g'mornin rexburg!

every Wednesday i stay up as late as i can and just pound out homework. sometimes it's with my roommates, other times not. but when it is with my roommate Mikelle, we go and watch the sunrise. it is one of the coolest experiences ever. it is the most amazing thing to wake up to. it just makes me feel so happy and ready for the day. personally i think it is stunning :)

reason why i love summer #389

i am so sick of school! why? because i went camping with my family last weekend and it made me realize how much i just want out right now!! it made it so much worse. it's summer. i am not supposed to be in school.
my camping trip i went on was an absolute blast. i got to stay in a tent all by myself right next to a creek which i know is silly to point out but i honestly was so unbelievably happy with just simply that. it was one of the best nights sleep i've gotten in an extremely long time. it's amazing how something so unimportant can still be such a huge deal. i also got to hike up this crazy steep mountain with my sister and cousins so that was a lot of fun. i am that weirdo cousin that hangs out with all the little kids though haha. mostly cause there is no one my age but i like to think that i am just that cool. i won a spitting contest with all the boy cousins so i think that makes me pretty awesome. i just felt so happy and at peace. i really didn't want to come back to rexburg. i just wanted to become a hippie and stay there for forever and ever.
i love summertime for camping and boating and the sunshine BUT recently the thing i've been most grateful for is fresh fruit. it makes me so happy! i just finished my watermelon that i bought on saturday and for the last few weeks i've gone through at least 12 kiwis, 3 mangoes, a watermelon, 2 avocados, 4 peaches, and i now have a thing of strawberries in the fridge from my mom. and i am planning on going and buying some more today hopefully. i mean i eat other things too cause i have them (such as mint oreos which my mom also bought me and i cannot seem to stop eating which is BAD) but if i could, i would seriously just eat fruit and vegetables all the time. it's the only proper summertime food haha. yay for summer!!

bucket list!

i have made a bucket list! i got really bored in my book of Mormon class (which yes this is an everyday occurrence). it's mostly for this summer but also just for when i move!

1. get extremely tan
2. live by myself in st. george
3. go running every single day possible, no excuses
4. learn how to love baking/cooking
5. learn how to cook healthy food
6. go to one concert in SLC that i really want to see
7. watch the sun go down once a month
8. watch the sun rise at least once
9. sleep out under the stars
10. completely pay for my car
11. learn the constellations
12. have an all night movie marathon
13. learn how to longboard
14. go hiking in Zions
15. go hiking in Arches in the winter
16. purchase a Nikon camera
17. go on a shopping spree and blow a hundred dollars
18. shoot a gun
19. be a vegetarian for 2 weeks
20. not eat sugar for 2 weeks
21. work two jobs and still have a life
22. watch all the movies on my phone list
23. embrace simplicity
24. go to a film festival
25. go to a huge art festical
26. have a ton of huge bonfires
27. see a play at the outdoor theater in st george
28. have a mini garden
29. go to a spa
30. go skinny dipping
31. go to a drive-in in the back of a truck
32. go offroading in a jeep
33. take a road trip
34. make lemonade from real lemons
35. do an art project
36. make 100 bracelets
37. get a summer pedicure
38. get a henna tattoo
39. spend an entire day at the beach
40. rent four wheelers and go trail riding
41. go on a picnic
42. go wakeboarding
43. go to Vegas
44. visit the strip in Vegas
45. have an energy drink all nighter
46. give cookies to a stranger
47. attend a yoga class
48. color an entire coloring book
49. buy drip kid shoes go check this out. they're sick.
50. buy 6 inch heels
51. make a 3 tiered cake
52. wink at a random non creepy guy
53. go on a run at 4:30 in the morning
54. jump off a bridge into a lake or stream (cliff would work too)
55. go phoneless for 24 hours
56. not be able to remember a night
57. go to a new state i've never been to
58. spell out words with sparklers
59. make glow in the dark shirts
60. fly kites at midnight that have glowsticks splattered all over them
61. make smores
62. make a pie
63. go to a zoo
64. make a blanket fort and sleep in it
65. tie dye shirts
66. buy lemonade from a lemonade stand
67. go to a midnight premire
68. catch fireflies
69. go swimming at midnight
70. build a sand castle
71. go camping
72. try sushi
73. have a paint fight
74. get my tattoo
75. send a message in balloons
76. carve my name into a tree
77. have a shaving cream fight
78. blow a giant bubble
79. finger paint
80. watch a meteor shower
81. bake a rainbow cake
82. grow a sunflower
83. see a live street band
84. make at least half of the recipes on my pintrest board
85. go to goblin valley
86. go to a huge new year's eve party and actually get kissed at midnight (i had a boyfriend last new year's eve and i didn't even get kissed. so mad...)

that's what i've got so far!! i'm sure i'll add more in time and by all means if anyone has any suggestions, i'm more than open :)

roadblock

i am frustrated at BYUI today. i decided it was about time for me to find out about how to defer for next semester last night. guess what i found out. i need to have an ecclesiastic endorsement in order to not attend school. for everyone who doesn't know what that is, basically i have to pass an interview with the bishop. i think this is absolutely ridiculous! i shouldn't need to do anything like that in order for me to go and work instead of go to school. i mean the process is complicated enough without adding me having to go talk to the bishop! and k this wouldn't be a big deal if i felt comfortable going and talking with the bishop. i have things in my life that i will eventually have to deal with via the bishop but you know what, i don't feel like right now is the time for that! it needs to be on my own time. i just don't see why i need to get the bishop's OK in order for me to go and do something that i feel very strongly is the right thing for me to do. oh and i have to be APPROVED for a deferment! it is MY choice. NOT the school's. if i really don't get the approval, i am seriously done with this school. it is just so irritating to me. everything in my plan has fallen into place surprisingly well and i've had no issues until this. and this shouldn't have to be an issue in my opinion.

being so mad at everything here reminds me of how much i am surrounded by amazing people. my fhe family is beyond amazing and i am so grateful for them!

i am also so grateful for my roommates. they are all amazing girls and they are always there for me.  i am missing two of them but this is the best picture i've got of the three i've known longest! i would like to point out here that i am the only brunette in the apartment.

i am especially grateful for my room roommate meg. she listens to me complain about my life for hours and hours at night and i love her SO much.

<3 you all!