April 27 2010

Sometimes, I have days like today.

Where I pretend to be reflective.

This is what I reflect on.

I really appreciate polite people. There is this boy in our Human Development class, whose name I do not know. He has never spoken to me, nor do we have common friends. He is just in my class. I always see him working hard. In my mind, this is his life. He grew up in, or near Cache valley. He is from a humble LDS home, with a lot of siblings and very kind parents. He was taught values, and hard work. He works for the University, and although he hates it, he knows he needs the money. He applies himself diligently in class, not just FCHD, and hopes that it pays off. I saw this boy today as I was walking across campus. He smiled, waved, and told me that he hoped I was having a good day. Again, I do not know this individual. I have made up this life story, and don't know if it's truth. He had the kindness and sincerity to say hi to the weird girl in one of his classes, and I'm sure he is unaware of the impact he made on this girl's life.

Eli. He is the man that stands by the fountain with his white-board of hypocrisy. Okay, it may not be hypocrisy, but I generally don't like the things scribbled upon it. I cannot help but wonder about this man when I see him. I like to think that he secretly knows the Church is true. I do not understand how someone who studies and knows so much about what we believe, could not in turn, believe it as well. Why waste all that time? And wouldn't it just make people wonder about the Church even more? I'm sure that if someone were obsessively telling me everything about this one particular religion, that I would want to find out more myself. In a bizarre round-about way, is he not just helping us?

There are days when I miss how life was. I wish that friendships wouldn't have crumbled, and people would have been true to themselves. I wish that apologies were not for the birds, and that common ground could be found. These are wishes for the clouds, and dreams for the future. I can only hope that someday, somewhere, I gain an understanding. For now, however, I'll keep my happiness and the people that infuse me with it.

I wrote Kaleb Anderson a letter today. I am afraid of its delivery.

I went tanning, and burned myself.

I didn't pass a test about Spreadsheets, and have to do it again. I'm computer stupid.

I am touched by what a neighbor told me.

I found a problem.

I wrote a poem.

These are the things that fill up the Tuesdays.

April 26 2010

My bad. Six days later....

This weekend was the MS walk that April convinced all of us to do. It was actually really fun! We had to wake-up bright and early and head to Salt Lake, but I enjoyed it. Everyone was there, and we all walked together. We had a really great time, laughing and just getting to hang out. I'm glad for that, because we don't get to do that very often.

Me and Troy are adopting a ten year old girl.

Ha. Just kidding.

But we met this little girl, and she walked with us the whole way and we were planning up our dream purple house (this got started because of all the ADORABLE houses in downtown) and she wanted to live there with us. So, we told her that she could. Surprise. :]

After the walk we went to Chuck-E-Cheese and ate pizza and played games with everyone. It's so much smaller than I remember it. I always thought that place was HUGE. Oh well. Me and Troy totally dominated. We got over 300 tickets without even trying, and got some very great prizes. :]

Upon finishing at Chuck-E-Cheese's, we all headed over to the mall and wandered around. Again, it was good to just hang out and do nothing with everyone. :] I however, was beginning to feel very exhausted. We had had a long day, and it wasn't even over yet. After the mall we went out to Goodwood with my family, and it was a good time. :] My family is so crazy and hilarious I forget how much I miss our little adventures. It was fun to have Troy there with us too.

So I'm kinda obsessed with Hi-5-ing now, and it's really all Troy's fault. It has gotten to a point where I'm realizing how obnoxious it is, and even lower than that, a point where I'm giving myself Hi-5s. It's an issue, and I'm dealing with it.

After dinner we went back to my house and hung out with the family again, and I haven't laughed that hard for a while. It think Troy had fun, and we didn't scare him away....yet. :] It's funny to me how different our families are. I like it.

Parker held Kris's hand. :] Yay. They went and saw Avatar, and he did some cheesy geometry thing. Splendid news. They're going out this weekend, and I just can't wait.

Sunday was as well a good day. Went to Church, sat by Troy and Parker, and just had a great time. After Church I went to the Butterfield's, and me and Troy watched "Lovely Bones." I read the book, and it was good, I liked the movie as well. It was his brother's birthday, so we had dinner celebrating that and then hung out.

Announcement: we discovered something that I am better at than Troy. :] It's this great game Word-Scramble. It's like an electronic Boggle, but I'm way better at it then Troy. Go me. :]

It's finals time, and the pressure is on. But I think I'll do okay, and I am praying that I make the grades that I need.

Ready for the summer. So ready.

April 20 2010

The Church is true.

