This is Not a Pity Party....

This is not a pity party. Sometimes there is a lot to figure out. Sigh.....

November!

November has been an incredibly busy month, and now it is almost over!

It started out with me moving to a new place. I have roommates now! AND I live with a dog! Please stop your hysterical laughter. I like dogs, ok not really, ok not at all. I am definitely learning and definitely saving a TON of cash by doing this.

A few days after I moved, I took my fourth Actuarial Exam. Holy Smokes I was so stressed out. I get my results mid-January. I hope I passed!!!!! These will end someday, right? Oh dear, I certainly hope so....

A few days after my exam, I jetted off to Colorado to visit my family for the Thanksgiving Holiday. I went shopping with my Mom and chilled with the fam a lot. We played some games, and ate a ton....It was a glorious break from work.

SOOOOOO busy, but that is all I have to write. Peace out.

Tragedy

Ok people, so I know I normally write about things that probably don't matter much on this blog. Sometimes (always) I am a bit goofy,  but hey, that's me. Now, it is time to write about something more serious, something close to my heart.

Please let me begin with a little background....

When I was born, my dear mother made me a little receiving blanket (By the way, my mom is awesome at making quilts. She even had a quilting business for a few years. Just thought I'd take a moment to brag about her, just so you know.). This little blanket was made out of tricot fabric (I had to look up how to spell tricot; definitely not said how it is spelled!). I LOVED IT! I was not a baby who was attached to a blankie and had to take it everywhere, but I definitely loved to sleep with it and play on it. (Ok, that may be a lie. I can't quite remember this time in my life, so I am going to say that because I am pretty sure that is how it went down.)

Fast forward a few years. I grew, and my blanket did not. I was two or three years old (can't quite remember my age). So for Christmas, Santa Claus brought me a brand new blanket, lovingly known as my silkie (This describes how the blanket felt just in case you are not familiar with tricot fabric.). I remember getting this as a gift and diving into it the moment I opened the box. It was SO BIG!!! Ok, it was made to fit on a twin size bed, but Jonathan (my older brother) had to carry it up the stairs for me because it was SOOO heavy. I remember the exertion required to heft that baby around.

Fast forward a few more years. I am 24. 24! Since when did I get old??? And I have slept with that blanket every night since then. This blanket moved from Idaho to Colorado, back and forth to Utah while I was in college, and then made its way to Dallas with me now. I even took it on trips with me if there was room. :) But to finally get to the point of my story, my blanket is now dying. The batting in the blanket has nearly disappeared. You can see through the blanket. What is left of the batting is leaking out of the seams that are now ripped. I have been finding little pieces of batting around my apartment. This death is eminent and quickly approaching.

I don't know if I should be embarrassed about this picture or not, but I do think it's quite funny. I promise I did not pull any of this batting in any way.

I've been looking at the other blankets around my apartment; there will never be a replacement. What am I going to do? I don't really like blankets because they are too hot. Maybe I'll start sleeping under my sheets?

I can see why Michael Jackson named his son Blanket; so precious. (Ok, I am really just kidding here.)

Anyways....

Thank you for taking the time to mourn with me as I lament the loss of my dear blanket.

Ok, I'm done being dramatic. I really will live.

Hey There!

Well folks, I know it has been a while. Hey, I have been busy, and so have you...so it works out...right? :)

Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, there is not much  to update on my life. I have been pretty occupied working, studying, and trying to be do better at my calling at church. As part of continuing education post-college, I am taking actuarial exams! Oh yeah, baby! Ok, so if I had the choice, I wouldn't make myself sick over them if I didn't have to, but such is life and I do see some benefits from taking them. I am having to develop more discipline. I have to choose between what I want to do and what I need to do all the time.  And let me tell you, I want to pass these bad boys badly! The exam I am currently studying for is MFE, and I take it November 15th. Wish me luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This weekend I had the opportunity to listen to General Conference. It is always so refreshing and uplifting. I love it. If you would like to know more about General Conference and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, please click here. Last year during the October General Conference, I missed the last session to fly out to Dallas to interview for this one job. CRAZY how many things have changed in my life over the past year. It has been kind of cool to reflect upon those things this weekend.

Sorry for the boring post; I must just be a boring person....KIDDING...only kidding, my friends. sheesh. ;)

It's Too Hot!!!

Announcing the newest edition to my apartamento! I am in love....sigh....

 I even carried this baby up the stairs all by myself. Oh boy, it was heavy. I almost didn't make it, but I think it was my excitement that got it up the stairs. Today, a lot of muscles hurt that I didn't know helped in carrying large, heavy objects up stairs. :) Anyway, I have been thinking about this for a while. I've known  I was going to buy one, and the money was all set aside (thank you MLC!). So I was sitting at work on Saturday waiting for IT to fix some code problems, and I thought to myself...I should check out pianos on the internet since I am just waiting. A friend told me about a certain store that sells digital pianos...so I went to their website. There was one that I liked so I looked up where they were in Dallas...I drove straight to the store after work and....BAM...10 minutes later I bought a piano....done....kind of impulsive for a girl like me...I mean...I am an actuary...I don't do things like this :)

So happy I did though. :)

In other news, my life has definitely been exciting and fun lately...but you're going to have to ask me about it and not read about it on my blog. :)

bahaha.

Pop Quiz!!!

There are two flavors of popsicles I do not like....Can you guess which flavors they might be?

 

This was all that was left when I went to go get a popsicle from the freezer. :(

In Other News....

Just a quick update with what's going in my life!!

The rest of my family (my mom, dad, and lil bro Steve-Dawg) came out to visit me over the Fourth of July. It was hot, but we were actually in a "cool front" while they were here. You know, 98 and 99 degree highs... Sigh, I love it here....Anyway, here are a few pictures of our adventures.

In true Stephen form....something illegal.

Stephen in the Grassy Knoll.

 Dad and Stephen in front of a statue by the Asian Art Museum...don't go there...you'll get offended...oh wait, I think that was just me....

And that's all the pictures....four....someday I will take more pictures...and perhaps one day I'll be in them too. :) haha. Thanks for coming to visit me! Even though it was super hot!!!!

In other news, my study materials for my next exam arrived in the mail. yeah! Gearing up to study again. My next exam is MFE...Financial Economics. Just so y'all know (I am trying to sound Texan...is it working?), my fine readers...every single one of you...are invited to have a study party with me. :)

Also in other news, I've decided that it's absolutely necessary to go swimming EVERY SINGLE DAY...except Sunday of course.

This pool is my new home....everyday at 8:30 :)