Spring is in the air

With the weather getting nicer and the month of March beginning to wind up, spring is beginning to bloom. I don't know about other colleges, but here on the BYU-I campus, there's one main thing that pops into my mind once spring is in the air: let the engagements/relationships begin. I dont' know if I've just been oblivious or more accepting of relationships this semester, but it has been seeming like more people I know are in relationships or getting engaged. I have one previous FHE brother who I thought I overheard talking about how he has a girlfriend, I have a current FHE brother who I thought had broken up with his girlfriend but today I saw him holding hands with a girl (we said hi to each other; we've become good friends), and I don't even want to think about how many girls in my ELED classes are engaged or married. One of my clogging/dance friends is in a relationship right now too.

I'm not going to lie, this whole lack of dating thing is getting old. I know the solution to getting asked out is being more social, but I have been really social this semester! Up until the last couple weeks when I was doing stuff with family and then giving myself a weekend of downtime, I have done something with friends every single weekend. I have a few guy friends, but I don't think I've actually been on any dates this semester. I suppose it might be a good thing right now because I have been trying to do my best with my classes, so that has kept me really busy. Maybe this semester is meant for me to make more guy friends or make myself noticed so that during the summer semester, I might get asked out? I dunno. That's just my theory.

This seems to happen every year to me, actually. Every year around March or April or whenever the snow starts to melt and couples seem to have multiplied, the idea of a relationship and seeing couples on campus makes me irritated. Then again, maybe its the closing of the semester and the stress getting to me. I've been more stressed lately with deadlines, tests, and assignments due, so that may also be a contributor. In any case, maybe I'll get lucky sometime soon and get asked out by a great guy that I get along with really well.

I had a real firefighter help me with my Social Studies lesson yesterday!

Yesterday was soo great! My Social Studies group started our unit presentation about character values. We were teaching three values to our class: respect, honesty, and courage. We started out the class by having two of our teachers dressed up like leprechauns and splitting up the class into two parts. Each teacher took a group to a different value so they could learn more about it.

One girl was dressed up as Abraham Lincoln, another was Mother Teresa, and I was going to be dressed up as a firefighter. I went to borrow a firefighter's uniform at the fire station yesterday, but they were cautious about letting 'just anyone' take one of them, considering they cost a lot of money (about $1,000, I think). So the chief volunteered one of his firefighters to come and speak to my 'kindergardeners' (they didn't know we were just pretending to be in kindergarden). So instead of dressing up like a firefighter, I had a real firefighter be my guest speaker for my students.

It was so cool! I gave him a heads-up about fifteen minutes before class started about what he'd be doing and he was just perfect. He asked the students all the right questions and gave all the right information (about what we were covering with having courage) and he was just great. I couldn't thank him enough. He was so good. He brought his helmet and firefighter suit to talk about and show us and I even had a nifty book for the students (and myself) to have him refer to when talking about it. He was great with both groups (the class was split in half, so they took turns visiting each 'guest'). I don't think my lesson could have gone any better and I am so grateful to Lee (the firefighter) for taking about 40 or so minutes out of his day to teach us about firefighting and all the things they have to do. I think I'm going to bring a card for all of the students, or at least the teachers in our group to sign to thank the fire department for being so willing to come talk to our class. They do so much for our community and I think its only fair that we give them some kind of thank you card to let them know how much we appreciate them. I've been smiling about this since yesterday. :D It was soooo great!!!

Battle of the Dance ROCKED!!!

My partner Elissa and I before we perform.




Last night was Battle of the Dance and I absolutely loved it. I can't honestly remember all the kinds of dance because we weren't allowed to watch in the back, even if our numbers were already done, but I do remember that everyone did sooo well. Some of the kinds of dances were clogging, Indian (mine :)), Cuban, contemporary, ballroom, spirit dance team (jazz), hula (it was so cool!) and a few others. I loved the entire show. We did a finale dance at the very end to "Please Don't Stop the Music" and it was a total blast. I'm not all the coordinated when it comes to hip hop, but I put attitude into it and just had fun. I was sad when it was over.

