living the legit college life

I have realized something the past couple weeks..... living the "real" college life is actually pretty legit!! The staying up late... having your ENTIRE day to do really anything you want.... and no stressing about the amount of sleep you get. Don't get me wrong, I love being a college athlete! But it for sure has its pros and cons.... the pros.... well I know I would never get my school work done if it wasn't for having a schedule with practice times. I am in shape all the time and can eat whatever I want have an excuse to always be tired and not dress nice and not go to class at times. The cons... don't stress about going to bed early for practice in the morning, sleep in, not having your hair wet ALL the time, and not having my natural perfume smell like chlorine... oh and actually have a LIFE. The two weeks I have had off from swimming have been the best! I have actually been staying up past midnight every night and have actually been able to have a social life and I have my whole day to do whatever I want! I can actual do physical activity without being completely exhausted and worrying about tiring myself out for practice. It has been so great! It actually gave me a glimpse of how life is going to be after swimming. Wow! So sad to think about that! At the same time, since I have had these couple weeks off, it has made me realize how swimming is such a major part of my life, by the end of the second week, I was ready to get back in the water.... I know I am already regretting saying those words. It is just so funny to me that when I am in season, all I can think about is that two week break and how awesome it will be to not swim but once you think about that break you start to miss it. Crazy how that works!! Not gonna lie though.... I have been loving actually being an actual college student having my social life back!! :)

Friends

So lately I have been on this little kick of watching the show "Friends" whenever I have had free time. I got all of the seasons for christmas and my roommates and I at christmas training watched it seriously whenever we were not swimming!

I have come to realize that this is seriously the best show ever!! I watch every episode and I will not stop laughing! It seriously makes me so sad that this amazing show had to end! All of the characters are so unique and have their since of humor in different ways. Joey is just super dumb but acts like a little kid. Phoebe (my favorite character) is just a free spirit and says whatever she wants. Rachel, very pretty but has a sassy personality. Ross (Rachel and Ross are so cute!!) is a huge nerd and awkward which is one the best senses of humor in my book. Chandler, who's humor is being super sarcastic, which makes him one of the funniest people on the show. And Monica, who is obsessed with cleaning and her competitiveness makes her character super funny. Sometimes I feel like I know them as real people....ok a little over dramatic.... but I really do get into the show! I do love a lot of shows but this one will always love more than any other show NO MATTER WHAT!

Miss you Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe, and Joey!! :) Ok this is a little dumb I know! Can't help it!!

long time no talk

Well Hello!

I know it has been a while! It has just been a busy couple of months I could say. This entry is just going to be a little recap of what has been going on the past two months.

Well, finals actually went really well! I was actually really shocked, I finally feel like I am actually getting the hang of this whole going to college and being smart thing. Or at least trying to be smart. I really didn't realize how prestigious BYU was until I started going to school. SO MANY.... I mean TOO many smart people here. Sometimes it makes me feel a little bad about myself. But it's alright, now that I am getting the hang of it, I am actually somewhat enjoying to learn. (Wow, I never thought I would say that.) But anyways, after finals I went back to Colorado, seriously there is no place like home! I love being home, you really learn to appreciate home cooked meals, and family when you go home. It was so good to see my family and everyone is growing up so fast. It makes me sad! I wish I could see my siblings grow up, I am missing the major parts in their life. :( I saw my 3 besties, so good to swim with them and also see our infamous coach Matt Beck. He misses us so much, so funny to see how much he misses us. Christmas was great I got a new phone FINALLY! And guess what??! DATA PLAN! Yeah I can now twitter and check facebook on my phone! Super exciting! ;)

I was super sad to leave my familia, I wish I could have had another week with them but duty calls or should I say.... Christmas training calls? Training was well, training. It was nice to just eat, sleep and swim. It was great to be with the team, it was super tiring but it has been helping us a lot. Not gonna lie though, I am ready for taper, I think everyone is ready!! SO SOON! Less than a month! Crazy! This season has gone by so fast! The team has been doing great! We have won every dual meet we have had so far this year, we have two more and than conference bound!

My new classes are going great. I am in my Intro to Broadcasting class and I am really liking it. I am starting to get a little nervy (yes nervy) about applying to the program though. It is very competitive and I hope that I can get into it. I will be applying next fall so we will see how that will go. All I can do is try my hardest right?

Last but not least..... I officially got accepted to the volunteer at the orphanage in ECUADOR!! Super STOKED! I am leaving April 21st. Sad thing is that I am staying for only 4 weeks. I much rather stay 8, but I need to get back and work, train and go to school, gosh being an adult sucks, since when did I have to start being responsible? Sometimes growing up sucks. But anyways, I am super excited it will be so good for me. I feel like I have been needing something like this for a while. I am sure it will be life changing, I am ready for it! I get my package of all the info soon..... more UPDATES TO COME!!

