Sorry :\

Please accept my apologies for being so lazy. I haven't posted in a week. And that is shameful. Not because I expect to have extravagant, life-changing posts daily, but because I wanted to post daily as a personal thing. Just to show myself that I could be committed to something. Well, I suppose I'll try something else. Regardless of my inconsistency, however, I'll do my best to post as often as I can.

I had my very last class of Freshman Fall Semester 2012 today. Didn't feel quite as awesome as I still have plenty of work to do between now and next Friday, but it does feel kinda good. We're that much closer to Christmas break, my friends. I am SO looking forward to that.

On that note--remember the advent calendar I posted about? That I got at the WILK for free?

Well, today I ate every single piece of chocolate. That's right. I couldn't wait for the entire month of December to finish chocolate that was right under my nose. I gave in to the temptation. I even ripped all of the flaps off, so I can't put a jelly bean under each flap to make up for it. I'll just have to live with my impatience.

Yesterday (or, two days ago now, I suppose) at work I catered for a giant faculty Christmas party. Seriously huge. And these people are seriously slobs. Ha ha. But that's okay! I was very tired by the end of my shift, but I certainly was grateful that I wasn't on clean-up. I had to walk home by myself, which really wasn't fun because it was cold and dark and I was wearing shoes that hurt my feet and I was alone and it takes a half hour, so to keep myself from freaking out I sang Irish folk songs all the way home. Never fails to calm me down and take my mind off of things :)

I am missing Doctor Who. Very much. If you're following me on pinterest, you will see the effects of my withdrawl. Now, I don't claim to be the biggest DW fan in the universe, because I don't know all that much about it. All I know is that I have a huge obsession with David Tennant and Matt Smith, I absolutely love Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill, and for a small time my life revolved around every intergalactic thrill that DW offered me. I am emotionally invested in this show. But the only way I watch it is Netflix and I've already watched every episode of the six seasons available! I am sad! The moral of the story is: what is another action-packed, comedic, geeky, witty, slightly romantic series on Netflix that can tide me over until the next DW season becomes available? I'm thinking probably none. Yeah.

Another random thing. Today I saw Brother Sheilds and a buddy studying for their seminary teacher finals! It was the weirdest thing! He's now living back in Lehi. I'm not sure where he's teaching, but he remembered me! And Hannah! And her duct tape sculptures! That girl has talent, lemme tell ya.

I. Am. Tired. Time to finish up.

Gratitude Moment:
Today I said goodbye to my two favorite college proffesors--Brother Smith, my BoM teacher, and Prof. Liz Christianson, my English Theory 251 teacher. Brother Smith had an amazing way of teaching the Book of Mormon without being preachy or making you feel overwhelmed. He was so happy and so honest. I could tell that he truly cared about each member of the class. He was so human (known to swear occasionally in class...good humoredly, of course :). I loved that class, and he was an amazing teacher.

Liz was the teacher for my hardest class, technically called Fundemental Litereary Interpretation (English 251). The class was confusing, difficult, and not very fun. But Liz was honest. She wasn't afraid to talk about the world as it really was, and she had such strong faith and belief in Christ. We could all feel it. She was not lenient, she was not easy, but she was very aware of what makes us human and had an innate ability to make me feel like a person, not just a kid in a classroom. She opened my eyes to the world, and she pushed me in my work. I can't say that my writing or analyzing improved much, but my character certainly did.

Scripture for the Day:
Alma 5:26........"And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, if ye have experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now?"

It's important to check back with ourselves after we make a drastic change in our lives. We can get so caught up in being excited that we made a change for the better that we forget to continue with that change. Don't ever take a break. That's when most mistakes happen.