Day 86.

Friday Eve.

Finally.
We finished working at the machines with the Australian friends.
I asked Miles if he liked Americans and he said no.
He hated when people ask him to talk so they could hear his accent.
After lunch we did a ‘quota job.’
We basically race to see if we can meet quota each hour.
It’s really not as exciting as it sounds.
Trust me.
Work just dragged on forever.
One more week…. One more week…. One more week.
I constantly have to remind myself in order to stay sane.
Do you know what I learned today?
Oh.......
Never mind.
It’s probably not blogger appropriate.
But once I walked out the door I was in heaven.
Did you see the weather?
Or rather did you feel the weather?
The sky was blue.
The sun was shining.
It was so great I had to go get a Diet Coke and Tropical Skittles.
As I drove home I had my window rolled down.
I had my sunglasses on.
I had my hand out the window feeling how fast I was going.
I was listening to the Classic 90’s Pop songs.
And I was singing so loud the people next to me could probably hear me.
I love driving home days like today.
Summer.
I love you.
When I got home me and Trish ran to the store to get some shoes.
Then I went and saw The Drowsy Chaperone at AFHS.
I loved it.
Between Ben’s narrating and Davis’s accent slash eyebrow action…..
….. You should probably just go see it.
Then I even went to the gala after.
Drama people never cease to be entertaining to watch.
Their life really is a show.
Did you know that tomorrow is Friday.
Do you know what that means?

RACHEL IS COMING TO SEE ME!

Also.

It’s conference weekend.

That’s fun too.

Look! It's me, the fam and the star after the show.
Yes....
Papa Rutter....
I am intentionally making that face. It's the 'Look at me. I'm standing with the Rutter Family' face.

Day 85.

Be very proud to know that I made my bed just for you, Rachel Denton.

When you come and visit me this weekend I want you to remember that I only made my bed on Thursday nights when we had clean checks….

…. And I still feel bad about it.
Your bed was ALWAYS made.
Mine….
….. [Like I said] Not so much.
Any way…
Today was good.
I basically had a heart attack at work.
It’s fine.
There are a select few that scared me so bad I still feel the need to kick them in the shins.
You know who you are.
You made me think I was on the black list.
Watch out.
I came home and finished cleaning my room.
Woo hoo.
And counted down the days until moving day.
15 days.
And shortened the paper countdown chain for Elder Whatcotts arrival home.
29 days.
But mostly I just watched my Betta sitting at the top of the bowl, not breathing and had to keep flicking the bowl just to make sure he was still alive.
I think Bettas like to sleep and not breathe….
…. All at the same time.
For some odd reason I think my mother wants my fishes to go to heaven before I go back to college….
… Something about having to take care of them?
What’s one more thing to add to her list of things to do?
Hopefully I can take the up to live with me.
Did you know that Betta fish love to flirt?
Wikipedia just told me.
After spending a significant amount of time watching the fish attempted to finish a “project.”
Except it was a tad bit difficult because the projectee couldn’t answer a simple question for me.
So I didn’t finish it…..
I guess I’ll have to find a way around that….
Hmmm……
Tomorrow is Thursday.
Friday Eve.
Finally!

Day 84.

Oh the joys of Tuesdays.

It’s not Monday….

…. that’s for sure.
Today half of team 4 stood at line 6 and worked with the silent men from Australia at the machines.
They were really really quite….
…even when Brad sat and talked to them and asked them questions.
I was laughing.
Those of us standing at the end of the table closing boxes, tabbing, and packaging were very proud of ourselves for making a long tabbing paper chain.

Yes.

That’s how bored we were.

I don’t think I have ever experienced a slower day in my life.

This job isn’t even supposed to be done until….
….FOREVER.
The highlight of my day was after work when I checked my phone and I had received a text from a random human saying “We have kids together! You can’t be mad at me!”
Thought.
Last time I checked I wasn’t mad at anyone…..
And I didn’t have any kids….
….That I know of.
Odd.
Not a good message to mess up the number for.
When I got home I had some motivation.
I cleaned my room.
I mean REALLY cleaned my room.
Washed my sheets, put my clothes away, and other such wonderful things.
I even wore my green monster mask while I did it.
Talk about multi-tasking.
I even got a picture taken with Colten….
….Sorta.
Do not fret.
I even got my apartment assignments tonight.
6 girls are going to be living in Mountain Pines 314.
I cannot wait.
2 more weeks.
Then Jace comes home in 4 weeks.
April is going to be thee most wonderful month!

Day 83.

Happy Monday.

Work was a drag today.
Let’s be completely honest.
I couldn’t sleep because I was so nervous about over sleeping again and I think I dreamt of weird things.
It’s not too uncommon.
We just built boxes and put generics on things….
…. Life of a SOS [Nuskin] employee.
We got out of work a little –ish early, not enough to really count.
After work I came home, bugged Trisha….
…. And took a nap.
Finishing my Idaho taxes and cleaning my room can wait.
Since the boys went to the Jazz game, me and my mother decided to go on a mother daughter date.
Café Rio and shopping.
I love Café Rio so much that I’m basically married to it.
Then we went and looked for clothes for college.
I do not even like shopping….
But it was a good shopping day.
The definition of a good shopping day is 2 pairs of jeans, a shirt, and shoes.
Me and my mother love Kohl’s.
That’s where we’re super funny.
Like the time we [almost] told the lady that Whatcott was pronounced Jones….
…. But it had a silent ‘W.’
We still laugh about that one.
I love my Pork Burrito. Pinto Beans. Mild Sauce. Diet Coke.
Yay for college.... and I guess shopping.
Elder Whatcott. You come home in a MONTH!

