do you ever feel like screaming AHHHWOELDJFIKshdgolkdfjoinghiklk?

I do.

These past few weeks have been the busiest craziest weeks of my freshman year of college.

As some of you may, or may not know...

I am applying for the Interior Design Program at USU this Friday.

It's stressful.

Scary.

Intimidating.

but...whatever happens will happen.

I've done my best, kept close to my Savior for guidance and that is all I can do.

I am turning it in tomorrow and I will post pictures of it all so you can see.

So, I'll keep you posted.

Here is a sneak peek of part of my project.

(There are 4 parts, a sketch, model, a written paper and 5 abstractions of a musical instrument of my choice---saxophone)

festival of colors

 yesterday, i went to festival of colors with a great group of friends.

we left logan around 10:30 and headed to layton at cory's house for lunch.

whose mother can make amazing homemade cinnamon rolls. (just a sidenote)

we got to the holi krishna temple around 3'ish and were there til around 6.

they dropped the chalk every 2 hours, so we had to wait til 5.

which is cool.

we saw a llama farm and peacocks on a roof.

we drenched ourselves in chalk.

& tried deciphering what the bands and singers were saying.

we're thinking they just said holi krishna 6,000 times.

if you were there, what did you hear? haha.

good times though.

it was a BLAST.

but i also realized how lucky i was to...

a) have amazing friends with great values and love to have fun.

b) for my religion and knowing what i believe is true.

c) knowing that according to the indian faith, i don't need to just say holi krishna to get to heaven.

yepppp...that's what went down.

  

life

is very very busy.

jaker 1-9

my brother hit his 16 month mark last week!

congrats jake!

see you in november, you cute thang.

okay, so maybe it's still pretty far away...

but think about this.

he'll be home in 8 fast sundays. :)

it sounds better to me.

gratitude.

i'm becoming a blog addict.

hate to say it.

but it's the bloody truth.

awh oh well. good thing i'm not addicted to drugs right? haha

sometimes it's just nice to make a gratitude list.

so many times our lives are full of stress and business that we don't have time to be thankful.

here is my gratitude list for today.

i'm grateful for sundays...to dedicate my day to my Savior.

for friends....who care about what you're going through & are willing to help you out.

for my dad....for calling me tonight JUST to see how i'm doing.

for sunday morning breakfasts....with my roommates. 

for the chance to write my brother every week....he just hit 16 MONTHS! 

for home cooked dinner.....every sunday.

for completing some of my portfolio...a huge relief.

for YOU!

for following my blog.

i really appreciate you. :)

bear lake & raspberry shakes....

oh the joys of being a college student...

the weekends are a blast!

my friend jordan and i went on a fun date tonight and i thought i'd share.

we went to chilji's for dinner. ((avocado burger+=heaven))

drove to bear lake....

and on our way, jordan thought it'd be awesome to go roll down the hills covered in snow.

yes, i'm in flip flops and no coat.

((which i would've dressed like an eskimo if i knew we would be doing this epic adventure))

so here is evidence i trekked through tons of snow:

lovely eh?

my feet were seriously on the verge of frostbite.

we ended up NOT going because my feet were already freezing.

next time!

we finally go to bear lake

((during the drive, we jammed out and when i say jammed....i mean JAAAMMMEEEDDDD))

i don't think i'll ever look at like a g6 the same.

g6 overdose.

haha.

we got the famous raspberry shakes that you have to get when you go through garden city.

and drove back.

good times. :)

how was your weekend?

the good life.

hey.

so i've been working on my portfolio to apply for my program all week.

and i worked on it for 5 hours today. kinda crazy huh?

minus that craziness, life is good here.

mother nature has been kind and hasn't given us any snow in awhile. yay!

for a random tidbit...

i tried arabic baklava last night. (thanks allia?) and to be honest...maybe one of the grossest things ever. it tasted like layers of dead skin. even though that gagged me out, i got to chill with my cousin allia last night, which was a BLAST! i love her!

oh and you know those "copy this as your status" things on facebook? well this was my sister's the other day and i wanted to share.

"The Girl you just called fat? She has been starving herself & has lost over 30lbs. The Boy you just called stupid? He has a learning disability & studies over 4hrs a night. The Girl you just called ugly? She spends hours putting makeup on hoping people will like her. The Boy you just tripped? He is abused enough at home. There's a lot more to people than you think. Put this as your status if you're against bullying."

this almost made me cry. i've really tried to never put people down or make them feel bad about themselves.

no one should be bullied, but the facts are a lot are. i am proud to say, that i have never put down those with disabilities, i worked with special needs children all through junior high and high school and they mean a lot to me. they are some of the most spiritual people you will EVER meet. i've realized those that bully others, have a low self esteem themselves. which is sad, but makes sense. okay y'all, let's all love each other and build up those around us?

 

  (special needs institute)