Happiness is finding a pencil...

Things that make me happy today:

Creaming Ryan as it was his last day at work.

Making pretty good money.

The table volunteering to be the last on my priority list as they could see I'd been double and triple sat.

Finishing two Stats assignments - before they're due!

Talking to Stanley and getting cute text messages from him right when I think I'm going to lose it.

Eating homemade curry while watching "Up" with Shannon.

Working with Katie and Kristi.

Talking to the advisor about Washington Seminar and realizing it has a very high likelihood of happening.

Talking to my Academic Advisor and realizing there's someone who can actually help me out with this whole eventual graduation thing.

Thinking about my "Religion and the Law" history seminar class I'm taking in a few weeks.

Listening to Jack's Mannequin and Colbie Caillat as I walked across campus.

Knowing tomorrow's going to be a great day.

Blast from the Past

I thought my blog could do with a small face-lift. My blog has been the same ever since my junior year of high school when I started it.

You know, I was just thinking about how far back this blog actually goes. If you were to read some of my very first entries you'd find a girl unsure with her life, loving but insecure with herself and her friends, questioning things and thinking out loud. My life and my mindset have changed so much in the last five years. My old friendships have changed, I new friends have come and gone, I'm in a town going to a school I never thought I'd attend, pursuing a career I thought I didn't want, working at a job that never had occurred to me and dating a person I couldn't have imagined. I had always thought if I made it to 21 and was unmarried I'd be on a mission!

But there are still so many similarities between myself then and now. I'm still questioning and I'm still finding myself in this crazy life I've built and had erected. I'm feverishly trying to keep my head above water as I navigate through an unfamiliar world of financial aid, internships, and bills.

In honor of this, I'd like to post a picture from different times. Times that may not have been simpler, just maybe a little more straightforward.

Road-trip Itinerary

Okay folksies! Stanley and I finally sat down and actually figured out the plan for our trip next week. And by we sat down and figured it out I mean we already had it sorta planned out in our heads but Stanley wanted us to write it down and plan out the details. Here it is:

Tuesday, June 8th:

10 a.m. - leave Stanley's house in South Jordan.

6 p.m. - arrive in the L.G. This is a rough guesstimate for how long it will take us

7 p.m. - watch final episode of Glee *sniffle* We will miss you Mr. Schue!

*Free time to hang out with people afterwards*

Wednesday, June 9th:

Jess, Paxti and Vallin come down to hang out with us while Mom and Dad are out of town at a Dr.'s appointment. I also might be helping mi madre with dance auditions this night as she will still be recovering from surgery.

*Free time to hang out with people afterwards...I think...*

Thursday, June 10th:

3:30 p.m. - Dr's appointment! I will then force Stanley to pick out frames with me

5 p.m. = *We can probably hang out this night and possibly during the day as well, though the nephew may be in tow for a little part of it, depending on how my mom is feeling*

Friday, June 11th:

Another early morning Dr.'s appointment for Jillian! Woohoo!

12 p.m. Leave for Sun Valley

7 p.m. arrive in Sun Valley

Saturday, June 12th

Playday in Sun Valley. I'm leaving the planning of the details to Stanley.

Sunday, June 13th

More time in the valley of the sun. Maybe we'll stalk Bruce Willis. And probably go to church.

Monday, June 14th

10 a.m. - leave Sun Valley

2 p.m. - Arrive in good ol' Rexburg, Idaho

*Free time to play with friends and family!*

Tuesday, June 15th

7 a.m. - Leave Rexburg

9 a.m. - Arrive in Jackson WY! We'll probably eat at Norah's in Wilson for breakfast. So good!

*Free time in Jackson!!*

6 p.m. Watch the shoot-out

7:30 p.m. Watch Danica in Annie Get Your Gun

12 a.m. Drive into the park to find somewhere to camp

Wednesday, June 16th

Play in park all day!

6 p.m. Head back to South Jordan

So there you go folks! There are obviously some parts where things aren't completely planned. Friends in La Grande, Rexburg, and Jackson, feel free to contact me if you want to play! I've gotten in touch with most of you already, but especially if we haven't set anything in stone feel free to text me!

See you guys soon!

Toodles!

-Jillian