"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

So my life has been really great recently. Some things were not so happy, aka Michal's last day of work with me, but I absolutely love the above quote because it helps remind me that every day has enchanting moments. 

Anyways, last Friday was my last day with Michal. I seriously woke up and started crying. For many of you, that might be weird but Michal is literally my soul true friend. I don't know if you've ever had one but basically she ALWAYS knows exactly what's going on in my life. ALWAYS. Things I love about Michal:

1. She knows why I have such a strong attachment to Taylor Swift. And who introduced me to her. And which boys I think about to each of her songs. It's impressive. She can also usually tell who I am thinking about/how I am feeling based off the music I am listening to. 
2. She has been with me through almost every single moment of my college experience. She was there for my many D days. And my days where I felt like I was not adequate enough to attend BYU. And all of my awkward dating experiences. And my disappointments. And my happy moments- like getting asked out on my first date. And when I got President Uchtdorf's letter. And when I was accepted to the Washington Seminar. And when I finally had the courage to let go of the one person who meant the most to me. 
3. She encouraged me to start to love the Book of Mormon.
4. She understands that I wish I could literally be at my house in Colorado almost every day. And she's okay with it.  
5. She is a hard worker. She helped me with many of my not so fun projects at work. She is a chicken fan. And laughs at my weird jokes. And doesn't judge me when I eat M&Ms at 8 in the morning. And  she likes my cheesy love song playlist. 
6. She is the world's easiest person to talk to.She will love AND hate people for me. (basically just teachers and boys, but it's still the best). She completely understands my love language (words of affirmation) and therefore completely knows how to be my best friend. Seriously. She has literally written posts about why she thinks I am awesome. You can't get better than that!
7. She and I seem to go through the same type of change most of the time and so she can always empathize with every situation.
8. She drives me to the airport. And the grocery store.And lets me stay in her apartment when my own roommate and I got in a fight last year. And takes me to her house for fake New York getaways. Basically, she always is doing service for me ALWAYS. 
9. She puts up with my craziness. She is one of the few people who appreciates me flaws and all.
10. She is one of the biggest spiritual giants out there and is always bringing me up with all her spiritualness. 

Basically. words cannot express how much I am going to miss this girl! She will be interning at Franklin Covey and will be the best intern they have ever seen! Michal, you are truly my first true friend and I will never forget that! I just realized that this sounded like we were never going to see each other, which is not true, but it will be different not seeing her 20 hours every week. 

On Friday night I was a little bit sad about the whole Michal thing so my wonderfully awesome roommate, Marisa decided we should go to dinner. As we were turning onto University Parkway, somehow we came up with the thought to go to Salt Lake. We were literally in our sweat pants and I had NO make up. But that didn't matter. We turned left, screaming "YOLO" and then we peaced out of Provo. We headed to City Creek which was gorgeous. I had the opportunity to walk into a Tiffany's store. We also walked around temple square. Here's a secret: I love temple square. Seriously. It is the only temple where I could get to proposed to and not be disappointed. Overall, it was the perfect, relaxing getaway. It was a good reminder that I can wait for my Joseph. As in, I deserve a gem of a man and I will wait for him! 

On Saturday, I came home! Michal drove me to the airport (I told you she was always helping me out) and we jammed to Christmas music. While at the airport, I ran into Crazy Case (aka my friend from my very first summer at BYU) and we chatted until her flight left. My dad and mom were totally excited to come get me and it was so precious! THEY ARE THE BEST! My dad called and asked me what I wanted him to bring foodwise and I just told him the specific way I wanted my turkey sandwhich prepared. It turns out we didn't have any mustard, so he sent my brother to go get it. My dad loves me! I got there and then waited for my sister (who was coming in from Arizona after Cross Country Regionals). When she finally got there, it was a precious reunion. My sister is dang fast! She PR'd two minutes. 

Sunday I had the opportunity to go to my home ward. I LOVE MY WARD! It is one of my few 'safe places' I can go where I know everybody loves me. Later, my family and I watched the Amazing Spiderman while eating one of my favorite meals: sweet and sour chicken. It was so fun. It's amazing how much your family can still be the same even though you've been gone for awhile. 

Yesterday I received this: 

This was the exact specific office I wanted to work on because I want to be a lawyer. Basically, MY LIFE IS THE BEST! I can't wait to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family and am looking forward to the rest of semester. Life is so grand! Since I've been home, I've read 4 books, which is just so relaxing!  44 days until D.C. baby!

P.S. My sister Laurel shared this song with me and it is now my new motivational life song:

P.P.S. Here are some pictures of my recent adventures:

I may or may not have a slight obsession with Emma and Joseph Smith's relationship...

Michal and me destroying a not fun project for old time's sake. 

Precious Christmas tree pic with Marisa at City Creek

We  love the Salt Lake temple! Especially at night!

