What a week! I have been so busy! I've decided I can't really go over every little thing that's happened to me in the last nine days or you would get bored reading it. Shoot, you're probably already bored!
So here goes. This past weekend I was in Spanish Fork. I was (of course) hanging out with Brandon and his family. We went to see the Piano Guys! I couldn't believe how funny they were! My favorite was "Terminator from Snowy River" because it was really just a funny little thing. They kept cutting between the theme from Terminator, which is this dark, impressive song full of bass and the theme from Man From Snowy River, which is this happy bouncy piano piece. There were no nice flowing in between stages, just Terminator-Happy Piano-Terminator-Happy Piano. Absolutely hilarious!
The other awesome thing that happened this weekend was that Brandon told me he wants to serve a mission! Oh, I really don't know how to describe how amazing this is to me and how proud of him I am. I know that if he sets his mind and heart to it he will be the best missionary he can be and that he will be able to teach and help countless people. It won't be easy for him but he can do it, there is an amazing strength inside him that I can see about to burst out. He just makes me so happy. I am so blessed to have him in my life.
I don't know what else to talk about now! There was a ton of crazy stuff, but talking about Brandon's decision has eclipsed everything else so that it seems perfectly ordinary. I guess besides that, we had a fire drill last night and I got to wear and orange vest and herd everyone out of the building and take roll. I saw a couple of my residents get distracted by some boys by the front door, I had to "rescue" them from danger. I'm grateful that my hall is a bug fun family that loves to party, but if there were a real fire, I don't think boys should be around.
ATTENTION TO ALL BOYS WHO EVER DO OR EVER WILL VISIT HINCKLEY HALL:
IF THERE IS A FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY, PLEASE GO AWAY. THE GIRLS SHOULD NOT BE PUT IN DANGER AFTER BEING DISTRACTED BY YOUR DREAMINESS.
I believe that is all I have to say.
Adios!
Craziness score for the days 10 out of 10
Little rays of light that brighten my world
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
Wow, it's been a while huh? My only excuse is that I've been really really busy. All the craziness just showed up all at once.
So let's see, what was the last that you heard? Oh yeah, let's start with Saturday. So first off, Saturday was great! First me and Brandon had a fun movie party in the library. We head over and reserve a room for a few hours. The guy grabs his keys and walks over to the rooms with us. We walk down the row of tiny rooms with a couple of chairs and decent sized tv sets. They're all full. The guy turns the corner and looks in one last room. He looks back to us and says all apologetically, "they're all full besides the big room, is that ok?". He opens the door and leads us into this mini theater! Auditorium seating, gigantic projector screen with HD capabilities, and surround sound. We just kind of say "oh yeah this is good, thanks." and walk over to the awesome screen. Ok with that? Of course we were!We watched the movie Push and a few episodes of Firefly, which is a great show by the way. Push is also a fantastic, kind of trippy movie which was made even better by the surround sound and giant screen.
After that we headed back to Hinckley where we played Slender. Oh my goodness that is a freaky game! You wander around in the dark looking for eight pages with nothing but a flashlight. Then of course there's this tall skinny guy that follows you. Or does he? You never actually see him move, he just appears in the light beam when you turn around. But he never moves. Plus you can't look at him too long or this static overwhelms you and he takes you away or kills you or something. Then of course the flashlight dies after a while so you cam't see anything and you just wander until he finds you. It's really suspenseful! The first time I saw the slender man I totally screamed and Brandon laughed at me a bit. He wasn't scared at all! My fearless companion.
Then the night proceeded to get even crazier! We headed over to the Cannon Center, where they were broadcasting the BYU v. Utah football game. The game was a bit slow during the first half. We were down pretty bad. It was 7-24 when we started coming back. The last two minutes or so were fantastic! We had fought back until we were 21-24 and we were far away from the end zone. The clock ticked down until the last play. We ran it out of bounds. All the Utah fans thought they won, so they rushed the field. The play went under official review and it was determined that there was still one second left in the game. They had to get all the fans off the field for the last play. They didn't stay there though and rushed the field again before the play was even over! The refs penalized the fans for unsportsmanlike conduct! So they gave us one last play. We tried for a field goal but the football bounced off the uprights and didn't make it through!!! Six inches to the right and it would have gone in and we would have gone into overtime!!! Oh man in was ridiculous!
