And Conference saves the week! Sept 27-Oct 4

Lets first all appreciate this delicious treat my roommate made me and Kaylee. All it is is tortilla chips, chocolate chips, and marshmallows.

I got the wonderful and pleasant surprise of getting a package in the mail on Monday from my friend Savannah from last year. She is going on a mission and just got her call to Argentina. She sent a group package to me, Genny, Alex, and Anna. Each of us got a bag with a quote and a few goodies inside. It was the best surprise! I also had the first FHE with all the leaders in charge. It wasn't the smoothest activity, but it was good.

Tuesday I had to work the dinning hall from 1:30-4. It was crazy, but the best part of the day is that it was POURING rain! IT WAS CRAZY! And it never let up!
John John came in and turned the computer screen in the dinning hall and it took me a minute to figure out how to turn it back without breaking it.... It was mean!

Wednesday we were all going super crazy and had reached a burnt out phase. We even resorted to sleeping on benches... I also have the best girls that text me cute encouraging things all the time! They may need me, but not HALF as much as I need them!

Thursday was crazy. At 9pm we had our group RA meeting and can I just say that those are my favorite things ever!!! We all don't get to see each other that often so those meetings are prime! We could not stop laughing and our sass level was at a 10. I love my job! 

Friday was like this tipping point of the burn out. I just kind of lost it... I ended up laying on Kadee's floor crying and then just sitting there for like 5 hours. Kadee and Kaylin and I decided to go to Donny Tequilla's for dinner. Its the Mexican place in town and it is really good!

 This was our floor hang out :)

Saturday I stayed and watched the first session of conference in my bed and then I went to the church for the next session. After conference we went to dinner and then my girls hung out outside my room for a really long time. It was super fun! Again, they are the best!

Sunday was amazing! The first session of conference was FOR ME! It was so empowering and incredible. I felt such an overwhelming about of love and the questions that I prepared for conference were answered. It was incredible. The church is soo true!

... Sept 21-27

I am going to be honest... This week was super rough. There was a lot of RA responsibilities and things that needed to get sorted out and then there was also figuring out life and people and managing school work all at the same time! I had a break down Thursday night and almost another one on Saturday. So its time to focus on the positive and funny things that happened last week.

1. We played ward volleyball for FHE. It turned out really well until someone got hit in the face... all was good though!

2. Im grateful for John John, and two of my girls, Kaylee and Jordan, who all calmed me down on Thursday.

3. Kaylee and Jordan made me homemade pumpkin chocolate chip cookies Friday because they knew I had a rough week.

4. There was a Shenanigans show Friday which was super funny as always!

5. Saturday I went to the cross country race in Winchester VA. It was on a battlefield and they thought that it was suppose to pour rain all day, but it was perfect weather for the race. Although I missed the girls race, they all did a really good job and I was soo proud of them!

6. Cody and Reva have been super stressed out so Kadee, Kaylin and I decided to deep clean their whole apartment. It took like 6 hours but it looked great!

7. General Women's Broadcast. It was so good! I watched it after it actually aired but it was really good. President Uchtdorf for the win!

Things are good. Its been stressful but one topic that all of us keep discussing is the Lords Timing. He has a plan for all of us and we have to have open hearts and a willing mind to accept that plan. I am soooo excited for General Conference this week. Our whole campus is in desperate need of a break.

Understanding life.. Sept 14-Sept 20

I finally posted last week, so you can read that one too!

This week was a complete blur...

I was so nervous all day Monday because that night was the first FHE I had to plan and pull off. We went to the fire pit behind the Lofts and had smores! We had a lot of people there and it turned out really fun.

Monday night I found a talk by Elder Holland called "Cast Not Away Therefore Your Confidence". It made me soo happy! I sent it to a few of my friends to read and then all day Tuesday I just kept trying to get people to go and read it! So all y'all GO READ IT! Tuesday was also a day of stupid jokes that I could not stop laughing at! At lunch I walked over to get a plate and said "Oh look. We have clear forks today." I looked over at John John and he looked back, threw his fork at the plate and then said "Where'd my fork go!" .... so dumb but I still am laughing!!!

