Well This is Awkward...

So... Me and Mariss didn't end up going running at 6:30am. 

Instead... we slept. 

BUT in our defense we went running again that evening. We are running buddies now and I love every second of it. 

So for those of you who actually read and check in on me (Mom, Susan, Aunt B and Emma) sorry I lied. The alarm went off. We texted about it and agreed on a more rationale time. 

Anyway. Yay for running. When I get the money I need to get new shoes. Oh the life of a poor college student.

Just a couple of runnin' fools. 

Crazy

Welp. I think I am legitimately crazy. I just set my alarm for 5:30am. Why? To get up to go running with Mariss at 6. Yes, I do want to commit myself.

I'm not sure if it's in the water... all I know is that I've gone crazy.

No picture for this one. I can only imagine what a 6am run looks like.

Another Birthday Post!

Today's my best friend's birthday... for those of you who don't know who that is... here's a couple hints:

1. She’s about… 5’4"
2.   She has had blonde hair, blonde and brown hair, brown hair and now a shade of auburn/red. And the funny thing is… she can pull them all off and still looks better than 99.9% of the population. (I am the .01% Occupy.)
3. She’s kind of a big deal. She’s been known to hang out with A-list celebrities like Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Ke$ha (on a good day). 
4.  She used to be obsessed with skulls… nowadays I see less of skulls and more of peace signs.
5. She’s got an infectious laugh and personality. Like if she’s happy so is everyone else who comes in contact with her.
6. She loves cats. You can see her eHarmony video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTTwcCVajAc 
7. She’s fun. But, not like fun. She’s like REALLY fun.
8. She loves EVERYTHING. I mean I think I like a lot of things… but she loves EVERYTHING!
9. She’s smart. She’s double majoring.
10. She’s got two awesome parents. Brenda and Terry. You may have heard of them. Brenda is currently running in the 2012 election to be Mayoress of Uintah. Her slogan goes something like this (if I remember correctly)… “Changing Uintah, one wrinkled shirt at a time.” And Terry makes delicious homemade snacks at every single one of her conventions, so make sure you drop by for the next one. Millgate Family 2012 woot woot.

Mariss is my very best friend. I want you to think of your best friend… and then think of Marissa. Now think back to your best friend. They aren’t as good as mine, and we both know it.

There’s always that one person you NEED to have in your life who you can tell everything to. Who you can be 100% yourself with. Who never judges you regardless of what you say, do, wear, eat or tweet. You have to have that person who you can fight with, laugh with, cry with and lounge with all in a span of about 20 minutes. You have got to have that person you can sing in the car at the top of your lungs with, record it, laugh harder and repeat. But, it’s perhaps most important that you find your bosom buddy, dearest friend, soul mate and hang on to them. But, not much hanging is required because you already know that through the thick and thin, when you need someone to lean on, or help you up they are already there.

I’m lucky. Cause I found that best friend. It’s my Cuz.

I can honestly remember thinking to myself when I was 8 years old how cool I thought my cousin was. I mean really, I started playing basketball because she did. And now I love it and I love playing. I remember thinking she walked on gold. I would sing in a funny voice, or make a funny face and she'd laugh and say do it again... and I would. Cause I was like "I knew it was better to be in the plastics, hating life, than to not be in at all." Or maybe that was Lindsay Lohan either, way I loved hanging out with my cousin.  And then I got a phone in 8th grade. She was there when I got it and one of the first few people I texted. I thought her use of the word "bomb" and that FuNkY wAy she'd write some texts was like SO cool. Freshman year we spent Thanksgiving at her house. Even though I spent a little more time with Grams than Mariss... I was finally one of the old kids. And therefore certifiably cool (in my own awkward way). I loved that she wanted to know about my boyfriend, Ben, and how school was going and I was willing to talk. And then it happened. We went to Litchfield. Bullfrog happened. The Wizard and I. A trip to New York. New Year's at her house. Kiawah. Spiders. Shells (said in that way only she can). Gnashing of teeth at night. Bowling. Go Karts. Double dates. Snowboarding. Dorm sleepovers. Triple dates. Set-ups. Phone calls. Constant Texts. Cruises. Beach Trips. And laughing at jokes that are only funny to us. And you know what... the next thing I knew, my cousin was my best friend.

But, it's more than that. I grew up with 3 wonderful, almost perfect brothers. And they are so very good to me. But, for the longest time I longed for a sister. Girls just click. They talk about boys, care about the way they look and can stay up for hours talking. I don't have a biological sister but, I do have one with the same DNA as me.

I've got my cuz. My PiC. And she IS my sister. We may not have the same last name, but we are in every sense of the meaning: "A single soul, dwelling in two bodies."

So happy birthday to the very best friend I have. I can't wait for what the future brings. I can't wait to catch the bouquet at your wedding, for you to bring your husband to mine, for future family vacations, to make sure our kids are as close as we are, to go to their graduations together, basketball games, dance competitions and piano recitals; to talk on the phone as we both get busier, to make time to see each other... and to always remind you that I'm younger and your hair will get gray before mine. ;)
 

You are the sister I've never had and always wanted. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Love,
PiC#2
"There is no better friend than a sister... and there is no better sister than you."
(I thought about posting a video of me singing the song I wrote for you that details every memory I have of us on here but, it’s in Czechoslovakian so I didn’t.)