All right, before I get too worked up, let's move on to Sunday. There was a huge multistake conference in the Marriott Center. Dallin H. Oaks gave a talk about being single or not and he used the analogy of having a warm jacket or not. It was really funny. Later me and Brandon were talking about the winter and I said something about taking off my jacket when I got inside. He said "Ohhhh I see how it is, we're going to stay outside all day if that's the case.". We laughed, but we did end up staying outside all day. We laid out on a blanket and read scriptures for a while and chatted and took a nap. Oh my it was so nice, I can't remember ever being so perfectly content!
Then we went up to my room (no worries, it was visiting hours) and just relaxed and talked. It was nice. Then he had to go home and our perfect weekend came to a close.
Then it was Monday, and the stress began. I missed classes, was late to a meeting, got confused on my homework, felt sick, and fell asleep all within six hours. Tuesday was a bit better, on time to class and meetings and got all my homework done. So now we're up to today. I'm midway through my classes and feeling pretty good. I understand what's being said. Well maybe that's because I'm in a business class so I actually like it.
So there you have my awesome story of my awesome weekend. There are some more awesome plans for this next weekend. I will keep you up to speed on the craziness in my life.
Later gators!
Craziness score for the day(s): 9.5 of 10
So let's see, what was the last that you heard? Oh yeah, let's start with Saturday. So first off, Saturday was great! First me and Brandon had a fun movie party in the library. We head over and reserve a room for a few hours. The guy grabs his keys and walks over to the rooms with us. We walk down the row of tiny rooms with a couple of chairs and decent sized tv sets. They're all full. The guy turns the corner and looks in one last room. He looks back to us and says all apologetically, "they're all full besides the big room, is that ok?". He opens the door and leads us into this mini theater! Auditorium seating, gigantic projector screen with HD capabilities, and surround sound. We just kind of say "oh yeah this is good, thanks." and walk over to the awesome screen. Ok with that? Of course we were!We watched the movie Push and a few episodes of Firefly, which is a great show by the way. Push is also a fantastic, kind of trippy movie which was made even better by the surround sound and giant screen.
After that we headed back to Hinckley where we played Slender. Oh my goodness that is a freaky game! You wander around in the dark looking for eight pages with nothing but a flashlight. Then of course there's this tall skinny guy that follows you. Or does he? You never actually see him move, he just appears in the light beam when you turn around. But he never moves. Plus you can't look at him too long or this static overwhelms you and he takes you away or kills you or something. Then of course the flashlight dies after a while so you cam't see anything and you just wander until he finds you. It's really suspenseful! The first time I saw the slender man I totally screamed and Brandon laughed at me a bit. He wasn't scared at all! My fearless companion.
Then the night proceeded to get even crazier! We headed over to the Cannon Center, where they were broadcasting the BYU v. Utah football game. The game was a bit slow during the first half. We were down pretty bad. It was 7-24 when we started coming back. The last two minutes or so were fantastic! We had fought back until we were 21-24 and we were far away from the end zone. The clock ticked down until the last play. We ran it out of bounds. All the Utah fans thought they won, so they rushed the field. The play went under official review and it was determined that there was still one second left in the game. They had to get all the fans off the field for the last play. They didn't stay there though and rushed the field again before the play was even over! The refs penalized the fans for unsportsmanlike conduct! So they gave us one last play. We tried for a field goal but the football bounced off the uprights and didn't make it through!!! Six inches to the right and it would have gone in and we would have gone into overtime!!! Oh man in was ridiculous!
All right, before I get too worked up, let's move on to Sunday. There was a huge multistake conference in the Marriott Center. Dallin H. Oaks gave a talk about being single or not and he used the analogy of having a warm jacket or not. It was really funny. Later me and Brandon were talking about the winter and I said something about taking off my jacket when I got inside. He said "Ohhhh I see how it is, we're going to stay outside all day if that's the case.". We laughed, but we did end up staying outside all day. We laid out on a blanket and read scriptures for a while and chatted and took a nap. Oh my it was so nice, I can't remember ever being so perfectly content!
Then we went up to my room (no worries, it was visiting hours) and just relaxed and talked. It was nice. Then he had to go home and our perfect weekend came to a close.
Then it was Monday, and the stress began. I missed classes, was late to a meeting, got confused on my homework, felt sick, and fell asleep all within six hours. Tuesday was a bit better, on time to class and meetings and got all my homework done. So now we're up to today. I'm midway through my classes and feeling pretty good. I understand what's being said. Well maybe that's because I'm in a business class so I actually like it.
