Blessed

Have you ever had one of those days were you just realize that you are so blessed to have the people you have in your life.

Like these 2 ladies in this picture! Who have been there for me so much in the last year.

Or this lovely lady! I honestly am so lucky to have some of the best roommates a girl could ask for.


I also have some of the most amazing friends. Guys who are on missions that are such an amazing example to me in so many different ways. They know just what to say when I'm frustrated and don't know to do. Like my letter from Clarke today, he is clueless about any current situations going on in my life yet he said the perfect things to make me feel like I'm not in complete lose. Just know that if you've been a friend to me that you've helped me out more than you'll ever know. I'd mention you all but this blog would last a very long time. Oh shout out to Jena for having my back and not making me feel like a horrible person when I went to remove my Italy application. It honestly had such relief that you had already given them a heads up.

Meeting the Band

Spur of the moment situation happened today. Sydney & I have been talking about going for weeks. Since I'm in love with Parachute courtesy of my sister Ashley showed me them a couple years ago.
Anyways we got the chance to get the tickets today. It was the best choice I've made to go to this concert!!
We get to the concert go jam to Parachute. I realized that I was one of the very select few that knew all their songs. I thought everyone knew them, but i guess I'm just special ;) A couple songs in Will said they'd be meeting people after they finished singing. I thought I was dying. Trust me the videos I took I was in heaven. haha.
Well I ran for my life to meet them.

Side note: This is Kit French & we'd make adorable babies. 

This is Will Anderson. Love him. 

My conversation with Will. "Please sign my shirt?" "of course" "And I have another favor for you.." "Sure what is it?" "Will you kiss me?" "How about you kiss me?' "Deal!" 

Legit right?!? I was the happiest girl ever! 

Then we ran back to our great seats after taking pictures with all the band members. 

All-American Rejects came on. I'm convinced that Tyson Ritter was high on life tonight. Got to jam to some of their classics. 

Then Boys like Girls came onto the stage. Which is Sydney's band. We jammed like crazy of course! :) Martin Johnson says they have one more song. We are all aware what concerts are a lot about now, all phones & cameras are ready and going. Martin stopped the concert in the middle of 'Love Drunk' told us to put away our phones. Those on the sides need to come down and mosh pit and just rock! 

We did just that it was INTENSE!!!! My hair was pulled, I was pulled and it was so worth it. They sang 'Escape' again. Before I knew it I was right against the bar. I was holding hands with Paul DiGiovanni. Completely because he is just dang  straight good lookin'. Then I'm screaming at Martin to grab my hand. He did. OH MY. Such an amazing night. I can't even believe all that happened in ONE NIGHT. Epic by far. 

And yes you should be extremely jealous. 

i KNOW it.

Honestly what more is there to say about this? I love the quote. It's simply amazing. Thank you General Conference for the uplifting talks/quote/phrases that I can go back and read to keep me going or inspire me to continue on wards. 

I'm reading this amazing book right now, it's called 'Believing Christ' by Stephen E. Robinson. I find it as a great reminder to things I already know but forget about. In the last few days I've just been filled with extreme gratitude. And a great reminder of the love for the church.
I hope you all have a wonderful week! I'll be heading to San Diego this weekend for Bryson & Sam's wedding. I'm really excited. I wish the best of luck to the soon-to-be husband & wife!

The Verdict

I decided that before I went running for the hills towards the mission to pray, fast, and go to the temple with a question in mind. Since of course my mission is all about serving the Lord. It is only fair for him to have a say when I should leave because maybe He needs me out there right away or not. 

Yesterday was the picked day... one because I could get a car to go to the temple. But honestly I've never been so hungry in my life. Plus EVERYONE was eating the good food. Pizza, Jamba Juice, peanut butter M&Ms. I was having a rough day for my one class I had. 

