Life is fun, isn't it? Sometimes we have the most random events that make life completely worth living! For instance, at the pool I work at there is a special needs man that comes in every Tuesday and tells me (and everyone else at the pool) that I have beautiful eyes. It absolutely MAKES MY DAY!!! He's the bomb! Another time at work my friend and I listened to Justin Bieber's christmas CD 4 times in a row. I repeat, 4 TIMES IN A ROW! It was the BEST! It's those little moments that make my life absolutely stellar.
Life is also rather full of surprises. I like to think I have my entire life planned. What kind of house I will have, the person I will be married to, my career, kids, everything. Then all the sudden we get a curve ball thrown at our faces and it all changes! Love comes into life when you least expect it, dreams get delayed, other dreams come true sooner than ever throught possible, and it just messes everything up! I am not saying these surprises are not completely welcome, but sometimes I wonder where it's all going to go. It's interesting to think of all the surprises that come at college, and wonder what is going to come next. My life was set until a couple weeks ago, now things seem to be changing. I want different things than I wanted before, and I am just stoked to find out what is going to happen! I am curious to know why I am going through certain things, positive or negative, and how they will affect me in the future! Ah I just gobble up this kind of stuff!!
Last but not least, I have to give a shout out to my awesome sister Mallory, who has made my life a lot easier than it should of been. Mallory has always been the first one I go to when I need advice about anything. I have always valued her opinion, and it sucks when I let her down! Last night I was on a date and we had dinner at her house with her and her husband. As my she and my date sat and talked, I was just listening and realized how freaking cool she is!! She just has life "figured out!" She knows what should be important, and makes sure she is doing those things! I dont know how to describe her besides saying she is the probably the most well-rounded, beautiful human being I know. So Mal, I love ya! Thanks for being the coolest!
Until next time,
-KT
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
An Interesting Experience...
Today at school I had an interesting experience that really got me thinking about the life I lead, and how incredible lucky I am! Each year BACA (Bikers Against Child Abuse) puts on a "presentation" called, "The Clothes Line Project." It is a project that is going against abuse, whether it be sexual insest, physical, emotional, spiritual, or sexual. They find willing victim-volunteers who basically write their message of abuse on t-shirts, and then all the shirts are hung along clothes lines to be presented to the public so we can either read their stories, or see their reactions or feelings towards what happened to them. It was a very, very powerful exerience. It was very reverent and quiet, and each shirt was so unique. Some were stories, and some of the stories were so graphic it made me shiver. Others were stories of forgiveness, and some were words of complete anger. One that got my attention in particular was a shirt that said, "If God loves us so much why does he allow abuse to exist?" The question weighed on my mind all day, and I believe I have the conclusion that at least offers me a bit of comfort. Our very loving Heavenly Father promised us trials in this life, but he also promised us so much happiness. It's one of those, "He won't give us anything we CAN'T HANDLE" situations. I know that those people who were abused were given it because Heavenly Father knew they could handle it and they would get through it. I cannot say I know how they feel, and I definitely cannot sit here and try to give advice. I just trust that Heavenly Father knows what he's doing, and he knows what people are going through. He didn't give us this life to be abused. It's like asking why Heavenly Father gives people mental and physical developmental problems. Those people were just too powerful to come down to Earth the way they were in Heaven. And the people who are abused are powerful enough to get over it. The whole "Clothes line project" was so unique and humbling, I cannot get it out of my head. I grieve for the people who had to go through such horrific events, but I also am SO grateful for the life I have. I am so lucky to be surrounded by people who truly love me, and I live with no fear in my life. (Except Earthquakes.) I wish I could thank everyone who has ever touched my life, because although I have had some negative experiences, I have never a negative experience that hurt me in any lasting way. My new goal is just to tell people thank you, and how much they mean to me. All of us have the ability to be incredibly powerful, no matter the situations we have been given. Go change the World.
-KT
-KT
Thursday, October 6, 2011
A Day in the Life of a College Student!
Let's give you a run down of my daily life...shall we? Yes.