So there you have my awesome story of my awesome weekend. There are some more awesome plans for this next weekend. I will keep you up to speed on the craziness in my life.
Later gators!
Craziness score for the day(s): 9.5 of 10
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Tired of Being Tired
Hey all, so this has probably been one of the longest days of the last few months. I can't even say exactly what made it so long. Just a lot of isolated incidents that make me so tired.
First off, phone conversation until around 5:30 a.m. This one I don't mind as much. It was a good one, and with Brandon, so no complaints!
The complaints start when my alarm goes off a whole two hours before it was supposed to! I seriously had a battle with the snooze button until I finally just reset the alarm and went back to sleep. I swear, my alarm delights in waking me up at the exact wrong time. Don't I control this obnoxious little device on my counter? Apparently not!
Oh well, at least I got a happy little text in the morning right after I finally got up right? Exactly! Once again, thank you Brandon.
Alright, I'm awake now, ready for class. Wow, I didn't remember going to class until just now. Shows how memorable it was doesn't it? Especially considering the fact that I turned in a pretty awesome paper today. Then we talked about farms and cities while I watched the clock. I've been really excited about this weekend for a few days now and I really just wanted it to start.
Then it did. Oh my goodness it did.
Phone calls, tears, talks, more tears. That was the first couple of hours right there. Then Brandon arrived and there was much rejoicing. Imagine me kind of collapsing all tired like but at the same time giggling in his arms. That's kind of how it went. Spending time with Brandon is great because he kind of lives a fair distance away from me. Hence the really long phone calls. It ended way too soon unfortunately. Right when we were having a great time, laughing and all that wonderful jazz. I had to go to all my fun RA commitments. So he went over to a friend's place where he's staying for the weekend (thanks Spencer!!) and we said adieu for the evening.
During my RA commitment (movie night) I got into a discussion with my good friend and co-worker Emily about cuddling, as she was sort of hugging on a giant teddy bear. I offered my cuddling services and I was totally turned down. Sad day! Though as she said she was worried Brandon would get jealous I suppose I can't be too torn up about it.
Then to the office!! Since it's a Friday, office hours go until 1:30 in the morning. Kill. Me. Now.
No, not really. I don't want to die, I've got way too much to live for! I was just kind of slow and distant all night, so basically, not at all myself. To make it worse, Brandon decided to go to sleep at like 10:00 so I wasn't able to talk to him at all! Talk about being lonely in a crowded room. Thank goodness for Devin telling me to leave room for Jesus (he thought I was still hanging out with Brandon) because it really made my night.
Now it's all over and I must sleep, another crazy day is ahead of me tomorrow. It's in our plans to play Slender, this scary game that has you get stalked by a skinny guy in a suit. Sounds terrifying to me, so here's hoping I won't pee my pants. I'll let you know how that one goes.
First off, phone conversation until around 5:30 a.m. This one I don't mind as much. It was a good one, and with Brandon, so no complaints!
The complaints start when my alarm goes off a whole two hours before it was supposed to! I seriously had a battle with the snooze button until I finally just reset the alarm and went back to sleep. I swear, my alarm delights in waking me up at the exact wrong time. Don't I control this obnoxious little device on my counter? Apparently not!
Alright, I'm awake now, ready for class. Wow, I didn't remember going to class until just now. Shows how memorable it was doesn't it? Especially considering the fact that I turned in a pretty awesome paper today. Then we talked about farms and cities while I watched the clock. I've been really excited about this weekend for a few days now and I really just wanted it to start.
Then it did. Oh my goodness it did.
Phone calls, tears, talks, more tears. That was the first couple of hours right there. Then Brandon arrived and there was much rejoicing. Imagine me kind of collapsing all tired like but at the same time giggling in his arms. That's kind of how it went. Spending time with Brandon is great because he kind of lives a fair distance away from me. Hence the really long phone calls. It ended way too soon unfortunately. Right when we were having a great time, laughing and all that wonderful jazz. I had to go to all my fun RA commitments. So he went over to a friend's place where he's staying for the weekend (thanks Spencer!!) and we said adieu for the evening.
Then to the office!! Since it's a Friday, office hours go until 1:30 in the morning. Kill. Me. Now.
