WE'RE ENGAGED!!!!!

Steve proposed to me Friday, February 19th 2010

Story to Come!

Are you Hungry?

Maybe it's just because I want to be an Elementary School teacher, but I love young adult and children's literacture. I almost read it exclusively, because honestly everything else kind of bores me. For Christmas my mom and dad got me a large stack of these kinds of books, amoung them: Number the Stars, The Giver, The Courage of Sarah Noble and others. I have quite a stack to work through, and unfortunately my schedule hasn't been such that I can read all the time. I want so badly to get through these books, so when my mom and sisters suggested a new book to read I wasn't too gunhoe about reading it. To be honest it didn't sound all that exciting, and I didn't understand the hype. However it was hard to be the only one that hadn't read it, because everyone was RAVING about it. So I reluctantly sat down Sunday morning and started to read The Hunger Games. Within the first 20 pages I was completely hooked. I was quickly and pleasantly surprised at the enthralling storyline! The characters were well developed, the action...SUPER intense, it was well written and the cliffhanger ending left me dying to read the next one. Needless to say I finished it in one day. Now I CAN'T WAIT to get home this weekend so I can start the 2nd book.

READ IT!

I Made a Discovery

While at FHE the other night I made an important life discovery:


DRUMROLL PLEASE...........................





I have no desire to meet/flirt with new boys. Yes folks, the desire has officially been erased from my mind. I have said goodbye to my ability to flirt...at least with other guys. I am quite content to flirt with one guy from now on. It was a most exciting and welcome discovery.

As I discovered that, I simultaneously discovered something else. Girls are quite incredible at what they do....I mean really! I mean I guess I never noticed it because I too was "turning my flirt on" at every girl-boy activity. Honestly, I've never been able to determine when a girl is really working it, and when she is not as interested. But I have suddenly realized how talented some girls are at getting guys to take the bait. Maybe it is because I have no desire to flirt with anyone but the guy I'm with now. Perhaps I am not blinded by the competitive nature of flirting girls. I can now clearly see that years of reinforcement has taught women the way to behave if they want to get a guy. It is hilarious to behold these women working their wiles on unsuspecting young men...very entertaining. It is particularly fascinating when more than one girl is trying to get the attention at a time. I mean, what are we...animals? Girls can be so catty and mean when trying to nab a man. But they are sneaky about it, not wanting the boys to suspect them of being mean, they attack subtly, gracefully and volunteer information about the other girl in order to make themselves look better. Geez Louise! I'm glad I'm out of that business.

So I will discontinue batting my eyelashes, and suppress the high pitched giggle...(although those are techniques I seldom have used) I will, from now on sit back, watch and laugh at, all the other ladies as they "reel in their catch," content with the man I've caught.

morning

sunrise
....open my eyes

and i can tell it's gonna be a good day
i can tell it's gonna be a good day

did you sleep well?
....did you dream at all?
can you tell me the time?

....on the alarm clock

i can tell it's gonna be a good day
i can tell it's gonna be a good day

but you can sleep in
you just keep dreamin
....for us

i can tell it's gonna be a good day
i can tell it's gonna be a good day

For the Record

1. I love my statistics class. I know right? It very much appeals to the way I think.


2. I feel that the ELED Department has some serious flaws.


3. I'm a great cook.


4. Salt Lake is like 78 miles from Logan.


5. Children's books are often more interesting and entertaining than Adult ones.


6. Free Costa Vida is better than NOT free Costa Vida.


7. I can not wait for the weekend!