Valentine '09

Well, today sucks.

More Golf Clubs

Today after practice, I walked into the sport's equipment room and I saw several sets of golf clubs. None of them appeared to be missing one club. The mystery continues.

Just Wondering

Today I saw a young man walking using a golf club as cane. I wondered what happened to his leg. I wondered where he got a golf club. Does he have a whole set? I assume he is a college student, so why did he bring his clubs to a place that does not have a golf coarse? Maybe he only has one club. Why did he buy just one? Maybe he just found it somewhere. I wonder who lost that one golf club. Would they be offended by its being used as a cane? I'm sure they would feel sorry for the limping young man. If they knew, would they buy him a cane? Maybe they would just demand the club be returned and leave the youg man to hop around in the snow. He could have stolen the club, but that is doubtful simply because he is at BYU Idaho. He is probably LDS. Maybe he stole it a long time ago and brought it with him to remind himself of his guilt and to never steal anything ever again. I wonder if I'll see the young man with the golf club again.

Good Friends

I was recently thinking about my good friends from highschool. Specifically from my Junior and Senior year. I think it was in my Junior year that my group of friends was dubbed the "Hollywood Blonds." The original Hollywood Blonds consisted of myself, Rachel Coulsen, and Michelle Varalay. I love those girls. My favorite part about our friendship i think, is our shared sense of humor. We laughed at the most ridiculous things. I remember Rachel and I started "The Blond Book." I wish we had finished it, but it was a precious collection of our ridiculous-ness. It was essentially an instruction book for those who sought to become blond, and thereby become more fun. The Hollywood Blonds eventually grew into five members.
The last two, Quinn Williams and Krystal Diaz were not blond, but we decided to keep the name. Our senior year we dressed up in the most ridiculous attention grabbing outfits.
We used the Spirit weeks at our school as excuses to wear whatever we wanted to school. Most of the time we got away with it, with one exception. On beach day we thought it would be a good idea to wear wet suits to school. I still think it was a good idea, but the Librarians of our school disagree'd whole heartedly. They decided it was inappropriate and Rachel and I, who shared all of our classes that year, were sent to "FAD,"
or the detention room for the rest of third period. After which, we continued to wear our wetsuits to class for the rest of the day. It was probably a good thing that Rachel and I shared so many classes, because we often expressed that we believed we shared two halves of one brain. I still have difficulty finctioning with only half of my brain.
Rachel and Michelle were the ones who made me decide to lifeguard last summer. We continued our outrageous escapades that summer.
We had so many adventures during our years of friendship. I am always going to remember those times very fondly. I love the Hollywood Blond girls with all of my heart and I can't wait to see how all of our lives turn out. They are and always will be my girls.

Theme song of Rexburg

Update

For those of my *coughs* readers who are wondering, Tyler and I are doing just fine. Actually, we are fantastic. We've been through some ups and downs, but overall I think we are kicking butt as a "long distance relationship." He will hopefully be able to come visit me sometime soon. After that I'll see him in April between my Winter and Spring semesters and after that he'll be putting in his mission papers! I am so excited for him, however I will not be "waiting" for him. The deal is, when he puts in his papers it's over, but if he doesn't it's really over. Isn't that clever? I thought so. Anyway he'll leave, I'll continue living my life and when he comes back if we are both still interested we'll go from there. I really don't want to be a distraction for him on his mission. That is no bueno. It's the Lord's time, not mine or Tyler's.
So that's the plan. It seems really simple right? And it is, but I know that doesn't mean it will be easy for me. I am currently doing my best to mentally prepare myself to lose almost all contact with someone I depend on a great deal. Like I said, I am sooo excited for him and I can't wait to hear where he is going, I'm just going to miss him...a lot.

Arrival

I am finally here. I have made the journey to Rexburg where I will be going to school for the next few years. I must say Idaho is not quite what I expected, nor the BYU Idaho campus. I expected cold weather and tons of snow, which I promptly recieved. I also expected to get lost, and I did. Other than that, I wasn't sure what to expect. I went walking on campus tonight, just looking for my classrooms so I would not get lost tomorrow and I was suprised at how beautiful and peaceful I found my surroundings to be. I had seen the piles of snow, sloshed through the brown muck that covered the walkways and streets, and I'd felt the icy wind numbing my face, but somehow the twilight made it all seem so meaningful. This is my home for the next little while and all of that is part of it. I found myself nearly skipping, and feeling like the buildings around me were echoing warm welcomes. I knew then that I would be able to feel at home here.

Oh, and it helps that the gorgeous temple in that picture up there is a five minute walk from my dorm.