Unstoppable

Life will knock you down. It is your choice to get back up.

I've had a tough couple of weeks!

I know, nothing huge happened to me, but all the little things were adding up and I wasn't sure I was going to make it.

But things happen when you start to do the right thing.

On Friday, December 7, 2012 I found out the greatest news of my college career. I made it as a member of the A-Team!

For those of you who don't know, A-Team is a mentoring program that Utah State has put together. New students have to come to the University for something called SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration) during this time we want them to make some friends, and be able to ask any questions they may have. This is where A-Team comes in.

I'm so thrilled I can't even hardly contain it.

The people on this team are so kind and so ready to just be really good friends with you.

But here comes Sunday and I have been studying my guts out for my biology test.

I'm stressing out and I don't even know it. Then my WONDERFUL relief society president just comes over and gives me a hug because as she said, "She could tell there was something up with me"

I didn't even know there was something up with me.

but she did. and she let me talk and cry and hug her until I could get control of myself.

I am grateful for the people in my life that are so in tune with the spirit.

I need people like that.

Anyway, Have a GREAT finals week!

If You're Going Through Hell

When it rains it pours, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Let me just give you a run through of my week this week.

Monday: Work on 10 page paper that is due Tuesday night. Try to get back in the groove of school after Thanksgiving break.

Tueday: Quiz in Annuals and Perennials. 3 hour lab for plant prop grafting. I sliced the top part of my knuckle off. Finish up the 10 page paper, turn it in. Remember that I forgot to alphabetize my sources. Stop caring. Slam same finger as above in the door.

My fingers are all taped up! and you can see the bruise under my fingernail from the door!

Wednesday: Work on 8 minute presentation for English. Go to Biology lab. Take a Biology lab test. Not too good. Have to do a lab after we take a class. I did not feel well today, and yet I still had to finish that presentation and start working on my presentation for A-Team interviews on Friday.

Thursday: Have to dress up at 7:00 am for my presentation at noon because I have 4 back to back classes. Sit through Orientation. (Luckily it is the last orientation class I will ever have to go to. Give my 8 minute presentation. Go home and work on Mastering Biology and study for Biology test Friday morning.

Friday: Take Biology test in the morning. Go to A-Team interview mid-morning. I'm praying that this interview goes well. I really want this job.

After these things are over this week will be over and I will be able to relax for a few days. Until next week starts.

 But luckily next week is Dead week, so no tests! Yay!

Wish me luck everybody.

Update Yo! I GOT A SECOND INTERVIEW!!!!!!!!

The Waiting Game

How is it that we as people can be sitting in a room full of people and still feel completely alone?

Maybe this is just a thing that I have to deal with.

I know I have friends. I have a lot of friends.

But I am just waiting for that one person to connect with.

That one person who understands you without having to try.

That one person who wants to know everything about you.

That one person who walks into a room and you instantly look at him and smile because he is looking at you too.

That one person who can look at you and know something is wrong, or if something is right.

I'm just waiting for that moment of pure joy and happiness that comes from knowing a person that well.

I'm waiting for the day when I can have someone to talk to all of the time, whenever I need it.

I know that relationships aren't all bells and whistles.

I know they take work.

I may be scared.

But I just know that I am tired of this waiting game.

Monster Mash

Halloween was here again!

I love this holiday. For some reason I enjoy dressing up as someone/something else. (Hence why I did Drama in High School I guess.)

So this year I went all crafty on the holiday.

I totally painted the "Crayola" on our shirts.

We bought shirts for about 3 dollars, and the pants for 15 dollars! Then I just bought fabric paint and printed out the crayola label and traced it onto the shirts. It took me about an hour and a half to do both shirts!

and Voila! We have CRAYONS!!

We had a ward party in which I helped plan, and tons of people came and enjoyed themselves!

And now I am watching Hocus Pocus. Say all you want but that is the scariest movie of all time.

TV Talkin' Song

So update on my head.

I got a concussion from that lovely little accident.

But no worries! I'm healthy and happy again.

And things have been going really well for me lately.

I've been super busy with homework and school stuff but I like staying busy!

But I do find time to do fun stuff! Don't you even worry.

Here are some things that I do for fun:

Duck Dynasty. If you have never watched this you don't know what entertainment is. Watch it. Now. In fact! Here is a  URL for you: http://www.aetv.com/duck-dynasty/video/#3411011514

I stare at Captain Hook and all of the other attractive men on the show "Once upon a time" Again, If you have never watched this you are crazy and should fix it. Its on hulu. Look it up.

This are the men from Vampire Diaries. Now do you understand why I watch it? Besides the fact that it is super good and makes me cry. 

I just realized that the things that I do for entertainment revolve around TV.

How terrible.

But once I finish doing my homework I just want to sit on my bed and do nothing except stare.

