Incredible

Hooray for the temple!

Micheal and his mom went through the temple last night for the first time. Amanda and I went to the temple to meet them afterward and waited for about an hour, but what better place to wait than the temple, right? It was really nice and peaceful, and I felt very relaxed. The temple is such a wonderful place! Micheal came out and he was glowing. Glowing! He looked happier than I had ever seen him before in the long time that I've known him. And he seemed so full of joy that it just radiated and made me full of joy too. I'm so excited for him!

School is fun. On Tuesday and Wednesday I went on a school field trip and it was a blast! We were just visiting different businesses to see what we can do with our major, but the fun part was the people. I didn't get to know any of them very well, but everyone was still really cool and very spontaneous. I love meeting people at school.

Woot Woot

So I'm sitting in American Heritage right now. I actually really like the class, and the teacher is awesome. All of my classes are good right now! It's all so exciting.

I'm officially living in Provo now. Official as in I've changed my address for my mail and everything, because otherwise it wouldn't be official. My apartment is big and comfortable and there's a pool right outside my patio door. My roommates are cool, and living with Amanda is AWESOME! We party all the time; that is, if you consider watching Gilmore Girls a party. I have become an addict of that show (it doesn't give me nightmares).

Just so you know, I'm going to start blocking my blog to everyone except those who have permissions, so email me or leave me a comment so I can put you on the list. I'm not too worried about who reads this, but I'd like to have some sort of control over it.

Loves!

Boxes

I'm sitting among many boxes, most of them not yet all the way full. My closet is almost all empty. I have a lot of random stuff laying around, also, that I can't find a good box for yet. This is the not-so-fun part of packing up. But it's good too. I've thrown a ton of stuff away that I still want to save for some reason, but I haven't thought about for a long time so there's no point. Mostly just old beauty stuff that's probably bad by now anyway. :)

So Mike is taking care of Amanda's dog right now, and I am jealous! I love that puppy. She is the cutest little thing you'll ever meet, and she's not noisy like a lot of little dogs are. If I were able to, I would still her for the rest of the weekend.

Story of the night: I was working tonight, and we had just kicked everyone out of the pool for closing. Somehow a "throw each other in" fest was started, and I got caught up in it. I was trying to help Chelsea push Christian in, then Hayden (the main person at this so-called fest) came and pushed me in. I had on all my stuff! My hoodie is soaked, along with my fanny pack and guard clothes. It was a lot of fun, though.

So until next time: Don't worry, be happy! (I know this phrase is overused, but I like it.)

More Changes

So even more has happened in the last couple of weeks. So strange! Chris and Jekka left on their missions two days ago. I won't see them for at least a year and a half (Jekka) or two years (Chris). I'm sorry, Mom! I know you'll miss them. We all will too.

Micheal got his mission call yesterday! He's going to the Korea Seoul mission in October. Super exciting!

I'm working full time with lifeguarding and teaching lessons. It's a ton of fun, and the kids are so cute most of the time. There's one girl that I help teach who is VERY energetic. That's why there are two teachers. Whenever I see her before or after lessons, she says "Hi, teacher!" and makes me very excited to help her out. It's fun to know that the kids like you to teach them.

The last change is the stop signs in my little town. They're trying to become bigger, so today I noticed three new stop signs in pointless spots. Silly little city council. We're not that busy.

Changes

The new pool is open in Payson. Yay! Well, sort of. There are hundreds of people and a lot of new guards. It's a lot of new stuff all at once! But it is a lot of fun. I love it.

Hooray! Amanda and I have an apartment... I am so excited. A month and a half until we move in together, baby. Only a month and a half.

Babies and Oreos (have nothing to do with each other)

My mom had a baby! Whoo! and all that excitement. I do love him. Little Nameless is very alert and energetic and loves to be held and sung to. I think, though, that after growing up with a consistency of new babies (I don't know if that made sense or was grammatically correct, so I'm glad you all love me), I got very used to it. The excitement sort of wears off. It'll be fun when he gets older and can play and laugh and stuff. I hope that changes for me when I have my own kids! My poor children. What will they ever do?

Story time! This is probably only funny to me, but I hope you can find some enjoyment in it. Last night Micheal and I were at the store, and I saw some fudge Oreos. Since I had never tried them before, I decided to buy some because they are Oreos, after all. It was pretty cool! On one side of the Oreo it says "fudge" or something like that, and on the other it's supposed to have a dip-o-meter for dipping it in the milk. My first one had it, but Mike's didn't. I laughed so hard! As he said, they might as well have written "Hahaha" on there. Silly boy that I love! Can't even dip his Oreos now because they won't give him a way to rate how much to dip it.

Just Keep Swimming

So I'm teaching kids how to swim. Shouldn't be too hard, right? You wouldn't think so, but my three year-old class is a nightmare, and there are only four of them. One won't get into the normal pool without screaming and being held, and another only wants to sit in the corner (literally) and play by himself. The two girls are really good, except one of them almost drowned in the baby pool. I guess I should expect that to happen with kids who are learning to swim.

It's really not all that bad, though. I have a student that's five or six, and he is very intelligent. He was talking about the water levels changing and stuff like that, and he sounds like an adult. I like him. I have another girl that's four that always says "Towie, wook at dis!" "Towie..." It's cute. And another girl, five years old, calls me teacher and tells me thank you after every lesson. The kids really grow to trust their teacher, and I like that. It's a lot of fun.

Lifeguarding is a lot of fun, too! I just started last week. My shoulders are now sunburned, but there's one girl who's a lot worse. I like my job. Everyone is pretty cool, and the job itself is entertaining. So far I haven't had to jump in the water, but if I do I'll let you know! I hope it doesn't happen for a while. :) Loves!