December

Just a few random things i'd like to say:

1. I absolutely hate turtle necks. I love how they look, i think most of the time, in sweater form only, they are really cute, but gosh, wearing one is like having a midget on your back the whole day, it just chokes you. Today i wore one and the whole day i had anxiety and my neck was itchy. From now on, i say NO to turtlenecks.

2. Monday...i finished an ENTIRE crossword puzzle with only a little bit of help. Usually, i can only get 6 or 7 words on it, but this is the first time i've ever finished an entire one practically by myself! I conquered, and now my crossword puzzle days are over. I'm going out on top. Lets all have a moment of silence in honor of that please...

3. I'm embarrassed to admit this but with all the snow we've had lately and the lack of winter shoes i have in my closet, I've become one of those girls that wears fake ugs and tucks her jeans into them. I know, i know...don't judge me. I can't help it, they're the warmest shoes i have and none of my jeans fit over them. But i bought cute new boots today,(pictured below), so hopefully i will no longer be one of "those" girls

4. Last friday we had our work christmas party, and Kat and I decided to suprise everyone and dress up like Santa and an elf. We were a hit, Kat was an Elf and I was santa...unfortunately, i have no pictures to upload onto here, but that's probably a good thing because you'd be blown away by our awesomeness.

5. And lastly, i've decided to train for a triathalon, we'll see how that goes though.

Life as i know it.

I once made a list of everything i wanted to do before i died, and i was really good for awhile to try and do things and cross them off, and then in the past couple years, while it's crossed my mind occasionally, i haven't really looked at it...until last night!

Last night i re-read through it, there are exactly 309 things on the list, and while reading through it, i realized i could cross off 4 of them! I'm not sure how many of the 309 that i've done, it's definitely less than half. But...a lot of them are pretty easy to do, so here are the ones that I think I should easily be able to cross off in the next year, and if you can help, or would like to be apart of any of them, let me know!

15. Swim a Mile
30. Visit Japan (Heather you should like that one!)
37. Wax my legs (i think, although painful, every woman should try it once)
56. Learn to juggle
103. Learn how to moon walk
128. Graduate from college
133. Coach a little kids sports team (next semester i'm coaching a little league basketball team!)
240. Get a massage
267. Create and name my own constellation (i'll make this one happen in December when i watch the meteor shower)
275. Go laser tagging
280. Break a bone (not that i will MAKE this one happen, but i'm hoping it does while i'm still on my parents health insurance)
304. Learn to whistle with my fingers
305. learn to tie a tie.
308. Shoot a bow and arrow

Random thoughts on running

every once in awhile i post reasons why i love to run, and recently i was reading an article which gave me yet again another reason to love running.

Those who run 3-5 times a week are in the top 1% of the general population.

I've never been in the top 1% of anything, not in school, not in sports, not in anything...and look at me now! I'm a top 1%-er!! Yeah baby!!

Today in kickboxing we were going at it really intense and the instructor was like, "this is why we don't eat mcdonalds, so we can feel this good" or something along those lines and i thought to myself..."no, this is why i work out, so that i can eat mcdonalds and not feel bad".

Someday i'm going to write a book entitled, "Anyone can run a marathon". Because i honestly believe anyone can. If they think they can do it and don't worry about times or running fast or anything like that, anyone could run a marathon. And after i write my book, i will travel the world speaking at self-help seminars and molding people's minds into thinking that they can run marathons and making millions in the process.

Meteor Showers!

Last night, and early early into this morning, Kat and I, armed with 7-11 hot chocolate and a few snacks, ventured up the canyon to watch the Leonid meteor shower. We only ended up seeing about 5 shooting stars, a few of them were REALLY good ones though and a few were just mediocre, and despite being really cold, we greatly enjoyed ourselves. Well i suppose i shouldn't speak for Kat, but i greatly enjoyed myself. We weren't very far from the road and a lot of cars kept driving up and shining their lights on us, and i wanted to throw rocks at them, but i didn't. I had only ever seen 1 shooting star in my life, so i pentupled (word?) my number of shooting stars i'd seen in just one night!!

This was just our practice run, there's suppose to be another meteor shower in December, the geminids meteor shower, which is suppose to be really good and it's suppose to peak at 11p.m. so we don't have to stay up too late. I encourage EVERYONE to go and enjoy natures fireworks.