I wake up between 7:00 and 8:00 AM. You know that feeling when you wake up and feel like you've been hit head-on by a train? For some reason I feel that way EVERY MORNING! Surprising as this may sound, I don't do the typical, "I'm in college so let's stay up as late as we can and fall into a Mountain Dew induced coma." No. So not me. I love Mountain Dew, but not to a deadly point. The other night I fell asleep at 8:30 and my roommates thought I had died! No worries girls, I'm just sound asleep. After I get up, I grab myself a bowl of "Ohs" and read my scriptures while I eat. AWESOME strategy there! Then it's onto studying. Generally I fit in about an hour. I love it...so much...NOT! It's awful. Studying makes me want to pull my brains out my ears! But I do it anyways because I need to be smart! Then it's off to the gym! I try to get a hard core workout before I go to school and get an even more hard core workout. There's this hill right in front of my apartment that I have named Hell Hill. It is awful! It's a pretty gradual incline, but it's really long, (That's what she said) and then at the top it just goes insanely steep! (That's really what she said.) Then I go home and shower for school so I don't smell like zombies. Then I catch the bus at 11:39. Party time.
Once I get to school I dash to institute! My teacher is pretty rad. He always talks in a weird New England accent. (I pay with my VISER card) But it's a good way to start my school day. I am officially our class' pianist. My teacher even calls me adorable for it :) After institute I run up yet another hill to 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It's pretty....Ok. I don't mind it. I've learned somethings, but for the most part it's just a class I had to take. Nothing too special. My teacher has a really dry sense of humor, which is awesome for how old she is! Then I run downstairs to biology, which is the farthest thing from exciting. Picture this. 100+ college-age students staring blankly at a screen for 50 minutes. Talk about a time to people watch! I find the most interesting times to watch people are when they're bored out of their minds! Because they start doing the strangest things! The other day this guy was totally nodding off and his head was just like a bobble head! Hilarious! Some people doodle, some pick their noses, some eat food, some text, some probably look up porn, and some just sleep. It's true entertainment. My teacher is a very large man who says he is the perfect weight (about 300 lbs) just not for his height. Ya, I bet you laughed about as hard as I did when he said that. Which means you didn't laugh. Ethics and Values is my next class. Talk about just....a hidden treasure! NO WAY! It's a booby trap! The only hidden treasure about that class is the fact that I get WiFi so I can play Words with Friends! My teacher is a character though! He's a total hippie man. Toe rings, pinky rings, long white hair and beard. Awesome guy. Boring subject. I feel like philosophers just want to make things a lot more difficult than they already are. They just wake up one day and say, "You know, no one's started an uproar about how knuckle cracking relates to puppies that relate to your inner self and who you really are...so why don't I start one!?" It's just some ridiculous stuff. But some people really enjoy it! Cudos to you! I don't. Then...the best class of the day. CRIMINAL JUSTICE!!! The class has quite the variety. We have a little hoochie dresser who doesn't know the difference between a pair of panties and a pair of shorts, to a guy with only 4 fingers on his right hand! (How would that be to hold hands with him??) My teacher is just...scary. He's the most intimidating man on the planet. Former cop turned FBI agent. Legit man. But as I've gotten to know him I've found that he's actually REALLY funny! I'm a fan! The other day he told us not to do heroin because it will show up on our record. Quite the thing to say to a class of aspiring police officers!
