Day 238.

Once upon a time.
Me and Meg had a girls night.
Halloween parties aren’t exactly our thing so we relived our high school glory days.
Movie marathons.
The night began with teasing Morgan’s hair.
Yes.
I have rubbed off on all the roomies.
I’m officially the go to hair teasing girl.
Win.
After the teasing party was over she re quested the use of glitter in her hair.
Yes.
It got everywhere.
Win.
Chair. Jacket. Floor. Shirts. Hands.
You can’t exactly see it on my hands….
But megs hands took quite the glitter beating.

Once the girls were off we started girl movie #1.
Win.
It wasn’t long before that was over and we had 2 options.
Movie or homework.
Blarg.
Homework is for squares.
Obviously [another] movie won.
But not before we headed to maverick to get some treats.
Something salty and something sweet….
And a bug juice.
No biggie.
It was just another [great] girls night in.

Day 237.

I know that I’m having a fantastic day when…..
I go to pull my toast out of the toaster, but instead of grabbing the bread, I just stick my finger inside.
Burn?
Awesome.
I sit in the Cross Roads to eat lunch and finish homework when I start crying when a Richard Marx [80’s throwback] song comes on while listening to Pandora.
I start a fire on the stove while trying to boil water and when the roomies come home from their dance parties they inform me that they kept hearing about “that one girl who started the fire in Mountain Pines.”
Win.

Yes.
I started a fire.
Yes.
The flames may or may not have been approximately 2 feet tall.
Yes.
I remained calm.
Yes.
I used the baking soda from the cabinet above the fire to put it out.
Yes.
I paused to get my picture taken with it.
Yes.
My mouth tasted like baking soda all night.
No.
I have not cleaned it up yet.
Yes.
I am a Scrabble addict.
Yes.
I went to a baseball game to watch Jace win the ‘ship.’
Yes.
Josh Groban has such a way with words to help a broken heart.
Yes.
I have the best roomie every who continually supplies me with Diet Coke, fun facts, Justin Beiber Christmas music, and who deals with the [now so frequent] talking in my sleep.
Yes.
I cleaned Travis’s home.
Yes.
Tomorrow is Sunday.

Day 236.

Do you know what Megdeck told me today?
That people should break up just to be swamped with love…..
[or something to that affect].
It’s true though.
As not fun as breaking up is….
Friends and family come to your rescue.
Example #1.
Jacie Worthen.
I walked into math this morning and she pulled a small zip lock bag out of her back pack and placed it on my desk.
Do you know what was in there?
Chocolate candies and a chocolate chip cookie.
Win.
Jacie.
You made my day.
Example #2.
Later I came home to Megdeck going to get the mail….
Thought.
I never get mail.
But she walked through the door with a bright yellow envelope with a little letter from my mother.
Win.
Mother.
You also made my day.
Example #3.
All the phone calls and texts from friends.
Win.
You all are great.
I love you J
Happy Thursday.

Day 235.

Top 10 ways to deal with the breakup process:
1.  Woman Date to Twizzleberry

2.  Vanilla frozen yogurt with gummy bears, sour
gummy worms, and chocolate sprinkles.

3. Being spoon fed a Strawberry [Shortcake] snow cone by

Morgy on [last] Thursday morning.

4. [Crunchy] Spaghetti and garlic bread meal at 11 aka past bedtime.
4 ¾. Christmas Music.
5. Josh Groban and Justin Beiber
6. Laying on ‘the cloud’ and talking to the roomies
6 ¾. Family coming to visit.
7. Gray Sweats and [the trustee] gray yearbook hoodie.
8. Straighten my hair on the bathroom floor.
8 ½. Friendship bombardment
9. 5 am [everyday] homework parties
10. Late night Diet Coke runs.
But seriously.
Honesty time.
Everything is good.
It couldn’t have happened better.
Heart break?
Obviously.
It’s been a fun ride.
It’s been the best 4 months that I could’ve asked for.
Jacob.
You’re fantastic.
Thanks for everything.

