Last.

"Rise oh mighty Cougars and throw your challenge to the foe.
You will fight, day or night, rain or snow (or bitter bitter cold)
Loyal, strong, and true, where the white and blue.
While we sing,
Get set to spring,
C'mon Cougars it's up to you."

Football season: over for home games.
Recap: now.

Totes went to Dallas for some football action.

Last game...all bundled up.

Until next year, Cougar football.
..chelle..

Blurb.

Just a little blurb for your day.

Happy Monday!
I hope your week is filled with acing all your tests and papers (like I hope mine is).
..chelle..

Jumbled.

My thoughts lately have been completely scattered.
I can't seem to get them in focus.
But.
I'll focus a few of them for you.

The main reason I think my thoughts are so scattered is this...
#1. In two months FROM TODAY, I will officially become a resident of London.
I am ECSTATIC.
Ask my roommates.
I have my London International Studies class every Thursday from 5:00-7:15 PM,
And I come home and it's all I can talk about the rest of the night.
Seriously.
Like last night, we talked about staying focused on this semester,
Because our next one is going to be even better.
Yeah.
So not happening.
I dream about it.
It's everywhere I can see.
It keeps draining my bank account.
And it makes me excited.
It also isn't helping that I'm going with 40 of the coolest people ever.
And we've already planned getaways to Paris,
Barcelona,
Berlin,
Prague,
Rome,
Venice,
Vienna,
And my personal favorite....GREECE.
So.
Now all I do with my spare time is avoid my homework.
And look up destinations around Europe.
And try to find cheap trains and hostels.
Such is the life of a college traveler.

Don't worry. This is Hyde Park in the winter, where i'll be living. The street on the left is Palace Court. The BYU Center is located at 27 Palace Court. Yeahhh.

See this place? Marinola, Italy. I WILL BE HERE IN 3 MONTHS.

Ignore my hideous face. This is my student ID card for International Travel. It gets me way sweet discounts on shows and museums. And just makes me feel official. I got it yesterday. Changed my life.

#2. Because of this new excursion I will be embarking on in two months,
I must quit my job.
I calculated how many days I have left at work.
15.
ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS.
I'm beyond excited for this.
But sad as well.
The Spoon has been good to me.
I've made some great friends here and I'm going to miss them.
Especially Steffi.
She's the sweetest.
And I'm so excited for her student teaching in the winter in WASHINGTON DC!
Yeahhhh girl!

#3. The day I finish Chem 105, I may cry immense tears of joy.
I only have 5 more weeks.
I keep telling myself that.
But it's just not working.
On the plus side:
1st test: 52%
2nd test: 70%
3rd test: to be continued. Next test is in 10 days...pray for me.

#4. My Maggie Shea is getting married in less than 2 months!
Excited/sad/anxious/happy/ready for this wedding to happen!

This was just two years ago almost to the day. We were babies. She's getting married now. I love her.

#5. The first of my best guy friends gets home from his mission in one week!
I am STOKED to have them back and I hope we can all just go back to our sweet hangouts.

This is Cam. He's the first to come back. PS- I was so tan. Yeesh.

We were babies. Yeesh. Beau gets back in May, Zach in June, Miles in December, McKay in March, and Barry in April!

Ryan's the last of them to come back. He gets home in August.

#6. I love BYU more than anything i've ever loved in my life.
Besides my family.
As much as homework sucks,
As much as I dislike everyone around me dating,
As much as I am out of the loop dating wise,
And as much as all my friends are dating...
I wouldn't trade being here for anything.
I love it.
I love my friends.
I love my ward.
I love my roommates.
And I just love life.

Some of the 35th. You won't find a cooler ward than ours.

I love these people. The best group of friends you could have.

Year 2 anyone? Love these women with all my heart.

Love my hott babes. And random gingers.

Yay for friends living in Lib!

#7. Since the post is long,

I'll end off on my lucky number.

The quote I've been living by for the past month.

That hangs up on my mirror,

And in my room.

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"

- Vincent Van Gogh.

Peace and blessings.

..chelle..

Game.

Location: Dallas, TX.

With these boys.

The only thing heartbreaking about the trip was the loss.

So disappointing.

But so much fun to be there.

Loved it. :]

So many good times and memories.

PS- Barney made everything okay.

He also had the classy choice of Miller Lite.

..chelle..

DFW/SAN

(Nerd note: those are airport codes. Not like I worked at an airline this summer or anything....)
Guess who has two thumbs,
Is going to Dallas for the BYU vs. TCU game with two of her besties,
And heading to San Diego after for some family bonding?

This girl. :]
Stay tuned....
..chelle..

Character.

SO.
For English 218-R (aka Creative Writing),
We have to write a letter to a character.
Someone we connect with.
And why.
For mine, I chose the character of Daphne Reynolds,
From the movie What a Girl Wants.
Remember that movie from 5th grade girls?
Here we go.

Dear Daphne:

I'm glad you were created. You see, I really can connect to you. You have such a passion for life and living it to the fullest. I'm the same way. My friends and I made up a motto last year that we still abide by to this day: "You only live once." And I think you can apply that motto in your life. You make sure you do as much as you can in a day. And you are sure that at the end of the day, you are still smiling and enjoying every second.

Daphne, you also aren't afraid to dream big. You have goals and ambitions, and you're not going to let anyone stand in your way of achieving them. Impossible isn't a word in your vocabulary. So many people have an idea of what you should be, but you make sure that you are becoming who YOU want to become. You tend to be pretty positive about life, although you could stand to work on your outlook on yourself, that's okay. You're a little awkward now, but you have learned to laugh it off and hope one day you'll outgrow it. You know that one day you'll get there and eventually you'll be confident with yourself. You also know that one day, you'll settle down from your crazy passions and dreams and start a family. But life's too short to not experience it now.

Also, you love London. Your passion for the city is amazing and you know you're having the experience of a lifetime. You are just taking in the city and it's amazing sights and sounds. You're lucky; you get to claim London as a part of who you are. I'm pretty jealous about that. But hey, like you've shown, that can become part of your life. All you have to do is swoon a smokin' hot British man off of his feet, and you're set for life.

Daphne, thanks for being there for all the girls like me: ambitious, excited, and full of dreams. Keep on rollin' out those DVD's. I'll be seeing you the next time I need some inspiration. And some Oliver Jones.

Love,
..chelle..

Year.

I found a picture from last year.
October 12, 2010:

Look at us.
I don't match (horrible fashion statement Michelle. Yeesh.).
MAM was happenin'.
Michael was there.
Jonny refused to be in the picture.
Toy Story 3 was great
And we lived it up for rest of that night...well. Until 4 AM.

Flash forward one year:
All three of us have a MK.
Mr. Stallings is on a mission (whaddup Phillipines!)
Along with Mr. Farnsworth (Hola Peru!)
MAM all live in our separate apartments.
And.
We still hang out.
But we've made new friends.
So.
Here's the picture from this year.
October 9, 2011:

I match better this time.
And the ratio is definitely in my favor this year.

New friends. 
New complex.
New year.

I wish I could describe how much fun I am having this year.
It seriously has been great.
Hence,
My lack of blogging.
One day I'll throw a ton of pictures up and catch y'all up then.
Until that day....
..chelle..