Day 82.

I am so dissapointed in blogger and the fact that its changing my format. But I guess I'll have to figure something out... ... Like I said. I like my dramatic sense. Anyway... Today I won a kiwi in Relief Society. The hairy fruit with little dead ants inside. We talked about the things we find funny about ourselves. I said my freckles. They make me look younger. In the past week I have never had so many people ask me if I was 16. Is that supposed to be a good thing? I haven't quite decided yet. ...I want this fixed. It's bothering me. I'm done.

Day 81.

Once upon a time today was full of adventures. It was a Saturday. I was sleeping in. It wasn't really an option. I have very few Saturdays left at home and I figure that I might as well use them well. Psh. No one actually sleeps in college.... Even on Saturdays.... ....except for naps after 7:45 classes get over. It's fine. Today I went on a secret mission. It was kinda like a tv show... ...like Criminal Minds or something. Let me tell you. It was super intense. After the Criminal Minds-like mission me and the bestie went to lunch. Do not even fret. It was the first time she had been to In-and-Out. Doesn't she look super excited to take a bite of heaven? I never asked if she enjoyed it or not..... Oops. We just ate. That's all. Today was also AFHS Prom. Oh the joys. Colty just so happened to go with his girlfriend and their besties. They went shot gun shooting and had dinner with the rest of the group and my neighbors house. They had an unreal amount of meat. 35 pounds to be exact. And one vegetarian. Thats almost 3 pounds of meat per person. Me, my mother and the other mothers helped cook and serve. Oddly enough I felt like I was back at the Northampton. Aren't they cute? I felt like parent taking their picture and sending them off.... ....I'm sure they loved every minute of it.

No worries. It reminded me of my senior prom with Marky.....Nothing better than driving in a blue mini van with carpet on the walls and lights hanging from the celing. Long boarding down Provo Canyon . Dinner at Goodwood. And even better not having to dance at prom because Marky doesn't like to dance either :) Prom was fun. Oh the memories of high school. Have I mentioned that I'm glad I'm done with that stage of life? Also. I hate how blogger is not letting me format my blog moment the way I want. I need the line breaks for my dramatic effect and I'm not feeling the 'drama' without it. Anyway... Tonight I decided that Amazon movie was going to be my best friend... again. Tonight I cried, laughed, and cried again during 'Letters to God.' Watch it. It reminded me of what's really important in life....

Day 80.

Tip.
Don't sleep through your alarm and get to work 15 minutes late the day after a massive lay off.
I'm proud to say that I got up at around 6:35ish and made it to work by 7:15.
With a shower.
I think I looked mostly presentable.
I called SOS and Jeff to inform them I would be late....
...But when I saw Jeff at work he just laughed at me and told me I was safe.
Phew.
Work was fine.
My new home is Line 3, but I helped at Line 11 all day.
Kits go by sooo much faster.
It's too bad I was stuck doing Trim Shake.
All. Day. Long.
It's a good thing they let us out 10 minutes early because I thought I was going to go crazy....
.... Or throw one of the bottles.
Pick your favorite.
Usually when I get home I just want to sleep.
The first thing I do when I get home is change into my sweats.
Thought.
Do you know how you can tell that me and my mother are related?
We dress the same.
Today she came home after dropping children off at their friends house and we were matching.
Grey sweats.
White Shirt.
Jacket.
Like mother like daughter.
Today I took a nap and just layed around.
And typed up recipes.
Did you know that I want to be able to cook so well that your mind won't even be able to handle it?
Okay.
Not really.
But cooking for myself and the roomies was one of my favorite parts of college and living on my own.
I just want to be able to make your stomach happy.
You can only type recipes for so long so I moved to movie watching.

I happen to love Jane Austen.
I also happened to find the moving 'Becoming Jane' on Amazon.
Did you know that you can rent movies on Amazon for $1.99 for 48 hours?
I didn't.
But I really love this idea!
Also.
I may or may not be a little distrubed by the fact that Phyllis the baby gold fish passed away earlier today...
.... or maybe it was last night...
anyway...
Colten fed this poor little dead fish to the king.
Aka Betta.
He also sat there and watched it get eaten.
I think I need counseling.
Oh!
It's bed time.
Tomorrow is a secret mission day.
WOO HOO!

Day 79.

I'm a tad bit distrubed that Colten informed me that they were going to be midwifes...
To my [possibly] pregnant fish.
Yes.
Blanche is prego.
I still haven't quite figured out how to tell....
.... but I have a feeling that she is.
Do you like my picture?
Full of nothing-ness.
Work.
hmmm.....
What a day.
Let's just skip that part.
On the way home I had to go visiting teaching.
I really enjoy visiting teaching with women in the ward.
We talked about church stuff and their children in high school.
Odd.
I remember that 'once upon a time' when I was in high school.
Then I came home and attempted to watch the BYU game.
Confession.
I slept through most of it.
Oops.....
Thought.
Jimmer.
We still love you.
Writers....
Fredette about it.
Also.
Just because I liked his chin-ness so much I may just wear one to work tomorrow.
Maybe.
As if the people at work don't already think i'm weird.....
I think that's about it.
Like I said....
.... Today wasn't very exciting.
Happy Friday Eve.

