HAPPY BIRTHDAY MA-FANIEL

Today is my brothers Birthday, words cannot describe how happy this makes me! I called him this morning at 6:30 hardly able to contain my excitement!! I can't believe we've been forced to be friends for the past 18 years ( just kidding, he would be my best friend even if he wasn't my brother). So Nathaniel, here is to the past 18 years and to the many fun, dorky, ridiculous times........... Happy Birthday!

Oh hey New York....

So this past weekend my parents came out to visit me, my dad had a couple of courses out here so they got to spend some time with me! It was a really great time, I got to play tour guide and we got to do a lot of fun things! I always love it when I get to visit with my family, and this was no exception, another really great visit! They got in Thursday, we got to go to the temple which was a really neat thing, I haven't gone with my parents since I was a youth so it was really cool, on Friday we went to Top of the Rock, ground zero, walked the Brooklyn bridge, and later that night we went to the empire state building. Saturday we went to a play called Blithe Spirit, which was hilarious! I loved it so much! Angela Lansbury (me and my mother LOVE her, she is in one of my favorite TV series of all time, yes Murder She Wrote, and yes you can make fun of me for loving that show) and Rupert Everett, and a lot of other really great actors/esses. It was a great performance, and I loved it so much! Sunday we went to church and my parents got to go to my ward, my mom pointed out "There are a lot of good looking boys in your ward", so all you Manhattan 8th ward boys, my mom thinks you're good looking! Then they left, and while it was a little sad I'll be going home in a week and a half! It was a really really fun weekend and I finally played a tourist!

I met a strange lady, she made me nervous

So today I was sitting on the floor folding some clothes, when I realized that I was wearing my rain boots, and northface knit hat, its a little strange that I was wearing them, what is even stranger is that I realized that every time I clean my room I end up with my rain boots and hat on. How weird is that, and how weird is it that I'm just now noticing that I do that? So I had to take a picture of it to go with this post. But at least now my room is clean! =)

Ground Control to Major Tom

My dearest little brother Nathaniel is turning 18 this month........ holy cow are you for real? Yes its for real, I cannot believe he is a senior and is going to be starting college in the fall! It makes me feel old! But!!!!!!! I am so excited that he will be moving out west! Yay! Over the years my brother has become one of my closets, best friends, and I'm super excited to have him just, four short hours from me! Party!! Ladies of BYU-I look out for this stud!! Its always fun to see where we've come from and where we have arrived, life seems to be moving so much faster than I ever remembered! I've been in New York about 8months, that is incredible, where did the time go! I'm here for about 2 more months, then its back to the SLC to finish out school and become a real person with a real job, weird. I'm excited to get back to Utah, for one, my little brother will be just one state away and BYU-I, my oldest brother just had a brand new baby, and my sister Jessica may be in Utah for a little bit of time on a long vacation while I'm there! I love it when my family is close by!

For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night

Dear Simply Sleep,
You saved my life. Thank you. So I would say for about the past two months I've had insomnia, let me tell you, nothing is more annoying to me than not being able to fall asleep. I would lie in bed for at least 2 hours, usually 3 to 4, not being able to fall asleep, sometimes I wouldn't fall asleep until 5 in the morning only to be getting up at 6:50. Needless to say this made me a little grumpy and it made it very hard to focus in school. I need my sleep, I think I could sleep for days straight and still be tired, so when I don't get sleep I am one huge wreck! So finally I called my mom complaining to her that I couldn't sleep and she told me about simply sleep, basically Advil or Tylenol PM without the pain medication, so I tried it, and holy cow I was able to fall asleep! Last night was the second time I've used it, you're not supposed to use it more than 7 days in a row, and I'm hoping that I wont need it and that I'll get into a better sleeping pattern and just be able to fall asleep on my own. Cross your fingers. But for now, Simply Sleep, you are my new best friend!