Festival of Colors and Other Stuff!

Howdy! The last few weeks have been interesting -- lots of changes. But it's been good! I can't believe this semester is almost over. I don't feel old enough to be done with one year of school. Ok, yes I do. Haha but it's been good!
Lots of this semester has consisted of basketball, basketball, basketball! I've never been into college basketball before coming here, obviously, but it's been such a blast going to the games and witnessing the "dream season" for the Cougars. Sadly it all had to come to an end, but really it was so awesome to be a part of everything. I love my school! We went to almost all the home games. They were such a blast!! Even when they were in the middle of the week they were fun to go to and take a break from everything.


Working at Subway is alright. It keeps me busy and keeps me unpoor. The more I work though the better it gets, so it's all good. I won't be working there for much longer though! Once summer starts I'll be working as a CA (Conference Assistant) for on-campus housing at Heritage Halls. Don't ask me what a CA does...not yet anyway haha. I sortof have an idea, but not really a lot. All I know is it's "a lot of work" (so I hear), it'll be basically full-time, and included in my salary is my housing payments and a meal plan. So that part is pretty sweet!! So that will be my summer. I'm pretty excited!
You probably already saw on Devrey's blog, but last Saturday was the Festival of Colors! Devrey and her friends went at an earlier time than we did, so we didn't see eachother:( It was so dang fun though! I had no idea what to expect, but it definitely exceeded my expectations. It was probably one of the coolest things I've ever done. The group was me, Jayde, Logan, Logan's roommate Trevor, Trevor's friend Brady, and Brady's roommate Brad. Haha. Here are some pictures!


Also, here's a really good video I found of the whole thing. Because you have to see it in action to get the whole effect! We weren't up front with all the dancing and stuff, haha but this gives you a good idea of what it was like.


That is a really weird thumbnail picture. I didn't make out with anybody. Just push play!

Danielle out!

I Spoke Too Soon...

So...I guess we could say that Search #2 is over! Yesterday I got a call from the Cougareat asking if I could come in and interview for a job today. Um...heck ya!

I applied there about a month ago when they had a ton of openings and but I never heard from them so I had completely forgot about it. So when they called me I was really surprised but really happy! I went to my interview this morning and then they called me a little bit later and told me they thought I did really well in the interview and asked if I would like the job. I'm so excited! It's not the best place I could've gotten, but I'm not complaining for sure. I'm taking what I can get. Plus I get some sweet discounts;) I just applied to the Cougareat in general so there was a number of different places they could've put me, so I ended up at Subway. I always told myself I would never ever work at Subway but... I guess I'm going back on that now haha.
So anyway, I said I would update when I found a job so here it is. I feel super blessed and lucky.
Oh, and I completely owned my Bio exam today. It's been a good week:)

One Search Ends, Another Continues

Pretty good couple of weeks! Classes are going well, I've got 3 exams this week but I feel like I've got some good preparing time so I'm not too worried about them (yet). I've only been having two major stresses, and one of them is over thankfully. The time came for Jayde and I to have to start looking for a place to live for next fall and winter. It kind of sneaked up on me so we had to get started quickly. We took a couple of afternoons and drove around and looked at a ton of apartments. In some ways it was really fun, in other ways it was soooo.....frustrating! I'm sure you can all relate. There are just so many factors to consider and then the fact that mine and Jayde's tastes tend to differ didn't really help out a lot. But finally we found a place that I think we agree on. I really like it, so I hope no one's mind get's changed. Anyway it's called Sparks II. It's south of campus, and I didn't learn till after that it's the same place Dustin lived last summer.

Try not to be too blown away by it's fanciness;)

But...it's got...BED-CAVES!

Haha ya...that was pretty much the selling point for me. Haha but anyway it feels good to have that taken care of and squared way. The search that is still continuing is the job search! I can't count how many places I've applied at, but anyway I'm still trying. I keep having to remind myself that it's not like I'm going to immediately DIE right when my bank account reaches zero, but it's still frustrating. Mom...Dad...watch out. Ha...
Today was awesome because me and the sibs got to hang out and watch the Superbowl together. The Keesler's let us come over and join their party so Me, Devrey, Dustin and Amy, and Kevin and Tiffany all got to be together. It was great! I really don't care about football, but family is awesome haha. Thanks for the invite and everything, Tiffany!
Anyway that's about it for now, I hope everyone is doing great! Hope to see you all soon!:)

Holidays and New Semester

Hey everybody! Time for an update.

