Holly's Got Talent

So I have a new found talent of getting locked inside of things. Mainly bathroom stalls (at West Point) and. . . my apartment! Tonight my cousin/roommate MeLisa and I were leaving to go get dinner from the awesome boys in our dinner group, when we discovered our front door wouldn't open. We could turn the little knob, but it wouldn't unlock our door!! We tried, and tried, and tried again. Our roommate Katie tried. And tried. Finally, we got the bright idea of calling our manager to see if he could bring a key up and unlock the door from outside. He didn't pick up. At this point, I was kind of starving out of my mind. We clearly had no other choice then to go out of our front window. And that is exactly what we did, pulled out the screen and hopped down. If you are wondering, unlocking the door with a key from the outside did not work. We tried it. Since MeL and I were leaving, and Katie had to go somewhere soon, we decided we'd just have to leave our window open a crack (so we could climb back in later) and trust that nobody would notice and get evil ideas. Luckily, we live on the third floor. And we live in Provo. Just because I live in Provo though, that does NOT mean I trust everyone! I still don't like walking around here alone at night. Tonight was the first night I ever actually spent in the library. I was not at all excited to walk home by myself at midnight. I guess I just value my life and prefer not to get kidnapped by some wacko. 

A week with the Grandparents and A weekend in St. George

When I arrived in Utah, rather than going straight to Provo, I first went to Price to see my grandparents for a few days. I had a great time with my friend Ashley who came with me. We played a lot of pool, did a lot of eating, had a bonfire, watched my cousins tennis match, had a photo shoot, went on a walk, played on the trampoline, and relaxed a whole lot. It was fabulous!

I feel like this wasn't legal...but the boys from Price swear it's fine

On Friday, we finally drove to Provo.

It was a nice long drive. Fun stuff.
I moved into my new apartment that day.

After my first week of school (see previous post) my cousin and I went down to St. George to see family. I had a great time seeing the kids I hadn't seen in 2 years and their new siblings who I had never met.

On the way down we stopped at the cheese factory to get....ice cream?  Because obviously the thing to get at the cheese factory is ice cream...

I love this kid!

Hair braiding line. I love how Easton is in it. Like he has any hair!

Not gonna lie, I'm pretty proud of this french braid I did. Its pretty good considering I really have not ever been able to practice french braiding on anyone.

The Lott family after Brynlee's baptism

Sadly, the weekend is over. Time for me to get ready for school :(

Homework...

So, I've officially finished my first week as a student at BYU! It was definitely not my easiest first week of school ever. I had to deal with feeling like a freshman all over again even though I'm a junior. Fun stuff. In the end though, I managed to find all my classes while using my map as few times as possible. I also got to go to fun things with my cousin, like FHE, a ward tie-dye party, a relief society activity, night games, and dinner at some boys apartment from our ward. I'm not gonna lie though, I still feel awkward at all these events. Making friends is simply not my forte. I am too shy and I hate it. I am working on it though! Hopefully I'll feel like I have real friends in a week or two (I mean new friends, thank goodness I did come into school already having some family and friends here).

So for one of my homework assignments in my writing class I have to keep a journal and have at least 30 entries over the course of the semester.  I am not really sure what the heck I am supposed to write about other than the fact that five of the entries have to be author imitations. So, here is journal entry number 1. I have to hand write it, so when I actually write it out I'm sure I'll end up changing a few things.

1. A recent Facebook fad was to write a note with 25 facts about oneself. I never posted a “25 Things” list on Facebook, so I figured I will do it now! Here is my list, entitled “Everything You Never Wanted to Know about Me!”

1. I am obsessed with making lists (to do lists, packing lists, reason’s I’m upset with someone, schedules for myself…). It’s probably the kind of writing I do most. Notice, that my first journal entry is a list. Funny how that worked out.

2. I love to read out loud to kids, and use different voices for the characters.

3. I’m not the neatest person in the world. But sometimes, I just HAVE to clean my room or else I simply cannot do my homework. A messy bedroom just stresses me out!

4. I hate running.

5. I love running.

6. I like to do things just to say that I did them (dumpster diving, eating alligator, and running the steeplechase to name a few).

7. My four brothers mean the world to me, even if they drive me crazy sometimes. The name of my blog, “The Rose Amongst Thorns” comes from them. I am the rose and they are the thorns.

8. I have been away from home for 13 days now, beating my old record of an 11 day trip to Europe. Except this time I am not going home. I have a new home in Provo. It is kind of weird to be so far away from Maryland when I’m not on vacation.

9. I am absolutely terrified of dogs. When I was 16 years old, I was playing a game of “Bigger or Better” with some friends. One man opened his front door and out walked an enormous dog. I was down the street and around the corner in about three seconds. My friends didn’t notice right away, but when the man and his dog walked back inside they started looking for me. I sure as heck was not going anywhere near that house as long as the dog was outside!

10. I have a weird body that can do things other peoples bodies cannot. I can lick my elbow and my nose. Furthermore, I do not believe anyone who claims they can lick their nose also. Sorry. Nobody can do it quite as well as me. (I’ll believe it if I see it, I just haven’t seen it yet).

11. Scary movies scare me. I usually have to watch them wrapped up in a blanket. But usually I don't watch them at all.

12. Last year I went to a haunted forest around Halloween. I accidentally punched a man who was holding a chainsaw or something similarly scary. He just got to close to me and I had to defend myself. As soon as I slapped him I apologized immediately. After all, he would never hurt me for real. I just momentarily had gone into self defense mode.

13. Apparently it is hard for me to come up with 25 interesting things about myself.

14. I’m a little bit overwhelmed by the BYU campus. And by a little bit, I actually mean a lot. It is huge compared to my old school, HCC(Go Dragons).

15. I love getting letters. They can turn a bad day into a great day.

16. I LOVE tie-dye.

17. I cannot really cook. I do like baking though. If only I could eat cookies and cake for all my meals.

18. I am not a morning person.

19. I doodle on EVERYTHING.

20. I am the last one out of the apartment and the first one home many days. It makes me feel very lazy compared to my roommates.

21. I have had issues falling asleep my whole life. For some reason though, this has not been a problem since I moved to Provo for the school year.

22. I won’t eat cream cheese, mayonnaise, ranch dressing (or almost any other dressing), or sour cream. Simply looking at these products sometimes makes me start gagging.

23. I hate when someone tells a joke and I just don’t think it is funny at all, but I feel obligated to laugh to make them feel good.

24. My favorite church calling was in the Nursery.

25. I procrastinate too much. Writing a ten page research paper the morning it is due is not fun. 

 Now I have to come up with 24 more interesting journal entries, and 4 authors I want to imitate.