November Already?

(Yes I go to church)

If I had to have a theme song for my life, I think right now I would choose the song Time by Chantal Kreviazuk. The first time I heard it was on the show Laguna Beach. I cried that episode when they all graduated. I thought the song was so appropriate and I remember wishing that it could be my theme song too. But I had all the time in the world back then so it didnt apply.

(Trust me, my life is full of gay moments.)
I cannot believe it is November. I would give anything for time to slow down, but its only speeding up. There are only 35 very short days until im gone from Thatcher. Forever. And it breaks my heart. Everyday I feel it getting colder and everyday brings me closer to leaving. I love it here and I cant quite tell you why. I just do. I love the cotton fields, the mountain, having a temple 2 min from my house, and the always open walmart right down the road. I love seeing people you know every where you go. Its the simple things I love about this place.

This semester has been... different. Take last semester and make everything the complete opposite and you have this semester. It took some time getting used to it, but it is what it is. This semester is a completely new cycle of people. Which is cool, except everyone is 18 and freshly graduated. They still have the "light in their eyes" and are expirencing life without mom and dad for the first time. Again its cool, its just that I was them already... 3 years ago so Im over it.

I still love the slut hut and everyone in it. I feel like its become a mythical place. People have heard of it, but no one really knows where its at or who lives there. They just cant wrap their little minds around it, and Im ok with that.

School is kicking my butt. My dad tells me to "dig deep" everytime I talk to him. I never quite understood him till now. I guess digging deep is 40 hour weeks in the library studying. I feel like this is a small taste of what I will be doing in the future. As for the future, right now my plans are to move back home to work and save money. Then summer time I will be moving to Utah. Hopefully.

Thats all I have for now. Sorry.

Heres pretty much the only pictures I have from the last couple months.

(Blaine and Joey before they left)

(Halloween '10)

Yeeeeeeellow

I couldnt possibly do a post about Joey without doing one for Blaine as well.
This is Blaine Taylor. He's a badass. Pardon my language but its the truth.
I met Blaine the same night I met Joey. It was an instant friendship, probably because he had cool stuff, like a neat jeep and cool clothes, just things like that. I know, Im sooo materialistic. But really, we went around in his jeep the first night, jamming out to Jay Sean no doubt. I instantly liked these guys. So fun and freshly graduated, whats not to like?
I quickly noticed a couple things about Blaine.
- He likes good music.
- He sings like Jay Sean.
- Per.Fect. Skin.
-He's ripped.
-He says funny things like "coons age".
Not only did he wrestle in high school, Blaine was also a star institute basketball player. One time at a game this kid got his finger dislocated. It was nasty. Blaine came over and popped it right back into place. It aint no thang to people like him I guess. Another little diddy about him, Blaine never calls anyone by their real name. Bryndee is Brenda, and I know I said it was Joey that made up Jackie's nickname but truth be told it was Blaine. Mehoph was definitely all Blaine.

(Blaine ridin dirty like usual)

His Birthday was was early in the semester. Me and Jackie decided to take it upon ourselves to throw him a little kickback. It blew. Sorry about that Blaine. I guess it wasnt to bad in the end, he came out of it with an awesome gift. The ole' Robin Hood Pack, better safe than sorry right?? Probably my all time favorite thing about Blaine though is that he never misses a chance to make you feel dumb. One time Missy said Little Wayne, to this day its still "hey you wanna listen to some little wayne". I still laugh every time I think about it. He's quick and witty and probably one of the funniest people I know.Going back to the first night we hung out Blaine told us he was a recent convert. He got baptized the summer after his senior year. Automatically the first thing we asked was if he was wild in high school. His response, no. I think he was slightly offended. He struck me as the type that would reek havoc on the children of Thatcher, but it wasnt so. The more I came to know him the more impressed I was at his decision of joining our church. And I was even more impressed when I found out he turned in his mission papers. Blaine got his call and will be serving in the Portland, Oregon mission and is set to leave the same day as his bf, September 1, 2010. Blaine has so much to offer the people of Oregon and I know him and his family will be blessed immensely! He's going to be such an awesome missionary and I cant wait to hear about his trials and blessings out in the field.

Do you remember??

Meet Joey Elkins. He's funny, he's sassy, and extremely good looking!!!!! <-- his words. Me and Joey have been pen pals since high school and coincidentally I ended up going to school in Thatcher where Joey just happened to live. Shortly after I moved into the slut hut me and Joey became friends. Who would have thought that after years of writing each other we'd be friends in real life? Neat I know.
Joey is a man of many talents. Here are just a few to get a little taste of him.
- He's an excellent singer.
- He's funny.
- He's super smart.
- He can do a backflip.
- He's classy
- And he played tennis in high school.
Joey and Blaine were the sources of mine and jackie's nicknames. One of the first times we hung out, Joey was probably asking what the best thing about him was and I faintly remember telling him he had a good aura. My nickname... Hora. I never thought it would stick but it did. Jackie's nickname... Mehoph. dont ask. Him and his bf were also the masterminds of our dear house "the slut hut".

