Summer '11. It has begun.

Summer. Hug it. Love it. Kiss it. Hold it close and cherish it, because it's finally HERE. *crazy dance*

This summer is going to be interesting for me. It's already been one of many goodbyes, and I know more goodbyes are waiting in the near future. I'll be saying goodbye to a lot of friends, to my ward here in Provo, to my undergraduate career, etc. All of this goodbye-ing has made me realize that TIME really is precious, as cheesy as that sounds, and I don't want to let any time go to waste, no matter where I'm at in life.

So. I've decided that this summer is going to be one of pushing myself. I've long been the type of person who is AFRAID of doing things that I'm not good at, or that I've never tried before. I've recognized lately that this isn't how I want to live my life. I need to get over myself and see that OF COURSE I'm not going to be perfect at everything I try. I don't HAVE to be perfect. So I'm not going to let that fear of not being perfect hold me back from having good experiences. This summer will involve a lot of stretching and straining for my personality, my spirit, my body, and my mind. I'm excited!

So. One thing that I've been afraid of for a long time is BUYING NEW CLOTHES. I'm always nervous to try out new fashions, or even to try on clothes at all because I get frustrated really easily when I feel like I don't look "cute enough." I feel like I've been in a clothing rut for a good... 5 years. It's time to change that. So... to motivate me to try new things in the fashion department, I am entering an outfit contest being put on by my very dear friend Kailee at An Outfit a Day Keeps the Fashion Police Away.  <--Click the links to see Kailee's adorable awesomeness!!  Yaaaay contest!  CLICK THE BUTTON!

 

 I won't lie, this is going to be challenging for me.  If you click the button, you'll see that the theme is going to require lots of creativity, especially for someone like me who tends to wear the same colors (black, blue, grey, and other neutrals) allllll the time.  I'll keep you updated on what I enter.  And YOU should all enter too!  You can win a gift card to Forever 21!  Doooo it, you know you wanna!

Success story

I would just like to announce that it has been TWO WEEKS since I have bitten my nails. I feel... like a champion. And this proves that I do have SOME willpower. I'm taking this as a good sign for my future.

**commence victory dancing**

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Hero of the day

The current status of things

Here's what's been playing on repeat for the past two weeks:



Here's what's starting next week:

Le French Open!!

My new job!

Here's where I should be:

Here's where I will inevitably end up instead:

This was taken my freshman year,
when I made my bed every day and
cared way too much about how my backside looked in those jeans

Saving lives

Here we go, a blog update!  (You're welcome.)

So, I saved 3 lives today.  No big deal.

I never get nervous about donating blood.  NEVER.
(Lies.)

Today I donated blood.  Usually this is noooo problemo for me.  No throwing up, no passing out, no collapsed veins, no bruising, nada.  Today was mostly ok, except I was so dehydrated that I had to sit in the little snack area for half an hour after I donated because I was a liiiiiiitle out of it.  The nice phlebotomists and ladies who hand out treats kept trying to talk to me, but I was a teensy bit dazed and confused, so they made me sip juice and recline until I was acting like a relatively normal human being.  While I was acting pretty weird and staring off into space/dropping my chin to my chest/blinking slowwwwwly, I am proud to say that I am still maintaining my perfect record of never passing out or crying during the blood donation process.  Booyah.  I will be back to donate again in 8 weeks.  And YOU should donate too! (If you find yourself able to do so.)

Expiration, schhhmexpiration

So... remember how I was really excited to get my grown-up, SIDEWAYS driver's license? ....That dream has been postponed. I went to the Driver's License Division to renew my license, but they REJECTED me (only AFTER my mom and I had waited in line for 40 minutes) because my license doesn't actually expire until my next birthday, since I didn't get the license until over 6 months after my 16th birthday. Uncool.
Such is life. I'm ok with waiting. It's worth saving the $18 bucks they would have charged me to get a sideways-facing license without renewing it. Bright side: I still got to go home to hang out with my fam, even though my original reason for returning home didn't turn out right. In the meantime, I will just deal with the driver's license that makes me look like a minor.

The blue border represents my melancholic emotions toward the Utah DLD