Getting Used to the Best of Both Worlds

I moved with the intention of going back for all the dances and making sure to still see my friends regularly.  Which is a little difficult because after spending a night with them it makes it really hard to come back home because I miss them so much. :( So I'm trying to get used to it so that I can see them without getting depressed again, because there is no way I'm going to stop seeing them.

I spent quite a bit of time with them last weekend with them.  I got dropped off at a friend's house at six where we all met then drove to the dance.  We were super early which is always kind of awkward at dances cause people don't start showing up till about an hour late anyway.  But it was super fun being with them all again.  And just fyi, I danced 5 out of the six slow songs.  4 out of the 5 were friends (which I prefer, it makes talking easier).  And 3 out of the 5 asked me to dance, not the other way around. 

Since we were getting back so late we decided that I could just stay the night at one of my friend's houses.  It was very thoroughly talked out and contemplated before I was given the okay.  Which was fine because we didn't even do anything.  We got back after dropping everyone at home after midnight, washed our faces and went to bed.  I would've totally gone to church with them, but Elder Perry was talking at our stake conference in Azusa so I couldn't exactly miss that.  So I was driven straight to my stake building in Azusa to hear Elder Perry (which I will talk about later) then we all went back to Pasadena for the Girls Camp fireside.

Now, I hesitate to talk about this because I don't really want to tell you about it and I'm not going to be very positive, buuuuut, I'm pretty sure my mom emailed you all the What Makes You Beautiful video that the boys made for the girls in Pasadena.  Well, someone decided that the girls should do a response video...and that it should be filmed at Girls Camp.  Soooo, we filmed a video for the boys to a song none of us had ever heard before...at Girls Camp.  This whole thing made me mad because the whole point of Girls Camp is that you don't have to impress anyone because it's just girls and the video completely ruined that.  And the boys did not appreciate it at all.  Except for literally one or two sweet guys all they did was laugh and point fingers.  We showed it to them at the fireside, which is another reason I had to be there, cause everyone insisted.  The video ended up not being that bad.  I was hardly in it at all, which I was happy about, but it was nothing compared to the boys video.  Their's is so much better.  So there's that.  And trust me, this was me being positive about it.

Onto being more positive.  I am planning on meeting a friend at the mall sometime soon.  It was gonna be tomorrow, but we had to reschedule so we'll see.  And there's a stake dance in my new stake that I'm gonna invite my friends from Pasadena to!  Since they got mad at me when they found out I had one they didn't invite me to. :) Haha.  Love you all.

The Positive a midst My Tragedy

So, on of my best friends I've ever had left for New York yesterday. :( So so sad.  Buuuuuuuuut, I got to spend a good last day with her on Saturday.  They were super busy with cleaning and packing and yard selling so I helped them and just hung out.  We watched the last episodes of the fourth season (the last one we have).  And we also watched 17 Again, which we both love.  She loves Winnie the Pooh so I crocheted her a stuffed Pooh bear to look like the original A.A. Milne's one.  I was a bit disappointed with how it turned out, but she loved it so that's okay.  I'll miss her, but I won't lose touch. :)

I'm working on an online driver's ed course and though miserable, it is slowly progressing.

I finished my knitting Personal Progress goal!  So now I can continue with my crocheted quilt, which I am STILL working on as soon as I can get the book from the library.

We went to Lizzie's this past week, which was super fun!  We haven't seen them forever and I've missed them.  Elle was actually pretty easy to get along with.  Usually it's not very easy to get her to like you, but she totally loved us this time!  We watched the old Freaky Friday, which was super funny.  Lizzie made totally delicious food for us.  We had gourmet pizza, crepes and peanut butter brownies.  They were all wonderful.

Seminary starts on Monday!  And though I'm nervous for reasons I don't want to focus on I'm glad it's starting soon.

I'm going to babysit the two most adorable little boys I've ever known, ages 1 and 4, in Pasadena tonight.  I'm so excited!

The Good Happenings of the Past Two Weeks

I changed my blog not quite a week ago, but didn't make an effort to actually post any optimism, which defeats the whole point of changing it.  So, I'm going to start by looking at the bright side of the past two weeks and remembering the fun things I did.  Hopefully I can remember most of them.

Well, on the 27th I got to go to a musical that one of the young men in my old ward was in.  It was called the Tavern Keeper's Daughter.  It was actually a really good play and he had a good part in it.  I went with his mom and three of my friends from my old ward and aside from being with them it was fun to hear him sing in a play.  He has a pretty beautiful voice.

Last week we had a fun mutual activity.  We worked on Personal Progress and there was a contest to see who could wear the most P things.  I didn't win, but I think I should have won most creative.  I was the only one with a pumpkin pin. ;)

Our library has an amazing stock of movies so we've been educating ourselves by bringing home as many musicals a week as we can.  We've watched lots of Fred Astaire ones and are starting on Howard Keele ones this week.

Mom set up a new chore schedule and we've actually been doing it and keeping the house clean!  I really don't mind chores that much as long as we do them regularly because I love living in a clean house.

One of my best friends is moving to New York in less than to weeks.  It's a major tragedy for me, I'm not really being optimistic about it.  But I did get to go to her family going away party on Sunday and see her for the first time in a month since I was at my dad's.  And then she came over the other day to watch Avonlea with me!  When I found out she loved Little House and the Waltons I just had to introduce her to Avonlea and she absolutely loves it!  We're on the fourth season right now.  She is totally in love with Gus. :)

There are probably more, but this is all I can think of for now and I don't want to post pone actually posting this to think of some more.  Ta ta!