Day 78.

How is it that no one would stay up with me while I blogged?
They all went to bed.
Rude.
I don't like the sound of the loud wind and now there is no one to save me from the wind monster or whatever is out there.
Good thing I have my whistle.....
Adventures of today?
Work.
Nothing too exciting.
Basically the same as every other day.
Except for today I decided to do something great.
I got a fish.
Again.
Except this time I got him from the Petsmart in Orem.
In case you forgot the AF Petsmart is full of dream killers.
Plus the Orem store is soo much better.
I mean really....
Look at all the toys that they have for their fish!
Unfortunatly my fish bowl wasn't big enough for any of them.
It just so happened that my BFF Jill was available to go with me.
Its tradition.
She is always there when I purchase a new friend.
We drove drove drove to Petsmart and picked one out.
I probably sat there for approximatly 20 mintues trying to pick one out, finding the right food, and then gazing at all the other fish tanks and wishing I had a big giant filtered tank so I could watch them all day long.
There was a sign next to the Betta fish saying they were for beginners and should live for 3-4 years.
I need beginning fish.
I need a long life expectancy.
I can't deal with anymore heartbreak.
This much can't be good at any age.
I finally picked the blue one and we walked towards the check out stand...
... after we looked at the small rodents.
I want a guinea pig like Buggsy.
The lady at the check out stand was a very nice lady.
I wanted to name the fish Carlos.
It just came to me one morning when driving to work.
She wanted to name him Noodles.
I like Noodles.
Hopefully it sticks.
After the purchase we decided to go get some food with the new friend.
Our first outing together.
JCW's.
Fries. Bacon Ranch Burger. Banana Shake. Diet Coke.
and Sushi.
....jk. That's just the fish.

We ate and it was a joyous experience.

Go check out the new JCW's in Provo.

It's wonderful.

I think I will marry JCW's.
As we dropped off BFF Jill at her little home in Provo she insisted that our new little friend buckled up for the drive home.

She buckled him in all by herself.
It lasted until I exited the parking lot.

I didn't think it was safe to go 5 mph on a 50 mile road just to make sure that fishy didn't fall out of his seatbelt.

It's fine that people looked at me like I was a crazy when they saw I was holding a fish.

They're just jealous.

As soon as we got home, I found the bowl and we moved him in quick.
He is a mean looking fish.
I think his name should be meany.
Consider yourself lucky that you can't see his eyes.

They're not full of rainbow and butterflies to say the least.

Oh.

That's not the end of the story.

Colten and his other half, Tyler, wanted to feed little fishies to it to see if the rumors were true, if it would actually eat other fish.

They were quickly out the door.

A half hour later they came home with 3 cute little gold fish friends.

Good thing my mother woudn't let them feed the babies to the big mean Betta.

Now I have 4 fish.

Noodles (Carlos), Walter, Blanche, and Phyllis.

Let's all hope they live for more than no days.

Day 77.

I [and apparently Colten] am proud to present my certificate of perfect work attendance for [insert month here].

Signed by Jeff....

....actually just initialed by Jeff.
Jeff just so happens to be the SOS Nuskin onsite manager.
I am deeply saddened by the fact that I had to fold it up and put it in my pocket in order to make sure I remembered it...

... or rather that it didn't get thrown away.

*Cough*Cough*

Not by me.

Of course.

This thing is gold.

Nothing too exciting happened at work today.

Everyone got to go home early...

....except for Linda's group of humans and the select few that HAD to stay.

Bless the hearts of husbands and brothers....

It really wasn't that exciting...

We labeled and sleeved stuff....

Just like usual.

Do not even fret.
My first husbad, Rachel, is coming to see me soon!
She is driving all this way to enjoy my company during conference weekend.
Last October she came over and we ate cinnoman rolls and played in Provo and slept and did homework, but we never even went to In-and-Out.
Her favorite.
They don't even have those in Oregon.
Do you know what that means?
We're going.
At this point it isn't really an option.
.....I hope that my new fishy lasts long enough to meet her.

Another grand thought.
Classes are officially signed up for.
15 credits?
Yep.
Thoughts and prayers will be much much appreciated.
I don't think the classes will be terribly hard.
Child development, Book of Mormon [part 2], Enviornmental stewardship, History/Philosophy of Education, Transitions in art and culture, and....
....are you ready for this?
Drum roll?
Bum. Bum. Bum. Bum. Bum.
Marriage Prep.
I know.
Welcome to BYU-I.
Spouse?
Where are you?
Give me like 2 more years....
That would be great.
Thanks :)
Hopefully I can find another 2 credit class to replace that before all the schoolness starts.
Oh the joys.

Day 76.

