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Something I've learned and hopefully won't soon forget.

This conference was very constructive!

First a background story. This summer I was flying out to Hawaii for my cousin, Brenn's, wedding. I was so pumped for the flight I had a book, a few sudoku puzzles, my scriptures, and a spare Book of Mormon to hand to someone on the flight. I was going to be flying in style, gettin' my spirituality on and such. As I boarded the plane I looked at my seat and next to it I saw this gorgeous blonde girl sitting there. I conflictedly put my scriptures and spare B.O.M.back into my backpack and stowed it in the overhead compartment, but kept the sudoku puzzle book and reading book with me. There was no way I was going to let this girl know that I was some sort of religious freak. I talked to her literally the entire 6 hour flight and had an amazing time, we laughed and joked and she was German and had a really cute accent. We talked about our future plans and ambitions and we vibed so well! We got off the plane walked over to the luggage area and waited and talked some more. But...I haven't seen her since, I haven't talked to her since, and I haven't even found her on facebook! I can't even remember her name! Oh wait...yes I do, it's Sarah. But the overall point is that what different path might our conversation taken had I not been afraid to keep my scriptures with me. Would I have maybe given her that spare Book of Mormon? Could I have kept in contact with her? Would she have converted? Probably not....but even still it's the principal of the matter.

I took one thing that is going to MAJORLY effect my lifestyle. And I think it's the hardest one for everyone to live, because it is scary! Elder Perry brought it up and it's found in 1 John 4:18, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear...he that feareth is not made perfect in love." I don't know about ya'll, but I am sooooooo afraid of sharing the gospel. It's easy to think that someone will judge you for your religious views, and it's easy for them to judge you for having religious views now a days. But had I not let fear trample my love for the gospel things might have ended differently in that 6 hour plane ride where the German girl was stuck with listening to what I had to say. Dangit! I'm going to find her! Well, I'm off to bed! Good Night!

CANNOT SLEEP!

Heavens to Betsy!

It's really late and I can't sleep. I laid in bed for 40 minutes trying to and just can't do it!
So I'll update everyone on my life.

Job: Work is terrible. I hate every second of it normally because it's so slow and nobody likes a kiosk man...I make really good sales for the company though and am among the top sellers for my kiosk. I am searching and searching for a new job.

School: Potentially, in one years time I will have gained state residency in the awesome state of Utard...I will then be applying to UVU and hopefully getting on to there wrestling program! Go Wolverines! Exciting I know. I have not decided what to study yet, but a few things are flowin' through the juicer right now and I guess we'll see how it taste after it gets to the cup. (I'm pretty sure that analogy doesn't work.)

Play: I currently only have married friends basically. I've had lots of chances to hang out with new people but they aren't as fun. I've become very accustomed to chillin' with my friends Sam and Emily Miller. Though I am looking to broaden my horizons.

Girls: To bad there isn't some sort of hex I can put up for this one. Nothing has happened in this department and I'm not really trying very hard to advance in it either. I did cuddle with one girl named Lindsey, (Why do I always end up seeing girls with some sort of variation of this name?), but then I never heard from her again. Am I a bad cuddler??? I don't know....I don't think so. BUTTTTTTTTTT...Today I did receive a text from a girl that I gave my number to that I have had a crush on since I met her. That is all going to be saved for later though.

Spiritually: I have been doing awesome for the most part! Moving to Utah has benefited me largely in this department...I know right, who'd of thunk? I have a pretty decent ward, don't know many people from it, but I'm hoping to not have to work as late of hours in the future and I'll hopefully be able to do more with them. Scriptures are going great and now I just need to get into institute! But my hours of work also conflict majorly with that. It womps, but as goes life.

So that's the jist in my zone of the world. Hope everyone else is doing well! Love you all!

Coytainly.....

I have found that I cannot say the word certainly properly aloud until after thinking about it.

What might have caused such a befuddlement of the word you ask? Well the answer my dear followers is the movie Dumbo.

Growing up on Disney movies I have learned to appreciate such words as "pacydoyms" and yes the very word this blog post is about..."coytainly."

Do I ask that each of you embrace such a way of speech...no, but don't blame me if I do : )

Yahoo!

I'M BACK!!!!!!!!

No everyone I did not disappear! Except I'm sure for some that would have been bearable! I have moved to the great state of Utah......I've always been opposed to ever living up here, but so far I really like it. Winter hasn't hit thought and we'll see how it all plays out.

I'm currently putting in job applications like crazy! I've already got one job selling sunglasses, but I don't like it, so I'm looking for a second and or better job. I'm going to hopefully have lots of stuff for you all to see soon! I'm tired now and going to bed. Goodnight!

Thatcher! Sometimes. I. Miss. It. (That was painful to say)

I took a few of these photos in Thatcher, where I lived for about 2 years, there are times when I wish I could be back there, and eventually I will be back there. But for now I'm sticking in Surprise!

Hello Hello!

