My Crazy (at the moment) Life

IT"S UEA!!! I love UEA. I have got to sleep in for 3 days in a row! And I've hung out with my friends and my parents a lot. It's been a ton of fun! On thursday my mom took me shopping all over for a stupid outfit for choir. And we're still not finished with it! We can't find a long sleeved white shirt that goes all that way to your wrists. Guess that's not really the style. 3/4 sleeves is what's stylish right now apparently. So anyway, my mom is going to take Elise and I to go look for one. (Elise is in choir too and she can't find a shirt either.)
So at the mall on thursday I got these awesome boots! They look like mocassins and they're a really pretty carmel color. They're really comfortable too. They feel like slippers kind of.
So I think I'm becoming more and more obsessed with the guy I like. I'll probably not have a crush him next week, knowing me, but at the moment I do. He's so funny and nice. And he actually talks to me! I feel so special when he does. Lol. I know it sounds stupid, but it's true.
Right now I'm reading a book called The Yearbook. It's LDS literature, so of course it's really good. Anyway, this named Michaela likes this guy, Ethan. And they've known each other for forever. So she really likes him. And they're in the same english class. Their teacher gives them an assignment of an autobiography, and they have to start clear back from the first thing they remember. Well, Michaela was reading Ethan's paper right before he turned his in. And it started off talking about kindergarten. He said that there was this really cute in his kindergarten class named Michaela. She had just read that when he took it back from her and told her that there was personal stuff in there (while turning bright red.) So after class started, he leaned forward and whispered in her ear that he still thought she was really cute. AAAH!!! How awesome is that? Anyway, I reccommend this book to everyone! It's good so far and I'm only on page 32 or something. Ya, it's so cute. Wouldn't that be so amazing if that actually happened to you?
Well, Shanna was over last night cuz I was home alone and I like to hang out with people when I'm alone at night. Or else I get freaked out sometimes. So anyway, we made english muffin pizzas and garlic bread. It was so delicious! Then we played the guitar for a long time. It was way fun. We figured out how to play Love Story by Taylor Swift, Just a Dream by Carrie Underwood, and This is Me by Demi Lovato. It was a blast!
A couple days ago I wrote a song called Who I Am. It's about finding out who you really are. I was actually tracing myself on my mirror with a dry erase marker at the time, and that's how I got the idea for the song. Here are the lyrics:

It just seems hard to find out who I am
I've tried every look and attitude
But no matter what I change
It all comes down to what I choose.
And I feel lost and alone

(Chorus) I feel like I'm tracing myself down on paper
To look at how I could be me
And as I look, I look deeper on the inside
And see all I can be.
So I'm changing my ways
I think I finally understand who I am.

Sometimes it's like I'm putting on a show
and everyone thinks it's really me.
But the truth is that I don't know myself
as well as people seem to think.
So I feel lost and alone.

(Chorus)

Someday you'll find your true self
And you won't need to try to be like anyone else.

(Chorus)

Ya. So is you're ever writing a song, write it on a mirror. It works really good!
Don't you guys just love autumn? I don't yet. I still wish it was hot outside. If I actually saw the leaves changing or something then maybe I'd like it. But I haven't really seen much of that yet.
Tomorrow is Jeff Johnson's farewell. All of their cousins are going to be there apparently. It will be fun. Their cousins are going to be going to our classes and stuff from what I understood from Rachel and Susie.
Lol. This is the most random post ever. Oh well!
I gotta go get ready to start my day, so ttyl! And remember that it's your choice to be happy. Try to be in a good mood today, and I will too. See ya!
-Rachel

Hey guys! What's up? So today I babysat for the Strauss's for 2 hours. And now I'm babysitting for my aunt's friend. Her kids were actually already in bed when I got here so they said I could use the computer, watch tv or do whatever. So basically I'm doing whatever what I want for about 3 hours. It's pretty nice actually. It's kinda boring but relaxing at the same time. They have those Scentsy candle things, and so their house smells really good. 

I keep thinking I'm hearing car doors slam outside their house. Lol. 

So. . . . what to talk about. . . . Oh yeah! So I saw the guy I like in Seminary today, and I basically got to look at him for an hour. But don't worry. I wasn't staring at him the whole time. I just sneaked glances at him every now and then.

So have you guys ever thought about what it would be like to be famous? Everyone thinks it's oh so amazing. And i guess it would be pretty sweet! But when you really think about it, it's not all that great. They have reporters and photographers following them everywhere. There are always stories floating around about them that are hardly ever true. I'm sure they loose some of their friends because they don't have enough time to spend with them, and a lot of them loose moral standards too. So basically what I'm trying to say is that being famous wouldn't be all that wonderful. You'd never get any time for yourself, and friends are a ridiculous thing to trade for fortune and fame. 

Have you noticed that every year, UEA gets shorter and shorter? I think last year we got Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off. This year it's just Thursday and Friday. It kind of makes me mad in a way. But what I really wanted to say is that I DO NOT want to wake up early tomorrow. I hate school right now! I wish we could have school at like 9 instead of 7:30. I am definitely not a morning person. 

I do like having consultation schedule though. It's nice to be able to go home early and relax. 

I am really tired! I wish I could just lay down and go to sleep. But I won't because I would be kind of embarrassed if they walked in and I was laying, sprawled out on the couch. Lol. That would actually be really funny if that happened.

Well, I can't think of anything else to say so I'm going to go. 

-Rachel

Crushes & School

Some of you might know that I had a crush on L.J. Well, that's not the case anymore! I have a crush on someone else now. but I'm not going to say who it is. So ha! He's tall and handsome but not dark like L.J. Oh well! He's still really cute. He's also really nice and funny. So there you go.
You probably noticed that I changed the background on my blog. Well duh! It's no longer summer so I can't have bright colors and flowers. People, it's cold outside! Have you not noticed how you freeze every time you step out the front door of your house? It's called the beginning of winter where the world goes pale and white and cold. It's just the way it is.
So I've started to go running. I run outside even though it's cold because I think that fresh air is supposed to be better for your exercising. But when it starts to snow I'll run inside.
So do any of you just doing your chores when you're listening to your ipod with your headphones in? Especially when your doing the dishes? I mean you get soapy water all over your headphones. So to prevent this, I'm going to buy those speaker things that you can hook your ipod up to. That way, the cord on my headphones won't get in my way and stuff. I'm either going to get those or an iDog thing. They're those really cute little things that look like dogs and they play your music, they light up, and they dance. They're so cute!
Anyway, today I had a test in Physics and Math. I think I completely ed the Physics one. But I think I might have actually done ok on the Math one. WE'll see. And today I forgot my calculater (which was really stupid of me, seeing that I needed it for both of my tests), so I had to use Chad's in Physics, and Brittany Dewey's in Math. Then in Spanish we had a sub. Mr. Macevoy left no instructions for our class, so the T.A. had to call him. It turned out that we had to fill out new flashcards and do a worksheets. No one new what any of the words for the flashcards were so we didn't even end up doing those, and the worksheet took me about 2 minutes to do. So I just chilled and stuff for a little bit, but then the sub decided to test our geography skills. That was interesting.
For English on next Monday, I need to take a song that's poetic. Do you guys have any ideas?
Well, I have to go.
-Rachel