Awesomeness

So, it's super late, but I'm having a great week and I feel like talking about it. First of all, Valentines Day, aka Single's Awareness Day, I thought was going to be a bust, but it was acutally great. We had stake conference in the tabernacle (pretty darn cool) and instead of moping about my lack of significant other-ness, I made some cookies and cards the night before and delivered them to some girls in the relief society to spread some love to others. Of course, we couldn't really find anyone home, but finally I found some girls who wanted some cookies! Then that night I got together with some friends on a big group date to play games and eat a week's worth of calories in sweets. It was a ton of fun. OH! AND not to mention, TWO of my close friends got engaged! Cherrine! HOLY COW! I need to keep in better touch with that girl, because I was completely shocked....I had no idea she was that serious with her boyfriend...or should i say fiance?! Then, Lindsay, my former coworker/supervisor also got engaged. I'm so happy for her. We'd always share dating stories and gripe about boys. I can't believe it just HAPPENS for some people...out of the blue. Maybe there's hope for me yet. Meanwhile, I just facebook stalk all of the boys that I'm crushing on but am too scared to talk to. (Don't give me crap, you all do it too!)

Monday was President's Day. You know what I love about being back in school? Days off. Even better, because we've already had a Monday off of classes this semester, we got to have our Monday schedule on Tuesday so I didn't have research design this week....hence, I got to lay off the studying after my long week of tests last week. PS. I kicked some test butt. Anyway, Monday, I went snow shoeing for the first time. It was pretty darn awesome. I'm still a Kansas girl at heart, but all outdoor activities here in Utah are winning me over.

Olympics. AWESOME. I love the Olympics SO much. Sunday night I stayed up to watch the pairs figure skating final that I missed during primetime....that means I was up till 3:00am. Yeah, I'm crazy. Unfortuantely, I started fading in and out around 2:40, right when they did the last group of skaters...I was really frustrated with myself. I LOVE THE OLYMPICS!!! I mean, really, people should not be physically able to DO that stuff! Plus, I love the feeling that they inspire. And....the United States rocks. Figure skating is probably my favorite. I'm SO excited about the mens skating. I was completely on the edge of my seat and excited for Evan Lysecek, who rocked the short program, then my heart absolutely BROKE when Jeremy Abbott messed up his. I'm madly in love with both of them. I'll be bummed if Evan doesn't win gold, but I think I'll be okay as long as the Ugly Russian doesn't win. He's NOT a pretty skater! I HATE watching his programs. Sure, he can land a quad jump and do lots of tricks, but he doesn't make it magical. Ugh..don't get me started. It's mean, I know, but I'll be hoping he falls on his butt a lot tomorrow night. Today the U.S. kicked butt...Shawn White-gold, Lindsay Vohn-gold, Shawnie Davis-gold...and some other meadals. Awesome.

I cut my hair today. It has been ridiculously long. So, I went to this girl that a friend of mine recommended, who does hair cuts and everything right in her kitchen. Seriously, amazing. She has great prices and I LOVE my haircut. It's "jennifer anniston" style layers. This girl took classes from one of Jen's stylists. How cool is that? I've always wanted hair just like Jen's. Don't worry, it's still long. It's a couple inches below my shoulders still even after chopping off 6-7 inches! And, I have lots of fringe/long bangs around my face and I'm parting it was to the side. Of course, this is a lot of change for me, but no one will probably even notice.

Lastly, volleyball. Every wednesday night, all year long, my stake has volleyball night from 7:00 till whenever people get tired, which apparently can sometimes go past midnight. I played for almost 4 hours tonight! It was so fun! I'm not that great, but I can hold my own and I can tell I'm getting a ton better even just from playing the last few weeks. I love it because it's fairly competitive, but still just for fun. And it's a pretty good workout. I've been trying to work out like crazy lately. I love having the time to workout. The last few weeks, I've worked out over an hour most days. I bike, run, jog, walk, lift weights, play volleyball, do tae bo....anything. I'm feeling so much better about myself (even though I haven't lost any weight yet-it will come). I am just SO much happier in school, working out, having time to do things I want to do and the freedom to set my own schedule. Work was sucking the life out of me the last couple years. Not because I didn't have a great job and great co-workers, but it was too controlling of my life. I'm much happier now. YAY!

That's a lot of awesome-ness for one week! I hope I haven't used up my quota!