From moping around to Living the Dream

Have you ever had that feeling where you have no time to blog but have such a desire to do so? And then you finally get the opportunity and time and you don't know what to say (or type, I should say)? Yeah. That would be me. Now.


Regardless, it still feels good to get something down. Therefore, I'll just ramble.


First off, I have had a negative attitude all week and have been antisocial, which is not a "Callie" thing to do.  I've just wanted to be by myself and mope.  Why?  Not sure... I'm probably just looking for attention like a little priss or something.  So, to fix this moping and attitude problem, I've decided to list some things that I love right now, in this moment (this is me trying to live in the moment and not the past or the future).


I LOVE.....


           *Visiting home knowing I'll be taken care of by my mommy and daddy (yeah, I just said that).  Sometimes it's just nice to have people who show you they love you through action and not just words.

          *Exercise. Particularly at Sports Academy where I have a free membership because of my job (no, not at USU where little miss beauty queen with her straightened highlights and eyelash extensions is trying to get some).  Exercising at Sports Academy is where and when I can enter my own world and disappear behind the instructor (who is just happy you're there) and listen to the beat of the music running through the whole room.  I love that atmosphere in the classes where people are competing against themselves and not each other, aka no judgments.  I can just focus on improving myself without worries - homework disappears, work disappears, responsibilities disappear, and all troubles of life disappear. And all that's left is me, in my own little world.


.       *Walking home from school knowing that I don't have to be there for the rest of the day.  And those 7 minutes allow me to say hi to the friends I pass and to think to myself.  There's just one destination: home.  No options, no decisions, no pressure.  It also means that it's almost time for me to have around 10 minutes of free, lazy time as soon as I do get home. And those are minutes I often look forward to, especially on the days when I'm running from one thing to the next.


        *My true friends of whom I can rely on to be true friends at all times.  One of my dear friends once told me that there are good friends, best friends, and true friends.  Good, better, best.  And it's taken me a long time, but I finally know what she means, probably because I finally know what true friends are.  I do have many true friends, but I do want to make a cheesy shout out to Makenna B., Kylie W., and Jared H.  You are each amazing.  I love how it doesn't matter how long it's been, because each time we see each other, it's as though nothing has changed.  And between us, nothing has.  In the past, I've had friends who care about pleasing others more than being genuine, sincere, and truthful.  It's all just words.  But with true friends, it's more than words.  It's heart.  So to those who are true friends to me, thanks.  I aspire to be as good to you as you are to me.


      *Dance parties where I can let go and feel the music run through every molecule in my body.  This includes dance parties where there are 100's of people, or where there is only me in my room with my little stereo.

    *Crafts that make me feel way cooler than I am.  Particularly crafts with paint.

    *Talking with my roommate (currently Ashlena N.) until we fall asleep.  It's nice to have someone there at the end of the day.  Particularly a reliable, amazing, true friend like Ms. Nichols (P.S. Ashlena, please be an exception from statistics that past roommates have created and refrain from getting married, or even getting a boyfriend and forgetting about me, thanks.)


    *Sitting in the sauna after a beautiful workout.  Need a stress reliever? Go find a sauna.  Mine happens to be at Sports Academy where members often forget it exists, so I often get it to myself.  Time to myself? Nope, doesn't exist unless I'm in the sauna.


     *Having friends in so many different countries.  Let's be honest, sometimes it's nice to have bragging rights to something that most people don't have.  Yup, I'm a selfish gloater like that.  And I actually do love these friends I have and I do and will miss them dearly as they leave America within these next 2 weeks.  I can't think of the fact that they're leaving and that most aren't coming back. I don't like that at all.  I have never been so horrible at saying goodbyes.  But then again, the fact that they're leaving is not the point.  The point is that I got to know them, and I love them, and they are amazing, and they are so nice, and.... I can't wait to see them again whether it's in this life or the next.

My last night in Sun Valley with the best of my friends! I'm the only American!

       * Musicals.  Particularly ones that make your heart burst with feeling like Wicked or the Phantom of the Opera.  And fun ones that make you smile like High School Musical 3 and Hairspray (or I guess these could be classified as Zac Efron musicals).



        * My ipod.  It's my baby.  It makes everything better.  It's old.  It's white.  It's magical.



      *Disney.  What can I say?  Disney always makes me laugh, it's always wholesome, and I love that in their movies and shows they put jokes that only adults can understand.



       *Deep talks while looking up into the stars.



      *Movies and books.  I love escaping this world and immersing myself in new ones.



     *Sleep.  Need I say more?
I look like this when I sleep : D


    *Love. Yup, I love love.  Especially true love, which I will never stop believing in.  I know with everything in me that I will experience true love some day in the same way I knew that I was meant to do something bigger than myself this last summer.  It's just one of those things.



     *ADVENTURES!!!!


                                                                    Meeting David Archuleta

Moab with one of my truest friends in the world!

EFY: one of the BEST of my adventures. Indescribable

       Harry Potter 7.2 midnight showing with my Chinese friends and Kyle

 Babysitting for Angela, a supermodel, on set! (with makeup artist on left)

 Freezing Friday: Jumping into small Sun Valley Lake (it was freezing, obviously)

 Lazer tag at them park with Balint (Hungary) and Paulina (Slovakia)

 Just a few of around 15 or 16 foreigners I brought to FHE with me :) and (gasp) we had a blast and there wasn't even alcohol! Their first bonfire with alcohol replaced by s'mores!

 May or may not have snuck into a bar (me, in a bar... hard to imagine right?).   For those of you who worry, it's ok, I was only there to dance! I had no swallow of any form of liquid!

 Going KAYAKING through RAPIDS! (Balint is there, he just isn't in this pic.) And imagine this, our guide's name was Ian, from Centerville, and has a twin.  Yeah, I know. It's a small world.  (I have a twin named Ian if you didn't get that)

 Lagoon with Kylie White!

Selena Gomez and Allstar Weekend concert with my oldest niece (the one old enough to go). SO GOOD! And i'm not just saying that for all you who are suspicious!

Ok, well, I now feel like a hundred times better.  Especially knowing that my adventures and experiences haven't been limited to this blog.  How to heal a moping soul?  List the happy things you love in life.  Because now, I remember the fact that I am the most blessed girl ever.  

I'm living the dream.

P.S. I would love to know what you think about this blog, things that relate to this blog, your life, or anything. I just want to know what is in that brain of yours.  Therefore, please leave a comment!

P.S.2. Sorry for any misspellings or wrong English ways of doing any thing because I just wrote without editing. That is all..