A Fun Night

Yesterday was fantastic! I decided to take a break from homework and spend time with friends. Caitlin came over at around noon and we decided to make brownie muffins! Scrumptious! If you don't know what they are, well, they're just how they sound. We just decided to make brownies in the muffin tray. haha! Unfortunately, they collapsed in the middle. So, it looked more like a crater than anything else. But they were still delicious!

We spent the rest of our time together looking at hilarious youtube videos. Have you ever seen Cory "Mr. Saftey" Williams? Or Mean Kitty? Oh my goodness. Those are sooo funny! You need to watch them... ALL OF THEM. Well, not all of them. Some aren't that good. But you get the idea.

Aaron came over at about 4pm and we all went to the movies. The plans changed about five times though. I guess that's predictable if you make them at the last second.... The first plan was "Grown Ups", then "Knight and Day". Finally we decided on "Eclipse". THAT was interesting. I really don't like those movies. I like the storyline, just not the overexposure that it's given. But, Aaron insisted we see it. So we respected his wishes.

We wandered around the mall and stumbled upon Borders. I found Caitlin's birthday present!!! I'm totally going to buy her that book. It was an activity book filled with ways to get over your ex. For example on of the pages said: Take this page and stab it with a pen.... Or another: Open to this page and scream into the book as loud as you possibly can.... This book was hilarious! Maybe I'll even buy one for myself.

I missed my friends. It was a great night!

"Many of us won't let ourselves experience happiness because of the fear of being out of (our illusion of) control. How sad." -Mom's Calendar by the Computer
But how true. People are self protective and cautious. That isn't necessarily a bad thing. But sometimes it gets out of hand. It can get to the point where you're constantly paranoid and you don't want anything in your life to change. There's no excitement, no surprises. There's nothing that makes life... FUN.

ANYWAYS...

I enjoy getting emails. And letters. I'm sure that everyone does. But at some points in life I find it a little depressing when you check your email and the mailbox every few hours to see if you have anything new. haha! I need a life. Well, as soon as I finish all of this homework I'll have one again. What is it about emails/ letters that are so appealing? I think I just like it because I like to have a reason to sit down and write a nice, LONG, most likely meaningless letter to someone. It takes up time... and it gives me something to do. And, if you're talking to the right person, you might even get a laugh out of it. haha!

Have you ever made plans with someone, and then they dropped out on you? I hate it! Even when they were just meaningless plans... "Wanna hang out?" "Sure."... that's just fine with me! I just want to get out of the house, away from the computer, and DO SOMETHING. But, nope. People cancel. Another sad part of life.

Summer. Why does summer have to be so... boring? I mean, people have the potential of making it the time of their lives. But everyone's to lazy to even make plans! haha! LAZY! And it's hot outside, especially in Arizona. I can't go outside and sit on the front porch without roasting.

Back to school shopping. It's such a hassle. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE having new clothes, a new style, something to shake things up a bit. But I hate the fact that you come to school the first week in all of your new stuff... but after that you have nothing new to wear anymore! What's the point of even wearing the new clothes that week? Wouldn't you rather spread out the fashion? I guess not...

Well, on the plus side, when all of my homework is FINISHED... I'll have a life again. Because I am NOT lazy! And I actually make PLANS! And I KEEP those plans! YES! Determination! I hope to get done by the end of the week. Well, we'll see how that goes. I set some goals for myself... and I'm planning on reaching those goals. DETERMINATION IS THE KEY TO FUNNNNN!!!!

(once again, sorry for the completely random post... boredom gets to me every now and then...)

AP Work?

AP work? Hmm... I'm thinking about it. I've worked for 5 hours this morning. Now I'm trying everything in my power NOT to work on it. I've come up with every excuse possible. But, I should probably buckle down and get it finished. I'm going to drop AP US history. So that's one class I don't have to worry about. I can already feel the stress lifting. AP music theory is simple, it's just time consuming. I need to find time that I can sit down and get it all finished. And AP Language seems to go on for ages! It never ends! ugh. It's terrible.

Well, enough procrastinating. Back to work!

Singing Rehab

Okay, so I've noticed that my voice doesn't quite have its "edge" this summer. Hmm. I don't know what's wrong! SO, I've decided to put myself through some intensive singing therapy. Without choir everyday at school, my voice has started to wear off. I need my 30 minutes of rehearsal. Call me crazy, but I'm going to start doing that. Singing. 30 minutes a day. NO! Not all in one sitting! haha I'll spread it out. Humming could be a good start. Yes, I'll start with that and work my way up from there.