Wednesday's are my hardest day because I don't have a second to stop! For my literature and film class we watched The Natural with Robert Redford in it. It was good and better than the book! After I got home from that class at 9:45 I had to go meet with Reva to discuss some RA stuff. Then I cleared the lobby at midnight and went to bed! I was exhausted!

Thursday I had a good two classes. Art History was great and then Spanish was just review jepordy for the test on Friday. They have started to brick the new dorm and it looks really good! I had an RA meeting that night and they brought us cupcakes. Mine had carmel in the middle. I cried from its goodness!

Friday was fun because Grandma and Grandpa D came to visit! They got her around 3pm and I gave them a tour of the school. They really enjoyed it! After they left to drive to Roanoke, I went and sat in Kadee's room for a few hours. Then Kaylee and myself got invited to the Krites house for dinner and two episodes of Doctor Who! Alison made us some delicious homemade pizza.. YUM! Once we got back home we went and painted our nails in Kadee's room and talked to everyone in there!
Here's Genny, me and Grandpa

Grandma got me a sheep :)

Saturday was a lot of fun! Except for the part where I was trying to be a good RA and update my white board right before I left to go meet Grandma and Grandpa, and resulted in locking myself out. Emma and Desi were gone and I didn't want to bug Reva and Cody, so I ran down to Genny's room and said "Hey can I borrow your shoes?" So yes. I wore Genny's shoes and ran down the hill to meet them! We ate lunch at my favorite bakery in Lexington and then took a tour of Stonewall Jackson's house! We drove around Lexington and VMI campus and then went to Cook-Out for a yummy shake! It was a really hot day on Saturday so the ice cream was more than welcome. I then had to say goodbye :( once they left I talked with the Stiles sisters and then we all went to dinner. I saw Kadee walking up as we walked down and she looked really sad. So after dinner I ran up and sat with her for a few hours. We talked everything out and then just started laughing at all the ridiculous things that happened that week! There was a lot we had to deal with RA wise and we just couldn't stop laughing! Genny came to my room at 9:30 to watch Pride and Prejudice but right before we started it, Kaylee knocked on my door and said "Hey do you want pizza? We are ordering pizza!" So they ordered pizza and stayed and watched the movie with us!
This is what was on the bored when I got locked out.. haha! See I was trying to change it!

Sunday was super great!!!!! I had a meeting at 11, Visiting Teaching at 12:15, church from 1-4, a meeting after church till like 4:30 and then a fireside that night at 7 that I had to say the closing prayer at. I didn't eat one thing all day until 5 but it was one of the best Sunday's ever. I just had this pure feeling of contentment and peace about everything going on in my life. I loved it! I just kept laughing and smiling and I was so hyper all day! I am so grateful for this gospel and the power of prayer!

This is Kadee. She is amazing!!!! I can't put into words how grateful I am for this girl! She understands me completely and knows how to calm me down in a second. She is great at giving advice and helping me discover and become who I can be. God places people in your life for a reason and I know that she is one of those tender mercies from him!

                                           

I hope everyone has a great week!!!! 

Emotions, Parties, and Shakespeare Sept 6-13

Sunday was a really good day. Church was awesome! I love testimony meetings. I had a stake training for my calling and the stake president spoke for a little bit of time. It was really enlightening! My calling will be a bit crazy, but it will be really good. I went to Hymns on a Hill and then went to Cody and Reva's apartment. They were a small group of people in there and I just went and sat down. We watched Mulan, but then I had to leave to come up and visit a girl. It was a great day!
I love seeing all of us walk down the hill to church!

 This is cake in a mug. It is the greatest thing ever!

