I think I'm melting! It's been so warm lately! Today it was 95 degrees! So to remedy this ailment my roommates (and by roommates I mean my lovely ladies in 310) and I went to Rigby Lake. And yet again, I got a sunburn. We left around 11 in the afternoon, and we stayed until around 2:30. The city of Rigby was having their 4th of July celebration, and so there were a ton of people at the lake. After we left, Rebecca and I made shish kabobs. Rebecca marinated shrimp in a lime sauce and we added green bell peppers and onions. Rebecca grilled those and I cut up some pineapple and mangoes! After we had dinner we watched Chuck for awhile and then we and a bunch of kids from our ward went to the Sand dunes and had a fire and played Frisbee and had general frivolities! Katie and I left a little earlier than everyone else and we walked back to the car, unfortunately we got a bit lost and ended up wandering around until we found the road. It felt like we were in the opening sequence of a Supernatural episode! It was slightly terrifying! And every time that I laughed my abs hurt so bad! I did a wicked obliques workout on Friday. I loved it though! And yet again, my school family and I had a wonderful weekend! I can't believe that it is July this next week. Time sure does fly! I look forward to returning to school and my study abroad.
Sydney
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
From Bad to Good.
Today started out horribly. I was sick this morning and so I didn't make it to class. I had one of my home-teachers and another guy from our ward come give me a blessing. That helped, as did the very long shower that I took. I then watched Back to the Future. I forgot how great that movie is! After that I headed over to 310 and we hung out for awhile, we watched some Chuck and then Rebecca and I went to the gym. I did the stair stepper for about 20 minutes and then we headed to Zumba! It was great! I think I'm gonna go every week now! I'm really trying to be healthier, especially if I am going to run a Ragnar race next year! And I'm not quite happy with how my body looks. I know I am a healthy weight, I just need to change some things. And I would like to get back to the 115 pounds that I was before Germany. That's only 5 pounds away! I can do this! I should probably go back to doing homework, so that is it for now! I hope Jordan is having fun in Germany!
Sydney
Sydney
Monday, June 24, 2013
I mourn the end of the weekend.
As this weekend comes to a close, I realize how amazing life actually is. I have an amazing ward family and I am so glad that I am getting to know everyone better! Our stake party was great, I wish I could dance better, but you know we can't all dance like black women! I am doing well with my workout routine. And I am postponing my counseling session for another week. I can't believe that my 19th birthday is only a month away! Sometimes I still feel like I just turned 16! I was super excited to see some Germany pictures from Jordan on instagram the other day! I hope she is having the time of her life!
We got out of church early today so we could go to the Leadership broadcast. It was amazing! So many wonderful talks and messages given! Hasten the Work! Then after that we went home. Home for me is 310. I do love my roommates, but the 310 girls are my family. Candice made bitterballen and I made peach lemonade that Elisa's mom Doris made when I stayed with them in Munich. I also made two trays of Nutella brownies.
We watched Up, and I gave Chris a back rub. He gave me a "tattoo" it's super good! I think I may like him again, but my 310 girls are going to hate me for saying that. I just don't know what to do anymore in the relationship department. Part of me thinks I only want to be part of a couple because I'm surrounded by couples. But then there's part of me that just wants to have something special with someone else.
I don't know guys, I should just love traveling. Life would be so much easier if I didn't have romantic feelings towards people that I can't read.
My Mom and I want to do a Ragnar race next year! We are going to start training and set up a team! I'm so excited! :) This week at Devo, I opened my scripture/church journal to take notes and Kacey had written in it awhile ago "Kacey was here :)" and it made me cry because I miss my little sisters so much! I would never have thought previously that they would become my best friends but they have. And I am so proud of them for all that they have done and what they will do and what they are doing. They are such an inspiration to me and I love them so much!
I am also grateful for the rest of my family, blood related or not. They make me who I am and I love them for that. This week has been amazing and I can't believe that we only have 5 weeks of school left. I will be very sad when the time to leave comes, but I will be back soonish (Europe here I come!) I love my ward family and I am sad that I won't be in this ward next year. I will probably move back after the next two semesters. I don't particularly love these apartments, but I love the ward I am in right now and the location is ok.