The holidays were awesome!! Thanksgiving was very nice and relaxing (and tasty), and it was so good to see everyone and also catch up with some friends. However, I quickly found myself missing Provo way more than I expected to! I missed my friends and my routine.
Christmas was another story. From day one I was not missing this place one bit and it stayed that way the entire two weeks! I don't really know what the difference was. Probably the fact that the semester was over and I was back on a clean slate; I didn't feel like coming back and starting all over again! But anyway it was sweet to be home. It felt like nothing had changed and that I had never left, but at the same time that a LOT had changed. I went back to work at Mr. Pizza for some extra money, which was a good time, and Shannon was nice enough to give me a lot of hours. I also got to hang out with quite a few high school friends, which felt really good too! I loved being able to spend time with the fam just hanging out and having fun. There's no place like home:)
(This is out of order but) finals went pretty well too. If you would've asked me in the middle of finals week how they were going, I probably would've just choked out some sort of "they're going alright" or something like that. Haha it was looking pretty sketchy there for a while and I was getting really disappointed with some of my scores. Mostly I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get good enough grades to keep my scholarship for next year, because I was either below or on the border of a good grade in almost every class. Anyway, somehow everything turned out totally fine and I got the grade I needed or better in every single class. And my scholarship is intact! So that sweetened up my Christmas break even more haha.
So this semester's classes started yesterday. Yesterday I had only one class, which was my communication disorders intro class. I loved it!! I'm so excited. My teacher is great and I can tell I'm going to love the subject. Today I had the rest of my classes. They went well too, but I can tell it's going to be a challenge! I'm only taking half a credit more than last semester, but it feels like 5 more haha. I think it'll take just lots of organization and focus and I'll be good! So my goals right now are to get into a good homework routine and get everything squared away, and also to find a JOB so I don't starve. I've applied to a few places, but we'll see how it goes. I'll post if anything happens!
Anyway, sorry if this post is pretty rambly. It sounds more like one of my journal entries haha, but I just wanted to be up to date on everything. Aaannnd....no pictures:( Darn it!

I'm Still Alive!

Hey everybody! I'm here. I'm alive. I'm still existing here in Provo. I might've blogged sooner but it honestly didn't seem like there was a whole lot to report. There still isn't a whole lot but I'll do some catching up here.
Classes are going awesome. Much better than before. I think I should definitely enjoy this semester while I can because even though at first I was struggling, my classes really aren't that tough. I've improved a ton, it was all just about getting in the swing of things. If things go like they have been I might be able to pull off a 3.8 or so for the semester, so cross your fingers!
So while I'm still on the subject of classes, I have some other news! I changed my major. Yep, now I'm just like every other college student! Dang it. But that's ok! So at first I was in Business Pre-Management wanting to go into either Marketing or Organizational Behavior/Human Resources. But the more I got into it the more I was having second thoughts. I started realizing that that kind of stuff wasn't really me, and wasn't really what I wanted. I could definitely learn to like it I know, but I wanted something I could really dive into and care about. So I did some looking around and decided that the Communication Disorders major sounded pretty dang awesome, and exactly what I wanted. If you don't know what that is then look it up, because I probably won't explain it right haha. So anyway I'm taking the intro class for it next semester; we'll see how it goes!:) I'm excited for it though.
Things outside of school have been going good too. I love my ward and I LOVE my fhe group and I've made some awesome friends. At first it was hard because I didn't feel like myself for a long time, and I just kind of felt like I was existing. But now that I know more people and recognize more faces and have like...actual relationships with people, I feel so much more normal. My roommates are great - like I said, I got really lucky. LaChelle, the one I share a room with who is from IF, is really awesome. I'm super grateful for her and I feel like we've been friends for much longer than we have been! Good times:)
Hmm what else. I am insanely excited for Thanksgiving. I've been anticipating this break to go home MUCH longer than I expected. I guess I'm more homesick than I thought;) But anyway, my plan was to leave tomorrow (Tuesday) but the weather has decided to be awesome and whip up a snowstorm at the exact time I would be driving. So I'll be leaving Wednesday morning instead:( I guess getting home 12 hours later will be worth not dying... But ya I'm excited to see all you guys and hang out!
I can't think of anything else, but here are some pictures that have collected on my camera. Enjoy!

