask to borrow them, they have to sign off that they have it. It's a good system we have. :) Our main semester goal is to watch every movie. We'll see how that goes...
One of my all time favorite things is to decorate for the holidays. I have window decorations for almost every holiday while I am at school, and slowly I am getting them for the walls. Sunday, Larissa and I decided to decorate for Thanksgiving, but the sad thing is I only have a fall garland. So we decided to include Christmas in this. Luckily Larissa has a 4 foot tree we could decorate, so as of November 2nd we have a Christmas tree in our apartment.

Well that's all for now...I will stop procrastinating my homework.