hard decisions

Sometimes I just wish that the Lord would tell you exactly what decision you need to make. What happens if you make the wrong decision? You start down the wrong path, you don't learn what you want, you don't meet the people you are supposed to meet, and you may never get married. Maybe that's a little extreme, but that is how I feel. I have been home, in West Valley, living with my parents, for the past six months. ONLY me and my parents. It's been awesome. I work at Quiznos monday-friday being jealous of my coworkers who are in school and taking money from hundreds of people who have better jobs than I do. I love to learn and I am longing to go back to school. So.... Here comes my dilemma that I want the Lord to solve. I have three options.

1. Go back to BYU-I, take out a loan, get a job in Rexburg, live with my old roommates whom I LOVE, work my way up in the program until I finally get on stage in a few years, get good grades so that my school could eventually get paid for,  do the disney college program during my semester off in the winter, experience again that wonderful feeling that BYU-I has, get into debt from loans, be four hours away from home and my bestie, but be with my wonderful, wonderful roommates.

2. Stay home and go to SLCC (Salt Lake Community College) with my BEST FRIENDS in West Valley, stay in my singles ward where I have a place and a calling, eventually move out with my best friends, get a better job in the Valley, have a car(my parents), get more involved in the institute where I feel very comfortable, maybe join the Institute choir, go to school for cheap and get free books.

3. Go to Western Wyoming Community College and receive a theatre scholarship that includes in-state tuition, full housing, and a 10 meal plan, only pay the $420 dollar difference for out of state tuition each semester, be two hours away from home, learn more faster, take dance classes, take private voice, get on stage in my first semester, transfer to BYU-I in two years, live with theatre majors :/, be in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people, afraid of what I'll be exposed to.

This is my major worry in my life right now. I think about it 24/7.  I feel like whichever decision I make will be okay. I hate that feeling! I just want to know  RIGHT NOW what I should do! I'm running out of time. No more dawdling. I need to make my decision. Also, can I say, growing up is hard! I don't mean to sound all whiny right now, but I never realized how hard it is to not be in High School where you have a structured schedule, a social life, and more friends than you could name.  I'm excited to finish my education and eventually be a drama teacher. Good thing I know exactly where I need to go to do that! ;) Honestly the hardest decision of my life. I am so worried that I will make the wrong decision. And I feel like there are going to be disappointed whichever decision I make (Let's face it, I'm a people pleaser) My friend asked me how close I was to making an official decision and I said about 100 prayers and 20 discussions, but I feel like no matter how much I talk about it or pray about it I will never get a confirmation.

Help!?

As most of you know, I took a Family History Class at school and I loved it! It kicked my butt, but it was so interesting and I loved researching and finding out about my family. Well... My bishop in my singles ward found out about this class and I am now the Family History Sunday School Teacher. A little intimidated. It's weird to talk about temple blessings when I haven't even been through for myself. Anyway, Anybody have any advice? Not only on how to teach Family History, but just how to teach a Sunday school class in general. Never taught before. Not even 19 yet. ha. Help??

My 2011

I've seen some posts about things that people have done for 2011, so I decided to look for myself. :)
But, I did want to start at the beginning of my Senior year so you will see a bit of 2010. :)

• Senior Year started with 1) A new Drama teacher 2) being in Madrigals and 3) Being Homecoming Princess :) 

• Playing a "character role" in the musical Bye, Bye Birdie and the four of us were created. 

Joseph Gandy, Kyle Nay, Me and Katie Omer. I played Kyle's mother.

• Now, on to 2011! The year started with me getting a haircut (The same day that I went to the Opera for the first time.) 

11 inches baby! 

• And I took a tour of USU with some friends. I was pretty set on going there for college.

• Theatre Conference in St. George and I auditioned in front of many theatre departments and I thought I was going to die. Such a scary moment for me. 

• I went to the Holli Festival at the Hindu temple. THAT was super fun! 

Kaity, Cami, Katie, Me

• I directed a play. 

One of the hardest things of my life, but an amazing experience that I will never forget.

The Cast of "Arsenic and Old Lace"

• Senior Ball. My best friend was the Princess and her date (Joseph) was Prince. (could you get any cuter?) I went with my friend Roy from Jr. High.

• The end of May/beginning of June was a crazy time for the Day family. My Grandpa Day passed away on May 28, the same day as our Madrigal pictures and party. I was also in charge of the slideshow that wasn't finished. It was a rough day.

       

• Then there were various award things, yearbook day, and graduation 

• Then Steven and Erica got engaged that night. Everyone went to Layton for the viewing. I stayed out all night with my friends, went to the funeral and then spent the rest of the evening with my friends while the parents were meeting with the family. The next day, Sunday, was my first day in the singles ward and My parents first day as inner city missionaries in a ward in Magna. A few days after that, Melissa and Steven got engaged. We had quite the summer.....
• I went to Lagoon with my friends right before Joseph went to Europe for a month. 

• I went on Trek in June, we went camping as friends in July and then went to the Harry Potter 7 part 2 premiere together! 

We went camping at Causey Reservoir 

HP 7 Part 2.....Last midnight premiere. "It all ends...."

• We went tubing down a river in Ogden and I got bruised up to the max. I wish I had pictures. 

• Family Reunion in Cedar City and I got to see The Music Man during the Shakespearean Festival! 

