Packing is my nemesis

I honestly cannot stand packing. Going to my place of origin is enough, but also moving at the same time. It's like a packing overload. The good thing about it? I finally did my laundry AND folded it AND put it away.

Now, here's the thing about going 'home.' Airlines now charge you to check baggage. Really? I mean, COME ON. I don't want to pay to take a suitcase so OF COURSE I'm going to try to fit three weeks of my life into one carryon (suitcase) and one 'personal item.' (read: gym bag. Take that airline people!) I suppose it is only $15, given you check in online at home, but when you are traveling on four separate flights, it adds up pretty quick. $45 simply to take clothes with me? I feel like I should be allowed to check stuff for free because they can't possibly expect a 20 something college GIRL to pack only the essentials for three weeks. However, I managed to make it work. I got three pairs of pants, 12 shirts, three sweaters, four pairs of shoes, pajamas, scarf, gloves, and make-up in my one suitcase. That leaves my computer and reading materials + electronics for my personal item. With room to spare. There is good possibility I will repack to lighten the gym bag load, simply because I like to put my feet in front of me.

As far as packing to move: IT TAKES FOREVER! You can work and work and work and you think you have gotten SO MUCH done because one corner is all cleared out, then you look behind you. In the big picture, nothing has gotten done. Some how you have managed to pack up six boxes and your room still looks full. Anyone that was not part of the packing process probably doesn't even notice. EVen more than I dislike packing, is my dislike of unpacking. I don't like making decisions about where things go. It takes too long. My plan this time though is to finish unpacking before it is time to move again :)
I am almost positive I will run out of boxes before I finish, but I suppose that is where suitcases and laundry baskets come into play.

The fun part about this move is I get to pack everything up and get my room all cleaned and when I come back it will magically have appeared in a new home! I find this exciting- leave for a couple weeks come home to an apartment full of boxes. I think I mostly enjoy not carrying boxes from house to car to house. Thank you elves for your help this christmas season!

Anyhow, the main point of this blog post is to waste time so I don't have to start packing. Which is not good. I have the rest of today and tomorrow to finish :) Had I started strong last week I might actually be close to finished. Oh well! We can't have everything in life. I'll be off to pack now.

Home Sweet Home

It sure is nice to sit in my own room on my own bed after spending five days sharing an air mattress on the floor of someone else's office. Followed by a 19 hour car trip. YIKES! Ahhh.

You know those times when you build up an event only to have exactly the opposite happen? Man I hate that.

Well, I should probably not waster anymore time. I must get myself prepared for tomorrow and off to bed so I can start this crazy next couple of weeks.

Hello December and thank you for keeping yourself exciting!

I'm happy.

That is all my people.

Ponderings.

This morning, I had a really awesome conversation with my roommates about the Book of Mormon. I had decided I would do my scripture study at the table, where Amber had started hers. Stephanie was cooking breakfast. As new ideas were being shouted out we just kept talking and discussing and it was amazing. I love that when I read and study the scriptures, and especially when I am able to talk about them (I think you learn more when you talk about it. At least I do) I feel so close and in tune with the Spirit. It makes knowing things and feeling good about decisions that much easier. As long as you choose to follow it! Listening is important, I know this, and I must follow my own teachings! That's one of the things I learned in my scripture study this morning. It's one thing to teach something. It's another completely to then live it and demonstrate it to those you teach. And that is what counts even more.

Frito Lay

Over and over I tell myself I will eat healthy food!
Honestly, I enjoy 'healthy' foods. I like fruit. I like vegetables. I like when my meals have a good variety in them. That isn't my problem. My problem is that these fruits and vegetables and breads are only in their prime eatability for a few days. Which means more trips to the grocery store. Where as highly processed foods - such as everything made by frito lay - keep forever! And it's still delicious! That is where my problem is. I still have food in the house, so why go buy more? I prefer to just eat what I have until it is completely gone. And then go. But I suppose that is not the way to do it. And that is not eating balanced meals.
But they are balanced, for the first couple days when the perishables have not yet perished.

I will continue to try, but those delicious pieces of fried... something... are calling to me.

Medicating your animals

My dog is now on anti-anxiety medication. Cause she is ca-razy.
Maybe now she will stop freaking out about everything.
We'll see.

Also, I got to paint the faces of many children today.
It was more fun than I thought it would be.
And I like my supervisor more than i thought I would.
But some people I still don't like.
But I will get over it.

Also I went to Edo's Squid.
It was the most delicious thing I have eaten.
Possibly ever.
Most likely.
It was shocking.
I didn't expect it to be so awesome.

Also, it is tax free weekend now.
My favorite weekend of the summer.
I LOVE school supplies.
Yes I do.
And I get to fill a backpack for an elementary schooler.
It feels good to give.

That's all for now!

Ummmm, sooooo, yeah

I have nothing really going on in my life right now. And nothing really to blog about. But I'm gonna go ahead and do it anyway!

I like this song:

If You Could Hie to Kolob, 284 - William W. Phelps

1. If you could hie to Kolob In the twinkling of an eye,
And then continue onward With that same speed to fly,
Do you think that you could ever, Through all eternity,
Find out the generation Where Gods began to be?

2. Or see the grand beginning, Where space did not extend?
Or view the last creation, Where Gods and matter end?
Me thinks the Spirit whispers, “No man has found ‘pure space,’
Nor seen the outside curtains, Where nothing has a place.”

3. The works of God continue, And worlds and lives abound;
Improvement and progression Have one eternal round.
There is no end to matter; There is no end to space;
There is no end to spirit; There is no end to race.

4. There is no end to virtue; There is no end to might;
There is no end to wisdom; There is no end to light.
There is no end to union; There is no end to youth;
There is no end to priesthood; There is no end to truth.

5. There is no end to glory; There is no end to love;
There is no end to being; There is no death above.
There is no end to glory; There is no end to love;

There is no end to being; There is no death above.

I was listening to it in the car with Amber (who is back now! yay!) and it is so beautiful. First off, it is peaceful and just kinda eats away everything else in the world when it is on. And secondly, it just emphasizes over and over that there is no end. We have an eternity ahead of us. We have so much to live for, in this life and the next and I love knowing that. I love knowing that the time I spend on this earth is only a portion of my life, and that I have so many greater things to look forward to when my time here is done. Just because my time on earth is done, does not mean my life is over. AHHH!

I LOVE this gospel!!

And this song. I could listen to it on repeat all day.