A post that says so little, yet so much

So...

I may or may not be dating someone now.

And he may or may not be amazingly amazing.

And I may or may not be having the most crazy busy month of my life, yet exist in complete bliss.

And he may or may not be the reason.

And he may or may not know I have a blog. (I'm banking on the "may not" of this one)

I love the phrase "may or may not" because it is entirely void of meaning. Or is it...?

Tu me manques

I have been on campus an average of 13 hours every day this week. This, combined with the busy schedule of Alexis means the only time I have actually seen her has been when she wakes me up by turning on the bathroom light in the morning (to get ready for her class at the ungodly hour of 7:00 am) and she apologizes and I say it's ok and go back to sleep. I think it's interesting that we learn to love and appreciate things most when we don't have them. Lexi, I miss you and I'm glad we are friends.

Daydreams

I have this reoccurring dream. It just keeps coming back and I can't help it; it's entirely out of my control. In the most opportune moments I awake and realize that I have been lost in this same dream yet again. I also realize that, indeed, I haven't even been asleep. It is, in fact, a day dream. This world where my mind wanders so often is difficult to describe, and I'm not even going to try. But I will share with you this picture, and that will just have to suffice.

Oh Europe. How I miss you.

Memories.

Remember this?

Well I got the scholarship. In case you were wondering :)

The Wonders of NH3

One time at work we had to test some containers to see if the coating on the inside would absorb ammonia. To do this, we put some ammonium hydroxide in the container and looked at the gas analyzer to see how quickly the levels of ammonia went back to being normal. We did this in the growth chambers in the Widtsoe Building on campus. By the time we took the lid off the ammonia hydroxide, put one drop in the container with an eye dropper and closed the bottle, the room was filled with the suffocating smell of ammonia. We ran out of the room as fast as we could.

I don't know why I didn't think about this experience as I stood in front of the different types of anti-itch stuff. There were various chemicals made for rubbing on your skin. I saw one that was liquid, whose application was the only one that did not include getting it all over your fingers. Since I was buying this at the BYU bookstore and planned to be putting this stuff all over my legs for the next couple of days, I figured this would be the best choice. After receiving about 20 mosquito bites Sunday night, my focus was only on getting relief as quickly as possible, so I spent very little time contemplating the exact contents of these products. As I ripped open the little box and began to rub it over the red welts, the previous experience rushed to my mind as the fumes of ammonia, which turns out to be the active ingredient of this product, reached my olfactory receptors.

It is for this reason I am walking around reeking of ammonia. So much for getting a date the first week of school...

A New Year

I think I have mentioned this before, but I believe the beginning of a new school year is more deserving of a New Year celebration party than December 31. The days go from frenzied and random to scheduled and organized, the season changes from Summer to Autumn, everyone is moving and changing apartments; the air is just filled with new and exciting experiences just waiting to be had. With this spirit of new things, I even changed my blog. I hope you like it.

And, of course, as with all New Years, I have some resolutions.

1. First of all, I am going to try harder to date. I know, I know. Gross. SUPER GROSS. But it must be done. I can't live my life thinking I never really tried. So I'm going to try for a little while and then give up forever and just further my career. Which leads me to number 2.
2. Decide my career. Or not even that. Just decide what I'm going to do after I graduate. I can get a job, which would require me to decide what job I want, then try to get it. Or I could go to graduate school, which would require me to decide where to go and what to do for research, and what job to get after I graduate with my masters. Current status: no idea.
3. Keep my room clean. So far this summer, my room has been more often messy than clean. It's been pretty bad; even for me. So from now on it must be clean.
4. Keep up with homework. Ideally I will be able to get it done nightly, but that may not be the case, and in fact, it probably will not happen. But I can try, right?
5. Make new friends. Too often I get comfortable with where I am that I don't try to reach out and form new friendships. It's been "Lexi and Chelsea: Against the World" for so long that I have little reason to become more than just acquaintances with other people.
6. Work out at least 3 times every week. After 30 Days of Madness, in which Lexi and I exercised every day for 30 days, I should be able to handle three days a week.

I think that should do it. I don't want to overwhelm myself on the first day.

"I'd Rather Be In Idaho Than Any Other Place I Know...

... Ida - Ida - Ho! Ida - Ida - Ho! Hey!"

I have been home for less than 24 hours and I have been to concerts, gone to the Western Idaho State Fair, eaten at the fair, soaked in the hot tub, sat in the massage chair, gone golfing, driven the new scooter and am now on my way to go boating.

All with my... parents?

Yup.

Welcome to my life.