Oh except I did carve a pumpkin yesterday. It was cool. We made a cat. It was creative, but not really.

All Shook Up

Okay kids. Let me tell you a story.

Sometimes I do things really dumb. If you have been reading this blog very long you know this fact.

Anyway.

So I went on a date with this kid last night. He is in my ward and he is really, really nice. I enjoyed myself a lot! We went to a corn maze and walked around. Naturally, I tripped a couple of times (that happens a lot when you are me.) but I managed to hide it pretty well.

We get out of the corn maze and go eat pie. It was delicious.

So I thought I was in the clear. I had done nothing extremely embarrassing the whole date.

Apparently fate had other ideas.

We parked back at his apartment and I get out of the car.

So far so good.

There is this pole in the way so I go to step around it. Apparently there was a sign on top of the pole.

And that sign smacked me in the face. Hard.

There was a noise and everything.

Here is my battle scar. It's worse today.

I thought these things only happened in movies...

Have a Nice Day

Well, How do I say this? 

Oh I know. 

It has been the worst week of my entire life. Ever. I have never been this sad and depressed in all of my life. 

Basically I just feel lonely all of the time. 

Good thing for my best friend McKenzie. I don't know what I would do without her. Who else would leave the homecoming football game early with me to go eat our weight in IHOP pancakes. 

Who knows when I'll feel better. 

Soon, I hope. 

I look thrilled to be alive...

She's so attractive.

No smiles, at all. It was a terrible night. 

I'm trying to be happy. There's a thumbs up! 

I don't know why I am so attractive. or not.

Now here is the attractive one.

To top the whole week off I burned myself really bad with sugar/peanut butter. And now I look ridiculous.

If you can't tell by the pictures it has just been a long week. 

Today is Sunday though so a new start. 

And my ward is absolutely great. They are fantastic and I know I can get a hug if I ever need one. 

Sometimes

Sometimes Kenz decides to play the piano in the institute.

Sometimes I decide to go with her. 

Sometimes after I spend about 15 minutes singing Phantom of the Opera with her I get bored.

Sometimes I decide to draw flowers on the board.

Sometimes my flowers look awesome and I decide to share them with the world. 

Sometimes I spell "Statice" wrong. Embarrassing. 

Sometimes I forget Latin names so I have to use common names. I'm an amateur.

Sometimes I love that I can just draw plants like this from memory.

Called to Serve

My semester project: writing all of my friends that are on their missions. This is my binder that I have set up for all of the letters.

Don't judge me if I have them all organized by person and date.

I have to keep them organized. There's like 15 of them!

Elders Shreeve, Wasden and Mills

Elder Bentall

Elder Cowser

These are just a few of the awesome boys that I am writing! I love all of them!

I absolutely love sending them letters! Plus, it is not too bad getting letters back!

Edelweiss

What an exciting week it has been!

My classes are going AMAZING!

Have I ever mentioned before I love plants? Okay, I know I have but I'm doing it again. Get over it.

For one of my classes we get to go outside on campus and just look at all of the plants. For over an hour. With a teacher that knows everything there is to know about plants.

It's pretty much a dream.

I'm learning Latin for that class. Learning the scientific names of plants sounds better in theory. It's pretty difficult.

This is just a really, really cool plant we are learning right now. Its name is Chasmanthium latifolium. Try saying that 5 times fast. (You can also call it Northern Sea Oats, but that's not as fun.)

In that class I have learned where to go get some strawberries growing on campus, and if you ever have a hankering for garlic, I know where to get some of that growing on campus too.

Anyway, enough about plants. (Actually there can never be enough about plants, but you are getting bored. I can just tell.)

I went on a date last night! It was super fun! I went ice skating, and then we drove up to the Island and looked at all of the ginormous houses up there. (Well, he looked at the houses, I looked at the Landscapes. Oops, that was about plants. Sorry.)

AND! It was email day for the best friend! I love hearing from him.

What a wonderful week! I am so blessed!

P.S. Edelweiss is a white flower found in the Alps. How cool is that? The things you learn when you google "Songs about flowers"

Til Kindgom Come

You'll understand once you watch it.

Miss you like crazy.

I miss my best friend.

He left the MTC yesterday. He's in Canada now! I can't believe it has only been 2 months.

I miss him all of the time.

Why does he have to be such a good person and do what is right??

Oh yeah, its one of the reasons I love him.

Enjoy him Canada. You've got a good one.

Coming Back To You

So, in case any of you out there were wondering, I am not dead. 

I just was working.

So pretty much dead.

Anywho,

I am back at school and living the dream.

I've got my best friend, my plants, and good food. What more could a girl ask for? 

Oh yeah, my ward is awesome. Plus the fraternity "Sig Ep" is in my ward and they are great. 

Here we are. In our lovely little cave.

