Its SNOWing in October

Today was the first day of snow in little Ephraim. It was a big shock to a lot of people considering the fact that it's only october 6th. Of course, my silent response to all of them was as follows: "Guess what? This is Utah. Get used to it."

There are a few things that you need to know when you move here to the heart of Utah:

1) It snows. Deal with it.

2) It will snow . . . and be insanely sunny. All in the same day. Guess what? Deal with it.

3) St. George is very sunny. If you like sun so much, move there.

4) It will snow from October to the end of April if it feels like it. Deal with it.

5) I don't care how sunny California was. Utah is temperamental. Get a coat and deal with it.

If you don't learn these rules, you should expect to lose. :)

And that ends my happy rant for the day. Thank you for listening. Tune in the next time I feel like updating this blog for another happy moment with me, Mattie. :)

Modern Major and General ed

I think that I have finally picked my major.

Sure . . . I really don't know if I want it . . . and granted . . . I am not the most decisive person and can therefore end up switching it halfway through . . . but here's my reasoning behind this.

A few weeks ago, my roommates and I were talking about majors. They asked me what mine was going to be and I replied; "Well . . . here's the thing."

As we all know, any speech that starts out with 'here's the thing' doesn't really end well, and this one was no exception.

I went on to explain that I hated math, despised english, sucked at art, and couldn't sing and or play and instrument to save my life. And given my downright AWFUL people skills, I really shouldn't be a teacher. Therefore, I reasoned, that I really didn't have many options in terms of majors.

They all got a good laugh out of that (go figure) but it did prompt me to start seriously thinking about majors.

I know I need one. And I want one. See, I'm of the "what if" attitude. Although I want to be a stay at home mom, "what if" something happens to my husband and I need to provide for my family? I don't want one of those dumb degrees like "bachelor of young wife studies" or something. I need a legit major that will actually rake in the dough. So, I turned my attention towards science.

I've always loved the medical field. In fact, I wanted to be a nurse for a long time (until I took human bio. senior year and learned that me and guts don't mix well) and since I couldn't do that . . . well . . . I'm not sure when I realized it (it probably had something to do with my week long psych marathon) but I have decided to go into pharmaceuticals.

So . . . congratulations to me . . . for finding a major. And congratulations to you for actually getting through this rather long winded, picture-less post. Here is a picture just for you:

Count Dracula . . . he's always watching.

Movin' Along

Hello Internet.

Today I am blogging from my couch. Strangely, I have found that I have internet on the couch in my apartment, but in order to get internet at my desk I have to use an ethernet cord. Just using that word makes me feel . . . odd. It's such an old fashioned thing. I mean, we're living in the wireless age, and having to use an "ethernet cord" . . . it's unbelievable.

At any rate, I am coming to you live from my living room, where life is getting well . . . interesting.

In the past few weeks, I have started college (although I suppose it's been more than a FEW weeks) gone grocery shopping without my mother, had to cook every night, begun to eat breakfast again, written over 263 quotes on our quote wall, and gotten into a staring contest with the resident fish (who's a bit of a stalker like his owner) (love ya karli . . . if you ever find this!)).

Life is still just moseying along . . . and I guess I have to just mosey along with it.

Facebook

I have done it. I have finally joined Facebook. Something I never thought I would do in a million years. And I have to say . . . it's a bit overrated.

Maybe it's just me, but there really isn't anything to do on Facebook. AND I am constantly getting emailed and texted whenever anyone comment's on anything I post or on something that I have commented or liked on. It's very irritating.

And that's my pessimistic view of one of the most beloved social networking sites on the web-iverse.

Glum-ness

Well its my first night alone . . . ever. Until tonight I have always had someone I knew and trusted by my side when I spent the night away from home. Today I have no one. Sure . . . there are people here from the same high school as me . . . I may have even noticed them in the hallway . . . but not a single one of my friends is here . . . and I feel all alone.

It's not all bad I suppose. I can now set my own curfew, eat whenever and whatever I want. I no longer have to follow someone else's timeline for the day . . . but at the same time, I can't shake this unbelievable feeling of homesickness . . . something that with five brothers still at home, I never thought I would have.

I guess all I really want right now is to go back home to my not-so-perfect life where at least everything felt right. And I felt at home.

Summer Ends

Hey all. Once again, its been awhile since I've been on the 'ol blog. But here I am.

A lot has changed since my last post . . . I graduated high school, I got a cell phone (finally! My first one ever, and I'm only 18!) and of course, my aunt gave me a college makeover. That's right world, for the first time ever, I Mattie F, am wearing makeup. (dun dun duh!)

Actually its not that bad. I actually can't believe it took me this long to do it . . . but it's done now, just in time for college in T-minus 2 weeks. I can't believe that this summer is almost over and I'm about to start a whole new version of awful. We'll have to see how it goes.

Random Topic: Sock Monkeys

Sock monkeys are awesome. I don't know why. I doubt that anyone can truly define what makes a stuffed sock (that looks like a monkey) so amazing, but they are. So, this post is dedicated to sock monkeys, and their amazingness.

Actually, I looked up the history of Sock Monkeys on Wikipedia, and if you want to check it out, click here.

Otherwise, check out these awesome Sock Monkey Pictures:

Spring Time Worries

Utah has a funny way of destroying even the most carefully laid out plans. As I mentioned in my last post, the weather is unpredictable to say the least. One moment, we are worried about flooding, and the next, it dumps an inch of snow on us.

Of course, flooding is still a possibility. According to this website I checked out (Click here to see it.) there is more snow on our Mountain than ever, and when the spring temperatures begin to show up (assuming that they EVER show up) then we are going to be in a world of hurt. :P

On the bright side, they might be flooding 500 again, and that is always an exciting thing to look out for . . .

Of Utah and Weather

Two words . . . Utah weather.

If anyone has lived in, visited, or heard about Utah, I'm sure the weather has been mentioned.

In most states, there is a normal. In Arizona, expect it to be hot, in Florida, it's humid, but in Utah, you never know what the weather is going to do.

Simply put, Utah is the only state in which a person wears a sweater and a pair of shorts on the same day.

That's what we've been dealing with lately. For a few days, we have lovely spring weather, and the next moment, its a freaking blizzard. It's absolutely crazy, and it's going to happen again. Tomorrow. :P

Procrastination

So recently, in my horrible English Class, I was forced to write an 8 page research paper where "anything that is not common knowledge must be cited". This represents a problem in that I haven't had to cite things, I mean really cite things, for years. This includes the intext citations such as (Davies 134).

This is also a problem in that the paper was assigned months before it was actually due. You see, whenever something is assigned months before it's due, I tend to forget about it, thinking, "Oh, I'll have plenty of time." I will continue to think this, all the way up to the day before it's due and then I'll do it.

This time was no different.

I wrote my entire paper, the paper that is worth 30% of my grade, the night before it was due. And guess what! I got a B+ on it. I'm feelin' pretty invincible right now . . . let's see what else I can procrastinate.