Well today I turned 20! No longer a teenager, its kind of weird, I've been a moody teenager so long, I forgot how to act, hah. My mom told me that I've actually just now become human, all through your teen years you are in the negative numbers until you hit 20 then you finally become 0 and work your way up from there because no one likes teenagers, except other teenagers, and even then that is rare. But this has been my first one from home. It was sad, I thought about all day what my "Birthday dinner" would be, but then realized I would not get one...but for a future reference it was going to be strawberry crepes =). Well I woke up around 9 to a bunch of text messages, one from my dorky little sister Lisa leaving me a voicemail telling me happy birthday, that I look like a monkey and that I smell like dodo, and then at the end she loves me. Haha i did not expect anything less (or more) of Lisa =).
I then went Dr. Callahan in Saratoga Springs with Etta, he told me that I had torn my meniscus and that it would require surgery in December...but thats ok, it wasnt my ACL, so tender mercy there. Then Etta and I went out to lunch at Mimi's Cafe, it was delicious where they sang me Happy Birthday and gave me chocolate mousse cake (which I did not eat, but nice gesture) then I went to Shaquille's and hung out with him for a little bit till he went to practice then I threw a frisbee and football with Jordan and his roomie Kenny, well now Im back at the apartment with Drew while he reads aloud his spanish homework chuckling to himself every now and then because he reads it out loud in a humorous voice. It has been a good birthday, so goodbye teen years, and hello my next decade=)
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Hogle Zoo
Today I went to the zoo with Uncle Kevin and Aunt Jan and all their kids. It was Bailey’s birthday present which was earlier this week (and I kind of counted it as mine too =) ) But it was alot of fun, I love spending time with family, its always so fun especially when your immediate family is far away from where you are. So it was yet another great day in Utah this summer.
Aunt Jan insisted we take our picture on this “Photo Op Spot”, so we waited our turn after all the three year olds before us took their picture=)
This stupid monkey was staring right at me the whole time and the second I got the camera out and posed, he turned his little head…he did it on purpose I think. But you can see his little arms and tail hanging down.
The elephant closest to the picture is the oldest elephant in the USA in captivity, Dani was her name and she was born in 1960. The one with her ears stickin out and facing the camera is Christie and she is the mother of the baby next to her which was born two years go, Zula.
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Shaquille came over on Thursday night and it was soo fun to hang out with him! We didnt do much except for the occasional card game with Etta, and the ping pong games between them, I wish that I would have filmed bits of pieces of them going against eachother. Etta gave Shaquille a run for his money every time, but my mom pointed out to me that they are destined to be “bosom friends” and in a lot of ways she is right. They have similar personalities and just like to have fun and go and do anything. Well today, we went with his friend, James, to temple square which is always nice. We toured the conference center, and saw the temple and walked around the grounds and went and saw the Jesus Christ statue which is so beautiful. Shaquille loved it, it really makes you appreciate how beautiful and wonderful something is that you are use to when you have someone around you who has never seen it before. Shaquille loved it all, and it was just a really good day and the past couple of days have been a great time.
So I think untill I actually come up with a stable name Ill use my momma’s idea of putting up different quotes, Ill do it monthly. “Even Monkeys Fall from Trees” is going to be June’s. I havent documented yet why this quote means so much to me, so now I will.
In the Fall of 2009, when I was senior I played on my highschool football team. I was the kicker. My main kicks were PAT’s, which I like well enough. But it was one particular game when were playing against the Blue Tide, they were not that great and I believe that we,the Wildcats, scored 7 times. Out of those 7 times I think I only hit, or made 2 points after. At the end of that game, we had won, but I was upset with my self. I was frustrated and angry that I finally got the chance to kick so many times and I had messed up. I knew I could make it, I could make 40 yard field goal, so 17 yards should have been no problem. My dad was at the game and he came up to me when the game had ended and he could tell that I was upset, just like every good parent can tell. He asked me why I was down and I responded something along these lines, “I missed so many tonight, and it is the only thing I do, the coaches arent going to trust me anymore, and I knew I could do it, it is the ONLY thing I do, the ONLY thing I work on is making those PAT’s, that is it, I dont have to run, catch, throw, know routes, all I do is have to kick 17 yards away after we score and I messed up.” Well my dad paused and then probably one of the wisest words Ive heard came from him. It was simple but has made such an impression on my life. He asked me, “Lori what are monkeys the best at?” Now I was wondering why he was asking me this and I admit I wasnt in the mood for some joke(which I love all my dads jokes) But I answered him with a snitty teenage attitude, “They climb trees.” And then one of the best thing I heard was, “Even monkeys fall from trees.” That made such an impression on me. It was amazing, it made me feel so much better, because monkeys spend all day in trees, its all they do practically. And you know what, my dadda was right, sometimes they do fall from trees.
