Roommates

Top 10 Reasons You Know You Live With 3 Other Guys

1. You clean out the sink one night and then next night there are more dishes in there.
2. One of those dishes was a large cup (not a bowl) used to eat cereal out of.
3. The bathroom always stinks; not because of bowel movements but because the towel on the rack hasn't been cleaned in over a month.
4. The same above goes for sheets on the bed except (for those with a weak stomach) for an undisclosed amount of time.
5. Each room has their own distinct odor with a valid attempt to cover up with Axe body spray.
6. NO ONE knows where the broom is.
7. A conversation is frequent, First roommate:"Hey, are you downloading anything?" Second roommate: "Yeah, why?" First roommate: "Can you hurry up, the internet is too slow to support 'Counter Strike'". The same conversation is had with the other two roommates with answers similar.
8. The freezer is full of ice cream and frozen pizzas.
9. No decorations are on the walls.
10. The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Boston Legal, and or The Dark Knight can be found.

A fun trip for "business"

From an earlier post, I am now at liberty to say what I was hinting to. I am dating again. She attends my ward and is a great individual. She's an athletic trainer going to school to get her master's in kinesiology. We've been together a little over a month and I'm enjoying life with her! She lives about 30 minutes away from me but we make it work.

This weekend, we went to College Station, TX to see some of her old friends. She use to be the athletic trainer for Utah State's softball team and they were invited by Texas A&M to play in a tournament. We drove through Houston and had lunch with the GF's mission president and then went on to College Station to catch the last few innings of the second game. We watch two more games on Sat. and one on Sunday. We had a blast.

One of the funny moments from the trip was during sacrament meeting when the organist stopped playing the opening hymn after the before the 4th verse. Ironically, we were just talking about that very same thing the day before. Also, there were a ton of young married couples there and the bishopric was eying us when we sat down and all through sacrament..."fresh meat." Too bad we were just visiting.

A cool factor is I met the wife of my "grandpa" from the mission. My trainer's trainer is married to a sister of one of the softball players. Small world indeed!

Support of the Who Dat Nation

I have heard the phrase "Who Dat?" so much this past week. For those who follow and don't know what "Who Dat?" is...feel yourself lucky. HA! I'm kidding. The phrase has been adopted by New Orlean's Saints fans. It has been yelled, whispered and holla'd at work and every other place you can imagine since they won two weeks ago. Today is their ultimate game. It's the first time they've ever been to the Superbowl.

I'm not one for tagging on the band wagons and the last minute. Nor am I one to even really follow football. However, I feel a certain pride for my state and it's national football team. I'm sporting the black pinstripe suit with my gold tie to church in honor of our team. I'm proud to cheer them on this evening and hope for the best.

And in true Louisiana style, a part will ensue Monday regardless of the victory in New Orleans. Mardi Gras started early this year and it will be crazy!

In this crazy life and through these crazy times...

School has become apart of my life once again. I'm taking 12 credit hours at BRCC. It's not completely overwhelming yet. I know I have to stay on top of all this jazz, though.

Work is still going well. It's so comforting to be in a job and be able to pay for school at the same time. I have a goal of not getting into debt until the very last possible moment. Hopefully when I get in an undergrad program I'll be able to use my dad's VA benefits to help with school costs. If not, loans it is. I cannot afford to stretch out school any longer than needful. As it is, I should be taking at least 15 credits this semester to be sure to graduate on time. I also just recently heard that SELU has a great Marriage and Family counseling program. I'm way pumped to check it out! I was already decided that I was going to go there for my undergrad and master program. After hearing this, I'm even more positive!!!

I have also had some new developments in other parts of my life. I'm not completely at liberty to say at the moment. After a discussion or two, I'll definitely update with some new information-hopefully good information.

So I was told the other day that I have to be married before I can become a Marriage and Family Counselor. Hopefully I will be since that's at least another 5 years away. It just hit me kinda weird. I know it would definitely help to be married but I don't think it's a necessity. I've seen several relationships and have been in many different types. I'll learn as I go and schooling will help a lot. It's something I never really thought about though. Do we all need to have real life applications before we start a career?

