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.

Dead Week

In college the week before finals is commonly known as "Dead Week." Which describes it perfectly. I have been up past 2:00 am every night this week. CRAZY! Mostly I have been working on my American Culture Research Project, in which I am compiling a book of watercolors I have painted, and pieces I have written about the early mining community in Park City. Here is a sneak peak...


It's bad quality and backwards, but in case you can't tell it's the Egyptian Theater haha.
Somehow I will get the eight paintings done by tomorrow, and take a Creative Arts final! Who says college students can't be superheroes, with all the things I am accomplishing with my lack of sleep, I might as well be.

AHHHH Finals!

As you can see from the picture above, my head is about to explode. It is the last official week of the semester, and I have more to do then I have time. C'est la vie, I guess it comes with the territory of college. I will just be overwhelmingly happy when my research project for American Culture is done. I thought it would be a good idea to make a collection of watercolors...let's all pray I get done before Friday. Then finals are on Monday...so this weekend= STUDY TIME! Come Monday night, I will finally be FREEEEEEEE!

College

College is hard
It is the snow seeping into your shoes
Heavy eye lids drooping with the passing day
It is Ramen sizzling in your red pot

College is missing home
It is the absence of time
Icy winds rushing on your sleepy face
It is life lived day by day

College is me.

I LOVE Betty White

Only one more month left of my Betty White calendar! That makes me so sad! This has been my favorite calendar...ever. I only hope that my next year's calendar can have the awesome caliber that this one does! I also have Spongebob and Phineas on my calendar...it's how I do. But at least I get to bust open day one of my Christmas chocolate calendar today! Yay for Christmas.