Rock climbing, Dance party, welcome to college

First of all, I'm feeling kind of cool lately. Let me tell you why. This is me rock climbing, on real rocks, in the middle of Moab desert for the first time ever. It was soooo fun! I was really nervous because the guys that took me and Francie and Brianna (Francie's cousin) were super rock climbing experts and I just really didn't want to look like a pansy/weakling... but I totally didn't! I loved it!!!Second. This was advertisement picture for the amazing dance party me and my roommates threw! To tell you the truth, sometimes these things work out and sometimes they don't and we had not planned very far ahead, it was more of on a whim, so we weren't expecting a giant turnout... we were wrong. We borrowed a strobe light from my sister Katie (Thanks again kate! I love you!) and got a pretty sweet playlist going, and waited for it to start. People came slowly at first, but soon there was absolutely no exaggeration, over 50 people stuffed in our tiny living room/kitchen/spilling out the door... Some nice boy brought his sound system over for us to use and it was amazing. It was getting really intense, everyone was having just a great time and we were all dancing and having a blast. Then... two guys decided to kick a hole in my wall... that was kind of no good... but they said they would fix it/pay for it so that's nice of them and we're ok with it. then... the cops showed up. hahahaha I still can't even believe the cops showed up to break up MY dance party.... they were cool for the most part. They threatened to fine us $500 for being too loud, but I talked with them and everything worked out just fine. IT WAS AMAZING! How much more legitamate can you get?! A college dance party, just packed... ending with a hole in the wall and the cops?! O man, sometimes I just don't know how life can be any freakin cooler!!



And lastly. My roommates and I went to the "Hunger Banquet" a little bit ago. This was especially wonderful for Marissa and I because this time last year two nice boys took us on a double date to the Hunger Banquet for our first date with them and now they are on their missions and we just miss them and write to them a ton. So this is how it goes. Everyone buys tickets and based on the roll of a die, gets put into an income group. These groups are based on the percentage of incomes in the world. So like 70 percent were super poor, 20 percent were middle and the top 10 percent were rich. The rich got amazing dinners like Tucanos, with a 5 course meal, the middle got pizza and we- the poor kids- got a small plate of beans and rice that we had to share among 6 people sitting around us. It's a really cool experience and makes me so so grateful for everything that I have in life (even when I think I'm super poor trying to make it through college, apparently I'm not cause I still eat food and am not starving).

Basically I'm loving life in every aspect right now. Don't need a boy, making new friends, going on cool adventures and just living life! Finals are just around the corner, but they'll come and then be over and I can go home to sunny california and enjoy the summertime!

Love you all!