Feliz Navidad

I love my footies. It's a Christmas tradition.

Matching jamas. love it.

Kimmi and Shan.

Our rockin houses.

We love each other.

Merry Christmas!!!

Rainbow

Bad things happen. It is part of life.

But as cheesy as it sounds, there is always a rainbow after the rain.

So the Saturday after finals I decided to drive up to my cousin's graduation party.The roads were pretty bad and it was a scary drive. I was outside of Idaho Falls when I hit some ice while I was switching lanes and I ended up slamming into a guard rail.

I hit the rear end on the passenger side and it bent some things under there. (I don't know cars at all!) I couldn't get my car started and I was still partly in the road, facing the wrong direction. I was hysterical and I didn't know what to do.

With some help, I got my car off the road and I got to deal with a state patrolman. He was super nice and helped me figure out how to get my car running and even turned it around for me. We were there for almost an hour and he was really nice to me. But it's the nice ones you have to look out for. They're the ones that give you an $85 ticked for speeding above that which is reasonable and prudent. I'm still mad about that.

I never want to be an another accident ever again! My uncle came and rescued me and kept my car at his house until my parents could get there. I am so lucky to have such great family. I really appreciated his willingness to drop what he was doing and come help me. It's really scary when you get in an accident in Idaho, coming from Utah, and your parents are in Washington.

So that is the bad thing. But here is the good news. My dad worked on the car and it is drivable, meaning it can get me to and from work and it will never be able to leave Logan again. I'm saving up for a new car now!

I got a second job! I am now also working at the Logan Library. I am super excited because the money from the one library just isn't going to cut it if I am also trying to buy a car. I am grateful for both of my jobs. I am a little librarian!

For the first time at USU, I got a 4.0! I worked really hard this semester and I am glad that it paid off. I am starting to look at grad school a little more seriously and grades definitely help.

So I may have been a little traumatized and it will be a while before I drive on Idaho roads again, but my car works, I have two great jobs, and I rocked this last semester.

I am happy.

I want a real dragon for Christmas...

This title really has nothing to do with anything....but during Thanksgiving we watched "How to Train Your Dragon" and I decided I wanted a dragon for Christmas. Not the movie, or a fake dragon, but a real one. I think I might be disappointed this Christmas.

Five things from this week:

1. Silent Dance Party. Awesome play-list.
   
2. Costa Vida. Twice. With some of my favorite people.
   
3. Having nothing to do. Sleeping in on a weekday for the first time all semester.
   
4. Finally watching Eclipse and realizing I haven't been missing out on anything special.
5. Hugs.
   

Basketball

I love college basketball. It is definitely one of my passions and I have a special love for Duke and Mike Krzyzewski. I think Coach K is amazing! I was working in the library earlier this week and happened to check-in his book "Beyond Basketball" and of course I just had to check it out and read it. It is so good!

He takes different keywords such as adaptability, balance, commitment, motivation and writes his interpretation of them. He applies them to basketball and shares a story about some of his best players. It is really inspiring and makes me wish I never gave basketball up. He gives such good advice and makes me want to be a better person. Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book.

"Always surround yourself with individuals who will help to enable your courage when it is lacking within."

"Our goal should not be to be our heroes, but rather to learn from them and then do the best possible job of being ourselves. That is how I define excellence."

"The four words, 'I believe in you,' can make the difference between a fear of failure and the courage to try. When you look someone in the eyes and tell them, 'I believe in you,' you are letting them know, 'You are not going to take this journey alone. I'm not going to allow you to.' Belief raises your confidence level and allows you to try things that are impossible to do by yourself."

I seriously love this book and I am going to make my sisters read it over the break. Basketball is great, but everything he says can be applied to everyday life and I love it!

Coach K is the bomb, that's really the only way I know how to describe him. :)

Oh Yeah!

Yesterday was a crazy packed day and I loved it! Being done with finals is such a great feeling. I went over to my grandparents and put ornaments on their tree for them. I went to dinner with Nat because Jord was out of town and she is getting her tonsils out today. Poor girl! Andi and I hit up Chase's hot chocolate bar party before going to Lindsey and Jeff's Salsa Off. Then we headed up to the library.

The Wednesday of finals week is a big day at the library. At 10 PM for 10 minutes, everyone gathers in the atrium and howls. It is pretty hilarious. Then we played Truth or Dare while we waited for the silent dance party to start. The dance party was probably the most fun I have had all week. There were about50-60 people in the lobby of the library dancing with their iPods and headphones. It went on for about a half hour and we danced up the stairs all the way to the fourth floor. It was so fun! I wish I would have gotten pictures of it, but I'm sure some will show up on Facebook with in the next couple of days.

Then I went home and Des and I went to the gas station. Last year, the roomies and I would get these massive 44 oz. drinks after every dance we went to. It had been way too long and I had filled up my punch card from last year, so Des and I are carrying out the tradition. I got pineapple-orange crystal light with a shot of raspberry. So good!

This is for Meg and Jules.

Picture Time!

Ok here are some pictures that I finally took off my camera. I'm really bad at taking pics and even worse when it comes to posting them.

USU vs. BYU----great time with great people. I'm still a little upset about the outcome of the game, but it was really fun!
Amy. Shan. Andi. + the photo-bombers Scott and Jake

Garrett. Eric. Scott. Amy. Shan

Shan. Mike. Amy. Andi
(Love Caitlyn and Melody in the back)

The entire crew!
Garrett. Jeff. Jake. Scott.Whitney. Eric. Caitlyn. Amy. Shan. Mike. Melody. Andi


Roomie Christmas! I will put up more pictures once I steal them from Kaili.

Our cute dinner set-up.

Christmas Cupcakes. I am super proud of them.

I love my roomies!

The End

I have a paper due on Monday, a portfolio due Tuesday, and a final on Tuesday that I am going to take but if I fail it won't affect my grade. Life is pretty good! But I can't find the motivation to finish my paper today. I am burned out from school!

My five things from this week:

1. "Overpaid Athletes"
   
2. Picture Books
3. Family Dinners
4. Payday
5. Sleep

Random Thoughts

I am really bad at blogging when the end of the semester hits. These past couple of weeks have been insane! But one more presentation, a paper, and an optional test and I am done with Fall 2010!

I am battling a cold right now and I'm hoping I win. There is nothing worse than being sick the last two weeks of school.

My new favorite game is Ticket to Ride. (Ok not my absolute favorite....but I do love it.) Andi is a champ and had only lost once, that is until we played two nights ago and I dominated! I owe some of it to Mike because he was out to get her, but I won and I am happy.

The stores in Logan have nothing in them! I went shopping for Kimmi's Christmas present and there is seriously nothing out there. I am disappointed. Logan needs a Target, really bad!

I am ready for the break and I am ready for a new semester. A new semester of change and goodness and love. Spring 11, here I come!

I love my major. I love marketing. But I HATE giving presentations! I love doing the research and putting together the campaign. I would rather do all of the behind the scenes work and let someone else present for me. We did a campaign for a musician in one of my classes and our paper rocked. It was the best in the class, but because our presentation skills were not so great, we didn't win. It was kind of disappointing because our ideas were so well thought out and written. I guess that it is what I need to work on.

I talk about this all the time, but my favorite part of the week is Taco Tuesday. Last night I went with Jeff and we had some great bonding time. And the tacos were super delicious. I may be a taco addict.

This is probably one of the most random posts I have done in a while. Hopefully I'll get back in to the swing of things and post more often.