No, not really. I don't want to die, I've got way too much to live for! I was just kind of slow and distant all night, so basically, not at all myself. To make it worse, Brandon decided to go to sleep at like 10:00 so I wasn't able to talk to him at all! Talk about being lonely in a crowded room. Thank goodness for Devin telling me to leave room for Jesus (he thought I was still hanging out with Brandon) because it really made my night.
Now it's all over and I must sleep, another crazy day is ahead of me tomorrow. It's in our plans to play Slender, this scary game that has you get stalked by a skinny guy in a suit. Sounds terrifying to me, so here's hoping I won't pee my pants. I'll let you know how that one goes.
Plus, the Holy War reaches its end! Time for the BYU v. Utah football game! That will be super exciting!
Catch ya later!
Crazy score for the day: 9 of 10
Thursday, September 13, 2012
So First Off...
Since this is my first ever blog, I really don't know what to do. Here's hoping it doesn't turn out totally lame! A little lame, that's ok with me, but a lot lame? Not so much.
I'll probably be using this blog almost like a journal, I don't expect anyone to read this really, my life while, totally hilarious to me, isn't what you would call super interesting. I'd like to think I'm funny. At least, my friends laugh at me a lot, which, now that I'm looking back on it, probably isn't the best thing ever. Oh well.
Sorry, ramble ramble ramble. Back to what I'm doing. I've never been good at keeping a journal. I managed to keep one for about a year when I was like 13 but since then the fact that I write a whole lot slower than I think just bugs me. Fortunately, I can type pretty quick!
Mostly what I want to record is the crazy stuff that happens in my life and how funny that all is to me. Hopefully I won't resort to ROFL or LOL but if there is an occasional haha please forgive me.
Alright, on to the crazy!!
I'm not going to post a long bio of me or anything, since I already know all about me, but suffice it to say that I got to BYU (go cougars!) and that I'm a Resident Assistant for Helaman Halls. Oh, and that my name is Lydia. If I get to something that requires a little back story I will of course explain, but mostly I'm just going to tell you about the craziness I see.
So not a whole bunch has happened to me today since I haven't had class yet, but last night was pretty great. So I get home from my last class of the day. Two and a half hours of ancient civilizations and art stuff that makes no sense in my head (I'm a business major so I think more logically and left-brained) after having been in other classes all day, dash off to Budge Hall to hang out with some people, and end up trying to write an essay in my head while at the same time trying to understand what's going on in the Bourne Ultimatum. This is tough for me because it's the third Bourne movie and I've only ever seen the first one like five years ago and I haven't seen the second one. So yay for not understanding plot lines!!
After that's over, do I get to go home? Heck no!! I get to go to my friend Devin's house, he got to open his mission call!! Santa Maria, Brazil, we're all super excited for him! His place was super crowded and sweltering hot though, so after a few minutes, me and my friends gave him a final hug, and dashed off to my friend's apartment in Liberty Square. On the way we found a shopping cart next to a dumpster. Of course, we took it and my friend Megan rode in it all the way there. After we got there, we watched Hercules (yes we sang along, why wouldn't we?) and chatted for a while about crazy stuff. There was a lot of poking fun at me for my boyfriend Brandon. (yes, we'll come back to that at some point) I'm apparently too naive to function correctly.
Still a bit too much rambling? Sorry, sorry.
Cut to when I get home at almost midnight! I've been out since noon today so i drop my backpack, fall on my bed, and plug my phone into the charger. After about five minutes I get a phone call from my favorite <3 person <3 in <3 the <3 whole <3 world!
Yes, it's Brandon <3
We've only been together for about a week and a half, but it's been honestly the best time ever. I seriously cannot remember a time where I was happier. Whenever I think of my future, he's in it, that's all I can say. Another thing I want to do with this blog is to get better at expressing what's really in my heart. Sometimes I can stumble through a few sentences that express a tiny bit of what I feel, but not often. So fair warning, I will be trying to wax eloquent pretty often, especially when it comes to Brandon, or the gospel.
Well, since I've started typing this up I've written most of an essay, gone to class, and eaten dinner, so a couple of fun crazy things have happened.
Me and one of my best friends ever, Katherine, at dinner tonight in the Cannon Center, and this guy was at our table that we didn't know. We talked to this kid for like half an hour at least and just as he got up to leave he realized he didn't know our names. Me being my honest self said "oh hey, yeah, I'm Lydia" because honesty is the best policy right? Well for no reason at all Kat tells him her name is Sophie! I give her this look, like really? really? wow hahaha (See?! Told you it would be there, I hope you forgive me) and then she tries to give him a handshake, but instead it turns into this crazy fist bump that changes into them rubbing the backs of their hands together. Oh goodness just thinking about it now makes me laugh out loud, I hope the people outside my room don't mind.