Joey's bf happens to be Blaine Taylor. Together they are hilarious. They match constantly and are always fighting over who has the better body, or whose funnier, who gets more girls etc etc. The semester truly wouldnt have been as fun without these two. I feel like everywhere we would go we would sing songs. When I hung out with them for the first time we went riding around in Blaine's jeep and we sang "do you remember" by Jay Sean. And now everytime I hear it I always think of them. One of my favorites though is the "We Are The World" song. I take JB and all the girl parts and Joey and Blaine split up the rest. Joey happens to sing exactly like Sean Paul. He is really good at it. I have a video of it and one day Ill try to get it up. Joey and Blaine

But switching back to girls, Joey sure has a way with the ladies. A nice girl from his high school asked him to prom this past year. I dont think he was ever really friends with her, but he decided to go anyways. I dont think Joey will ever know how much that probably meant to her, im sure it made her year!

Joey and his date

As sweet as he is the boy never stops joking. The first FHE of the semester Joey and Blaine watched Jackie as she got a plate full of sausage for some other friends of ours. Ever since then it has been a never ending joke of how much Jackie likes sausage. Jackie turned 21 last week. Joeys present... a package of sausage.
Joey recently got his mission call. There was a slight mix up with his papers. 2 calls. 1 to Washington and 1 to Peru. After talking with the other Joseph Elkins he found out he was going to Peru. Im seriously so excited for him to go and I know he will be an awesome missionary. Him and Blaine both report the same day, September 1, 2010. How appropriate I know.

Hey Soul Sister...

Everybody meet Jackie Lyn. I seriously wish everyone could meet this girl. She is hands down the funniest girl I know. Like HILARIOUS!! I feel like I have known Jack forever when in reality were coming up on our 2 yr anniversary. A little bit lesbian? Maybe. Let me just give a couple reasons of why she is my favorite..
- She shoved her debit card all the way up the receipt slot when she tried to get gas once.
- She takes lots of pictures of herself.
- She can handstand the crap out of anybody
- She makes up ridiculous scenerios with me such as the narnia corner in our room
- She made everyone call her baby for a day
- She likes it when I call her little pony
- We are relentless when it comes to making fun of eachother... and others
- She sings...
- Shes smart
- Our yelling battles
- She laughs at my jokes
- She punched Hayden in the face once, for real
- "sorry"
- She can do the robot
- "Are we fighting? I dont know what to do, do we just not talk for 2 hours or what?"
- She runs home from school like a kid with a sweatshirt tied around her waist
- She has ALWAYS been there
I wish everyone coulda seen mine and Jacks room. tiny is an understatement. But somehow we made it. We were constantly in eachothers way but i think that made it more fun. That room has way to many memories, most shouldn't be shared, im sure James could attest to the horrifying things he heard. But we had so many good times. So many laughs and so many tears happened in our room and im glad she was there for them all. I miss our talks and ridiculous scenerios like the pony person conversation when she almost peed her pants. I miss Jackie waking up when I came into the room at night and telling me she loved me and than not remembering it in the morning or the random phone calls I'd get when I was with Jace asking if I was ok. I miss waking up to her staring at me and telling me she was prettier than me, or her looking in the mirror counting how many times she brushed her hair, "101, 102, 103, sorry im prettier than you".
It all started when Jack moved in with me at the ole trailer mansion. It took some time but before long we were bf's. We've been through a lot in our short friendship but without everything we've endured I dont think we'd be a close as we are. I had a bit of a tuff semester near the end, Jackie was the gentle reminder that I would be ok. She has never once judged me for the things Ive done or said and has always had my back. She has helped me become the person I am today and im so grateful for the example she is to me.
If everyone could have a best friend like her the world would be a better place.

(super gay I know, but I really do love that girl)

Always a bridesmaid never a bride, HA!

I feel like there's always a point in the year where EVERYONE gets married. Im sure everyone knows what im talking about. That point is now. Im pretty sure I have 5 or 6 wedding invitations in my room right now all for the past couple weeks. Its cool.
2 weeks ago though I got to go up to St. Johns for Lacey's wedding. I was a bridesmaid, imagine that.Lacey was my roomate for a while down at EA. She's hilarious. We had a lot of good times such as...
- that one time I got a concussion on a slip n slide.
- the trailer mansion
- skinny dipping in roper lake every night for like a month
- singing songs
- the spring break we stayed in thatcher longboarding everywhere we went
Those are just a few, most I cant publish publicly. Im sad I didnt even get a picture with her at the wedding but we had to get back down to the valley that same night so I stole one from her facebook. Im so excited for her and Patrick!

Than this past weekend I went up to Mesa for Julie and Jordans wedding. It was a weird feeling having her get married. She was one of the 8 roomates this last semester. We all managed to
make it to the wedding though so it was a good time.(Bryndee, Ami, Whitney, Missy, Julie, Jackie, Me, Rachel)

Some of my favorite memories of Julie are...
- her singing voice
- scum
- watching twilight every day for a month
- hiking
- 40's!!
- single tears
- j whit
- sonic
- taco bell club
Im so excited for both of them, they are the first 2 of my closer friends to get married so its definitely weird feeling but nontheless very exciting!