So. Goals for this semester:

1. Go to a fraternity party at Sig Ep. (I know, sounds sketch, but they are a dry fraternity. And they are almost all in my ward.)

2. Get straight A's. (This will happen.)

3. Sleep a reasonable amount. (What's reasonable for college? None? Okay.)

4. Take silly pictures with McKenz. (Done. See the following.)

5. Grow my Testimony. (I'm still working on it.)

6. Write my best friend. (I'm in love, I'm in love, and I don't care who knows it! Okay, I don't know about love, but I do know that I absolutely ADORE getting letters from him.) 

I <3 all of you that are reading this. 

Enjoy the rest of your day! 

You've got a friend in me

*GIRL ALERT* *GIRL ALERT* *GIRL ALERT*

Okay, now that that is out of the way, let me turn into a girl for like 3 minutes. 

You know that old saying, "You look like you lost your best friend?"

My family has been saying that to me for the past week.

Because it's true. I really have lost my best friend. (For 2 years at least)

BUT...

To a good thing. He's going on his mission to Edmonton, Canada and speaking spanish. 

I am so proud of him! He is going to do amazing things and I am just lucky to be able to hear about the experiences and the people he is teaching. 

Who knows. 

Maybe I'll still be available in 2 years. 

Probably...

*THIS IS THE END OF THE GIRL STUFF* 

(for now.)

Oh, What a beautiful morning!

This is true happiness.

And it is what I am trying to achieve everyday.

I'm pretty happy right now.

It's been a good couple of weeks.

Hospital Beds

Well Everybody, here is my proof that I was actually in the hospital.

I had a Kidney Stone.

I never want one again.

Here is the story.

Once upon a time there was a girl named Hayley. (that's me.)

It was a Friday morning and she had a terrible pain in her back. She was tough though and after crying a little bit the pain went away.

She thought she was in the clear.

She went to a party that night, and then she went on a date on Saturday night. (Also on that date she ate an entire half-gallon of ice cream with her date in under 25 minutes. It was impressive.)

Sunday morning came and she got up to go to one of her best friend's mission farewells. She was really looking forward to it. Her back started to hurt while she was getting ready. That didn't stop her though. She's tough. She went to the farewell and about halfway through his talk she got sick.

But! She waited until he was finished speaking to run out of the church.

After losing her breakfast on the side of the road, she finally made it home.

She thought she could make it until her parents got home from church to go the hospital but she was weaker than she thought.

Her mom got home and took her to the hospital. And there was a million people waiting.

But did you know that nurses try to get you a bed really fast if you puke in the waiting room? Neither did she. But she found it out.

She is laying and bawling in the room of the hospital. The only thing that she can say is "Ow, it hurts," and, "Can I please get some medicine"

They probably thought she was a drug addict.

She got some medicine, passed the kidney stone, and feels much better!

THE END!

Get a Job

I don't know what's up with my face...

But I have exciting news!!

I GOT A JOB! WOOOO!!!


It's at the Children's Place in the mall. So if you have little children that need new clothes come and see me! 

Take this Job and Shove it.

Just hunting for a job.

I hate my life.

Not really. I just need a job.

Let's Get Together

"Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it." -Ann Brashares

I hope I have earned the love of these people right here. 

My FHE family from my ward. 

They are crazy and awesome and random and completely wonderful.

I love them. 

School's Out

Well folks! I did it!

I have successfully finished my first year of school.

I guess not quite. I have 4 more finals.

But I'm done with classes.

I look awful in that picture, but that's what happens when you've just had the most stressful week of your life.

But the good news is I made it.

I now have 4 months to chill before I start Sophomore year.

I'm growing up. And I don't know if I like it.

My mother says I have a hard time saying goodbye. (Which is true. I used to bawl my eyes out when the relatives would leave our house.)

I am going to miss everybody I have met here.

This entire year has changed my life. I will remember the good times and hopefully forget the bad.

I will remember the people who have made a mark on my life, and I hope that I have made a positive difference in somebody's life while I have been here.

Now wish me luck as I embark on this torture they call finals week.

Hopefully I'll be back to blog again.

Love you!

It's my life!

Oh my goodness my life has been so interesting this past week! Want to hear about it?

Of course you do or you wouldn't be reading this blog...

Unless you stumbled here by accident. In which case WELCOME! I hope you enjoy my ramblings.

Anyway. Back to the story of my wonderful life. (Does that sound conceited? I hope not. Because I really am blessed with a wonderful life.)

She had a track meet so she came! and I got to see her! And I realized how much I have completely missed her! :)

And then THE BOYS CAME! 

Of course we had to show them the "A" that they could become true aggies on!

I just love them. I don't even know what is going on in this picture.

Of course he has to pick the guy's nose...

We sort of did something illegal. We slipped through the fence and got onto the football field to take pictures. 

He's a dork. 

