i wear a 38 in European shoes. a 37 is a little snug...darn wide feet.

i HATE ants with a passion!!!

moving stinks.

i love autumn.

i am trying to figure out what color would be good for a wall upstairs. 1 wall. and no green. no red. we are thinking a shade of tan. this is a busy landing so as boring/normal as tan sounds, i think it might be the way to go. plus, with all the redness of Coke, the tan won't overpower the red.
stay tuned. it is being painted today (not by me though! teehee!)

Yes, I am currently a walking time bomb, or merely just a totally stressed out nervous wreck.

on a happier note, i met up with fran after her show at the opera house tonight (the music man) and we went to applebee's. i love talking to her, and she is great and i love it when we can hang out. it was great fun. and good conversations. we both agree we need "our girls" or "our girl time," which has been lacking because a lot of the girls we used to hang out with moved away at the end of summer/start of fall. so it was extra good to get together.
we are going to the corn maze monday. and if you want to go let me know! we are trying to get some people together. but it is monday night aka fhe, but its our own made up fhe! and i can even bring treats.
anyways, it was a good ending to a stressed out and everything else day (see the title of this post). and now im going to bed. and i get to sleep in! and tomorrow is going to be a busy day cause im going to move all my stuff to my new storage unit. joy and joyness :/

something that works: when N told me to make a list, i told her i had, but i felt like i still wasn't getting anything accomplished that i could cross off my list. or even some days like i was going through the day not really accomplishing anything, even for as busy as i was. she said when i get to that point, make a list of everything i have already done that day and then after i have made the list, cross all the items off, showing myself that the day has not all gone to the willies of the world and that i have been productive.

"Developing human relationships will take you much farther in life and give you a much stronger base of self-identity than defining yourself by your talents or interests. "

FOCUS

i took some pics tonight at emily's house...she had a get together to hang out and play games and stuff. she goes into the MTC october 31st! k, one pic is the nice smiles and all that, and then i have to have a silly picture. so lindsey and i switched places so we could get both kinds with both our cameras. haha!
she is going to be an awesome and wonderful missionary. AND our missions are neighbors...she is going to be in slc south and im in slc!


okay i just tried to add some more but they wouldn't upload. blah. i will try again tomorrow.
i am really craving someone to hear someone play the guitar in person right now. i have been all day. today was a crazy day at work. but it was good. there was a LOT of laughing in it. those make good work days.

There is no way. So you keep on eating those delicious things. That's right, eat all you want darling

so, its reading things like the following that just make my day ...

B: "His one eyed one legged, hunched backed cancer ridden girlfriend was named Lucky."

J: "Whaa whaa whaa - whatever."

okay maybe you had to be there.

but that got me to thinking about funny quotes, and in particular Jack Handy! he is hillarious!
his site is : http://www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com/
but i also really like this site 'cause it has a ton of quotes too:
http://www.erikandanna.com/Humor/DeepThoughts/index.htm

my absolute favorite is this one. i dont know why but i laughed so much my stomach started hurting. 2 roommates + 5 jack handy books+ 1 late night = 1 freakin hillarious night!

"If I was being executed by injection, I'd clean up my cell real neat. Then, when they came to get me, I'd say, "Injection? I thought you said inspection'." They'd probably feel real bad, and maybe I could get out of it."

and some others just for kicks and giggles...

“If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them.”

"I wish I would have a real tragic love affair and get so bummed out that I'd just quit my job and become a bum for a few years, because I was thinking about doing that anyway. "

"If you go flying back through time, and you see somebody else flying forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye contact. "

"You know something that would really make me applaud? A guy gets stuck in quicksand, then sinks, then suddenly comes shooting out, riding on water skis! How do they do that?! "

i think i need a planner. and i am making another list. gotta love those. i am not really a list maker. however, if there was ever a time for lists it is now.
work is good. i have the best supervisor ever. i feel so lucky to have her (esp compared to my previous). she comes to my rescue. being at work the majority of the daylight hours, it makes a huge difference to have someone who listens, calms me down when i burst into her office freaking out or listens again (and laughs sometimes) when i need to vent about something (work or non work related). she works with me, and when something comes up she is flexible and takes stuff in stride (as well as stressing out occasionally, but that gives me an opportunity to help her so even though i dont like her to stress either, im glad it can work both ways).
i have been trying to figure out my whole schedule for work and when i am leaving and looking at my options and all that.
i got some mission clothes. i went shopping with betty on saturday and we got some good stuff. she is determined that i have "cute" missionary clothes-not the frumpy stuff you sometimes see on sisters. it was good to go with her 'cause she could tell me what stuff would be okay and what stuff i wouldn't be able to wear, and i got honest opinions from her. i went with linda in the afternoon and got a couple things. i pretty much just need boots, another good pair of shoes (brown) and a heavy coat, for the main clothing items. both of which i'll probably end up getting in utah or idaho before i go.
and i got to see kokob today!! happy day! we met up at starbucks before work, and then after work we met up again with some of her old co-workers (again at starbucks) and it was so great to see her again. gosh i miss that girl! we had FUN times!
i need to get a pair of shoes out of my storage unit. for the third day in a row.
i need to be "well versed" in the temple handbook- do you know how much that stresses me out?? do i have to have sections memorized? be able to quote it? will i be quizzed about what quote is on what page? how many sections the handbook has? this is where i stop thinking and just start reading it-again. my interview is on sunday.
i saw transformers on saturday. for all the hype it got i wasn't as impressed as i thought i would be. a couple things bothered me about it. i also watched the first half of with about 15 people carrying on 4 different conversations.
i really want to do something fun for halloween. so far i have heard about a party in vacaville this weekend. but nothing for next week. halloween is on a wednesday anyways, so that puts a damper on things. i am going to the optometrist that day. ha, what a party that will be!
as for other stuff happening in my life...im transferring my records back to my family ward <3 so i will start going there this sunday or the next. i wrote about work. im going to idaho for thanksgiving. i miss my friends and family and wish i could see them all before i leave! i will get to see some of them. and i have gotten to see more of them over the past couple months, for which i feel very lucky to have been able to do.
and i guess overall even though im excited to go on a mission i have also been very overwhelmed and stressed about it. today was a good day in that i got some advice i really needed.

i got my mission call! i'm going to salt lake city spanish speaking.
it is not slc north, south, or temple square (as i have been asked).
my area covers part of utah, some of wyoming, and a little bit of nevada.
i report to the mtc on november 28th.
i'll be there for 3 months learning spanish before i go to my area.
i'll write more on this later, i only have a few minutes, but i just wanted to let
anyone knows who checks my blog where and when im going. :D