The Horizon

Well, college is quickly approaching for me. Oh boy, what excitement, right? Well, its really just been a lot of stress. I've pretty much gotten over going to school every day from 7 am to 3 pm in the noon. I was a real idiot for taking seven classes my senior year... five of them weighted. Yet another thing to add on my list of stupid things I've done. I'm planning, and really hoping, to go to NAU for college, for several reasons. I just feel that its right for me (now convincing my parents of that, will be a little more difficult). Its hard to explain... But I just know it. It will be a little hard to adjust to not living at home next year, I know, but I'll get used it it. Graduation is also nearing, they have our names on lists out in the halls of school so that we can check to see if its spelled correctly. I did have a little glimpse of hope for graduation, however short lived it was, I thought my mom might have forgotten to order a gown for me. No gown, no walking, right? Well, turns out she actually did. Darn... On a happier note, I now have a permit for off-roading! This means my expeditions out into the desert can be a little less short lived. Oh, and the spotlight works on my Jeep again. I'll find a use for that sometime.

Eighteenth Birthday!

Yes, its true, I've been eighteen for over a month now. It was a very momentous event for me, no matter how little freedom it actually brought me. The celebration, however small, was made magnificent by the most amazing girl, Heather. We continued our tradition that we go bowling, and eat pizza. Third year in a row, which is simply amazing, because I've known her for just about that long. Which is really amazing, considering how it seems like forever since I met her. Ugh, it was tenth grade! What an odd thought. But the celebration was just so much fun this year. No matter how many embarrassing things I did end up doing, many of which Heather got on video, it was totally worth it! And I got some awesome new shoes out of it! (Albeit, they were a result of one of those very embarrassing things... Luckily, Heather did not get that one on camera.) All I can say, is this next year will most definitely be exciting, in the least.Here's to it!


And besides, I did get this picture of Heather. Isn't she just adorable?

Senior Year, more than half way over!

Wow, its been forever since I posted on this thing. I almost forgot completely that I had this. (At least its not as bad as my journal... which was way bad.) But, my Senior Year has been pretty dang good! I am loving. Other than some friend drama, where I am not even on speaking terms with someone who used to be one of my best friends, almost nothing went horribly wrong! I had some great adventures on the way, including my eighteenth birthday, which I will post details of that later. School came and went this last semester, it didn't seem near as long as it usually does. Maybe its due to this weird, new extremely positive attitude I have going on. Just keep looking to the future, and all that stuff that I used to think was a load of garbage. This last day of the semester, that afternoon, I went up to Globe. I would post bunches of pictures about that whole adventure, but my camera mysteriously deleted all my photos, and I hadn't uploaded any off them. It made me moi sad. Well, that's all for now! Here's a picture to send you out in style!

In the time away from the ward...

Well, the last... four sundays (soon to be five) I haven't gone to my ward. It is not because I'm becoming inactive or anything, I've just been busy. With what, you ask? Well, with lots of things, in fact. Starting with going to Thatcher. I'll admit, I expected it to be extremely boring being stuck in a small town for five days. But boy, I was so wrong! It was fun! I don't know if it was because I didn't have time to adjust to having done everything that was possible, or that I just didn't care. It seemed like there was enough to do to me. Heather claimed I would get bored extremely fast, she was SO wrong. I was entertained almost one hundred percent of the time. From Heather and Chases fighting/arguing, to just driving around, there was always something to keep me from slipping into half-consciousness caused by nothingness. I did several things while I was up there, including going to Frye Mesa (a little lake thing), going to see Transformers Two, and driving up to mount grahm. (I'll admit, the last one freaked me out a bit. I do not enjoy driving on the side of a cliff that would undoubtedly kill me if I made a wrong turn.) In the end, the trip was very fun, and worth the five hours total in the car (I discovered that the native americans don't pick up their roadkill, the same coyote was in the same spot when I was driving back. It look nasty.).

When I made it home from that Sunday night, after eating a awkward dinner with the McCormies family (including some of their cousins, and their grandparents) I was just psyched to go to bed and sleep in the next morning. I couldn't, however, because I was forced to go on a road trip with my parents, 2700 miles long, across some of the most barren, boring places on earth, sleeping in a horribly uncomfortable motorhome, and not at all happy about it. That lasted about ten days. When I was in Utah it was alright, because my brother, Jon, was with me then. We went to park city and Lagoon. We got home Thursday afternoon, and the next day I went over to Anna's house warming party thing. For the next week, plus a few days, I was virtually living with the coxs. It was so much fun! Although half the time Natalie and I ended up baby sitting for Heather (her girls have way too much energy). During that time I went to Gilbert 2nd Ward twice, the second time realizing that the twins and I really have no first names, according to brother farnsworth at least (they were just "the cox twins" and I was "jared pager's sister"). I also went to Texas Roadhouse for the first time, and was full for the next two days... Went to amazing jake's for the first time as well, had Heather's little girl Sarah claim that she was "keeping me at her house forever," and went to Taylor pool twice. I hung out with Tialene, went to Neilsons, where I saw Whitters. I also dragged the twins to my mutual for human Foosball. Marissa did surprisingly not well, for a rugby and soccer player.

On the 19th, after church, I headed back to my house, and the next morning I went on a laurel boating trip, which was just awesome, I don't really know how to describe it. The fifth sunday that I will be missing is this upcoming one, because apparently we are heading up to clints well, so if anyone wants to come, just tell me! I would be totally open to it. Heheh. The twins will be back in town come August 3rd, so I will be down in gilbert until school starts up again. Where I will be entering Mountain View as a senior.