End of a long EFY

I finished my last final yesterday morning, took a load of stuff home, and am spending my last night in Provo tonight.  It's bittersweet.  I'm relieved that school and homework is over for a couple of months but I am sad to leave Provo and my friends.

Rachel F. and I procrastinated packing our room as long as possible.  Yesterday morning we gave into the inevitable and started to pack up our home.  I got really depressed when I had to start taking things down from my walls.

Now I am sitting in my desolate, white room wishing it was last September.

2 days ago: my beautifully decorated room

Today: my white washed walls

See how happy I was two days ago?  Now, well not so happy (despite how the picture makes me look)

Even if it's just for the summer, I'm going to miss this place more than I thought.  I've grown to love Provo, BYU, and every single girl on my floor.  I'm going to miss:

• Being able to talk to Rachel F. whenever I walk into my bedroom 
• Running down the hall to Tess and Cara's room to tell them some embarrassing or funny story
• Having all my meals prepared for me by the Cannon Center staff
• Late night study dates with HBLL
• Random runs to the hospital for shakes or to Yogurtland for frozen yogurt
• Pow wows until midnight with Tess and Chris about the "ay oh's"
• Movie nights with our beds pushed together
• Christmas lights in my room
• Getting Vitamin Water from the vending machines
• Tyler's laugh after I make a joke even if it isn't funny
• Not having to knock when walking into my friends rooms
• Watching Tess' perplexed look on her face when I say something super sarcastic
• MY ROOM

But the thing that I can't stand most? In two weeks there will probably be some snot nosed 14 year old boy who thinks he is the coolest thing since slice bread staying in my room for EFY. I guess I just can't let such depressing thoughts enter into my mind.

Now I will indulge myself by publishing my favorite pictures from this past week.

Breakfast with the hall

Cara, Craig, Tess, Me, Rachel, and Josh

C.R.A.T. and Chris

Cara, Tess, Chris, and Me

Skousen Sandwich

Goodbye Stover Hall

Saying goodbye to Freshman life

Today I finished my classes for winter semester.  It is starting to sink in that I am leaving the dorms.  Only 7 more days until I officially finish my first year of college.  It feels like I just started.  I can't believe how fast time flies.  A week or so before I started college a friend told me to take advantage of freshman year because it was the best year for him and it went by really fast.  He told me to live every moment to the fullest and have all the fun that I want because you're only a freshman once. When he said that I just thought "ya, ya....it feels like such a long year ahead of me."  Now that I am looking back on the last 8 months I realize what he meant.  It went by extremely fast and I know that I will never be able to have these experiences again.

I never thought I would say this but I have loved living in the dorms.  I'm going to miss having 30 sisters and our mother figure (our R.A.) just down the hall.  I realized that I might never see many of these kids again, but at the same time I'm looking forward to living in an apartment and meeting new people.

In remembrance of my freshman year here are some of my favorite photos/memories:

visiting the Sweet Toothfairy Bakery

that night we slept 5 people on two beds pushed together 

going up Provo canyon for a bonfire

taking future roommate photos

unintentionally matching outfits

Spring City/ATVING 

BYU basketball! 

Festival of Colors

General Conference at the Conference Center

Late night studying with HBLL

Surprising Rachel by picking out her outfit for her date

Mitt for President

Mitt Romney is DA BOMB

Recently

I'm sorry I have taken forever since updating my blog but for the two of you who actually read it, well, you already know what's going on in my life.

Anyway last week was General Conference.  I was able to come home with Rachel and Tess and go to the conference center for the Saturday afternoon session.  It was fun to show my BYU friends around my home town..... er.... uh, city.  We went to the Sweet Toothfairy Bakery, drove around Salt Lake, and then returned home and watched a movie.  It made me miss Salt Lake but also made me sad that in two weeks I'll be leaving Provo and my friends for the summer.  I'm excited though to come home to my family and old friends.

A lot of fun things have happened since the last update:

1.  Going to Spring City with my friends, eating aebleskivers, getting the ATV stuck in the snow (don't worry mom I was the one driving, not one of the other girls), seeing the breathtaking Manti temple lit up,  and enjoying each others company

2.  Going to Spring City with Rachel and her friends.

3.  Going to the Festival of Colors at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple in Spanish Fork

Cara, Me, Chris, Tricia, Kristal, Tess, and Rachel

after with Mary Katherine

Tess, Rachel, Cara, Kristal, Me, and Tricia

4. General Conference with Tess and Rachel

Well ENJOY this beautiful week!