Day 234.

Sometimes the family comes at just the right time.
So we can swim, go out to eat, and watch YouTube videos
together in the hotel room.
That way me and my mom can go on woman dates to twizzleberry
before the late night crowd gets in.
That way they can keep my mind off of things.
Sometimes the roomie leaves at just the right time so I can
have my own room over the weekend.
That way I can mess up the room as much as I want and then
clean it up last minute.
That way I can stay up as late or early as I want or just
sit around with no questions asked.
And sometimes I come home to see strange men using my Strawberry
Shortcake blanket…...
No comment.

Day 233.

Sometimes things happen….
Sometimes I just don’t really want to talk about what happened.
And sometimes while I’m on the phone with my mom at late hours of the night my roomies leave me a treat and some notes sitting outside my door.

Day 232.

Happy Pumpkin Carving Sunday!

Day 231.

Do you know how you know when to keep a boyfriend around?
Well….
When you tell him you have no real food but he comes over for anyways for lunch....
You hand him 4 little pieces of chicken and he goes to work.
I knew boyfriend could cook…
But really?
This?
He asks for garlic salt, pepper, Italian [salad] dressing, Worcestershire sauce, saltine crackers, brown sugar and ketchup.
He threw it all [minus the brown sugar and ketchup] in a bag into the microwave….
A minute later we threw it on the trusty George Foreman grill.
Have I mention that boyfriend may or may not be having a love affair with any George Foreman grill? 
It’s fantastic.
The chicken turned out great along with my fake mashed potatoes.

It wasn’t long before boyfriend went to take his test and I went to watch the Titans play some baseball.
Win.
Jace got up last inning and pitched like a pro.
Win.
“Let me know if it doesn’t work out.”
Okay.
Crazy.
Homework is a usual Saturday night occurrence along with a short and sweet group date to play Frisbee in the wind and waiting for food at Jack in the Box.
But really….
Do we have to start another week?
I’m not ready for this.
Ugh.

Day 230.

Tender Mercies?
Definition (provided by lds.org): personal blessings of strength, loving-kindness, guidance, and many other spiritual gifts.
My definition?
When only my Heavenly Father truly knows how I’m feeling about something and he gives me something to make me feel better. Thoseinvolved may see it as insignificant, but in the end it means the world.
Story time.
Thursday night?
No bueno.
I woke up feeling super upset so I did what any normal human would do…..
I called my mom.
We chatted about life and other such things for a while.
Thank heavens I’d gotten out of work early and my phone didn’t decided to hang up on her multiple times (which is unfortunately a usual occurrence).
Talking to mom always helps…
But sometimes talking on the phone doesn’t cut it.
Still a bit discouraged I went to English.
I had considered not going due to the fact that we were just turning in a paper.
Brother Ward told us we wouldn’t be there for the entire time.
When I got there I sat in my usual spot.
In between the members of the breakfast club.
Well….
Minus one of the club members since he decided to be a no show.
We sat in class and listened and tried to keep ourselves away.
It was a success.
I did not fall asleep.
BFC member obviously could tell something was wrong so he put his arm around me and began to ask me about my day.
I told him just enough for him to understand what was going on.
He talked to me and made me feel better about the situation…
But still not all the way better.
Class was over so I headed to meet boyfriend for lunch.
Boyfriend made bacon hamburgers for lunch on his handy dandy George Foreman grill.
Win.
We ate.
We chatted.
We watched part of Aladdin with the time that we had before he took me to class.
Science was boring.
I also considered not going to that class….
But I did seeing that I had to turn in class project #4.
Yes.
I wrote a story about a rock for that one.
Let’s just say that rock writing is not my calling in life…..
Anyways…
Breakfast club didn’t show up to class.
Yes.
I was a little peeved.
Yes.
I did fall asleep.
Class ended and I walked up to the Kimball building and guess who was there….
Yep.
The breakfast club.
Apparently they had told the kid who sits in front of me to tell me to turn my stuff in and go meet them.

