A New Start

I think it would be an understatement to say that I had an interesting summer. It was definitely an emotional roller coaster with many difficult life decisions to make. I must say though that I am grateful for these past few months. As hard as they were, I know I learned a lot about myself and what I want from life. I've come to learn to make a decision, stick with and take a leap of faith knowing that things will work out! I'm excited because I recently found out that I got into this Physical Therapy Assistant program that I have been thinking about doing for awhile. I am so excited and am already loving my classes! Here's to a new start!

 

Paying it Forward

Paying it forward is something I think we could and should do more often. Tonight my sister, our good friend Nicole and I went on a girl date to our favorite local restaurant, Sandoval's. When we walked in, Nicole recognized this cute elderly couple who happen to be patients of my dad. If you know my dad or if he's your dentist then you know how lovable, fun, generous and great he is. They were one of those people who knew this too because they were so kind to his daughters! Anyways...they ate, said goodbye and left! When we finished eating, we asked for our check and to our surprise, that nice elderly couple had taken care of our meal! We were so shocked and so grateful for their sweet act of kindness and generosity. It's not everyday that something like that happens. It reminded me of "paying it forward." Not necessarily paying for someone, but even a smile or a compliment can surprise someone and brighten their day...and who knows, hopefully they'll do the same for someone else.

From the mouth of babes

So right now I'm home in CA. My sister and her two kids are here too. Her youngest one, Addison, is three years old and sometimes just says the funniest things. Some of those I'd like to share...

-"No is a bad word, Carrigan."

-"Wait, they're getting a butt massage?!"

-"You're an eyeball! Do you know how to count to eyeball?"

-"I wish everyone liked tomatoes."

-"Is oval a letter?"

-"You're a dudette!"

-"What the?!"

-"Are you kidding me?!"

-"Daddy doesn't poop his pants."

-"Why aren't they [Giants] winning? Why aren't they playing well? It's because they don't like me..."

So glad I have her around to keep me laughing :)

Biebs

Yeahhhh. So I love Justin Bieber. He's cute and talented and so dang sweet. I don't know why I hadn't seen this video before...it's a couple years old, but you must watch. So funny and so cute! I got a good laugh out of it :)

DO IT. WATCH IT NOW.

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

Also, I bought his new CD "Believe" and welp, I LOVE it. Just look at that face.

Control

As a lot of you know, I can be a control freak. I feel that as I have gotten older and have had more experiences, the more I do realize I cannot control everything. This is hard for me for a couple reasons. 1) I want EVERYTHING to work out perfectly. 2) I want EVERYONE I am around to be happy. BUT this isn't always the case. I've also learned that this is okay. If I could control everything and everyone then what would I learn in this life? Probably not much.

This quote explains it all...

"As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit."


Sometimes if we just let things go and continue to have faith, they will turn out even better than we could have ever imagined.

Life as of late

So yet again I have failed at keeping up with my blog. But here's my life from the past couple of weeks

as told through some instagrams.

Graduation! So fun to graduate with my brother.

Visit to Virginia to see my girls.

Finally visiting the new City Creek Center.

AVENGERS!

Rugby National Championship!

Memorial Day weekend at St. George and Tocquerville Falls.

Visiting CATH in California!

Late Birthday celebration for Chlo!

The Waiting Game

I don't want to sound mean or bratty but I just have to admit that when people ask me over and over "WHEN DO YOU LEAVE?" it annoys me a little. Okay, maybe it's not the question, but rather their response when I say "Oh, well I've got about four months." and their real smiles fade and they kinda go, "Oh." and a fake smile returns with over exaggerated excitement. It takes about that long for a visa to be approved, if it ever gets approved. Yeah so I'm playing the waiting game. And I'll admit something else...it kinda sucks. However, as I am writing this post I know that it'll be okay. I'm sure every pre-missionary goes through this kind of anxiousness and annoyedness (that's not a word, but i'm still using it). I'm sure they all have this feeling of whenamievergoingtoleave or isthisstilltherightthing or ifeellikeimjuststagnantbutimsureitwillendsoon. It's just like with everything we go through. We need to keep pushing along and know that everything will be okay. It will all work out. I know it will happen. But right now it's not the right time. Right now I have other things I need to do. I need to enjoy the journey and in four months it will be the right time! Yeah, sorry this post is all about my feelings.  Sometimes you just gotta let them out!

Oh, and a few things to look forward to this week and to the months to come:

1) Parents come into town this week

2) Friday I go to the temple

3) Hunger games movie!!!

4) My BIRTHDAY

5) Chloe is home...finally!

6) Graduation

7) Virginia to see my sister

8) Black Keys concert

9) Southern CA to see Brooke and Cath (hopefully!!)

10) Girl's trip with my sister

11) Yosemite with the fam

12) Head to Brasiiiiiil for a year and a half!