Monday I woke up early to cover someones shift in the dinning hall. I then went with Genny and Anna to go walk in the Labor Day parade. The float turned out really well and it was perfect weather. After Lunch a big group of us went to a place called Cave Mountain Lake. Its part of a national forest so you pay to park, but they keep it up really nice and its gorgeous! The water felt AMAZING. Anna and Kaylee and I went to a store and Walmart then came back home. They shoot of fireworks from the park nearby but Anna and I ended up just watching them from our window.
Here were deer that greeted me in the morning!

 Cave Mountain Lake!

 Yes. That is me on the right... in the water!

 Here was our hiking adventure.

 Seconds before Catherine fell..

 I love these people!

 ...And my school!

Tuesday was an interesting day. I was in such a bad mood... It turned out I wasn't the only one. Everyone was having a pretty off day. I am very thankful for nice people though. My friend Lainie went and bought Jared and I a whole bunch of candy. It was very nice! Later that night I went and hung out in Cody and Reva's apartment. After being mad all day, I had this moment where I realized that life is good. Its hard and bad days come, but life is good!

Wednesday my classes went well. I spent a lot of time in the dinning hall. Okay lets face it, when am I not in there! After my spanish class I worked on homework and hung out and then I went to my Literature and Film class. We watched The Birds. It was scary.... haha! I came back and one of my girls scared me and she just kept laughing. We had a little party in the hall. My girls and I just sat and had a lot of fun. I did get a call from one of my girls saying that there was a poisonous snake in the parking lot. I hung up the phone not really understanding what she told me, but then, through some other people, we figured it out. A guy hit it with a rock and then hid it somewhere. I hate snakes....

Thursday my art history class was really good! I was really tired, but it was good. After class I sat with some other RA's in the dinning hall for like an hour and a half. HAHA! I went to Spanish which I always dread going to, but don't mind once i'm there. After class I called Grandma D who will be here at my school in a week! I went to the dinning hall to talk to someone, and then stayed and worked my shift. I ran back up to my room to do room checks and went to dinner! After dinner I went to the library to get some homework done then went to the Spanish Tutor with Daphne. Then I went to Cody and Reva's apartment again and sat and did homework in there for about two hours. I actually got a lot done! I feel like I can think and take a little break in there room. I would have stayed longer but I got a text from a girl who was really sick and I ended up getting her a Priesthood blessing. I am so grateful for the men here at school that don't even stop for a second when I say that I need a blessing!
Sooo pretty!!!

Friday was a good day! I worked the dinning hall in the morning, went to my classes and went to forum. My bishop was the speaker and so of course it was really really good! After Spanish I just stayed down on campus. I bounced from a couple different places and ended up sitting on a bench outside Chandler Hall for two hours talking to different people about life. Dinner was good and then Catherine, Alex, Genny, Anna and Lainie and I went to the play. It was The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged. It was hilarious!!!! There are only three guys in the show and a lot of it is improvised. So good! After we came and talked in my room for a while and then had another hall party.

Saturday was one of the most relaxing days ever! I woke up and did laundry (which I love) went on a 2 mile run (well 1.5 and then walked the last .5) and then sat and watched Grey's Anatomy and took a nap! It was the BEST. After Lunch it was super nice outside so Alex and I went for a walk. Later that night we had a Lofts activity. Reva made a whole bunch of pizza dip and we watched The Lion King. I then helped clean Reva's apartment because her and Cody were and still are really sick. Which led to me not leaving their room till midnight... whoops! Then I cleared the lobby and sat and talked with my friend Daphne till 2am!

Sunday was crazy! I had a meeting at 10:30, Ward Council at 11, lunch, church at 1, a linger longer, and then the World Wide Devotional at 8. It was kind of crazy! I seriously love Sundays. It is the greatest to know that you have a day that is dedicated to the Lord and to spiritually uplifting yourself! Its a much needed day! Also one of the best parts of this Sunday was going outside and it was a little cold! It felt like fall, which was the most exciting thing ever! It did result in getting pretty cold while sitting in front of main hall for an hour after dinner... but it was so great!