Best Day Everrrr... {Sponge Bob Square Pants}

I have had that song stuck in my head pretty much since Friday morning. MY LIFE ROCKS!!!
And it just keeps getting better and better!
Friday, my roommates, Katey and Annie, and I went to Hollywood Studios. It was a blast!!! Then we caught a showing of "When In Rome". Way cute!
Today, I bought eggs! Which, no joke, I have been talking about buying eggs since probably monday... Oh man, I need to bake something! I also bought a box of baking stuff {cookie sheet, cake pan, smaller cake pans and muffin tin}. This is my version of slowly acquiring the things I need to bake {I went in thinking I would only buy a cookie sheet}.
Katey and I saw "The Princess and the Frog"!!! LOVE IT! I'm basically the white version of Tiana... Then we played around in Magic Kingdom until it closed. FYI, Pirates of the Caribbean smells the same in California and in Florida. No joke. I love it! Reminds me of home :)

Coming to Florida is the BEST decision I've made in a long time.

My day...

So I went to work and spent the 5 of the 8 hours going on rides and playing. The three hours of training I had were CAKE!
Then {after work}:
I walked past Canada and through England, I tried on belly dancing stuff in Morocco, and I ate a tartine in France.

I LOVE MY JOB!!!

Disney!!!!

I'm here! I'm here! I'm here! I can't believe it! Finally!!! 

I guess not having enough energy to actually write about everything is a good thing...
Summary:
My roommates are super cute and fun :)
I haven't been to the parks yet because my mom was here and we did other stuff.  She bought me SOOO much stuff and I am eternally grateful!
I'm working attractions at Disney Quest in Downtown Disney. Virtual reality games galore!

If you give a moose a muffin

You'd think with the way my life has gone, and the experiences I've had, that I would know better than to judge someone or let my petty feelings get in the way. BUT... unfortunately, I haven't.

This evening I got a ton of "I'm a jerk" pie squished in my face {figuratively}. I found out {through internet stalking...} that someone I had judged a little to harshly is in a situation that definitely warrants less judging and more love/friendship. I'm not saying I didn't have a reason, and it's not like this person came to me begging for friendship, it's just my reason wasn't very good. [But really, as a good Christian, is there any reason to not offer the other {friendship} cheek.] I just wish I could have taken a better approach to this person. I'm really sorry I didn't. I wish I knew how to make up for my short comings in this case.

I think the moral of this story is: Everybody's lives suck, so instead of making it suck more, we should make it suck less and offer friendship and love to those we may not fully want to, chances are, they're the ones who need it the most. I'm definitely going to try harder at this as I {literally} move on with my life.

{PS If parts of this don't make sense...well they're not really meant to.}

Planning, Packing, and Pasadena{ing}

Planning: So, I need to stop watching WEtv. A couple nights ago, I had a dream about getting married {yuck}, it was strange, and I positively hated the brides maids outfits. And I married this guy? {I watched the mentalist before I went to bed, ps psych is way better}. I'm also looking at wedding reception locations in San Diego? I feel like I'm 12 again, not almost 21 {oh man!}

Packing: My room is a gigantic mess. When is my room not a gigantic mess the 72 hours before a move? I have most of my clothes packed but nothing else really... good thing I won't need to worry about school supplies. And my generous mother is buying me bedding, etc once we get to Florida {did I tell you she's coming to help me move in? my mom is the best!}

Pasadena{ing}: I have officially decided I am going to Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena for pastry. My parents, Em, and I took a tour on Friday.  The feelings I got on my visit were equivalent to my emotions when I realized that I got accepted to BYU. {Ya, that strong, I was "glowing"} I love when Heavenly Father lets you know your decisions and the things you've been praying forever about are what you should be doing!
But don't worry, this does not cement my future in any way, shape or form. I still have to figure out these things:
1. When do I start? Where do I live? How much debt will I be in?
2. Externship?
3. How do I get a bachelors?
4. After, where do I work? Where do I live?
5. Marriage? Babies? etc, etc

...well that last one I have less control over considering that involves someone else's agency.
Well, at the very least I've got the next 1.5 - 2 years sort of figured out. Definitely the next 8 months!!!

"Breaking Up Is Hard Enough"

OK, so we all know about my break up a week before I left Provo...blah blah blah, whatever...

That is NOT what this is about.

It's about the break up that happened about a week later... It was a lot easier to handle when I was leaving Provo. I was packing and cleaning and saying my goodbyes to all my friends I didn't even have time to think about what was happening. But then sometime between Christmas and New Years I realized something, I had broken up with Provo! 

No joke, that is exactly what it feels like. We're done, we're over. I do not foresee any opportunity to get back together. Currently, nothing hurts more, and/or feels more right than the end of that 2.5 year long relationship. I think most of the hurt comes from not living within walking distance of 90% of my friends anymore. I miss that x 1 million.

But I am on to new adventures! This time next week I'll have made a ton of new friends. I can't wait!

