3/31/20

I had to take two exams today. I'm ready to be done with exams.

3/30/20

Vince is honestly just so freaking sweet. And I miss him a lot. Let me tell ya, COVID-19 makes long distance relationships that much harder; I had to postpone my flight to AZ by over a month.

3/29/20

I decided to walk to the Rexburg Temple by myself. I've been feeling drawn to the temple lately and even though they're all shut down for right now and I couldn't go inside I still wanted to be around it. Once I finally got there I just sat down in front of it and it was so peaceful just being there. I haven't felt at ease for a while, especially with all the COVID-19 stuff going on. But the temple was such a solace. I'm so grateful to have it in my life and better yet to have it so close that I could walk there.

3/27/20

You'd think with nothing to do these past few days I would be better at posting, but alas. We've had dinner with Wallace and Alvarez and Matt quite a few nights in a row now which has been nice. Derity made burgers. I made potato casserole. We had ice cream and pizza. We've watched a lot of The Good Doctor. I've been watching way too many things on Netflix and have managed to rope myself into the worst sleeping schedule ever. It's hard when it's the same thing over and over again now that Rexburg is officially on lock down.

Today though we had Derity's sisters over and also her brothers girlfriend, Katje (pronounced like "Caught-jah") for a girls night. We watched a couple episodes of "Say Yes To The Dress" and I painted everyone's nails. Here's the kicker though. The whole girls night was just a front to get Katje's nails done because she doesn't know it but she's gonna get proposed to tomorrow! Only Derity and I knew! It was fun and I felt kind of sneaky knowing I was painting her nails so that she could have cute pictures taken of them tomorrow once she's got the ring on!

3/22/20

Today I was somehow convinced into going on a hike at R Mountain with Derity, David, Will, and Matthew. As much as I hate hiking, I have to admit that the view blows me away every time. I took a pretty cool time lapse.

3/21/20

At like 8:00 pm Wallace and Alvarez called us up and were like, "You guys need to come to the bowling alley right now!" So we went over and played two rounds and I am pretty bad at bowling but it turns out all of us are but Alvarez so I still got second place!

3/19/20

Derity and I went to a craft store today that is getting bought out so everything was mad cheap. The shelves were practically bare but I found a few things to make a decoration for my room and I'm actually really excited!

3/18/20

I checked out some books from the school library today. I am already 175 pages into the first one and have been avoiding finishing up my first draft of an essay for my writing class.

In other news, all of Spring term is going to be officially online so basically everyone is deciding to leave and go home. But I don't wanna go home. I've felt kind of off today and I'm finding myself upset at lots of little things and my brain keeps trying to convince itself that everyone is neglecting me but I'm pretty sure that's not the case. I just need to finish this essay and get through the day.

On the bright side, it's my dad's birthday today. Happy Birthday Dad! I got to Face Time him and Adam and the girls for a little while and it was really nice to get to talk to them.

3/17/20

I went to a park with Derity and Chanamy and it was right next to a river that had been dammed off and so we got to wander around on a lot of rocks that used to be covered by water and then it started raining and I actually enjoyed it so much. Then it started hailing so we walked back to Derity's car and then went to the Eckman household where we had hot cocoa and things were nice.

3/16/20

I got to call and talk to my Mom for an hour today and man have I missed talking with her.

3/15/20

Today was the first Sunday that our church meetings were canceled due to COVID-19 and it was kinda weird but actually really cool. A good chunk of our FHE group met up in Brighams Mill lounge and we had our own little sacrament meeting. We had an opening prayer and hymn and everything and then they administered the sacrament which was an incredibly sacred thing to experience. We watched President Eyring's talk from last General Conference, "Holiness and the Plan of Happiness." Afterwards we did Come Follow Me. In total it took a little over an hour and a half so it wasn't too different from regular church. Just the location and the congregation size.

3/14/20

Totally spaced that it was “Pi Day” today until the very end when we were at Wallace and Alvarez’s apartment and one of their neighbors invited us them over for pie.

We spent a good chunk of the day hanging out with them and they got us hooked on the show “The Good Doctor.” We even played a little bit of volleyball and basketball which we were all pretty terrible at.

3/13/20

Derity and I went to Winco today and it was surreal to see so many shelves of things completely cleared out. On a more normal note though, we ended up doing karaoke with David and a bunch of strangers so that was interesting. They had free pizza so we had to go. I ended up singing Hey Soul Sister and it was only minorly embarrassing.

3/12/20

It feels just a little like the world is ending with all the COVID-19 stuff happening. Church meetings are suspended for the time being and all classes will be online for at least the rest of the semester. In the adjustment classes are cancelled through the 17th while they reconfigure them for an online teaching structure. Plus like there is no toilet paper to be found at any store any where.

3/10/20

As it would turn out, I actually really enjoy the kickboxing workout sessions offered here at BYU-I.

3/7/20

I basically did nothing all day today except take my stats test, freeze my toes off at the ice castles, and eat twelve rolls at Texas Roadhouse.

3/6/20

I was able to donate blood for the first time today. It was a little freaky and I'm definitely not a big fan of needles being stuck in me for extended periods of time but it went well and I didn't pass out (however I did end up getting a little light headed.) They spelled my last name wrong on the sticker but they also gave me orange juice, cookies, and pizza so I think I can overlook the mistake.

3/4/20

Frustration of today: I thought my stats quiz was only going to be like twenty questions max so I didn't start it until like 11:25 (it was due at 11:59) BUT, as it would turn out, it was the review quiz which has 45 QUESTIONS. I wasn't able to finish it all in time and only got a 33.86/41 which brought my grade down to an A- and I'm just exasperated and upset with myself.

Happy moment of today: I woke up this morning to a text from Vince that said, "So much love, beauty and greatness packed into a cute little frame of just 5'2".💓" And that just made me feel so good all day and man do I just really love this guy.

3/3/20

Had to send Vince off back to Arizona today which was rough and the day just went downhill from there but I wanna focus on the positives. 

One thing that was really cool today was that Vince and I went to the temple to do baptisms and he actually baptized me! His first time as baptizer! That was actually way way cool and I'm grateful that I got to be a part of it.

3/2/20

Some recent firsts:
-Kissing in a movie theatre (it was actually adorable. Vince was like, "Wait, do you still have your ticket? Can I see it?" So I pulled it out and gave it to him and then he folded it up and tossed it over his shoulder and said, "Oh. It looks like we only purchased one ticket for one seat. I guess you have to sit with me now.")
-Attending an actual wedding ceremony
-French kissing
-Shooting a gun (update, I suck at aiming)
-Getting a pretty bad-a hickey (or two...maybe three...)