So I have to say that these last few days have been very interesting. Monday night went well. Our lesson was about overcoming the "Goliath's" in our lives and the group was very willing to participate in discussion, so that was good. Tuesday morning, I woke up with really bad stomach pains. I waited for a while to see if they would go away and when 5:00 came around and I still couldn't stand straight, my roommate decided to take me to the emergency room. 7 hours and a million tests later, they figured out that I have another cyst on my ovary that is bleeding... So at 12:30 AM, they sent me home with a prescription for pain killers and said to take it easy. So, Wednesday I took it easy. I stayed in bed all day and decided that was enough! Wednesday night I went on a double date with Mataya and these 2 guys. They drove us up to Spanish Fork canyon and made us dinner over the fire. They brought a gun with them so we took turns shooting the soda cans they brought. I was the first one to hit one!!! :) We sat around the fire and talked and made s'mores until about midnight and then headed home. It was a really fun, relaxing evening and it was nice to be out of bed!! Today has been pretty laid back as well. Just takin care of some make up work and studyin for some tests! This weekend should be pretty fun. There are a few parties tomorrow night that we might stop by and then Saturday I'm goin out to Salt Lake to watch the Relief Society Broadcast with Melissa and her family. So I'm looking forward to that. I'll update on my weekend later!

Ok, it's cold!! It's 11:30 and it's only 47 degrees outside! It's going to take some getting used to, but I am so excited for the winter!
Well, this weekend was great. Friday night, Mataya, Sara and I went to a party at the "Hollywood House" (don't worry...it was a good party) for a little bit. There were SO many people there, I could not believe it. Then on Saturday, I went to the BYU vs. Airforce football game with Mataya and some other people. It was pretty fun... and then it started raining. And actually, that was fun too - except for the fact that it was cold. We got drenched! We took some fun pictures... I'll post those later. After the game, we went out to dinner with Max Hall and his family at Fuddruckers. I had never been there before, so I was impressed. After dinner, I drove out to Salt Lake to spend the weekend with the Johnson's again. It was such a fun, relaxing weekend.
Today it's back to the busy life. I have school, FHE at 7:30 and a biology study session at 8:30... We'll see how it goes!!

This past week has been a pretty good week... Except for Monday. The weekend was relatively calm. I spent Saturday out in Salt Lake visiting the Johnson's. We went to the park, colored some pictures, made some iron-bead masterpieces, and went to their ward bbq. Sunday was church. After church I picked up Mataya from the airport and later that night we all went to ward prayer. We were going to have a game night at our apartment Sunday night, but after realizing that we had no games, we decided to postpone it until next Sunday. Monday was a rough day. I had a cold shower, burned my hand on the straightener, and no matter how hard I tried, I could NOT concentrate in any of my classes. Just one of those days, I guess! Then as I was doing the dishes, I cut my finger and couldn't get it to stop bleeding. Then my roommate called me and told me that my car had been booted downstairs in our parking garage (long story)... but the guy was still there so if I hurried down, he would take the boot off. So I ran downstairs with a towel around my bleeding finger, and had to pay $50 to get the boot off. Provo parking is brutal!!! That night was FHE. For those of you who don't already know this, I was called to be the leader of my FHE group. My co-leader's name is Eric and I think he will be fun to work with. FHE went really well right up until the very end. We had brownies and milk for refreshments. And that would have been great except for the fact that the milk was expired and tasted horrible! I took a drink and had to try not to spit it out all over the place. When I asked if anyone else thought it tasted funny, they said yes but they were all waiting for someone else to say something! Thankfully we had another gallon and served that. Well, as you may know... sour milk doesn't settle well, so I ended up getting sick and was up all night. Why I was the only one who got sick remains a mystery. But Monday is over now and for that I am grateful and today is proving to be a perfectly normal day. Knock on wood!
O ya... I'm blonde now! I got my hair done and I decided it was time for a change. So I went blonde. It's not too blonde, and she weaved it into my brown color. I will put up pictures as soon as I can!
Word of the day: RINGXIETY. Yes, that is a real word. The definition is hearing a cell phone ring or feeling it vibrate when it isn't ringing or vibrating. I am doing a short presentation on it in Biology tomorrow. It should be interesting!

