Things I Love

So, I am an angry and bitter person. Although I feel as though this is simply my nature, I've decided to try to be better. Mostly because I'm in love with a boy who is SO NICE I feel bad when I'm mean. Really that's the whole reason I'm trying to be better; it's not because I actually WANT to be better--I just know that to deserve a nice boy I'm going to have to at least pretend to be a nice girl. (And OH do I want him. Yes, yes, I do. So very very much. Think Prince William, but with better teeth, obviously, and also cuter and funny and super sweet and an Idaho hick. And after I made him dinner he did the dishes. And he is dorky and makes me laugh super hard. Okay, end of digression about the new LOVE OF MY STINKING LIFE.)

In the spirit of being more positive, and because I'm avoiding doing the reading I need to do in order to write a 4 page essay, I'm going to make a list of things I love. It may be a short list; I'm winging this. In no particular order (actually, there is an order--the order I think of them in), I love:

1. Swinging
We have an AWESOME park within walking distance, and the boys in our ward live right next to it. Needless to say, I spend a lot of time there, especially in the spring semester when the weather is gorgeous. Sometimes you have to wait for all the little kids to quit hogging the swings, but the wait is worth it.


2. The view from my grandparents' kitchen window.


No words. Just plain gorgeous. Could ANYTHING be better than looking out at open space, grazing horses and cows, and farmland? No. I really don't think so. I will be a very, very sad girl if I do not get a view like this after getting married. Someday? Please?!







3. Fishing with my daddy
(Yes, I know I look like a dirty street urchin in this picture. Doesn't bother me a bit.) Fishing has always been something my dad and I have done together. Gradually, my siblings stopped coming with us, and it became our thing. It was always nice to have some time with my dad to myself, and fishing is fun, anyway, so it worked out very nicely.




4. Being upside down.
Is there anything more fun?! All the blood rushes to your head and your face turns red and it's awesome. Not much more to say.








5. S'mores!

Delectable! Best part of summer by far.








6. Temples
This is the Portland temple, which I am particularly partial to and have a great desire to be married in, but I love all temples. They are so gorgeous. In Spokane, there are a lot of old, beautiful buildings and churches, and once I thought to myself, "I wish our churches were this pretty." Then I remembered temples and felt stupid because honestly, no building EVER is prettier than a temple! Also there is the whole blessing thing that comes from the temple. You know, that's important, too.

7. Music
I'm fairly positive this doesn't even need an explanation. No music=no life.











8. BYU-Idaho
So maybe the truth is that I hated this place when I first started. It snows approximately 7 months of the year, the wind never stops blowing, the temperature is frequently in negative double-digits, the dating culture is slightly ridiculous and kind of a joke, and I don't entirely agree with all of the rules. BUT. I now love it. All those things still bother me. But I love the atmosphere. I love starting every class with a prayer; I love talking about how we all play "Spot the Mormon" on vacation; I love debating "fetch" as a swear word; I love knowing that every Sunday I will see the guys I go to class with wearing their white shirts and ties and honoring their Priesthood; I love seeing people reading their scriptures on campus; I love walking to class and having random strangers smile at me and say hi and strike up a conversation (well, that one depends what time of morning it is); I love my on-campus job and the people I work with; I love not opening any doors on campus because if there are any boys within 100 feet of me they will run over and do it; and most of all I love not having to worry about what kind of things my friends are going to want to do and if I'm going to end up not going because whatever they're doing is against my standards. I just love it!

9. Late night shenanigans
(This picture doesn't really tell you much, but we took this while driving half an hour to Idaho Falls at midnight because we needed M&Ms.) Trips to IF or Denny's, running around outside, pranking people after curfew, watching a movie, going to the park in the dark--whatever. Although it's true I value my sleep probably more than most normal humans, I love having fun, and for some reason everything is more fun after curfew. Probably simply because I'm not supposed to be doing it.

10. Hebrew
For real, I LOVE HEBREW. It is SO hard and many times while doing my homework I feel the need to burst into tears/scream/pull my hair out/hit someone, but it is my favorite class that I have ever taken in my entire life. I am bitterly and intensely jealous of anyone who has had/will have the opportunity to go to the Jerusalem Center or just Israel in general, and I have made it my goal to get there someday, somehow. And I will do it!