Dear Blog,
This is my 100th blog post. Can you believe it!! A day for celebration for sure. Well today has been an interesting day. I have 2 LONG papers coming up that I will be spending all my time on. Today I declared a major. YAY!!! lol. I had never really thought about going into this major, Aaron mentioned it once but I brushed it aside because I didn't really know what exactly it meant. So anyways I went in to declare my major as Speech Pathology. Turns out I probably should have gone to a different school if I wanted to go into Speech Pathology. So I was about to leave and my adviser says 'what is it that interests you about speech pathology?'. So I told him and he said have you ever thought about Occupational Therapy? I said not really.. I don't really know what it is. So he told me about it and I fell in love right then and there. So we set up a graduation plan for me. There isn't a major specifically for Occupational Therapy because it is like a graduate program thing, like you have to get a masters. So we looked at the pre-requisites and found a major that filled most of them, and then we added two small clusters to fulfill the rest of my pre-requisites. So my major is now Exercise Physiology, and then I can after I get a bachelors in that then i can specialize in Occupational Therapy. I talk to people every day who are in so much debt it has taken over their whole life. I am really grateful I got to work here because I get to see how much something little like a late payment can affect your credit so much. Credit is so important, and people get screwed over for the littlest things. I am excited to get this degree because I can work part time and still have a family and still make bank and help people. I took my math test today and fell asleep three times today.. I got a whopping 67... So my A may go down a bit... Needless to say i need to get more sleep. I came home and fell asleep for 2 hours. Then I headed to work.
I am starting to get closer with Aaron, I know this because when I say goodbye at night it gets harder and harder and my heart hurts a little. Its crazy to think that we have only been dating a month. I know him so well. In just one short month I have come to love this Colorado boy. I have come to know his little quirks, and everything that makes him who he is. I spend so much time with him it would be weird and sad if I didn't see him one day. Spring Break is coming up and I asked off for work about two weeks ago so i can go to Colorado with him. It's going to be a long week if I can't go with him, I suppose it would be good for us, but it would also be good for us to both get a little break from life and have fun for a week. Anyways life is still pretty hectic but not so hectic that I can't handle it. I haven't been able to Skype with my family much lately because I have been so crazy busy but that's okay, because they know I love them. Well today i am on credit leads at work and I am not having much luck. No one else here is either. I only have an hour left. I can't wait to get out of here, I have got to get started on an outline and summary thing that will take hours to do. Well Love ya'll bunches!! =D

Dear Blog,
Well I know I just wrote like an hour ago but after I got off Aaron and I started talking. We decided to go outside. Being outside in the sun with him brightened my day. We went and got donuts and chocolate milk and sat on the bench and talked. We decided to talk about things that we are grateful for. Here are some of the things we listed: family, the sun, the trees, the birds, the flowers, chocolate milk, popcorn, girlfriends, boyfriends, love, warm air, good weather, hugs, lots of hugs, comfortable shoes, make-up, nail polish, painted nails, movies, and more hugs lol. There were many things we were grateful for. In that moment I was most grateful that he could cheer me up. I was grateful that he cared and that he took me by the hand and cheered me up. I don't know why I was so down today but I was happy that he was there to make me happier:) Between him and Tauni i know the Lord is keeping an eye out for me:) Tauni keeps makes me smile and laugh when I am down and reminds me of who I really am.

Dear Blog,
I am sitting in the living room with Aaron. He is working on homework and I am trying to be positive. Sometimes girls just get emotional ya know? I feel like crawling in a hole and never climbing out, that way I wouldn't have to worry about all these things I have to do and these decisions I have to make. Today I am worried about what direction my life is headed and whether it is the right one and whether I am ready for it or not. Those of you who know me know that I hate making decisions. Yet in this time in my life everyone is asking me to make decisions. It scares me because what if I mess up? It's only the rest of my life on the line ya know. I don't know what I want to do with my life. I can't decide upon a career. As far as Aaron goes, I love him. I've never been happier with someone in my life before. As we get more serious I get more scared because it's a lot of commitment. Aaron is done with his homework now so chow!

