a day full of finals.

learned...

Today I learned that 7 am finals are the WORST. No one can think clearly that early. I got the scantron in french and of course did the whole thing with pen (Seriously? I've known since 1st grade that you can't use pens on those things.) And I didn't even fill in the tiny circles neatly like I usually do either. I made a huge X over each one. Even if it was in pencil, the computer wouldn't read the huge marks I made. I think my subconsious was pissed off that I wasn't still asleep. I honestly didn't realize what I was doing until I was half way through... so I just finished and said sorry to my professor when I handed it to him and he realized he'd have to grade it by hand. I don't even feel bad about it after seeing that guy everyday for the past 3.5 months. To make my sleepiness worse, it's 5 pm now. One more final before I can call it a day. Luckily this one won't use a scantron.


tender mercy...

I haven't been sick all semester and it finally caught up with me. Getting sick isn't the tender mercy, it's that I lasted a whole semester before today.


thankful for...

I'm thankful that my mom woke up early and brought me to school at 6:30 am this morning!

I had the funnest day with John this last weekend, and I wish it were today. We went on a really long bike ride. Our first stop was the Provo Mall for some shoping (for him) and lunch at Hot dog on a Stick. Then we rode to the Provo Library so I could pick up a tax paper. We considered a Slurpee but were too full from lunch. We strolled to Heidi's house and said hello to her roommates. I remembered a potluck that one of my classes was having, so we got back on our bikes and headed to BYU. We saw Kellie and talked for a second, learned about funny English words and had amazing Indian Food. Since we were already at BYU, we went to the MOA and I showed John the "Matter of Words" exhibition (which is really cool). Then we made our way home. It was a really great, relaxing day. And it was nice to spend most of it outside.

my wonka boyfriend

made me laugh...

Yesterday was John's birthday! So last night we went to see Diary of a Wimpy Kid to celebrate. The movie was actually pretty funny which I wasn't expecting, especially since we were the only ones in the theater. After the movie I was waiting around in the hall waiting for John. He came out of the bathroom and immediately did a cart-wheel. He is so goofy sometimes. It reminded me of Willy Wonka when he pretends to trip and does a somersault to greet the lucky finders of his golden tickets. I've never been greeted with a cart-wheel or a somersault, so it was a pretty funny/memorable experience.

tender mercy...

I had an oral exam for french. It was the last one....ever. It's pretty exciting to have finished all of those stressful assignments. I was really stressed out for the oral exam and for the written exam that I had right after. I went to the 3rd floor at 12:15 even though my exam wasn't scheduled until 1:00.

First tender mercy is that he let me read the prompt when I got there instead of being strict on the "You can't read the prompt until 5 minutes before the exam" rule. So I had plenty of time to write down what I did on my imaginary trip to Paris. Even if I didn't remember anything, it's always nice to have some planning time.

The second tender mercy is that there was this girl there who was really stressed too, but was being super funny and making me laugh. It calmed me down a lot and I'm glad we signed up for close times. She literally ran into the room when her time came because it was all or nothing. :) When she came back to our little study group in the hall, someone asked her how it went. She just said, "terrible!" as she laughed like crazy. It made me feel better about also...doing terrible.


thankful for...

I'm thankful for chapstick! My dry lips have been distracting me the whole time I've been writing this. And I have to put up with it for 2 more hours!

Distractions

tender mercy...

I found a flight to London that has Wifi, a place to charge your iPod, the latest films and direct tv. That might distract me from the fact that I'm terrified of flying. And since I'll be flying alone, distractions are a good thing.


thankful for...

I'm thankful that the library isn't cleaning there carpets today like they did the other day. It was really loud and distracting. I'm still not sure why they decided to clean the carpets in the middle of the day when everyone is studying. Today is very nice and quiet. :)


made me laugh...

Ok this is totally gross, but it made me laugh really hard... My dad picked me up from school yesterday and we were sitting in the truck for a second right after he parked. He took a deep breath and said, "I think it's nap time." Then I might've farted really loud (which made me laugh). He looked me up and down with this extremely concerned look on his face (which made me laugh even harder). Then he replied, "Nap time or fart time...I always get those two mixed up" (and I couldn't stop laughing).

Operation

made me laugh...

Friday I went over to Sam's with John and met his girlfriend Samantha. We had ice cream, played pool, and watched the Office. Sam gave us a $5 gift card to Walmart that he got at work. So after we left we made a quick stop to In-n-out and went to spend our $5. We spent over an hour wandering around Walmart trying to find the best thing to buy. We considered a few different shirts, Easter candy, strawberry plant......but the thing that won, that we both agreed on...was Buzz Lightyear Operation. We got home and realized we didn't have AAA batteries so we still haven't played our game. Something to look forward to today I guess.

tender mercy...

This weekend one of my best friends told me that the mole she had removed was stage 3 melanoma. Luckily she had it removed just in time and the doctor kept telling her how she'd saved her life by going into the doctor. I'm thankful that she felt the need to get it removed before the cancer could spread. A HUGE tender mercy. :)

thankful for...

Last full week of school!!!!