CoCo me: November 2010

Thanksgiving Week

Yesterday, I walked outside my apartment into a surprise winter wonderland with 6 inches of snow. My intitial thoughts were, "Great, so much for doing my hair today . . . now I have to get all the snow out of my car . . .poop." After saying these things in my mind, I took a double look at the snow and thought that instead of thinking of all the things that can go wrong, why not think about those that are good and better. I felt momentarily happy that I had made this change in attitude and so I went out into the BEAUTIFULLY untouched snow. I started to think of how pretty and pure it looked. I decided that school is really taking a toll on me this semester, but I was happy for a great thanksgiving week I had with my family. It was a BLESSING and it made me the HAPPIEST girl alive. I miss them very much and I will see them again in 3 weeks - can they go by any faster please! I cried when they left but when I was hugging my dad he said, "You can do it! Finish up strong, I believe you can do it." I'm so thankful for their amazing support and love, they keep me going when it seems like I can't keep going by myself. I LOVE them very, very much. I know this post is a bit overdue but I just want to say thank you to everyone that has touched my life in one way or another (even those who don't read my blog) - you are angels!

Ryanne, Meags, and Laura: It was great to see you!! Thanks for your example and influence :)

Picture with most of the family:

Reminiscing: BYU-IDAHO

This is exactly how I remember it.
Covered with WHITE SNOW and a COLD BREEZE.
As I thought about the great memories I also thought about many other things such as my daily schedule, etc. So, enjoy :)

The day usually began walking out my apartment door out to the below-freezing weather, where I took a deep breath and felt my nostrils instantly freeze. My hands were already cold and I knew that I needed to bring my mittens. As usual, I for one had been too lazy to walk 1 mile to the store to get a pair and two, I wouldn't have put them on anyways. As I started the walk downhill, I kept looking down wherever I stepped to see if there was any ice I might slip in. Knowing me and my very embarrassing moments, even a leaf would do the trick and trip me. Instead, I just left my feet slide down the slippery slope of snow. My walk to class was a record time of 5 min or across the street - so much for bundling up. My day would usually end at 12, where I walked home and sat in chair and worked on homework until 4ish (I was a very studious student then . . .). Mandy and I would then meet in the library: 2nd floor and all the way to the back left corner. The 2nd floor was considered the "most studious people" one and I felt nerdy, but I didn't mind it since my best friend was in there with me. After studying for a few hours on some Econ and Business, we would head out the library door and talk about how bad our breath smelled and that we looked like we have been hit by trains, pooped by animals, dropped by airplanes, etc . . . the list does indeed go on. We laughed all the home, shivering in the freezing cold but happy to be home. At 9, religiously, we would head down to the gym to work out - Heather, Megan , Mandy and I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yep, that was my first year of college and if there is one thing that I miss the most is the amazing friendships I made that year - ones that will never fade. I remember going to APX parties and thinking we were so old. I remember going cow tipping just to find that we couldn't tip a cow (what?!?). I remember going as group of 10 girls running towards the gate when there were 10 seconds left of our curfew. I remember falling in the snow a trillion times. I remember the smiling faces of the random students across campus. I remember the dunes, the HUMMER, and the truck. I remember going Latin dancing. I remember getting frozen yogurt at Mill Hollow. I remember going to DJ Matt's house parties where we almost broke the floor. I remember ding-dong ditching houses and almost getting caught if it wasn't for my amazing adrenaline and jumping action into the truck's bed. I remember my first boyfriend, haha. I remember pancake girls that lived in front. I remember making chin movies and random videos at 3'o clock in the morning on a Friday night. I remember eating wheat thins :). Getting a random strip of purple in my hair. NO shopping (nearest mall: 40 min). I remember losing weight (it was a freshman 15 but on negative terms) because I was so homesick. I remember being obnoxious and not caring because "WHAT NOW" I was a freshman, could do it and could easily get away with it. I remember late night chats with Mandy and making rain noises (our feet could touch the ceiling = rain noises). Snowboarding. Chastity Chasing. etc. etc. etc.

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