January 21st, 2010
Wierd day, I was in the schools again and this time the teacher used me more, which was really exciting! I got to help with all of the foods classes instead of just observing first half of the day and working on the Bulletin board. And one of the kids in the last block was flirting with me, weird ninth grader, I'm at least seven years his senior...odd child...then I had my really fun Marriage Prep class, which is amazing and especially good that day, talking about appropriate ways to fulfill the divine callings of Husband/Father and Wife/Mother, so good! Then I got home and got ready for the day and went to a birthday party for my home teacher at a karaoke place in town, so fun! Went and had dinner group with my friends then went to my home teacher's apartment for b-day cake and games, we played "would you rather" for like two hours, way funny and incredibly entertaining.
January 22nd, 2010
Really fun, super chill day at work, doughnuts and chocolate milk, sewing lab, not so fun, oh well. The sewing machine was messing with my head, really disconcerting. Then I went home and chilled for a while, went for a run, got ready for the day, ate dinner, went to the BYU Men's Volleyball game with a bunch of friends (amazing win), and then watched an episode of Bones before going to bed early so I would wake up early for snow removal, because it was snowing really bad during and after the Volleyball game.
January 23rd, 2010
I was awakened at 3:45 a.m. for snow removal up at the MTC and worked 'til quarter to eight in the morning, came home, slept for another two hours and woke up to get ready for the day and watched another episode of Bones, really good one! I picked up one roommate and met two others at the Dollar theater to see Planet 51, which turned out to be pretty good, and pretty funny! Then we came back to the apartment where two of them got ready for dates and we all had either an early dinner or a late lunch, not exactly sure which...but then I needed to go to the library to return my DVD's and get a couple of new ones and wanted to watch a movie but couldn't think of any, so I texted my friend who let me borrow one that was suggested, cuz I didn't have it, now I'm taking a break from homework to write this blog...great use of time, I know...
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
January 20th, 2010
January 20th, 2010
Scripture of the Day: D & C 121
-Focus on what you can control, don't focus on what you can't control
Today was pretty interesting. I chatted with one of my roommates last night until one thirty in the morning, really good talk about what our goals for the semester are and what we want out of the year this year. Things like making ourselves physically what we want to be, also mentally and emotionally. Making friends is our focus this year...mostly mine, I want to be the best friend that anyone could have. I also decided on my theme for this year: Shine Bright. I decided that if I'm going to use positive self talk like, "I'm amazing" I might as well really be amazing. I am going to aim high, I want to be drop dead gorgeous, super intelligent with excellent grades, and incredibly talented in both normal stuff like piano and cooking as well as in things like communication and open friendliness.
Scripture of the Day: D & C 121
-Focus on what you can control, don't focus on what you can't control
Today was pretty interesting. I chatted with one of my roommates last night until one thirty in the morning, really good talk about what our goals for the semester are and what we want out of the year this year. Things like making ourselves physically what we want to be, also mentally and emotionally. Making friends is our focus this year...mostly mine, I want to be the best friend that anyone could have. I also decided on my theme for this year: Shine Bright. I decided that if I'm going to use positive self talk like, "I'm amazing" I might as well really be amazing. I am going to aim high, I want to be drop dead gorgeous, super intelligent with excellent grades, and incredibly talented in both normal stuff like piano and cooking as well as in things like communication and open friendliness.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
January 18th and 19th, 2010
January 18th, 2010
It was really nice to have a long weekend! My apartment threw an MLK Day potluck breakfast at our apartment and I made my vanishing breakfast rolls, so yummy! Lots of people came, even a couple that I'd invited but didn't expect to come, and we played games afterwards until about one in the afternoon, then I chilled and listened to the rest of my book on my ipod and made dinner for the first dinner group meeting, which turned out really well. We got most everything squared away and have stuff planned out, I just need to send everybody all of the info for the next couple of weeks so that they can be prepared. I ended up staying up way too late because after dinner group I got ready for FHE, and went on a double date after FHE until ten-ish then had homework to do, as well as slicing strawberries for the strawberry shortcake that was to be the dessert for Enrichment and got to bed at midnight thirty. Knowing that I had to wake up at quarter to six so that I would have time to look professional for my first day visiting the Junior High school at seven thirty in the morning.
