It's the most wonderful time of the year...

Hooray for updating blogs! Woo hoo. So I only have three more days of school left. I am SOO excited! I am ready to go home and see my family. Thanksgiving break was amazing and I had so much fun. It was so nice to see my family and friends in Provo/Salt Lake. My uncle and I even had a mini guitar "jam session." I was horrible, but it was fun. It was just so nice to be with family. It made me realize how much I love my family and how important they are. I didn't get to spend it with my parents and sister, but that's ok. I had fun with my extended fam. It was hard coming back to school, but it had to be done and I have been working so hard. Hopefully all that work will pay off and will show in the grading area (Please, please, please!). It finally snowed! CRAZY! I can't believe it hasn't snowed till now. By this time last year we had almost 3-4 feet! I just hope the weather isn't too horrible for traveling this weekend. We'll see! Finals are almost here, and I gotta get studying. Love ya'll! See home soon!

Updates and photos...

Wow! I can't believe it has been over a month since I have written in this thing! Let's play catch up!

For starters, Ultimate Frisbee season finished on Saturday and I had such a good time working the games. The teams are really competitive which made for some good injuries (broken collar bone, broken foot, busted nose, etc) but it was so much fun. There were a couple people I had to bandage up and all that weren't all that great to work on because of their attitude, etc but for the majority I had such a good time.

School is crazier than I thought it would be. I am CRAMMING to read books for YA Lit class and I'm just trying to stay on top of things. The semester has gone by SO fast! Next week is Thanksgiving break, and then after that we only have two more weeks of school and then we're done! AGH! Sometimes I think it goes by too fast, but I am sortof ready for it to be done, and to be able to go home.

Rachel comes home from her mission in one week and a day! I am so excited to be able to talk to her! I won't get to see her till Christmas break, but that's ok. That's another reason I am so ready to be home. Plus, see everyone else as well.

So I've never posted pictures on my blog before, so I hope these turn out ok. I'm really trying to get into photography and possibly start my own little side business which I think would be awesome! Like doing engagements, graduation pics, etc. This bunch isn't even half of the stuff I've taken and experimented with but these are the most recent and to upload the others would probably take WAY too much time! I hope this works! Hopefully there will be more to come as well. (P.S. - all editing was done at picnik.com; I love this site! You can do all sorts of cool things with your pictures! Check it out!)

These are pictures of my roomate Bethany, her family, and our neighbors! I also one from a friend's wedding, and a couple others that I just felt like playing around with.

Random Things...

Yay for finding a job! So I am officially an "Ultimate Frisbee Manager." Pretty much, I set up the field and provide first aid to any injured player. It doesn't sound exciting, but it is! I like it and it's nice to watch the games too. Except for some annoying fans, I like it! And the schedule is amazing too. So it's nice.

School is starting to wind down in craziness, but it keeps me on my toes too. I love school. Sad, I know, but I do. Tonight our ward is having a special FHE with President Clark and his wife. I am so excited! I love listening to them speak. This is my third FHE with them, which apparently is very rare. Some students are lucky to have one! So I feel extremely blessed.

Even though I enjoy school, I cannot wait for the semester to be over because then I can see my sister! She is coming home from her mission two days before Thanksgiving and I am oh SO excited to see her! Woo Hoo! I am definately looking forward to Christmas this year. :)

For my young adult literature class we are required to read 25 books this semster. So far, I have read 6, I think. Pretty close to that anyways. At first I was booking it through but now things have started to slow down and I have to read 13 total by the 13th. AGH! Craziness! So it looks like I am in for some hard core reading marathon's this week. But as I read these books, I thought I could put in my blog one's I liked or hear about from someone else, because other's might like some good reading material or whatever. I don't have any books right now, but I do have a movie to share. It's called "Bella." It was beautiful! It's about how one moment in someone's life can significantly change a person's future. There are two main characters and the movie covers a single day in their life and portrays where their life was, where it is now, and what it will be like. It is also about love, forgivness, and family. I know I don't give the best description, but you can IMDB it if you want. It was REALLY good and I recommend it!