• Brother's Wedding

• I earned my Young Women Medallion

• I started college. That's a big thing, right?

I made wonderful friendships and had an absolutely amazing time! 

• Sister's Wedding

• I celebrated 11-11-11 (see previous 11-11-11 post) 

I left school to come home...

I've been having some pretty fun times 

with my buddies. And I got my

ears pierced on New Years Eve :) 

I guess you could say I had quite the eventful year. I had a lot of great accomplishments and tried a lot of new things. I made two best friends in 2011, I met wonderful people, we had three additions to our family, and lost a great one. 2011 has got to be my biggest year yet. Bring it on 2012! 

short update

Well, I am home now. For a while. I am on Fall/Spring Semester so I stay in West Valley until April. I have spent pretty much every single day with my friends. It's wonderful how normal it all is to be home and hanging out with all my friends again. I love that nothing has changed. We all get along wonderfully and I feel like we are all closer than we were before. Most people stayed in the valley, but Katie and I (and a few others) were away at school. And now Katie is staying home this semester too so I will not be so lonely! :) Joseph is leaving on his mission very soon. Things are going to start changing again. which will be weird. Here are just some pics from Christmas Break and such. :)

Joseph in the back. Josh on the right. Kyle in the middle

Me, myself, and I.
Oh. And Katie Omer :) 

Looking over the valley on New Years Eve

Thanksgivin' Break

So this year for Thanksgiving, I brought all my roommates along with me. Except for Julie. She went home.
It went much better than I thought it was going to go! The first night we just hung out at my house. Had Papa Murphys pizza, cause it's the best, and watched a movie. Wednesday night I ditched them all and hung out with my friends. (Rude, I know.) My roommate, Emily, went to go visit her friend in Midvale. Said she would be back at midnight, called me at 1 in the morning because she was seeing signs for Antelope Drive and Lagoon Amusement Park! Oh boy was she lost! Thursday was Thanksgiving and the whole fam-bam-ily was here. Steven maned the kitchen and everyone else was either his slave or we didn't see them until it was time to eat.  We also had our traditional Day Family Leg Wrestling Tournament! Emily, my roommate, won the female bracket. That was funny. We spent Friday night downtown seeing the lights and meeting David Archuleta. no biggie....
I did not want to go back to Rexburg after this though. I realized that I really missed West Valley and all the people in it. But, I went back anyway. So, enjoy some pictures! :)

Mustache Monday

 So, there is this place called Sammy's. It's a restaurant and they sell shakes and sandwiches, mostly. There is one in Provo as well, so you may have heard of this place. For some reason, the signature thing about Sammy's is the mustache. You can't look anywhere in that place and not see a mustache. Either it's drawn on a celebrity on the wall, on a wooden potato hanging up or a picture of Sammy himself. Anyway, every Monday is Mustache Monday. If you come in on a Monday night wearing a mustache, you get a grilled cheese sandwich for 80 cents. (I just realized that keyboards don't have cents signs. hmm...)

So, for FHE we bought some mustaches, courtesy of Emily, and we headed off to Sammy's. One of the boys took Jessa's that she refused to wear and the other took the thing that is on Julie's eyebrow. The other two boys didn't want to come, because they are lame.

Everyone that saw us knew where we were heading. "Sammy's?"
"Hey, I like your mustaches!"
"Grilled Cheese at Sammy's!" They all knew it. And they liked it.

Rexburg 
                   and it's traditions......

Did someone say Eleven? Eleven. Eleven!

We had quite the most epic day on Friday, the eleventh of the eleventh month in the eleventh year of the 21st Century. We did so many eleventy things. You wouldn't believe. Mostly it was Me, Julie, and Laura, but we some others tag along trying to be as eleveny as we were. Here is a list of things that we did. collectively.

1. Made 11 circles in the round about
2. We each made a wish at 11:11 on 11-11-11
3. I kissed the time on my phone 11 times
4. Laura turned the lamp on and off 11 times
5. I did 11 crunches
6. Julie did 11 heel clicks
7. We each ate 11 candy corn (see picture)
8. I touched 11 cars in the parking lot (see picture)
9. Julie honked at me 11 times
10. So I screamed 11 times
11. I rang our next door neighbors doorbell 11 times
12. Julie knocked on our window 11 times
13. Someone whispered in the window and that something to do with 11
14. Laura knocked on the railing outside our door 11 times
15. I touched 11 railing rings
16. Someone stomped on the ground 11 times
17. Slothed. Not sure what that means, but I put it on the list
18. I hit a water bottle 11 times on Julie's head
19. We did 11 lunges
20. 11 high fives happened
21. Someone whistle out the car window 11 times
22. Julie yelled "Alan!" out the car window 11 times (At first I thought she was talking about my brother, but then they showed me the video.)
23. Laura rolled her window down 11 times
24. Laura opened the dumpster at "Jack in the Box" 11 times
25. Julie threw 11 snowballs at us
26. Someone did something with 11 rocks
27. I touched 11 trees/bushes
28. Laura touched the antenna on  Julie's car 11 times
29. I hit my head on the window of Jack in the Box 11 times
30. We each took 11 steps to the car
31. 11 blinkers
32. We stared at the guy in the car next to us for 11 seconds. He was eating a taco and had no clue he was being watched
33. We held our breath for 11 seconds
34. We did a Chinese fire drill. Not 11 times

I don't really know most of these people, but hey were cool. :)