Remembered

So today it hit me that we are almost into May.

And then it hit me that June is after May.

And then I remembered a youtube video my dad sent me when Jake and I finally decided on June fourth for our wedding and it made me extremely happy.

Sun kissed

My sun kissed grandparents are back from Hawaii and I am happy to report that the bonsai trees are beautifully green, and I am no longer responsible for their life. While they were gone, the poor kitty got extremely lonely and wouldn't stop following me. My roommate and I were hardly ever home and when we were, seriously....I walk into the kitchen, it would follow me. I would then go do laundry....it would follow me. I walk into my room....it would follow me!

Drove me crazy!

I am not really a cat person, however....I don't loathe them.

Can you believe we are almost in March?! It boggles my mind how fast this year is going by. Five more days my friends. Five more days. I've decided that you know you are getting old when you know you are getting a sweet crock pot for your birthday AND you are excited about it!

Slow down

I know I say this just about every post that I do, but really...where has all the time gone? As I was walking around campus this morning, I overheard a conversation about registering for next semester. This is close to what went through my head at the time.

"What?!? Oh my gosh it's November! Thanksgiving is in three weeks! Finals are in 4 1/2 weeks! Shoot I need to start looking at classes! I haven't even looked that far into my planner! I need to start putting together my application for the Dental Hygiene program!"

Another example: Today my mom and my little sister came up to Ogden for a scholarship meeting at Weber. My sister is planning on going into Radiology and Weber has a great program for that; they actually have a program that is through Weber, but taught in a hospital in Provo. What a great place to start! When I saw her there on campus, I kind of had a weird flashback to when we were both very little; rollerblading around the block, painting with water colors at Grandma Crosland's house, and practicing the piano together. Another thought entered my head...

"She can't be going to college!! She is way too young!"

I feel like my life has been on fast forward mode ever since I got into high school. I've always known what I wanted to go into for my career so my plan was to just get it done as soon as I could. Be done with dental hygiene by the time I was 21. Now I need to slow down a bit. Take time to smell the roses as many would say. Take in all the little things around me instead of just passing them by. I feel like I never have time to take a class that I wanted to take, really read my scriptures, go to the temple, or to sing just because I wanted to. Lately it's always been just to fulfill a task. To check another thing off my list. I shouldn't feel like I have to do it. Time slips through your fingers if you are not careful. And sometimes it takes you a while for you to notice it. But there is always something you can do to fix it. Here is a list of goals I hope to achieve this winter.

• Read scriptures every night. (I find if you are doing what is right, somehow the time that you thought you didn't have will just come to you)
• Go to the temple for baptisms every Wednesday or Friday. (It's always easier to go if you plan to go with another person...for support)
• Make sure I spend some quality time with the roomies. They are my second family after all!
• Be above average in all my classes. (That is always a good one!)
• Find ways to do service, whether it be for the church, community, or even a neighbor.
• Then thank my Heavenly Father for the time that he has given me to do all these things!

It's so hard as a teenager to figure out how to balance school, work, religion, and to have some what of a social life. Some learn it faster than others. Me....I don't think I will ever figure out how to perfectly balance it, but all that matters is that I try my best.

"Time is free, but it's priceless. You cant own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back." -Harvey MacKay

Six feet under

...I've got to catch my breath! I feel as though I am in a twister, tossing me around in homework, tests, work, and life. I just want to click my heels, and say "there's no place like home; there's no place like home." I really shouldn't be complaining because quite frankly, my life has been pretty well lately. I have straight A's in all my classes...and these are not your average gen ed classes; I work at the best dental office ever; my roommates are all awesome, (except we have had a little trouble now and then,) a new person has entered my life and things are just going great! It's just this week that has had me running on more than empty if that is physically possible; and it's only Tuesday! My immune system is crashing and my eating habits have plummeted.

Time? What is time?

I know there is a light at the end of the tunnel...but I can't quite seem to see it. Hmm my eye has been twitching a lot lately...maybe that might be it. Or it could be that I just spent a copious amount of time in the library, studying for 5 different tests!

I'm thinking that's it.