Things I've been doing instaed of studying

• Baking muffins- Kenna has a ton of canned fruit left over and I had some bisquick and I bake in order to de-stress so now we've enjoyed some good ones (peach, oatmeal raisin) and some not so good (pear, dried apricot).
  
• laundry- but I'm still too lazy to actually fold it and pack it, therefore I've been sleeping on the couch
  
• watching sing-off, psych, gilmore girls, glee, etc.
• facebooking- yeah what else is new
  
• blogging
• editing pictures
• calling my mom
• packing- not really but it's going to have to happen sometime
  
• crafting - my christmas to do list just got a whole lot shorter!
  
• throwing a Christmas sweater party- pictures to come...
  

I'm a grown up now

So sometimes it's fun growing up- other times, not so much. I love being at college and living on my own (with 5 other girls, or course). I love taking classes that I am really interested in and just being able to say I'm an adult. Oh, and I guess voting and buying lottery tickets is pretty cool too.

What's not so cool is that I think my body is falling apart. I was getting ready for church on Sunday morning and I leaned over in mirror to check out my earrings (I was having a bit of a dilemma- I don't have too many gold earrings!) and when I stood up straight, I got this shooting pain in my back. It hurt so bad I could barely breathe. I had to lean against my bed for support. Terra walked me over to the couch where I loaded up on Advil and iced my back to no avail. I couldn't move my upper body from side to side, and that is just no good. It lasted all day long and I was just dying. I had some friends of mine give me a blessing, and by the next morning I was doing pretty good! It's amazing what a little faith in the Lord and a handful of painkillers can do! And if you can't tell from my last post, another lame part of being a grown-up is having to pay for everything. I really, really want to work in a restaurant or bakery while I'm home just to get some experience and have fun!

Sorry this post is so boring, I just needed to get my thoughts out. Thanks for listening people of blogland.

Working Woman

Only twelve days left until I return home to the B-E-A-Utiful east coast!!! I honestly can not wait a minute longer. Don't get me wrong, I love the school and the people here, but it's just SO cold and, well, not Maryland! I can't wait to get back there and see my friends and family- especially future baby Harding in Rachie's tummy!!!

So since I'm home until April because I'm off track, I've got to get a move on finding a job!! Last year, I was a nanny for one of the cutest families ever! Love you Martinis fam!!! So I've been thinking about what I would want to do, and catering was on the top of my list. Especially because it's in a field I want to pursue. So if anyone has any connections, give me a call!! I would also love to be a babysitter/nanny again so mother's in need out there, I'm free!! And any other job openings for college students are welcomed!
Waitress maybe??

hmm

Well it's been awhile, but I'm going to do a little update on what I did over thanksgiving break. I actually have the worst memory ever but we'll see what I can remember.

COOL STUFF I DID

- Play with Daniel - live the life of a hobo/gypsy, sleeping in a different apartment every night
- went out to J-Dawgs with my friend Brent. If you haven't been there and happen to be in Provo, get your hiney over there now because it's SO GOOD!!! Trust me on this. I don't even like hot dogs.
- Went to the skating rink with Daniel and Jason, only we didn't even skate. We watched the people and made fun of them when they fell.
-Went to Daniel's ward talent show and experienced the GREATEST ice cream in the world. Graham canyon from the BYU creamery. Oh baby.
-Made Brittan's delicious enchiladas.
- Attempted to drive the Alpine loop with Maggie and Bush until we realized it was closed off. We resorted to a snowball fight where I managed to fall on my butt and get covered in snow.
- Had some yummy Costa Vida with Jayson Richards and somehow ended up off-roading in the hunt for Y-Mountain and then resorted to seeing the movie The Switch. It was terrible. But we had fun!
-Heard Maggie sing in church
-IHOP with Daniel and Trevor, then pranking Trevor's brother's car
- Slumber party at Alicia's with the Kentlands girls! It wouldn't be complete without no bakes, pizza, onesies, movies, and the what if game! - Ugly sweater shopping with Terra!!! Also a little tour of Alpine and a trip to Dear Lizzie
- Black Friday shopping with Terra and Zach
- Thanksgiving with the Lee family plus Daniel and Skyler! after the near death experience getting there...
- Seeing Harry Potter 7 for the second time. SO GREAT ILOVEIT
- Making Muzzie's Magic Gumbo - BYU basketball game with Frannie and Mags- we got AMAZING seats!! (pictures to come)
So now you have a basic idea of what I had been up to for the forever-long break like you were practically there!! haha Sorry this is a pretty boring post. Maybe I'll do a cool one soon...