The Day of Valentine

When you bring your own rose to school and carry it around to make you feel special because you know you're not going to get an actual valentine from anyone.

But then you actually end up getting an anonymous valentine from someone for the first time ever!

And so you feel quite lame for bringing yourself a rose. :P

(I apologize for the extremely attractive picture of me.)

The Seven Wonders of the World

Did I tear up during this video?  Yes.
But maybe it's just because I've been kind of down lately.

Those Little Things that Create the Best Days.

-I listened to Les Miserables music in the morning and had "Stars" stuck in my head all day.

-I completely understand my Calculus homework and got half of the problems done in class.

-I had a cello lesson during third period.  The guy I like called me in the middle of my lesson to have me help him with Physics homework.  Then I texted him afterward my lesson, and he told me to go to the library. When I got there he wasn't even doing Physics... he obviously just wanted to be with me.  (Yeah, whatever.  That's so not it.  But a girl can dream, can't she?)

-I found out that one of my new-found friends' birthday is exactly a week after mine. :)

-My friend Maddie mentioned the song "Stars" in Chamber Singers... and it was a coincidence that made me happy since the song had been stuck in my head all day.

-We performed for a random freshman English teacher in Jive.

-I invited the aforementioned special guy over to work on Physics homework after school, and he came. :) And then my mom invited him to stay for dinner, and he did.  :) :)  It was so fun! ...Wow.  I never thought I'd say that Physics homework is "so fun," but with him, it genuinely was!

-I got to play my cello at mutual because I'm playing it at New Beginnings next week.

-We had an early birthday party for me and a couple other girls for mutual.  Where we played a bunch of fun games.  One of which forced me to eat an entirely over-ripe banana.  So fun. :P

-I had cake.  Which was the first sweet I have eaten for a week because I told myself I would not eat sweets for all of February unless they were birthday or Valentine's Day related.  ...And after I ate it I felt sick.  Which is good!  I'm weaning myself off of sugar. :)  Usually two pieces of cake that size wouldn't faze me, but this one made me want to puke.  (Not that it wasn't good cake... I mean, it was DELICIOUS.)

-I'm actually going to be getting to bed before midnight. :)

That Annoying Moment...

When you stay up until two in the morning finishing your Calculus homework.  For once.  Because you never finish it, and decided that if you actually want to pass the class you should probably do it.  And you start your English paper afterwards.  But then think "Oh my.  It's two in the morning.  Why the heck am I writing an English paper?"  And decided to go to bed instead.  And then in the morning you get to Calculus to find out that the majority of the rest of the class didn't do their assignment, so she gives everyone an extra day.  And in your second period class you madly type your English paper, but only get half done, and email your English teacher what you have.  And then she thinks you sent the email after class, after you have listened to the class discussion. (Which you so totally didn't do!!!!)  And you're just really mad because you try hard but can't do everything up to par.  And you'll never survive college.  If you even get that far.

But on the plus side... You've been listening to Les Miserables music almost constantly since last night. And when you're not listening to it, it's playing in your head. :)  There's always a reason to be happy. :D

**2013**

January 1, 2012

January 1, 2013

2012 was a great year.

&

2013 is a year of great promise.

2012 - The Highlights.

• Performed in my first Jive show.
• Attended All-State for the second and last time.
• Had the best EFY group ever.
• Fell in love with my girls as a YCL at Girls' Camp.
• Went to Disneyland.
• Transferred to Twin Falls High School
• Met many new, amazing people.
• Improved myself physically, mentally, and spiritually.

2013 - What to expect.

• Become an official adult.
• Perform in my senior recital/senior project.
• Have my last Jive show.
• Graduate.
• Welcome Matt home.
• Go to Europe with the Utah Ambassadors of Music.
• Attend BYU.

That is what happened and what is going to happen.

But here are my resolutions, or what I hope to happen.

2013 - Resolutions.

