Can I just stay home and bake all day?

Soooo...fall semester 2009 started this week, and, to say the least, my life is definitely the most hectic it has been ever.

Here are the various area's of my life that are/will be stressing me out:
1) Work: I am now working two jobs on top of taking a full load of classes. I can work up to 20 hours a week (not including football) so if I make it through this semester alive I will buy myself a car and quit one of the two. Concessions is still the same...I have a love-hate relationship with that job. I love how much I make working there and the friends that I have. I hate almost everything else about it (mostly the hours, and the events). My new job, Catering has been/is/will continue to be a huge learning experience. I'm glad I get the opportunity but doubt I will keep it past this semester. It doesn't pay as well as Concessions and I have to be there MWF 8-12, yuck.
2) Lack of funds: Because of my insignificant amount of work this summer I had barely enough money to pay for books this semester. It didn't help that they were twice as much as I've payed any other semester. Then my dad told me he would pay for my rent this month! I don't think I can express my gratitude for this gesture enough.
3) School: I changed my major officially the week before school started! My new major is now Recreation Management Youth Leadership: Leisure Services Management with a Commercial Recreation emphasis. Yes, I have had four majors in my five semesters at BYU (IR, Economics, double majoring in French, and RMYL: LSM), and if you count the dropping out to go to Pastry School idea, I could be five for five. Also, my class load is huge! It's only 14 credits, but that ='s 7 classes, not including my on-line religion class I HAVE to finish by November.
4) I am living with complete strangers!!! We get along, and I like them so far, but I can't help but think about how much less stressed I would be if I knew them already. It'll be okay...they're wonderful people and we'll be great friends by the end of the year.
5) Socializing/My dating life...

Here's the way my week looks:
Monday: 8-12 Catering, Work on on-line classes (Organizational Effectiveness/Rel A 211) til 430-530 Inclusive & Special Recreation: for persons with disabilities.
Tuesday: 8-915 Accounting 200, 930-1045 American History till 1877, devo/forum, 1205-1255 Careers in Recreation, Accounting Homework in the afternoon, technically I could go to my Excell/Powerpoint classes 610-820pm but I don't foresee any problems with the homework so it shouldn't be necessary.
Wednesday: 8-12 Catering
Thursday: 8-915 Accounting 200, 930-1045 American History till 1877
Friday: 8-12 Catering

Throw in some concessions hours and tons of homework every Wed-Fri afternoon and probably far too much socializing... Actually, I'm going to DOMINATE this semester. It will be awesome!
(On a completely random note: I'm listening to nickasaur do a variety of covers [Coconut Juice, Bleading Love + The Great Escape]...interesting)

Quote of the Day

About Celestial Marriage:
"It's not just about the hard stuff. It's about the happy stuff too. How you know that there isn't an end, that all this happiness is going to continue on forever. It's a real comfort to know that all the time and effort that you put into this relationship isn't going to end with death." ~ My Dad. (Except he was probably more eloquent then that.)

I loooooove my dad! I loooooove my family! I looooooove that they are in Provo! I only wish more of my friends were here so I could prove to them I'm not such a social outcast. And that I had sugar so I could bake something...

Two more things: I'm watching my favorite movie (Breakfast at Tiffany's) with one of my favorite people (Kaity-poo). I like Sundance sooooooooo much better without snow.

Life back at the Y

Oh wow! Monday, I was feeling a little like I didn't want to come back. No particular reason, I just didn't want to. Thank goodness I did! So much good stuff has happened since I've gotten back.
Tuesday, after my flight I went to Temple Square with the guy who picked me up from the airport and his friend. I love Temple Square! And when I think I haven't been the whole time I've been at BYU...it sort of baffles me. Then I watched Bolt with Kabria and Nicole. I love coming back from trips and catching up with friends :)
Wednesday, I found out I'm working on Saturday night. It's good because I get more hours, but I'm sort of sad because my family is coming into town on Saturday and I was hoping to hang with them. Then, I got a second job! With BYU Catering! I'm amped. Then, I sold four old textbooks for $94. Then, I went and saw Star Trek at the Dollar Theater. Finally, I played after the manner of the adverb. Such a good day!
Today, I watched a Bollywood movie (hum dil de chuke sanam)! I found out who my new roommates are going to be. And I found a doctor to take out my stitches next week!
I do want to say, since coming back to Provo, I have had some interesting boy experiences. I would go into more detail, but that is unnecessary.


