Christmas Break

10 reasons why the break was AMAZING

1. I got to meet this cute chicka

2. There was a lot of this that went on....

3. I got to spend a lot of time with my wonderful family. Everyone but Elena and Andrew were able to make it. We missed you and your family, Lena!!

4. We had a reunion with all of our high school friends. Some of them I hadn't seen since high school and it was almost like nothing had changed. It was great :)

5. I ate wway too much food but enjoyed every minute of it :)

6. Caught up with some people from my ward. Maybe even ditched Sunday School to catch up with my old young women leader.... :)

7. Figured out I am going to be going to London in June for my internship!!!!

8. Got some money to put in my piggy bank for said internship...

9. Laughed. A lot.

10. Lastly, this Christmas break was just another reminder of how incredibly blessed I am and how many wonderful people are in my life. Life is great :)

Randoms

Oh hi. Yes, I'm alive. And yes, I am fully aware that I suck at blogging. Anyway...if all of the craziness of the end of semester hadn't been apparent it definitely was when I walked into my first class this morning. There was some intense, nasty b.o. of someone who I'm sure had a fine excuse for not showering, such as: pulling an all-nighter because of gay projects, kissing, eating, or doing anything you can possibly do to procrastinate everything the end of semester brings. Moving on...

I only have a few minutes to post this (because of the above reasons). So I just thought I'd share a few random things from my today...

• I'm wearing my little sister's sweater today. Shoot me. Yes, she is 12.
• I walked out to a parking ticket on my car. I would have been mad butttttt I have parked in faculty parking for the last month basically and haven't gotten a ticket until today. With this fabulous parking I was able to get to class in 1 minute. As opposed to a 10 minute walk in the freezing cold that feels like a 2 hour walk. All for ten bucks. Worth it.
• Sometimes, I hate being a girl. Like today. And yesterday. Although, 94 percent of the time I enjoy being a girl.
• My right nostril is extremely runny today. My left? Completely normal. Semi-annoying. Actually, very annoying.

Alright, peace out blog world. Maybe I'll blog more.

Rainy/Sick Days

Soooo I lost my voice. Completely gone. I can't talk at all. Plus, I've got a head cold bbbuuuttt I'm actually kind of enjoying today because I got my paper done (maybe I started it at 3:30 a.m. this morning) and turned in this morning, aced my quiz and called in sick for work, seeing as though I can barely say a word and am blowing my nose every 1.29274 seconds. So here I am. Lying in bed. Watching My Sister's Keeper and will probably shed a few tears through the movie.

Who cares if I'm sick?? It gives me an excuse to be lazy and enjoy the rainy day :)

Happy Monday friends!

So what if I went to campus in the same shirt from yesterday and did not even touch my hair. :)

Zipper Problems

So I've had this problem for quite some time now. Sometimes, I forget to zip up my zipper. Sometimes, I choose to forget to zip it up at the best times. Such as...

--When meeting the parents of a guy I was dating at the time...

--Job interview...

--Bringing cookies to a friend to say "Thank you" but in the end feeling awkward because I noticed while I was at his place.

--While hosting a party for my old job with about 50 people in attendance.

--While on a band trip, on the bus, while reaching in the overhead bin. Making it fairly obvious for onlookers.

--Random times while on campus I do my whole "zip check" and then the humiliation sets in.

OOPS! :) I hope that my stupidity makes you smile!

P.S. I've seen on a few people's blogs that at the end of every post they write things they are grateful for and with the season of gratitude approaching I want to start that :) Here goes it!

1) My car. I had to drop it off and get it fixed today and realized that I take for granted having a car all the time.

2) New friends. I've made some really awesome new friends and am having a lot of fun :)

3) The lack of ferrets in my apartment as of today!!!!!!! BOOM BABY!

Hilarious.

So I was on the phone with my sister tonight and typically I'll ask if I can talk to Claire but she usually always denies me. I used to babysit Claire my freshman year when she was a little baby. Now she's two years old and has changed so much! Anyyyway. Tonight she decided to talk to me. Laurel said she was in a very chipper mood this evening. Haha It was a priceless conversation. A few of the conversations went like this...

Alicia: "Claire, who is your favorite aunt?" (Gotta ingrain it in their heads at an early age people)
Claire: "Alicia!!! We don't have ants!! There aren't any ants in our house!!!" (She was appauled that I would think such a nasty thought.)

Later on in the conversation...

Laurel in the background asked her to ask me what I was going to be for Halloween....
Claire: (She ignored the asking and just went straight to what she thought I was going to be) "Alicia, you are going to be a princess. You are going to be a lovely princess. Yes, a lovely princess."

She's so dang cute!!

I miss all of my nieces and nephews!! I wish I could be around them all more often! I have to make sure they are correct on their favorite aunt! ;)

Fur Elise

Dear person in JKB playing Fur Elise,

First, I think you forgot that you are on campus, in a building where people are trying to study, listen to lectures, Facebook, and blog stalk. Let me remind you that playing the piano at 9:30 a.m. on a Friday is not a good idea. I know PLENTY of spots on campus where you can politely play the piano and enjoy yourself :). The JKB is NOT one of them. Thank you.

Second, please learn the song. Instead of playing the same four lines over again. Seeerrriously. It's getting a little old.

Sincerely, your fellow bugged classmates at BYU.

Yes, I know I can just move but I am comfy in this chair and do not want to move until my class starts.

My Bedroom

So I've been working on my bedroom now for over a month and have been really lazy about getting it done. I painted it a few weeks ago and have had bare walls since then. But tonight I've decided I'm going to get it done. I'm almost done with painting my bedspread, yes, painting my bedspread. Sounds crazy but I like it. I finally put up curtains, my mirror, pictures, and have been having these constant brainstorming ideas come into my head of what I'm going to do with my room. I'm so excited!! I posted a small picture of part of the bedspread. I couldn't find one that I liked so I decided to make one, with a little help from my sister :). Laurel sent me a picture of that flower, in a smaller version. With a lot of help from a friend, we blew up the picture onto a poster board and cut out the flower with an exacto knife to create a stencil. Then painted it onto a sheet, which I will sew another sheet to it, making a duvet cover. It is kinda confusing and I'm sure none of you care but I'm really excited about it, if you couldn't tell :). I can't wait to have it all finished and actually have a room that is homey!! When I'm done I will post before and after pictures. I can't guarantee when that will be, but hopefully soon. I'm sure you all are dying to find out what it looks like. Not. Haha 

Anyway, I hope you all are having a fabulous day! Thanks for reading!