"The Sandra Bullock Trade"

So it's definitely been a down week. And we won't go into that because that is a wee bit of a sore subject. (Jessi, thank you so much for understanding. Emailing you helped mucho. You are the best.) All I can say is that I am having a semi-hard time being happy right now. Not overall, but there are some aspects that I am having a really hard time with.

But then I read this op-ed, entitled "The Sandra Bullock Trade". And realized it was definitely something I needed to read today.

some of my favorite lines? (in no particular order)

1. "Modern societies have developed vast institutions oriented around the things that are easy to count, not around the things that matter most. They have an affinity for material concerns and a primordial fear of moral and social ones."

2. "Marital happiness is far more important than anything else in determining personal well-being. If you have a successful marriage, it doesn’t matter how many professional setbacks you endure, you will be reasonably happy. If you have an unsuccessful marriage, it doesn’t matter how many career triumphs you record, you will remain significantly unfulfilled."

3. "The daily activity most injurious to happiness is commuting." (I LOVE that he used the word injurious.)

Anyways, it was just my thought for the morning. Back to busting out some papers.

And I'm getting quite excited for GC this weekend.

xoxox

"I believe laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing; kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles." -Audrey Hepburn

For sale:

Does anyone know anyone that needs housing for this spring/summer?

I'm trying to sell my contract. Preferably at full price, but I'm willing to negotiate.

I would just like to have it sold.

So spread the word please?

I was going to write another list of all the things I would love to have happen.

But I decided to spare you the wasted time.

It's all adding up.

So the end of semester is coming up. SOON.

Here's my to-do list from now until Monday:

school:

stats exam (maybe one of the hardest ones)

stats homework

chem exam (the hardest one yet!)

nutrition paper

nutrition readings/quizzes

history paper

doesn't sound like a lot.

But I'm starting to stress out.

Next week gets even more full with papers and tests. Oh man.

I cannot wait for the next 30 days to go by.

Dear Graduation,

I'm coming. Please don't go by without me. I'm hurrying as fast as I can. I already deleted facebook off my phone and have written everything out in my planner. I'm just waiting for my motivation and focus to catch up with me. But please please wait for me. I won't abandon you if you don't abandon me. Please. We are so close. We can do this.

I'm coming, please wait,

pertinaciously yours, etc etc

Help me pick?

So I have to finish a homework assignment.
But my mind is not on it.

Rather, it is on the gorgeous sunshine from yesterday that I wish would stay forever.

It's not hard homework. Just long and boring.
So I'm procrastinating. But not for very much longer, I promise.

I was just looking at gorgeous bouquets for an idea of what I want mine to be like.

So what do you think? Which is your favorite? Because heaven knows I can't pick.......

number 1

number 2

number 3

number 4

number 5

in case you can't guess, I'm trying to go with a dark purple bouquet. (None of the lavender colored stuff, please.) But I'm thinking the last one is my favorite.....

Jenny, you understand this, right?

Following BYU basketball is an emotional rollercoaster. And not the fun kind. The kind that you get so hyped up about and you stand in line excitedly and nervously. And then once you're on the ride, it's one big mood swing. Up. And down. And up. And then a REALLY big down. The kind that makes you sad and slightly upset at the same time.
And guess what. It's a seasonal disorder. Not just a one time thing.
But hey, things are looking up. I have 3 tests this week, and I really do not feel like studying at all. But it's really sunny outside and I love it. I wish summer was here. Then I'd be swimming abd boating instead of riding the basketball roller coaster.
Oh and my bracket is completely ruined. Thank you Kansas, Georgetown and Villanova. Shape up next year, will ya?
- Posted from iPhone

Seven Years.

To think that starting when I was 15, BYU couldn't get out of the first round of the tournament. AND NOW WE BROKE THAT DRY SPELL. double overtime.

99-92. bring it on, 2nd round.

Totally worth my chem professor putting it up on the big screen and giving up on teaching us anything. AND worth the blister I got from running (read: sprinting) around campus to watch the end. oh so worth it.

thank you jimmer and michael loyd jr.

p.s. i'm winning in all my bracket groups right now. haha i wonder how long it will last. not long.

happy st. patrick's day.

I'm not a fan of St. Patrick's Day. I am only wearing green because I think I get a treat in chemistry if I do. (haha - oh what I will do for candy. I'm like a little child.) But I couldn't think of a better title.
Anyways, we got to see some of our engagment pics yesterday! And I'm kind of in love with them so I'm putting some here.(I'm sorry about the kissing photo. I just think it's a cool shot.)

Anyways. They just make me happy. :) :)


OH.
p.s. I applied for graduation today!
Hallelujah.

Dress me: part 3.

The package looked like a throw pillow - Pleasantly big, squishy and a little heavier than I expected.

And he wouldn't let me carry it home. I got to hold it for approximately 3.6 seconds before I gave it back.

I tried it on as soon as I walked in the door.

So so nervous as I opened it.

And it didn't help that I looked at the information paper tucked behind the label on the walk home. And it read "Satin".

Wait.

What?

Satin?

I didn't ask for satin.

Satin?!

Oh man that made me nervous.

And then a certain someone asked me "what if it was really pink instead of white? what would you do?" Oh yeah. That's not gonna make me any more nervous.

OH WAIT. yes it did.

So, I made him rip a corner open so I could make sure then and there that it most definitely was NOT pink.

It wasn't. Hallelujah.

But I still couldn't tell if it was taffeta (what I ordered) or satin(?!). The inside plastic was too hard to see through to tell.

Good thing I opened it as soon as I walked in the door and threw my backpack down. They put it in the package inside out. As soon as I realized that, I was smothered in ruffles trying to turn it the right way. But once I saw it, I knew.

I LOVE IT.

Holy smokes.

It isn't exactly like the website one. But when I say "not exactly like", I mean there are only slight slight slight (get the idea?) slight slight differences. And if you hadn't even seen the "original" before, you would never have known.

Seriously. Best decision ever.

I cut the price down by........ guess how much!

95% (after purchasing extra fabric which added to the total price.)

1/20th of the in-store designer price. ONE-TWENTIETH!

Oh man. I love it.