• Read my scriptures and pray every day, in order to help grow my testimony and spiritually prepare me for a mission.
• Attend the temple as often as possible, every Wednesday morning when it's open, and while I'm there, pray and ponder spiritual things.
• Receive my patriarchal blessing to help guide me in my post-graduation decisions.
• Run or swim at least once a week, hopefully more, and eat healthier to help me lose weight and become more fit physically for a mission.
• Play my instruments more often to improve as much as I can in case I decide to become a music major.
• Procrastinate a lot less.  I won't be able to completely rid myself of procrastination, but I can try to rid myself of most of it.
• Along with blogging as often as I do, write in my journal at least once a week with more personal and spiritual things to remember.
• Be kinder and less sarcastic.
• Always remember who I am and that I am loved.  I am a daughter of God.  Don't get down on myself and be negative and depressed.

I think these resolutions are reasonable and reachable.

And you may have noticed that for the past couple years I have had the resolution of having my first kiss, but this year, that isn't one... you know what that means? ;)  Haha, just kidding.  I'm still kiss-less.  I'm just thinking that since I have little to no control over when my first kiss is, it's a stupid resolution.  It will come when it comes.  And if it comes this year, then all the better. :)

Semi-Resolutions (things that I hope to happen this year, but may not):

-First kiss

-CALL JOSHUA FINCH.  Just do it.  Like today or tomorrow.

-Apply/audition to be a Nauvoo performing missionary.

-Audition for the X Factor online.

-Go on lots of dates down at BYU.

-Become only overweight (no longer obese) by Wii Fit standards.

This Just Makes Me Happy. :)

HappySad

That moment when your best friend is in Hollywood, being filmed for national television, meeting celebrities, and becoming a celebrity themself, and you're just sitting in Idaho happy that they are living their dream but wondering when you'll see them again and for how long.

