First-time Voter.

I have been legally eligible to vote for the last year and 8 months, but today was my first voting experience! I was a sophomore in high school the last time there was a presidential election. So I was super excited to finally have a say in not only who will run our country for the next four years, but for local things in Utah as well. I was so excited that even though it's freezing and the rain is pouring, I walked to get to my polling location while getting soaked and being super cold. It would've been a shorter walk had I not walked in the complete opposite direction for about 10 minutes and then had to turn around. See, I mixed up the correct address of 100 N 600 E with 600 N 100 E. Yep, I'm a smart one. Anyway, here's the documentation.

Me ready to go with my Utah Voter Registration Card.

Let's get a close up of that.

Me walking to the elementary school to vote. Well, at the time, this was me walking in the wrong direction. Oh well, it's a good picture of me.

My amazing and super cool purple boots...it was a special occasion, I had to break them out! And they're really warm. I love them.

And of course, my "I Voted" sticker. I've wanted one of these forever! Yeah, I'm kind of a dork.

Well, there you have it. I'm officially an adult. Be scared.

I ♥ Halloween!

I dressed up as Dora again this year! It's definitely my favorite costume. I even had Boots with me. Well, I had to improvise, so I put a sticker of him on my hand. I had to work that day, so I put "Dora" on my name tag. And then later that night I went to Paul's house to see his little sister and nephews in their costumes and then to a party in Spanish Fork. It seriously was so much fun. I love Halloween!

That's what she said!

So after work last night, I made my way back over to Parkway Crossing to stay the night at my friend Emily's. She lives 2 doors down from the apartment I used to live in. My old roommates Melissa and Dani came over and the four of us and Emily's roommates Michelle and Alyssa joined us and we had a girl's night. I really needed it.

Em and I are pretty much the best of friends. It's one of those relationships where no one gets anything we do except us. We have an obsession (and when I say 'obsession' I mean OOOBSEEEESSION) with Wild Cherry Pepsi, so we stocked up on that, ice cream, and lots of candy. But don't worry, I made sure we had our dinner first (and they say that kids don't listen to their parents when they're in college!), I made tacos. Yum. And then we got a little crazy.











Haha, we're so weird, I love it. Then we spent today at the mall.


I love my BFF Emily! She also blogged about our night, and she dedicated the post entirely to me. It's really sweet. To read it, go to Em's blog.

Ocho.

8 Favorite TV shows:
1. The Office
2. Arrested Development
3. The OC
4. What Not To Wear
5. Storm Chasers
6. Around the Horn
7. Pardon The Interruption
8. E:60

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Tucanos
2. Taco Bell
3. Panda Express
4. Space Aliens
5. Texas Roadhouse
6. Applebee's
7. Red Robin
8. Little Caesar's

8 Things I did Today:
1. Made cookies
2. Went to the mall with Paul
3. Went to work
4. Facebooked/blogged
5. Decorated my apartment for Halloween
6. Read scriptures
7. Watched old Office episodes
8. Ran

8 Things I look Forward to:
1. Thursdays (it's my day off, meaning going to the temple and watching The Office!)
2. Halloween
3. Voting for the first time
4. Going home for Christmas
5. Getting hugs from Paul
6. Going back to school
7. Getting married eventually
8. Listening to my iPod curled up under my favorite blanket after a long day

For Paul.

Our favorite song. "Brothers on a Hotel Bed" by Death Cab for Cutie. Absolutely beautiful.

The lyrics, written by Ben Gibbard of DCFC.

"You may tire of me as our December sun is setting because I’m not who I used to be.
No longer easy on the eyes but these wrinkles masterfully disguise,
The youthful boy below who turned your way and saw,
Something he was not looking for; both a beginning and an end.
But now he lives inside someone he does not recognize,
When he catches his reflection on accident.

On the back of a motor bike,
With your arms outstretched trying to take flight;
Leaving everything behind.
But even at our swiftest speed we couldn't break from the concrete,
In the city where we still reside.
And I have learned that even landlocked lovers yearn for the sea like navy men,
'Cause now we say goodnight from our own separate sides,
Like brothers on a hotel bed.
Like brothers on a hotel bed.
Like brothers on a hotel bed.
Like brothers on a hotel bed.

You may tire of me as our December sun is setting because I’m not who I used to be."

Read if you would like. It's just some crap that is only important to me.

So, I got a little bit lazy again. The Sox won game 6, but lost in the 7th, meaning the Rays went on to the World Series. Deeeeeeeepreeeeeessing. I know.

In other news, I have had a super hard week. I don't really think I should go into details, but I am very grateful to all my family and friends (Paul especially) for trying their best to pull me through it. Paul, I want you to know just how much you mean to me, and thank you so so much for how absolutely understanding you are. You are my best friend, and I love you completely.

I'm trying hard to keep a smile on my face, but sometimes you just have to cry until you don't have the ability to do so anymore. Which is what I've been doing.

Things will hopefully look up soon. I'm going to try to get to the temple this week (my recommend expires the end of this month, so I need to use it up as much as I can in the next 5 days!), so that should help a little bit. Oh, and I also want to tell my home teachers (Jon and Matt) just how thankful I am to have guys as diligent as them! They are there every month, they're so much fun, they've really helped me feel welcome in the ward, and they're just about the two kindest guys you'll ever meet. We didn't even have an appointment today and they stopped by just to chat and bring me a bag of candy and a loaf of banana bread (which they made themselves for the first time). And it was delicious.

What else, what else. OH! I am sooooo excited for Halloween! I really don't know what my plans are....I might be going to the haunted house at Lagoon, but I'm not sure. But I plan on dressing up as Dora the Explorer. "Weren't you already Dora once?" you might be asking yourself? Why yes I was. But guess what....I'M A POOR COLLEGE STUDENT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY EXTRA MONEY FOR A COSTUME SO I HAD TO GO WITH WHAT I ALREADY HAVE! I have shorter hair this year though, so it'll probably look a little bit more legit. I'm changing it up a bit by adding a cute necklace. And Dora wears white shoes, but since I don't own any plain white shoes, I'm going with my super cute yellow flats that are absolutely a-DORA-ble. Haha. Yeah I just thought of that one myself, go tell a famous comedian. So I'll try to get pictures of that up this week! Hope everyone has a great week, I'll be trying my hardest to have a great week as well.

Game 5

Game 5: Win, 8-7

Starting Pitcher: Dice-K Matsuzaka

OH MY GOODNESS! What a comeback! The Sox are still alive! A very, VERY big thank you goes out to David Ortiz...

...and J.D. Drew.

The games continue Saturday...DON'T STOP BELIEVING!