Spirit that brings happiness, rejection that brings peace

Today has been quite a day. It's been a day I have kinda been looking forward to. Why is that you ask?! Alright, alright, keep your pants on, I'll tell you!!!

1. IT'S FRIDAY!!!
I literally just starting singing that song in my head. NO! haha Well, this week has been a really long week for me. Not sure why, but it hasn't been the best. Maybe because I'm a little under the weather (aka I sound like a dying animal) or just that it's just been a crapper. I'm thinking... all of the above.

2. A fun-ish day at practice!
Actually, I wasn't looking forward to it, but it was fun so I'll take it! hahaha I'm in my school's production of Willy Wonka, in which I play both Charlie's mother and Violet's mother... yeah, I get called a flusy in practice all the time. lolz Lately, I've not been looking forward to practice because we're at that point where we are still learning new stuff, so it can get pretty boring, but today we actually ran stuff, so it was a lot more fun. I was laughing a lot which was great and I just had a good time... kinda one of the first times since we started back in January.

3. Kris' Baptism!!!!!
Who is Kris?! WELL, Kris Cates is a friend of Richelle Turner, now a friend of mine, whom she invited to come to church a while back and he has been coming for a few months and decided to join the church! It's really exciting to see someone get baptized because they are getting this awesome thing in their life. It's mind-blowing how amazing the church is. I love it with all of my heart and my life would not be the same without it... NO doubt. I'm just really happy and excited for Kris. He's a great guy and I know he will prosper in the gospel! Here is a pretty cute picture of me, him and Richelle.

4. Fun Day at Seminary!
Friday is scripture mastery day and I LOVE scripture chases. Plus the missionaries come on Fridays, which adds a little more fun to the equation!

5. Feeling the Spirit.
I love having spiritual experiences! They are the best things ever!!! At the baptism we watched a video, which I will post soon... not now... but it really touched me. Like legit, I was basically crying a river. I LOVE IT THOUGH! It's the best feeling in the world. It really shows that God is real and that he loves me and wants me to be happy and feel those good feelings. I just love it.

6. The RCS Boys Basketball Championship Game
It's the first time any sport at RCS has made it this far and they WON, so they are the 1A Division Champions! They are BEASTS on the court, let me just say that. I'm pretty proud to call myself a Bulldog! Congrats guys!

Pretty awesome looking group!

7. Hearing back from BYU.
Here comes that rejection part of the title. It's true, I heard back from BYU and it's also true, I got rejected. I don't want to say I'm not sad because I am a little bit, but I am far from devastated. I'm kinda at peace with it. I've known for a while I didn't really have a desire to go there anymore. I'm at the point where I don't want to be that far from home because I'm a little attached to this small town. I went to BYU this summer, thinking OMG I'm going to love every part of this place and I'm going to go here and YEAH, but it turns out that I didn't like it that much. It was just another place. Sure, I felt the spirit like crazy there, but I just felt lost in a sea of super smart and super talented people who made me feel really little. It was a humbling experience for me, but it helped me realize that BYU just isn't the place for me. I've been reassessing those feelings in the past couple weeks as I got accepted to UNCG and visited SVU and it's really been stressing me out where I want to go, so seeing I got denied is an answer to my prayers. I now know that I'm not meant to go there, and I'm not upset about that at all. Well, it is kinda depressing seeing like 5 people saying "Got into BYU!!!" I'm all good though. It will make my college decision a lot easier!

Welp, that's all for today folks. Thank you and I will leave you with one of favorite things in the world... a dancing Zebra. Just copy and paste the link, I promise it's worth it. Props to Michaela Huff for sending this to me just because it made her think of me. PRETTY hilarious. Keep on keeping on!

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/4NHLZG/www.fohguild.org/forums/attachments/screenshots/193740d1327225119-animated-gif-thread-mhcp7.gif/



-M. Philly

Weekend Away!

I'm aware, I'm failing at posting more. It been almost a month, but hey... I'm posting now! Well, in case you were wondering, I'm doing pretty spantabulous... that is a mixture between spectacular, fantastic, and fabulous. I should put that it in the dictionary. Well, back to the reason I feel like blogging.

This weekend I'm going to the State Junior Miss program to cheer on 2 of my friends as they work their stuff on the stage. Anyway, as I'm leaving for the weekend, I'm going without my parents with just a bunch of girls and a couple moms. It's not like I haven't been to camps, or gone on vacations without my parents, but for some reason this occasion is different. It feels a little weird. I guess since I'm a Senior and this is kinda like my first HUGE event of my Senior year. (Yeah, my life is kinda boring.) I left my mom and dad this morning and I'm getting picked up after school and I'm super excited, but I feel like this is big step. Call me weird or crazy, but it's like the next step of growing up. Next I'll be off to college away from my parents for weeks and months! ahhh, I'm not ready to leave home yet! I love it too much. I was never really attached to home until this year and now I just don't want to leave the school and my band and just everything! Oh how I wish I could call up Peter Pan and escape to Neverland!

Anywho That's all I have to say for now, but YOU MUST WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO!!!!!! It is a commercial I filmed, starred in, and edited. It was basically my idea, with a little help from dear ole' Mr. Swanson! Watch it... it's hilarious. I'll leave with this. PEACE AND BLESSINGS... peace and blessings.



-M. Philly