the start of something new! :)

Alright so here goes... i randomly just decided to start a blog. Although i know basiacally no one with blogs, i was kind of thinking it could kind of be like a journal. Just a place where i could write down what's going on, my thoughts, etc. So i suppose i don't really care if people read it or not since no one has a blog!.. hmm.. well.. i've been going to BYUI now since September. The change was tough. I have always had tons of friends, and been very outgoing, so i thought the college adjustment would be simple. I hate to admit it, but i was so wrong. I suddenly found myself in a place where I was so small. Where i knew no one, and no one knew me. The first month was pretty rough, but slowly i found myself again. Making friends was really hard, espeacially because i live on a side of campus where there are hardly any other apartment complexes. The friends that i did have up here all lived on the opposite side of campus, where most of the complexes are.. so they made quite a few friends over there, but i made very few. My roommates were really distant, but things have gotten a little better. I've started to make quite a few friends.. not as many as i had hoped, but still quite a few. Just this weekend, through various experiences, I've come to realize who my friends are, and who is important to me, or rather who i am important to. Which makes me very grateful, but also kind of sad when you realize that some friends aren't the friends you thought they were so maybe you just have to let go. I've come out of my insecurity shell and can be crazy and outgoing again. It's probably the greatest feeling in the world. :) I feel comfortable on campus now, and people are surprised when i tell them it's my first semester. I like that. haha. I LIVE at the library. My goal is the nursing program... which is very competative... Therefore, my life is about studying mostly. I've been working hard, but as the end of the semester is creeping up, i can see my motivation go down, and my school work isn't as good. I'm tired. I'm ready for this semester to be over. I'm terified for finals. For not getting a 4.0. For not getting into the nursing program. Everything feels kinda hopeless right now. I got a blessing from Dad today... i'm just trying to keep positive. :) I just need to push this week and then through finals week. AHHH. I don't like to think about it.
It is ABSOLUTELY FREEZING here in Rexburg. Like.. the other morning i showered in the locker room after water aerobics, and my hair froze. Now, it wouldn't have surprised me all that much.. except that the freezing was instant. I think it was -9 that day. Crazy i know. It hasn't snowed very much, but enough to cover all of the grass. The other morning it literally hurt in my sinuses to breath in! It was great. haha.
SOOO.... Friday was my birthday. It was probably one of the funnest nights of my life. haha. The day was.. alright, but that night was the David Archuleta concert. Dan, Tye, and I all made fabulous t-shirts for the big event haha. We were running a LITTLE... ok... a LOT late.. So we ended up making our shirts in like fifteen mintutes after going from store to store to get the stuff, to my sister's to use the printer.. but it didn't have color ink, so we ended up at Tye's sister's apartment to print the iron on stuff out. Tye made a shirt that had him with his hand out and said "touch my hand" (like the song haha.), Dan's had a picture of him singing, and a picture of David singing and said "David's BFF", and mine had two wedding rings on it and a picture of David with me photoshopped in and said "Mr. and Mrs. Archuleta" haha. We were rushed, and ended up running the whole way to the Hart without coats in the ice burg of the Rexburg. Let's just say.. my lungs were begging for mercy!! haha. But we made it! We got interviewed by the I-News for our sweet shirts, were on the big screen at the concert... and best of all... met David's brother Daniel and his best friend Ashley. It was pretty crazy what happened...
Courtney cook came over to talk to us and told us that David's brother was standing a little ways away from us.. so we decided we had to talk to him! haha. So we walked over there because their friend Jake is actually in my ward. So we walked over there and this girl turns to Dan and says "So you think your David's BFF huh?" and Dan of course answered yes.. come to find out it was David's real BFF hahaha. She then turned around and said to the kid standing behind her.. "Hey Daniel, I think you need to meet your sister-in-law." (pointing to me.) He then introduced himself to me... blah blah blah. ha. But then during the concert we could see them from where we were sitting, and during the concert they came down to us, and told us to come with them! We danced with them, and then they gave us hugs and all that good stuff haha. Anyway.. after the concert, we talked with Ashley and she told us to talk to Jake so we could all keep in touch. haha.. it was pretty exciting i guess! I sound like a little starstruck girl getting all excited, but hey.. i guess i am haha. Plus, it wouldn't have been any fun if we wouldn't have gotten all into it and excited. It's not immaturity... it's just having fun :) haha.
Anyway... Then yesterday Jorden and Clay got sealed in the Salt Lake temple. I wish i could have been in there. I babysat of course, but it was still a good experience to be there.. and feel the Spirit and unity of my family. I can't wait until my wedding, when my brother and sisters can be there for me. We just need to work on one other one to get there! I'm so lucky to be the last child... I guess it's true when they say that the baby of the family is spoiled. I always said that it wasn't, but i get to learn so much. And i'll get the opportunity to have everyone that can be at my wedding there. What a blessing. Families are forever :)
Well this has been long enough ha. This weeked was definately an amazing one!