Sliming Alliteration

Two words: Weight Watchers

Today my mom and I joined the great Double W. My mom has gone before and has had great success and I figure that it is time to get my life in gear and start making healthier choices. My ultimate goal right now is to lose 50 lbs. But my short term goal for right now is to lose 10 pounds before I move back to Logan in about 5 weeks. I really think I can do this and I've very excited to be apart of such a successful program. So good luck to me! :D

I just thought it would be appropriate to post a couple of "Before" pictures of what I look like now so when I look back and I can say, "Dang, I used to look like a bloated water-retaining sea cow! And now look at me! I look good!" :D

I know that Britt and Lacey are already pretty small girls but in this picture I'm as wide as both of them together. Well, no more 'Sister WIDE LOAD'!

All my roomies have such perfect curves and healthy bodies. Soon, I won't be afraid of having pictures taken next to these cute girls! :D

I'm very excited to start on my journey. So here I go, one small step at a time.

Little Miss Muffet

I have a new roommate. He is a spider.

Last night I was laying in bed when I saw a spider dash from my pillow to my laptop that was lying next to me. The lights were off and I wasn't quite sure what I saw, so I turned on the light and checked under my laptop to see if I could see it. I didn't see any sign of life so I turned off the light and laid back down trying to calm myself. I looked over again and I saw something black and about the size of a quarter rush from beneath my laptop down the side of my bed racing on the edge. I flipped on the light again and I thought I saw it run either under my covers or between my mattress and the box spring. By now my heart was racing and I was WIDE awake!

I grabbed one of my flip flops and started shaking my covers to see if I could spot the monster. I never found him. I set the flip flop next to my bed on the floor for the next time I would see him. I dimmed the lights really low just in case he decided to come out. I put on my long socks also in case he wanted to come out and have an early morning snack... ME. I pulled the blankets up to my neck and went to sleep after getting my mind and heart to stop racing.

Next thing I know the yarn ties on my quilt and my hair started tickling my face. I FREAKED! It scared me so bad! I thought the spider was running across my face! Just the thought of it is DISGUSTING!!!! Ugh! So I couldn't handle it. I grabbed another blanket and pillow after shaking them out and checking for my unwanted guest, I went down stairs and slept peacefully on my couch.

I'm sorry, but I just don't like spiders. They creep me out too much. I spent most of today trying to find my new roomie but he was no where to be found. Part of me is trying to be brave and not freak. Another part of me is horrified. Every tickle or rush of air from the ceiling fan sends me into a panic. The last part of me thinks I'm crazy because I never actually saw the creature in the light. I could have been a shadow or some hallucination of sorts. Whatever really happened it has really scared me. I'll be on edge from now until I find the fiend or I move away to college where I will have to deal with other parasites. ;)

Rest assured that I will never watch Shelob the giant spider from the Lord of the Rings and Aragog from Harry Potter. I REFUSE!!!

Shaken Situation

I'm scared. Terrified really. I see the big picture and I understand the wonderful opportunities that lay ahead for me but that still doesn't assuage my fear.

I love school. I love being in class with a set schedule, learning and expanding my mind with new facts and information. I love the social part of being on campus people watching and seeing my friends. I love having that one good friend who is there when I need them and there to listen to my long list of To Do's. I love reading the texts and the materials searching for the deeper personal meaning. I love having assignments or work to do and staying busy. I love getting ready in the morning and looking my best for the people I'm about to meet. I love being on my own and taking care of myself.

I love school, but this year it's different. I'm excited to go back to Logan and live in the Anderson Apartments. One of my really good friends and I were going to room together. I was very excited for the fun things that we had planned out. Our schedules were going to be the same. We were going to study together, play together and we even had callings together. I was very excited to have someone that I know and trust live with me. She did some thinking and some research and found out that it would be a better choice for her to stay home and attend UVU. I support her decicion 100%. She knows where she needs to be and I'm not going to stop her from making her choice.

But.... now I'm scared. Now I'm going to be living with other girls that I have never met. I don't know if they are LDS or where they come from. I don't if they are older than me or if our schedules will be the same. I will be doing all of my studying on my own and I will be doing my calling with brand new women as well. I'm afraid of being alone. Sure, I can see the big picture.... "This is a great opportunity to meet new people and exercise getting out of my shell." I've heard it all before. I just don't know if I can do it on my own.