I was a little nervous about going to the temple. Mainly because Tyler reminded me that I could get no as my answer. Thanks Tyler. But he did have a REALLY good point. "I'm just making sure you are prepared for whatever answer you receive." Great advice Tyler. I realized I'd be fine with any answer I was just really hoping I wouldn't get a no because that would put a little bit of a downer on my day. 

Well my friends, bloggers, peps. 

I will be finishing the semester out. Take next semester off work like CRAZY submit my papers in March and leave when ever that paper says I should leave. Which brings me to my next situation. Any of you know where I can get a job? I have an offer at my old work but it's not an ideal situation. Considering it's in Orem off 800 North and I have no car. Plus when I last worked there I wasn't the happiest camper in the world. Anyways if you could help me out that would be wonderful! 

I have the best roommates in the WORLD. Lynsey put this up on the whiteboard yesterday along with some quotes. She also fasted with me which was so much help to me. In a matter of months I will have this! I'm extremely excited and thankful that I have the opportunity to serve a mission.

I'm really excited to keep you all updated about this! When the time comes you'll all be invited to take a guess on where I'll go. :-) 

Octburrr

Seriously? We are only 8 days into October and I feel like it's November already. What was the dramatic change? I was dying walking home from classes the other day and today I wore a jacket (I know, it wasn't THAT cold but I can't contain heat for the life of me).
I'm putting off my homework, so I'm trying to come up with something to blog about. and I'm drawing a blank....
Nevermind. I have a very funny story for you all.
With the exciting news of women being able to go out on missions 2 years earlier we all knew there was gonna cause a stir or too.
I walk into English 2010 today, sit next to the attractive guy Tyler in class right? (good call I know). Anyways I lean over and go "How's your girlfriend?"
His reply "She's going on a mission."
HAHAHAHA. I did laugh out loud. :-) Hahaha. It's still so funny for me.
When I woke up today and got on Facebook I saw this meme (the fades)

Of course I had to show this to him. Then we looked at multiple others. I forgot to show him my favorite one... 

So I found him on good ol' facebook and shared this great photo. 

I know poor kid right? But I've got some great memes that lighten up the mood. 

LDS mission

As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We send out missionaries. As a church we have a restriction on when we can leave on a mission.
Every 6 months we have General Conference where we come together and listen to our Modern Prophets.
We just got amazing news that....
Women are now allowed to leave for missions at the age of 19. And men are allowed to leave at 18.  Women weren't allowed to till 21 of age and men was 18. This is seriously one of the best news ever.
Annoucement

As that happened in the moment all I could do was cry. I've been so torn about Italy and a mission. I now need to go and remove my Italy application. I need to now pray and find out when it will be a good time for me to leave.
There you go folks, I will be going on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. What a wonderful day.
My facebook is exploding with excitement. :-)

Sophomore Year

Well folks, I'm getting further in my education.
This year since so much harder than usual. Last week I was on the edge of just giving up. I don't know what I would have done but nothing was looking up.
I'm taking only 15 credits this semester, which feels like I'm taking 18 to be honest. My classes are just demanding way more attention than previous semesters.
Ethics & Values, ASL 2010, ASL advanced fingerspelling, Math, English 2010, Astronomy.
I really enjoy my ASL classes.
I can't remember if I already mentioned this. But I changed my major this summer. I am officially BA of Deaf Studies. I'm completely happy wit my choice. Of course I still enjoy psychology but it's not my thing as much as signing puts me this completely happy bubble!! :)
As for dating...
Gosh why did we ever come out of doing arranged marriage? I think it's a wonderful idea and would totally get rid of the idea of the awkward first date. haha. I think it's a wonderful idea to be honest.
drum roll please...
I, Aubrey...
    Did apply for study abroad Italy. I'm praying I get excepted into the program. I would be gone ALL Of May 2013. I'll let you know after my interview in December if I get accepted or not. I'm pinching every penny I can. So if you know of any good side jobs I can do here or there that would be wonderful of you. :)
I'll hoping to keep blogging up again. It seems to calm me down a little bit.