i hate it here.

I HAVE FINALLY M A D E  I T
i am living in an apartment with my 4 best friends (and chandler) ,no randoms. things in nauvoo 505 get kind of crazy, but only in the best kind of way. i love love love living with these hoodlums and the adventures we have.
i met these girls my first semester at byu idaho in fall of 2012 and we have been inseparable since. i cannot imagine my college experience without these fools.

haley: you are the best roommate even though you snore super loud and are mexican. youre the funniest person i know.
taylor: living without you for 9 months should have been a crime. how did i even do it? i love your glasses and shared hatred for class. i love you long time.
ashley: you made me love taco bell and for that i will be forever grateful. i'm so happy we randomly decided to room together a year ago. you look pretty denise.
kiersty: my besty in rexy. we have been through so much together it's ridiculous (rc, jamba boner, etc) i need you in my life for always!
chan: youre okay. 

 -do you wanna do something fun?-

we are such stereotypical white girls.

 -505-

snapbacks and friends too.

party across the us of a.

i have officially driven from south carolina to idaho 3 times. that is crazy.
my parents love to roadtrip and wanted to visit my siblings in utah, so we made the 2,200 mile journey a week before my spring semester started.
     the first night we stayed in rapid city, iowa. i will admit i am not a huge fan of that place.
     the second night we made it to aurora, colorado. i freaking love colorado so much. if i had to leave the      south i would live there for sure.
     then we made it to provo, utah to visit with family and friends for a few days. provo is also one of my favorite places.
    
it was a great feeling to make it to rexburg after 30 + hours of being in a car with my parents. i almost died, jk love ya mom and dad! but seriously, i hope i never have to do that again.

 -iowont-

this place was the literal worst.

 

-colorful colorado-

if you can't tell, we love it here.

-auntie hanny-

these little girls like me on occasion.

blame it on the hydrocodon.

well world, i have made it almost three full months living with my parents at home.
i experienced this last year and absolutely hated it, so this go round i didn't have high hopes for enjoying my stay. plot twist: i have loved being home for winter. although it is boring sometimes and i miss my friends. it has been so good for me to be in south carolina with my parents, working, and relaxing.

back to the missing my friends part> my life consents of group texts, facetime dates, and daily phone calls. being home is bliss, but not having people to hang out with every day will start to ware on your soul. i guess i don't really like to be alone...like every once in awhile is fine, but i need human interaction in my life to live. i have alittle more than three weeks before i get to be reunited with my friends and i could not be more happy. a couple months ago i also found out that one of my best friends taylor serge will be living with me, so yeah you could say i'm over the moon excited. this will be my first semester with no randoms, just my 5 favorite people. spring semester will be superb for sure.
also shout out to the missionaries> more specifically the sisters in my ward. every time i come home from a break from college i always hang out with the sisters. i don't know why but we always get the cutest, funniest ones around. i think i like talking to them so much, because they remind me of all my sister missionary friends out in the field. i just can't describe how much love i have for those ladies.

 i have not had the best of times this past week due to getting my wisdom teeth out. i have never given birth to anything, but i REALLY hope it doesn't hurt as much as this.   
wednesday morning, chan and i arrived at the sketchy (mental hospital) looking oral surgery office at 7:30. i was too tired to be nervous and was excited to experience laughing gas for the first time. spoiler alert-laughing gas does not make you laugh. anyway, i was prepped and "relaxed" when dr. lemons came in to stick me with an IV and get the party started. he made a big deal that he was sticking a needle in me like i was going to scream or something. so then i said something about how i'm tough, because i do plasma all the time and the rest was history. aka a weird dream i had about kim b. clark.
i vaguely remember waking up in a dentist chair whispering the lyrics to wrecking ball and trying to crawl on the ground. my sister was left in a dark room unattended while she stuck her hands her bloody mouth and moaned. it was a good day for the titus twins.
the ride home was interesting to say the least. between choice words, more miley cyrus, and almost being straggled by a seat belt, we made it home in one piece.
-that day we probs slept like 18-20 hours. [apparently we sat and talked to the sister missionaries for an hour but i do not remember that conversation] 
-the next couple days were slightly painful, but more light headed because of the hydrocodon. we watched alot of tv and ate alot of pb & js.
-friday and saturday were the devil though. my mom (bless her heart) didn't want us to get addicted to the narcotics so she tried to lean us off the medicine. it didn't work so well. it felt like my jaw was the pinata at a mexican fiesta. espantoso.
-now it is sunday and the pain has been manageable so hopefully i will be fully recovered and perfect tomorrow. i'm trying to be optimistic.