Sorry, it's been a while since I've posted last! I'll catch you up real quick. A week ago I went to California with my friends Danielle, Eric, and Bret. We stayed with my aunt, Shanna, in Poway. I don't think we were even there for 72 hours, but 20 hours of the time we were there was spent on the beach! It was way too much fun, I didn't even get in trouble with the law, which I am semi-infamous for! We visited the San Diego temple, so gorgeous! And hung out with my cousin Kimbre, went and slept through Harry Potter 7 p 2 for 9 dollars, and many other random events of spontaneity.

This next week I have all planned out, and I'm stoked for it! Monday, I'm going to go wrestle at Dysart High School; Tuesday, I'm going to wrestle at Valley Vista High School; Wednesday, I'm working; Thursday, I'm working; THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN Friday I leave for HAWAII!!!!!!!! My dear cousin Brenn McWhorter is getting married to a Kaulin Krebbs on Saturday in Hawaii, so it was a perfect excuse to visit the tropics! I haven't decided between Snorkeling while I'm there or Shark diving! I'm probably going to end up doing both, but I'm very excited!

The Joys of Sundays!

Sundays are like my Saturdays for most people....But better. I wake up at whatever time I want, this morning was 7:20 am to be able to get to my friend Jordan Hunters homecoming (Which was awesome by the way, best talk I've ever heard on the blessings of trials). I then went outside in the foyer where I chit chatted for 2 hours with my friends from high school Jordan McCalpin (Who's recently engaged), Peri Musser, Shawna Gulledge, Eric Blackham, and Peri's parents, Dan and Staphanie. I then went to Jordan's home where I talked to more old friends for another 2 hous. Went to the remainder of singles ward, got done, went to Eric's house, ate food with his family, went home and bought a plane ticket to HAWAII!!!!!!!!!!! Good full sabath day!

Whew!

I made it! Weekend! well not exactly yet, I still unfortunately have to work during the fireworks display tonight at the lake, but I'm pretty sure that will be fun!

Lately, I've been having these ridiculously overwhelming bursts of happiness, they are so intense at times that I sometimes don't think I can keep them concealed, but I always do. This last week I had a big family party, I love being able to see them! The gathering was more than needed and I was glad I could make it there. I'm tired all the time now it seems, I don't have much of a social life, because all I do is work and sleep. But that's ok with me, I'll have plenty of chance to socialize once my summer is over. I'm working roughly 50ish hours this week, I'm pretty stoked because of overtime pay.

At work I have plenty of time to think, no music, working in the heat, working alone, doing manual labor...so I take as much pressure of my job by perusing through my brain nitpicking at each category I could do better in my life. I guess you could call it a personal inventory. It's opened my mind to a lot of things, helps me see more clearly and what not and I'm very grateful for that.

I've got a few new pictures I could post, but I'll wait until another time to post them. Love you!

New post!

A new post is coming soon, I promise! I just have to make it through this weekend of work! Love you all!

Gardening, Playing, Sleeping, Downloading.....Working?

I've been up to a whole mess of things lately. But....unfortunately/fortunately, I got a job. So, now it's time to get back the serious stuff. I'm going to be working for a company that runs all the Lake Pleasant facilities doing maintenance for them. We'll see how it goes. I'm pretty stoked actually. I just got back from Claudia's house (that's my older sister for those who don't know) and we chilled with the family. Every time we hang out with family I love it! We have a heck of a time making fun of each other and what not. I'm really grateful for them and all there examples, love, and support. Love you guys! Happy Father's day to my dad and all you other dads out there!

My Good Friend

I recently had a friend committ suicide this week, Wednesday to be exact. He and I were best friends growing up, from the age of 8 to 13 we literally did everything together. Then he moved to Texas and we grew apart, but the last few months I've seen him tons. His family moved back, just a few miles south of our house in Surprise. We had several moments where we reminised the good ol' days and had long talks. But not once did he ever say a thing about what was going on in his head. After having talked with several people they had similar experiences with him, they laughed, joked, made inside jokes and not a single person was ever told by him what he was feeling. His family even knew nothing about it, and he had an excellent home life. I was really troubled by it after I had heard he died, so I went in to researching it, looked up talks on lds.org and read up on studies that were published of common suicide cases. After researching, I came to a conclusion that ULTIMATELY, there was nothing that me or anybody else could have possibly done to keep him from taking his life. It was entirely his decision. No one knew about it and he told no one about it, so what preventative action could someone have taken? I'm grateful I got to know this person, because he taught me a very real lesson. It's impossible...no matter how charismatic, psychic, or telepathic we think we are, there are many things that can be hidden from you. If you are reading this, and you have had similar issues PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE find help, contact me, your church leaders, ANYONE, I can't tell you how detramental this has been to his family and friends. In the aftermath of this tragedy, I've realized how important it is to be open with your friends, and how just being a nicer person can help someone to open up to people. So from here on out I'm going to try really hard to be a nicer person to everyone, because like my good friend, you never know what they are going through.