Confession.
I had thee most wonderful video from FHE tonight.
But it woudn't load.
Bummer.
It was Mason's turn to be in charge and guess what he wanted to do....
Basketball.
Yep.
Him and Colten vs. everyone else.
He seemed to be the only one who thought that was fair.
Me and my mother designated ourselves to be the score keepers aka keepers of the peace.
Dad was [barely] towering over Colten....
Kade was chasing Mason around the basement....
And Gage was the comic relief.
Oh the joys.
Unfortunatly [or rather fortunatly] it ended quickly when things got a little too competitive for a fun family activity.
Other than that today was same as usual.....
Work was boring.
The highlight of the day was obviously when Mr. Walls dropped a bottle of G3 on the floor during the time that I wasn't talking to him.
The area around Line 11 smelled of weirdish fruits for quite sometime.
Don't fret.
It's not a payroll deduction until a 3rd bottle is dropped.

Oh yes.
My mother even registered me for my classes.
What a relief.
She's surely going to get bonus points in heaven.

Day 75.

I wanted to go.
I really did.
But I didn't wake up in time.
Or so I thought.
I thought I got up at 8.
I decided to look at my texts to see what time I texted te bestie and told her that there wasn't enough time to get up, get ready, and go.
It was only 7 when I texted her.
I really could've made it.
I don't know why I didn't go.
I even had my map and letter all ready to go.
My mother brought up the fact that it was a mental block.
I wanted to go...
.... but part of me didn't.
It only makes sense.
I hope I can give this human his [funny] gift before it's to late.
Church was great.
I love sitting in Relief Society and learning about parenting and remembering all the times that I thought life was going to fall apart in my teenage-hood.
Oh the joys.
I'm almost out.
Only a year and 3 months and 4 days left.
Wow.
I think I just had a heart attack.
I can remember a year and 3 months and 4 days ago like it was yesterday.

I am so saddened to inform all you bloggers that Stephen, with a 'ph,' passed away early this morning due to a broken heart. His best friend and fish pal passed yesterday and he only wanted to swim around with him. They are now together in Fish heaven.... Fisaven. RIP little friend. I hope you and your fish friend are happy together.

Thought.
I hope that when I get to heaven my fish don't come attack me.
Like I said.
Just a thought.

Also.
Registering for classes is a SICK JOKE.

Day 74.

It started out like any day.
Except that I woke up at 7:20 and noticed that Trish had not yet woken up for his Drum stuff which we had to leave for at 7:30.
As soon as he was out the door I went back to bed....
..... until noon.
It was then that I decided I should do a quick cleaning of the house.
Dishes, counter, family room... Everything.
Then I got in the shower and got ready.
The errands began.
I needed a map and a pack of 50 [note]cards.
Even though I got a front row parking spot, the moment I walked in Wal-Mart I remembered how much I do not like the 'new' AF Wal-Mart.
They didn't even have my map and I took me a half hour to find the [note]cards.
Finally I was out.
Fortunatly Office Depot had maps and the lady looked at me weird when I handed it to her instead of somesort of office supply.
I came home and knew my next task....
.....cleaning my room.
As a [wise]friend once said "Let your room get messy. Then when you clean it up it's like a treasure hunt."
Wise friend.
Don't fret.
It looks super clean now....
Mostly.
The parents got home around.... late.
Then I drove drove drove to Chloe's house and partied.
Except not.
We don't like to party.
We like to drink hot chocolate and watch chick flicks.
While Chloe sewed her sisters prom dress to modesty.
Classic.

Alas.
I am filled with deep sorrow as I inform you of the passing of our dear friend and fish, Steven, the one with the 'v'. He had such a sweet spirit and was loved by all those who witnessed him swimming in his lovely and colorful fish bowl. He will be truely missed by his bestie, Stephen who will ponder his loss for a significant amount of time. RIP little friend.
You will be truely missed.

I apologize for the graphic nature of this picture.
But really though....
It's life.

Day 73.

What a day.
Today was a gem.
Truely.
Work was work.
Table 11 is my new home, along with [maybe] one other from table 9.
Lunch was funny though.
It just so happened to be a 45 mintue lunch day so me an a few others decided to go to the mall and be best friends with the food court.
Big mistake.
Riverton High School decided to stop for lunch there after visiting the Springville Museum.
Do you know how I know that?
It just so happened that I took some cookie bars to lunch to share and some random human walked up to me and said "Yum! You brought those?"
My thought....
No.
But instead I told her yes and asked if she wanted one.
She said she did and proceeded to ask me if I was from the Midvale area.
What?
I think the look on my face was pure confusion.
I explained to her that we weren't in high school.
We were working.
She told me I looked like I could be in high school....
....I can't imagine why.
She was embarrased when she realized she didn't know us.
But I still gave her a cookie bar.
Nice woman.
We got out of work early and that was grand.
Then I took Matthew and Jordan cookie bars.
Good kids.
Then I picked up the bestie from the Hinkley building.
Did you know that BYU is a huge campus and has some quite attractive males?
I did.
We drove back to her little house away from campus and talked and ate cookie bars and then decided to go get out tickets for that nights event.
While we waited for the show to start we went and visited the besties boyfriend who was hiding in the library on the 5th floor with his invisible cloak.
We then went to the BYU Bookstore.
That thing makes BYU-I look like a baby.
We walked through the book section and she listed off books for me to read.
I purchased 2.
I wanted the 100% real copy of A Tale of Two Cities and Madame Bovary.
It only cost me like $15.
That's like one whole book on Amazon.
Happy reading to me.

The show
Persuasion.
Jane Austin.
The play.
The stage even moved....
.... kinda like A Tale of Two Cities.
But not really.

