halloween

Tonight, I went to a Halloween party. 

I wore the same thing I wore to the first Cambridge Bop--namely, a white blouse, sweet leather vest, a green headscarf, wood earrings--and called myself a hippie.

I left a half hour later.

Because the entire time, I was thinking, "This is lame sauce compared to the Bop."

And because nobody was dancing.

And because I had been far more in the spirit of Halloween when I had been decorating ghost/pumpkin shaped sugar cookies with my roommate, carving pumpkins with Cambridge folk, and getting lost in a corn maze (where I was scared multiple times for free).

So yes, I left. And I went grocery shopping instead.

I think that means I've become stingy with my time. Or maybe I didn't want to have to call tonight a total sunk cost (I've been hanging out with one too many economists lately?), or maybe I need to stop comparing Provo dance parties to European dance parties, or maybe...

I think I'm starting to become a boring adult. WHAT.

In other news, I cut my roommate's hair today so that she could be Spock (Star Trek). She doesn't just look like Spock, folks--she is the feminine version of Spock. It's that good.

Happy Halloween, e'erbody.

cruise control.

Sometimes I want to take on the world. As in, ace all my classes, work a ridiculous amount of hours a week, get a research position, do the Honor's program, read the New York Times over breakfast, figure out my thesis, run a marathon, read poetry in my free time, eat healthy, apply for 3495 internships, fulfill church callings, be an amazing friend, go to activities, participate in clubs, and the list could go on forever.

And sometimes I get a little tired of that. Sometimes, all I want to do is sit on the couch, watch movies, and eat pringles. And because I can't, I procrastinate and sit around and get on facebook and wander pointlessly throughout the week. Mostly because I can. And because I forget how good it feels to be the best I can be.

Sometimes you need something to shock you out of couch potato mode. I got that shock today.

That's it, I'm off cruise control mode now.

Sometimes it takes failing a test to get you ready to pass the course with flying colors. And I'm not talking just about classes here.

general conference weekend.

General Conference weekend is over.
And with that...

An Einsteins bagel bucket is demolished.
Two pints of Ben and Jerry's ice cream....gone.

Haley and I have been having a really healthy weekend here, obviously.

But more importantly, this year's conference was incredible. Temples in Wyoming, the Congo, South Africa, Paris, Columbia,  and wait, a SECOND temple in Provo?!? Out of the Provo Tabernacle, no less. Blew my mind. There was an audible gasp from the conference center...we could hear it on the tv from our apartment.

I loved Dieter F. Uchtdorf's talk on Saturday afternoon--his talks are always inspiring and comforting. Robert D. Hale's talk this morning on trials and the importance of "waiting upon the Lord" was also a fave. As well as Dallin H. Oaks' talk on Christ. The one that made me go "ouch" the most was Ian S. Arden's talk on using time wisely and managing distractions. Yeah...need to work on that one.

I made dinner tonight. It's been something I've been wanting to make for a while. Stuffed tomatoes with garlic, pancetta, and garlic. And whole wheat pasta. Yum.

before cooking.

after.

It was delicious.

Tomorrow Haley and I are starting a diet of sorts. An eat-healthier (you mean eating outside of the bagel and ice cream food groups? yes.) and regular exercise sort of diet. Don't laugh now.

I'm determined to lose all that Europe weight.