Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Hello, Family!

Hello, Friends, Family and Acquaintances (although probably just Family)!!!
        It has been expressed to me that people are interested in what I am doing. In other words, my parents are tired of giving lame answers and trying to guess what their youngest daughter is doing when curious people ask them. Sooo, I have decided to resurrect this lovely blog! Sadly, I have no camera and/or iPhone, so there will be no fun pictures like on Katy and Amy's blogs. I am also not an English major by any stretch of the imagination, so my posts will probably not be as engaging as my wonderful sister-in-law's, Amanda's. Also, I make no promise that my posts will be as consistent and informative as my mother's e-mails. At this point, my family is probably thinking that I should stop being like our mother and sandbagging my ability (Love you, Mom! ;) ). But y'all are supposed to be curious, so here we go!
       I am currently living in The Elms Apartments at the address of 29 E 700 N Provo, UT 84606. It takes me about ten minutes to walk from my apartment to the Benson Building, which is the Chemistry Building on BYU campus. This is a very good thing because I have an Analytical Chemistry class every day. I have it from MWF from 8 to 12 and TTh from 9 to 11. I have a social dance class from Monday through Thursday from 12 to 1 and then I have Sign Language Monday through Thursday from 1 to 2:40. And I have been loving just about every minute of my schedule.
      Today was a very interesting day. I woke up, having very little clean laundry. Saturday night I went with my ward to the Hot Springs in Saratoga. It was all right, but I very stupidly did not think about how if we were leaving around 9, we probably would not get back before 10, which is when the laundry room in my apartment complex closes. And they're closed on Sundays... Anyway, back to Monday morning! I woke up, took a shower, then very carefully put Sting-Eez on a big bandage I got from a good friend to put on the bee sting on the bottom of my foot. Yes, this demands explaining, I believe...
      So, the trash needed to be taken out, so I took it out and I saw a guy from church unpacking his car. During church this guy had accidentally said water instead of wine when blessing the sacrament but quickly started all over. So I started talking to him joking about his mistake and found out that he wanted to be an ER doctor. We finished talking and went in opposite directions. I was walking barefoot b/c I am a Southern girl and shoes are for wussies! Well, I turned into a big wuss right then. I felt something prick my foot. I turned my foot over, expecting a thorn but instead found a bug. I thought it was just something with pincers, so I pulled it off. I'm pretty sure it was a bee b/c I had a stinger in my foot, the bug was  fuzzy and my foot started to really hurt. So, I called to the guy I had been talking to, named Josh, and said, "Josh, do you have any Benadryl?" Him: "My roommates might. Why?" Me: I think I just got stung." He then tried to get the stinger out with a dollar bill. That didn't work so we went near his apartment, he found  credit card and got it out. While he was getting th stinger out, I called my mommy, feeling very embarrassed b/c it was past her bedtime. Me: "Hey, Mom! I think I just got stung by a bee. What should I do?? Oh, and Happy Mother's Day! :D" She was nice and told me what to do. I went back to my apartment, treated my foot, took Advil, then made Peanut Butter Melts (Hannah Swenson recipe from Katy's cousin-in-law's blog) to make me happy.
        Gosh, I haven't even left my apartment yet! Anyway, I showered and I was seriously considering wearing sweatpants today. I didn't care what I looked like, so I wore a dress, brushed my hair well and put on mascara and my best blue sparkly shoes from Amy. Ironic, I know, but I had to wear a dress for my dance test and I decided I didn't want to change. I left my apartment, got to the Lab prep/pep talk my professor gave us before letting us into lab. We have to try and figure out how much potassium hydrogen pthalate is in a substance. Basically, they give us a vial of stuff and we have to figure out how much of whatever is in the powder or liquid they give us. Yay!  I got done with lab and hurried over to the Richards Building. I practiced a little bit with a guy I had asked to test with before. We danced the foxtrot. I did all right. It was fun though. Oh, and I was worried about my foot and having to dance with it, but I was fine. It doesn't hurt at all. Dance class finished early and I went and recuperated a little before going to my sign class for another test. I think I did all right on that test as well. I love learning sign language. I think part of it is I love to learn different languages, but I also have an amazing teacher. She's actually deaf and tells some of the funniest stories!
        So I was done with my classes and I went home, I mean the Benson Building (BNSN Bldg). I'm only partially joking though. I really do think of the BNSN as my home. I gave away the last of my peanut butter cookies to friends, after using my mom's awesome wet paper towel over cookie in microwave method. Then I really went home, tried to buy a replacement key (I lost mine), but the office was closed. But I was able to get my clean laundry! I talked to my mom as I walked back to campus, took a nap, had Subway for dinner, then tried to work on homework in the library, but it was not happening. I talked to my friend, Mitchell, for a little bit as I walked home. (Mitchell lives in TX and I have known him since we were 17. He's working on turning in his mission papers.) I went for a run. It felt good to go, especially since I ran around Provo Temple. I always feel more peaceful after going there. I got home, packed my stuff and went to the library. I read for American Sign Language (ASL), but my reading was cut short b/c the library was closing. But I absolutely loved the fact that the library played "Clocks" by Coldplay to tell us to get out. I walked home and finished my reading. Then I started to write this. So if you are still here after this Dostoyevsky of a post, I'd like to know what you think. Should I post every day? I was always sort of confused as to why people were curious about what I'm doing. I'm just doing school. My life is homework and classes. But I guess I do have some crazy stuff happen to me every once in a while... Or every day... Anyway, tell me what you want! If you don't like the idea, tell me! As people that know me well, I value honesty. So please be honest with me. If you want me to keep going, I guess we'll just have to wait and see how this turns out...

2 comments:

Joan said...

I love hearing what you are doing.

Jennifer said...

It is great to hear from you! Love it. Post when you feel like it, but maybe a least once a week or so? We will enjoy your reflections.