Today is the day

Dear World,

I have turned in my papers to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

My call is here today.

I always said that I would open my call immediately with only my family on the phone.... Well, my best friends out here are my family as well, and therefore I want them to be here.
So, tonight at 5-5:30, my best friends are coming over and I am opening my mission call.
Stand by to hear as to where I'm going!

to CB

Hey Claire,

You're getting married on Saturday and I get to be your maid of honor.

I luh you.

Kate

He's Home

Mckay is home! He flew into Bakersfield last night after two years away on a mission. He called me a half hour after being released and we talked for a while. It is reassuring to know that some relationships will stay the same even after you have been apart for so long. Things weren't awkward at all, just good.
For the two years he was away I wrote him about once a month... the last couple months about once every week or two. I didn't get many letters in return, so it felt like I was just writing in a journal or something. It was still comforting knowing someone who cares was reading them, but sometimes I forgot that I was writing to him at all. Yesterday when we spoke it was nice that he knew the things that had happened in my life, I didn't have to update him on a lot of events or feelings. That was so nice.

Eloquence is not my forte and therefore a couple pictures from his mission will suffice.




It makes me excited for my mission.

fail

Honestly one of the worst things I have seen in quite a while:

Hippies

I am my father's daughter...
I sit and watch History Channel. Ice Road Truckers on some days, Hippies today.


Hippies. "If I lived in a decade it would be the 60s for sure. I would definitely be a hippie." Hm, is this what I actually believe? I like the Beatles, Steppenwolf, Mamas and the Papas, Jefferson Airplane. LSD? Free sex everywhere? Not really my scene... And kind of a necessity in the life of a hippie.
Peace and love. Utopia, communion through nature. Sounds ideal. Why can't that be achieved? As this documentary of the sixties progresses that idealism of the Hippie movement loses its flare. "A lot happened and people got burnt out by the end of it."
The hippies faded away.

Would I have been a hippie? My father was 18 in 1966; he wasn't a hippie. I am my father's daughter after all.

Heart of Alene

Being with these girls is like a breath of fresh air. I just feel totally alive, especially after not seeing them for a while. I am reminded of the reunion in the Heart of Alene.

Happiness. That is what I feel with you.

Bach-e-lor-ette party. Good thing we have two of those this summer.

"We be best friends", said Shan.

Hey... Kay and Beech and Kenj and CB. I love you. K? Deal with it.

Just a reminder of mine and Claire's superiority.

And Kaylie... you still owe me one Hannah Montana alarm clock.

passed

I passed!!!! I passed!!!!! I paaaaaassssssssssssseeeeeeeeddddddd!!!

So, leading up to tonight has been quite a crazy adventure.

• MMbio 241 8 page lab writeup due Wednesday
• MMbio 241 final Wednesday
• Crazy parasitology lab test on Friday
• Cell bio final due Tuesday
• Cell bio midterm Tuesday
• Ochem homework due Tuesday
• Polynesian dance final Tuesday

So, it's done.

Annnnnnnnnnnddddd... I passed!!!! I passed my cell bio test!! Not only did I pass, but I got a 69%. Yes, that is a D+... which is nearly a C-.... which is passing for sure.

I think I'll pull off a B- in this class. I am so pleased.

Now..... Just my Ochem final Friday at 7AM... NBD?