farewell party

last night i had a little open house farewell party and it was I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E.

lots of SF relatives showed up - bill and margie and becky and bryant and the twins and jan and dell. and they all came bearing gifts :) (and really cute babies!)

and then right as they were headed out... all my friends came!!!!

how did i get to be the luckiest gal around to have such amazing friends???

seriously. without them i couldn't/wouldn't be who i am.

and without their support I don't know that I'd be strong enough and brave enough to go on a mission.

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!

tucanos

alright, so most of these are actually just our photo shoot/playing with settings on my new camera on the drive there, but this night was so much fun!

and the food was fantastic. i loooved the turkey wrapped in bacon. or anything in bacon ;)

the waitor was really funny. rm from brazil who was FULL of horror stories and spiritual advice. what a hoot! can't wait to get some of those myself!

this last pic is from the drive hoooome.

when we were so full i thought my belly would explode!!

cool. cool cool cool.

community = funniest show around. watched it last night and laughed so hard my stomach hurt. aaaand it wasn't even the first time i'd seen that episode! ha.

also last night: watched pride and prejudice the mormon version. and read in it's entirety the Pink Bible. This is what it taught me:

to catch a man, you have to become a seasoned huntress: always on the hunt. dating is not a passive thing. the pink bible takes it a step further saying that you have to trick men into marrying you... i wouldn't quite go that far (hopefully, but no promises after my 30th birthday...) but it does have a point. no boy is just going to fall for me and chase after me. get real.

of course, i watched this with that one boy... thinking of all the mistakes i'd made. but they made mistakes too (they being the fictional characters in the movie) and everything worked out for them in the end! maybe things will work out for me too.

gee looking through my blog posts you'd think i was a hopless romantic rather than a VERY soon to be SISTER MISSIONARY!!!

hint: the latter is correct in this case.

bridge of doooooom

mary and I built the bridge of doom

it was an extra credit project for her physics class

we started the night be4 it was due at like 1 am

well, actually first i dropped her off and andrew and ashleys and they helped her cut the pieces.

that left us with the easy task of cutting and gluing it together.

yeah. it turned out to not be so easy...

we only had one small tube of glue and an incredibly dull exacto knife at our disposal

she had to sluff seminary so we could finish it in the morning

we tried to dry the glue with a hair dryer

basically, she left with a couple of toothpicks glued together and sopping wet glue

it was hopelss

but really fun!!!

the end of the story you wonder???

.... that tiny bridge was supposed to hold 200 pounds!

and it (somehow miraculously) held 270 pounds!!

booyah

best. tradition. ever.

Thmoothie Thurthday

[TH-moooo-TH-eeee TH-ur-TH-day]

-noun

1. Day celebrated one day of the week, generally Thursdays, by creating and eating smoothies or milkshakes.

variations include wabamo wednesday. tycoon tuesday. milkshake mondays. etc.

2. best tradition ever

3. a small tree frog. now extinct.

originated:

freshman year. whitney hall

manti

yup. i totally want to get married there.

today I drove down to manti. yes i went alone, but no it's not because i don't have any friends or because i'm anti social. I was actually just soaking up the alone time because i hear it's mighty scarce on the mission.

I can't even describe how beautiful this temple is. So glad i went :)

for the drive back i stopped at the malt shop and got a LARGE oreo shake that was sooo good.

and then i ate it on the drive with my windows down and my foot out the window with the radio blasting.

yup today was grood

^

[good and great]

flashbackdrama

i know i already blogged about this. but there's no one that i can actually talk to about this one...defs not caitlin lol. but it makes me feel a little better to send it out to the unresponsive universe.
i still like this guy. i can't get over it. i've been trying to for months. and he has no idea. and if he did, it wouldn't matter. because he is definitely over me. there's even a good chance he hates me. but the thing is i am so much happier when we're friends and when i'm around him.
before i leave i wish i had the guts to say to him:
hey i just want you to know i'm suuuper sorry about how everything went down. i'm sorry that i hurt you. and if i could go back, i would definitely do it all differently. i want you to know i think you're the very greatest guy in the world. and i'm an idiot for missing my chance.
but i don't know what i would expect him to say to that....
meeeeeeh. i guess it doesn't really matter if he knows how i feel. i just srsly gotta get over it. stop thinking about him. focus on a mission!!!

this time next week:

I'll be set apart as a full time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!!!!!!!!!