I Love the Gospel!!

I really need to put some pictures on here I realized...but I don't have my camera close so I will have to do that next time. I was just thinking today about how grateful I am for the gospel of Jesus Christ. I've been taking an Institute class (Institute of Religion for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints where we go and take religion classes) about world religions. It's been so fascinating!! So many religions have so many things in common and it's beautiful to see. Even non-Christian religions have so much truth!! It's amazing!! I'm so grateful that I have the gospel that pulls all of those great things together.

I've been reading in the book of Alma in the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon amazes me. The people within its pages are just amazing! I only pray that I can strive to be like them...so many of them have such great Christlike attributes. And of course that's who I try to pattern my life after - Jesus Christ. The men and women in the scriptures are just so good at emulating some of those attributes that I really long to have. If other people can follow Christ in such hard times, then I definitely can too! Christ lives!! He really does and I just love the plan that God has for us and our families. How grateful I am for the Bible and the Book of Mormon and how they teach that plan so wonderfully!

*Good Website: http://mormon.org/

*Good Song: Before the Rocks by Justin Robinett

Fall Break!!

So Fall Break starts this weekend...we get Friday off. And pretty much Thursday too because most of my classes are cancelled. Happy Day!! But terrible of all terribleness...I have a test on Monday!! Why would anyone give you a test the day after Fall Break? It just seems cruel. Because that's what I love doing during my holiday...studying. At least give us a day...Wednesday, why can't we just have the test a class later? I'll study on Monday and Tuesday. Some people like to ruin everybody else's lives! That's the conclusion that I have come to.

And what the heck? It looks warm outside...but it's NOT! I go to bask in the sun and then an icy wind blasts me in the face. Good thing for warm jackets. I think I just feel like complaining today because I didn't go to bed early and now I don't feel very good. Haha. My own fault...that's what I get for getting distracted by like everything.

*Good Song: "Olive You" by Dave Days.

RUGBY!!

I have recently come to discover the sport of rugby...well when I was in Australia I heard about it all the time. Then in the last couple of months I heard talk of the Rugby World Cup and started watching it. Next I discovered that my university has a rugby team! So basically I have discovered that rugby is probably the best sport known to man. The scrums, the hard out tackling, the kicks, the tries..LOVE it! How did I ever live without this sport before? I get distracted by it when I'm at the library trying so hard to concentrate on my Spanish homework, distracted by it when I'm at home doing whatever it is I'm doing, and just distracted....I really love it. And New Zealand and Australia are playing each other tomorrow and I am excited! I love discovering new things that are AWESOME!

So some days I find myself not really knowing what to do with myself...like today. It is a Saturday night and yep, I'm writing on my blog because I can't seem to find anything else cool to do. Sad, I know, but what can ya do?

Rain and Fall Weather

It's been raining the last couple of days and it's been beautiful. As much as I don't like walking around with wet cold feet, I really loved the brisk breeze and the dark hovering clouds that threatened so menacingly. There's a deep beauty to a sky clouded black. I love the smell of rain! I felt like a cup of hot chocolate would have made my enjoyment just perfect. I'm sure that will be coming along soon with the winter weather just around the turn. I really love the fall. Especially when the leaves all start changing colors. I love to step on the crunchy leaves...it's just satisfying in some weird way. It will be good to see snow again. I'm not sure how well I'll handle it since I haven't seen snow in 2 years, but I'm sure I'll be fine. I can't wait to make a snowman!

School!!

So it's been awhile since I've written on here, but who really reads these things anyway?? School is going okay...I'm only taking 14 credits, but I'm SO busy!! I love my job...I work with kids at an elementary school. It's just the best. I'm so glad that it's General Conference this week!! (Every 6 months the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has a general conference where we all tune in and listen to the words of the living prophets!!) Amazing!! We get to listen to living prophets!!

It's amazing how scattered my thoughts are. I went to Lagoon today with my family. I haven't been there in years!! The rides all seem much smaller and shorter than they did before...but I'm sure that's just because I've grown up a bit since the last time I went. I love my family...how blessed I am to be able to have such a wonderful family. We had a really good time.

As for dating stories...I don't really have any. I'm not sure that I quite know what to do about boys/men. Dating seems to be such a joke sometimes...so many games that people play. It makes me tired. I'm tired of waiting around for some guy to decide that I'm worth his time ya know? And who has time for it anyway? So I have decided not to dwell on it too much...I am going to just live my life!! And make heaps of friends!

I'm still confused about what I want to do with my life. I think I've decided that I really don't want to teach...but now I'm trying to think of what else I could do with a history degree. History truly is my passion; I don't mind if that makes me a nerd. I just love it!! I love the stories and the people and just everything about it!! Now I just need to decide what I want to do with that passion...I think I want to go study abroad, but I'm just looking at all my options right now. It's hard being at this age and trying to decide what to do. So many decisions to make!! I'll figure it out one of these days...

*Good movie: The Conspirator (I just watched it tonight...and it's a historical movie!! Super good!!)
*Good song: Nothing by The Script