We were front row.
I enjoyed the seats.
We LOVED the show.
The story is a classic.
My heart was crying.
I was in love.
It's official.
I need a man like Captain Wentworth.
Repeat.
Man.
Not boy.
The parents come home tomorrow.

....I need to buy a map.

Day 72.

Day 2 of no parents.
I'm still partying.
Yes.
Don't fret.
I have not locked my keys in my car yet.
That's a plus.
The events of today were..... fun?
Like I said.....
.... I'm still partying.
1. Work.
Goodbye team 9.
2. Small nap.
I was woken up by a phone call from Kade asking what happened to our texting conversation. I quickly apologized and we texted for another...... long time.
3. I did the dishes.
....It's been a while since me and the dishes bonded.
4.I pondered the thought of cleaning my room.
Didn't happen.
Isn't it still considered clean until you can't tell the dirty clothes from the clean ones?
5. Meg came over.
We chatted for a little while and then watched the lights on her little red car turn on.
6. I made cookie bars.
LOVE.
I'm trying to be domestic.
I recently [this past year] chose this over birthday cake.

Day 71.

Today...
Today...
Today...
Work.
I really really don't want to talk about it.
Team leader went home.
Get well soon Heidi.
I may or may not have gone to the "principal's" office.
That was fun.
Got home from work and watched my familia pack for the baseball tourney.
In a warm place.
Did I mention its raining and windy and almost freezing here?
I bet they'll come back with a tan.....
I guess it's fine that I don't tan anyways....

Do you know what people like me do when the parents are gone?
I party.
Hard.
Do you know what I've done since they left?
Prepare yourself.
1. I cleaned the fish bowl.
I may or may not almost killed them.
Lets just say that they didn't get along with the net very well....
But now they have a beautiful bowl with clean water.
They mess up their bowl quicker than I mess up my room.
2. I watched Criminal Minds.
Meet my dear friend, Emily Prentiss.
We get together almost every Wednesday at 7.
Tonight she may or may not have died.
Tears were coming from my face when they said that she didn't make it off the operating table.
Don't fret.....
.... She isn't really gone.
Did you know that I'm naming my first child Emily after her?
Yeah....
I'm gonna be a cool mom.
3. I went and put gas in my car.
Yes.
It was pouring and I thought I was going to blow away.
But I only paid $3.33 a gallon.
Key word: only.
It's fine that I was wearing a green sweatshirt and unmatching green snowflake pj pants.
Good thing no one fills their car up and weird hours of the night aka there was a very slight chance that I would see someone I knew.

Oh.
Caption writers.
He wasn't "hear."
He was "here."

Day 70.

Today was quite the day.
Work.....
....UGGGGGGH.
I don't want to talk about it.
All I can [and will say] is Heidi...
COME BACK!
After work I wrote some friends and attempted to watch the bachelor.
Then I got a text aka a call to adventure.
It was time to see Meg Deck and Chloe.
First....
I needed the car.
Which Colten had left at the girlfriends.
So I took the nice brisk, 20 minute walk up the street.
Don't fret....
I found it.
Now it was time to play.
Meg Deck was on her way home from SLC so me and Chloe picked up a soup and salad from the wonderful Zupas and headed up to meet Meg Deck at the creek.
The creek is a magical place.
You'll know that you must be really great if I ever take you there.
It's a special place.
Anyway....
We played there and froze and talked and all that stuff.
Too bad there was no water.

After we were done being cold we drove to our favorite place.
The cave.
We would often hide there to run away from the world and men.
Tonight we ran back there.
First we talked to Drew and inspected the new kitchen paint color.
We watched a movie just like always.
Then we discussed men.
Haha.
[it's not a girls night without that, right?]
As me and Chloe walked out the door we all laughed about the fact that it was only 10:00 and we were already all about to fall asleep at any moment.
It's always great to be with the girls.
It'll just be super nice to get with them when we're not ready to fall asleep :)

Day 69.

It all started in the doctors office.
Me and my mother LOVE the doctor.
Not.
We headed over there today after work to try to understand my current issue.
Headaches, dizziness, walking on earthquakes.
Normal sorta things.
He told me to drink more water.
Something weird with my heart rate when I'm standing and sitting.
Blood volume?
Interesting.
Oh...
....Did I mention that I went to my pediatrician?
Don't fret.
There were toys in the exam rooms.

After the adventure to the doctors office the real adventure began.
I got my fish.
Finally.
Oh.
Petsmart.
You kill dreams.
You see.....
Me and the bestie were sooo excited to go get goldfish and bring joy back into my life.
It took quite some time before the fish lady came.
All I wanted was a fish person's opinion on which one I should get.
13 cent fish or 27 cent fish.
She then proceeded to ask me what fish tank I had, tell me I had the wrong kind of fish tank, and that my fish would only live for 3 hours to a week, then she had the nerve to suggest a betta fish after I specifically told her I wanted a goldfish.
Psh.
D.R.E.A.M. C.R.U.S.H.E.R.
I'll just have her know they have been alive for more than 3 hours.
....But I'm still preparing myself for heart break.
It's fine.
I'm still glad I get to play with them for this short amount of time.