I'm small, I know...

I've had a lot of emotions/feelings pass through the past month or so. There's been love, lust, enmity, disgust, a lot of irritation/frustration, bliss-filled butterflies, and heartache.

I have realized that emotions are grande. I've been trying to feel them and understand where they come from. I love getting to know myself and growing. Progression is such an amazing thing, even though there are still growing pains involved.

If I'm at all at liberty to offer advice, it would be to always look for ways to progress. Don't try to become perfect all at once because it will not happen, trust me! Discover ways that works best for you. Make things happen. If you want it, don't stress about it. We do need boundaries, but not limitations; does even make sense? We need to follow guidelines but not be so weighed down by things that inhibit us from have the agency we so need and desire.

RW

So remember when I have "Party in the USA" stuck in my head. It's a catchy song, yeah?

You'll never know how much I love you!

The title is a little deceiving. I'm just making a list of things that people probably don't know about me.

1. I have false teeth
2. I hate shaving
3. The toilet paper only goes one way on the roll. Yes, it does!
4. I love cleaning other people's homes.
5. After my sophomore year of high school, I wanted to be a veterinarian assistant. I didn't want to be a veterinarian b/c it took too long in school.
6. After I my senior year in high school, I was going to go to school to be a musical conductor of sorts. But my real desire then, and probably always will be, a musical performer.
7. When I was a kid, I always wanted braces and contacts and thought I never was going to get either and I had to end up getting both.
8. I like road trips but I don't love them.
9. I love an song that I can "belt" to. (If you don't know what "belting" is, please look it up and I'm sure you have done the same thing in your own car. )
10. I love analog clocks. Any and all will usually works.
11. I love picture frames.
12. I could have my feet massaged and/or my head scratched for hours and enjoy it.
13. I love collecting different versions of songs that I like; especially Over the Rainbow.
14. Have way too many pet peeves to mention in one post.
15. I love recording songs of me singing but really do not like listening to myself.
16. I love four part male harmony.
17. I have moved on average at least once a year since I was born.
18. The year I came home from my mission, I moved 3 times plus helped my parents move.
19. I am three years, three months, and three days younger than my only sibling.
20. I'm addicted to my laptop.
21. I'd rather have room temperature water most of the time.
22. When I feel like I'm going to throw up, I crave hot Diet Coke.
23. When I was a kid and I was running around a lot, I'd also crave Diet Coke.
24. I don't like anything with artificial sugar.
25. I've been lactose intolerant since birth.
26. I secretly wish for a full head of hair.
27. I LOVE Celine Dion's voice.
28. My closet is organized by types of clothes. i.e. pants, sweaters, polo shirts.
29. I have so many t-shirts that I rotate them in my drawers when I do laundry.
30. I HATE wearing shoes.
31. I can't wear socks to bed and keep them on all night. Undoubtedly they will be kicked off before morning light; consciously or subconsciously.
32. If I could, I would sleep in the nude on most nights.
33. I'd prefer to deck out in pants and a sweater to go to bed just to have the window open and a fan on. I love it to be cold when I go to sleep.
34. I miss so much about Colorado.
35. My mother and sister can make me cry when they sing.
36. Seeing a woman in a white dress is breathtakingly emotional.
37. I think more people need to be less dependent on their cell phones.
38. I've said the F word when someone cut me off the other day. This has never happened ever before!
39. I can drink a gallon of water and still be thirsty.
40. I wanted to go a mission ever since I was baptized.
41. I love the turrets scene from Deuce Bigalow.
42. I love the movie Friday. "You ain't got ta lie Craig."
43. I love soul food.
44. I love women with red hair and green eyes.
45. I have several VHS tapes from my high school of Musicals I was in.
46. I LOVE big dogs.
47. I want a lot of kids.
48. I have a Bass Pro pillow I got from a family while I was on my mission. I sleep with it every night.
49. I can't stand central heating but I love space heaters in the bathroom during winter.
50. I am OCD and HAD to end this at 50. K, maybe you knew about the OCD.