pictures

Before Thanksgiving Karina, Katy, and I went to Nancy's house to play Sunday afternoon. We had too much fun to stop and take pictures with my camera, but here are some shots from the car ride there:

Isn't that mountain GORGEOUS?!

And here are a few of my favorite shots from Thanksgiving :)

Me between the bellies! :)

Thanksgiving Break

I am so grateful that I found a ride home to Palmdale for Thanksgiving! There was a lot of concern about the "blizzard" coming through Utah on Tuesday evening/night, but that ended up being a big joke and the drive home Wednesday morning went really well.

I LOVED being with my family and having some time to relax as well as enjoy delicious food :)

Things I did:
-watched Ponyo [super cute!]
-beat the dumb game Plants vs. Zombies [thanks Heather... haha]
-played with my niece and nephews
-saw Harry Potter 7 again with some family members
-watched Surrogates
-played Rock Band
-SLEPT :)

And I was even a little bit productive on a few projects, so that was great!

The plan was to drive back to Provo Sunday morning, but my ride decided to wait until Monday because it was supposed to snow a lot all throughout Sunday. This was a bit of a problem for me because I would miss my math class and work in the afternoon. Not good. I was pretty frustrated, but what could I do?

This is when my super social superstar sister comes into play. 10:20 am CA time Heather called the house saying she found me a ride, but I needed to pack light and HURRY. I threw a few more things into my bag and threw on a sweatshirt before driving quickly over to a friend's house where I got a ride with her cousins who I had never met before. 10:30 am I was squeezed in the backseat but I was happy because I was headed back to Provo.

I had a little trouble on the way and ended up puking at a rest stop in Halloran Springs, but after a little rest and some very kind fellow passengers I was able to make the rest of the trip just fine! It was quite an adventure though, let me tell you. The adventure then continued as we got caught in slow icy roads around Cedar City so overall the trip took us 13 hours and we got home about midnight UT time. I made some good friends in that car with all our conversations to pass the time, it was really fun :)

It was a crazy day, but I made it back and was able to spend time with my roommates and make it to class and work. It was a Thanksgiving Miracle ;)

Now the hard part about Thanksgiving Break is the 3 weeks left until Christmas Break. Thanksgiving is just a little tease which makes focusing a bit harder for the final stretch of classes. But its ok. I can do this! Here we go...

Harry Potter 7

Part 1 was AMAZING! I absolutely loved it - I laughed, I screamed, I cried. All of it. And then I was devastated that it was over so quickly. I am realllly looking forward to next July; just another amazing part of next summer! :D

I had a great time going to dinner with a big group of friends and friends of friends before we all headed to the theater to get in line around 9:30. Thankfully we were waiting inside the movies just outside our specific theater because we saw the movie in the Provo Town Center Mall. It wouldn't have been as fun standing outside... thats for sure.

I worked on my art project while we waited in line, we played a few rounds of MASH, and got super excited as we saw so many people dressed up. I think my favorite costume was this little girl who was dressed as Dobby! Adorable!

 

 working on my art project and playing MASH

 the whole group in line [minus Clarissa who took the picture]

 Giant Hagrid!

 Adorable Dobby!

 my vest for art - Optimism is Key! :)

 Katy and her fun roommates!

 sitting in the theater so excited for the movie to start!

The entire night was so much fun and I am so glad that I was able to enjoy it with my cousin Katy!


 I'm already looking forward to seeing it again!

epic plans

Today: 2 more classes, Mary Kay Makeover, Dinner, getting in line, Harry Potter Midnight Showing!!

Tomorrow: Art class, work

Saturday: last home football game!

Sunday: I'm giving a talk in church

Monday: one class

Tuesday: one class

Wednesday: GOING HOME!

YESSS!!!



and I have been feeling much better lately, so that is helping this epic week become even greater! :)

The verdict is in:

I went to the Urgent Care today and the Doctor suspects I have Bronchitis.

I was seen, diagnosed, got a prescription, and it was all about an hour - way faster than I was suspecting. Sadly the medication will make me drowsy though, so I have yet to take it.

I'm too tired to do my homework though, so I'm about to take it and knock out so hopefully tomorrow will be a start to a healthier Holly :)

Goodnight world!

Molly's Photoshoot

I got the results from my photoshoot with Molly! I LOVE the pictures and I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to work with her! She is such a nice girl and she is very talented :)

[Confession: I am a little bit obsessed with these pictures, it makes me feel narcissistic.]

Here are the pictures!

It must be that time of year

Just about everyone around me is sick, starting to feel sick, or is just getting over being sick. I think its crazy how it happens to nearly everyone at once.

I worked over 20 hours last week and I was absolutely exhausted by the end. Friday was a huge important banquet for the Marriott School of Management with their National Advisory Council Conference so I was working until 10:30 pm and then Saturday was a home football game against UNLV so I started work at 7 am. I got off around 12:45 and I was so ready for the long week to be over! I immediately collapsed on the couch and thats pretty much where I stayed for the rest of the day. I started feeling a cold coming on :(

Karina was hanging out at another apartment and when a friend heard that I wasn't feeling good he came over and made me some Chicken noodle soup. That soup was so good! I can't remember the last time I had eaten that. This was a much more welcome visit than the last time Josh had come over [dressed as a luchador] haha.

And so now I am coughing and fully clogged in the head with a cold. Does that happen to anyone else? Whenever I get a head cold I feel like my brain doesn't know how to properly function, I can't focus, and my head just feels completely solid. I feel so stupid. Example: today in my math class I could not focus and I ended up making little cubes out of different shaped pieces of paper. We were each supposed to make 1 or 2, but I ended up making 8. It took me a long time to do it, but I just couldn't focus on the rest of the lesson. And now as I write this it is taking me forever to get a sentence written [and I hope it is all making sense...]

The weather is definitely turning to winter here in Provo with rain and snow in the forecast so its definitely time to bundle up and buy some hot chocolate! Lets not all get sick and stupid like me [or am I the only one that gets this way?]

 

My masterpieces - after being a little crushed in my bag on the way home