side note: i am kind of pissed the tooth fairy didn't visit me. like i needed her now more than ever.

 -my life-

consists of facetime, more specifically with baby ashley.

 -i hate children-

the only time i fell was when these brats pushed me down.

 -it was the best day ever-

went to a pound to potentially adopt a dog. not successful.

 -the cold never bothered me anyway-

i hated when it snowed twice, but i LOVE the movie frozen.

 -byu-ido-

it was extra weird to see one of my childhood friends get married.

 

 -cheers to the new year-

i just love being with morgan and bec.

-deuces good health-

little did we know this would be the high point of the week.

mormon tweet.

i have been home for a little over a month now and it is definitely different than being in school. although i miss rexburg and my friends i have absolutely loved being home.
being around my parents more and living a slower lifestyle has really been a blessing.

something that has been on my mind since the first of the year is the gospel.
one of my (many) new year's resolution was to finish the book of mormon by april 10th. i have only finished this wonderful book once in my life and i wanted to challenge myself. obviously being home i've had way more time to read and ponder. But it made me think how sometimes i get caught up in life and seem to forget the real purpose.

for three full days in october i gave up my phone and all social media for a project for my communications class. i had become too obsessed with my phone that it was a challenge to be without it.  as ridiculous as it sounds  it was an eye opening experience. it just showed me how much things like twitter, texting, instagram, facebook don't matter. i have been distracted by these worldly things when i need to be more focused on what really matters in this life.

the church of jesus christ of latter day saints has just given me everything. it's the reason for all my happiness and i have no idea where i would be without it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cw8I8eukaI
-video on how we should start making a change today.

so this is the new year.

[2 0 1 3] what a year it was.


JANUARY:

-i finished my first semester of college and was exhausted.
-spent the month sleeping and starting my new job with my parents.
-went to singles ward for the first and last time. 
 
FEBRUARY:

-my best friend in the whole world, kiersten kay, visited chan and i in south carolina.
-then the three of us headed to new york city for the first time. it was magical. 
 
MARCH:

-continued to work 24/7.
-caught up on alot of tv and went to the gym.
-took a much needed trip to charleston.

APRIL:

-made the journey to colorado to visit kiersten for a couple days before school. loved it.
-started spring semester in idaho.

MAY:
 















-hiked, paddle boarded, jumped off bridges, had bonfires, swam, schooled.
-enjoyed the fantastic weather of idaho.
 

JUNE:

-visited the great city of burley with my favorite roommates, rode a horse, that was cool.
-celebrated turning 19, got really old really fast .


JULY:

-visited montana for the first time for the 4th. caught my first fish, impressive.
-studied for exams and met some amazing people the last two weeks.



AUGUST:

-returned to the dirty south for the 7 week break.
-worked non stop for three weeks straight.
-hung out with my chickens
-saw ke$ha in concert with my columbia friends.
 
SEPTEMBER:

-started my second fall semester at byu idaho.
-roomed with my best friends in the world.
-began my classes with my new major: communications.

OCTOBER:

-celebrated everything fall related.
-attended my first general conference in slc.
-went to a hoodie allen concert. easily top 3 funnest nights of the year.
-went to some awesome halloween parties.



NOVEMBER:

-parents came to visit rexburg, didn't want them to leave.
-spent thanksgiving in park city with the whole fam damily. 


DECEMBER:

-finished up the semester with only 4 aniexty attacks during finals week.
-sang lots of christmas carols.
-hated saying goodbye to all my friends.
-flew across the u s of a to get back home.