ughhh!

Now is the time of the semester when grades start to slip and you want to do anything but your homework. I think part of it is the colder weather. For me, all I want to do is curl up in a sweater with a cup of hot chocolate and read a book. Or, you know, take a nap. Yesterday Erica, Anna, Andriene and I went to a pet shelter to go volunteer. Really all we wanted to do was play with the kitties! But they were closed! :( There was one cat outside so we got to pet a cat! I really miss my kitty! This past weekend all my roommates (minus Alli) and I went down to Utah! It was so great! I surprised nearly all of my family, which was really fun! I can't wait to go back down for Thanksgiving! I realized the other day that last year at this time I was in way better shape than I am now, because of cross country. I really miss X-C. I do miss the running but I miss the team most of all! I can go running on my own here, but it's not nearly as fun, nor do I get to race!

Well, I'm cutting this short, because I have to go to Math! YAY! My class is 1 1/2 hours long, and it is my longest class, but at least after it I get to go to Devotional today and then go home! :)

Love,

Sydney

Who's there?

I am so glad that it is the weekend! I have something super fun planned! I stayed up way to late these last three nights. Last night Erica and Anna and I watched My Little Pony around midnight. I should not be allowed to talk to anyone past 10:30 at night, because I say weird things that are confusing and embarrassing. Mostly to me. I don't feel tired during the day, but I need to start going to bed earlier. Yesterday Anna, Erica and I went to go play laser tag, but we got lost and decided to just got get hot chocolate instead! That was still super fun! Anyway I was just wondering who, if anyone, is reading this? Is there anything you want to hear about?

Love,

Sydney

Stressing out!

Monday night was a horrible night. I was doing my math homework and I didn't understand any of it, I was freaking our because MyMathLab (online homework) rounds weird, so I didn't do well on that part of my homework, and the internet cut out in the middle of a quiz! Then to make matters worse, I was going to take my math test the next day. I cried myself to sleep I was so stressed out. But once again, my FHE brother has amazed me with how in tune he is with the spirit and it's promptings. I was just DONE with homework, I had given up, I was frustrated and angry, so I was watching Wall-E with Anna and Erica. And out of the blue I get a text from him asking how I was and we proceeded to have a very good conversation, which cheered me up. I am taking my math test today, I found the note card I thought I had lost, I am banking on the prayers that everyone has me in, and I am CALM. I am calm. I just have to keep saying that. CALLLLM.

News besides Sydney is freaking out, it snowed yesterday, but it didn't stick THANK GOODNESS! It should NOT snow until after Halloween! My goodness. Devotional yesterday was amazing and just what I needed. I love how things just seem to fall into place so often here, and I know it is because the Spirit is so strong here.

Well I should probably leave for my Book of Mormon class! I hope ya'll have a great day!

Love,
Sydney

Mittwoch! (means middle of the week auf Duetsch)

Hello! Today my roommates and I went to my friend Devon's soccer game! His team lost, but it was really fun! It is defiantly Fall! I wore my amazing yellow scarf and my pea coat! I love the Fall! The leaves are always so pretty and I love pumpkin a spice foods! This Saturday my roommates and our friend Emma are having a spa/girls day! It is going to be so good for us! We are all at the point of crankiness and we just need a day to pamper ourselves! I might be getting my hair dyed... We will see. Harry Potter is on ABC right now, and I couldn't watch it because I had to finish my Math project. I have to take an American Foundations test tomorrow and a Science test on Friday! We had our 3rd cleaning check today, and we pasted with flying colors! I am writing a paper on something that has changed in my lifetime, and my topic is. How has Harry Potter changed society? When I am finished writing it I might post a link on here! I am very proud of my rough draft thesis statement! Well I should probably go to bed because I have class at 9 tomorrow! Can you believe that is the earliest I have class? Thank you Dad for being a PRO at scheduling!

Love,

Sydney

P.S. I sent in my ballot today! I have voted for the first time! I feel like such an adult!

And the weekend is over...

Yesterday was really amazing! It was great just being away from Rexburg for awhile. I probably spent too much money, but I think I needed it. We went to Olive Garden when we got there and I had the yummiest food ever. It kind of reminded me of my favorite German Dish. It was spicy sausage and bell peppers and penne noodles with a creamy sauce. SOOOOO GOOD!!!! Then we went to the Grand Teton Mall and went shopping for 3 hours!! I had forgotten that I have been to that mall several times before! It was really fun! I bought 4 new books! The Selection by Kiera Cass, The essential tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe, The Children of Odin Nordic Gods and Heroes by Padraic Colum, and Beowulf. I got three shirts at Hot Topic! One is Sleeping Beauty, an Avengers shirt, and a My Little Pony/Doctor Who (it is the pony Doctor Whooves.) I also got a super cute navy blue dress from Old Navy, and at Clair's I got a headband with a very large bow on it, some gold button-like earrings, and a sweet tribal like necklace. I got some new perfume at Bath and Body Works, and a super cute blouse with woodland creatures on it from Macy's.

It is always a great sight when we drive back into Rexburg, seeing the Temple set high on the hill! I love it! When we got home we had to rush to Saturday's Stake Conference session. It was pretty good. Then when we got home we watched The West Side Story and then Erica and I watched My Little Pony!

