3 months come and gone

and I think it's pretty safe to say that about nothing has happened...well at least not anything super exciting that needed immediate blogging. (Not that I would even remember anymore if there was something :) haha) So lets see...I went home for Christmas which was definitely needed. Sometimes I forget how much I love home, which is kind of ironic simply because I never thought of Thousand Oaks as the most exciting place...and ok really for all intensive purposes it isn't. But I love the city and I would absolutely love to be back there. I was very lucky to grow up someplace like that. (Look at me getting all sentimental and such.) So anyways spent Christmas with my family and got to see my best friends again which was fabulous. I really miss everyone down there and wish that I could see them more often. I just kind of took it easy and relaxed because for once I didn't have to worry about school! Seriously, I'm pretty sure that is one of my absolute favorite things about college--the fact that the semester ends right before winter break and I get to spend those 3 weeks completely free of worry and stress. Now if only I could get a massage while I was at it...I'd say that'd be the perfect vacay. My family and I went to MB2 a couple times over break to race go-karts and it was soo much fun! I'm definitely ready to go back. Then it was New Year's, I went to a couple of my friends parties and had a lot of fun. We played games and I dominated in pool...which is interesting because I really sucked it up last week (but more of that later.) Anyways then it was almost time to go back home, but not before SUPERCROSS of course! I can honestly say that this is absolutely one of my top ten favorite days of every year. We got home at about 130 that morning and then I had to pack and it was off to the airport at 5. Needless to say, I did not get any sleep. Then I met my friend Kara in Salt Lake and we just hung out, went to the Gateway and just caught up because sadly she wasn't coming back to school. :( Which leads into the next life-changing point-->the new roommate. I'll be totally honest when I found out I was getting one, I was 150% terrified. I'd been with Kara for like a year and a half and now it was some new girl I knew nothing about. All I could see was Facebook...which in retrospect was a really terrible idea. That increased my fear to at least 500. Not that there was anything wrong with her, just so opposite of Kara who I was used to. So me and a couple roommates spent like hours trying to figure out how to prank this girl. However, not a very well thought out plan considering none of us would be here when she moved in. haha Anyways when I got back up to school I met Marissa. It took a couple days, but we became best friends and I love her so much. Now of course this doesn't mean that I don't miss Kara, but I think Marissa is really what I needed recently. She's definitely helped me deal with a lot of stuff, and I have no idea what I would do without her. So anyways now it's just been school and let me tell you it has NOT been easy, seriously the worst semester. I have got a ton of work to do every night. I have to read at least 60 pages every night for my first English class, and then write a paper every night on what we read, including quotes, etc. Then I have to respond to another person's paper and each week we have at least one other film to watch and write a paper on. I also had to write one 10 page paper about my personal ancestry. It was a memoir of any ancestor we have. I chose to write about my great great great (great...?) grandmother from Sweden. Although I can say I really didn't enjoy writing that long of a paper on something I really know little about, I loved the final product. It was really interesting to learn about her and her life. And I got an A! So really I can't complain. :) Moving on to my OTHER English class. I actually don't mind that one too much, it's not as much work, just a lot of writing--about one paper a week. But at least I'm not reading another 60 pages every night there. Right now we're working on a persuasive research paper (yeah, another 10 pages...greatttt.) I'm writing mine about why motorcycle riding is such a great hobby. I know I'm probably getting a lot of dirty looks from people outside my family right now...safety issues and blah blah blah. Well I address it ALL in my paper so if you're really that concerned maybe I'll just have to send you a copy. haha The only thing I'm really not looking forward to is that I have to give an oral presentation as well. I've come to realize that I canNOT in any way get up in front of a group of people and talk. I just can't do it, which is also slightly odd considering all the shows I used to do when I was younger. And yes I do miss those sooo much, but this is totally different. Big groups that I can't see (due to hugely bright lights shining in my face) doesn't bother me at all. I could do anything there. But this is totally different. It's about 25people, most of them my age, who I can see (all at the same time) in great detail...not fun. Then there's my biology class. Evolution. I really don't even think I need to say more on that subject. But I will tell you that it is crazy intense. Lots of papers to write there, and the tests are absolutely insane. About 50 multiple choice questions, followed by fill in the blanks and short answers, then 8 (yes, count them--EIGHT) essay questions. All in 50 minutes...are you kidding?! I don't even understand the answers when he TELLS us them during lecture, how the heck am I supposed to relate them back to him on paper in my own words in any way that is going to sound like I have any clue what I'm talking about? Well, now that I've complained enough about that, I'll admit that apparently I figured it out because I've gotten A's on both previous test. I can't tell you how excited I was, especially considering I came home from each one crying. Yes, I am pathetic, but it's the truth. Then I just have math, which normally I wouldn't mind so much because I'm ok with math. But this teacher is honestly unreal. She can't teach, I mean she can't even write. The entire class spends the whole hour trying to help each other figure