I am just so blessed with the greatest friends. I got to visit with my old friends, while still hanging out with my new friends. 

Don't you just love it when old and new friends just get along so well?

Me too.

Again...I am so blessed.

Storm Warning

I got yelled at last night.

Well, not just me.

Let's start from the beginning shall we?

Once upon a time my good friend was running the lights in a production here at school.

So me and my other friends decide to go support her.

Very kind of us, I thought.

The show was super duper artsy. Like weird dancers and stuff. (Good thing I had my guy there, and some way good friends.)

We were just having a grand ole time.

We may have been a little distracting. Just a little bit.

The play gets over. (I still don't even really know what went on.)

We are just hanging out, talking to our friend, telling her that she did a great job running the lights when a lady just walks up to us.

This is the dialogue that went on after this. (The green words are me and my friends)

"Did you guys come here for a class?"

 "No..."

"I could see you guys being very disruptive and loud right there on the first row through the whole thing."

"...(awkward silence)"

"You should be ashamed of yourselves."

*and now she storms off.*

We stand there for a few minutes deciding whether or not to laugh. In the end we laugh.

What a way to end a night.

Just Dance

Hello there!

I had another WONDERFUL weekend!

My parents and sister came down for my sister's dance competition.

I spent all day Friday with them. Watching Andrea do her solo was so great! She did awesome!

Friday night brought the aunts and uncles up for dinner.

Saturday was team competitions. She performed 3 times, and all of them were great too!

It was also my cousin's track meet, so we got to  see her and cheer her on. That was way fun!

After Andrea was done dancing we went to lunch. (Steak. Yum.) Took a nap, then went and watched a movie.

When the movie was over I realized I had 15 minutes before my date got to my apartment.

The date was lovely.

Cafe Rio and a movie.

It was awesome.

I really like this guy.

It was a fantastic weekend indeed.

Waste Some Time

I'm a procrastinator.

If it was an Olympic sport I would be a gold medalist.

Take a look at the things me and my roommate did while she was supposed to be studying, and I was supposed to be writing a paper.

Our ankles. Mohawk guy and his Girlfriend.

My anklet. In case you can't see that says "H+J"
It means something, just guess...

Anyway, so now I am procrastinating further by writing this blog post. I thought you would enjoy our drawings though...I'm just thinking of you, my loyal readers.

Have a wonderful evening/afternoon/morning/whenever you read this.

Everything you do

Oh hello everyone.

I am going to write a poem for you.

This is a poem
of a girl far from hoem. (Like home, but rhymes with poem. Just laugh)
of her life here at college
learning about foliage. (I'm trying.)

One day this girl
met a boy who set her heart awhirl. (Oh yeah, getting cheesier.)

Okay, Okay, I'll stop.

But there is a boy.

And he is great.

Just a Kiss

Just watch.

Brilliant.

Love life

I just had one of the best days ever. 

Top reasons why this day has been one of the best I've had at school.

.

1)  I almost saw Hunger Games. Okay this could have been a bad thing, but it led to the second good thing.

2) Stuffed my face full of Costa Vida. Like I ate my weight in burrito.

3) Drank a DELICIOUS chocolate milkshake from Cold Stone Creamery

4) Walked halfway home and had to stop because my stomach was cramping so bad. I was so full. (Kenz was doing the same thing.)

5) Spent some time reading my romance novel on the grass outside. 

6) Met some very nice guys. 

7) Played 4 square for a really long time just getting to know new people. 

It was AMAZING. I haven't had that much fun in a while.

I don't know if you can see this, but here is a line all the way around the building to get into  Hunger Games today.

This is us after stuffing our faces with Costa Vida, and Cold Stone. We couldn't even move.

Just wanna be with you

Hi.

My name is Hayley.

I apparently have zero social life.

My roommates are gone, one with a guy. (Since 2 o'clock) and one went home for the weekend.

The one person I would really like to be hanging out with right now went home for the weekend as well.

No big deal, I just cried for the first time in a long time.

I feel pretty lonely.

Good thing I have the scriptures. and prayer.

It's just a hard night.

As you turn away

con·fuse

  [kuhn-fyooz] 

verb (used with object), -fused, -fus·ing.

1.

to perplex or bewilder: The flood of questions confused me.

2.

to make unclear or indistinct: The rumors and angry chargestended to confuse the issue.

I'm confused.

P.S. Listen to this song. It's so awesome.

Also, I have decided to quit school and go to clown college. It has always been my dream to become one of those creepy things.

Plus, I am over-dramatic. Just saying. 

We are family

Me and my "little" brother! He's cute.

My baby sister! I love her! (Sorry, you'll always be the baby...)

We. Are. Attractive.

I told you he's cute.

Umm...We're attractive and we know it.

He doesn't like it when I try to leave.

Oh Andie. You are a beaut. 

Admit it, you think we are cute...