{However, these new friends will not replace any of the friends I made in the time I lived in P-town. You can't replace people, or friendships.  You just meet/make new ones.}

Sorry I'm really redundant. Nothing else is happening in my life right now.  Hopefully, after Friday I'll have some kind of new adventure to report on! [Side note - why does everything (movies, books, tv shows, etc) seem to be about getting together/breaking up? Maybe it's 'cause that's all I notice...]

PS Google: "Breaking up is hard enough by 2gether" - You're welcome.
PPS If you have a couple of days you would like to kill with reading, find the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. - You're welcome, again.

Decisions, decisions

So I've been thinking...if I'm soo willing to get myself into a ton of debt going to school in California (where I've lived my whole life) why not get myself into that much debt living some place NEW?

Like, why not live in Paris, or Sydney, or London, or ... Portland? All places I've wanted to at least visit my whole life, if not live.

Paris/Sydney/London (since they have the same pro's/con's):
Pro's:
living outside the country
shorter amount of time [about 6-8 month]
small amounts of world travel would happen based out of where ever I was
Con's:
FAR, FAR away from any family
I don't think I get anything like an associates degree (but does that matter when compared to the benefit of learning outside the US?)
I'd have to figure out visa's and whether or not I could work etc

Portland:
Pro's:
I could check the northwest off of places I wish to live  (I've wanted to live in Washington/Oregon since I was six and we visited WA)
I'd be in the same country and could therefore work while going to school
only a few more hours away than when I was in Provo
Associates (and only 58 weeks)
Potentially less debt than California
Con's:
Still a little far from my family
they only accept 16 people for each class (but I could always go to this school, which would be the same as CA but in Portland)


Sooo, my question for you is: what do you think? 
Don't forget my ardent LOVE for California, or the security that would come with being in the same state as my family again. However, I would love to travel the world and live in random, wonderful places {something I forgot a lot in Provo, but have remembered since leaving}.

I'm young, unattached, and willing to take chances.  I'm afraid living in California is the easy thing to do and increases my prospects of becoming less unattached ... or willing to take chances.  I can always live in the Golden State when I'm old and married, right?

I just don't know what to do with myself

So this song just popped into my head, and I thought I would share some of my thoughts on why it would do that...
First off, it's late, so my brain is in over analyzation mode! Yuck, I'd rather be sleeping...
Secondly, while it does in a tiny, tiny insignificant way apply to my relationship status, I think it applies to my life on a larger scale. I'm finding this whole not being in Provo thing a lot harder than I thought I would. I do not for one second wish things were any different, but at the same time it's tough to let go of something that has been a constant in your life for 2.5 years.
Thirdly, (this might be the hardest) I know that what I am doing is right for me. It is the best thing for me at this moment. I am more excited for my future than I have been in a long, long time. BUT, a teensy-weensy part of me [the part that likes to ruin my chances with the male gender and keep me from imposing myself on other people {normally, it's a much, much bigger part of me}] is asking what if this is the wrong thing? What if I'm making a huge mistake? PS I'm not making a huge mistake. And even if I were, life is an adventure and I'm sick of being mollycoddled by a University who wants to get me married ASAP.
Fourthly, I'm bored. And until this waiting stage ends, or I change my attitude about it, I'm going to be bored for another two weeks.

Florida in 17 more days!

Deux Mille Dix

So after Miss Daphna's last post, I'm a little hesitant to post my New Year's Resolutions.  But I'm gonna do it anyways because really I feel like they apply to this blog and they're less "resolution" and more long term goals.
Before I do that, a recap of 2009 (I love recaps)

January:

Economics

Bryson Taylor

snow = death to my phone

February:

20 on the 20th

March:

UGH

April:

I finally was asked on a date by a boy!

Homeless

May:

Lucas = 3!!!

June:

Kait graduated {I'm not there}. She turned 18 {i AM there}

pastry school = forrealsies ... then I talked to my dad

July:

Me = same stadium as the Jonas Brothers <3

spontaneous trip home

August:

my thumb + can of ravioli = 3 stitches (I'll get you chef boyardee!)

Education week (Family, work, moving)

September:

RMYL

Catering

wonderful roommates!

October:

Disney College Program!!!!!!!

Halloween {Eve and Night}

Family History - I am doing it, my family history...

November:

30 family names + temple with my ward = to awesome to describe

Joshua Lutes

THANKSGIVING!!!

December:

Sick

Pastry School it is!

January 20th, 2010, hurry please...

Are you still there? OK, Good!

So.... My long term goals that I happen to be setting at the beginning of 2010 and wish to accomplish with-in a 12-month period {are ranked in order of how likely I think I will be able to accomplish it}

1. Don't get married. (and by this I mean do all the awesome things that I plan on doing this year and be really really happy by myself)

2. Go to pastry school

3. READ A LOT!!!

4. Read old testament [keep up with sunday school]

5. Be healthier (excercise, eat less junk, yada-yada-yada)

6. Learn a new language {probs spanish}

I bid 2009 farewell and look forward to a new decade (this millennium's teens, and my twenties). I can only guess at what adventures abound in the coming year and those that follow.

PS I can't think of a better way to start anew then with my favorite song from one of my favorite musicals.