And maybe a walk down some of our not so better. Days... but, a better picture (more recent) to come.

Festival of Colors... Flowers and Other F Words! :)

The Festival of Colors!! What to say about it? It was way Fun! I had a blast. It really is such a random thing to do. But, it's kind of really cool.

Basically For Holi Krishna (It is a Hindu holiday), they celebrate with a Festival of Colors. You buy the chalk (2 dollars a bag) in a variety of colors. They have various "throwings" throughout the day. Every 2 hours to be exact. We drove up and got there around 2, we stayed until about 4. At 2 we were walking up to the Temple, on this pathway and were immediately bombarded with color From the people leaving.

The Lotus Temple in Spanish Fork!

Kar, Mariss and Me... Before we had even opened our bag to begin throwing!

:) Making our way through the crowd!

Mariss, Chase and Will

So, little did we know we would soon be splashed with millions of colors! As you go through the pictures notice how the top level of chalk, the color of it is constantly changing! Pretty cool! It is the only holiday you can openly walk up to someone random and throw chalk in their Face. I had a blast. It was so Fun and I can't think of a better group of people to go with! (Me, Chase, Will, Mariss, Karlie, Nikole and Jenna. And Nikole's Friend Stuart!)

P.i.C's

Me, Mariss, Kar and Will

Chase, Nikole and Jenna

Mariss, Me and Kar

Note the color change?!

The boys!
Chase, Will and Stuart!

Me and Kar.
I look kinda naked huh?!

The Girls!!

Chase and Mariss. :)

Those are the ones before and during the Festival! It was exciting we were even there For the "burning of the witch." I guess they burn a Fake witch because she is the reason For the Festival? Who knows really? I just like throwing the chalk!!

Our car!!
Random boy, Chase, Kar, Mariss, Me and Will! 

Me and Will. We look so strange. 

Needless to say... our clothes, well our white t-shirts are permanently pink. Well worth it though. :)

Last week... I came home after lifeguarding. I had had a pretty decent day. But, had a lot on my mind. I am having a rough time in school this semester. Stats has really put a downer on my whole attitude. It makes me Feel so dumb after walking out of every class. And I hate it. Not to mention the class I thought I would enjoy (American Heritage) is going well. I am learning the material. But, there is SO much covered, no study guide and no review. Basically no way to know what exactly to study. I have been down a lot because of school. But, Will has been a good anchor and influence.

I try to keep it inside, my Frustrations with school I mean. Because, I know even with the studying I will be doing For Finals, I won't have the grades I had anticipated. And certainly not the grades that I think I deserve. I try hard. But, my GPA and grades will not reflect that. Which is probably what is most frustrating. I don't know. Ugh. But, no one really knows or knew about any of that because I don't really like to complain and make it seem like my life is so hard because there is much worse happening around the world. And I have it amazing compared to 99% of the world. I should be happy.

But, I came home From lifeguarding to Find:

Sitting on my bed with one of the nicest notes I have ever read. You can guess they were From Will. He is such a sweet guy and I am very lucky to have met him. 

So we have the Festival of colors and Flowers. For the final F word... We have Fun! Fun is not the right word. Ha. Jealous is more of the right word. Or envious. Ariana, my roommate, flew home with her boyfriend this weekend. After hearing about how much Fun she had and how good it was to go home and just be with Family... I was insanely jealous! I wish that was possible For me too. But, such is life I guess. Anyway, I have things to do! Lifeguarding was way good today. We learned a lot. Will came and walked home with me and we ate dinner at Panda Express. After spending 4 hours in the water of non-stop swimming I was starving! Now, onto working on things that need to get done. Love you. 

:) Notice how I capitalized all the "F" words in this? Clever?! I thought so... 

Sunday Afternoons...

Today was a good day. I went to church. Wrote a paper. Took a nap. Went to break the  fast. Talked to my mom. Got visit taught. Went on a nice walk. Followed by ward prayer. Wrote an email. And am now writing my blog. After which I hopefully will study some stats!

Basically, I love Sundays. I love relaxing and just being able to have NO where to go. To have time to get things done, to rest and to just spend time with people. It's way nice. 

I'm super nervous about finals. I'm super nervous about my exam on Wed. for lifeguarding. I am crazy nervous for my test in stats this week. I don't want to do poorly. I have studied and done all the homework. But, me and math don't click. I didn't do my best on a test I just took in American Heritage. Which is lame because I studied for like an hour and a half before I took it. I was really angry. But, the average was like a 69. So, I think it is the tests fault personally. Also, I know i'm not doing the worst in the class which is not as reassuring as it should be. I hate grades. I love school and I love learning but, I think some of the tests are just designed for people to do poorly on. Especially when they are in subjects you love... aka American Heritage (History/politics).

But, to better test grades and better weeks here is a collage of wonderful people. :) Taken last Sunday. Oh well, I'm trying to do better at this!! Festival of Color pictures up this week! Promise!!

