My brother loves me

This is the lovely image that pops up on my phone whenever Kevin decides to call me. Well, that's basically never. But, on the rare occasion, I get to see this image, and hear his voice. Recently, I've been trying to get a hold of him to talk about some BYU-I stuff. And, we finally connected and were able to talk tonight. At the end of the conversation do you know what he said? He said...without me saying it first, or coaxing it out of him, "I love you." TENDER. My brother is a man of few words, but those words he deemed worthy to say. I love him dearly.

Surprise!

I have this friend. Her name is Monica. And I love her to pieces. You see, we've been friends for a short period of time. I suppose it's been about a month now. But what you must understand is...we're kindred spirits. Our spirits recognized eachother from before this life and now we're making up for lost time. Well, we were, before she left me for St. George. Just as we were becoming great friends, she decides she needs to move home for the summer. But, we've planned a few adventures for this summer, one of which is flying to Portland, OR for my brother's graduation. Anywho...this lovely friend of mine just happened to surprise me tonight. I was just working, minding my own business, when up walks her mom and sister. I'm like, "What are you doing here??? Is Monica with you?" Her mom can't lie and she's like, "Um...we're just here to buy some rolls." Right...you drove 3 1/2 hours to by some rolls? I couldn't concentrate on anything until I found the famous lady. And then, there she was...Monica Jones! The one and only. I love this dear friend of mine.

The ending peak

Sista Draper was the ending peak of my mission. My mission peaked in the beginning, and peaked in the end. I didn't think I would ever have quite as much fun as I had had my first few transfers. But, I was wrong. Sista Draper came along and helped me go out with a BANG. I love having her home.




I love having Lacey Jean around too. Who else could pull off those red spandex??? Gotta love out-doors adventures. :)

As single as they come: Part 2

Boys are dumb. When you want them, they don't want you. When they want you, you don't want them. So, I have embraced singlehood.

1. I'm making a quilt out of my mission t-shirts
2. I'm picking up cross stitch
3. I go wherever I want whenever I want...road trips are awesome
4. I'm meeting tons of new people
5. I've discovered I love working out; it's one of my weekly hobbies
6. I'm reading a new book every 2 to 3 weeks
7. I changed my major...just because I can, and the new one makes me more excited:Journalism!
8. When I'm done with college, I'm moving to Nashville to pursue a singing/songwriting career. I don't care if it's un-realistic, it's what I want, and I'm single.
9. I've realized I'm not desperate...I won't just settle. I didn't want to kiss that guy...so I didn't. He was goodlooking and all...but not the guy for me. Yay.

Becca's married!

Alright alright, these pictures are horrible. I'm aware. But I got there and realized I had left my camera at home...so luckily we live in the time era we do, and cell phones can be used as back up. Anyway, Rebecca Joy Falke is no longer Rebecca Joy Falke. I saw that girl for the last time this morning. She is now known as Rebecca Joy Sommers! :) What a beautiful, tender day it was. I bawled through the sealing
(not too unusual for me) but for some reason Becca's sealing was extra special for me. Becca symbolizes everything I want. No, she is not a perfect person. I lived with her for 5 semesters...believe me, I know. ;) But she's MUCH closer to perfection that I am...that is for DEFINITE sure. We were eachothers first real, long lasting college friendship. Neither one of us had dated much in highschool,
and never had a boyfriend. College progressed, and we still found ourselves in the same group...the VL group...if you don't know what that is, well, maybe you don't deserve to know. :) Anywho, life went on and I'll admit, I probably dated more than she did...had a few more flings I should say. But you see, Becca's a special lady.
I KNEW that when the day came, a "close-to-perfection" man would spot Becca and see the spectacular diamond that she is. Well, I was right. Rob Sommers is soooo in love with Becca, it's unbelievable. As I watched her during the father/daughter dance, and then the dance with Rob, I couldn't help but bawl again. Graduated from college, 24, never really had a boyfriend, followed the Spirit after
college, not really knowing what to do in life, she decided to move to Texas to work for her brother and build a life for herself. And then, who came along? Her eternal companion. This is what I want. This is what I hope for. I want to love life, and have people know I love life when they see me, like Becca. And then, while I'm happy and content with my life, I hope to find my eternal companion. What an inspiration this chick is to me.

I love her to pieces!

What does this mean?

Boy-"So, I like you. I think you're pretty. I really think we should just take things slow and steady though."
Girl-"Me too, definately slow."
Boy-"I'm really nervous right now."
Girl-"Why?"
Boy-"Because I really want to kiss you right now."

Um...is there a new definition for "slow" that I'm not aware of?

As single as they come

Definition of "single"-

1.only one in number; one only; unique; sole
2.solitary or sole; lone
3.unmarried
4.pertaining to the unmarried state: the single life.
5.consisting of only one part, element, or member
6.separate, particular, or distinct; individual

I'm ready to be un-singled.