Excuse me, I think you made a mistake...

Astonished:
Part of Speech- (Verb)
Definition: Surprised

I think its fair to say I was astonished when I saw my final anatomy grade for the first time this morning.
Perhaps I should have tried to look at my grade throughout the semester.
On second hand, maybe its good I didn't.
I can honestly say I've never been so stressed about a single class in my life.
I cried. and stressed. and studied like never before.
Lets be honest, I would have been ecstatic with a 70.
When your expecting a D in a class you've worked so hard in,
you'll take anything that lets you pass.
But when I looked at my grades today and saw what it was...
I cried. I mean really cried.
Kinda pathetic, but it was the biggest weight off my shoulders.

I. Got. a. B.
Halle-freakin-lujah!

Happy Mother's Day!

Let me start off by saying how much I really love my mom. I know everyone loves their moms, its a given, but honestly my mom is one of my best friends. I don't know how I could ever thank her enough for everything she has done for me. I was in sacrament today listening to a talk on gratitude, and given its mothers day she talked a lot about her mom. It inspired me to write about my mom and why I love her as much as I do.

Me and my mom butted heads a lot at one point in high school. I faintly remember it being over a little diddy called seminary. I hated seminary to say the least. I refused to go, and my mom refused to let it slide. I remember countless fights over it and one day she used the ole "well if you don't go to seminary you wont get your license" routine. I'm fairly stubborn so in not so many words I told her to bring it. Well she brought it. 2 months before I turned 17 and a years worth of seminary make-ups later, I finally got my license. That was when I realized just how similar me and my mom are.

She has taught me so much in my life. My mom is funny, kind, sweet, caring, spiritual and loving. Since I've been away at school I've realized how much I miss her and its made me realize how much she truly does. I feel like me moving away has made me so much closer to my mom and I'm glad that it has turned out this way.

I'm glad my mom loves me still after the decisions I've made. good. and. bad.

I'm glad we have the relationship that we do. The kind of relationship where I can tell her anything and she doesn't judge or make me feel bad.

I love that she thinks I'm funny, and that we can laugh together even if my humor is slightly dirty.

My mom just inspires me to be a better person. She has shown me the way and I want to be so much like her when I'm a mom some day.

Thanks for all you do mom! I LOVE you more than you know!

Ohhhhhh Myyyyyy Goshhhhhhh!

This semester has flown by, I still cant believe its going to be over in 3 short weeks. It has been one of the funnest i've had here and i'm so glad I came back. Our house has been deemed "The Slut Hut" and sadly has stuck with us throughout the semester. Having 8 girls in a house has been pretty fun. I love the girls I live with and we all get along good. A perk of having 8 girls in one house is all the people it brings in. We constantly have people coming in and out and there's always something to do. There's been a lot going on this semester so ill do my best to sum it all up.

The semester started out with a bang. I started hanging out with a guy right off the bat. We started dating and dated for a good portion of the semester. We had fun but it obviously didnt go anywhere. You live and you learn right?

In the mist of all that we made a few trips. One being to California for spring break. Jackie, Jessica, Missy and me went up to Missy's moms for the week. We shopped, ate way to much thanks to Missy's awesome mom, and beached it. It was quick but fun.

We also made the trip up to Utah for conference this year. Ive always wanted to go but never have been able to. Luckily Uncle Sam sent me a nice little check this year and I was able to do all the things Ive been deprived of the past 2 years. Jackie, Hayden, Missy and me all went up. We stopped in Vegas on the way up and spent the night conquering the strip. We figured it would be better to go on the way up than after conference. We got into all the sessions on Saturday after begging people on the corner for tickets. It was awesome and im so glad I finally got to expierence it. We met up with Clint and his wife Paige and than got to hang out with Tory for a couple days.

We made a few trips to Mesa for various reasons, one being the Easter Pageant at the Temple. Hayden had never been (being from Boise and all) so we thought it'd be fun for him and it was.

I know im leaving out a bunch of stuff and it may not sound as fun as ive made it out to be, but trust me it was! Other than the big things ive just been busting butt in school. I started actually trying in school which is a first for me. Its been alright we'll see how good I did at the end of the semester.

Chea came down here at the beginning of the semester to take some pictures of us. She is so amazing. You can check her out here :)

Guess Whose Back!!

Thats right ladies and gents, me. Well Im back in Thatcher. And Im over the fact that this is my 3rd year and that this is a two year school. It feels good and beats the heck out of Tucson. It was kind of a last minute decision but so far it has been worth it! Im back with Jackie, Julie, and Missy plus Bryndee, Ami, Rachel, and Whitney... You counted right, theres 8 of us. Its a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom house and to be honest it really isnt that bad. We all get along and we havent had any major problems these first two weeks. Lets see if we can make it 3 more months :) I'll put pictures up when I get em'.