not 9TEEN anymore!

the older you get the more you realize how much your life is passing by, I wonder; am I doing enough, am I playing enough, am I finding myself, am I learning enough, am I happy, am I successful, what have I truly accomplished since I graduated high school? I have been out of high school for exactly 2 years now and I'm happy to say that I have moved out of the house, and the state, and I have just finished 2000 hours at hair school and am about to receive my cosmetology license in the state of Utah! My goal was to be done by my birthday and I finished my hours about 3 hours before my birthday! Whoohoo!

Since graduating high school I have had a lot of different experiences. I have learned about myself and changed a lot! I have discovered what is really most important to me and I have found a love for life in a new way! I have gained a new drive to achieve my dreams. I have developed a stronger spiritual independence as well as an overall independence (all while still needing my parents)! I have made some really great friends and I have met some truly amazing people!

Thanks to everyone who is helping me on this journey through life, it sure is great!

Memorial Day!

NO work, NO school! 

a WHOLE day to do WHATEVER I wanted! 

and wouldn't you know, I woke up sick....wow! But I wasn't going to let that get me down so I still did everything that we had planned for the day. Mike and I went and hiked Stewart Falls, it was so gorgeous and such a perfect day to take a hike! There were quite a few people once we got to the falls but along the hike it wasn't very crowded so it made for a very nice hike! 

 

 

After the hike we went to Dale and Sacha's house where we had a fabulous Memorial Day BBQ with them and BR and Ericka and their girls! It was so fun to go and play badminton with the kids and sit around the table eating the delicious food that Sacha made for us and talking for hours! I LOVE spending time with family and that was a perfect way to spend my day off! 

I'm looking forward to many more of those fun and relaxing days off that will happen this summer! 

Music and the Spoken Word

This morning I attended Music and the Spoken Word in the old tabernacle at Temple Square. As we sat there enjoying the music by the amazing Mormon Tabernacle Choir I was amazed at how many elderly couples there were there serving! Giving freely of their time and efforts to serve the Lord and the members of the church. It's incredible the service that is rendered so freely not only by those ushers and missionaries, but also by the choir members, the orchestra members, and the choir directors. Countless hours of service which I'm sure that to them is viewed merely as blessings and the opportunity to grow closer to our Heavenly Father. 

It just added to my testimony and my appreciation for this incredible church! 

Brian Regan moment

WINCO has come into town! There is now a Winco in Orem Utah and my friend and I needed to go grocery shopping so of course we went to Winco! We were so excited to be there because I LOVE Winco way more then anyone should ever love a grocery store! Upon checking out and talking to the cashier I had a "Brian Regan Moment" As the lady was handing me my receipt she says "Thanks for coming in!" and I said "Thanks! YOU TOO!"

YOU TOO?? NO! that's not what you're supposed to say! She works there! What's going to come out of my mouth next?! TAKE LUCK! 

haha gotta love Winco and you really gotta love Brain Regan!!

6 weeks and counting....

This is it! 

If I stay focused and don't sleep in and don't skip out for long lunch breaks and stay extra long at school and arrive early to school, I'll be done in 6 weeks! A month and a half and I can be done with hair school! That place that I love so much, it will be over! And then I can be social again because I won't have an 80 hr work week, it will drop to a 40 hr work week and I can visit my family again and go to California and go Home!
and lay out in the sun and stay up late (oh wait I already do that), and exercise, and go to the temple, and sleep in, and make crafts, and read, and go on picnics, and get bored! and all of those wonderful things you can do when you have time to breathe!

Oh it is going to be a wonderful summer....

16...

so here's the problem with being someone that doesn't require very much sleep, 

I DON'T SLEEP!

16 hours of sleep in the last 4 days... I'm surviving surprisingly well!

Dear Nighttime, 

       please extend your hours so I can't get more sleep :)

       and I would really like to have a dream sometime soon, that would be nice!

Oh what a weekend it was

Conference and Easter all rolled into one! 

Not being home for holidays always makes me homesick, so I was feeling especially homesick with it being Conference AND Easter Sunday on the same weekend and having to work BOTH Saturday and Sunday! but it turned out to be a very busy and fun weekend!

Friday: Left my house at 6:30 for work, worked until 3:00, drove to Sandy and met up with Courtney Cook for a birthday lunch, drove to downtown Salt Lake and met up with Aunt Pam and Uncle Don, and the Meachams at Trolley Square for a quick hello. Then I drove up to Bountiful to meet up with Brittany Cozad and some friends and stayed the night at Brittany's aunt and uncle's house. She was here from Rexburg for Conference weekend; we went to sushi for dinner and then hung out and swam all night.

Saturday: Got ready and watched part of the first session of Conference, then left at 11:00 so I could be at work by 12:00. I got off work at 8:00 and drove back to Sandy to spend the night at the Cook's where Shelby and Derek were also staying the night. We had a fun evening and Courtney and I stayed up late talking and laughing!

Sunday: Got ready and had a delicious breakfast that Shane and Linda made, we watched conference and then I left at 11:30 I left for work again. Despite my irritation that I had to work on Easter Sunday it was more enjoyable because we had an Easter Egg Hunt around the office! It was so fun and made the day go by a little faster considering I only had 15 phone calls during my 8 hour shift! shesh! After work I drove up to Layton to spend the rest of the night with Pam, Don, Nikki, and Jeremy! We played games and visited, it was soo good to see Pam and Don, it has been way too long! 

Monday: So here it is Monday morning and I'm at work again. Left Nikki's at 6:00 to get to work on-time at 7:00, already had a big gulp Mt. Dew and on with the day! I'm ready to get home and unload my atrociously messing cruser! and stop living out of my car! It's been a really fun weekend and getting to see so many people, and so much family has made this Easter much better then expected. My old roommate Mindy is in town for the week so I'm excited to see her tonight and get back into the swing of things. Wonder if I have any food at home?