All According to Plan...I Think Not

A while ago Becca, Elsa, Brooke and I hatched this amazing plan, we were going to leave as soon as finals were done on Wednesday and drive that afternoon to San Diego where we were going to go to the beach and get tan and have an amazing tan. Wednesday afternoon saw us driving away from Liberty Square right on time and way excited for the trip ahead of us. But someone else had differnt plans for us...

After about an hour of driving my car started to overheat, we stopped in Kanosh (pictures to hopefully follow shortly) and again at Cove Fort to try and let it cool down, but it was not getting any better, so I called Uncle Todd and he said that I most likely needed a new radiator and that we needed to come back to Provo. You cannot imagine how depressed we were by that prospect.

So we went to turn around in Beaver, but luckily stopped at a shop there to check the coolant levels. Turns out there was almost no coolant in the car, so this really nice guy at the station added some for us and we continued on our way. But again half way between Cedar City and St. George it stated to overheat even worse than before. So we had to stop in St. George for the night. Luckily Brooke had an aunt and uncle in St. George that let us stay with them.

So a new radiator and another 6 hours in the car and we finally arrived in San Marcos last night. So to sum it up, longest trip of my life.

Goodbye Lafayette 27

It has been an AMAZING year in Lafayette 27, but sadly all good things must come to an end. Even the spontaneous dance parties, girls nights, talking about everything far into the night, long nights of procrastinating studying, and overall just plain fun. Since tonight is my last night in apartment 27 I'm feeling kinda depressed...because I know I'll never have another semester quite like this one, and that makes me feel sad. But I guess that's part of growing up; we have to move on to bigger and better things. (Another reason that I'm feeling depressed is that my room is looking pretty empty since I took a whole bunch of stuff to my uncle's house, filling the ENTIRE back of my car).

But for now I'll just have to remember the good times I've had the past year in Lafayette 27 while i first sit on the beach in San Diego and then all summer as I sit on a guard stand...and look forward to the amazing times to come in Devonshire 14!

So for now goodbye BYU and Lafayette 27, it's been a great year! You'll be greatly missed.

finals

Finals week is here...and you know what that means? Avoiding the inevitable (studying) until it comes to the point where you will FAIL if you don't sit down and focus. But you know something, I'm not good at sitting down and focusing...I suck at it...just ask my roommates. I am really good at finding ways of avoiding sitting down and focusing though. For example I painted my finger and toe nails today, in a French manicure no less (it takes more time and concentration), and now I'm writing a post, like I said I'm the master at finding distractions.

But even better than finding your own distractions is having one provided for you. Case in point we had a party tonight...a "I hate finals and don't want to study anymore" end of the year/ward game night party. Talk about hitting multiple birds with one stone. We had a chocolate fountain and lots of delicious things to dip in it (strawberries, angel food cake, cinnamon bears, pretzels...). Then we played the couch game and worked our brain muscles by practicing our strategizing skills. The chocolate made a mess, but it was so worth the fun time with great people from our ward...and the chocolate fights that followed.

Now its back to the grindstone, but before I know it these next few stressful days will be over and I'll be sitting on a beach in California getting started on my tan and relaxing...just gotta keep that beautiful picture in the back of my head. Until then though its back to the Civil War...yay!