Much homework to do and little time to do it. See ya!

Much Love. Liz

Back to School

So I'm officially back in the Burg. Life is good. :) School is definately keeping me really busy and things can be a little crazy from time to time. But I love it and things will calm down, I'm sure. I'm also looking for a job which has been somewhat of a trial. Again though, things are starting to look up and it might just happen! Not a whole to say, but I'm sure more will come!

Home

So I've been home for about a week and a day now. It's been nice to relax and sleep in (WAY in...) and to just hang out but I'm kind of ready to get to work now. I'm ready to get back on a steady schedule and I need to be waking up earlier anyways. :P But that also involves going to bed earlier which I am not so good at. Even though the time difference is only two hours, my body is having a hard time adjusting to the difference. And I've been feeling really sick too. Hopefully this will all pass soon. I'm tired of being bored. Lol. But I know that in about a month or so, I'll be thinking, "I want a break!!!" Gotta find the middle ground.

I haven't even been home that long and I kind of want to be back at school. I left lots of really good friends behind this year and I want to go back to classes (crazy, yes.) I miss the atmosphere and everything. But home is nice too.

On Sunday I got to substitute in primary and I did singing time. It was so much fun. I love those kids! They are so cute! It was just fun to be working with kids again and it was pretty good practice considering teaching will be my career for a little while. I graduate in two years, I am SOO excited. I was thinking about it the other day and I just couldn't help but be excited to start that chapter of my life even though it is two whole years away. I'm still looking forward to it. It's gonna be rough though. Definately NOT easy with my classes and all. I'll be getting into the hardcore classes for my major. I gotta kick it into high gear!

Getting Home

Getting home has been a complete nightmare. No joke. We left Thursday afternoon at about 12:30 and we were planning on driving all the way to Cheyenne. We only got to Laramie because we were driving in the middle of a snowstorm/blizzard. It was definately not fun. We tried to go all the way to Cheyenne, but they blocked the road to Cheyenne and if we wanted to go back to Rawlins we wouldn't be able to because they blocked those roads too. So pretty much we were locked in. Then today we're driving and at first it wasn't good because there was still tons of snow and tons, TONS of wind. But things cleared up and got better. So tonight we decided to stop because we were pretty tired and when we went into the Super 8 they said they couldn't give us room because of age. I was so mad considering it was almost midnight. Then we went to another hotel and it's working out pretty good. It's just been long and tiring and the weather is no bueno. We'll see how tomorrow goes because we are traveling through Tennessee where the weather has not been so great. We'll see!

Other than that me and Amanda can not wait to come home. We are so excited and keep talking about all the things we're going to do once we get there. Yay for being home with family and friends. :)

Almost There and Getting Sick Doing It

I have one week left of school and then I'm done! One week from tomorrow and I get to go home. YES! So me and Amanda are not going to Cali. That's ok though. We both decided that we would rather go home. We are both sick and tired of being sick and tired (Haha...I think I'm funny...)and so we're headed home. I'm really happy about that because I have been sick for almost 2 weeks now. I HATE the health center. It just feels like everytime I go, I have to go back again because they didn't help me the first time. Yuck. Let me give you a little history: before my surgery this past summer I would get 4-5 sinus infections a year. I was pretty much on antibiotics and steroids all year round. So I know when I have an infection. I went to the HC last monday and when I was talking to the doctor I told her my history and all and said, "I'm pretty sure it's a sinus infection or something. But I know it's not just a cold." She checked me out and said, "Get plenty of rest and drink lots of fluids." That's it? That's it?!?! I was none too thrilled with this. So I left and did exactlty what she told me to and I got worse. So I went back last Thursday and saw a different doctor. I told him what happened, he looks down my throat and says, "Yep. It's an infection all right. I'll get you some antibiotics." THANK YOU!!!! I was like, why couldn't they just do that on monday? My symptoms were no different, just a little worse. Frustration....

So now I'm on meds and things are good. I'm feeling a littler bit better. I just want to be better for when we drive across the country to get home. That would be awesome.