This just doesnt apply to football for me, though. When I know how to do something well and I mess up, I know that even sometimes if we know exactly what we are doing, we are going to mess up, what counts is really how quickly we pick ourselves up and “try the climb again.” I cant just lay on the jungle floor feeling pathetic, but work harder and enjoy the learning experience on the way down and just realize what I need to improve on, even if I do the activity all the time, its ok. So thanks dad=)
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Today I went to the zoo with Uncle Kevin and Aunt Jan and all their kids. It was Bailey’s birthday present which was earlier this week (and I kind of counted it as mine too =) ) But it was alot of fun, I love spending time with family, its always so fun especially when your immediate family is far away from where you are. So it was yet another great day in Utah this summer.Aunt Jan insisted we take our picture on this “Photo Op Spot”, so we waited our turn after all the three year olds before us took their picture=)
This stupid monkey was staring right at me the whole time and the second I got the camera out and posed, he turned his little head…he did it on purpose I think. But you can see his little arms and tail hanging down.
The elephant closest to the picture is the oldest elephant in the USA in captivity, Dani was her name and she was born in 1960. The one with her ears stickin out and facing the camera is Christie and she is the mother of the baby next to her which was born two years go, Zula.
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Good time
Shaquille came over on Thursday night and it was soo fun to hang out with him! We didnt do much except for the occasional card game with Etta, and the ping pong games between them, I wish that I would have filmed bits of pieces of them going against eachother. Etta gave Shaquille a run for his money every time, but my mom pointed out to me that they are destined to be “bosom friends” and in a lot of ways she is right. They have similar personalities and just like to have fun and go and do anything. Well today, we went with his friend, James, to temple square which is always nice. We toured the conference center, and saw the temple and walked around the grounds and went and saw the Jesus Christ statue which is so beautiful. Shaquille loved it, it really makes you appreciate how beautiful and wonderful something is that you are use to when you have someone around you who has never seen it before. Shaquille loved it all, and it was just a really good day and the past couple of days have been a great time.
Washington
Well for the last week and a half, I went up to Washington State, which is the furthest from home that I have ever been. I went with my friend Jordan Betteridge to spend some time with him and his family. I had a wonderful time! Jordan and I made out a list of things to do while I was there and we did them all but one. Even if we did not have a set plan we would go kick a soccer ball around. It was just alot of fun. Washington is different, but beautiful. The Washington state license plates says the “Evergreen State”, I would have to say that they nailed it. It was soo green and lush there. The woods would be so dense that even at noon you could not see into them because of how dense and dark it was. But it was beautiful. One of the biggest surprises would have to be the west side “beaches”….Im use to sand, hot sun, wind, waves, and warm water. NO NO NO, the Washington “beaches” were not like that at all. Jordan took me to see the beach the first day I was there, and there was no sand, rocks were everywhere and the water went all the way up to the tree line. It wasn’t windy and the water was frigid, but the water was very clear, you could probably go 6 feet out and still see the bottom, and I did like that, but it was so alien to me that those were considered their beaches!
BUT anyways enough about the beaches, and how beautiful it is there.
One day we went down to Tacoma, which is the city that he lives closest too, and we just walked around and took some pictures of interesting things we saw as we walked. One of which was a walkway too the musem of glass.
This is a wall of just different glass designs.
This is a roof of glass, and if you look closely enough into the blue thing you can see Jordan and I’s reflection.=)
Pretty Water Glass Design.
Us just walking around Tacoma.
