Britt's a Busy Bee

For those who are reading, this will probably be a boring entry for you. It's going to be more of a journal entry (the main purpose of why I have a blog) of how I am so busy. You'd think with myself running my own schedule, I'd be able to cut things out and not be so busy, but let's face it, it's better than being bored or lazy! :)

Monday: I started a project at work and was working on it until Shandy called me to ask if I was going to FHE and I said yes, then looked at the clock and it was 7:20! It was crazy! I'm excited about the project. It's a powerpoint that is like a little commercial for SAC Award nominations (office members nominate coworkers who make their work load lighter). FHE was fun. I am glad I have become active again. :)

Tuesday: I hung out with the old 215 gang. It was good times. It's Amber's bridal shower on Saturday and they all dubbed me as the purchaser of the lingerie. I think it's pretty funny. Also on this day, everyone found out that Sarah was dating Gabe again and Sarah looked at me and said, you didn't email everyone telling them? Apparently I'm the gossiper in the group who keeps everyone informed. haha I'm not offended because I think it's pretty true.

Wednesday: I took Jeff to the airport on my way to a bridal shower for a mission buddy--Sara Robertson. It was quite fun, but I left feeling a little sad. She's marrying a non-member. It made me sad for her. She has her agency, though.

Thursday: Busy day! I was a line marshal for BYU's Graduation again, which means I was in charge of keeping college graduates in a single file line...harder than you would think, trust me. There were an insane number of graduates too! Way more than expected. So, where I normally have a seat reserved for me, I didn't anymore because the faculty sat there. So, I sat on the floor where the media sits. :) President Uchtdorf received an honorary Doctorate degree. He was so cute. I met his wife in the bathroom before the convocation started--and when I say I met her, I mean she was in line with me and I recognized the accent, I never talked to her. Elder Nelson was the keynote speaker. He had some great things to say. I really enjoyed what I heard. He talked about how our jobs are not what defines us, but who we become at the end of our lives, what Christlike attributes we acquire, etc. I had to leave halfway through his talk to go work in the temple. I didn't get to hear Pres. Uchtdorf speak either. Sad day. :( Oh well. Ciest la vie.

Friday: I got off work at 12:30 because I worked graduation (all of campus gets off at 2:30 with comp time, so I got to use my comp time on another day--and because I worked extra on Monday, I got to leave earlier on Friday). I went to visit Julie (coworker) and her baby Madeleine (so adorable!). I was there for a few hours and it was fun. I left to go visiting teaching. Then I went to hang out with Elisa! It was so nice!! I so miss her. We haven't been able to play much this semester (or past year really) because she's been finishing up with school. We just talked a bit then watched Pirates at her house with other ward members. It was fun and really nice to just relax. It was annoying though because I sat by cute boys and really wanted to cuddle. Not because of the boys, but I just wanted some lovin'. One of these days...

Saturday: Holy crazy day! Vanessa got married in Salt Lake. Shandy and I drove up in the morning, waited for about an hour before we could go in for the sealing, then went outside in the pouring rain to wait for them to come out for pictures. One of the bridesmaids brought her baby and dumped him on Vanessa's brother and sister while she went in the temple without really asking. Then she took forever to come out! He was crying a lot and I took him from the siblings so they could have a break. I didn't mind holding him, but I was annoyed that his mother didn't seem to care a bit or hurry to get him. Once group pictures were taken, Shandy and I went to her friend, Carrie's house for some R&R. We went to the dinner at 6. It was a really nice dinner. I didn't know how to act. They had hor d'ourves and everything! Crazy! Good food though1 They had dancing and I really and truly hope I marry someone who either dances or is willing to learn because it's so heart wrenching to be around dancing and not able to particulate because of no partner. Guh!

Our new roommate moved in as well. Her name is Holly and she's super cute. I think she'll fit in very well. :)

Today (Sunday): Good day. I have been really focusing on developing Christlike attributes I haven't acquired yet (like patience), and have felt like I haven't been up to snuff with doing what the Lord wants of me. I was reminded today (from a guy in Sunday School quoting "Evan (or Bruce?) Almighty") that "if I ask for patience God's not going to give me patience, but opportunities to learn patience," and that's what he's been doing lately. That's why I've been struggling so much with being single lately. Hopefully I learn this trait soon. It was a good day. When I got home I started putting the Vanessa's kitchen stuff in boxes so Holly could unpack her stuff. It probably wasn't the most Sabbath appropriate activity, but I realized that cleaning and organizing is relaxing for me, so I justified that it was okay. Our newly appointed home teacher of last month ended up moving and so we are home teacher-less this month. This is really unfortunate because I have been contemplating getting a blessing lately. I talked to Nate (Elder's Quorum President) and he said that they will have to reassign a lot of them next month anyway, so he's going to just come home teach us this week. I'm totally fine with this. :D

That was my week! :) This upcoming week is going to be super busy. Some days have 3 obligations in a row! Plus Enrichment on Tuesday which I'm not entirely sure on the location! It's going to be a long week. Oi. Gird up your loins!