That is all I have to contribute.

April 19 2010

I forgot to mention some things that have been going on recently:

I made it to the 150th post. This is in fact, the 152nd.

I finished Eat Shoots and Leaves and I enjoyed it A LOT. I marked it all up, and was really glad I took the time to read it.

It has gotten warmer up here, and it's so funny how that makes everything on Campus change. The fountain is back on. And suddenly, people are really friendly. Walking to class seems half as long, and there are scattered individuals on every grassy patch, and all over the Quad. It's a very nice touch. :]

Also, College is not what you expect when you are small. I remember the days when having an actual textbook was going to be so cool, and you would get to carry them around in your arm and be really "cool." If I carried all my textbooks, notebooks, and laptop around like I imagined as a child, I would have HUGE arms, probably would have busted my laptop more than once, and been very grouchy all the time.

Also, there is a commercial on for "Avatar" and I have not seen it yet, I really need to. I'm listing it. ;]

I presented today in ASL. It was really scary. But I'm praying that all went well, and that I finish with a good grade in the class. I don't think I really have much to worry about, and our last expressive project is a Poem, so that will be fun, not stressful.

Watching the Jazz game. It's pretty stressful. I don't know if we will win, or if we will lose. Michael Gregory (April's friend) came over to watch it, and brought us pizza.

I can't stop sneezing. And it's getting awkward, because I sneeze so weird, that after the third one people start to look at me weird.

I cannot believe this year is over. I have two weeks left! I have learned so much as this year went by. I can officially say I completed a year of College, and as of tomorrow night, will be registered for another. I have lived on my own, I didn't gain the Freshman Fifteen (YES), I changed my major and made life changing decisions, I became fluent in a language that I love, I dated, I got to do some really cool things, I met new people, I moved on, I decorated my own room and kept it very clean, I fell in love with Wal-Mart, I started this blog. I think it is so funny how far I have come. A lot happened. Both good things, and bad things. It's so weird to me that it went so fast. I pulled off a long distance relationship, and made lifelong friends with people that I never would have imagined. I experienced Utah State Basketball, and have yet to be a True Aggie. I cleaned the sink (multiple times) and sold myself for cash (bodily fluids only, of course.) If you would have told me a year ago I would be where I am today, I would have laughed straight in your face, and walked away. Now that I am here, I laugh at the girl I was. I'm so grateful for everyone who got me to where I am. Life is changing rapidly. I sent a best friend on a mission, lost a lot of "friends," and most importantly, I found myself. Moving away gave me the opportunity to evaluate my life. I saw where I was, where I was headed if I stayed that way, and changed my mind. There really are a lot of things coming, and I'm excited and scared all at the same time. I plan on writing this summer, but I can't promise anything. We technically still have weeks, but I just felt like writing this now. It's like a personal "Closing Ceremonies" to this very short chapter of my life. I still have novels to write, and I'm sure they will be interesting, as my life usually is.

I'm grateful for the Gospel. I would be a mell of a hess without it, and I'm so glad that it was given to me. I don't know what I did to deserve such a great gift, and not have to live in darkness and the unknown. I would never want to take advantage of this, and am living my life to hopefully reflect this. I'm grateful for where I am, and where I think I'm going. I have grown so much, spiritually over this semester and it has been an amazing adventure. I have been blessed by the testimonies and examples of others, and been given missionary experiences that I never imagined for myself. I'm glad I was able to wake-up, and take advantage of these things now. I still have a long way to go, and a lot to learn. But I know I will get there eventually. I'm happy for my family, and think we are getting somewhere. I'm excited to go home this summer, and be close to them again. I'm grateful for my best friends. Without Parker and Tori I would be alone, and lost. They have been there through so much, and I look forward to a long life with them, and their future husbands whoever the poor suckers may be. :] Just kidding. :]

April 18 2010

Let's just update you about this weekend. :]

It was Silent! (For most of it anyway.)