This week I have been a lot better at getting to sleep on time. Or at least earlier. Apart from sunday, I have been in bed by 12:30 everynight. Aaron and I made an agreement to go home by 10:45 each night so we can both get more rest. Last night he didn't leave till 11:15 (that was my fault lol) but it is improvement. My immune system seems to think it can give me a run for my money. My throat is hurting and swollen, and my stomach has been upset for like 4 days straight. I'm not sure what it thinks it is doing. I have things to do and places to be, I can not afford to get sick again. I went and bought some caugh drops today though and I am hoping that will help. I am going out with the Rials today. It will be fun to see other Arkansans here in Rexburg. I keep meaning to see Erin more but I have just been so incredibly busy. I only have a month left of this semester if you would believe that, and I have so many projects due in the upcoming weeks, I have no idea how I am going to get them all done. Every class has projects and finals and what not coming up. I am already dead as is, I don't know how I will find the time or energy to get what I need done. Well I better go cause I am in my science class right now. Love ya!

Dear Blog,
I am slightly out of breath because I just ran back to work. I went on a 30 minute lunch break and took a shower and came back. I feel great now:) I wish I could listen to music while I was at work cause sometimes it can get boring. I painted my toe nails today while talking to people. They look great. Then I tried to do a second layer on my fingernails (I painted them yesterday) and I totally jacked up my right hand... sad thing is I don't have nail polish remover with me so they are stuck looking like that until I am off work. Right now there is some issue with the scripts online not coming up so we are just sitting here waiting for them to fix the problem. Last night Aaron and I watched A Knights Tale, which is a great movie by the way. For the first time in weeks I was in bed and asleep by midnight. I am still pretty tired but feel better since I got 7 hours of sleep rather than 3 or 4. I was going to work on my math while I was at work, but there are too many interruptions, so I can't concentrate. My weekends go by so much faster now that I have a job. My roommates say I take a lot of naps but I have too! I have like no breath time. Normally I would say Sundays are my free time but I don't get out of church until 2 and then there is all the visiting teaching and home teaching and laundry and homework that you have to do. And I like to see Aaron too. So really my only free day is Thursday in which I am in class until 2 and then I usually come home and take a nap, and then go hang out with Aaron, usually involving homework. I am so utterly exhausted. But I am enjoying the college life. I absolutely LOVE my roommates. I LOVE this school, this church, and the fact that Skype exists so I can keep up with my family. I LOVE being with Aaron. I really can't complain too much about my life because its so great. I am surrounded my so many blessings. They still haven't gotten it fixed so I think I am going to get up and walk a bit... stretch my legs ya know! Love ya! :) ♥