Then we found this fun bubbly water fountain thing, so we couldn’t pass up the chance to take a picture, but I was goofing off-hence the goofy smile=)
Then one day we went to the zoo, and we did not get any pics of us in them, but the monkeys were craking us up, so I had to put this picture in. The zoo was alot of fun!
BUT anyways enough about the beaches, and how beautiful it is there.
One day we went down to Tacoma, which is the city that he lives closest too, and we just walked around and took some pictures of interesting things we saw as we walked. One of which was a walkway too the musem of glass.
This is a wall of just different glass designs.
This is a roof of glass, and if you look closely enough into the blue thing you can see Jordan and I’s reflection.=)
Pretty Water Glass Design.
Us just walking around Tacoma.
Then we found this fun bubbly water fountain thing, so we couldn’t pass up the chance to take a picture, but I was goofing off-hence the goofy smile=)
Then one day we went to the zoo, and we did not get any pics of us in them, but the monkeys were craking us up, so I had to put this picture in. The zoo was alot of fun!
Summer time
I love summer time, I do wish I was at home so I could work and hangout with my family for the next month and a little, but being in Utah is not that bad. It is really nice to do nothing at all. A quote from my dad that makes me think of my lazy summer days, “Some times I sit to think and sometimes I just sits.” I just “sits”, and I am loving it. This past semester gave me a run for my money. But as much as I was ready to leave Rexburg, I am even more anxious to go back. I love college. It is so fun!
But my brother, Peter, his wedding was beautiful, it was just so fun. The day before his wedding, so Friday the 29th, was one that will stay in my memory a long time, and probably forever now that I am writing it down. All my family, all six kids and parents went to Vivan Park up in the Timpanogus Canyon, and it was beautiful. We were so happy. Ate the food and played in the freezing water, and it was just so much fun, and then Drew, Jessica, Peter, me, Lisa, Jordan and Katie all went exploring and it was so much fun.
I just love being around my family and it was nice to have them all around in a fun place enjoying eachother;s company. I was sad to leave, tired, but I was sad when we left.
It’s what sumer is about. Doing what you like, around people you love, with no schedule and with a sense of adventure.
But my brother, Peter, his wedding was beautiful, it was just so fun. The day before his wedding, so Friday the 29th, was one that will stay in my memory a long time, and probably forever now that I am writing it down. All my family, all six kids and parents went to Vivan Park up in the Timpanogus Canyon, and it was beautiful. We were so happy. Ate the food and played in the freezing water, and it was just so much fun, and then Drew, Jessica, Peter, me, Lisa, Jordan and Katie all went exploring and it was so much fun.
I just love being around my family and it was nice to have them all around in a fun place enjoying eachother;s company. I was sad to leave, tired, but I was sad when we left.
It’s what sumer is about. Doing what you like, around people you love, with no schedule and with a sense of adventure.
The End of Spring 2011 Semester
This semester has flown by, I remember when I got here and I was just waiting around in my apartment for soccer tryouts to begin and they were only a week away and now the end of the season banquet is on Thursday.
Let’s see if I can put this semester into a nutshell without this blog going on forever. I got here and I was pretty unhappy at first. It was cold and I had to dig my sweatshirts and sweaters out of an old bucket, when just the day before I was in shorts and a tshirt watching Lisa play soccer at the highschool. I saw Devyn, she was really plesant, but she had herself a little boyfriend and peopel in relationships are not all that fun as it turns out (they are even less fun to be around when they get engaged and that happends ALL the time here at “BYU-I do”) I set all my stuff up and went to sleep alone and sad, I cried only that first night. Ayla showed up the next day and we clicked automatically. We are great friends and I can see this being a friendship that in 20 years down the road we are sending Christmas cards to eachother to share our lives with eachother still. I love that girl, she is a great friend. Well school started and I was happy for a short time to be back and learning, but after about a month I wish I was back in Plum’s asking someone what they wanted to drink for breakfast, no thinking involved relatively easy work, but I would not like to have my career there so I think knowing that that is the only other option keeps me in school working hard, but I do love to learn. Soccer started and I was put on the Spartans, it was frustrating, my team did not do that well, and i have to admit I do like to win, so I would get agitated easily at them, but oh well. We ended up overall in 4th place out of 6th, so not last, and I made new friends. I love soccer. Along the way, I went on dates. At the beginning of the semseter this kid Sterling Taylor saw me in the bookstore on my second day out here, he introduced himself and said that he was in my night class last fall. Then he asked me out. But turns out that he liked me alot more than I liked him so we remain good frieds. This also happened with a kid in my nutrition class, Max, Peter’s dopey roommate Cameron, a pick up soccer game friend Zach and a kid named Kyle Bluth, but in this case he didnt like me, we were just friends and hung out a couple times, we mostly just enjoy eachother’s company and talking. Those are all my “romantic” scenes this semester, and yet I am still single =) I got flowers twice this semester. Which never happened in the fall, so that was nice.
