Let's talk about friends

I have great friends. Seriously. At this very second I'm simply sitting on a chair in the family room, while two of my roommates are lounging on the couches. I'm blogging, Kyra is reading, Teesha is doing homework on her laptop. I have some music playing and if I listen carefully I think I can hear Teesha whisper-singing along. How lucky am I?

Last year (my freshman year at BYU) I had the BEST roommates and friends a girl could ask for. We got along great, had terrific memories, and we couldn't wait to live together again this year. Well life is a constantly changing journey, and their journeys took them across the world and away from me. One went to California, one to Denmark, and one to Brazil--all on missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We still email/write but I do miss them terribly. Well I found myself coming back to BYU this year without roommates, and definitely not knowing what I was getting myself into. I was nervous about rooming with new people, and especially because I was moving into a 6 person apartment. Luckily, I couldn't have gotten a better bunch of girls.

It's quite amazing to me that six young adult females can live in a tiny three bedroom apartment functionally (and quite enjoyably I might add), while juggling the stressful life of dating, work, and school that comes with college. Yet, despite all of our differences and faults (it's me who has the faults), we get along so well. I'm not saying we're perfect--we definitely aren't--but we get pretty darn close. The other night one of my roommates and I were doing homework in the living room. When I say "night" I mean it's 2 in the morning. Well we started talking about the most random and weird things. Even though the conversation was going a mile a minute in a million different directions, we both were following along, giggling, and having the best time.

I thank my Heavenly Father daily for my friends, and not just my roommates. I have been blessed with great people in my life. I have friends here at school, I have friends back in Arkansas from high school, I have TONS of friends who make up my extended family, friends who are younger than me, friends who are older, honestly I could go on and on. The people in my life have helped make me who I am today, and they are a lot part of my happiness. I don't know what I would do without any of them.

The beginning of something new

Well, here I am. I never thought I would be into blogging. The truth is, I enjoy reading other's blogs, but I have never thought of myself as a person who would be interesting enough to post anything! I always thought that a blogger needs to be great at writing, needs to have an exciting life, needs to have something to say. Honestly, I don't think I'm one of those people.

Well today I was talking to my sister as she drove home from work. I told her that her blog makes me laugh out loud and that I love reading it! After a little chatting she suggested that I should start my own. I told her, "I'm not married, I don't have anything exciting in my life!" She disagreed and said that I could write about anything I wanted:  movies, my thoughts about the day, recipes, books, even the fact that I want to be able to sing Disney songs with my future husband. Well, it seems she convinced me because here I am! 

So to get started I'd like to get some things straight. I'm pretty quirky and weird. I dance around my apartment (with and without people around), I like to read, I love music, I like learning new words, and I am known to be found watching various animated movies if I'm left alone at my apartment. Oh...and to sing along to music in the car. Loudly. But I mean, who doesn't do that? Anyway, I don't know what I will end up posting on this blog (things that embarrass me most likely), and I don't know who will end up seeing it, but I'm excited to start something new. Let the fun begin!