Recently I have been thinking about many things.   One of these is happiness in people and where it comes from, I know many people have said that it has to come from within in order for it to be true happiness, but how does one make it come from within.  I feel that I am a pretty happy person, I don't bounce up and down to express my happiness like others, it is more of a content feeling from within.  I do have times where I get mad at myself, or feel sadness, but overall I think I am happy.  For me, this happiness comes from not stressing over the small things, taking things one day at a time and in trusting in the fact that everything will work out in the end. 

 

Another thing I have been thinking about is my future life.  I don't know what will happen, I don't know when or if I'll get married, I don't know what my career will be.  I am currently majoring in Civil Engineering, but eventually I want to get my masters in architecture.  I think that sometimes I become so content and almost lazy that I don't want to work for my dreams.  I could graduate with my Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and have a decent income for a single girl, and I like Civil Engineering, but Architecture has always been my dream profession.  It is weird to think about, I honestly can't remember when I decided that I wanted to be an Architect, but that is the only thing that I ever thought about for as long as I can remember (well there were brief periods where i thought about others, but it always went back to architecture).  And I have been thinking, people who go places work hard for what they want, and I think they enjoy themselves more because the hard work that it took to get there.  But if/when I get married I most likely will stop working (if possible) and me a mom, and I am coming to value that opportunity more and more, which is the most important job of all... it is also is scary... it is weird to think about all of the changes that will soon happen with graduation coming (in a year) but even for the summer, what to do? I don't know.  I would like to experience single life.  Single life not as a student, living with other singles, working, and doing my own thing. I would be able to travel and do all sorts of things... but is that really what I want, the idea sounds nice, but I don't know how long I would like it for.  I think it would be nice for a couple of days... I am rambling.

 

I am grateful in my life, for the small moments of pure bliss.  They are often, brief, or maybe the realization of the pure bliss is brief, but either way I am grateful.

 

Merry Christmas

I've been hearing this a lot lately.  I wanted to hear what everyone else thought about it!

I just got back from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and oh boy! It was a blast!  It was kind of weird, because I knew one person and then I had met a couple of other people, but that was it.  I started my trip by heading over to this girls house, I hadn't talked to her at all, I was just told to show up at 6:00, I got there and we headed up to Wyoming.  I was in the car with 4 other strangers, it is quite the experience!  I had a lot of fun though, we cranked the music and sang along, we played keep away, we played lots of games... it was weird but fun! Then we got to Jackson Hole around Midnight.  We stayed in this boys dads guest house, it was so nice, and the view from his backyard was incredible.  The tetons were right there, and there were horses all around.  It was beautiful, and you could see the stars! aah!  So we got there, and we went outside and looked at the stars for a while and then went inside played some games, and then it was time for girl talk.  haha, it was so funny, because all of these girls I had just met were sooo excited about girl talk, we all got our blankets and pillows and went up to the loft and we formed a little circle with all of our heads facing eachother, turned off the lights, and it began.  Oh man! I can't even describe it, it was fun, but at the same time, it was like something from a movie. They really got into it, I just layed and listened because it was about 4:00 in the morning and I was tired.  Another thing that was funny about this, was that most of the guys they were talking about were sleeping right below us in the family room, and it wasn't a closed loft, so they could hear everything, and they did! Then the next day we went river rafting down the Snake River, and then ate lunch and went on a hike to Lake Phelps, it was really pretty, I'll post pictures when I get my camera back.  We hiked up to the overview of the lake, and then down to the lake and went swimming.  It was crazy fun because the lake was about 55 degrees, but we all had our swimsuits on and went for it!  It was a little uncomfortable hiking back up with wet shorts, but it was so much fun that it was worth it! I had never gone swimming in a lake before! I loved it! After that, we went shopping and then came home and played games and then everyone went to bed, but me and this girl couldn't sleep so we went outside and slept on the deck under the stars! aaah! I loved it!  Then next day we went to the jackson, Wyoming singles ward and I saw a couple of people I knew from USU and Oakcrest! It was so fun!  Then it took about 6 hours to get back because of traffic but it was good, I was with these way awesome people that I just barely met!  I had so much fun there, it was beautiful, I met some new friends, and I got to be outside all day, in perfect weather! Oh! Good times~! THE END

I think it is so funny that this is the big thing right now.  It seems like everywhere I go, I am hearing something about pepsi and mentos.  And it is funny because I was watching the news one night and they did the experiment and then talked to a chemist and he explained the whole thing.  Since then I have heard so many people explain why this is happening, and they all have different reasons... these people aren't chemists.  I don't necessarily know who is right and who is wrong, all I have to say is that it works with rocks (round) too!  Strange...

 

Take a look at this clip, talk about having a lot of time on your hands, I would love to be able to choreograph something like this someday! Click here to see it!