January 19th, 2010
Worst day ever. Not literally, but it sure felt like it. I woke up completely exhausted and yawned my way through the first half of the school day. I got started on making the required bulletin board for the secondary ed class I'm taking right now. We got out around two fifteen and got home to make a cake that I found out sunday afternoon I would have to make, then while it was cooking I had to call my dad and my sister to interview them for a paper due later in the day and was able to get all of the info I needed, but not before the cake burned...then I rushed off to class without really getting lunch and was dosing through the majority of my favorite class. Got out, finished my paper, got to my six o'clock class a titch late and turned in my paper. Got out of class at eight thirty and got home just in time for dinner group to start, so yummy. There is a lot more to this day including a really frustrating roommate, a cleaning check that I truly dislike, and a short rant followed by an equally short crying episode. Looks like I'll be sleeping on a wet pillow tonight...and I'm still not finished with my cleaning check, but I'm tired, I think I'll just try to finish in the morning...yeah, that sounds really good right now, I know that I will feel better after I get some sleep...I hope...
Morgan
It was really nice to have a long weekend! My apartment threw an MLK Day potluck breakfast at our apartment and I made my vanishing breakfast rolls, so yummy! Lots of people came, even a couple that I'd invited but didn't expect to come, and we played games afterwards until about one in the afternoon, then I chilled and listened to the rest of my book on my ipod and made dinner for the first dinner group meeting, which turned out really well. We got most everything squared away and have stuff planned out, I just need to send everybody all of the info for the next couple of weeks so that they can be prepared. I ended up staying up way too late because after dinner group I got ready for FHE, and went on a double date after FHE until ten-ish then had homework to do, as well as slicing strawberries for the strawberry shortcake that was to be the dessert for Enrichment and got to bed at midnight thirty. Knowing that I had to wake up at quarter to six so that I would have time to look professional for my first day visiting the Junior High school at seven thirty in the morning.
January 19th, 2010
Worst day ever. Not literally, but it sure felt like it. I woke up completely exhausted and yawned my way through the first half of the school day. I got started on making the required bulletin board for the secondary ed class I'm taking right now. We got out around two fifteen and got home to make a cake that I found out sunday afternoon I would have to make, then while it was cooking I had to call my dad and my sister to interview them for a paper due later in the day and was able to get all of the info I needed, but not before the cake burned...then I rushed off to class without really getting lunch and was dosing through the majority of my favorite class. Got out, finished my paper, got to my six o'clock class a titch late and turned in my paper. Got out of class at eight thirty and got home just in time for dinner group to start, so yummy. There is a lot more to this day including a really frustrating roommate, a cleaning check that I truly dislike, and a short rant followed by an equally short crying episode. Looks like I'll be sleeping on a wet pillow tonight...and I'm still not finished with my cleaning check, but I'm tired, I think I'll just try to finish in the morning...yeah, that sounds really good right now, I know that I will feel better after I get some sleep...I hope...
Morgan
Sunday, January 17, 2010
January 17th, 2010
January 17th, 2010
Scripture of the Day: Moses 7:28-29, & 32-33
"And it came to pass that the God of heaven looked upon the residue of the people, and he wept; and Enoch bore record of it, saying: How is it that the heavens weep, and shed forth their tears as the rain upon the moutains? And Enoch said unto the Lord: How is it that thou cans weep seeing thou art holy, and from all eternity to all eternity? The Lord said unto Enoch: Behold these thy brethren; they are the workmanship of mine own hands, and I gave unto them their knowledge, in the day I created them; and in the Garden of Eden, gave I unto man his agency; And unto they brethren have I said, and also given commandment, that they should love one another, and that they should choose me, their Father; but behold, they are without affection, and they hate their own blood;"
-This is one of the scriptures that we discussed today in Sunday School, and we ended up having a really good discussion about it, about how people today really dislike themselves and that's how so many people make a mint off telling people what they need to fix about themselves. We are beautiful and incredibly talented children of God and when we don't act that way and don't believe what Christ and our Heavenly Father have told us about ourselves, we make our Heavenly Father weep. We were His crowning creation and when we show such ingratitude for the perfection of his creation it pains Him. I am definitely at fault in this regard at times, I love my body and all that it is able to do, but I am not satisfied with my outward appearance, I need to change my attitude and focus, rather than disliking being overweight I can switch it to, I want to show more respect to His creation by making it the best it can be.
