Let the Season Begin...

After Thanksgiving dinner, (which was fantastic), my family and I all retreated back home. We used to have this tradition where we would put up all our Christmas decorations the same night. Apparently my family has died in spirit or gotten old or something because everyone started getting ready for bed. I don't think so! There's no way I was letting this night pass without getting that Chrismas tree up. Yes, I'm that kind of person.

I located all the decorations, which are in total 3x as much as all the other decorations put together. Of course they were out back in the shed, so I found a flashlight and marched outside to drag everything in. Well, to be honest some of those boxes are not exactly "light" in weight so there was a lot of heaving and weezing. Luckily, I'm so headstrong this task was achievable. Shout out to my wonderful family who let me do it all alone.

I tried to recruit everyone to help me with this, but only the ladies answered my plea for help. We turned on some Christmas jams and eventually got the job done! It took some persuading and there were a lot of "Lindsay this idea was stupid." comments, but hey! I got what I wanted. Christmas has begun!!!!!!!! 

Friends & Fall!

School really drags when you're waiting for that final bell to ring. I survived Math, and History for that matter. I had piano lessons after school, but that was actually pretty fun. Those lessons switch on and off. Some days, I'm thinking, "Wow this is great!". Other days, it's more along the lines of "Quitting piano doesn't sound so bad...". Of course I wouldn't, but hopefully you get the point. I don't think my teacher thought I could be challenged, but I wanted to prove I could, so I learned a harder song than she assigned to me. I played it for her and she was shocked! She said she was so happy that I am so committed. Hopefully now she'll challenge me.

I went to a game night at a friend's house. I love my friends! Everything we do is uplifting or just flat out fun! We started with a little war with the GIANT bean bag. It was people on either side trying to bury the opponent with it. Then someone came up with Murder in the Dark, and let me tell you, don't play that game with a full bladder. We were all screaming and laughing and even the boys were running around squealing. Eventually some us left and I slept over at a friends house!

I am so excited for Fall! I whipped out my boots and jackets a few days ago. It feels so good with the crisp air and being bundled up. We even went out for hot chocolate on a date. I love this feeling of nostalgia!! The leaves, Thanksgiving, cold weather, red & orange.... YAY!!!

Moving On, and Giving Back

When a woman gives birth to a child, she may experience postpartum depression. That's how I feel, except I "gave birth" to a play. 

Ok, so that was definitely a weird analogy, but I'm truly longing to go back even a week just to spend time with amazing people! Only true thespians know what this horrible sensation is. I have no idea what to do with my time now... There's so much of it! I could get a job, join debate, take time to actually do homework.... Pfft- who am I kidding? No I won't! 

I was reading the Ensign today in Chemistry, and I focused on Elder Klebingat's "Approaching the Throne of God with Confidence". He talked about taking care of ourselves physically along with spiritually. That really struck me, because let's be honest- I don't give exercise the time of day! He spoke of feeling better about ourselves as we take care of our personal temples. So I exercised today! Holy cow it's been waaaaaaaaaay too long. I did an abs workout, and the whole time the guy on the video was nonchalantly talking as if this was a workout for toddler's. The thing I found funniest was, "The best thing about this workout, is that it works and it is fun!" Please. I beg to differ as I lay on the ground moaning in pain. But I did it! After that I decided a walk would be nice. As I walked, it literally made me sad to see all the trash on the side of the road and bingo! I had an idea. 

I've been praying for my eyes to be opened to service opportunities, and I have been struggling to seek amidst my horrible attention span, but who knew I would find inspiration and I took a walk?! Craziness. It's like getting rewarded for bettering myself. Well, thank you God! I've decided to do a 25 days of CHRISTmas, by giving back to Him! And what a better way to start then by cleaning up the earth. Hopefully, I will stick to this plan. I love serving, and it's a perfect way to show my love for Christ! 

Not to mention.... THANKSGIVING!!! 

First Off...

Congratulations! You found my blog. I'm not going to make this my go-to and talk about the mushy details of everything, but I'll give a vague update once in a while. Sadly, the most exciting stuff in my life happens in my head and cannot be spoken aloud ;).

We just finished the production of the play, Thoroughly Modern Millie. I had the opportunity of being Millie, the lead! It was a super awesome, super FANTASTIC part, and I swear Millie and I are one. It took a lot of dedication, or in other words, it became my life... But I have no regrets taking on that challenge and I have some good memories from it. Even better, all my best friends were a part of it with me!

Today after church, I attended Missionary Preparation, which I find extremely helpful and fulfilling. We learned about repentance. Every week we also try to teach "investigators" about the designated topic. I usually do pretty well, but today was rough! I struggle with words; I soak it all up in my head, but I can't quite get out what I'm thinking. Perhaps I'm wrong, because a friend once told me I'm a good storyteller, but I'm just not confident in that area.