Unfortunately the kid had not.

They had been waiting for me all class and were unsuccessful at finding me.

We chatted for a minute and they made sure things were okay.
The breakfast club is fantastic.
I’m a fan.
Life needs more friends like that.
The rest of the day was great.
Work was fun.
My meeting with my supervisor wasn’t even scary.
I solved the strange problem with the contract not saving ….
Yes.
I credit Criminal Minds for giving me all of my problem solving skills.
6:00 came and I headed up to the baseball field to watch Jace protect first base aka FREEZE.
Dear Idaho.
Warm up.
Love Quinci.
Boyfriend came around 7:30ish and we headed to his apartment to grab Abigail (his car).
Yes.
Finally.
Date night with boyfriend that didn’t include homework….
Instead it included Philly cheese steaks and Idaho Nachos from the College Ave Deli.

Yum.
And yes….
I didn’t listen to the counsel of boyfriend and ate another jalapeño off his nachos…
One day I’ll learn to listen.
We headed back to watch a movie but seeing that every possible movie place was taken we headed to the BYUIC 4^th floor.
Pure Country?
Ever seen it?

George Strait?

Win.
Pretty sure I slept through most of it….
Which is [also] a usual occurrence.
Friday?
Win.
Saturday?
Homework?
Yes.
Family is coming next weekend and Elder Whatcott is heading to Mississippi!

Day 229.

Sometimes I want to blog….
Sometimes I want to nap.
Usually homework or cleaning my room wins.
Thoughts of this past week:
I attempted to make enchiladas for the boyfriend and they turned out extra salty.
Don’t ask.
Fail.
Slept on the couch when woman came to visit and in return meg washed my sheets and made my bed just as she would with old people aka CNA style.
Win.
Paid rent.
[Forced] Win.

Sat in on a housing meeting with the big people of the housing and student living community.

Win.

Went to the planetarium only to get motion sick.
Win.
Spend the nights doing homework with boyfriend in the Engineering lab in the Austin.
Win.
Beautiful eyes compliment?
Super Win [Duh].
Hair cut by Meg tonight?
[Hopeful] Win.
Letter and pictures from Elder Whatcott leaving soon to Mississippi?
Win.
Me and Emma supervised while boyfriend and Shane waxed each other’s chests.
We were in charge of holding hands and putting the wax in place with a oversized tooth pick….
And making sure that they didn’t cry too much.
[Super] Win.
Work and school?
….Well.
You know.

Day 228.

Sometimes…..
I have adventures in bridesmaids dress shopping.
The [Saturday] morning started out with a 7 o’clock study session in order to beat my Middle East test up.
In fact.
I even think I won.
The new testing center is a wonder.
I was amazed that a testing center could be so….
Intense.
I came home and headed out for a girls afternoon looking for bridesmaids attire.
Don’t fret.
I love Idaho houses.
This one?
I want it.
Let’s just move it to Utah….
Deal?

If I had a dollar for every dress that I tried on….
Well….
I would have a lot of dollars.
No need to fret.
Kiah [bride] had us try on ‘Sound of Music’ dresses.
You know….
The ones that look like they were made out of curtains?
Well…..
These ones looked like they were made out of left over rug material.
Picture?
Yes…
But it’s on the brides phone.
We checked everywhere from bridal stores to Ross.
No need to fret.
We found something at Downeast.
Gray skirts and well….
We’re still looking for shirts/sweaters.
Winter weddings?
Win.
We checked out suits for Ramon [the groom] and did as the  bride said.
Don’t fret.
I am officially the assistant to the Maid of Honor.
Stephanie wouldn’t let me forget it.
She let me carry her bags, her phone, her clutch, and at times even open the door for her.
The problem with taking me and Rachel shopping is that we can only take so much…
Then we just want to play.
TJ Maxx is a great place to play.
Elder Whatcott would be impressed with our maxxinista skills.
Being the humans that we are….
We [naturally] had to eat.