That moment when you don't know whether to be incredibly happy or incredibly sad.

~~~

By the way... if you are aware who or what I am referring to, I am trusting you will keep it confidential.  Because law suits and disqualifications could be an issue if names get out before the show is released on television.

Keep it secret, keep it safe.

The Best Change

And the first week of school comes to an end.
I am so glad I transferred.
I absolutely love it at Twin Falls High School.

I thought the environment might seem more gloomy because the hallways aren't as lighted, but it is actually better.  It makes it seem as if Canyon Ridge is just full of false appearances.  They light the hallways to make it seem like a happy place, when it really isn't.

I can't even imagine what it would be like if I was at Canyon Ridge.
I am so thankful for the opportunity I had to transfer.

**BitterSweet**

Bitter

Not getting much sleep and having to wake up at 4:30.

Feeling horribly sick at 3 in the morning.

Sweet

Swimming in the morning with Hailey. :)

Bitter

Being sore after not swimming since swim season ended at the beginning of November.

Sweet

Getting ready in the pool locker room while rocking out to One Direction.

Taking pictures in the pool locker room mirror.

(I swear it's a fun house mirror because it always makes me look skinnier than I really am.) 

Bitter

School.

Sweet

Seeing all of my friends.

Finally buying a guitar capo.

Totally winning epically at the duet Kiefer and I are going to try out with for Jive Night.

Selling 15 Jive tickets. :)

Bitter

Family Home Evening with grumpy parents.

Sweet

Strawberry Shortcake.

The SWEET outweighs the BITTER.

It was definitely a good day. :)

What I Love

Jive!

The Performance.

Hearing people cheering and screaming.

For me.

I love it.

So much.

Doesn't this look like a picture of a girl who is doing something she loves?

(Ignore my dad in the background.  He is strange.)

And I love my friends who come and support me even though it costs $5. ♥

Good Day :D

As you may or may not have noticed on my 365 Day Photo Challenge picture for today I said that I feel loved. :) Now, it's not by a boy or anyone important like that... it's just everyone in general. :) It was a good day. I love Twin Falls High School. I really like Canyon Ridge too... but I think I might like Twin Falls more. However, I'm not sure, so I am very glad I have the opportunity to go to both. :D So, yesterday I only went to Canyon Ridge because I stayed home sick after lunch. Bleh. And I didn't go to TFHS at all. Today, at Twin before I even got to my first class (so pretty much in 4 minutes), I already had 4 people say "Hey! Elizabeth, you're back!" And that made me super glad. And then in class, Sunny told me that they were going to have Sister Act solo auditions in Jive for Winter Showcase, but everyone said "No! We have to reserve one for Elizabeth!" so they didn't audition yesterday. Which ALSO makes me super glad. :) (I'm not even sure if I want a solo in Sister Act, but now that they said that I feel like I should at least audition for one. :P) So yeah. Good day. I feel loved. :)

An Icky Day With a Pinch of Joy

As said up there^ ... today was on icky day. Almost nothing went right. At all. It started out alright, I was able to sleep in! Hallelujah! I didn't wake up until 7:35, outta bed at 7:50. On Wednesdays, we have late start; school doesn't start until 8:25. ...I never get that, though, because I have voice lessons at 7:30 AM on Wednesdays. Today, however, I had my lesson at 11:30 because I no longer have a fourth period class. Thank goodness that Calculus is OVER! So, I had happy sleep this morning. :) Ever since then, the day had gone down hill. English was bleh, as usual. I forgot my cello at my house, so I was late to seminary because I needed to run home and grab that. Then I remembered I needed food for Chamber Singers (Christmas party), so I stopped by at Walmart. (Where I saw my ex-biology teacher. He was on his prep. It was kinda strange.) Then I had a test in History. It was an open-book/take-home test, so better than most tests, but a test nonetheless. Then I quickly bought a bagel for lunch, then quickly drove over to my voice lesson. After that, I went over to Twin for my second half of the day. I went to the bathroom and discovered that it is that unpleasant time of the month. Then in Chemistry I realized we have a test tomorrow on something that I barely even know anything about because I was gone on Monday (taking my Calc final). Then in Chamber Singers for our Christmas party people voted to watch the Grinch. For one, I don't even like that movie very much. For two, I will be watching that movie next week in Chemistry. Bah humbug. While watching the Grinch, I started to feel like crap. Stupid periods. Ughh, cramps, headaches, etcetera. (Plus, the guy I sorta have a little crush on called me Rachel, grr. I wish people would just call me Elizabeth, and not mix up my name, EVER!) By Jive I felt like I was gonna die. My insides were exploding. I took some ibuprofen, but that didn't help right away. Plus, I was exhausted. We worked on choreography, and I looked like an idiot because I couldn't concentrate on what I was doing. Apparently, I also looked like I was going to pass out. Swell. I just wanted to go home and sleep. But after school I had a cello lesson, and by the time my lesson was over, the ibuprofen had kicked in. Which is good, yeah, but then I felt like sleeping wasn't a priority. So I didn't go to sleep when I got home. Then Kendall called me and asked if he could borrow my history notes. I said I'd drop them off on the way to mutual and pick them up on the way back. I was running late for mutual because we were going caroling and my mom made me change clothes to something 'warmer.' (What I was wearing at first was warmer than what I changed in to. I got to Kendall's house and called him to tell him to come get my notes, but he wasn't even at his house. I was frustrated and in a hurry, and I couldn't understand what he was saying, so I just threw my notes in his driveway and drove off. Caroling for mutual was freezing and boring. After mutual I went back to Kendall's house to pick up my notes, and (here comes the "Pinch of Joy") he gave me a plate of cookies. :) That totally made my day. :D But then I went home, and my mom yelled at me. A lot. So yeah, icky day with a pinch of joy. But I know that I have many reasons to be happy and thankful, and there are many people who would look at my crummy day as an incredible blessing of a day. I think I'm just really hormonal and stuff. :/ Sorry everyone, I'll try to be more pleasant.

