Shout out!

Right now I am sitting in the HBLL waiting to meet my group for a project and I thought I would update this thing with the 15 minutes I have.
Yesterday, it was this boys birthday!!

(GQ model-agreed?!)

So in High School I was always Ardie's sidekick-both voluntarily and involuntarily. As the little sister sidekick I had plenty of jobs-scratching his back-taking notes for him-agreeing with him-going to all of his basketball games-laughing at his jokes-waking him up in the morning because he was late... the truth is though that none of these were ever jobs for me (okay most of them weren't) I loved going to all of his basketball games cheering him on, having late night conversations when we were both tired and knew we would regret it in the morning, laughing at his jokes because they were seriously funny...Many times I would say to him, "Ardie what are you going to do without me?" and he would just say, "the REAL question is, what are you going to do without ME?" Basically, he never owned up to my help until April 2nd 2012.

My own personal shout out in the letter he wrote home:

Hi Family,

I have the camera cord in my pocket but I don't have my camera. I forgot it in the apartment. I actually took pictures of the apartment and my package. I will remember to bring my camera next week. Where is Kirsten when I need her, she would always remind me of stuff like that. Kirsten would tell me of how much she had to remind in high school but I would always deny it. It was true and I wish Kirsten could be here reminding me and taking notes for me. Perhaps, when I am older and in a sweet job Kirsten can be my secretary or something.

Well Ardie I am glad I can be your secretary when you get a "sweet job" :). Although, I have a feeling that I will be the one getting you a sweet job.

The truth is, I miss being your sidekick and to answer your question, "what are you going to do without me?" I have no idea :( but I am doing it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Proof

( Craig and his Rebel Pride!)

We just got home from Murray a little bit ago and we already miss the little boys!! When I got home I realized it is Ardie's birthday this week so I wrote him a quick e-mail. Since everyone gets mad that I don't write him, here is my proof that I do in fact write him.... occasionally :). Guess what? I even sent him pictures, I go ALL out!

Hi Elder Ashton,
I know you are probably thinking wow does that girl still exist...well I do! I love getting your e-mails every Monday and I must admit, Mondays used to be the lamest day of the week but now they aren't even that bad because that is when you write :) School is going good and life in general is pretty great just a lot of work! I hope you are getting along with your companion and that he isn't terribly messy like your last one! Did you get to watch General Conference? It is always nice listening to the prophet speak and hearing all of the apostles counsel. Mindy and I were in Murray for the weekend. The little boys are soo cute and are growing like crazy. Craig can't stop talking and James just does everything Craig does. Craig likes to have full on conversations with you and will say things like "How was your day?" or "How are you feeling?" Before we went up for the weekend he called us and talked for about fifteen minutes just about everything, it is pretty cute to have conversations with him. Little "French Fry" is a cutie too. I tried calling him "French Fry" but I quickly resorted back to adam, I think that is a nickname that only you will have for him :) Happy Birthday!! Love you lots!! Stay Safe.
Kirsten

What to look forward to/night conversations

Things to look forward to!!!
-school being over
-going home
-warm weather
-talking to ardie

and

drum roll please....



the NBA coming to town!!!

I am at work for mindy tonight and I will probably go home once I finish this...well whatever this random groupings of words is!

It has been a way good semester and I have loved living with mindy!

Mindy and I always seem to have the weirdest conversations at night when we are both really tired. For instance...
Set the stage...the lights are off, it is cold and we are tucked in bed.

Me-"Mindy, did I turn off the oven?"
Mindy-"I am sure we would have noticed if it wasn't off"
Me-"Min our lifes aren't the only ones riding on the oven being off. We should go check it"
Mindy-"okay, go check it"
Me- "yeah but its cold"
-our roommate was in the living room so we came up with a plan
Mindy-" okay fine, Why don't you call Melissa's phone(who is in the living room) and have her check it"
Me-"wow nice plan min"

I did not follow mindy's brilliant plan!!!

NIGHTMARE!!!

Last Night (morning I should say) I had the most awful nightmare!! I woke up shaking, sweating and crying! I was kind of surprised since I really haven't remembered my dreams in a long time and this dream felt soo real!
I looked over at Mindy sleeping soundly and I needed her to wake up and console me so I broke her peaceful sleep!

5:00 am conversation:

Me: "Mindy!, Mindy!"
Mindy: "What?"
Me: "I had a nightmare, can I sleep with you?"
Mindy: "Umm..yeah...sure" throws off her body pillow to make room for me
Me: Trying different positions to get comfortable on her bed
Me:"Uhhh...nevermind, we're too fat for this...I'm not as scared as I thought!"

I actually think there was plenty of room, but being four feet up on cinder blocks just isn't as comforting!

UPDATE!

-School already feels pretty overwhelming...but I am sure once I get into a routine it will be good!

-I became a backup for Mindy at work so I can work when she can't. I must say, it will be nice, but I have a feeling Mindy is going to take full advantage of this, hence me being at work for her now :)

-Mindy is doing good but is a little stressed with chemistry and the numbers in her phone of numerous boys. I have witnessed probably about five boys getting her number in two days...maybe that is normal for BYU or maybe not, either way I have a feeling I am going to be working for her a lot more!

Funny Moments:

Sitting in my Stats class and there is a Mindy and Kirsten sitting in front of me and a Mindy behind me...it felt pretty weird! Plus their are around 900 kids in that class so the fact that I sat there made it even weirder for me!


Two girls on campus talking:

Girl 1: He was talking to her!
Girl 2: But she is married!
Girl 1: Yeah and Sealed

ONLY AT BYU!

Finals are done!

-Well finals are done and it feels so darn good not to have anything school related to think about for two whole weeks. This is bomb!!

School was really good this summer. I liked my classes and I think college work is a lot better than high school work. It is definitely harder and more time consuming but it is work that is worthwhile. I am saying this now before painful classes kick in :(

It was really bitter sweet saying by to ardie a week ago...I miss that kid!! I think as far as missing him its hard not talking to him and hearing his advice and his sarcastic viewpoint on my problems but honestly I am more worried about him forgetting something or missing something. It is pretty weird seriously taking care of a kid for seventeen years and then all the sudden he is on his own. I try and take care of mindy but she isn't as easy to take care of...she's a stubborn one :)

The past week it has been pretty fun living with mindy, finals week (weird), it seems like after 11pm and we are both really tired, we turn super weird and are conversations are totally wack which makes it fun. I think it is also because the last few days I haven't really seen her because I lock myself up in the library and she locks herself up at work and in her bedroom with her wonderful textbooks so when I see her I get that much more excited after not talking to anyone all day.

Oh funny story...a couple of weeks ago we were coming home and saw an announcement on everyone's door except ours and we started getting pretty ticked that there wasn't one on our door! Phrases were said like, "Those lamo's," "What did we ever to to them?" We walked through all the floors just to make sure that we were the only ones without the announcement so we could feel worthy of a bashing session. When we went inside we noticed that our roomate had put the announcement on the fridge. Mindy and I learned an important lesson that day...check the fridge before making explicit statements :) We weren't really mad we were just being super sarcastic..heck we have some self esteem :)

CAN"T WAIT TO GO HOME!

Oh the song on the right..mindy and I were on a walk and this car was jamming out to this song (pretty funny) and now we keep hearing kids sing it on campus so it is our summer 2011 song :)