Not only do my worries consist of social issues but financial and academic issues as well. I have NO MONEY!!! The small summer jobs that I have are not enough. They will only buy me gas for my car. I'm just so concerned on how I'm going to make it. I also want to go to school this next summer but I don't know how that all is going to work. I would love to move to Logan permanently I just don't know when that will happen and how it will all work out.

I guess I'm just shaken up about my new situation that it is causeing me to ask more and more questions. I'm scared and nervous and anxious and I just need some time to think, regroup and ask for encouragement.

THINGS THAT I LOVE

1. Playing Name-That-Tune with my dad
2. Drinking Coke
3. Everything M*A*S*H
4. Birthdays
5. Getting my hair cut or colored
6. Eating Wheat Thins for a snack
7. Watching the rain fall
8. Taking pictures then photo shoping them
9. Having my picture taken
10. Eating with friends and family
11. Singing songs
12. Quoting movies
13. Playing all games
14. Facebooking
15. Massages and having my back tickled
16. Sleeping in
17. Camping in Coalville with my family
18. Swimming with my neice
19. Watching TV with my dad
20. Blowing bubbles
21. Going to school
22. Teaching a class
23. Buying school supplies
24. SHOES!!!
25. Talking on the phone with a good friend
26. Playing with animals
27. Making blankets
28. Visiting with Grandma Carter
29. Giving hugs
30. Laughing so hard my stomach hurts, my cheeks hurt, I snort and I about pee my pants. :D
31. Slurring my words like Sid the Sloth
32. Going to the movies
33. Watching shows on my laptop outside like a drive in movie
34. Riding on the back of the Goldwing
35. Driving the Trike
36. Any type of traveling (By plane, car, motorcycle, boat, ect.)
37. Going to church
38. Singing Hymns
39. Eating ice cream
40. Playing tetris
41. Learning family history
42. Reading good books
43. Babysitting
44. Taking a walk and just chillin' in nature
45. Four wheeling
46. Shooting guns
47. Giving someone flowers
48. Making someone feel better
49. Learning how to cook new dishes
50. Thanksgiving AND Christmas
51. Throwing a softball around
52. Holding on to balloons
53. Jewelry
54. Filing and oranizing
55. Planning and organizing activities
56. Making cards with my sister, aunt and cousin
57. Writting to missionaries
58. Going to plays and performances
59. Walking for exercise
60. Finding solutions
61. Cowboys and rodeos
62. Riding horses
63. Going to the zoo
64. Listening to water in a river, fountain, waterfall, ocean, ect.
65. New clothes
66. Making lists
67. Creating art pieces
68. Collecting key chains and fortunes from fortune cookies
69. Picking and pressing wild flowers
70. Visiting historical church sites
71. Doing the Noodle Dance with the Gurney girls and Meika :D
72. ELVIS PRESLEY
73. Going to dances
74. Coloring pictures
75. Listening to my record player
76. Sitting out on the deck just chillin'
77. Putting pictures in the perfect picture frame
78. Re-decorating my house
79. Baking cookies
80. Finding a bargain
81. Listen to my dad change the words to songs
82. Volunteering at my mom's work
83. Living on my own
84. Going to the Thursday night movie under the tent with my cousins for Alpine Days
85. Having contacts and not cheesey glasses
86. The Dollar Store
87. Talent shows
88. Taking a cool shower on a hot day and taking a hot shower on a cold day
89. Puddle jumping and playing in the rain
90. Snowball fights
91. Listening to music while getting ready in the morning
92. Going to bed early and waking up semi early
93. Drawing with sidewalk chalk
94. Going to an Aggie Basketball game or Aggie Hockey
95. Walking in the grass bare-footed
96. Watching natural disasters
97. Playing the piano and the trumpet
98. Playing in the ocean
99. The smell and feel of clothes that are right out of the dryer
100. Carol Burnett, Smother's Brothers, Laugh-in and other old school funny stuff
101. Retro shows like: Happy Days, Leverne & Sherley, Mork & Mindy, Hogan's Heros, The Monkees and others
102. Learning about other cultures
103. Going to the musem
104. Studying about wars in history
105. Quotes, books, songs or movies that make you think
106. Weird weather
107. Stargazing
108. Watching a campfire and singing songs
109. Ah-ha! moments
110. Having a deep conversation
111. Finding songs with names in them
112. Holding hands
113. Seeing a good hockey fight
114. Hearing stories about my grandpa's
115. Cheesey, corney jokes!

I can't think of any more right now but there are lots more that I haven't listed. Most of all I love being Just Necia! :D