I don't exactly know how to end this horrible rambling monstrosity so I'll just say that I'm sorry for the craziness, but it keeps me sane.
Catch you on the flip side!
Crazy Score for the Day : 7 of 10
I'll probably be using this blog almost like a journal, I don't expect anyone to read this really, my life while, totally hilarious to me, isn't what you would call super interesting. I'd like to think I'm funny. At least, my friends laugh at me a lot, which, now that I'm looking back on it, probably isn't the best thing ever. Oh well.
Sorry, ramble ramble ramble. Back to what I'm doing. I've never been good at keeping a journal. I managed to keep one for about a year when I was like 13 but since then the fact that I write a whole lot slower than I think just bugs me. Fortunately, I can type pretty quick!
Mostly what I want to record is the crazy stuff that happens in my life and how funny that all is to me. Hopefully I won't resort to ROFL or LOL but if there is an occasional haha please forgive me.
Alright, on to the crazy!!
I'm not going to post a long bio of me or anything, since I already know all about me, but suffice it to say that I got to BYU (go cougars!) and that I'm a Resident Assistant for Helaman Halls. Oh, and that my name is Lydia. If I get to something that requires a little back story I will of course explain, but mostly I'm just going to tell you about the craziness I see.
So not a whole bunch has happened to me today since I haven't had class yet, but last night was pretty great. So I get home from my last class of the day. Two and a half hours of ancient civilizations and art stuff that makes no sense in my head (I'm a business major so I think more logically and left-brained) after having been in other classes all day, dash off to Budge Hall to hang out with some people, and end up trying to write an essay in my head while at the same time trying to understand what's going on in the Bourne Ultimatum. This is tough for me because it's the third Bourne movie and I've only ever seen the first one like five years ago and I haven't seen the second one. So yay for not understanding plot lines!!
After that's over, do I get to go home? Heck no!! I get to go to my friend Devin's house, he got to open his mission call!! Santa Maria, Brazil, we're all super excited for him! His place was super crowded and sweltering hot though, so after a few minutes, me and my friends gave him a final hug, and dashed off to my friend's apartment in Liberty Square. On the way we found a shopping cart next to a dumpster. Of course, we took it and my friend Megan rode in it all the way there. After we got there, we watched Hercules (yes we sang along, why wouldn't we?) and chatted for a while about crazy stuff. There was a lot of poking fun at me for my boyfriend Brandon. (yes, we'll come back to that at some point) I'm apparently too naive to function correctly.
Still a bit too much rambling? Sorry, sorry.
Cut to when I get home at almost midnight! I've been out since noon today so i drop my backpack, fall on my bed, and plug my phone into the charger. After about five minutes I get a phone call from my favorite <3 person <3 in <3 the <3 whole <3 world!
Yes, it's Brandon <3
We've only been together for about a week and a half, but it's been honestly the best time ever. I seriously cannot remember a time where I was happier. Whenever I think of my future, he's in it, that's all I can say. Another thing I want to do with this blog is to get better at expressing what's really in my heart. Sometimes I can stumble through a few sentences that express a tiny bit of what I feel, but not often. So fair warning, I will be trying to wax eloquent pretty often, especially when it comes to Brandon, or the gospel.
Well, since I've started typing this up I've written most of an essay, gone to class, and eaten dinner, so a couple of fun crazy things have happened.
Me and one of my best friends ever, Katherine, at dinner tonight in the Cannon Center, and this guy was at our table that we didn't know. We talked to this kid for like half an hour at least and just as he got up to leave he realized he didn't know our names. Me being my honest self said "oh hey, yeah, I'm Lydia" because honesty is the best policy right? Well for no reason at all Kat tells him her name is Sophie! I give her this look, like really? really? wow hahaha (See?! Told you it would be there, I hope you forgive me) and then she tries to give him a handshake, but instead it turns into this crazy fist bump that changes into them rubbing the backs of their hands together. Oh goodness just thinking about it now makes me laugh out loud, I hope the people outside my room don't mind.
I don't exactly know how to end this horrible rambling monstrosity so I'll just say that I'm sorry for the craziness, but it keeps me sane.
Catch you on the flip side!
Crazy Score for the Day : 7 of 10
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