This weekend was DESA's Silent Weekend, and it was a really great time. It was so different to be not be able to use my voice. However, it was A LOT easier than I imagined. The theme of the weekend was "Deaf in Black" (like MIB). It was so cool! In my cabin, "Revelation" it was me, Emily, and Lindsay from my ASL group. Lindsay is hilarious. She had everyone laughing so hard during their skit, and had us laughing all weekend. It was really cool. We did a lot of workshops, and games and my skills really did improve A TON. I'm super excited. Friday night I played "Killer Bunnies" with Jon, Nick, and Jon's Deaf friend, Brent. It was a really fun game, and I'm so surprised I actually understood how to play, seeing as I never had before and it was all ASL. :] I'm super proud, if you can't tell. Saturday afternoon we played these team competition games, and mine was a hit. Which is surprising, because my game got messed up so me and Jan had to hurry and make something up. But it worked, and was very successful. Go last minute planning. :] On the way home, I'm such an idiot, Tracy didn't bring her Cochlear so I had to interpret for her, however, I kept TALKING for her. Yeah, she is Deaf. She can't hear me. It had been a long weekend. :]

After Silent Weekend, I met up with Troy and we did absolutely nothing. :] It was so great. Haha we were so lazy, but I was exhausted. We watched the Jazz game, and they lost. Then we had a surprise party for April, because her birthday is next weekend. It was fun. :] We made her a big banner, and Talyn and her sister and friend came up and made cake and stuff. It was good. Everyone came over, and then they had a big dance party and watched Glee all night.

Sunday we went to Stake Conference with Logan. It was really good. Elder Cook's wife spoke about Temperance, and being aware of not allowing our strengths, to become a weakness. It was good. I love Stake Conferences. After that, we did....nothing again. Haha we hung out with April, watched TV, and I did some homework. I got my classes figured out for next semester, and I like how it all is set out as of now. We will see. Registration is this week, so I need to make sure that I get those classes. I'm taking Intro to Astronomy. :] We'll see how that class goes.

I cannot believe that there is only two weeks left of school. That is so bizarre. It has gone so fast! So weird. Life is just moving right along. :]

This summer is going to be full of surprises.

April 14 2010

I have a confession.

I have this recent obsession with Taylor Swift, and I feel like her songs coincide with my life perfectly.

Today was a Wednesday. It was my last day before the craziness begins tomorrow. Parker was here today. I went to all my classes. She got a job at Sonic. She doesn't know how to roller skate, she doesn't want the job. We watched "Darkness Falls" Tuesday night, and it was very scary. Not. It could have been, but the company I was in, had the attention span of a goldfish. :] But it was still a great experience. :]

Tuesday was a hard day. Today was better. We're almost done.

It was so nice today. Me, Kris, Parker, and Sierra went out and played Volleyball on the Quad. It was really fun. :] I'm so glad that it is finally nice weather again.

I watched Glee. I love it. I want her voice. They are just great, and it was great. Everything about it was great. :] Kris and Parker were making fun of me because I was getting so involved in the show.

The Jazz lost.

I got a lot written in my Educational Autobiography! Which is a BIG deal. I'm excited. I'm almost done. This is a great feeling.

I'm really stressed, and I think it's just because it is the end of school.

Parker and Kris hung out tonight. Until five in the morning. I went to bed, and she came in around five apparently. Haha ohh good times. It's fun for me to have her experience college. :]

I'm so excited for next semester, and this summer. It's going to be just grand.

April 13 2010

Today, was interesting.

In our Human Development class we had some very special guests. We had the GLBTA Services panel come in, and discuss their gender issues/sexual orientation and their favorite coming out stories. It was interesting to hear things from them, yes. However, I would have really enjoyed it to be a choice event. That is all I'm going to say about that little endeavor.

I gave Plasma again today, and all went well. It didn't even hurt today.

I also performed my ASL project for the Lab class, and well, I'm nervous. I'm a really good signer, so that is not the problem. Content is the problem. I'm showing a clip from the movie, "Sound & Fury" which is practically hated by the Deaf community. On top of this, I'm talking about the identity crisis that occurs when people are often implanted with a Cochlear. I'm scared, because I already irked James and Nick. So, we will see how this presentation goes. Ha. But I talked to Jon about it, and he said that I was fine. And he actually is Deaf, so if Jan says anything to me, I'll just have Jon back me up. Luckily DESA elections are before I present, so that won't affect the outcome of those.

Summer is going to be interesting.

April 12 2010

Today was a really lame day, I was really ornery.

However, I got a whole bunch done.

And so, I'm going to use pictures. Pictures that coordinate with all of my old posts. Enjoy.

This is Courtney's softball game we went to last weekend. She rocks.

This is Troy's reunion picture. The quality.....is not so great.

These are the really awesome shoes we got for the MS Walk. :]

This is us doing great service, the renovation project. It was really great.