Michal's last day of work :(

#taylorswiftRedlipstick

Evidence that I have now been in a Tiffany store

Hillary and I have the same personality... can you see the similarities?

“Sometimes falling flat on your face allows you to see things from a totally different perspective.”- Linda Poindexter

So I found this quote a few days ago and it is WAY applicable in my life this week, but more on that later.

Last Wednesday, the day before I was supposed to go to New York, I found out my flight was cancelled. My first thought was “oh good, I won’t have to take two tests tomorrow before I leave.” This was immediately followed by "Oh my goodness, I am so sad. It's been my dream to go to New York for forever." This is where one of my moments that I fell "flat on my face" happened. I was really bummed so I  decided, "hey I need to do something way awesome!" So this of course had to involve a guy. So I decided hey this guy in my ward is really nice, I'll just call and ask him on a date. That's totally acceptable, right? So I finally get my courage up and I call him. I explain that I will no longer be going to New York and need something fun to do and then ask him on a date. He gets quiet for a second and then states, "I am so honored and would love to go, but I'm dating someone." WHAT?!? Seriously. I almost dropped the phone. haha In my head I was thinking "Oh my muffins. I'm not going to New York and I just asked out a man that had a girlfriend. WHAT IS MY LIFE?!" Needless to say, there was a lot of sugar involved in my weekend. 

 Luckily my grandparents were in town. GRANDPARENTS ARE THE BEST! I stayed up late watching Downton Abbey on Wednesday, then slept in. They picked me up where we went to the bookstore (my papa loves the bookstore!) and my Omi bought me a couple of Washington D.C. tour books, which are already getting good use. We then went to Zupas and sat and talked. My grandpa educated me about a couple of things I should know... haha like who Thurgood Marshall was. Then we went to Desert Book. We walked past a missionary mall, where we looked at suits. I mentioned I need one for D.C. so that prompted my Omi to go suit shopping. That was a weird experience! I felt like a man! :) It was way good. On Friday, I took two test (eh!) and then spent the night at Michals.

Michal is the best! We had a fake New York life. We watched Emma and painted our nails and just had so much fun! Saturday was spent chilling with my roommates. On Sunday, I went to church with Michal because Richard G. Scott was speaking! He's so cute! It was definitely what I needed. 

The rest of the this week passed quickly. On Friday, I got the opportunity to see President Uchtdorf give a talk!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was speaking to the military and was receiving an award. I got there an hour and a half early and stood in freezing cold rain and sleet, but I stood like 50 away from him, so that was definitely a win!!! And here comes my second "falling flat on my face" moment. This was a literal fall. When I walked to work, I wore my purple Toms because they're my favorite shoes and I was about to see Uchtdorf! However, it started snowing when he spoke and did not stop snowing all day. After my last class, which ended at 4, I looked at the window and was like oh cracker, I'm not going to make it home alive. I treaded slowly across campus and was fine until I reached the hill leading to my house. I was fine the first half but then lost my footing and slid approximately three feet down the hill. Let me just explain to you that it was still snowing and I was wearing my American Eagle jeans that stain my skin blue just wearing them for a few hours. And this is when I experienced my Mr. Willoughby moment. I look up after sliding and see a man running down the hill. If had had been wearing a sweater, I probably would have been kinder. He looks at me and asks, "Are you okay? Do you need help walking down the hill?" I, trying to maintain my dignity as best as I could while wearing soaking wet pants indicated that I would be fine and might just walk home barefoot. He then looked shocked and stated, "but there's snow on the ground!" I just said I would be fine but I appreciated his offer. I got back up on my feet and he walked in front of me. I walked two steps and slid right past him again! Yeah. You read that right. He then stopped and said, "Are you SURE you're okay?" At this point, I'm freezing cold, embarrassed and just want to be home, trying not to cry. I indicated that I would just hold onto the fence. I eventually made it home, but it was just so funny. I went to the shower and my whole backside of my body was dark blue from my pants. So that was fun! :)

Luckily for me, my old roommate Sam was home. We jumped in sweats, ordered a pizza and watched the Christmas episode of Downtown. It was delightful. Somehow that turned into a 2 hour dance party listening to all our old jams. It was great! Yesterday, Linds and I woke up and just decided to be Christmasy because of the snow outside. We made muffins, listened to Christmas music, and watched Sleepless in Seattle. It was just so perfect! I hung out with Berg and Jess for a bit and watched some Pride and Prejudice :) overall, it was a good weekend! 

I just love my life! Seriously! Although I was not able to go to New York this past week, my group that's going to D.C. is already planning a trip to NY for President's day. I just know that everything will work out awesome! I am so thankful for everything in my life, including my struggles and disappointments because it has led me closer to my Savior.

Anyways, now onto some pictures: 

Waiting for Uchtdorf!

Uchtdorf speaking!!!

Uchtdorf saluting the Army!

My alter ego Juan

My power outfit for D.C. 

Power outfit #2!