Heyy!!
So I've got exactly 9 minutes to spare so I figure why not blog?! Well I this week has officially worn me out. I haven't gotten to bed till 2 or 3 these past couple nights which just killed me off. I still made it to all my classes remarkably. I am starting to really really really like Aaron... like A LOT!! I love every minute I spend with him, and I miss him every minute I am away from him. I feel like I want to do everything with him. I see him everyday, usually twice a day except in special circumstances when I only get to see him once. He walks me to class every day which starts off my morning wonderfullly. On mornings where I would usually be in a bad mood, whatever is wrong instantly evaporates when he walks in the door and gives me a hug, grabs my hand and walks me to class. Then I usually see him at the end of the day after work. I usually go to his place to do homework since it is a lot quieter over there(and I like spending time with him:)). He always walks me home then. So he starts and ends my day everyday. I've met his family over skype and they seem soooo nice. He has a great relationship with his parents which makes me love him even more. I know all of you are probably thinking he is just another one of my guys but its different this time. Aaron is everything I could ever ask for in a guy. He is everything on my list. The other guys I have dated before met some of the requirements but not all, and to be honest I have never liked a guy the way I like Aaron. He doesn't drive me crazy which is crazy in itself because I've never met anyone who didn't drive me crazy after a while. He is so understanding that I'm pretty sure I could tell him anything and it wouldn't alter what he thought of me. I am so happy to have him in my life. He amazes me how he can have so many positive characteristics... I know I am probably driving you all crazy talking about him so much but he is just such a big part of my life right now. Last night I saw that look in his eye. I've seen that look from a total of 4 guys in my life. Its that look where their walls come down and you see how much they truly care. Everytime I see this look I am flattered, but also saddened. It scares me to see that look. It truly goes straight to their soul. I never felt I could completely return that look. But last night when I saw that look my heart melted and for the first time ever I welcomed it. It didn't scare me at all. I wanted him to look at me like that forever. I wanted to stay in his arms forever but instead I said goodnight and went inside. I can't really explain to you all the reasons why Aaron is better than best. He is the most wonderfully amazing man. He is a mixture of my 3 brothers and my dad. Take the good qualities in all of them and put them into one person and you have Aaron. I never thought someone like him really existed. How could he? As a little girl you dream of this guy that you think would be your own Prince Charming. Then as you grow older you see the guys in your high school class with you and you slowly come to accept that your Prince Charming doesn't exist. In high school all I really hoped for was to find a guy who would accept that I was a virgin and that that wasn't going to change. The 2 guys I found I dated. They weren't the best guys in the world but I came to care for them. My family watched as I told them I hoped for a possible future with them(at different times lol). Then as I was asking my brother for advice he said something that lit a small spark. A spark that soon grew into a flame of fire. He said 'Emily. There are so many greater guys out there. You can do better than this!' I told him, 'Alex I don't think there are. Good guys, they don't really exist, so I found a guy good enough'. He said to me, 'Emily think back to that guy you've always dreamed of, think of him. He does exist you just have to get out of here and go find some Mormons, think about missionaries! There are so many missionaries that are good and cute, and worthy. You deserve someone like that, not the guy you are with. You can do so much better'. Thanks to my brother Alex, I came out here with hope. Yes I came for an education, but I also came because I had to. I had to come somewhere where I could hope again. I needed to see that there were people with standards, not only guys but people in general. I love Hazen I really do. But it is hard to see anything else other than whats there when you live there. While here I have met some amazing people. It is so good to be around other people with the same beliefs as you. There really are good guys. My brother was right. And these guys, they are better than good. To be particular, Aaron is amazing. If you are thinking about coming out here you definately need to. The education is wonderful, and the people are wonderful. When God is the main focus, it has to be wonderful. Well class starting now. May I say a personal thanks to my brother Alex for not letting me give up. And may I say again, Aaron is amazing and I couldn't be more grateful that he is in my life. :)

Well I finally got sick. I started feeling sick on Sunday, but not bad enough to really matter. Then yesterday it hit me hard and I had to come home early. I didn't even make it all the way through my first class. On my way home I slipped and fell twice, which just made me feel worse. I came home and went straight to sleep. I called in to work, took antibiotics, and slept some more. I slept somewhere between 20-24 hours. Now I feel great. I think I had strep throat but with lots of sleep and antibiotics, I seemed to have beat it. I didn't see Aaron at all yesterday except when he walked me to school, I missed him:(. He brought me cookies though, with a cute little note. He is so adorable. I'm falling behind in my classes. I have a science test tomorrow, and I don't know how I am going to do any good seeing as I haven't been to that particular class much in the last few weeks... Luckily I do my homework, so hopefully I'll do ok. I'm just going to have to study a lot. I haven't quite gotten a good hold on my life and getting Aaron, school, and work in a rutine where I can get what I need done. It wouldn't be so hard if I could do homework while I was at work, but everything is online, so I can't just bring it in. Blah. Here's to lots of homework and overwhelming school!

Hey:)
I got to class 15 minutes early today, which is not unusual for fridays since my class doesn't start until 8. Anyways I thought I'd take a minute to blog. Last night I played raquetball with Aaron and I actually didn't do too bad. I did a lot better than last time thats for sure! I really enjoyed raquetball, its a pretty good workout believe it or not. After raquetball we got pizza and did homework till like 11. I got my english homework done, and all 3 math assignments. I was super proud of myself. Aaron read this really weird story for english and he was cracking me up the whole time! Lol, it wasn't that great of a story but he read it with such animation, using different voices and cracking jokes, so it turned out to be quite interesting, though I am not sure what he would say about the story cause it was just so weird. This morning I got up at 7:10 and Aaron got there at 7:20. Yes thats right, I got ready in 10 minutes lol. Aaron walks me to school every morning, and Haley walks with us on MWF's, so I am never alone when walking to school. I love walking to school with Aaron, it just starts my morning out good you know. I won't get to see him again until like 9 o'clock tonight, I don't know why but that feels like a really long time lol. It'll pass by though because I have a lot that I need to do before then. Plus I work from 4-8. At 9 we are going to a comedy show together and he says we are going to laugh whether it is funny or not. Last night as we were doing homework together he reminded me so much of Alex because he was just sitting doing is homework, and cracking himself up. He just thought he was so darn funny, at the same time he reminded me of my dad because of the way he was reading his assignment. It usually drives me crazy listening to people read out loud, but I love listening to my dad read. Aaron has the same way of reading it is almost mesmerizing. It's really weird but I could totally listen to him read a book and enjoy it just as much as if I was reading it myself. Everyone says that I am addicted to skype, and they are constantly making fun of me lol, but I just have to say it is because I love my family sooo much!! ok class is starting now, g2g! Love ya'll :)