I am going to go to sleep now!
Sydney
We got out of church early today so we could go to the Leadership broadcast. It was amazing! So many wonderful talks and messages given! Hasten the Work! Then after that we went home. Home for me is 310. I do love my roommates, but the 310 girls are my family. Candice made bitterballen and I made peach lemonade that Elisa's mom Doris made when I stayed with them in Munich. I also made two trays of Nutella brownies.
We watched Up, and I gave Chris a back rub. He gave me a "tattoo" it's super good! I think I may like him again, but my 310 girls are going to hate me for saying that. I just don't know what to do anymore in the relationship department. Part of me thinks I only want to be part of a couple because I'm surrounded by couples. But then there's part of me that just wants to have something special with someone else.
I don't know guys, I should just love traveling. Life would be so much easier if I didn't have romantic feelings towards people that I can't read.
My Mom and I want to do a Ragnar race next year! We are going to start training and set up a team! I'm so excited! :) This week at Devo, I opened my scripture/church journal to take notes and Kacey had written in it awhile ago "Kacey was here :)" and it made me cry because I miss my little sisters so much! I would never have thought previously that they would become my best friends but they have. And I am so proud of them for all that they have done and what they will do and what they are doing. They are such an inspiration to me and I love them so much!
I am also grateful for the rest of my family, blood related or not. They make me who I am and I love them for that. This week has been amazing and I can't believe that we only have 5 weeks of school left. I will be very sad when the time to leave comes, but I will be back soonish (Europe here I come!) I love my ward family and I am sad that I won't be in this ward next year. I will probably move back after the next two semesters. I don't particularly love these apartments, but I love the ward I am in right now and the location is ok.
I am going to go to sleep now!
Sydney
Friday, June 21, 2013
Twitterpated + Brownies = Sydney
It's been a week and a day since Eric called me. I have had the biggest crush on him since high school. It's kind of embarrassing! He is one of my best friends and I don't want to do anything to ruin that friendship. He makes me laugh and that is something that I desperately need, especially because so often all I want to do is curl up into a ball and cry. This week I decided that I am going to do a race called the Extreme Race. I'm only doing the 3K, because we have to run through mud pits, and rivers and climb over hay bails ect. It is the day before my birthday, so July 13th! And I'm doing it as a birthday present! My mom is sending me my old running shoes so I don't have to ruin my good ones! I am so excited! All the proceeds are going to orphans in Ecuador I think... and I feel like that is a good cause! I've been eating healthier and more often. While I'm at school I struggle with eating more than once a day. It's really bad, I know. I talked to Jordan today before she left for Germany! I am so excited for her! I couldn't be more proud! I thought I would be jealous but I'm not! I'm just super excited for her! I am getting a new phone sent to me because when I charge mine it over heats. I have burns on my neck from talking on the phone when it was charging. Hopefully, the new phone they send me will have the same problems so I can just get a new model. I feel like a horrible person saying that, but my mom said it too, and if she said it I can say it, right? ;)
It has gotten so hard to go to class! The sun is out and all I want to do is play! But then I remember what my purpose here is and that is to prepared and become the best English Teacher I can become! I want to be like Mrs. Symonds and Mr. Cloke. They were the best English teachers I have ever had and they pushed me to my full potential and they never made me feel like I couldn't do something. I want to be like that!
We finished Supernatural yesterday. So naturally, we started BBC's Sherlock! It's fantastic! I loooove Benedict Cumberpatch's voice! I wasn't expecting that, but I do!
We watched Tangled and ate brownies and then we turned on 'Say yes to the dress' and talked about marriage! Already two of my quasi-roommates have had the "marriage talk" with their boyfriends. And that is exciting! Nothing is official or anything, but it's still exciting and fun to think about!
I was talking with Anna today, and I can't wait to move into our new place! We will have so much fun together! I am sad that I won't be so close to Rebecca, Katie, Madi, Candice, and Alli, but we will still have so much fun together! And it'll be nice to have my own room! Even if it is a bit more expensive. Plus it's WAY closer to the counseling center!
