halloween.

my favorite holiday. coming up in 32 days. except I will be celebrating it in 30. also. i know my costume. i had to check with another person before i could be certain. just be excited.

so blessed.

i am blessed with the most amazing people in my life. i have a family that loves me and friends that support me. this weekend was very special for me and i was surrounded by loved ones. there are few words, if any, that can describe how much these beautiful people mean to me. i love them more than anything, and sometimes i forget how much. sometimes it hits me how much love i have for the people in my life, and how much i appreciate them. so to anyone of my dear friends reading this, i love you. and i thank you for being in my life.

school=stress

i love school. and i love my major. it's only the third week of the semester, and i already feel i have learned a semester's worth of knowledge. but i love it! most of what i am learning is very fascinating and it's been wonderful to finally study something that applies to what i want to do - teach. not that physical science and civ 201 weren't great classes (i'm being a little sarcastic), but i feel like my college career has a purpose now.

with all this said though, i am a little stressed. there is a lot to do. reading. assignments. and in addition to my demanding classes, i also have my job and my calling. however, don't misunderstand. i am superhappy and

enjoying every day. today i was finally able to update my planner with all the assignments and get an overview of what this semester will bring. that feels good. i feel a little more accomplished.

also. for the first time in the history of lene i plan on getting ahead on my homework this weekend. we shall see.

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i love the law.

still dreaming about the hot fishermen at pike place market, i am fully back in provo - homework and all. more on my seattle adventures to come..

but one thing needs to be mentioned when i still have some rage in me.

monday night, 12 am: sarie (my lovely and beautiful room mate who picked me up from the airport) and i arrived at our place of residence. we wanted to park the car in the parking spot that we (read: sarie) have paid for. but alas we could not. why you ask? oh, just because someone (a girl) had parked IN FRONT OF the ONLY entrance to our parking garage underneath the building!!! really??? i thought to myself. really???? well, i wrote a mean note and put it on the windshield. but then decided that just was just and punishment was in order (in addition to the harsh words on my note), so i called a number, then another, and soon found myself talking to a police officer and a parking enforcement man outside our building.

after a failed attempt, by the police officer, at trying to locate the girl at the address that was connected to the license plate (because she no longer lived there), a phone number was finally obtained and the perpetrator came running in her pj's.

she removed her car, and followed by both law enforcers, drove to her current living abode, where she, i hope, got a hefty fine, and a good ol' "talking to".

sarie and i, one hour after we arrived at home, crawled into bed and slept a measly 5 hours before our 8 o'clock class today.

you might say that we should have just found another parking spot, and let it be. but what kind of message does that send to society? that illegality is ok? no sir, i would never! and the fact that i saw the same red car, with the same brunette circle the block 5 times looking for a parking spot, only enforced my decision of making wrong right.

hello seattle.

a few minutes away from leaving to the airport. going to seattle. carrie foxy here i come! :)

weekend of fun in the city.

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fall.

so here it is. my first blog post ever. it's september 1, but technically the 2nd. however. a new day (or date) for me doesn't start until i go to sleep and then wake up, so it's september 1. the first day of fall. (because we all know that september is a fall month.) and i thought it appropriate to write my first blog post on the first day of fall, which is my favorite season.

it is the first week of my last fall semester on the byu campus. it is the first semester where i will be teaching in a classroom. it is the first time i am staying in a ward for more than a year. it is the start of the last school year before i will turn 25, and i will officially call myself an adult. i feel like this semester will be fabulous, so i am pretty sure i will have lots of sweet stuff to write about in this blog.

i am excited. :)

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