Now I am in finals, and I am dragging, today I wrote one of three essays due for one class, my Comm 111 class, and thats not even half the final, i still have the multiple choice portion, yuck….but I cannot wait to go and see my family. I wish I could go home for the break, but instead Ill spend my time with family, in Washington and playing the piano,(there are two songs I really want to learn 1. Cristofori’s Dream and 2. Clair de Lune) and I cant wait to catch up on sleep. My grades are better this semester, I think Im gettin the whole college scene. I decided that being a RD is what I want to do, so I am starting to plan that future too.
It has been a good semester and Ive enjoyed it thoroughly.
Let’s see if I can put this semester into a nutshell without this blog going on forever. I got here and I was pretty unhappy at first. It was cold and I had to dig my sweatshirts and sweaters out of an old bucket, when just the day before I was in shorts and a tshirt watching Lisa play soccer at the highschool. I saw Devyn, she was really plesant, but she had herself a little boyfriend and peopel in relationships are not all that fun as it turns out (they are even less fun to be around when they get engaged and that happends ALL the time here at “BYU-I do”) I set all my stuff up and went to sleep alone and sad, I cried only that first night. Ayla showed up the next day and we clicked automatically. We are great friends and I can see this being a friendship that in 20 years down the road we are sending Christmas cards to eachother to share our lives with eachother still. I love that girl, she is a great friend. Well school started and I was happy for a short time to be back and learning, but after about a month I wish I was back in Plum’s asking someone what they wanted to drink for breakfast, no thinking involved relatively easy work, but I would not like to have my career there so I think knowing that that is the only other option keeps me in school working hard, but I do love to learn. Soccer started and I was put on the Spartans, it was frustrating, my team did not do that well, and i have to admit I do like to win, so I would get agitated easily at them, but oh well. We ended up overall in 4th place out of 6th, so not last, and I made new friends. I love soccer. Along the way, I went on dates. At the beginning of the semseter this kid Sterling Taylor saw me in the bookstore on my second day out here, he introduced himself and said that he was in my night class last fall. Then he asked me out. But turns out that he liked me alot more than I liked him so we remain good frieds. This also happened with a kid in my nutrition class, Max, Peter’s dopey roommate Cameron, a pick up soccer game friend Zach and a kid named Kyle Bluth, but in this case he didnt like me, we were just friends and hung out a couple times, we mostly just enjoy eachother’s company and talking. Those are all my “romantic” scenes this semester, and yet I am still single =) I got flowers twice this semester. Which never happened in the fall, so that was nice.
Now I am in finals, and I am dragging, today I wrote one of three essays due for one class, my Comm 111 class, and thats not even half the final, i still have the multiple choice portion, yuck….but I cannot wait to go and see my family. I wish I could go home for the break, but instead Ill spend my time with family, in Washington and playing the piano,(there are two songs I really want to learn 1. Cristofori’s Dream and 2. Clair de Lune) and I cant wait to catch up on sleep. My grades are better this semester, I think Im gettin the whole college scene. I decided that being a RD is what I want to do, so I am starting to plan that future too.
It has been a good semester and Ive enjoyed it thoroughly.
Happy Father’s Day!