Well I should go get ready for Stake Conference now!

Happy Sunday! Love, Sydney

Weekend!

So yesterday three of my roommates went back to the haunted maze. I didn't go this time, because I was to afraid that the chainsaw guy, who called my name out creepily whenever he saw me, would be there again. Then when they got back my roommates watched a movie called The Unborn. We have been watching a lot of scary movies (It's October!) I didn't watch it though because I was sleeping. Yesterday I slept for 13 hours (A nap and then bedtime!) I think I finally flushed out whatever sickness I had! WHOOP!

In about an hour and a half we are going to Idaho Falls! It will be nice to get away for a bit. Yesterday night our YSA Relief Society President got engaged! Congrats Krsytal! I was going to buy J.K. Rowling's new book The Casual Vacancy. But I was reading some reviews on it, and apparently it has a lot of "adult themes". I know that it is an "adult book" but honestly, I get frustrated by all the JUNK that people put in their books. I also understand that she is trying to separate her new writing from Harry Potter. But one of my roommates compared it to when a Disney Channel star tries to get rid of their Disney Image. And the only way that they are doing that is by going completely crazy with "adult themes". 

Well that's enough ranting! Tomorrow we are having our stake conference! We have a session at 6 tonight! So that will be fun!

-Sydney

It's FRIDAYYYYY!!!!

I love my Friday schedule! I only have two classes and the first (American Foundations) is 11:30 to 12:30 and the second (Writing and Reasoning) is 2-3! It's great! I got a package from my Momma today! Which was perfect timing because I was just talking to my FHE brother, Braedon about how I just wanted my mom. He was making sure that I was ok, because I have been sick this week. It was really sweet. And I LOOOVED my sisters' school pictures! They are all so beautiful and I miss them all sooooo much! I miss the banter we have and the snarky comments we have for each other. I miss hanging out with them. I miss the silly things Kacey says and how driven Jordan is and how sweet Shelby is. Yesterday was my roommate Anna's 24th Birthday! We had a party for her and cake and tomorrow we are going to Idaho Falls to go shopping and we are going to take her out for lunch! It's going to be so much fun!

Today I have to give a presentation in my English 101 (writing and reasoning) class, and I am a little nervous, but my group has worked really hard and we should be prepared!

Well on that note I should go print out my stuff for our English lesson!

I hope ya'll have a great day!

-Sydney

College Life...

So I am still getting used to actually being on my own. I love it though! I miss my family and my fabulous bed, but I really love being at BYU-I. My roommates are my best friends and they are like my sisters. I absolutely love them. I also love our FHE brothers! They are so fun and it is nice to have someone teasing me. If I can't have my Daddy teasing me, my FHE brothers fill that spot nicely! I love campus! It is so beautiful and you can really feel the Spirit there. I love going to Devotional on Tuesdays! My classes are pretty good. Talking about classes I skipped mine today because I have come down with the flu. I was getting better, but then I stayed up way too late trying to finish homework and that just kicked me while I was down.

I'm still getting used to cooking for myself. I refuse to eat junk food. It makes me sick. So I have been eating fairly healthy, I just really miss my parents' cooking. I also get annoyed by doing laundry here. Lots of the time girls forget to come take their stuff out, so we wait and wait and wait. IT'S RIDICULOUS!

This last weekend we went to a haunted straw maze, I did okay for someone who gets scared really easily. Until the guy with a chainsaw started calling my name out really creepily. That just pushed me over the edge! I lost it. I sprinted away with my ears covered, and when we got cornered, I ran away, everyone behind us fell on Crystal and Andriene and I was in the corner with my ears covered crying/laughing hysterically.

Since I introduced two of my fabulous roommates I will tell you about all of them!
There are 4 of us from Washington! We are all in the same stake. There's Me, Alli, Erica and Arianna (Erica and Anna are sisters) and the other two wonderful girls are Crystal and Andriene. They are in the same stake in Connecticut. We get along fabulously. In fact we say mean things to each other and we aren't afraid of being ourselves! ;)

I received a calling in our YSA Ward. I am the Ward's Compassionate Service Coordinator. I'm not entirely sure what I am supposed to do, but I am willing to do what ever the Lord needs me to do. Speaking of the Lord, My roommates and I watched conference together and we were all pleasantly surprised at the Missionary age announcement. Anna is a return missionary and the rest of us are all freshman so we are thinking about serving. I would love to go on a mission but if that is not what the Lord has in store for me then that is perfectly fine. When I first heard the announcement I had been thinking about going on a mission about the week before. And then after conference it just hasn't felt as right as I think it should feel. That doesn't mean that I won't go on one later in life. Even if I don't go on one as a sister missionary, I want to go on one later in life with my future husband.

Now that the topic of boys has popped up, I will tell you that I have my first college crush. I am not saying who, but he is pretty awesome! You can text/facebook/email me if you want to know more!

Well, Alli and I are off to the store to get stuff for Anna's birthday and to make Sam (our FHE brother) some treats, for giving our cell phones back.

-Sydney