My counselor's name is Sister Northrup and she is amazing! I am so grateful for everything she has helped me with. I'm still not okay, but when will we ever be perfectly okay? I am just grateful she has given me ways to better handle things that used to terrify me and still do, but I'm working at it. Like a few weekends ago, we went to Rigby Lake, and those of you who know me, know that I HATE swimming in water that I can't see anything in it! And I did okay there, I only freaked out once and that was when I was swimming on my back and my braid floated around my neck and bumped into my shoulder and I didn't know what it was (i totally thought it was a huge bug or something).
But overall, life's been grand! And honestly I think it's because I've been so happy that Eric and Michael are home, and that Jordan is going on an amazing life changing adventure and that Nina is going to be back home with us soon!
Life is great, school is great, and brownies are great too!
Sydney
It has gotten so hard to go to class! The sun is out and all I want to do is play! But then I remember what my purpose here is and that is to prepared and become the best English Teacher I can become! I want to be like Mrs. Symonds and Mr. Cloke. They were the best English teachers I have ever had and they pushed me to my full potential and they never made me feel like I couldn't do something. I want to be like that!
We finished Supernatural yesterday. So naturally, we started BBC's Sherlock! It's fantastic! I loooove Benedict Cumberpatch's voice! I wasn't expecting that, but I do!
We watched Tangled and ate brownies and then we turned on 'Say yes to the dress' and talked about marriage! Already two of my quasi-roommates have had the "marriage talk" with their boyfriends. And that is exciting! Nothing is official or anything, but it's still exciting and fun to think about!
I was talking with Anna today, and I can't wait to move into our new place! We will have so much fun together! I am sad that I won't be so close to Rebecca, Katie, Madi, Candice, and Alli, but we will still have so much fun together! And it'll be nice to have my own room! Even if it is a bit more expensive. Plus it's WAY closer to the counseling center!
My counselor's name is Sister Northrup and she is amazing! I am so grateful for everything she has helped me with. I'm still not okay, but when will we ever be perfectly okay? I am just grateful she has given me ways to better handle things that used to terrify me and still do, but I'm working at it. Like a few weekends ago, we went to Rigby Lake, and those of you who know me, know that I HATE swimming in water that I can't see anything in it! And I did okay there, I only freaked out once and that was when I was swimming on my back and my braid floated around my neck and bumped into my shoulder and I didn't know what it was (i totally thought it was a huge bug or something).
But overall, life's been grand! And honestly I think it's because I've been so happy that Eric and Michael are home, and that Jordan is going on an amazing life changing adventure and that Nina is going to be back home with us soon!
Life is great, school is great, and brownies are great too!
Sydney
Friday, June 7, 2013
We're all a little broken, and that's okay.
My sleeping routine has been super messed up lately. I will wake up super early, or like today, I slept through my alarm and missed my Education class, but I was still tired around 3 in the afternoon. So naturally I was set to take a half hour nap, well until it turned into 3 hours! What in the world! Why am I so tired all the time!? I finished all my homework by 11:30 tonight! SUCCESS!! I also finished Supernatural season 6! Only two more seasons to go! I am so excited for this weekend! Friday nights are always fantastic! Then on Saturday my school family (Apt 310) and I are going on an adventure to Rigby Lake and we are having a picnic and fun times! Then on Sunday after church I am making dinner for 310 and friends, and I am making döners and some fruit tortes! I am super excited! I am also going to to running this weekend! I can't wait!
My shoulders feel a lot better now! Thanks to Alli and Chris! Hopefully they won't hurt me anymore! Stupid pain! Tomorrow is Graduation at WHS! I so wish I could be there for my seniors! I am so proud of them and I love them all so much!
Well it's nearly one in the morning so I am going to try to get some sleep!
Sydney
My shoulders feel a lot better now! Thanks to Alli and Chris! Hopefully they won't hurt me anymore! Stupid pain! Tomorrow is Graduation at WHS! I so wish I could be there for my seniors! I am so proud of them and I love them all so much!
Well it's nearly one in the morning so I am going to try to get some sleep!
