February is here

January literally whizzed by at the Speed of Light (which I learned at school recently = 186,000 miles per second...ok I take it back)and here we are in February.  The land of hearts and valentines, hot cocoa, and big nasty inversions with un-breathable air.  

My Job 
-I spend a good portion of my day watching and helping an autistic girl named Sarah, she likes to eat paper and tell me about her dog.  But she's a genius and onw of the most big-hearted, sweetest people I know.  I love her.

-I love hispanics.  At school I work with and teach a lot--Mexicans, South America natives, all of them--they are the best people and now I wanna go Spanish Speaking.  That is my dream.

-The african refugee kids l.o.v.e. my blonde hair and ask me if they can buy it.  I'm not kidding. I usually tell them yes with a swinky winky.

-The kids are adorable, full of germs, but adorable nonetheless.  I've only gotten sick three times in the month I've worked at APA so it's fine!  

Missions.  Missions Missions everywhere.  I started my papers this week.  My classmates that have already received calls put together a video of all the kids from my high school, and before we knew it was viral on Youtube.  So cool!  I almost put my picture in the last portion but decided not to.  But I am so so excited for everyone.

Have a good on'!

Rando Things

1. During High School, there were two things that I could just never force myself to do in my spare time. The first was read books and the second was practice. Now those two things are practically all I ever do in my spare time.

2. I love people who have passions. At work there's a teacher I was helping one day, as soon as she found out I knew who Regina Spektor is, she went wild asking me if I listened to any of her other favorite singer/songwriters. Turns out I did and we ended up having a lot of similar taste and favorites in music. Love that fire within people that gets them goin'

3. I've set a date when i have to make "the decision" of all decisions. Feb 14 it is.

4. If I could go to any concert, right now, I would choose to attend a Zac Brown Band concert.

5. The inversion has been simply awful this week, just plain nasty! Come back summer! The first pic is of my view last week compared to my view this afternoon. The second pic is the beautiful afternoon we experienced last Saturday.

6. Me and Amy in super salt lake but mission rockin Rexburg!

7. My two friends Jenna and Whitney who I have known since they were sevies and I an eighthy doing Shakespeare together were in Hairspray as Penny and Tracy. This is significant because we did a number from Hairspray for the school-wide talent show in jr high. Loved them and they are amazing.

8. My life long neighbor and friend Caleb Farley left last Wednesday to report to the Stockholm Sweden mission. From The last day of kindergarten to the last Day of senior year! Good time we have had.

It's a new year!

It is. I can't believe it's 2013!! This time of life is so hard cause you just never know what's coming around the corner. That's how I feel right now, always looking out for what's coming but never knowing exactly what! Right now I'm home for the semester, most likely. If I decide to work right up to summer then go on a mission then I won't be back in Rexy for spring semester. And if you haven't noticed I LOVE Rexy so that would be sad, but I want to go on a mission and I do need money for that. These last two days my cousin needed a ride to Rexy from the airport so Amy and I volunteered! It was SUCH a blast and we got to see almost all our good friends who are there.

And as for this little break, I'm probably getting hired at an awesome charter school, American Preparatory Academy and I'm beyond excited for it, that is if I get the job! Id be assistant teaching a violin class and being an after school mentor right now part-time but may turn into full time. Woot woot. And until I hear back from them ill go on lots of walks with the little critter.

It seems like everyone and their dog..

...Are blogging about the Connecticut Newtown shooting.  So I turned to my dog and said, Hey dog do you wanna join everyone else and blog about Sandy Hook Elementary?  He said ok. So here I am.
   This incident really hit home for me.  I'm sure if I actually had kids or were even slightly close to that (which I'm not) it would've a lot more, but in relativity to my life up to this point, it did. I can't even imagine.  Talk about definition of a broken heart is what these parents and family members must be going through. 
  Today me and my friend drove past the elementary, and there was a class of kids on a sidewalk going on a Field Trip.  A pair of bright blue eyes with curly brown hair waved at me and I recognized James, I babysat him up until he was like 5 years old.  And he's probably seven now. The same age as these darling, angelic kids.  And he waved at me and I almost broke out in tears...cause I can't believe emptiness it would leave behind if a little boy of mine like James left this world.

  


  This interview makes me so amazed and so glad that Heavenly Father is looking out for his children.  Ya for courageous parents who are this strong and amazing! Wow.

http://youtu.be/A4rwdriJpkc