The bride and the groom are big fans of Texas Roadhouse.

We are sweet rolls and chatted and Rachel ordered the All American cheeseburger….

Without the cheese.
Oh bless.
I delighted myself with my usual…
Bacon cheese burger with a side of ranch.
JCW’s has branded me forever.
We partied until about 6 and were on our way home.
Thought.
Quinci.
STOP EATING.
I may or may not have eaten my weight in rolls and was so full I was going to explode.
It’s fine.
No worries….
I saw my friend Cameron and his future spouse from the “breakfast club” enjoying Texas Roadhouse.
I’m still in the mindset that teachers live at the school….
Along with my friends.
No one really lives at home.

It was super fun to have a girls day out with Kiah, Stephanie and Rachel. 

It's been much to long.

As soon as I got home and boyfriend came over.
Me, boyfriend, and Meg headed to DI for a small adventure.
We wanted to get Travis a new home.
I think he likes it so much he wants to be my best friend.
We have a special [eternal] bond.
It had been a really long day…
I had been all shopped out and boyfriend had done homework.
We didn’t want to do anything exciting…
So we pulled out a movie.
Pride and Prejudice.
Win.
Mr. Darcy?
Love.
It wasn’t long before boyfriend decided he wanted cookie dough ice cream so we ran to his house to get his car and drove drove drove to get some.
…..at 11:19.
He wasn’t too pleased with me not wanting to wear shoes so he threw me over his shoulder and carried me to the car.
He even made me wear his shoes into the store.
People may or may not have looked at me weird.
Its fine.
I’m used to it.
I got home around the usual time aka midnight and headed straight to bed.
Boyfriend called at 1 and we read….
I may or may not have been sleeping.
It’s fine because Morgy came in and got me up around 2:15 to help her with her allergic reaction.
After not to long we jumped in Meg’s car and headed to the hospital…
But not before I remembered you’re supposed to have clothes on when you head out for an adventure.
Apparently what I was wearing wasn’t acceptable in public.
Hahaha……
The hospital front desk lady was snotty.
I didn’t like her.
Thought.
If I ever need to go to the hospital in the middle of the night…
PLEASE drive me to Idaho Falls.
The front desk people in Rexie aren’t very nice.
Just saying.

Day 227.

Sometimes I sit at my kitchen table at 10:57, eat brown
sugar soup, and listen to Shelbie and Mallory over and over on facebook because
they give me the chills.

Sometimes I want to cry when I listen to Josh Groban because
he melts my heart.

Sometimes I just like to watch Sami conquer the big stack of
dishes in the sink that are probably all mine from dinner.

Sometimes I love it when I get 100% on my math quizzes.

Sometimes me and Jace go on adventures just because we can.
Sometimes I go to bed at 11:10 pm so I can get up at 5:30 am to do my clean check stuff.
Sometimes I sneak food into the BYUIC because I’m starving and forgot to eat breakfast.
Sometimes I forget to submit my English notes.
Sometimes me and the boyfriend go for walks to the park and dance in the middle of the soccer field just because there is no one else there.
Sometimes me and Meg like to play dress up…
I like to wear Christmas skirts and meg likes to wear mustache shirts with pink rain boots….
Which causes us to like to count how many people ‘check her out.’

Sometimes I really love work and the things that happen in office 196.
Sometimes I have a writer’s block and don’t want to blog.
Sometimes I youtube stalk people to listen to weird music.
Sometimes I wish I could text Colten and tell him that I saw Jimmy and his awkward gf sitting on the couch coming out of class.
Sometimes I wish I didn’t have to do my homework.
Sometimes I think I am ready for a break from college.
Sometimes I think I’m ready to be all grown up……
And then I go hop into bed with my strawberry shortcake quilt.
….and then after all these ‘sometimes’ moments I remember how much I always love it where I am.