Drum Roll.....
I would like to introduce to the world my two new fish friends.
Stephen and Steven.
No.
They do not have the same name.
The multi-colored one is Steven.
The orange one is Stephen.
I hope you enjoy then as much as I do.
Happy swimming little friends.
The night was finished off at a reception of the older brothers good friend.
Ever heard of the Millenial Falls reception center?
I was pleased.
It looked like a redone house, but was modern.
I liked the treats.....
Cheesecake bites, rocky road brownies, eclaires.
Yum.

......But mostly I just liked the 2 swan ice sculptures.

Day 68.

I love love love love love Sundays.
Church was great.
I remembered that I am not going to marry an accountant....
and I always love Sister Wadley, her energy, and her Relief Society lessons.
After church we had my favorite...
...Meatloaf.
LOVE.
Then my cousins came over and Caijsa gave me a run down on everything she got for her 8th birthday.
Barbies.
Shoes.
Squinkies.
Clothes.
Typical 8 year old things.
As a Sunday tradition my mom made treats...
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies
&&
Gorilla poops aka no bake cookies.
A Sunday isn't complete without me and my mother facebook/blog stalking...
Whaaat?
Then we watched almost all the videos at mormon.org.
Loved it.

Day 67.

Dear world.

Baseball season is beginning.

Mason had 2 mini games today and did great....

... but seemed more excited about his new baseball backpack.

I cannot wait for warm summer days at the baseball field.

Day 66.

Friday night in Provo?
Great.
After work I drove drove drove and picked up Whitney and we headed to Seren and Aly's little home in Wyview 1.
Once we got there we talked and laughed and remembered every single funny thing we've ever done.
There are many.
Also we talked about me being stuffed.....
...."Walk towards the light."
Michael came over and played with us for a while and helped me solve the problem of what gender my fish should be.
Male and female.
He is also nice enough to offer the eulogy at my ladybugs funeral.
Yes.
I still have a 3 month old dead lady bug sitting in my room.
I think it deserves a proper cremation.
.....Soon enough.
Then Smackson came over.
I really like him.
I'd forgotten that a little bit.
I also forgot how much we have in common.
He is one that will always put a smile on your face.
I enjoy him.
We talked and lauged and talked and laughed.
I think he really liked being with 4 crazy girls.
We even made him food.
With the help of the Wyview convenience store.
He bought the drinks.
I made brown sugar soup.
Heat pork & beans, minestrone soup, and brown sugar.

Seren made us Lester's Samoan Sandwich.
Who would've guess Ramen on a sandwich would be good?
First you take Ramen and let it boil for 45 seconds.
Then you place it in a frying pan and pour a mixture of 2 eggs, oil, and the seasoning packet on top and flip over until all the liquidness is gone.
After you just place it between 2 pieces of bread with butter.
YUM!
We were all quite amazed.
Jacksons contribtion to the meal was V8...
.... But it tasted more like fruit punch.
Odd.
It was a national dinner.
We had food from college students at BYU-P, BYU-I, and a Premie :)
Matthew and Jordan came over not long after.
I had also forgotten how much I liked them.
We laughed and laughed and laughed and talked.
We also confessed our young loves for one another.
The looks Matthew, Jordan, and Jackson gave each of us was pricelss.
You really had to be there.
Whitney and Matthew are halarious when they're too tired to function.
It was great to be with friends.
I [sometimes] miss high school.
They all were gone by 1:30 and we headed to be around 2.
I think 2 is the the usually college bedtime or something.
We woke up around 11 this morning, talked, and decided to head to the "Can-Can" for doughnuts, hamburgers, tater tots, fruit, slushies, and other things.... Don't even worry... You can wear sweats AND flip flops AND shorts there. I felt like a sinner walking in with my sweats on.
But really.... It's HUGE! I'm pretty sure that the population of humans of the Canon Center at the exact moment we were there was the same population of humans in Rexburg.
That's not a joke.
But Friday was great.
Then I came home and found a cupcake waiting for me on my desk from my 2 little bakers :)
2 words for you C and J.
Cupcake Wars :)

Day 65.

Lets be honest.
I had no idea what happened.
I thought I was doing so good.
My body was over taken.
All I wanted was a large Diet Coke for $1....
... but as soon as the man asked how he could help me there was trouble.
I don't know what was happening.
"I'll have 2 Spicy McChickens and a large Diet Coke."
UUUGGGHHH.
Okay.
So I didn't feel bad about the first one but I sure felt bad about the second.
Good news though...
Last time I checked there was 600 calories per McChicken.
Now there are only 380.
As I walked up the stairs I decided that It needs to stop.
NOW.
It's like my late New Years Resolution.
I also decided that I need to work out?
Yes.
I'm stating that as a question.
Good thought.
So tonight since Trish went swimming with Ryan instead of running with me I did it on my own.
In my house.
Yes.
Me and my tredmill had a very nice workout....
While watching Rocky.
I needed the motivation.
Maybe I'll become a boxer.
Yep.
Eye of the Tiger.
Isn't he attractive?
My other adventures consisted of going to Maceys to fill up my car.
$3.29.
I got a deal.
I saved 6 cents.
While on my way to get gas I ran into my brothers best friend, Jesse, and his mother.
He's a snot.
But [I think] I miss him hanging around.
It was quite entertaining.

Also.
I have never had such a reaction from someone when I told them I didn't watch rated R movies.
Interesting thought, right?
A box wall was built in between us.
It was quite funny.
I enjoyed it.

Day 64.