out what she wrote on the board so we can take notes. And she's a GIRL for crying out loud! If you're a female AND a teacher, the way I see it you have no excuse to write poorly. Your students kind of depend on your handwriting for notes. Anyways, her quizzes and test are also ridiculous. No one ever finishes on time and one of the questions was "Explain how half of 12 equals 7." Well...it DOESN'T. I don't know if anyone else realizes that but uhh NEVER in the history of numbers has half of 12 ever equaled 7, and honestly I'm thinking it's pretty safe to say that it never will either. And that's just about what I wrote too. See, ridiculous. That's about all I can say about school without breaking down to tears again. Some of my friends had a waffle party so we got a bunch of people and took them to that. It was so much fun! I will say, however, that guys should NOT be allowed to cook. It was pathetic haha so me and Marissa pretty much just ended up doing it. They got syrup, homemade caramel sauce, chocolate chips, peanut M&M's (? Yeah, I have no explanation for that one...) for toppings and it was hilarious. Very sticky, though, but we had fun so it's all good. So then my birthday was in February and it was so great! My roommate bought me a big pink pin that said Birthday Princess and had a picture of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, etc. on it, and a big light-up butterfly tiara. I had to wear both all day and it was hilarious, but so amazing. :) haha There also happened to a basketball game on the same night which was absolutely fabulous. And of course, we won! For those of you who don't know, I'm basically a freak for basketball so it really was awesome. Then after a bunch of us went back to my apartment for my cupcake cake! mmm it was so yummy and I opened my present, which was a blender! Now you guys may not realize how amazing this present is for me. See, I love making margaritas and smoothies and such, and I never had a blender...making it (obviously) nearly impossible. So I totally broke that out right there and made some delish strawberry margaritas. Then a few of us decided to go out dancing and it was sooo much fun! You don't even understand how badly I miss dancing, so it was amazing. We didn't get home till about 3 so I was pretty tired for math in the morning, but hey I still went! I have not missed any class this semester. I'm literally quite positive that that is the first time in my entire life that has ever happened. (Only because if I miss one lecture of any class I am totally terrified that I will fail everything for the rest of the semester.) So anyways the next night a bunch of us went out to dinner at Bluebird and it was fabulous. Then it was time for Brian Regan! Fianlly, I had waited soo long for this and let me say it basically made my life. I was crying because I was laughing so hard...and you can tell by all the very blurry pictures that I was shaking too bad. Seriously, I would go again and again and again. I looked for any close to home but sadly the closest one is in San Diego (3 hours away) May 15, which is one week before I'll already be in San Diego anyways. Sad I know :( I was gonna take my dad because he really likes him too. Anyways since then my life has basically gone downhill. haha I was honestly like drowning in everything. Finally spring break came and I was sooo excited. I headed down to Salt Lake with Marissa and we went to dinner with her family. It was a lot of fun and I love them. Then she took me to the airport so I could catch my flight home! It was great to be home again. I just kind of took it easy and then a couple friends flew in. I brought my car back up with me and my parents didn't love the idea of me going alone so we decided to make a roadtrip of it! We headed to Vegas and spent the rest of the week there. It was so good to see Andrea and Dave and Kelsey and Katelyn. We hung out and played pool, not to mention LOTS of memory games. haha We went to shark reef and dolphin exhibit and natural history museum...I'm trying to think what else and I'm kind of drawing a blank right now. oops. Then Friday night we went down to the strip. It was a lot of fun. I finally got to see Claire de Lune at the Bellagio fountains, it was beautiful. Then we walked the strip, went to the M&M and Coke factories which was really cool too. Lots of very interesting people too let me tell ya. This was also the week of the WAC tournament which we WON!!! The games were incredible. Then Saturday morning we headed off to Salt Lake and spent the day hanging out, playing games, and stuff. Sunday it was time to head back to Logan, and I did so with no happiness inside me. haha This past week was my first week back and it was (excuse the language) absolute hell. I can't even believe I made it out alive. Thankfully, it's over, that's really all I can say about it now. Nothing in OR out of school was working out. I'm pretty sure I cried myself to sleep every single night. Friday we had a party, and I couldn't even get excited for that, which is super odd because me and Marissa are the party people here. Before the party, my friend John and I made dinner and we hung out with Brady. Twilight finally came out Friday at midnight and although I was not planning on going and buying it...I did. I'm sure some of you guys are thinking oh yeah "surprise surprise" but really, I had no intention of doing this. I just happened to be up at midnight so I ran over to Border's and amazingly no line! Granted I showed up after everyone left, but I think that's just because I'm much smarter than all of them. :) haha Spontaneity is the spice of life. Then we stayed up and watched it of course. I didn't get to bed till 3 but that's ok I enjoyed it. To be perfectly honest, it was the singly only thing that made me smile all week so I'd consider it to be a pretty successful purchase. I don't regret it at all. Then last night John, Brady, Dwight and James came over to hang out. We played the Wii and I got them ice cream...I'm way too nice to them. haha Anyways, that basically catches us up I think. So I will try very hard not to take such a long hiatus next time. My goal is to write about once a week...it's as close to journaling as I can get. :)