April 11 2010

This weekend was really fun. We didn't do very much, but we still managed to have a good time. :] Parker came up, and Friday night we were going to go to one of the few dances going on on campus. However, Parker wasn't feeling real great, and I didn't really feel up for dancing, so Tori and Lauren (Tori's roommate went without us, and we chilled at home with the TV. But it was fun. :] Although we were graced with the presence of some sketchy individuals, we survived. Let's just say, I'm so beyond ready to move out of here. :]

Saturday we had to wake up bright and early. We were going to "Meet the Challenge" and renovate a house with the Hurd organization through the University. I needed the service hours to finish my portfolio, so I brought Parker, Tori, and Lauren along with me. It was actually, really fun. We did a lot of hard manual labor. :] We painted different rooms, and Tori and Lauren spent a long time painting the backyard fence. We tore up some flooring, and did some other random jobs. We were all pretty sick of paining, and I'm pretty sure, by the way we acted on the ride home, the fumes got to us. We worked hard for five hours, got some free lunch, and then headed home. We were so exhausted from our long days work, we watched the Princess and the Frog and took it easy. I had to break up with Troy for a brief time, because I was in love with the Prince. Best looking cartoon character around. :] Don't worry, we made up, he took me back, and we're okay.

After the movie, we headed off to find Parker a job. We stopped at a few places and got a couple of applications. K-Mart is hiring, so I'm hoping April puts in a good word, and we get Parker a job. Tori's roommate for the summer is moving home, so she could move in there. It will work out perfect, if she gets a job. Pray for that!

We also watched "The Fourth Kind." It was a creepy alien movie, that had a weird demonic feel. Not going to recommend it, unless you like creepy alien movies. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it.

Church was good today, Parker came along with me. We also went to Ward Prayer. This next week is going to be really busy, and I'm a little bit nervous. We're getting down to the wire! DESA elections are this Thursday, as is Silent Weekend. Big events! I'll write about how they all turn out.

Parker is going home tomorrow morning. That really sucks, because it's really fun when she is around. My best friend is back. Oh well, we'll get this back in the summer. Partially...haha. It's funny that she could be moving up here, when I'm moving back down there. Oh well.

We missed the first fatal injury at the Dunes. Okay, fatal is not the right word. Daryl rolled his four wheeler, and broke his arm. He went in for surgery today, so hopefully all went well. Me and Parker were really bummed we couldn't be there, which is a first for us. Oh well.

April 8 2010

This is what I learned today.

"Whether it is felt in His breast or in ours, the Savior's love can achieve what force cannot because where force calls forth counterforce, love calls forth love. In the human image of His divine sacrifice, we, too, can outlast and conquer vengeance. I received a while a go a letter from a woman whose father had been emotionally neglectful and whose husband turned out to be much the same way. When she tried to talk about why he was distant, he said it was because she was always angry. This angered her more, and she told him she was only angry because of his lack of love, which made him more in inclined to withdraw. They had got themselves encircled in the bands of death and the chains of hell. she went to the mountains alone, intent upon reading one of the contemporary self-help books. She wrote later:

As the writer began describing the intense need we each have for love, I began to feel more and more deprived until I felt such a huge longing that I could barely breathe. I decided to write all of this down for my husband to read, and enumerate the many times I had felt emotionally deprived. I began to write furiously, to pour it all out onto the paper. The longer I wrote, the more I began to have a feeling come over me that what I was writing was false. The feeling continued growing until I could no longer squelch it, and I knew intuitively that the feeling was coming from God, that He was telling me that what I was writing was false. "How could it be false?" I asked angrily. "I lived it. I know it was there because I saw and felt it. How could it be false?" But the feeling became so powerful and overwhelming that I could no longer deny it or fight against it. So I tore up the pages I had written, threw myself down on my knees, and began to pray, saying, "If it is false, show me how it could be false." and then a voice spoke to my mind and said, "If you had come unto Me, it would have all been different."

I was astonished. I went to church. I read the scriptures often, I prayed pretty regularly, I tried to obey the commandments. "What do you mean, 'Come unto You?'" I wondered. And then into my mind flashed pictures of me wanting to do things my own way, of holding grudges, of not forgiving, of not loving as God had loved us. I had wanted my husband to "pay" for my emotional suffering. I had not let go of the past and had not loved with all my heart. I loved my own willful self more.

I was aghast. I suddenly realized that I was responsible for my own suffering, for if I had really come unto Him, as I outwardly thought I had done, it all would have been different. As that horrible truth settled over me, I realized why the pages I had written of my suffering had been false. I had allowed it to happen by not truly coming unto God. That day I repented of not loving God, of not loving my husband, of blaming, of finding fault, of thinking that others were responsible for my misery.