It's no secret that I LOVED my first semester at college.
Tonight I looked through the different classes in my major catalog to start figuring out what classes I want to take next semester.
Don't fret.
The prerequisite for marriage prep is to be single.
Imagine that.
The prerequisite for for eternal marriage is to be married.
Who would've thought.
Haha.
It made me laugh.
Oh...
Let me clarify.....
....My declared major isn't marriage.
Really.
Thank heavens that I have a brother that can already register so he can save my spot in the History and Philosophy of Education.
Doesn't that just sound like fun?
I think it does.
I am soo excited to go back.
My brain is sick of melting.
I have a heart shaped waffle maker and Strawberry Shortcake sheets.
I'm prepared to use them.

36 more days till I move back to Idaho.

Day 63.

Look who brought me a cupcake tonight!
It was wonderful to see my girls again.
Let me tell you....
.... this just wasn't any cupcake.
It was a chocolate cupcake with a graham cracker crust and mini marshmallows which had been torched with a crem bru le maker to brown the marshmallows and was topped with carmel and chocolate.
Don't fret.
They're just a couple of Martha's.
They also have funny college stories.

It wasn't long after they left when another friend called and said that he was in the neighborhood.
Odd.
I haven't seen this friend since...
... okay.
It really hasn't been that long.
I think he thinks I'm weird.
It's fine.
We ended up sitting in the car talking for a while.
I like talking to this human.
It's just like old times.

The goal that night was to get into bed before 10:30.
Shattered.
I went to bed at midnight.
But it was so worth not being able to keep my eyes open at work today.
It was great to see my friends.

Work was good.
No argueing.

Mason had a game.
Trisha flipped me over his shoulders.

We got Elder Whatcott's schedule for coming home.
April 28.
Landing time around 10 am.
Woo Hoo.

Day 62.

This weekend was great.
It started off with me not having to work on Friday,
So I went to the temple with Trish and my Dad.
It was great.
I haven't been to my home temple in a long time.
I've missed it.
Bless the hearts of the high schoolers that get up and go.



Idaho was finally here.
Contrary to popular belief its the greatest thing.
Yes.
People actually do live there.
I met up with my driver and other random people around noon.
We met at Maverik and me and my mother enjoyed the people watching time.
We're good at it.
Watch out.
The kid I sat by in the car, Bernie, reminded me of a friend.
It was really weird.
I couldn't stop looking at him...
...Which was probably really awkward.
It's fine.
I'm awkward.
But it was a good drive.
The driver must've really wanted to see his future spouse because we were there in under 3 and a half hours.
Pretty sure he was going 80 the whole way.
I'm not complaining....
...I wanted to get there asap.
Thought.
Have you seen the "Do you know my killer" sign in SLC?
SKETCHY!
We landed in Rexie around 3:30 and I made the tiring trek up the stairs of Colonial to apartment 309.
Those 3rd floor girls must have really nice calves because thats not a fun walk every 5 seconds.
I got there [finally] and it was great.
I've missed my girls.
We chatted and other stuff.
Me and Rachel went and saw Morgy.
She had potatoes with things growing out of them....
They were like whole other people or something.
She was great.
Then me, Rachel, Kiah, and kiah's boyfriend, Ramon went to dinner.
Ramon does the best impersonation of Miranda who sings.
Check her out on youtube.
We were crying.
Rachel had never been to Wingers.
Winner.
I LOVE hamburgers and fries.
But the best was desert.
$2 hot cookie with ice cream on it.
It may have taken 10 minutes.....
... so worth it.
Is your mouth watering?
Mine still is.

Oh look! Kiah and Ramon! Friday Night we just played and such then Saturday day me and Rachel walked around and looked for closed buildings. We're really good at that. OH! and we watched the Goonies. Then that night we went and listened to Ramon sing in his singing thing.... [he lost his voice. no worries.] ..It was a concert with BYU boys and BYU-I boys. It was amazing. Yep. I chose the right weekend to go up ;) After we went to Twizzleberry and got frozen yogurt. YUM.

Rachel put a variety of things on her frozen yogurt but all that mine consisted of [besides the single cherry, gummy worm and gummy bear] was chocolate.
YUM.
Way to go Twizzleberry.
I'm officially a fan.


Kiah even tied a cherry stem in her mouth for the first time.
She won the speedy competition.
Her stem was even one of the smallest.
On the way home we were car stalked by a white suburban with an Idaho license plate and a Utah Jazz sticker on the back.
Rachel thought she was going to have a child.
When we got home we laughed at videos and watched Ciara dance moves.
"Be careful."

Sunday morning consisted of cold showers, 9:30 church at the Taylor, AND we even ran into the BYU boys...

.....hahaha.

Then we went home and watched the disney movie marathon, discussed random things.

Our dear friend, Geoff Brown [aka michael phelps] came over and we continued to watch disney movies.

He's supposed to get his mission call soon.

Good Luck Geoff!

Idaho was wonderful. I've missed it and cannot wait to go back next month ;)

Day 61.

My adventures today....

Work seemed like it went on forever.

G3 never stopped coming.

Even though we worked all day it seemed like there was still a lot to do.

Have fun bonding with G3 tomorrow Team 9.

Hmmmm...

Other adventures.

I'm not exactly allowed to write about them.

They just involved a really big, mean, confusing printer.

Any way.....