Geminid Meteor Shower
December 13-14
Peaks at 11p.m. (mst) on the 13th.
100 meteors an hour

enjoy!

Bus Adventures

I don't know what it is about people on the bus, but i've noticed that people who ride the bus regularly have no idea where to draw the line when it comes to talking about their personal lives. All too often in the past 2 weeks, i've been sitting there minding my own business, headphones in my ears and reading a book and someone will sit down next to me and start spilling their heart. Examples:

-An old guy sat down next to me and he seemed nice at first...until he started talking to me about his marital problems. How after 50 years of marriage he felt the spark had gone out and just wasn't sure what to do. And he got detailed about their problems. Not something i really want to hear about.

-The next day, a younger guy sat down next to me. He seemed normal at first too, besides the fact that he was carrying his stuff around in an empy cardboard box as opposed to a backpack, but hey, to each his own. He was reading this book on the theory of relativity so we got to talking...and then somehow he starts talking about his wife. Their one year anniversary is in december and he wanted advice on how to celebrate. Should he propose again? Or keep it simple and have a romantic night at home, or take her on a trip somewhere...I told him i was the last person he wanted to ask these things, seeing as i have no romantic side at all. On my one year anniversary my husband can take me out for chinese and i'll call it good.

-The next time i rode the bus, a rather attractive looking guy, with no wedding ring sat down next to me...score! I was talking on the phone with a friend from home and mentioned something along the lines of being 1000 miles away from him. When i got off the phone, the guy started quizzing me on long distance relationships. Had i been in one? How i felt about them? etc..and i was lost as to where these questions were coming from, until i figured out, he thought i was talking to a boyfriend on the phone who was living 1000 miles away. I promptly explained it was just a friend, but that didnt' stop him from talking about long distant relationships. I heard all about his girlfriend who was living in London right now (and anytime he spoke of her, he mimicked her english accent!) and how hard it was, and how neither had enough money to go visit, yadda yadda yadda. I don't care.

-Another guy told me about how his girlfriend is obsessed with making indoor s'mores and how he hates them but cant tell her because she'd have a fit. So he eats them everyday, and sometimes throws up afterwards because his body can't handle sweets. And they're getting married in January.

-One guy found me on facebook, i'm not sure how but i promptly denied his friend request.

I think you get the point. creepy people ride the bus. Don't trust anyone. And don't tell people your life story, unless they ask, because odds are they don't want to hear it.

Parties

So i only ended up doing physics homework until about 10, at which time my roommate Katie and her friend Maren convinced me to go to a few parties with them. What's the harm in making a fool of myself in front of complete strangers, right? So i went. Boy am i glad i did...

The first party that we went to was at an apartment in Orem and we walk in and i scan the crowd and i do one of those double takes on this guy dressed up like Woody from Tou Story and realize it's my English professor from summer term. Well he's actually a grad student, but either way, how awkward is it to be at a party with someone who use to teach you? I never knew him THAT well, so i wasn't sure if i should go say something, and i'm not sure if he recognized me, but me being the awkward person that i am, kept my distance from him for the majority of the party. Which is really sad because he was standing right by the food table and there looked to be some good food on the table. Alas, i didn't get any.

The next party we went to proved to be even better. There was this guy there dressed up like Ron Burgandy, complete with a fake mustache and everything. Well while eating, his mustache proceeded to fall off and he accidentally inhaled it, which caused him to choke on it, which ultimately ended up in him throwing up, not once but twice! Yay, happy halloween!

A diamond in the rough

I took a drive through springville the other day to go visit the elementary school that my roommate Katie works at, and can i tell you that i never knew Springville, Utah was so cool! Goodness, that little town has some character! There's about a billion places i want to visit there someday. For example, it is full of hole in the wall, cute little restaurants like Kranky Franks, and T-Bone(which is a Chinese Restaurant!), Charlie Boys BBQ Pit, and a cool trolley restaurant. What I want to see most in springville though is the toy store. It's called Funfinity and it looks like a dream come true. I've never seen a toy store that looks like it'd be more fun. There's a sweet Art Gallery in springville too which i've heard good things about. Basically what i'm saying is some day, i'm giong and spending a day in Springville, your more than welcome to come. Who would've guessed it would be soo cool?