So after 3 weeks, I decided that a 7 AM institute class was way too early. So yesterday I switched it to Wednesday nights at 7 PM. Mataya (my roommate), Chrissy Wishart, Jessica Burnham and I are all in the same class. Tonight was my first night and I think I am really going to enjoy going. The class is Teachings of the Living Prophets and I think I am going to learn a lot from it. I am looking forward to discussing General Conference in class when that time comes.
I made meal #2 tonight - Cabbage Salad. It turned out pretty good. I didn't have class til 12 today so I decided to get up this morning and make dinner so we could eat when Mataya got home from work. So everything else was done and I start making the dressing and realize I didn't have one of the ingredients. So I had to go to the store in the middle of making dinner... which annoyed me to no end. But it all turned out great. Tomorrow night is BBQ beef sandwiches :)
If anyone has good recipies, give me a call... I would love some ideas!!

Well, I made my first meal tonight! It actually turned out much better than I thought it would and I thought it was way easy. I made chicken enchiladas and I was anxious to see how they would turn out, considering I have never made them before and I was having people over. I have a biology test tomorrow so two guys from my class came over and had dinner with us and then the 3 of us walked to the library to study for a few hours. Then we came back to my house for brownies. It ended up being a good night, despite the fact that I'm way nervous about the test tomorrow.
I picked up a disposable camera today so I will start taking pictures and get them up soon. Sorry for the delay... I'm workin on it!
I realize this entry is short, but I'm exhausted so I'm off to bed. I'll update later!

I cannot believe I have been in Utah for 3 weeks already! Time is going by so fast! But things are going well. All of my roommates have moved in now and we all get along pretty well. Mataya moved in a week ago and Karissa moved in on Monday. Liz and I have been here for a while already. I don't see Liz or Karissa much because they are working and going to school so they are gone a lot. But Mataya and I have been hanging out quite a bit and have gotten close already. She is such a sweet girl. As soon as I get my camera fixed I will post some pictures of the apartment and my roommates.
The social scene of college is starting now. I went out on a double date Tuesday night. Karissa and her boyfriend and his roommate and I went to a movie. It was pretty fun. Then on Thursday night, our ward had an "ice cream social". Our bishopric went to the creamery and bought ice cream and we all just hung out and ate. It was fun to get to know some people in the ward on a more casual basis.
This weekend, Mataya and I drove up to Kaysville to watch my cousin's 3 girls while her and her husband are out of town. We're havin a blast. We had a picnic lunch at the park today, Kalli has a soccer game at 4 and then we are having a pizza and movie night tonight. I have to admit... it feels kinda strange driving 3 kids around in a mini van...
O and speaking of kids... I will be an aunt in December! My half brother Ryan and his wife are pregnant with a little girl. I am so excited to spoil her :)

Last Sunday was my first Sunday in my new ward. We don't meet til 1, and that's not my favorite thing, but it was still good. I think it is a very well balanced ward and I am looking forward to meeting people in the ward. We have to walk to church, which isn't a big deal except that from my apartment to the building, it's up a hill... I'm not looking forward to that when it's snowy and icey. It will be an adventure! The other thing I am having to get used to is meeting in a classroom. It's a little distracting when you're trying to take the Sacrament or listen to a talk and there is a huge periodic table behind the speaker. One of the guys in the ward told me that he and some of his friends used to make words from the letters on the periodic table when they got bored..... Then Sunday night, I drove out to Kaysville to my cousin Kendi's house and slept there and Monday morning we got up and drove out to Pineview Lake for the day. I wakeboarded a little and woke up this morning unbelievably sore!! But it was still fun. Then I went from Kendi's house to Jake's house and hung out with Jake and Dan. We didn't do much - just watched some movies, but we had fun. This morning, it was back to reality... and speaking of which... I have biology to do.