Haircut Time

One of the things I love most about being home, is being able to proposition my Aunt Becca for haircuts! We have a nice little system where she gives me haircuts and I get to babysit her kids. And of course I always end up on top of the deal, because I absolutely LOVE to watch her kiddos!
So yesterday I went down to the Nu Trends salon in Centerville, and Becs gave me a MUCH NEEDED haircut! Now I also get to watch Bentley, Ayden, and Ireland on Saturday night. Seems like a good deal to me.

College: The Wonderful Land of Oz

One of my favorite television shows is Dawson's Creek. As cliche as many people may think this show is, I find it to be heartfelt, and it often resonates with my life. I have gained many a life lesson from this show. As I was chilling in my room today, I rewatched an episode that holds one of my favorite quotes. And it seems to connect nicely to my feelings about college.

Gretchen: You know Dawson, it might interest you to know that I did take one film class in college.
Dawson: Was it a monumental waste of time?
Gretchen: No, it was great actually. But you know what my teacher said was the most bogus line in Hollywood cinema?
Dawson: What?
Gretchen: "There's no place like home."
Dawson: Wizard of Oz.
Gretchen: Exactly. It's what everybody remembers about the movie, but it doesn't resonate with the rest of the story. Think about it. You know home is this desolate, gray, dust bowl of a place where some nasty old lady is trying to kill your dog. And Oz is ...
Dawson: Technicolor.
Gretchen: And sure it has it's problems. You know, poppy fields, flying monkeys, ...
Dawson: Talking trees.
Gretchen: But along the way you make friends. Good friends. With people that you never even knew existed when you were growing up. Straw people, tin people, ...
Dawson: And lions.
Gretchen: [laughs] Exactly. And you help each other realize that all the things that you want to be, you already are.

So as I celebrate my first semester of college, I have been able to look back on the incredible growing experience it has become for me. I have met so many people, made tons of new friends, and learned not just an enormous amount from my school work, but about myself as well. I feel that through college, or if I may the Wonderful Land of Oz, I have discovered a lot about myself, who I am and who I want to become.

Sweet Victory

Took all of my finals today!! I am officially done with my first semester of college! And to celebrate I made a victory dance video!!

Day Before Finals

Today is the day before finals...all three happen to be tomorrow. These are just a few examples of how I am feeling at the moment.

Missing My Girls

My family is extremely close to my mother's side of the family. We all spend so much time together, in particular I spend a lot of time with these two girlies, Bentley and Ireland. We are the only girl cousins, and I absolutely love them to death. One of the hardest things of being up at college is being away from them. I used to babysit them all of the time, and now that I live up in Logan not so much. But I always make sure to spend as much time with them that I can.

Ireland (I.I)

This is Ireland. She is just about the cutest little munchkin ever! She and I like to have funny face wars. Sometimes she likes to pretend she is a puppy and put things in her mouth. Ireland is probably the biggest fan of Rapunzel in the world. One night when I was watching her we watched Tangled three times consecutively. All the while she was brushing my hair with her Barbie brush, making me sing the song from Tangled that makes Rapunzel's hair grow.

Bentley

This is Bentley. She and I are great pals! During the summer we have weekly 'Bentley and Danielle Days.' Somedays we went to the swings at the West Bountiful Park, others we went to get shaved ice, or got ice cream at the Dairy Queen. This girl is probably the most flexible girl I have ever met, she can do back bends, splits, all of the works. She has the most feisty personality of any 7 year old girl I have ever met. Don't anybody mess with this girl, because she has FIRE!

Next Tuesday I can go home for the first time in three weeks and finally see my girls! And I cannot wait!

Never Too Much- Part lV: Boy Meets World

Of all the television shows I have watched in my life time, my favorite of all time is Boy Meets World! I love this show with all of my heart. It has this weird way of coinciding with my life when I need it to. Yesterday I was stressed out about finals, so I watched an episode of Boy Meets World. It just happens to be the episode where Cory, Shawn, and Topanga have to take three finals in one day...sounds EXACTLY like my life! The night before I left for college, I was up extremely late because I was too nervous to sleep, so naturally I watch Boy Meets World. It is the very last episode of the series, when the kids are grown up and and are moving away to New York. Of course I sat there crying my eyes out at the end of this already emotional episode made even more so by my predicament. This show has a way of touching my heart in ways that other shows do not; it is such a great example of friendship, love, and family- what good television should be all about. And apart from all the tenderness, it is hilarious beyond belief. Whenever I am feeling down or am boggled down by studying, I go to imdb.com and read all the Boy Meets World quotes. I can never feel down when I watch Boy Meets World. In a way Boy Meets World has helped me to meet my world, and helped me to learn many things along the way. So in a nutshell I LOVE Boy Meets World and can literally have never too much. P.S. Also the girl's name who plays Topanga is named Danielle. If that isn't appropriate I don't know what in life is!

Soundtrack to Finals

This week just about the only thing keeping me sane is music. Believe me, I have been listening to a lot of music this week. So what exactly is it keeping me sane...

21 by Adele

All things Michael Buble

The Last Five Years

Wicked

Well that is just a portion of what is keeping my head intact. Music seems to have some kind of special powers that help me to keep going on, and to keep me awake. So thank heavens for great music, because without Pepsi in my life it has become the next best thing to keep me awake until 3:00 in the morning.