BUY YOU A DRAAANK

ok, ok. bad song reference. my apologies.

my weekend assignment for MCOM was to buy someone a coke (or something of equal or greater value) then blog about it. i put it off until Monday right before class. here's the story:

i was hanging out in the testing center, creepin' around the vending machines waiting for some unsuspecting student to buy a snack.

eventually, i walked up to a guy and said, "i'm supposed to buy you something for my advanced writing class. here's a dollar." haha! he tried to give me a dollar back, but i wouldn't accept it. then he could buy a POP TART instead of just some crackers. what a great day.

so...not really a cool story, but i felt warm and happy inside :)

i like ten dollars.

today at the bus station (random, i know) a mexican man came up to me and said, "you are very beautiful, you know?"

SO NICE, RIGHT?

wow, thanks random mexican man.

#truth

you guys, general conference is so great!!! and the weather is perfect. gooood weekend. funny story, i was unrighteously browsing my twitter account when i realized the current talk was about not abusing social media. i am well on my way to becoming obsessed with social media, a "you-twit-face" as my husband calls it. lol.

well this week was a little crazy, and i disappointed myself multiple times. ever since i started caring about grades, my life has been stressful and my confidence in my future career has been a rollercoaster ride. BOO grades are so overrated. please come back, freshman and sophomore years. anyways, i went visiting teaching and ended up getting way more out of it than the chika i taught did. i love this quote by president gordon b. hinckley:

“I believe in myself. I do not mean to say this with egotism. But I believe in my capacity and in your capacity to do good, to make some contribution to the society of which we are a part, [and] to grow and develop. … I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world, be it ever so small.”

moral of the story: i don't need perfect grades or a perfect career to be good enough for my Heavenly Father. i am here to do follow HIS plan. no matter what happens, if i do my best (D&C 123:17), it's gonna be ok!
so if you find yourself asking, "what am i to the Lord?" here's your answer:

ENOUGH.

i am sick.

today has not been the best day ever, except for the gorgeous weather.

BUT

I popped some of these babies:

which helped. but even better than that, I found this inspiring little message:

Thank you Halls, for making my day. I will now recommend you to everyone I know.

i don't know what to blog about this week.

this is funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh0NLQJfAYU

look mom, i'm famous!

my dear friend jeff has a friend who blogged about me. SWEET!
ok ok, not directly. but he did reference my engagement video.

go watch it everyone, it will "make you want to fall in love".

while we're on the topic of my wedding, i received some pictures from my photographer's assistant who is FABULOUS and wow, i am impressed. here's a little sneak peek:

somebody needs to pimp my blog. any volunteers?

and the winner is...

PROFESSOR SHAYNE CLARKE

MCOM teacher, freelance writer, and falconer extraordinaire.

yes. i creeped on his linkedin profile to get this fuzzy picture.

after telling myself for quite some time that i would get into blogging and tweeting, i am FINALLY converting, as the afore-mentioned advanced writing teacher has made it a requirement. part of my GRADE. good job, shayne. will he like my terrible grammar, casual diction and inconsistent capitalization? probably not.

eh.

on another note, i am taking 18.5 credits this semester (kill me now). pity gifts will be accepted in the form of ice cream and massages.

last but not least, i love this man.