Dadda’s day. It is like an extra birthday for my dad. He gets to pick the dinner, which usually consist of hotdogs, potato chips, cole slaw, potato salad, and some type of m&m’s or a mr. good bar. What I wouldnt give to be there to share just this moment. I love my dad. When I went to bed last night I was thinking of Dad’s and Doughnuts back in Kindergarten then my mind continued to when one time he was taking the boys hunting, but I wanted to go, so I woke up extra early when I heard he was up and he took me to breakfast. I remember the joyus moments where he would take a break from work, even though I know he was so busy now, but to push me on the homemade swing in our back yard. He would push me so high that I would try to grab the leaves off the tree that was in front of the swing. I remember watching football and golf on sunday afternoons with “one eye open”. I remember the many fishing trips, and him giving the rod to me when a fish would hook on, even though that is the best part. I remember our daddy-daughter dates. He would take me to the nicest resturant and tell me, “Dont go out with anyone who treats you less.” Even though as nice as a resturant he would take me to, was almost impossible for any boy in highshcool….(but that was his plan =) ) Ive always appreciated him for coming to my games, he would be watching and after the game he and my mom wouldnt just be like-yup you did good-no they actually critiqued me because they wanted me to be the best i could be. My dad is the most honest, genuine, best man I know. And I will not settle for anything less because of the example he has set for me. I love you dad, enjoy your day and I miss you so far away from home, enjoy waching golf with one eye open=) And guess what? (no not blue =) ) I Love you and Happy Father’s Day!
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Story behind the Quote
So I think untill I actually come up with a stable name Ill use my momma’s idea of putting up different quotes, Ill do it monthly. “Even Monkeys Fall from Trees” is going to be June’s. I havent documented yet why this quote means so much to me, so now I will.In the Fall of 2009, when I was senior I played on my highschool football team. I was the kicker. My main kicks were PAT’s, which I like well enough. But it was one particular game when were playing against the Blue Tide, they were not that great and I believe that we,the Wildcats, scored 7 times. Out of those 7 times I think I only hit, or made 2 points after. At the end of that game, we had won, but I was upset with my self. I was frustrated and angry that I finally got the chance to kick so many times and I had messed up. I knew I could make it, I could make 40 yard field goal, so 17 yards should have been no problem. My dad was at the game and he came up to me when the game had ended and he could tell that I was upset, just like every good parent can tell. He asked me why I was down and I responded something along these lines, “I missed so many tonight, and it is the only thing I do, the coaches arent going to trust me anymore, and I knew I could do it, it is the ONLY thing I do, the ONLY thing I work on is making those PAT’s, that is it, I dont have to run, catch, throw, know routes, all I do is have to kick 17 yards away after we score and I messed up.” Well my dad paused and then probably one of the wisest words Ive heard came from him. It was simple but has made such an impression on my life. He asked me, “Lori what are monkeys the best at?” Now I was wondering why he was asking me this and I admit I wasnt in the mood for some joke(which I love all my dads jokes) But I answered him with a snitty teenage attitude, “They climb trees.” And then one of the best thing I heard was, “Even monkeys fall from trees.” That made such an impression on me. It was amazing, it made me feel so much better, because monkeys spend all day in trees, its all they do practically. And you know what, my dadda was right, sometimes they do fall from trees.
This just doesnt apply to football for me, though. When I know how to do something well and I mess up, I know that even sometimes if we know exactly what we are doing, we are going to mess up, what counts is really how quickly we pick ourselves up and “try the climb again.” I cant just lay on the jungle floor feeling pathetic, but work harder and enjoy the learning experience on the way down and just realize what I need to improve on, even if I do the activity all the time, its ok. So thanks dad=)
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Nostalgia
Today has been a day that has taken me back to “yesterdays”. Dicitonary.com defined the word “nostalgia” as :
a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life, to one’s home or homeland, or to one’s family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time:
I experienced just that, I had a wistful desire to return to a fomer place in time that brought me happiness, not that I am not happy now, but just the events that preceded today made me nostalgic. The first event was early in the morning, 7:30ish, when I was walking to the Taylor building for my 1 hour BOM 122 class(the second half). It was lovely today, which is a rare occasion in Idaho, so I was walking unusally slow. As i got to almost the middle of the Taylor Quad a smell drifted into my nose. I stopped, closed my eyes and took a deep breath. It smelt like summers in Utah. Cool, sunny, clean. I remember this distinct smell because Lisa and I, every trip to Utah would recognize it and actually talk about it. Georgia does not have this smell, and the Utah summer smell is very distinct. In my stopped position( I am sure people around me thought I had gone crazy) but in my stopped position I remembered the early morning swimming lessons, the carefree afternoons, and the walks to the park just up the street from my grandpartens house at the Elementary School. Where Peter, Drew, Lisa, and I , and sometimes Katie would play on the swings and jungle gym or kick a soccer ball around. I actually felt like I had nothing to worry about and that it was Summer, but of course as soon as I opened my eyes I realized I was in Idaho and that I was almost late to class, but it was a sweet happy moment.