Today was a really good day. Church was amazing, we talked about being the children of God in Relief Society, the Creation in Sunday School, and Love in Sacrament Meeting, it was fantastic. Then I came home and got the bread machine started and went over to Pancake night over at apartment 97, which I've never been in before and socialized with them until leaving for the Fireside at seven-ish. The Fireside was amazing, it was the Remembering Our Culture fireside with a really good multicultural choir and great talks! I felt the spirit so strongly, it was so nice.
Morgan
Scripture of the Day: Moses 7:28-29, & 32-33
"And it came to pass that the God of heaven looked upon the residue of the people, and he wept; and Enoch bore record of it, saying: How is it that the heavens weep, and shed forth their tears as the rain upon the moutains? And Enoch said unto the Lord: How is it that thou cans weep seeing thou art holy, and from all eternity to all eternity? The Lord said unto Enoch: Behold these thy brethren; they are the workmanship of mine own hands, and I gave unto them their knowledge, in the day I created them; and in the Garden of Eden, gave I unto man his agency; And unto they brethren have I said, and also given commandment, that they should love one another, and that they should choose me, their Father; but behold, they are without affection, and they hate their own blood;"
-This is one of the scriptures that we discussed today in Sunday School, and we ended up having a really good discussion about it, about how people today really dislike themselves and that's how so many people make a mint off telling people what they need to fix about themselves. We are beautiful and incredibly talented children of God and when we don't act that way and don't believe what Christ and our Heavenly Father have told us about ourselves, we make our Heavenly Father weep. We were His crowning creation and when we show such ingratitude for the perfection of his creation it pains Him. I am definitely at fault in this regard at times, I love my body and all that it is able to do, but I am not satisfied with my outward appearance, I need to change my attitude and focus, rather than disliking being overweight I can switch it to, I want to show more respect to His creation by making it the best it can be.
Today was a really good day. Church was amazing, we talked about being the children of God in Relief Society, the Creation in Sunday School, and Love in Sacrament Meeting, it was fantastic. Then I came home and got the bread machine started and went over to Pancake night over at apartment 97, which I've never been in before and socialized with them until leaving for the Fireside at seven-ish. The Fireside was amazing, it was the Remembering Our Culture fireside with a really good multicultural choir and great talks! I felt the spirit so strongly, it was so nice.
Morgan
Saturday, January 16, 2010
January 15th & 16th, 2010
January 15th, 2010
Friday! I had work from 8 to 4:30 with a two hour break for my sewing lab. I came home and vegged for a bit and got ready for the day, I love feeling clean, I don't think I've mentioned that before. I went grocery shopping and put gas in my car, horray! Then my roommate Linda and I went to grab dinner at the Bamboo Hut, a hawaiian restaurant, and headed to the housewarming party for a friend that moved out of our ward. The party was really fun, we chatted for a while and had pizza and root beer, then we played murder in the dark, which was super creepy because he moved into an older house and it hasn't really been moved into yet so it was pretty empty. I was fine until the first and only time I was murdered, I unexpectedly went into hysterics, pretty wierd, laughing and crying at the same time uncontrollably. The rest of the night I wasn't really into the game anymore and I ended up passed out on the couch once we got home, waking up at six a.m. to take off my contacts and move to my bed until I woke up at about eleven.
January 16th
Scripture of the Day: D & C 6:33-36
"Fear not to do good, my sons, for whatsoever ye sow, that shall ye also reap; therefore, if ye sow good ye shall also reap good for your reward. Therefore, fear not little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail. Behold, I do not condemn you; go your ways and sin no more; perform with soberness the work which I have commanded you. Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not."
-This scripture has gotten me through so many bad times, be they big or small.