Life Just Got More Complicated

Yesterday I went to post the post before this and it wouldn't allow me. The simplicity of my blog previous to this day kept me perfectly happy... Now I don't know what I did but some how I think I fixed it, but I don't know for how long. And I'm missing my O key so my right ring finger is getting tired very quickly whenever I type....GRRRRRRRRR..... Oh well...I feel better now, more positive things to be posted in the future! Promise!

IT'S BEEN FOREVER!

I'm living back at home for the summer. Trying to rummage around town and get a job. I've been mostly chilling out with the family and friends occasionally. I'm headed back to EAC next semester. I'm tired and don't want to post much. BUTTTTTT..... ( )( ) <--- Looks like a butt? I'm going to try to get consistant with this whole posting stuff....again. Hopefully I'll last longer than 9 days like last time. Wish me luck!

Post Valentine's Day Rundown

Just a couple awesome quotes I heard in English.

"When love is not madness, it is not love." Pedro Calderon de la Barca

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." Plato

And my favorite, "Without love what are we worth?.....89 cents." Hawkeye (M.A.S.H.)

When I began my day yesterday (Valentine's Day), I woke up with slightly smaller expectations for the day. It started with my English class, which I love because our professor gives us lots of opportunities to write and lately, I LOVE to write. He gave us the nasty heart shaped chalk candies that you would kill anyone for when you were 5, but now at the age of 20 consuming such a high dosage of sugar and corn syrup would knock you out for a day (my body doesn't deal well with sugar.) I then went in to work from 11-to 1 because someone had an emergency at work and asked for me to cover for them. I made twelve dollars on one run, it was great! Then I went home to go to math, ended up watching a movie with my roommate Abram and eating our left over ice cream from the night before. Half way through the movie my neighbors/friends Bri and Jess came over to say hello because they had spent the whole weekend down in the valley, and claimed to had felt like they hadn't seen me in years. I then proceeded to clean the house, shortly after cleaning it was time to play rugby.

It started awesome! We had 14 people out this time and in the first five minutes Justin tackled Jarom and landed right on the outside portion of my right leg, my leg buckled in and my ankle popped loud. So loud that the guy who had tackled, Justin, jumped up asking if Jarom was alright not noticing me lying on the ground next to him. I laid in the grass for about 30 seconds and jumped up and fell right back down. Luckily it is only a minor 2nd grade sprain, but enough to put me out of comission for 2-3 weeks. I'm going to try to let it heal. We'll see how well that goes. I hopped on one leg basically playing two hand touch as best I could the rest of the game.

Next I had to go to FHE. It was short, it always is. So then after FHE I had asked Jessica on a date! I went to her place and picked her up. We went to the store and got chicken terriyaki stir fry ingredients and we went back to my trailer and prepared it. All was done except for the chicken so we set it on the stove on a low heat and left to go steal flowers from someones yard. Note to everyone who is reading, flowers DO NOT grow in Thatcher in the winter time. We got back to the house and I could smell something burning, going as fast as I could with my busted ankle I bolt inside the door and pull the now charred remains of what once was chicken terriyaki off the stove and wept with sadness, because our delicious meal was now unedible. Instead of trying to stomach the remains of the meat and veggies we went to sonic and bought food, came back and watch the movie Valentine's Day, and then talked for what seemed like not to long. Until we saw my roommates room light flip on. My roommate works out at the mine in Morenci and has to be up at 3:30am everyday to make it to work on time. We looked at each other and laughed, unknowingly we had spent seven hours talking/preparing food/laughing/watching a movie and hadn't even once thought to look at a clock. I walked her home, as best I could and said goodnight.

So that is my Valentine's Day rundown, probably the most successful and most fun I've ever had on Valentine's Day! Love ya all!

The Art of Self Discovery!

Today as I was sitting home alone watching "It's Complicated" starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, and Alec Baldwin-good cast by the way-I had some sort of epiphany hit me in the face. Meryl Streeps character was going nuts after having initiated an affair with her ex-husband, Alec Baldwin. Gasp! She then instantly threw her hands in the air and shouted I need to see my therapist. It got me thinking...if you need to see your therapist after having done something in hopes of justifying those actions then save yourself the money and justify it yourself. Today in English class we had talked about how todays schools don't even come close to reflecting the societal business world. We live in the information age where everything is do it yourself! So why not try to work out your problems yourself. Yes you can use outside sources, yes we all have needs that we ourselves can't fulfill alone, but unless it's something truly traumatic who needs/wants to lay down 150 dollars (Average cost for a hour therapy session...google searched it ;)) for an hour of bull$#!^. Grrrrr.....Society. Ok I'm done venting.

The last few days have been fun, just working a lot, eating a lot, and working out a lot. I've been shirking doing my homework because that's just who I am. Knees are doing great! My left ankle I sprained, not so much. My hernia surgery is holding up really well, no more problems at all, and my body is just sore from rugby 3 times a week. I've been writing this blog to avoid homework, but now I'm hungry enough to go get some food so I have a new excuse! Love you all!

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