Valentine's Day

This Valentine's Day has brought an

Unsolved Mystery

 to Studio 24. 

I was a little late getting ready on that fateful February 14th, 2011,
so as I'm rushing out the door -- what do I find on my door step?

Why these flowers of course!!

Not those that my roommate received.  

Instead I got this adorable mini-rose bush:

and this accompanying note:

Please refer to the picture in last post to preview my ray of sunshine smile. :)

By the way, the mystery font at the bottom is still unsolved so if anyone has any great ideas ... please let me know. It is not any known font on my Mac and it isn't Greek or Hebrew.

I am very excited about my mystery rose bush, and I'm even more excited that I don't know who gave them to me -- 

then I don't have to deal with any awkward thanks a lot, but I will never like you ever moments!  

(If it happened to be someone that would elicit that response, if not I guess I'm missing out!)

Its a win win for everyone -- somebody gave me flowers, I share my smile and don't feel awkward. WOOHOO! 

Another unsolved mystery is how to keep my little rose bush alive. There is a lot of water just sitting in the pot, and not a lot being soaked up. Are you not supposed to water them everyday? 

(I have stopped watering until the water soaked in!)

Any hints or tips would be great! Thanks viewing audience! 

The Daily Universe

Recently I have been finding the Daily Universe (BYU's school newspaper) a must-read each day.

And today I was definitely right!

What other paper would give you a free Jimmer head to cut out and take to the game?

Also they have been a Valentine's Day special where 'Dr. Love' answers questions. I thought this one was funny (if only because I love twilight!). For you Toni:

Q. Dr. Love,
  Help! I am in love with the most perfect man. He is impossibly beautiful  -- he basically looks like a Greek god.  He is tall and buff. He has a flawless face: a strong chin, straight nose, full and luscious lips. I want to kiss those lips so bad! His hair is a unique bronze color and I wish I could run my fingers through it all day. I get sucked into his topaz eyes and can't stop looking at them. He is the ideal gentleman; he is charming, polite, courteous, thoughtful, gracious, charismatic . . . sigh. I am unconditionally and irrevocably in love. He doesn't know I exist. What do I do?
-- Girl who wants to say it out loud.

A. Be careful. Vampires bite.
-- Dr. Love

Let me know if you'd like me to pick up a Jimmer head for you and yours! :)

The Best Birthday Ever!

Yesterday was my TWENTIETH birthday!!! 

And I think it was one of my best ones ever!

I can honestly say.. that I have sort of given on birthdays in the past. I just think that expectations are too high and then when things go wrong.. . . life is no good.

BUT YESTERDAY MY VIEWS WERE CHANGED.

My roommates and family really made my day great!

 

My birthday celebrating officially started on Sunday. My sister Dawn had me and my brother over for dinner. She made the best lasagna, bread (no surprise there, she's like the queen of bread!), and desert ever! She even had organic spinach for a salad. What a great gal she is! I really enjoyed my time watching Man-Tracker with Bryan, Dawn, and Freeland Baby Girl #1. It was a blast! Thank you Freelands!

 

Then I got flowers! Thanks mom and dad! You Rock!

On the day of my birthday my roommate went all out! 

They started out with a wonderful breakfast! Cinnamon Rolls, which I have recently been craving. It was so sweet! 

 

I loved it, and it was fun opening my presents from my mom and dad and Todd in the morning!! My mother wrapped them so prettily, and they were great when you opened them too!!

 

Then I went to school, spent sometime with the Cadavers, and since I now have anatomy buddies -- they told me happy birthday there as well!

 

I came home excited because I got to have my favorite meal ever! SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS! YUM! I was so excited. Also my roommates gave me the best present. It was a T-Swift Concert Ticket Fund Jar. Filled with loose change. SO SO SO CUTE!!! Again thanks roommates -- you know who you are and you are AMAZING! (TJ would agree.)

Speaking of TJ.. I had a couple of visitors while I was gone write me some notes on my whiteboard. 

TJ Fredette

Jimmer Fredette

The Obama's!

Miss Taylor Swift!!

You all are allowed to be jealous! 

I then had to go to a pressing meeting. 

  

When I came back the party started! We had hot fudge brownie sundaes. Thanks again roommates.

Then we played a fun game of spin the bottle. . . 

NOT the kissing kind. 

I'm adult now you know -- so far removed from those childish teen games.

Then we all fell asleep in front of the television watching a great MOVIE!

I can't say enough how excited I am to have such great roommates who make special days so special. It really is a blessing, and I'm so glad that I live where I do!!!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Feb. 9, 2011, cause I sure did!!

Why?

Why am I awake at 6:30 every Saturday morning, and on campus at 7:30 (before the library opens I might add)? Why am I awake when these are my only companions? 

When the campus looks this desolate?

To say this least, its pretty brutal to have a 10:00 a.m. anatomy lab every Saturday! I wake up every Saturday to go spend a couple of hours with the cadavers. Its really been a neat experience, if dreadfully early.

I really do enjoy learning about the human body, and I've had quite a few adventures! 

Cadaver Adventures:

A mini-post inside another post!

I was the first one in the lab one Friday morning at 7 a.m. The TA told me to go ahead and get the arm I wanted to work with out.  You may not realize, but arms are pretty heavy.  As I was grabbing the arm specimen out -- I couldn't hold in just my two hands! So I had to put my arm on the cadaver for balance.  I proceeded to work in the lab for another hour, before I could clean away my cadaver juice. 

The same week I was examining another arm, and I noticed . . the finger looked just like my mom's! It was so weird. They leave the skin on some parts of the cadavers, and this specimen had its finger skin still attached. It was the craziest thing to look down and see my mother's fingers.  

It made me feel warm inside. ;)

One thing about the cadaver lab is that when its crowded you can point out the future doctors who feel like they've got something to prove.  Usually this is the girl's. They get uncomfortably close to you, and start answering questions that other people were asking you. Like one time, I knew the stuff pretty well and someone asked me a question. I was going to answer, but the assertive, annoyingly close daughter of God next me answered faster. It almost makes me want to be really good... just so I can be quicker on the draw... but I will let them have their hey-day. Apparently this means a lot to them. 

This week.... I got to touch a human brain. 

It was awesome. They feel kind of firm if you're wondering. It was weird to me to think that all of someone's memories and knowledge and skill was somehow stored in there.  I was touching their lives kind of.  It was also a really cool experience. 

....

So my friends, if you are ever up on a Saturday morning... wishing you were asleep... think of me. 

Know that I'll be wandering the unknown.

p.s. sorry again about the lack of centered photos..
I will work on this when I have time to figure it all out. . . .