Pick up lines...

So today I was in Walmart in the deodorant isle, because I have a feeling that soon I will be needing more, but anyways I was lookin' and smellin' and trying to find one that might be better than my current one and this random guy pops up with his cart next to me and asks me if I've seen the Adidas brand. I tell him no and that I don't pay much attention to that brand and he goes, "Oh, I guess it's more the venu....dove brand." hahaha so he had taken a glance in my basket and saw the Venus razor blades, and assumed that the previous deodorant I had stuck in my basket was dove. Which it wasn't, it was women's Degree. Well anyway I just laugh and he proceeds to talk to me about aluminum being in deodorant and how it makes you dumber.......right......., I put something on my arm pits and it goes through my skin, to my blood stream, to my brain! Right..... well anyways seeing as I'm not responding the way he thought I should he proceeds to ask me if I was going to some music festival. I tell him no and to be polite ask if he is going. He says, "No I didn't think about it until it was too late." !?!?!?! what is it with this guy!? Well I was done browsing the deodorants and was needing to be off to look at shampoo, so I told him that it was nice to meet him and that I had to go. Well I just went to the next isle realizing I needed soap and then he comes by a minute later saying that he guesses he will just have to continue getting dumber, I'm assuming he was referring to the deodorant choice of his, and kept going. It was so weird!! But here's the best part: I made it to the next isle and about 5 minutes after I had last seen him he comes back and says, "Is it okay if I ask you to get a coffee with me some time this week?" I was soo shocked by the realization that he was actually hitting on me and trying for a date that my only reaction was, "Sorry I don't think so. I don't drink coffee." And his response, "Well you wouldn't have to drink coffee, you could always get something else. But then I guess that would cause you pose another reason why you couldn't go and so I had better just either cut to the chase or stop before you bring up the fact that you have a boyfriend!" and I said, "well yeah, the whole boyfriend thing would pose a major issue, it wouldn't work out." and right then I got a text from a guy friend and the stranger asked if that was my boyfriend and I said, "yes!" hahahahah and then he turned and walked away depressed! oh my goodness!!!! In a way I feel very happy that some guy would think I was cute enough to make a move on, but another part of me is petrified by that fact!! And it's not like it was a Mr. McDreamy making the move on me, because if it was I'm sure I would have been mortified and not known what to say to him! GAhHHH!!! but good story right?!?? and it is 100% true!!! I even told my friend that I used told this strange man that he was my boyfriend! sure got a good laugh! Has anything weird like this ever happened to you? I actually have another one that happened to me quite a few years back, probably sophomore-ish year in high school in a museum in Washington D.C.!!!! but that's a completely different story......

I Love To Laugh

This song expresses my feelings tonight!

Uncle Albert:
I love to laugh
Loud and long and clear
I love to laugh
It's getting worse ev'ry year

The more I laugh
The more I fill with glee
And the more the glee
The more I'm a merrier me
It's embarrassing!
The more I'm a merrier me!

Mary Poppins:
Some people laugh through their noses
Sounding something like this "Mmm..."
Some people laugh through their teeth goodness sake
Hissing and fizzing like snakes

Bert:
Some laugh too fast
Some only blast - ha!
Others, they twitter like birds
Then there's the kind
What can't make up their mind

Uncle Albert:
When things strike me as funny
I can't hide it inside
And squeak - as the squeakelers do
I've got to let go with a ho-ho-ho...
And a ha-ha-ha...too!

All:
We love to laugh
Loud and long and clear
We love to laugh
So ev'rybody can hear
The more you laugh
The more you fill with glee
And the more the glee
The more we're a merrier we

Wow!

I had the most amazing 3 hour discussion with a friend of mine who I honestly am beginning to consider one of my best friends......best friends.....well that's a different topic, but this discussion covered so many topics and so many details that not all can be shared but here are a few things that I learned/discovered.

1. This young man is changing before my eyes and it amazes me
2. I can do it!
3. Relax
4. The world is amazing
5. stop thinking too much
6. people can actually love me for who I am and not judge me!
7. I enjoy every minute that I have with this young man, talking, crying, laughing, everything!
8. I am so glad that he had the courage to talk to me and that he can still talk to me
9. we all can be the person we long to become
10. I will always remember and cherish this friendship and the moments/hours that we spend and have spent together

The Update!!!

Thank you for your prayers and patience!!! So here is the update!! Whoot whoot!! Some suggestions were asked about what I’ve been up to so I will try to answer those as well!!

No matter how much hard work I have, it has become an obviously necessary factor that I have fun as well. My fun includes: Branch Activities, FHE, Church, Football Games, Institute Choir, YSA Volleyball, and Dances. Sure there might be other things but those mentioned pretty much happen every week!!!

Apartment life is bueno. I have had some issues with my roommie, but they seem to slowly be working themselves out. It’s crazy how different it is to live with someone verses having fun doing things together and then parting ways! So any suggestions on how you might have done chores with roommies; such as dishes, cleaning, the works… But I really like where I’m at, though it’s horrible to see the money disappear each month. Where as in the dorms it was one huge bulk at the beginning of the semesters! The food is definitely much better on the weekends compared to what I had to eat during the weekends all last year! Though I should let you know that we are eating healthy, well rounded meals.

How do I manage the huge load? Hmmm good question, let me ponder this for a minute…
Lots of praying, daily time management fixing, and living from day to day, hour by hour……and prioritizing! But I also give my parents calls and they help me realize when I’m making a too big a deal out of things, or help me to figure out a different approach to take!!

I still have the same church calling of the education counselor for Relief Society. (1st Counselor)

Boys: what a topic! I have become a “Just Friends” kind of girl right now. You see, I am having a maddening affair with Laurie, my violin. So with school on top of that I don’t have time for any “commitment” relationships, but I am all for the going and having a good date weekends! And I actually have had one of those recently! Labor day I went on a double and we went bouldering for about 3.5 hours and then went to lunch and saw the movie 1408! It was a fun date!

Institute- well I am taking a Tuesday night class and I am also in the choir!! I love institute!!!!!

Have you ever had those days, weeks, months, where you really don’t feel pretty or feel up to trying to make yourself pretty in the worldly sense? Well recently I’ve received many comments about how pretty I am, and they have caught me off guard because they are said on the days where I am in my crummy clothes and with barely any make-up on! I have also received complements on my modest dress! But they have given me the biggest boost, and I have really been in need of that. And these gentlemen who have made these comments made them in a very sincere way and I knew that they meant it. I am so grateful.

I am so grateful for the people in my life. I am so glad for these trials that I have, sure I have a love hate relationship with school but doesn’t everyone?!?! I am happy to be where I’m at at this point in my life and I can’t wait to see where I’m at in a decade!

Anything else you want to know or want clarified?