Today I didn't really get out of bed until three p.m. and was just kinda in a fog most of the day. I was homesick and missing my brother who is on his mission, he also happens to be one of my best friends and I won't see him until May 2011. I don't know what I'm going to be doing in the next year other than finishing school, but there are so many unknown variables that I am just not sure what is going to happen. It all kinda hit me this afternoon and I started to cry, I was really lucky to have one of my roommates here to help me out and chat with me, then some of our friends stopped by to play games and we ended up playing games with people until curfew at midnight. So much fun, and I think my nerves have finally calmed down from my wierd episode yesterday and I won't have nightmares tonight like I did last night, I hope...
Morgan
Friday! I had work from 8 to 4:30 with a two hour break for my sewing lab. I came home and vegged for a bit and got ready for the day, I love feeling clean, I don't think I've mentioned that before. I went grocery shopping and put gas in my car, horray! Then my roommate Linda and I went to grab dinner at the Bamboo Hut, a hawaiian restaurant, and headed to the housewarming party for a friend that moved out of our ward. The party was really fun, we chatted for a while and had pizza and root beer, then we played murder in the dark, which was super creepy because he moved into an older house and it hasn't really been moved into yet so it was pretty empty. I was fine until the first and only time I was murdered, I unexpectedly went into hysterics, pretty wierd, laughing and crying at the same time uncontrollably. The rest of the night I wasn't really into the game anymore and I ended up passed out on the couch once we got home, waking up at six a.m. to take off my contacts and move to my bed until I woke up at about eleven.
January 16th
Scripture of the Day: D & C 6:33-36
"Fear not to do good, my sons, for whatsoever ye sow, that shall ye also reap; therefore, if ye sow good ye shall also reap good for your reward. Therefore, fear not little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail. Behold, I do not condemn you; go your ways and sin no more; perform with soberness the work which I have commanded you. Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not."
-This scripture has gotten me through so many bad times, be they big or small.
Today I didn't really get out of bed until three p.m. and was just kinda in a fog most of the day. I was homesick and missing my brother who is on his mission, he also happens to be one of my best friends and I won't see him until May 2011. I don't know what I'm going to be doing in the next year other than finishing school, but there are so many unknown variables that I am just not sure what is going to happen. It all kinda hit me this afternoon and I started to cry, I was really lucky to have one of my roommates here to help me out and chat with me, then some of our friends stopped by to play games and we ended up playing games with people until curfew at midnight. So much fun, and I think my nerves have finally calmed down from my wierd episode yesterday and I won't have nightmares tonight like I did last night, I hope...
Morgan
Thursday, January 14, 2010
January 14th, 2010
January 14th, 2010
Scripture of the Day: Ether 12:27-
"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness, I give unto men weakness that thye may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."
-I have just recently had a humbling experience. I got really irritated with some of the missionaries in the MTC because they blatently were flouting the rules and when we warned them that they needed to stop were really mouthy. I am still not happy with them, but I have come to realize that even though I am incredibly perturbed with them, they will most likely learn the hard way the importance of quiet obedience. It is not my job to contend with them and tell them how stupid they are, they will figure that out several times over by the end of their missions. I am not as irate as I was and am now moving on to pity, because they still don't understand a principle that I have had reiterated to me all my life and started practicing on my own when I was thirteen. I need to forgive them and let my boss take care of any of their antics in future.
In other news, two of the six people that expressed an interest in the dinner group can't do it due to their schedules, so I need more people! I actually had a pretty good day, I was barely late to my first class got to work on time and to my last and favorite class of the day. Marriage Prep, it sounds corny, I know. I love the really in depth conversations we have in there and the things that we learn, like spousal preeminence and keeping sacred things sacred in marriage, not practicing triangulation. So cool, it is a really interesting concept that I totally agree with. It is hard enough for your parents to let you go off to get married without making it even harder for them to love your husband by bad talking him behind his back to them. Just work it out with your spouse and don't get anyone else involved.
Morgan
Scripture of the Day: Ether 12:27-
"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness, I give unto men weakness that thye may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."
-I have just recently had a humbling experience. I got really irritated with some of the missionaries in the MTC because they blatently were flouting the rules and when we warned them that they needed to stop were really mouthy. I am still not happy with them, but I have come to realize that even though I am incredibly perturbed with them, they will most likely learn the hard way the importance of quiet obedience. It is not my job to contend with them and tell them how stupid they are, they will figure that out several times over by the end of their missions. I am not as irate as I was and am now moving on to pity, because they still don't understand a principle that I have had reiterated to me all my life and started practicing on my own when I was thirteen. I need to forgive them and let my boss take care of any of their antics in future.
