birthday, birthday.

i'd just like to take a quick second to talk about this lad.
her name is alex halladay.
today is her birthday.
next year we will be liberty square apartment girls together.
it's going to be a party.. yeah.

she's pretty cool, we're actually related. our great-grandparents had an affair.
kinda neat don't cha think?
anyways. she's rad. she's good at art and stuff like that.
plus she's trendy, especially on tuesdays.
and she's a hinckley hottie.

'nough said.
happy birthday to my future roomie!
visit her here [x]

ps i would just like to apologize for the barrage of posts you are about to receive. i've been really bored in class this week so i saved blog posts and scheduled them. paha.

this is home.

the other day i was walking back to my dorm from class and the sweet lady who takes care of the building opened the door for me and said
"welcome home!"
this caught me off- guard somewhat. not exactly in a bad way, but it hit me that this is home. this building with a couple hundred girls, barely any bathrooms, and much too few square feet is my home this year! it somewhat made me happy, somewhat made me sad.. but the more i thought about it the more i realized how true it is. my floor has become my family, i have sunday prayer with my ward, and these people and my friends are taking the place of my family.. they're the ones that are here for immediate comfort and are going through the same things i am.
kinda weird, but it made me appreciate my friends and my floor even more. and i'm very lucky to know these really great girls. i'm even luckier to have great family in the area to invite me over for sunday dinners, holidays, birthdays, etc. it somewhat makes me homesick but makes it not as hard at the same time.
as much as i love south dakota and my community there, for now provo and hinckley 2200 hall will do. ♥

 

some girls on my hall before the men's basketball season opener. we're a pretty cute family, wouldn't you say? :) 

:(

i miss home. i miss friends. i miss having best friends. i miss having guy friends i could hang out with one on one. i miss knowing everyone. i miss being comfortable. i miss student council. i miss being alone. i miss having my own room. i miss being able to use sound without putting in my headphones. i miss having my stuff, be my stuff. i miss showering without flip flops. i miss my church family. i miss kids. i miss the old normal.

getmeoutofhere.

imacollegefreshman-ashleyedition.

beginning to get it all in..

literally shoving it wherever i could find..

almost there!!

here's my school! :)

and here's my bed. :)