IGuessSomeThingsAreJustMeantToBe.

Will I ever change?! It's been nearly 7 months since I last posted and yet it seems like I'm doing the exact same thing: procrastinating the many homework assignments I need to do. Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, will you ever learn? Okay, so I guess I'm kinda multitasking because I have my WebAssign Calculus homework open in another tab... but I'm obviously not doing that this very second because I am here typing this. I'll probably try to just switch back and forth in 5 minute intervals (hmmm... i wonder how well that will turn out. :P).

Fifth day of school. Already behind on homework. Not looking like a very promising year. Other than homework, and schoolwork, and any work that takes any unwanted effort on my part, school has been great! I have classes with friends, I have made new friends, I even kinda have fun. Fun? At school? I've never known that was possible! And this year (along with my newly found enjoyment of educational activities ((an enjoyment, I will mention, that I will most likely never admit outside of my blog (((not that I don't want people to know, just that I doubt I will ever take the effort to actually bring it up in a conversation))) )) ) I have also received great responsibilities. Taking 4 college credit courses (nice alliteration, huh?) I now must pay attention to deadlines. Crap. Well, there goes what's left of my GPA. (Just kidding. I've actually been doing pretty well these first few days!) More than school responsibilities, at home I'm now the oldest. With Rachel in Russia and Matt in Argentina I'm the 'oldest sibling.' I do what I can, but there are many times when my responsibilities are shirked. I know my mom gets annoyed at me at times, but hey, I'm a teenager; it's not my fault! (Okay, maybe it is. But I find pleasure in making up excuses and rationalizing things.)

Enough of all that responsibility crud, now onto fun! I finally made the show choir at Twin Falls High School, yay JIVE! I love it. Oh so much. And I'm also in Chamber Singers, the advanced concert choir. Also way fun. JIVE! is full of amazing, nice, crazy, talented people, and I feel honored to be part of that category! Although going to my home school's 'rival school' for half of the day is somewhat awkward, I like meeting new people and getting to know them. Being at TFHS also really makes me aware of how great a school Canyon Ridge really is. Go Riverhawks! More fun: Swim team. Okay, maybe I've just become boy-crazy or something, but I'm pretty sure there have never been so many attractive, nice guys on swim team before... like wow. I feel privileged to be on the same swim team as them. And some of the are doing water polo. I am proud. Water polo is da bomb. Speaking of, this year in water polo it's slightly strange because I'm actually an advanced player. I am picked on to be an example, and help with plays. Since sports aren't my forte I've always been in the background, but this year it's great! I just can't wait until next year to see if I'm promoted to hole-man (or in my case hole-woman) or something, maybe even safety valve! (For those of you unfamiliar with water polo, I'm sorry, but I'm to lazy to explain. If you really are curious enough, look it up. Don't you love my insensitivity?)

Random stupid moment that just happened to me (this will show everyone how much of a nerd I am): I was doing my Calculus homework, and I needed to graph 'tan^2(x),' I did that and everything, but my graph wasn't showing up right. I was like thinking, "What the heck?!" Then I asked a friend and it turned out my calculator was set to degrees instead of radians. Then I felt dumb. I always keep my calculator in radians, so I never check! But I forgot I lent my calculator to a friend. Well, I'm sure none of you even care about this 'cuz you are all no where near as nerdy as I am, but whatever. I just felt dumb for making that mistake, so I thought I'd share it.

Word of Advice:

S.M.I.L.E. - Showing Messages of Interest and Love Easily. (Sorry for the lame acronym. I came up with it in the spot. But at least it's better than the acronyms they give you here.) My acronym may be extraordinarily lame, but it's true and makes sense! Even don't know someone at all it's still good to smile at them. I honestly shows them that you are putting some interest in them, which for some people can make their day. If you smile at someone you mostly know it shows that you honestly love and care for them. Not to mention, smiling is so easy! Does it really take that much effort to slightly move the corners of your mouth? No. Come on! I can do it, and I'm the laziest person I know. It's a wordless message that conveys so much emotion with so little effort; why wouldn't you smile? Not to mention, everyone is more attractive with a smile on their face. Even if you don't think your smile is cute, or pretty, or anything; it brightens up your entire face and makes you shine. Never forget to smile. Even if you aren't smiling at anyone in particular. If you just walk down the hall with a smile on your face people will want to know you. Also, if someone smiles at you, smile back. It is so rude and obnoxious when you smile at someone and then they just look away or act like you're crazy or something. Smile.

Well, I honestly hope that reading my blog wasn't a totally complete waste of time and that you learned something, even if that something you learned was to never read one of my blog posts ever again. Then at least you gained that piece of knowledge. If you would like to read a blog of mine with more of a purpose there is always MuffinsForTheSoul. I know that I personally grow spiritually when I write it, so I hope I can help others grow when they read it. But if you'd rather not read it then oh well. It's your decision. It's your life. The end.