Halloween

This Halloween has been fun, although my being sick put somewhat of a damper on it :(. On Friday we went to our ward party, Alisha and I were Egyptians. We went to the infamous D.I and picked out a nice gold sheet, then as we searched for a gold belt, it seemed like fate that there were 2 of exactly the same belt, haha! Then we went to Wal-mart and got ribbon and such. We had fun doing all our make-up and I loved using false eye-lashes for the first time! 2 of our roommates said Alisha's eyes didn't look "Egyptian" enough and pinned her down and added a ton!! haha! At our ward party this girl came up to Alisha and was like, "OH your such a cute little shepherd girl!!" haha! We were a mix between Egyptian, Indian, and I guess shepherd girls...

Then we were exhausted and came home and made huge bowls of potatoes and gravy, and pulled out our mattresses and watched a movie on my huge 17" laptop screen. I guess having a screen that big really hasn't turned out to be bad, in fact that combined with a Netflix membership has been invaluable up here at school, well when we have time anyway.

On Saturday we went party hopping with Jill, Shelly, and some other girls, we also went to Sammy's and there was a cool band playing. Then we went back to Jill's and watched "The Village" because every other scary movie had been checked out, go figure. Oh it was also Lyndee's birthday on Thursday so I went over there with Jill and Katie and we had dinner and a party!

The picture above is before the Ward Party-2 of my roommates and Ben.

My New Love = Zumba

Alisha and I have been going to Zumba every Wednesday night and I am in love! It is like a latin workout dance class with fun and modern music. It is so much fun! We had our friend JT go to it the other night and lets just say he was a little out of place! I must say its pretty funny to watch all these girls trying to move their hips!

The weather has actually not been as cold as last fall! Some native Idahoan's may even call it warm. It is still cold in the mornings though and lets be honest, anything below 85 degrees is below my comfort level!

Easy

One word for this semester= easy. Maybe to easy...I am so used to having homework all day everyday that I kinda miss having tons of homework all the time. Weird huh? I complain when I have a ton, and miss it when I don't. Truth is, I love to learn, I have been able to go to anat & phys tutoring for about 4 hours a week and study for it in the library another 6 and I am loving it! I love the teacher, the subject, the human body, and my Heavenly Father for creating such a masterpiece.

I am just so so happy right now and I think back to those times in my life where I was disappointed and upset and I try to think of why I was unhappy. I have come to the conclusion that you can be happy in every circumstance that you are in. Whenever I am having a bad day or looking at things negatively, I have found that service is the one way, for me anyway, to make things better. My being able to truly accept that I don't need things to happen right now and that trusting in God is a source of true happiness, has helped my to find the beauty in life and the beauty in people, rather than the small disappointments that bring me down.