Disney

I'm just a little disappointed. Let's face it; I grew up on television. Yeah, I played outside as a kid, took music lessons, yada yada yada...but I always loved T.V. and my family always had cable. Yes, I was a priveleged child...or spoiled, however you want to look at it.

The Disney channel was the "it" channel in my home. We LOVED it. I mean, come on...feel good shows with NO commercials. It was amazing! Here are a list of the old shows we were so in love with.

*Micky Mouse Club (M-I-C "C" ya real soon, K-E-Y "Y?" Because we like you, M-O-U-S-E!)
*Road to Avonlea
*Adventures in Wonderland
*Ready or Not
*Torkelsons
*Ocean Girl
*Donald's Quack Attack
*Under the Umbrella Tree (my guilty pleasure for a LONG time...three mupets and a real woman)
*Kids Incorperated

Now, not only are they LAME shows...but there are commercials! Ugh. Here's what the years 2000 and on brought us.

*Even Stevens (the only good one!)
*Lizzie McGuire
*That's so Raven
*Hannah Montana
*Jonas
And whatever else there is...I'm just not as up on Disney because they all bore me to tears.

Also...remember back in the day when a new Disney movie would come out every year? I looked forward to that every year...and kids these days are getting jipped. Sure, there's the DreamWorks stuff...not bad, but what about good ole fashion Disney? Beauty and the Beast, Aladin, The Little Mermaid, Lion King, Lady and the Tramp...man, I miss the stuff you could sing along with. I feel bad for my future kids.

Can I get a what what?

The title of this post seriously has nothing to do with the post itself. It's just what came out as I began to type. There's my brain for ya.

So...it's been about a week since my last post. What's new...hmmmm...do I have any experiences or thoughts worth mentioning?

Trip down memory lane:
I was able to briefly attend the wedding shower of my dear friend and long time roommate, Rebecca Joy Falke (soon to be Somers.) It was thrown by another old roommate we both shared, Marcie Bare. Becca was one of my very first roommates at college, and we became fast friends causing us to room together for a total of 5 semesters. I LOVED every minute of living with Becca. She is one of the sweetest, most sincere, honest, humble and inocent people I know. She just makes everone around her feel happy and special. At the shower we said how we knew Becca and then had to share a fun memory we had with her. I had WAY too many...it was hard to pick one. She's seriously who helped me make it through my first couple years of college, homesickness and all. I'm so thankful she's in my life. Fun Becca memories include: Becca talking and laughing in her sleep, sand dune fun, lack of snow-man making skills (good ole Oregonians and Californians for ya,) crazy hard boy crushes, late night talks/hysterical laughs, baking sliced potatoes, road trippin' it to Oregon, "That's right, I'm the GREATEST!" Collin Raye concert and much much more. :)

Made some new goals:
*Going to the temple once a month (at LEAST.) This morning I went with two dear friends, Monica Jones and Ashlee Draper.

*Reading El Libro De Mormon EVERY day...or every other day.... Every other day would be 10 times better than what I have been doing lately, but I'm shooting for every day.

*Writing in my journal EVERY night. It's a beautiful thing. I love to write. :)

Fun parties with Sista Draper:
She got home from the MJM about a month ago and we've been able to have a couple sleep-overs since. I love this girl. She rocks my socks. Serving with her was definately one of the peaks of my mission.

Re-descovering the amazingness of making a new friend
When you get on in years (ok, I'm not 100...but I'll be 25 in another half a year) in the Mormon world, making friends gets to be more and more of a burden. You just realize that they're going to get lost in "marriage land" like all of your other friends and you end up thinking "eh...what's the point?" But, this is a pretty pesemistic, stupid attitude to have. I realize this. One can never have too many close friends...and no matter what happens, if they're true friends, they'll always remain your friends. So, recently, after putting aside that negative outlook on "friend making" I made an amazing new friend! Monica Jones. We've bonded...tight...like unto a dish. :) I'm blessed to have her in my life right now...even though she's leaving me in a week. No pictures are available at the moment...but after this weekend I'll be sure to post a few. :)

Trip to the Grandparents:
Good times with G&G Billington. I LOVE them. Games, food, love, and laughter. What more could a grandchild want?

Family
I booked a flight to Oregon for my brother's highschool graduation! Yay! I'll be seeing my family in ONE month! I'm super excited.

American Idol
Sad about it. Allison's gone. Adam's still there, of course. But I wanted Allison AND Adam to be the top two. They're my FAVES. They're the most talented. And darn Danny Gokey does NOT deserve to be there anymore...ESPECIALLY over Allison. RRRRRG. The ONE week I don't vote, Allison gets kicked off. What's wrong with America? Americans wouldn't know talent if it bit 'em in the butt.

That's all she wrote.