Win or Lose You're Gonna Be Alright

I'm currently sitting in my apartment alone on a stormy Sunday evening. So what could be better than using this time to blog a little? Today was an AWESOME day. I went to Hermana Bunkall's homecoming and she gave one of the most powerful talks I've heard in a while. I mean, minus all the General Authorities I've heard speak the last 3 weeks...but seriously it was incredible. Sitting in the back and reflecting on how this girl standing at the podium was SOOOO different than the missionary I trained a year and a half ago...it was just a good reminder of the power the atonement and the gospel has to change people. 

THEN I GOT TO HUG PRESIDENT WOODBURY!!!! Seriously though. Highlight of my life. He is like Santa Claus. Santa Claus mixed with the old man from Up. Can you imagine for a year and a half being told you aren't allowed to hug Santa Claus?? Not that he's at the North Pole or busy delivering presents...he is standing right in front of you, but you aren't ALLOWED to touch him. Yeah...sad isn't it? Go ahead. You can shed a tear. 

This is how cool my President is...

Oh you know...just my favorite person ever chilling with my second parents (or third I guess cause I mean-the Medleys)...they're tight like that

Sooooo...just imagine that this sentence somehow transitions talking about Santa Claus to talking about the text messages I get from my little sister. I'm too lazy to actually try to make a reasonable connection...well lazy...and also doubtful that it can be done.

Oh! Did I just hear you all say in perfect unison that you super loved my last blog and would really really really like to read another one almost exactly like it?? Awesome! Cause that happens to be what I have for you today! So I guess just read and enjoy. And try not to be too jealous of what we have. :)

That's what sister's are for

Just in case you were unsure about my current feelings towards One Direction. 

This is after I had listed about 10 rules I am going to enforce when we live together

Always using me for my mad Spanish skills

So much truth in this text

I literally have this conversation with Britt at LEAST once a month

Sometimes Britty dreams...and sometimes I smash those dreams with my fist

This one's really just to show you how funny I am

Hope you enjoyed those cause I sure do...also just thought I'd let you know of another funny thing that happened this weekend...soooo Friday night I went to a High School football game...the first HS football game I've EVER watched...didn't go to a single one in high school but now that I'm a senior in college...why not?? My friend's boyfriend-before-her-mission-but-currently-it's-complicated's little brother plays for Salem Hills so we went to watch his game with her. Good times were had by all. Once she sends me one of the hundreds of pictures we took I'll add it on here.

Oh and let me just say...it was the first time I was ever part of the big, fun group of Tongans at the football game and it was tight!! They are all so phony! (In case all you white people aren't aware phony in Tongan slang is kind of used like funny) I was practicing my Tongan slang all night..."Show her how to use hecka in a sentence...how many people are here?" "There's hecka people here." I have a new motto: if you're at a football game and you're not sitting by a Tongan...you're doing it wrong.

Also everyone needs to listen to Scoreboard by Apollos Hester. Best thing in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CClOsC26Lw

Blessings. 

You Need Me Man, I Don't Need You

Ed Sheeran is my main man.

Hey yall I know it's been a while since I last wrote but that's mainly because my life is BORING. Okay that isn't completely true...I've been doing fun things this summer but not the type of fun things you blog about...por ejemplo...So last weekend I laid out in the sun for fours hours and then we watched The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air before heading to Stake Conference.  See? Although it was like the best day ever while it was happening it just doesn't have that excitement factor that my blogs are internationally known for. (We end sentences with prepositions at this blog. Deal with it.) Oh! Maybe if I mention we got almond avocado vanilla smoothies...hmm no. 

So...I'm sure yall are asking yourselves what marvelously fantastic thing could've happened to me to pull me out of my rut and make me blog again?????? Well the answer is simply...nothing. This is actually probably going to be one of the laziest blogs I've ever written. So did that lower your expectations enough that you'll be cracking up at whatever mediocre material I throw at you next?? Good...that's exactly what I wanted to hear. If there is anything I've learned from dating, Chinese buffets, and the Twilight movies it's this: lower your expectations and you might actually enjoy your experience! (Is it not funny to make fun of the Twilight movies anymore?? I can never tell. See I still haven't seen the last one so it isn't over for me...It wasn't over. It still isn't over!! Cue rain please.) 

Moving right along...so as most of you know Britt is up at USU right now, but during the summer she was able to come down a few times for various reasons. Well, I was living at home this summer so luckily when she came down we were able to hang out a lot. Something that became a common occurrence was that whenever we were just chilling on the couch or Mom and Dad's bed (we particularly liked that spot just to see Dad's reaction when he came in and saw us. "I would LIKE to go to bed!" Good one Dad. Classic.) Mom would come over to where we were and just stare at us. Stare and smile. She just loved seeing us together so much...she couldn't help it! Hilarious. Well recently the narcissistic part of me decided that if Mom loves seeing us two interact so much why wouldn't EVERYONE want to be privy to the private conversations of Britt and Em? Answer...there is no reason. We are fantastic. I mean separate we are pretty great, but together...oh...we're sensational. 

So I've decided that I'm going to start putting some of my favorite text conversations (that don't include confidential information) on the bloggity-blog-blog. So enjoy these next few minutes of your life because you are about to see what it's like to be Britt and I. 

WARNING: Some text messages may include jokes that you won't understand. So just act like you get it and laugh anyways. 

Also...don't judge all the misspelled words...it's a text message. Let's just accept them for what they are. 

The Britt and Em Diaries: How to strengthen your relationship with your loved ones

Tell them you love them regularly

It's all about communication

Care about the things they care about

Support each other in their decisions 

And most importantly...make each other laugh