Amandine

i like me. 

i really do. 

i finally realized why i still work in the french speaking lab, after almost three years. 

it's because i love people. 

i love talking. 

i love making friends. 

i love listening. 

and i love stories. 

a student came in and to my "how was your day?" question, she answered "it was pretty typical" 

amigos, there should be no such thing as a typical day.

i don't believe in those. 

make everyday 

fun

different 

invigorating

exciting 

interesting 

adventurous 

lovely. 

pff...typical days. 

right. 

friday i had a foreveralone party. it was grand. 

here are my accomplishments. 

new bleached tshirt.

tried doing the same to my backpack. 

turns out it's bleach proof or something...

lame. 

notes holder 

(for lack of a more creative name)

already made three of these.

adorable.

and this is what my room ended up looking like. 

forgive me room mate. 

this is why i need my own house, fairly soon.

saturday: soccer day. always. 

it snowed like crazy, so cold, so numb, so bruised, so happy. 

after blissfully watching Nacho Libre

i went to "The Black Sheep" 

(a small café)

in my soccer clothes.

mistake. 

attended a wedding open house and got teary-eyed. 

those events always make me so happy. 

such a special moment in life:) 

congrats to Allyson and Tim! 

so beautiful.

joined some of the greatest people i know and then partied all night.

the BYU volleyball game was fabulous. 

dang, those guys are good! 

my favorite moments are the short music sections they play after each point. 

mini dance party every 45 seconds. 

so grand. 

after discovering that macey's ice cream shop thing closes at 10:00pm sharp 

we wasted time...i mean, we very constructively spent our time 

building a tower from cheap store items.

i love these people 

so much. 

the boys tried selling some, 

it was a great effort. 

we then made our grand escapade and i learned the flowing life lesson: 

instead of paying for frozen yogurts

just grab a sample cup and try everything you can until you realize you don't really need to buy some after all. 

definitely worked for us. 

we then went apartment hopping. 

yes, i believe i just made that term up...

met some great people and had a dandy old time being sung to in the car. 

also, there's something quite grand about being surrounded by eight boys and serenading them all at once. 

i started writing a new song last night:)

and also plan on performing 

who knows when...

before i graduate. 

loving life.