Sydney
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Pure Nirvana
Prayers had definitely been answered. I started counseling this week. My counselor is amazing! I have only been to see her once and she has given me so many things to help me! She believes that I suffer from anxiety. Which comes as no surprise, because honestly, I've always been a worrier. And with my deep fear of the unknown there are so many opportunities that I could have taken that I didn't because I was afraid. I am supposed to be doing things outside of my comfort zone. I am trying new things and pushing myself to improve. I think that the Study Abroad next semester will definitely help. Going to the meeting on Tuesday was kind of nerve wracking, but once I got past the fact that I didn't really know anyone, I was fine! I was able to talk to people and I was myself. We figured out that I don't open up to people easily because I am afraid that I will get hurt, or that if something goes wrong I will lose that person forever. I have to break down the behavioral laws I have put in place for myself. An example is that I believe that I have to be perfect in all my relationships and that when they fail it is my fault, while at the same time I don't hold the other person accountable at all. I have a journal specifically for counseling and I hope that this will help.
Eric got home today! I so wish that I could be home in Wenatchee this weekend! To see him and to see Lauren and Kasey graduate. I am extremely sad that I won't get to run onto the Apple Bowl Field and hug them both so tight and tell them how proud I am of both of them! I'm just glad that Kasey will be in Utah for school next year and that Lauren will be here in Rexburg with me! I love them both so much and I can't wait to see them! I hopefully will get to watch them graduate on the online live feed that the school hosts on their website!
I got all of my homework done today before midnight! Score for Sydney! But I skipped all my classes today. This morning I had a migraine so I skipped my 7:45 class then I got in the shower around 8 ish and my shoulders were so tense that I couldn't lift my arms up to wash my hair. So then, because I was in so much pain and I felt sick because of it, I skipped my other ones. But don't worry, I let all of my Professors know why I wasn't there and asked what I could do to catch up. I'm not that irresponsible.
I got my Dad's Father's Day Gift. It is being shipped home as I type this! I hope it gets there on time! The shirt I ordered from Forever 21 got shipped home instead of to my apartment! OOPS! :) My cousin Jess eloped on the 1st! She looked so pretty in their pictures! I hope they are happy!
Today in the afternoon, the power went out at our building and the internet was down. It was out for probably and hour and a half to two hours. What can we do?! we can't watch t.v., do our homework (it's all online), do social media, or cook! So I went over to 310 (like I always do!) and hung out with my favorite girls!
Well, I'm off to dream land, I have my favorite class schedule tomorrow, Education and Art. Sweet.
Night everyone!
Sydney
Eric got home today! I so wish that I could be home in Wenatchee this weekend! To see him and to see Lauren and Kasey graduate. I am extremely sad that I won't get to run onto the Apple Bowl Field and hug them both so tight and tell them how proud I am of both of them! I'm just glad that Kasey will be in Utah for school next year and that Lauren will be here in Rexburg with me! I love them both so much and I can't wait to see them! I hopefully will get to watch them graduate on the online live feed that the school hosts on their website!
I got all of my homework done today before midnight! Score for Sydney! But I skipped all my classes today. This morning I had a migraine so I skipped my 7:45 class then I got in the shower around 8 ish and my shoulders were so tense that I couldn't lift my arms up to wash my hair. So then, because I was in so much pain and I felt sick because of it, I skipped my other ones. But don't worry, I let all of my Professors know why I wasn't there and asked what I could do to catch up. I'm not that irresponsible.
I got my Dad's Father's Day Gift. It is being shipped home as I type this! I hope it gets there on time! The shirt I ordered from Forever 21 got shipped home instead of to my apartment! OOPS! :) My cousin Jess eloped on the 1st! She looked so pretty in their pictures! I hope they are happy!
Today in the afternoon, the power went out at our building and the internet was down. It was out for probably and hour and a half to two hours. What can we do?! we can't watch t.v., do our homework (it's all online), do social media, or cook! So I went over to 310 (like I always do!) and hung out with my favorite girls!
Well, I'm off to dream land, I have my favorite class schedule tomorrow, Education and Art. Sweet.
Night everyone!
Sydney
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