One more thing: watch Nimbooda

Monday

My last day at home was very...odd, but in a good way. I expected to spend the whole day chillin' with a bunch of 15 year-olds because Em was having an N64 day with her pals and they needed "adult" supervision. While that did happen I had a slight mishap in the morning involving a pop-top can of ravioli (don't judge me for wanting ravioli before noon). Two hours and three stitches later, my right thumb became a tinsy bit incapacitated. But no worries, only six more days before I can use it again. The biggest hassel with having stitches in your thumb is not being able to get it wet. Needless to say, my appreciation for my right thumb has greatly increased.
A couple of good things came out of the day. 1) Kaity-poo had a difficult Sunday and worrying about my thumb helped distract her from her situation. (and she got out of work for it, you're welcome.) 2) I got to see an old friend who I didn't think I would get to see because she was in Isreal. I loved laughing with her about how gimpy both of us were (she has a pinched nerve, I have stitches. She wins).

What do you say we leave for California

Day One: Road Trip
After much ado involving food, clean apartments and credit cards, we got on the road at about 10:30 ish. The drive was fun, full of music, snoozing, reading and talking. And snacking. Lots of snacking. When we got to my house my parents had soup ready for us and we talked with my parents and Kait for a while then hit the hay.

Day Two: Disneyland
We went to Disneyland! I love Disneyland! I love it even more when I get to go with people who have an affinity for all things Disney. It wasn't crazy packed so we got a lot of ground covered. The lines seemed to be pretty long but thanks to ingenious planning and fast passes we didn't spend all day standing in line.

Day Three: Beach
We went to the beach!!! I loved playing in the water. It was a little too cloudy for my taste, but still a good day.
After the beach we rushed to get ready to have dinner with Chris' grandma at Claim Jumpers. Sooo much food. It was way fun.

Day Four: Everyone leaves
Everyone left about noon. After spending the afternoon with my family, I got antsy to look at a baking book. I found The Art and Soul of Baking on-line at Sur la Table. I went out and bought it as well as a few other things (tartlet pans, cake decorating kit, and Lettuce Knife). I love Sur la Table! I could have spent the rest of the evening browsing the aisles and spending more money, but it got a little awkward being the only customer with 4 cashiers. Every single one of them told me how much they loved the book. As soon as I got home and got to peruse the recipes and tips, I started to fall in love with it too. So far I've made Chocolate-Rasberry Tartlets, Eclaires, and Lemon Meringue Tartlets.

Day Five-Today: Highlights
Here are some of the highlights:
-Missionaries came for dinner!
-I saw (500) Days of Summer, which is sooo good! I love it!
-Disneyland again
-Legoland with Kait, Erin, and Lucas
-Today, Saturday, my dad bought me Martha Stewart's Cupcake Decorating book.

Next few days:
Tomorrow: Vista Singles Ward and cup cake decorating
Monday: More baking? and hopefully Julie & Julia
Tuesday: Back to Provo to finish packing, planning and education week.

Talk about your turn of events

I know I haven't updated in a long time, and I probably would have kept going without an update but I HAVE to write about today and I can not find my journal the one time in two weeks I have something solid to write about.

So...this morning I woke up feeling terrible. Not like physically but emotionally. It took me sooo long to get out of the mood I was in, I can't even begin to tell you. There were a couple of things that happened that sort of made it worse, but they do not need to be shared with the internet, so moving on. A couple of times I thought about wanting to go home and trying to figure out how to do that (I even thought about stopping by the board on campus with all the people seeking rides, or to carpool with around the country). Every time I thought about that I told myself I was crazy because while the last time I went home was wonderful, it showed/reminded/taught me that I am sometimes better off here in Provo. I said a tiny prayer seeking some divine help/guidance.
Later in the afternoon [4 pm, weekend plans: maybe a wedding reception? then mope about my lack of potential wedding reception] I remembered I had to take some stuff back to the library and make a copy or two. After giving up on Jane Eyre (sorry Charlotte, I'll try again later I promise) and returning HSM and HSM2 from my High School Musical Marathon I went to the no shh zone to make my copies and I ran into no other than my friend Alyssa. Upon seeing each other we remembered that we were supposed to hang out and had yet to make plans to. Now obviously being the perfect time, we cummenced a rather short, but eventful hang out.
A: You're from the LA area right?
Me: Well, San Diego, so a little south, but yes. Why?
A: A group of us are going down to go to Disneyland and some other things and every place we have tried to stay keep backing out. Do you think your parents would mind if we stayed there?
Me: Oh Disneyland?! I love Disneyland! I'd have to call and ask...
A: You should totally come too.
Me: When are you going?
A: Wednesday thru Sunday morning...
OF course I agreed to go! I'm not working, I really have no plans made. I've been bumming around Provo for the past few weeks and am more than happy to have an excuse to see my beloved family and play in California. [5 pm, weekend plans: CALIFORNIA! Stay with the fam, go to D-land, beach then back to Provo] I was extatic! No more boring, mope around after a wedding receptiong wishing to be less of a lonely number for me. A surprise trip to California to give myself a last burst of energy to get me through till Thanksgiving. Plus Kaity-poo had agreed to come to D-land with us so I would get to spend the whole day with her as well.
All through the rest of the evening and FHE (which went swimmingly btw, haha punny because we played in the pool) the one thing on my mind was the fact that I would be home in two days and at a beach on Friday. I know Kaity-poo has been having a tough time this summer and my only regret was not being able to spend more time with her. (Other things that could be regretable are also slightly unavoidable with surprise trips). About midnight here in Provo I got a text from my dad asking if there was anyway for me to come and stay for awhile to help Kait get through everything. Since I was hoping to surprise somebody with this trip, I hadn't told Dad about it yet. I called him and explained the whole surprise trip and offered to stay on longer since I'm not getting any hours at work until the 12th at the earliest. [12:30 am, weekend plans: CALIFORNIA! Stay with the fam, go to D-land, beach then stay in ENC until probably the 1oth of August] Yes, that's right, in less than 12 hours ALL of my plans for the rest of the summer changed. Unbelievable! I just can't get over it! I've known for awhile that I should be in Provo this summer, but I think this weekend my time ran out and I'm needed back home until it's time to come back to get ready for the fall (work, move etc).