I came home and there was no dinner left for me and my dad was making jousting masks out of duct tape and tin foil due to the request of Kades 6th grade teacher.

Interesting.

I then proceeded to remind myself that I needed to do some laundry so I would have clothes to wear in Idaho.

Wearing clothes?

What an idea.

As I waited for my clothes to finish washing and then drying I finished watching the part of the Bachelor that my computer wouldn't let me watch the other day and found this new magical show.....

Genuine Ken: The Search for the Great American Boyfriend.

Didn't you hear?

Ken and Barbie are getting back together.

Who would've ever thought they would've broken up?

They seemed like one tough couple.

But it's fine.

There is no more need to fret.

Wow. Obviously time for bed.

Randomness?

Yep.

No worries.

Idaho in 12 hours.

Day 60.

BYU vs. New Mexico.
Yes?
I was there.
Nose bleeds?
Of course.
There is no other way to do it.
The game was..... Good.
I would just like the world to know that the honor code is reasonable.
If you have a problem with it....
Take a trip to BYU-I.
Thats all.
The best part of the game was the girls in front of me.
and the half time show.
The girls were approximatly 15 or so and one of my favorite comments of the night:
"Why would you like Justin Bieber when you could like someone like a basketball player."
Oh girls....
You've got so much growing up to do.
The half time show consisted of Jean's Golden Girls.
Yes.
They were sure golden.
As another fan said, " That's Mormon entertainment."
Love it!
Plus on the way home I got a Mcdonalds ice cream [and a diet coke.. shh...]
....You know...
It's a problem when you're sitting on the benches, almost at half time, and your back starts to hurt and the first thing that comes to your mind is Nuskin Excercises.One of th best parts of the day was work.
Odd.
I know, right?
First glance at table 9 and your first thought would be [without a doubt],
Dysfunctional Family.
We argue about everything.
It's constant.
We help each other.
We tease each other.
Sometimes we make each other really mad.
Our TC has a special name.
Mom.
Can't wait for the Plus 1 to come. She's just like one of the kids most days.
Then we have Jules.
She has funny jokes [despite what ClayTracy says] and we have to stick together seeing that we're always being picked on by the males of the group and we look forward to her joining us for 45 minute Friday lunches. She is also the new exercise leader of the group. We like to talk about animals and things we wish we did or want to do over the weekends. She's from Idaho! Woo hoo! Idaho people are wonderful!
Then ClayTracy.
We fight. Just like siblings. He likes to come to work in a bad mood and tells us that he doesn't like his job, but secretly he loves it and never wants to leave. He also loves Vitality bottles and making fun of me. Rest in Pieces. Oh. and he's pink. He is sometimes bitter about the fact that he didn't win the safety award or the perfect attendance award and wants to be employee of the month. He nicknamed me Qeow.
Then Mr. Walls.
If you ask him if he's human he'll tell you no, that infact he is Dominican. He will not put bottles back in boxes after the incident of a few weeks ago. He just got his license... so WATCH OUT! and has almost been in 2 crashes, but only one of them was his fault. He is a Kobe Bryant fan and doesnt appreciate ClayTracy's daily thought of Kobe being shot. Oh. Mr. Walls doesn't think that any of my jokes are funny. I don't really appreciate that.
We can't forget Carmen.
She always reminds us to do our excercises after breaks and lunch no matter how much we don't want to do them. She made me laugh today when she said that BYU may not be perfect, but its better.
Agreed.
Its fine that we'll be doing G3 until the Red Sea parts again....
Yes.
G3.
Don't confuse yourselves with a G6.
I thought they were joking when they said that there were 7 pallets left.
I guess not.
Or S & R is just full of really sick jokes.

Day 59.

Do not fret.
This is now dubbed the post of bad pictures.
While at Mason's basketball game I decided I wanted to play too...
Except with Colten.
I figured he was competition enough.
Really.
He runs around and actually plays while I chase him.
Then I catch him.
What a game.
Haha.
I'm sure it's more entertaining to watch than it is to play.
Today was great.
I got 3 of my favorite things.
Pictures.
Mail.
A new book.
Pictures from preference day date.
Senior year.
Hello.
A year and a half later.
Its fine.
I love memories of any sort....
[pictures. notes. journals. videos.]
....if you didn't know.
Then in the mail I recieved my book.
A Mans Search for Meaning.
Viktor Frankl.
If you haven't noticed by now I love reading.
I love the places that books can take me.
Every where.

Do not even fret.
My adventures to Idaho almost didn't happen.
For a small moment.
Today during work our onsite manager, Jeff, walked around with a sign.
"Everyone is working the rest of the week."
Most were over-joyed.
I almost had a panic attack.
Idaho?
Yeah.
It's a big deal.
I'm finally going back.
As soon as lunch came around I ran and grabbed a days off request paper then
Ran to my car and filled that thing out:
Name: Quinci Whatcott
Date: March 1, 2011
Days needed off: Friday.
Reason: Obviously I have this wonderful trip planned to the land of college in which I was so so so excited to run away to see my friends and it was all going to work out since I didn't have to work on Friday, but then I found out just barely that infact I was going to have to work that day. Problematic? Yesh.
[oookkkey... that may be a little bit of an exaggeration]
Fortunatly I was able to get it to Jeff quickly after 2nd break.
He laughed when I explained to him why I was going up to Idaho....
"For fun!"