A Great Weekend :)

The weekend started out on a great note. My roommates and I organized a group date starting at 'Blastoff' in IF where we were to engage in a friendly game of phaser-tag. This is quite similar to paint balling, but indoor and with bouncy balls. This was definitely something to get the adrenaline pumping and started the night off on a great note. Then we went on to Red Robin to eat dinner.

My date and I were talking about how many speckled lemonades we had consumed in one sitting before. He had me beat with 8 while the most I had done was 4. So I decided to challenge myself and he definitely encouraged it. I was drinking the strawberry lemonades so fast that our waiter decided it would be better to start bringing me two at a time. Soon I had more drinks on the table than I could handle. I got six down and started  feeling a bit funny. Everyone at the table was determined to pressure me into doing another, but I doubt I would be alive today if I had finished number seven. Once we were done with dinner, the waiter informed me how many calories were in a single cup of the sweet beverage. We did the math and were disgusted at the fact that I drank 2,100 calories in one sitting. I also decided that it's a very good things that I don't drink alcohol. Or I would probably be wasted all the time.

The next morning I went to Alpine for breakfast with council. We found an empty cupboard and decided it would be a good idea to fit three of us grown college students in it. Never thought I would do that, maybe as a little child but never as a grown woman with two others as well. Don't worry, we documented with pictures :)

 Then on Sunday we had the pleasure of spending 5 hours at church. Sacrament meeting started at 1:50 as usual so naturally church went until 4:50. Since the ward scheduled a fireside to start at 6 they arranged to have dinner in between. I loved how we talked about gratitude all day. It was a good reminder for me and was just what I needed to hear. I love when that happens!

And now I am home and loving spending time with my family!!

-still the odd one out-

McDonald's

Wednesday morning I was sitting in my Personal Health and Wellness class and we were learning about eating disorders, Anorexia and Bulimia. Brother Evans told us about two girls that he knew who were bulimic. These girls went to McDonald's one night to have an eating contest to see who could eat the most number of Big Macs. The contest was over when one of them either threw up or stopped eating. These two girls, normal size and weight, were able to consume 13 and 15 Big Macs. I was a little disturbed at this fact but it got me craving a Big Mac.

So after Council Keri, Steven and I were hungry and cold. This is when McDonald's sounded like a great idea, so off we were to get our hot cocoa and my Big Mac. Sounds very normal right? Well that is where you would be wrong. The whole way there, the whole time there, and the whole way back to our apartments we were speaking in English accents and having a 'jolly good' time. I am certain that some people thought we were crazy...but where is the fun in being normal? 

Something else I rather enjoyed was listening to both mine and Keri's laughs at the same time. We recently found out that we have the same laugh. A friend that served his mission in South Africa told us that it sounds like a zebra. So just picture walking into a McDonald's to get a delicious and fattening dinner one Wednesday night and encountering some college students laughing like zebras and talking like Britain's. I wish I could have seen us.

I have a feeling that this is something that I am going to love remembering about college. Random trips out with friends, speaking in accents and just being silly. I love my friends :)

-still the odd one out-

What if...?

So my roommates and I watched "Letters to Juliet" last night. I had never seen it before but I am certain that it is definitely one of my new top favorites!! Something that I really liked about this movie was that it got me thinking a little bit about my life.

In the end of the movie Claire, the Grandma, reads the letter that 'Juliet' sent to her. It made mention of how 'what' and 'if' are really two of the most innocent words that are in the English language. But when these words are put together, they become something so powerful that can haunt you forever.

I couldn't agree more with this message. I hate when an opportunity presents itself and I deny it. I hate when I am too scared to say something, too lazy to help someone in need, too immature to study more for an exam. I hate to wonder 'what if?'

I like to live my life in a way that I don't ever ask myself that question. I say what comes to my mind when it comes and try to listen to my heart. Of course in the movie 'Juliet' is referring to love, but I think that this can also be applied to most every other aspect of life.

Just think- what kind of a world would this be if no one ever had to ask themselves that awful question? I think it would be a lot better :)

-still the odd one out-

Happy Halloween

I would have to say that this year was a great Halloween, I got to dress up three times, being sometime different each time, and all who really know me know how much I love to dress up. It always takes me back to 'spirit days' in high school when I went CRAZY! Then to top it off, on Sunday I got to make a super fun cake for our FHE group dinner. 

 I had so much fun being creative and creating my masterpiece :)

Yes, I know I am hot ;) Just thought I would have some fun with the nasty wax lips I put on the cake. I think I look good with the oversized lips. Plastic surgery maybe?? Haha.

And now we are on to the month of November....this means I am just that much closer to being home for Thanksgiving!! This is the longest I have gone without seeing my family. I haven't been home since July and I miss everyone :'( But life is still good here at BYU-Idaho. 

-still the odd one out-