Dear Blog,
This week has been a tough one. It's been my first week on the job. That means less time with Aaron, and less time to do my homework. I made this plan for how I can get everything I need done in a day. I haven't been able to follow it. I don't have the time or energy. I am frustrated at the way things are looking lately. I think I am developing my mothers famous anxiety lol because I am worrying about everything! I just don't know how I am going to do it. I wish I could just live like the pioneers and go find land, build a house, have a garden and animals, and that would be my life. I wouldn't have to worry about house payments or taxes or how to afford to put my chilren in sports. Life is so much more complicated now a days. Blah. I am sure I will figure things out, and I will come up with a rutine that works for me, and everything will be like I want it too lol jk, I know life will never be like I want it to, but one can hope right? Well today is thursday and that means one thing. I don't have to work!! You have no idea how happy that makes me! So Aaron and I are going to play raquetball and maybe basketball I'm not sure. This morning I missed 2 classes... I literally couldn't wake up. I remember opening my eyes enough to look at the clock but then I was out cold again. My body just can't handle this strenuous college life. Idk how Haley does it, or my roommates cause they get so much less sleep than me but they seem to have all the energy in the world. Well I am going to make myself look pretty because that always seems to make me feel better:P Love ya!! -Emily

New Job

Hey everybody! I am in a great mood today. We had a three day weekend and I spent most of it with Aaron. The other part of the weekend I was sleeping and working lol. I got a new job, and I really love it. It is not physically demanding and time goes by. Plus I get money:). For those of you who I haven't talked to yet I'll tell you a little bit about what I do. I am a credit consultant. I talk to people who have low credit scores for various reasons, and give them suggestions on how they could improve their scores. 70 percent of credit reports have mistakes in them. If the people I talk to have negative items on their credit reports, and they have some form of positive credit(checking account, debit card, credit card) then I refer them to Lexington Law Firm. Lexington challenges the credit bureaus and if in 30 days the credit bureaus can't prove the validity of the things Lexington challenges, then they must remove the items from the credit report. I like my job because there are a lot of people who have been screwed over when it comes to their credit report, and I really feel like I can help them out. If they don't qualify for Lexington then I can connect them to someone who can help them through Debt Consolidation, Debt Settlement, Bankruptcy, Tax Relief, etc. I had to take a week of training and pass a test to get this job so now I know a bit about credit:) enough to be a credit consultant anyways. Negative Items on your credit report make up the biggest percentage of your score. New positive credit only makes up 10 percent. That's crazy isn't it. I think the positive should have more effect on your credit score but whatever. There are three credit agency's. Transunion, Equifax, and Experian. Your credit report is the average of these three scores. Anyways enough about credit I am sure I am boring you. I am in American Foundations right now and we are watching a movie. We are half way through the semester. I have got to get my grades up. They are all pretty good online but I fear they will go down if my teacher ever updates the scores. For my candy-making class I have to make a centerpiece project. It is due in two days and I haven't even started. I couldn't decide what I wanted to do, but I think I know now. I am going to make a vase with roses in it. Hopefully it will turn out and not look too bad. It is definitely going to take some after class extra work though. I think I am going to do the roses at home, and get my roommates to help me out. I'll make the plastic chocolate and they can help me form it into roses. I think I will use Marzipan for the vase. Well I seem to have gotten two new best friends while I have been here. I get along with both of them so well I wonder how I went my whole life without knowing them. Tauni Ackerman is the first one. We have a lot of similarities, and she is just so fun to hang around with. She is super loving and accepting. The other is Aaron. I know I have talked a lot about him so I won't say much but let me just say that I don't think I have ever gotten along so well with anyone in my entire human life. You would like him a lot. I don't think you could not like him, he is just that awesome. :) Well I have another hour in this class so I think I will work on my science homework for tomorrow. Love ya!! =D