Oh! And this is my cute outfit I wore the other day when it was SO sunny and so nice. Cute huh?!

LOVE YOU.

Sad day.

Smaller posts... Ok. Let's see..

I borrowed Mariss's camera this weekend to take pictures of Chase's birthday/gift unwrapping for my Mom to see...

My camera is messed up. What is the deal? UGGHHHH.

Basketball Mania!!

Basically, it's basketball season... and this year BYU is doing things right! Jimmer Fredette THE Nation's leading scorer, is leading our Cougars to victory! Going to the games is kind of a big deal now. They are so full of energy and people! Ha. Anyway, Mariss came up last night for the game against Colorado State. It was  much closer than it should've been but whatever, right? Anyway, I loved having her come up! Basically I just love her!

Mariss and Anthon before the game.

It may LOOK empty... but, it's not. 

OH. Did I mention these were also taken like an hour and
thirty minutes before the game?

Quinton (Will's roommate) and Will. 

Me and Will. 

The famous Jimmer Fredette
And the pink shoes.
I was not a fan. 

 After the game we met up with Chase and Jenna... and went to eat. The place was called Sammy's and it was a little hole in the wall place (QUITE literally). I thought the wall was cute so I took a picture of it!

Anthon, Mariss, Jenna and Chase.

 My "cool" photography. I thought it was cool I could take pictures of their reflection's in a napkin holder. I dunno. Small things amuse small minds I guess. :)

And to conclude this post I only thought it necessary that I include 3 more pictures. 

Just to show you how many people come! 

And finally. The picture that will be second ONLY to my wedding picture:

Me and Jimmer.

Life As We Know It...

I feel as if I need to write something of importance. But, I don't have anything new to report on. Except my exciting weekend. I can go ahead and detail that out for you... If you want?

Thursday: Class. Yay. It's not too bad. It's my most relaxed day, hence the ability to actually type a blog. I had Book of Mormon. It was a REALLY good class. Then ice skating. :) Then ASL and at 5pm me and Chase are going shopping together. :) Yay, for sibling love. Also, I am practicing piano AGAIN with the boys for our Sunday performance. My next blog will have a surprise for all my dedicated readers. Ha

Friday: Early morning class. Then Will and Me are hitting up Sundance to go snowboarding! It's only his second time going. So, we should be on similar talent levels. Ha we are planning on going from 10 or 11- 4:30. After which I'll come home, get ready and at 7pm we have a big group date thing. We want to go ice skating:

Will and Me

Nikole and Gavin

Ben and Ashley

Luke and Mindi

Jenna and (Adam. He has to let us know. If not him she is asking Brandon)

And possibly Ashley and her date.

We're going ice skating. So hopefully, my next blog will have some better stories and pictures.

On Saturday Mariss is coming up for our triple date:

Mariss and Anthon, 

Me and Will and 

Chase and Sarah. 

The plan is as of now, to go sledding from like 11-2ish? Eat lunch/dinner around 3. And make it back up to Provo around 5 to catch the last half of the BYU vs. University of Utah game. They are playing at home. :)

Finally, on Sunday 8:30am church. I'll get there a little early to practice with Anthon and Alex (the two boys singing). We'll do our thing. And then! The rest of the day. I'm not sure about the rest of Sunday though. We'll see. Hopefully, a nap of some sort.

Well, I don't have any pictures to upload. Any new ones. But, I took a funny/sad video of Will doing the cinnamon challenge. For those of you who don't know what it is... basically you take a spoonful of cinnamon put it all in your mouth and you have swallow it ALL. Which actually is really hard... cause it refuses to go 

down smoothly? And it burns your head. And is terrible. :)

Uncertainty.

School is going good. I have pretty good grades in my classes and am having a really good time. I love my FHE and my ward. I love my classes. I love this semester! It's a shame that it's going to end and all too soon.

I was thinking tonight at FHE, we went bowling, about the guys in my group. (Josh, Jon, Scott, William (from SC), and Alex). As I was watching them jump around and be crazy, talked with them and just have fun being goofy college kids I was thinking just how DIFFERENT their lives were going to be. Some, in just a couple months.

The boys I hang out with will be gone. They will be dressed in a suit and tie. I was kind of jealous at how quickly that change was going to come. I was kind of sad that I was losing ALL my guy friends. I was a little envious that many of them KNEW where they were going, and what they would be doing for the next two years. And I was hit with such a strong feeling of pride? I'm not sure of the right word. But, I knew those boys will be awesome missionaries. And I am uplifted by their excitement and desire to serve.

I don't really know what I want to do with my life. I got the STRONG (career test) back today. I knew I wanted to be a Communications Disorders major. But, then... all of the sudden I didn't know what I WANTED to do with that. What job will I want to do for the rest of my life?

I am full of uncertainty and indecision. I guess it's good that I have some time to just explore. But, there is so much pressure with jobs and the future that it's something hard to push to even the side of my mind.

Right now, I have to worry about housing. Yay.

Pictures from my wonderful weekend:

I love them :)

One of our more attractive pictures.