The second nostalgic moment was in the late afternoon around 6ish. I had just finished taking my SciFd class (grade wont be recorded) and I just arrived at my apartment and fell on my bed ( it was a difficult test). My eyes again were closed and the window was open. In came the sound of a band drumming somewhere for some reason. This reminded me of football practices and the games. At the highschool the band would practice in a neighboring parking lot to the field so we could always here the drums. It reminded me of all my teammates and the many afternoons I spent on that field kicking from different distances, and places trying to improve. It reminded me of the pregame. After I had warmed up a little pregame and we were sitting in the lockerroom we could also here the drums from the band. It made me nervous, but football is such a good memory, Im glad I got to have this moment too.
Foundation Classes
I have come to realize that these classes are the biggest waste of time. Now I’m not being a typical grumbly student, I say that they are a waste of time for not only me, but for the professor. What professor wants to teach the basics, when they have their PHD and are most likely trying to write some impressive math book that contains more letters than numbers (attribution for example goes to dad). They teachers don’t teach they just pull example out of example until you are so lost that you dont even know what question to ask. Then they test you on it. I just took my Humanities Foundation exam number 2. Supposedly this class is there to culture me….dont they know I am from the South, the most cultured place on earth 
. No im just kidding, i love the south. I got an 84 on the test, not awful, not bad. It actually brought my overall grade up, that gives a hint on how wonderful I am doing in that class….But there was a question on that test that I KNOW we did not go over, and if the teacher did say something on it, it must have been under his breath or while he was coughing. Foundation classes are no fun. I love my core classes, I am learning so much in there, but I do not like my Foundation classes, so a word to the wise to my two little siblings who are not yet in college-Take AP classes. 1. you dont pay for them 2. You test out of the foundation classes that you would have to take in college 3. You get to dive right into the fun core classes.
. No im just kidding, i love the south. I got an 84 on the test, not awful, not bad. It actually brought my overall grade up, that gives a hint on how wonderful I am doing in that class….But there was a question on that test that I KNOW we did not go over, and if the teacher did say something on it, it must have been under his breath or while he was coughing. Foundation classes are no fun. I love my core classes, I am learning so much in there, but I do not like my Foundation classes, so a word to the wise to my two little siblings who are not yet in college-Take AP classes. 1. you dont pay for them 2. You test out of the foundation classes that you would have to take in college 3. You get to dive right into the fun core classes.Medicine
Ive been taking medicince in the last 3 years so much that I am SICK OF IT. And if it is not hurting too much I wont take it. I dont like medicine. I recently have been having lower right back problems (as soon as my knee gets better-something else starts to hurt). The doctor said that i strained a muscle, which i am sure i did, but I believe that since I have been so right sided for the past two years (due to my weak left side) that I have shifted something down there to a place that it really shouldnt be shifting in to. Im no doctor, and nor will I ever be, but that is my guess on the situation. But currently im taking muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatory pills. I do not like them. As soon as i take them i get extremely drowsy and dizzy and I have been on them for the past week( classes have been even more of a struggle than they usually are, but entertaining, because for some reason I am more bold on the muscle relaxers than if I wasn’t.) But alas, they are helping I just do not like the way I feel when I take them, plus associated with medicine is the feeling that i am in a curved glass bowl all the time. I only have one more week of taking the muscle relaxers 3x a day and the anti-inflammatory pills 2x a day, I cannot wait till next weekend!
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