Yeah, sorry, that was a totally random post. But it was just something that I was thinking about. haha!

Summer

I can confidently say that this summer has been the BEST I have ever had! I visited Europe for eleven days. Our tour focused mainly on France, the French Riviera, and Italy. We traveled through Paris, Monaco, Nice, Pisa, and Rome. Paris was FREEZING! Quite a change from the Arizona heat. I felt like I was in another version of New York City with all of the subways, buses, and craziness. The Eiffel tower at night, when it was completely lit up, was breathtaking! We got the chance to go all the way up to the top. Although, it was to windy so the stairs were closed... I REALLY wanted to say that I had climbed to the top. But at least I still made it. Monaco was filled with culture; nothing that exciting. In Nice, we swam in the We also saw the Notre Dame Cathedral. Mediterranean Sea. It was SO blue! I had never seen water as clear as that! In Pisa, we saw the Pisa Cathedral. It had amazing acoustics. One voice would echo and resonate through the entire room. We also visited the leaning tower of Pisa. I tried to get one of those pictures that show you holding the tower up... but I failed. ha ha! Then we were off to Rome. One of the most amazing cities I have ever seen. The weather was hot, humid, and miserable... but the sights were amazing. We saw the Colosseum. I felt like a gladiator walking into battle as soon as I stepped inside! There were so many ancient ruins. I could talk for ages about it. But we got the chance to walk around Rome at night. It was just like the movies. The cafes were open, there was a man playing guitar on the side of the street, couples were sitting together by the fountain. It was amazing. I caught some of it on video, just so I wouldn't forget about it. Along with walking around, we went to the Trevi Fountain and threw in our coins, took millions of pictures, ate plenty of gelato, and spent our last night in Europe to the fullest. I hope that I can go back one day. I sure will if I ever get the chance!

I've been spending plently of my summer doing... sadly... HOMEWORK. Yes, it's that time in my life where I must take on the terrible AP (advanced placement) classes. I'll be taking three this year: AP Language, AP US History, and AP Music Theory. The homework is simple, just time consuming.

For the rest of my summer, I've been busy with friends. Now that I have a summer with my license, I've been able to drive to the movies and restraunts. To actually PLAN things to do. I went and saw Toy Story 3 (highly recomment it) with my friends Aaron and Christian. Went to Baskin Robbins with Aaron and Brad. :) Visited with Steve at his "dojo", Java Edge, I'm glad that he got a job so close that I can visit him now that he's graduated. Caitlin and I have had our share of hilarious phone calls, kidnappings, panda meetings, and sleepovers. I'm hoping on getting a group of friends sometime this summer and taking a trip up to Mt. Lemmon for the day. I think it sounds like BUNCHES of fun. :)

And, I MUST mention this, for my aunts of course. Ha ha! They've asked so many questions about it, that I might as well tell the story. Just on Monday, I went on a date with a guy from my stake, named Brad. We met this year. He was in my seminary class and in the musical with me. We have a lot in common, and we have a lot of fun together. On the date, we went bowling and then to pizza. We went with three other couples, DON'T WORRY! ha ha! It was amazing and so much fun. And, yes, I hope he asks me out again. :)

School is going to be excited and packed. My schedule will be: AP US History, AP Language, AP Music Theory, Health, Show Choir, Pre-Calculus, and Intermediate Drama. I hope I won't be to stressed out with homework... and I hope I can find time to hang out with friends. The musical will be amazing this year! And so will the rest of the school year! I just have this gut feeling about it. Then again, I've had that feeling about every year. Ha ha! I think that's it... my summer... in a nutshell.

Starting Again

Well, I'm back! After a break from blogging, I've decided to pick it back up again. I thought that no one read it and it would come to no use. BUT after visiting with my aunts, I realized their worry. They've been trying to piece together my life through my many facebook status's. As you can imagine, that leads to some interesting stories! haha! No need to worry, I'm back and will be keeping up my blog on a regular basis. Make sure to check up :)

The only thing that I absolutely want to say right now is that Elder Holland's talk today during general conference was absolutely AMAZING! If you didn't hear it... you need to. It was exactly what I needed to hear.