An Adventure & Amanda

Perhaps because the sun is out and I'm feeling quite blissful, I have decided to post-pone my super opinionated half written post until another week.  Be grateful.   So anyways, I want to introduce you all to my dear friend Emilee. Emilee is quite possibly one of my [favorites] .  She spreads happiness wherever she goes... like, it is contagious.  It does not take much to make Emilee happy and I absolutely admire that about her.  For example, today she asked if we could stop at Sodalicious on our way back from the schools.  All I had to say was "of course" and Emilee was screaming in excitement-- "I'M GONNA GET THE 44OZ BLUE BOMBSHELL BABY!" (something like that --> wish I had been able to video her). Like a soda made Emilee so happy so that made me happy too.  Also, Emilee is a person that makes everyone feel good.  She always has something nice to say.  She'll make you feel good about yourself when you do not f...

     Once upon a time, (pre-mission age change), you had to fight to find housing at BYU.  After a failed attempt at obtaining housing, the "wolfpack:" Holly, Kylie, Sydney, Megan, Sarah, and I found ourselves in a predicament of where to live.  We narrowed our choices down to The Cox (the name alone indicates the type of living conditions) or The Riviera.  The Riv has a reputation for being cheap, housing young sophomores/fresh RMs, and a party place...I can't say that that reputation is entirely false.  But anyways that is how six innocent sophomore girls came to be Riviera residents of apartment 135.      I do not think my mother has ever doubted my ability to make decisions more than when I moved into my apartment.  Underneath my stained mattress we found a plate with the remains of an unidentifiable object, the cabinets were in need of some heavy duty clorox wipes, and most of the outlets were missing covers.  To say the...