Lookin' Hot...Granny Style!

So, Friday night Amanda, Raven, and I went to Savers (basically a Salvation Army). While browsing, we came across the most amazing dresses ever! They are so horrid. :) Well, we thought it would be great to get one for each of us (and Olive) to wear to church. ...Yes, we actually did do this. It was fun, though my dress was pretty much completely made of polyester, so a bit uncomfortable. And the top is short and the skirt kept falling down, which was dang annoying!

Haha, so yes, I do realize I am not good at posing as an old lady...but it was the best I could do! For some reason the crippled hands just seemed to fit.


Meet Phil. Phil is this grotesquely ugly chair. Amanda and I bought him for only $13! And he is quite comfortable. We named him Phil and have become pretty attached to him. :) Phil looks especially good with Amanda sitting in his lap in that old dress!!

Olympics are Coming!

So last night, I went to see a skiing competition with a couple of my roommates. I think it was a competition that helped them qualify for the Olympics next month, but I'm not sure really. It was a lot of fun to watch though! We saw the moguls competition, both women and men. Some of the men were crazy good! They went super fast and made it look like it was nothing, as they were doing crazy jumps too. :) All in all though, it was pretty exciting. I can't wait for the Olympics to be here!

One of the coolest parts was being so close to all of the professionals that are in the Olympics from all over the world. We were hanging out right next the Australians for a while...which was quite enjoyable. :) They were beautiful men. With accents.

Friendly Morning

So, as I was walking to school this morning (about a 15 minute walk to the edge of campus) some random guy started talking to me. He walked me all the way to my building, talking to me about my major, where I'm from, etc. He was tall (like 6'5"), interesting, and had very nice eyes. Considering there are about 34,000 students at BYU, I most likely will never see him again. But seriously...what a way to start the day! :) People are so friendly here, it's nice.

New Shift! :) and Other Very Exciting Things

I got the morning shift!!! For those that didn't know I was going for a new shift for work, I applied to work at Helaman Halls again, the 6-11 am shift. I applied, not knowing that they had actually already offered it to someone else. So that was lame, cause I thought I had a really good chance of getting the position, seeing that I was working for them (though at a different location) and also worked at Helaman Halls last year. Well, the guy that was offered the shift quit and now it is mine! :) It is quite perfect for me. Now on MWF I'll be done in the early afternoon with work AND classes. Then, tons of homework of course, but still. It's sweeeeeet.

Also, I'm taking a Polynesian Dance class. So far, it's amazing! It is so much fun, I'm pretty sure I was meant to be as a Polynesian. It just fills my soul with joy. The music is great, and ah. It's just a blast. Love that class! I will try to get a video of me dancing the routines so I can stick it on here. Next family reunion, you should let me teach you all and we can hula around on the beach. Can't you imagine little Lisette and Lily hula dancing? :) So cute. And the boys doing the war dances? Haha, I doubt we're going to learn those actually (or that the kids will want to do it.) But either way, it's fun to imagine.

My guitar class is going to be easy to ace, which will be nice, but it's going to be a ton of work to actually learn. I feel like I could pick up how to play another wind instrument pretty easily; the skills needed to play the wind instruments are pretty much the same with all of them. Guitar, however, is a different story! I have trouble putting my fingers on the strings when I'm lookin' at it! It is basically impossible to switch quickly between the chords. It'll come with time and practice, like anything does, but it'll be hard. Hopefully by the end of the semester I'll be able to play something, and I can play when we go camping. :)

Besides that: roommates are great, my ward is fabulous, and the mountains are big and covered in snow. Basically, I love it out here. :)

New Glasses

I lost my glasses over the summer, and I finally gave up on my hope of finding them. I just need them to see things far away, so it wasn't a huge deal to be without them for a few months. However, it will make seeing the chalkboard in class a bit easier. :)

The doctor told me I had about 20/25 vision, so not too shabby. He also said my eyes shouldn't change much for a long time, which I was a little worried about. What if my eyes just kept getting worse until I went blind!? That would be so sad. But no worries anymore! Oh, and just a side note: they didn't have to dilate my eyes with the eyedrops. They were surprised how dilated my eyes usually are...I guess that explains why I go blind on bright days! It can be quite the conundrum.

I was pretty daring with them this time! Last time my glasses were more formal and conservative. I actually walked in telling the ladies that were helping me find a frame I liked that I didn't want anything too colorful. A lot of super colorful glasses seem tacky to me. These, however, I just couldn't resist.

Poor Bob is Dead (Maybe)

Please listen to this link in another tab as you read this. Replace the words "Poor Jud is dead, Poor Jud Fry is dead" to "Poor Bob is dead, poor Bob Car is dead." It will greatly enhance your experience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9esNl4VmME

Bob is my car. A 1988 Toyota Camry, passed down through the family for years, a good and faithful addition to our life. However, while he was transporting me from point A to point B (which is Bob's only real purpose for his existence, for he can't do much more than move in his frail condition) something happened to him. I am not quite sure how or why he broke, but Bob is old. I have figured he is the equivalent to about a 147 year old man. This was calculated very scientifically, and I must say accurately, since a car's life is about the same as a dog's, and a dog has about 7 years to every human year. So, considering Bob's shockingly old age, he has done phenomenally well, and I suppose something is allowed to go wrong in him every now and then.

Well, one of Bob's bodily functions went wrong on Saturday night, for now he cannot drive. He can move into all of the different gears, but it's like Bob is stuck in neutral. I've tried driving in first, second, and reverse. And nothin'. Soon, when I have time to attend to him, I will take him to the repair shop and hopefully they will get Bob movin' again. Though, it might be more worth it just to let him go. You've gotta do that sometimes. Let go of the ones you love. *tear*

It was quite the experience trying to move Bob back to my apartment parking lot. Jen was kind enough to tow Bob, with me steering in the back. Well, she had a ridiculously enjoyable time pulling my car. I, and I'm sure Bob as well, were absolutely terrified! I couldn't even see the pavement between us and I was supposed to just let us coast behind her at 20 mph. Holy cow!! In the end though we all survived, and Bob is safe and resting at our home sweet home. All in all, it was a crazy time having Bob slowly go dead.

Tired Day with Anamials and Dancing

So, today in my biology class I was trying to spell the word animal. It was extremely unsuccessful. What I wrote was: Anamial. I looked at it, and it just didn't look quite right. I then tried again knowing that the way I just spelled it was complete bogus! After crossing out anamials I wrote anamals above it. I then had to write a dark "i" on top of the a. Oh my, oh my, what a tired day! I can be so dang spacey.

In my dance class we're working on the fox trot! :) I really like this dance, it's so flowy with fun moves, but isn't so intense like the waltz (which I love too, it's just different.) We get to do all of the moves we learned in waltz, and just change up the beat and we're doing fox trot. It's sweeet. Also, we get to dance to Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra! Does it get better? I think not. My class is doing a "performance" for the other Social Dance classes at the beginning of December. We'll probably do it to "Baby, It's Cold Outside" and do a mixture of fox trot and west coast swing. Maybe it does get better after all. :)