In other news, two of the six people that expressed an interest in the dinner group can't do it due to their schedules, so I need more people! I actually had a pretty good day, I was barely late to my first class got to work on time and to my last and favorite class of the day. Marriage Prep, it sounds corny, I know. I love the really in depth conversations we have in there and the things that we learn, like spousal preeminence and keeping sacred things sacred in marriage, not practicing triangulation. So cool, it is a really interesting concept that I totally agree with. It is hard enough for your parents to let you go off to get married without making it even harder for them to love your husband by bad talking him behind his back to them. Just work it out with your spouse and don't get anyone else involved.
Morgan
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
January 13th, 2010
January 13th, 2010
Scripture of the Day: D&C 64:33-
"Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great."
-Right now life is challenging, but I know that the things I'm learning will be really helpful in the future. I have a testimony that this principle is true and is at work in my life. I will do what is needful and I know that I will be able to handle the daily hassles of life easier as I find more effective ways to deal with them as they come.
I finished my homework and found some food in my locker that I had purchased last week, which was great because I woke up late for work and skipped breakfast and didn't have time for lunch. So I finally got to my locker at about three o'clock and had some dark chocolate and cheddar goldfish, quite the delicacy, I know. Then I finally got home at five after my last class and spent the rest of the day listening to books on tape, organizing my dinner group, and being clean...mmm...love being clean. I am now watching a super funny movie called Happily N'Ever After, super ridiculous, but super funny!
Morgan
Scripture of the Day: D&C 64:33-
"Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great."
-Right now life is challenging, but I know that the things I'm learning will be really helpful in the future. I have a testimony that this principle is true and is at work in my life. I will do what is needful and I know that I will be able to handle the daily hassles of life easier as I find more effective ways to deal with them as they come.
I finished my homework and found some food in my locker that I had purchased last week, which was great because I woke up late for work and skipped breakfast and didn't have time for lunch. So I finally got to my locker at about three o'clock and had some dark chocolate and cheddar goldfish, quite the delicacy, I know. Then I finally got home at five after my last class and spent the rest of the day listening to books on tape, organizing my dinner group, and being clean...mmm...love being clean. I am now watching a super funny movie called Happily N'Ever After, super ridiculous, but super funny!
Morgan
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
January 12th, 2010
January 12th, 2010
So, I just got a very nice note from my roommates very politely asking me to do my dishes, which I fully intended to do when I was done with my homework anyway, but I appreciate their good wishes and I just won't go to bed as early as yesterday is all. I forgot to write my brother because of how ridiculously busy my schedule is this semester, and it's only the second week! I really enjoy my classes so far and I'm really excited to go visit schools next week for my secondary ed class. I am on a kind of obsessive reading stint right now, which makes it hard to focus on getting all of my homework done and getting to work and classes on time. I just need to snap out of it, it will happen eventually but I really just need to get back to real life. I am hopefully going to be starting a Dinner group this semester, which will be so nice, cheaper and we will eat better, it is amazing what synergy can do for a body! Hopefully tomorrow will not be as stressful as today was and I will be able to settle into the groove of things a little better, if not, I will just have to try harder, c'est la vie!
Morgan
So, I just got a very nice note from my roommates very politely asking me to do my dishes, which I fully intended to do when I was done with my homework anyway, but I appreciate their good wishes and I just won't go to bed as early as yesterday is all. I forgot to write my brother because of how ridiculously busy my schedule is this semester, and it's only the second week! I really enjoy my classes so far and I'm really excited to go visit schools next week for my secondary ed class. I am on a kind of obsessive reading stint right now, which makes it hard to focus on getting all of my homework done and getting to work and classes on time. I just need to snap out of it, it will happen eventually but I really just need to get back to real life. I am hopefully going to be starting a Dinner group this semester, which will be so nice, cheaper and we will eat better, it is amazing what synergy can do for a body! Hopefully tomorrow will not be as stressful as today was and I will be able to settle into the groove of things a little better, if not, I will just have to try harder, c'est la vie!
Morgan