Our pumpkin for the ward party. See my name carved in the back? Yeah.

Awesome almost-sunset out my window. There's a lot more snow now!

I have a class in this building at the perfect time for it to look AWESOME when I walk up to it. The picture isn't nearly as good as real life. It's times like this I appreciate my school haha.

Ok explanation for the next ones: I needed my hair trimmed REALLY bad. I also am extremely low on money. Solution? LaChelle: "I'll cut it for you!" Haha she doesn't know how, but we both decided it was worth a try. How hard can it be...? So we went really slow...and she made sure to cut only a little bit off. It turned out not half bad!! The bad ends are gone, so other than that I'm not super picky. I don't have any 'after' pictures but here are some from the process...



Also, LaChelle has a friend that is a SUPER good photographer. He doesn't usually do people pictures but he did for us, so we took some roommate pictures (super cheesy, I know. But it was fun). So here's a few of them!




Anyway...things are goin good. I can't wait to see all you guys! Thanks so much for your love and for caring about me. See ya soon!:)

Hikin' the Y!

This week was Homecoming Week! It was pretty awesome. We of course weren't able to go to every activity, but we went to a few. They were fun! Jayde and I went to Mr. BYU, which was soooo hilarious. Still can't compare to Mr. Russet, of course. We did a few other things but the coolest one was hiking the Y! On Tuesday night people could hike it and turn on the lightbulbs to light the Y for the rest of the week. The hike was a lot harder than I expected, but it was definitely worth it! Here are some sweet pics.

Before...

After!

The view was so dang pretty!

So anyway it was a pretty good week! Yesterday we went to the Homecoming game and we FINALLY won! It was a good time. Then last night I went to one of the homecoming dances with some FHE friends. The theme of this one was "Black and White" so everyone just wore black and white anything and then outside of the dance they had a bunch of tables set up with tons of paint and markers and stuff to decorate our clothes. It was so much fun!
So ya things are continuing to get better. I miss my friends at home so freaking much, but having Jayde and Logan here is amazing! And I'm making more and more friends so it's been really good. And I of course miss all of you guys like crazy! Thanks for the support and love.

"Imagine GENERAL CONFERENCE!"

Heeey! It's way past due for a post, but here we go.
This past month has been crazy! Nothing super exciting, but I've just been really busy learning the ropes of this collegeness. I knew it would be different than high school, but now I REALLY know how different it is!
However, here are some awesome things. My roommate Cali's brother bought a ginormous tv off of Ebay and now he's moving so he doesn't have anywhere to put the tv for a few months. So where does it go? Our apartment!

We live on the 3rd floor, so it was a bit of a challenge getting it up here. But we did it! With a lot of help. And it's an interesting way to meet people. Haha now we all of the sudden have a bunch of "friends" within the complex.
So we invited our FHE group and a few other people to our apartment this weekend to watch General Conference. It was sweet! And what's a big screen without theater seating...?

I promise it's safe! I think... We just put it on top of the kitchen table. I don't think we'll leave it there haha... but it worked great for General Conference!

Then last night during the Priesthood Session we of course had to do the typical "girls' night" so the three of us just went to the mall. Mostly we just walked around but it was fun!

Lachelle, Me, and Cali trying on some weird headbands

After that we were planning to get some frozen yogurt, but unfortunately we got done at the mall at like 8:10, so of course all the Priesthood guys were just getting out of their session and crowding every single ice cream place! So we just went home and ate our own ice cream. After that LaChelle and I went with some of her friends from Springville to Utah Lake and we had a little bonfire. It was pretty fun! I met some new people and got to relax a little bit.

So this weekend was pretty fun! I haven't made a million friends, but I've made enough and I'm having a good time! I'm still figuring a lot of things out but things are going well! I like most of my classes, but especially my religion ones. I didn't know my testimony could grow so much in just a month! But it has and it's awesome.
Anyway here are some pictures from the most recent home football game. Jayde, Logan, and I got season tickets and we got SUPER lucky with our seats. Third row!! Right behind the home team. Now maybe if they would just win some games...!!

Haha I dunno about that guy in the back...

Sorry I'm such a crappy blogger lately. Mostly all my days kind of seem the same, so it's hard to be motivated to blog when nothing stands out a lot. But I'll keep pluggin! :) Love you all!