Well... the day has finally come and gone. Or week I should say. It was the hardest week of my life.. and it hasn't been any easier yet. It will get easier with time, but this sucks. I hate saying goodbye more than anything. And saying goodbye to my best friends and some of the people I love most is unbelievably hard. I'm lonely. Very very lonely. But I'll be okay. Only 113 more days. Everyone tells me absence makes the heart grow fonder, but absence sucks. Distance sucks. And having your best friends gone sucks too. Somedays I'm okay, but some days are really hard. It's hard to go from hanging out with these people everyday to not being able to see them or talk to them hardly at all anymore. Today my very best friend left the MTC! I was planning all along to go to the airport, but was told I would only be able to see her for 20 minutes or so and decided it wasn't worth it to get up at 4:30 for that when she would be busy calling family.  Come to find out, she was given the wrong information and sat at the airport for 5 hours... Oh how I wish I would have just gone up.  Mom got to see her and I could not have been more jealous. I miss the days of having these people around me.. I wish I could go back to what life was like a month ago... even two weeks ago. But I'm very grateful I have the family I do that watches out for me!

week of woes

 23 Days from today one of my best friends leaves on her mission!

 23 Days from today one of my other best friends leaves on her mission as well!

 3 weeks from today this cute boy leaves for Alaska :(

And 16 days from today my best friend in the whole world leaves on her mission!

*Proof that the next month is going to suck... Feel free to be my friend! Only if you promise not to leave me.

teenage lovin'

One time I met this boy- in relief society of all places. And I thought he was cute.. really cute. One week later he got my number and I was thrilled. He asked me on a date, then bailed. I thought it was rude, but he was too cute to be mad, so I kept trying. The next week we went on a date. And it was lovely. And since that date we have hung out almost everyday. I think I like him. A lot. Wedding anyone? Just kidding. That's not funny- sorry mom :)

happiest of days

Happy Birthday to my handsome little nephew!! I can't believe you are 3! I love you little Bens and wish I was there to celebrate your special day!

Feeling the Love!

This was our first and final roommate date! We did a gift exchange as roommates then went to see the lights at the Riverwoods. Heather (the one in the blue coat) is leaving on her mission to Toronto, Canada so we will be getting a new roommate, but we are so excited! I love these girls so much and couldn't have asked for a better semester. I don't know how I got so lucky, but I will always love each and every one of these girls!

teenage life

Sometimes living with 5 other girls is very interesting. You get the times when... You walk in on one laying on top of her boyfriend, one goes in your closet and takes your food just assuming that it's hers too, one thinks you share your water bottle in the fridge and drinks from it more than you do, one leaves her crusty dirty dishes on the floor in the living room for weeks, hair and makeup coat the bathroom counters, one follows you like a puppy doing everything you do, you come home from work to find one in your bed everyday, one has to one-up everything you say, one doesn't know how to turn of her alarm clock in the mornings letting it go off for an hour, one doesn't know how to turn the lights off and sleeps with them on, one leaves her underwear on the bathroom floor every morning, one leaves tuna casserole dishes on the stove for 3 weeks, there is zero privacy, some like to come in my room and talk while I try to get dressed, one makes you drive her to the grocery store every other day, one sings 24/7 and really shouldn't, one walks out in just underwear every morning on her run to the shower,  and 99% of the time this place is plain disgusting and I need some privacy. But regardless I love where I live and who I live with- most of the time. Life is pretty good, and living with 5 other girls isn't as bad as it could be.

fall :)

It's hot chocolate time :) Happy fall! And cheers to Christmas tunes!