I returned home but did not mention to my husband anything of what had transpired. But I have up blaming, knowing that I was in large part responsible for the state of our relationship. And I tried to come unto God with full purpose of heart. I prayed more earnestly and listened to His Spirit. I read my scriptures and tried to come to know Him better. Two months passed, and one morning my husband awoke and turned to me in bed and said, "You know, we find fault too much with each other. I am never going to find fault with my wife again." I was flabbergasted, for he had never admitted he had done anything wrong in our relationship. He did stop finding fault, and he began to compliment me and show sweet kindness. It was as if an icy glass wall between us had melted away. Almost overnight our relationship became warm and sweet. Three years have passed, and still it continues warmer and happier. We care deeply about one another and share ideas and thoughts and feelings, something we had not done for the first 16 years of marriage.

The Savior seems to say to us: "Come unto me, and I will give you such assurance and hope and strength that you cannot be taken hostage by anyone who seems to do you harm. I will liberate you into love. And then you will no longer give anyone cause to resent or fear you. Instead, they will respond to the love that I have bestowed upon you. By abiding in me, you will do much good, bear much fruit."

How then shall we come unto Christ so that everything will be different from what it could possibly be otherwise? By sacrificing all taking of offense. By giving up criticism, impatience, and contempt, for they accuse the sisters and brothers for whom Christ died. By forswearing vulgarity and pornography, which diminish both the user and the used. By putting aside, in short, every practice that bears the image of murder, obliteration of souls, discord, and death. By giving these practices their true name, violence, and abhorring even their first appearance. By renouncing war in every form and proclaiming peace."

C. Terry Warner's talk "Honest, Simple, Solid, True"

(I have the entire thing, if you would like it.)

April 7 2010

I have definitely slacked lately, but April has been bringing on the crazy! I have been extremely busy trying to get everything done for school before the weekends, so that I am able to hang out and relax when I want to. I just have to deal with the madness of the week for this reward! But it's good, because it keeps me busy. Today I got A TON done. I'm very nervous for my tests this week, but I think I will do okay. I had better! My Human Dev. one on Thursday is less intense than the Biology one on Friday. But we will see. Wednesdays are my favorite day of the week, and today was a much better alternative to the Tuesday I had earlier. So I was very grateful for that.

I also clearly changed the blog, I felt that the drab of winter would not leave the unfortunate town in which I live, so I would spring up my blog layout.

I really have to get back to studying, and doing other school things, so that is really all I have to say tonight.

Melissa never came up, and Parker is still coming up this weekend. I'm excited, but again, stressing to get everything done so that we can have time to hang out.

I cannot tell you how ready I am for the stress of school to be over, and to move home.

I miss it all.

I would take Smart Cookie stress over this school crap, any day.

Oh summer.

April 4 2010

Yay for Easter weekend. It was really good. Friday night me and Troy went to Iggy's with a bunch of his old friends to eat and watch the Jazz game. I had never been there before, and it was really fun. I liked it. :] It's just a bunch of sports fans. :] It was great. I got a scary phone call from Christian, freaking me out about the busyness of the store for the next day. So I was pretty much panicking. I got to Smart Cookie at five Saturday morning, and worked it out however. I went so fast. :] I got out by three, and was able to go to Spanish Fork to watch my sister play softball with my family and Troy. It was really fun. We were just joking around, and watching her play. It reminded me of when we used to go to her games in Lehi. It was a good time. :] I'm hoping that I will be able to attend more of her games this summer, and the end of the school year. We have officially hit the one month mark everyone. In one month, I will be taking my last final. :] I will finish my very first full year of college. Holy, I am such an old woman. Okay, let me finish my weekend update. :] Saturday night, we went to Troy's Mission Reunion, and it was actually really good. It was up in the Avenues in SLC, and I decided I'm living there sometime in my life. The view was absolutely amazing. Amazing. I want to go back up there sometime this summer, and just hang out. I love city lights. It was so pretty, you could see the Temple, and all the downtown lights, it was just great. :] The reunion itself was also great. It was fun for me to meet/see all the people from his mission, and see him see them again. :] We hung out with Logan, and he is great. He just makes me laugh. There was some very random strange man, with bleach blonde hair that was VERY outspoken. All the boys informed me that he was not like this on the mission, and wow. I can't really describe him, but he was quite the character. On the way home, Troy told me all sorts of new stories about his mission, and the people that I met. I am fascinated by his stories, they are so great. I could listen to them for hours. Sunday was Easter. We went to Carol's house, and Troy came along as well. This year was new for me, because I actually had to hide candy, which was a very big first. We did two different Egg hunts, one for the little kids, and one for the big kids. Me and Troy planned to team up with Emily and Kiel, and take out Alyss and Collin and my sisters. We didn't actually carry this plan out, but it was the thought that counted. After all the candy shananagins, we ate dinner and then just hung out. It was good. Troy did good, which was important, because well, our family is crazy. After we left Carol's, we went to Troy's and just hung out. We watched the first baseball game of the season, and the Red Sox won, they beat the Yankees. Yeah, I did just talk about baseball. I was actually a little bit interested in the game. Shocker. :] Overall, it was a very great Easter. :] We dyed eggs Sunday morning, and that was a great time as always. Our family has a Brian Regan obsession, so our eggs slowly started taking on his jokes. Caitlyn does an awesome Brian impression, and we were all laughing really hard. The Easter Bunny gave the three of us some new make-up and candy. I got a book, magnet, candy, and personalized chocolate egg from Craig and Becky, and Troy gave me a book, "Broken Things to Mend" By Elder Holland. I'm very excited to start reading both of them.

