Lonely

There are many reasons why I miss Skye, Linny, and Kris....but the one thing that sticks out the most is that they laugh at me and think I'm funny most of the time. It's weird being around people who look at me like I'm seriously some walking moron who doesn't know how to deliver a punch line. This 'moron' look was given to me by someone about 5 minutes ago and I just thought in my head, "If the girls were here they would have laughed at me." LAMO!

are you kidding me

So I come home from a LONG day of work, school, and work again to find my cute roomie making us dinner. She was cooking rice with veggies which I love love love! Our FHE group was meeting at our house and dinner wasn't going to be done for another 20 minutes so I decided to turn on Fox News and eat some tortilla chips while dinner was cooking. So I'm just sitting there minding my own business when a girl from our group comes into our apartment, says her hellos, walks into the kitchen and proceeds to get a spoon full of rice then sprinkles some veggies on it without even thinking twice. I'm sitting there thinking who the freak is this chick?! THEN, no joke like 3 minutes later, a guy from our FHE group walks into our apartment, sees the chips sitting next to me, picks them up and then helps himself. I guess I gave him "my look" because his face went red and then he said something like "I can't believe I just did that." Ok people, I don't know you but you feel comfortable coming into my home and eating my food. My other roommates don't know these people super well either....where were they raised? People are weirdos!

WRI

When I found out that BYU was eliminating the Women's Research Institute my heart sank. I've been a part of the WRI since my sophomore year and seen the many lives it has changed. The WRI is privately funded by Alumni who think that researching women's issues is worth their cash...God bless them! Here is a brief background explaining what the WRI is and what is currently going on to save the institute. If you feel like signing the petition at the end of the blog just click on the link. thanks gals!
Here is the text from the flyer so that it is more easily searchable to the world-wide web.

WHY IS WOMEN'S RESEARCH IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE?
Women everywhere have a great capacity for service in their homes, families and communities.
Women have been under studied and underestimated throughout centuries.
Studying women can bring education, understanding, cross-cultural connection and peace.

WHAT IS BYU'S WOMEN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE?
Originally instituted by President Dallin H. Oaks in 1978.
Provides an interdisciplinary scholastic community for over 80 BYU affiliates studying women and gender.
Facilitated the publication on hundreds of articles and books by projects such as the Mormon Women's History Project, the WomanStats Project — now used by the UN, and the Peace and Violence in the Home Project.

HOW WILL CLOSING THE WRI AFFECT WOMEN'S RESEARCH AT BYU?
We will lose the only university research center that studies women and gender through a Gospel lens.
Separating teaching faculty from research faculty will deprive students of the opportunity to work with teams of faculty engaged in serious academic discourse on the study of women.
There are questions about the final allocation of the WRI Endowment Fund.
No US university has closed their women's research center over the past 20 years­—which may cause people to wonder and damage the reputation of BYU and the Church as a friend to women and their concerns.
DO YOU CARE ABOUT WOMEN'S RESEARCH?
sign the petition www.supportWRI.org

Sometimes life feels sooooo overwhelming that I just want to sleep and pretend nothing exists but me and my covers. I think I feel nutty right now mainly because I'm living out of my car and have no real roots planted until I get into my condo on Friday (fingers crossed)!
The idea of starting school again makes me have a headache! I decided late in the game that I want to teach history to high school kids. So now with a degree from BYU I'm taking classes to get a teaching credential from UVU. I should be excited, however just thinking about the reading for the semester again gives me a headache.
I start teaching dance tomorrow. Although I made it through a year of teaching dance already, this year I'm teaching more classes and I'm not sure that I'm talented enough to really do it. I know that satan is the moron who puts these thoughts into my head but I'm just tooooo tired today to really think I can choreograph anything worth watching.
The districts that I'm teaching right now are also causing me sleepless nights. I don't know how the male teachers I work with do it. They are always saying that the sisters should just leave work at work. I'm not sure how they expect me to do that when some of these poor missionaries go through so much in a short amount of time. I'm with them almost all day everyday and they become a part of my life for three weeks. The group I have now brought a lot of issues with them. Some of them have gone home and some have fought through their MTC expreience and have become great young men. It has been very emotional for me and them.
Maybe I'm just tired. I haven't gone to the gym in a week which is horrible since I was doing so well with going every day. I really love working out. It gives me time to myself and just over all makes me feel great. Please excuse my complaining. I promise to write a happy blog entry next!

So my little sister Hannah was married on June 12, 2009. Yes girls that is Russell aka "Lusty" in the picture standing beside her. Who would have thought that lusty would ever become my brother- in- law??!!!It seems like just yesterday he returned home from his mission and Jessica was putting the moves on him trying to help him become a "normal" person again. By the way Jessica, Russell still has the garter from your wedding. It is currently hanging in his car on the rear view mirror. They both are fantastic cooks which of course makes me totally happy since I HATE cooking! Anyway enjoy the pictures:)

So for those of you that know me, I like to change my hair every few years, months, days, hours, seconds....pretty much all of the time. It's so hot right now that I haven't been able to stand my thick hair on the back of my neck. It took me so long to get ready in the morning...I had to take breaks because my hair took sooooo long to fix. After talking to Hannah, my little sister, and deciding that I would look just too cute with short hair, I decided to chop it off. The above is the end result. I can't tell you how happy I am! It takes me literally three minutes to do my hair...blow dry and everything! I hope you all like it too! If you don't feel free not to comment:)

I'm obsessed with the song/dance Ramalama Bangbang from SYTYCD! I want to choreograph a funky tap dance to it!