This is my friend Brad that used to be my FHE brother. We became friends last year when we found out that we both clog and LOVE it!!
I promise that I'll try to find a way to get my dance on here. The video I have is kind of far away, but I think I'll upload it on youtube anyway just so I can show people who weren't able to see it.

Happy Valentines Day to all!

I have been so excited for Valentines Day this year! I don't have a boyfriend or really a set crush on a boy, but I have a newfound love for the cutest little couple ever!

• MICKEY AND MINNIE MOUSE!
  
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All day today, I've been watching videos with Mickey and Minnie as the stars in them. The main one I wanted to watch was The Three Muskateers because I had forced myself not to watch all of it so I could watch it all today. I've been looking all over youtube at videos from the Disney Parks with Mickey and Minnie. One of my particular favorites is of Mickey's 80th Birthday Party at Disneyland in 2008. Mickey is just soooo stinking cute in it and he is ALWAYS so sweet to Minnie. *sigh* Why would I need a guy right now when I can live vicariously through these two cute little mice?



I've been really busy with school lately, so getting involved with a guy would just distract me more. It has been fun giving out Valentines today to people! I wish I had enough to send to everyone I knew, but I only have so much money. I photoshopped a picture of me and my "true love" ... or at least my stand-in until my real prince that I can share "true love's kiss" with shows up. But ssshhhh, don't tell Minnie! She'd kill me!

I made Battle of the Dance!

This has been a really tough week so far for me, and so you can imagine my excitement when I found out that I made it into the Battle of the Dance performance that will be in about a week and a half. Monday morning was just flat out bad for me- I had a breakdown because of some test scores and I decided I couldn't take it anymore.

Yesterday, I had a better day and then my audition for BOTD was last night. I didn't clog- I did this Indian dance I learned from last summer when I was on the Collegiate World Dance team. I had recruited three other team members, but one of them ended up having a conflict with the audition time and the other one was late. So it was just me and this other girl that did it and it turned out really good. I was kind of nervous- considering I knew two of the judges from dance classes and my old ward, but apparently they liked us. The performance will be on February 21, so we have a little bit to practice and polish things up before we perform. I am so excited though. If I hadn't made it, I would have been completely defeated with school. Heavenly Father knows how important this was to me and I am so grateful that he allowed me to be in the show next week.

I have a new niece!!!!

I don't have too much time to write because I have a bunch of homework I need to get done. However, I wanted to express my COMPLETE EXCITEMENT for my adorable new niece, Rachel Reva Moss! Poor Michelle was a week overdue, and so she ended up being induced.... I think. All I know is that I called my brother yesterday morning to see if she had come yet, but she hadn't. Michelle had been in labor for a few hours when I'd called, but nothing yet. I continued to call my dad during the course of the dad to see if there were any updates, but I didn't get a phone call from Mike until about 10:30 last night. I was sooo overjoyed to get that phone call!!! I've constantly been looking at the pics he put up last night because I can't get enough of how beautiful she is! Oh my gosh I'm so excited to see more pictures and videos! Alright, homework calls!

Are you KIDDING ME?? The week just started!!!

Ok, I've only been to my first three classes on Monday and I'm already stressing out. I have to start reviewing for my gigantically important test in Exceptional Students where I have to get AT LEAST an 85% on the test because its stuff we as teachers have to do. Its on the law of IDEA (I'm so stressed right now I can't even remember what that stands for but it is law for students with disabilities in the public education system) and all the laws it includes. That test isn't until next Wednesday, but I'm still stressing out about it.

I have three assignments due in my Math 205 class on Friday and then we have a test for that class that opens on Friday and closes on Tuesday.

Fortunately, clogging isn't that bad. I'm just praying that Gary (Brother Larsen) doesn't throw some kind of hard dance at us right now.

Alright, I need to get my New Testament journal done before class starts in an hourish. Ugh...