Well....past two months in a nut shell!! Busy huh? Obviously I have been hanging out with the team and my roomies. (don't worry, I still have a social life.) I am missing my two friends Abby and Camille who are living it up in Spain, so jealous. But what can ya do? Alright well that is all for now. Love you all!

things that I have been loving in this wonderful season....

PUMPKIN ICE CREAM

TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW ALBUM

TOMS

FALL LEAVES

NORAH JONES

ANTHROPOLOGIE

fall is true bliss

FALL!!

One of my favorite seasons!! I just love everything about it. The leaves turning beautiful orange colors, the leaves falling, the crunching of the leaves. The clothes for fall season, the weather, halloween into thanksgiving, and getting ready for christmas. PUMPKIN ANYTHING... especially pumpkin ice cream! YUMMM!! I love addy... scratch that. :) Fall is a happy time, makes me happy, makes everyone else happy! GREAT SEASON. October has been a fun month, just hanging out with the roomies, abby, camille, blaire, and mare! Can't believe it is already November. So excited for thanksgiving dinner and seeing the familia, I have missed them so much. This month I have officially decide I am going to Ecuador to Volunteer at an orphanage and I have never been more excited. It is going to be a great experience and this spring seems like a perfect time to go. Swimming might be a little rough when I get back but I will hopefully be back in shape before season starts. Anyways, got off topic... okkk so October, what else happened in October.... really just school, swimming, and had a great halloween with the roomies.... two words... SPICE WORLD. HOLLA! Fun little adventures with Abby and Camille are always the best too, we had fun filled times this month. 80s dancing. Yup. Great fun! I have been loving the clothes for fall and have been wanting to buy everything in the stores, BUT being a poor college student isn't really ideal for a shopping spree right now. Bummer. Excited for christmas time. November is going to be a great month, already started out great witha great travel trip with the team to San Diego and Vegas, then Long beach in two weeks than homeward bound for a couple dayss!! YAY! wow everything is going by so quick, bittersweet? Loving life right now, keep it comin!

Here is what we were for Halloween. SO LEGIT we know!

facebook

I seriously don't know why but every time I get on facebook I can spend hours and hours and HOURS on it!! WHY?! I seriously have no idea how I can spend so much time on this website! Not to mention whenever I am on facebook the time flys by, I get on and the next thing I know it has been two hours later and I ran out of time to do homework, or cook dinner, or read a book, or pay attentino in class. So crazy how much time you waste when I am on facebook!! I am thinking it is time to reset my priorities?! I think so!!! I deactivated it last week and I lasted 3 hours! NO JOKE!! I seriously have some issues!! I need to fix it. I am sure I am not the only one though, right now I am sitting in class (I am on facebook...naturally) and all the computers I see are on facebook. It is crazy how facebook has become a HUGE thing for everyone in the world basically!! I really think everyone has a love for facebook! Time to deactivate it.... hopefully it is longer than a couple hours my goal is for a week.... we will see if I can do it!

one of those days....

So Rick has been out in the MTC for exactly a month!! For girls that have missionaries out there.... you know when you have one of those days and you just feel depressed and you just start crying, you can't think of anyone or anything else besides him? And all you want is just to have him there with you and to hold you and tell you everything will be ok? Yup! One of those days for me!! I just started balling! I hate being emotional so much! It is no bueno but I just couldn't hold it in! It was just a really hard day. I wrote him a letter which helped so much! I just wanted to get my feelings out there because he is the one person I tell everything too! Is that too much for him to handle?! I feel bad telling him all of that debbie downer stuff because I feel like I need to be the upbeat person that helps him keep going! I just needed to tell him my feelings!! It felt very good which was awesome! I guess on a positive note, it shows how much I love him and miss him and it also shows how badly I want us to work out! Anyways!! I hope these kind of days get easier!! I feel like once I get back to BYU I am going to be so busy that it will start to go by faster and faster. I have loved getting a letter from him each week and it has helped me get through each week! I am getting scared when he goes to Nicaragua because then it will take a while to get his letters but thats ok! It is also good to know that he is out doing the right thing and I wouldn't want him anywhere else but on his Mish! I love him so much! But anyways its going to be ok!! It only gets easier from here and then boom! He will be back home and I will be the happiest person alive!! 1 month down 23 to go!! WOO! That doesn't seem so bad right?!