Wow, this is way longer than I meant it to be! I should really put a moral of the story at the begining of each post for when they get this long, but then I'd be afraid no one would read the rest of it. Maybe next time.

I probably need a new hobby

So, I was going to go to bed and dream happy thoughts of Hrithik Roshan and Elephants...but then I realized I have had a FULL week of movies and therefore need to blog about it.

Thursday: Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham
Any movie where Hrithik and Shah Rukh Khan are adopted brothers is obviously going to be a winner. If you've got four hours to spare (or even if you don't) watch it. And don't worry, it really doesn't feel that long.
Or if you only have 6 mins...watch this video

Friday: U Me aur Hum
So Friday G calls me to inform me that there's something about boats in movies that make her cry. Wanting to know what in the world could possibly have this effect on her, I found it on Youtube and devoted my Friday afternoon to it. It's a bit slow in the beginning and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't taken the much needed adventure into bollywood movies...but if you have, then go ahead and watch it! Not my all time favorite, but still really cute.


Saturday: TAKEN
Most of this last weekend was spent getting K moved into my room. However, needing a little break we walked across the court to her brother's apartment to watch Taken. A couple things to note: 1) this is not my kind of movie, and 2) no really, I don't like movie's with lots of killing in them. HOWEVER, this is a fantastic movie! Every death was (somewhat) justified and all the fight scenes were pretty epic. I am slightly afraid to go to Europe now, but I figure if I take a strong man or two I should be just fine right? Especially if one of them is Liam Neeson.


Sunday: P.S. I Love You
I don't think I really need to write about this, but I just have to say, you can only watch this movie if you're in the right mood. I was definitely in the right mood.

Monday: The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Well dip me and fry me! I love love love this movie! Watch it! Just do it. You'll thank me later.




Tuesday: UP and He's Just Not That Into You
Yes, two movies in one day. But it was sooo what I needed!
Up is fantastic! I went and saw it with an orange loving friend and a positive friend. I am officially in love with this movie! I want to see it again, and again, and then one more time...until it comes out on DVD and I can do nothing BUT watch this fantastic movie! Everyone will find this movie entertaining, no matter how old you are, no matter your station in life. If you don't, then there's probably something wrong with you.

So after we went and saw Up, we started talking about dating and relationships and such. Of course the subject of He's Just Not That Into You came up and after doing a bit of research we discovered that it had come out that day. I think this movie has interesting insights into the world of dating. While everything should be taken with a grain of salt, there are somethings that were basically right on. This was the second time I'd seen the movie (the first time with a couple of girls) and getting to watch it with boys is an entirely different experience... ok not entirely, but significantly different. (Thank goodness for DVD's and being able to skip entire scenes!)

Wednesday: Jodhaa Akbar
Thank you Bollywood Night! I don't know if I've mentioned this or not, but almost every Wednesday a group of kids from my last ward gets together to watch a Bollywood movie. It has done wonders for my already large amount of love for all things foreign. This week was Jodhaa Akbar. While this movie contains more fighting and less dancing/singing than I like in my Bollywood movies, it's still an excellent movie! It gives some great insight into the issues that arise when people of different faiths marry (a Muslim man and a Hindu woman would have a lot of issues!). Plus there's the bonus of seeing Hrithik Roshan without a shirt on. I know SOME people think he's oddly formed and should snap at the waist, but I'm not convinced that's a bad thing.


Oh no! I haven't baked in like two weeks! Someone help me!