Then I take the 4:59 bus home, where I usually collapse on the couch with a glass of juice and watch some "Say Yes to the Dress." It's my way of unwinding. Then I power up the computer, do some homework, and am in bed by 9. Speaking of which, it's 10 minutes to 9, so I should probably get going, as to stay on a schedule! That is the typical life of a college student! Obviously I didn't go into specific details, like how you'll find me eating in every single class because I'm so bored, or about how I have all my bathroom trips perfectly planned out so I'm never late to a class, oh and how I'm getting shin splints from the amount of running I do across campus. I'm awesome. Goodnight World. Thanks for being awesome. :)
-KT
I wake up between 7:00 and 8:00 AM. You know that feeling when you wake up and feel like you've been hit head-on by a train? For some reason I feel that way EVERY MORNING! Surprising as this may sound, I don't do the typical, "I'm in college so let's stay up as late as we can and fall into a Mountain Dew induced coma." No. So not me. I love Mountain Dew, but not to a deadly point. The other night I fell asleep at 8:30 and my roommates thought I had died! No worries girls, I'm just sound asleep. After I get up, I grab myself a bowl of "Ohs" and read my scriptures while I eat. AWESOME strategy there! Then it's onto studying. Generally I fit in about an hour. I love it...so much...NOT! It's awful. Studying makes me want to pull my brains out my ears! But I do it anyways because I need to be smart! Then it's off to the gym! I try to get a hard core workout before I go to school and get an even more hard core workout. There's this hill right in front of my apartment that I have named Hell Hill. It is awful! It's a pretty gradual incline, but it's really long, (That's what she said) and then at the top it just goes insanely steep! (That's really what she said.) Then I go home and shower for school so I don't smell like zombies. Then I catch the bus at 11:39. Party time.
Once I get to school I dash to institute! My teacher is pretty rad. He always talks in a weird New England accent. (I pay with my VISER card) But it's a good way to start my school day. I am officially our class' pianist. My teacher even calls me adorable for it :) After institute I run up yet another hill to 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It's pretty....Ok. I don't mind it. I've learned somethings, but for the most part it's just a class I had to take. Nothing too special. My teacher has a really dry sense of humor, which is awesome for how old she is! Then I run downstairs to biology, which is the farthest thing from exciting. Picture this. 100+ college-age students staring blankly at a screen for 50 minutes. Talk about a time to people watch! I find the most interesting times to watch people are when they're bored out of their minds! Because they start doing the strangest things! The other day this guy was totally nodding off and his head was just like a bobble head! Hilarious! Some people doodle, some pick their noses, some eat food, some text, some probably look up porn, and some just sleep. It's true entertainment. My teacher is a very large man who says he is the perfect weight (about 300 lbs) just not for his height. Ya, I bet you laughed about as hard as I did when he said that. Which means you didn't laugh. Ethics and Values is my next class. Talk about just....a hidden treasure! NO WAY! It's a booby trap! The only hidden treasure about that class is the fact that I get WiFi so I can play Words with Friends! My teacher is a character though! He's a total hippie man. Toe rings, pinky rings, long white hair and beard. Awesome guy. Boring subject. I feel like philosophers just want to make things a lot more difficult than they already are. They just wake up one day and say, "You know, no one's started an uproar about how knuckle cracking relates to puppies that relate to your inner self and who you really are...so why don't I start one!?" It's just some ridiculous stuff. But some people really enjoy it! Cudos to you! I don't. Then...the best class of the day. CRIMINAL JUSTICE!!! The class has quite the variety. We have a little hoochie dresser who doesn't know the difference between a pair of panties and a pair of shorts, to a guy with only 4 fingers on his right hand! (How would that be to hold hands with him??) My teacher is just...scary. He's the most intimidating man on the planet. Former cop turned FBI agent. Legit man. But as I've gotten to know him I've found that he's actually REALLY funny! I'm a fan! The other day he told us not to do heroin because it will show up on our record. Quite the thing to say to a class of aspiring police officers!
Then I take the 4:59 bus home, where I usually collapse on the couch with a glass of juice and watch some "Say Yes to the Dress." It's my way of unwinding. Then I power up the computer, do some homework, and am in bed by 9. Speaking of which, it's 10 minutes to 9, so I should probably get going, as to stay on a schedule! That is the typical life of a college student! Obviously I didn't go into specific details, like how you'll find me eating in every single class because I'm so bored, or about how I have all my bathroom trips perfectly planned out so I'm never late to a class, oh and how I'm getting shin splints from the amount of running I do across campus. I'm awesome. Goodnight World. Thanks for being awesome. :)
-KT
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