This weekend was also General Conference. I got to listen to one and half sessions on Saturday at work, and then in the car on our way to Spanish Fork. It was really very good. My favorite talk,e like always, was Elder Holland. He just is my favorite. :] A lot of the talks centered around families, and parents and the responsibilities thereof. Sunday we listened to the first session together, and then watched half of the second at Carol's house. I love Conference weekend. :] It's my very favorite thing. I like when the Ensign comes out with all the talks in May. I think it's so amazing how connected all the talks are, and how there is always a unifying theme, BUT they never plan for that. All of the speakers write their talks, and there is no collaboration. I love it. :]

Now I'm back to school, and that is not fun. But like mentioned earlier, it is the one month mark. I cannot wait for school to be over. Troy got accepted, so he will be coming up here next semester. :] Congratulations. :]

April 1 2010

New month. You know how I love new-month posts.

April Fools.

(Not April Fools to the above sentence, that was just an announcement about today's Holiday.)

I hate this day. It's like National Gullible Day. It's completely pointless. I somehow got roped into trying to pull a prank however, but it failed when my day didn't go very well.

I just wish things from the past, would stay in the past. And that is all I have to say about that.

I gave Plasma again today everyone. And I almost died. Okayy, so maybe not really, but I was a little bit terrified. So it was pretty busy today, but I waited for about forty-five minutes. When I was finally in my chair, I choose the left arm, because last time my right arm hurt and I didn't want that again. So, Clayton (who was designated to "stick" me) gets everything all ready, and is about to insert a large needle into my arm. He gets it in, and I look away. Then, I feel this really strange thing, and then pain. Serious pain. I look over, and Clayton, is fishing the needle around in my arm. Not a comfortable feeling, and I was not a fan. I looked away, and he finally stopped messing around inside my skin. I looked down one final time, and almost passed out. I usually look at the needle, no big deal. So, when I looked down and saw a huge bump surrounding the insertion site, I almost lost it. And, it was still in pain. I got Clayton's attention, and he looked down, and then decided that wasn't good (obviously) so he pulled out the needle. Still, painful. The lovely Clayton then explains to me exactly what he just did to me. While he was fishing around inside, he nicked the side of my vein which caused bleeding, so the surrounding tissue was now filled with blood which is why it swelled. Nasty. So, he strapped up a ice bag, and we decided to stick my other arm. Not a fan. Not only did I have an awkward ice bag stuck to my left arm, extreme pain in the left arm, but now I had a needle in the right one, and my own blood tubes draped across my stomach. After today, I pretty much have no fear of blood. I even watched them stick the needle in the right arm. It's very interesting, and has a huge hole in it. My arm is still really sore, and it is nice and swollen. I'm sure that there will be a great big bruise when I wake up in the morning.

After all of this, I went to DESA. It was pretty uneventful, we filmed the movie for our Silent Weekend. The theme is "Deaf in Black" (like Men in Black) so we did the video for that, and voted on the T-shirt design. I'm excited. :] Over the next little while, we will be voting for DESA officers for next year, and figuring all that out. So we'll see. I'm a little bit nervous.

Then we cleaned the sink at Angie's for Becca's birthday. That was fun. Tori's roommates are really funny, and I like them a lot. Once that was done, I went to Subway to get some real food, and now am home. Tomorrow just can't come fast enough. I'm excited. Happy Easter everyone.