A State of Chaos

that's what it told me. The dream interpreter that is.

So in the morning, my roommate and I tell each other our dreams and we try to interpret them. It's kind of fun. They are pretty nonsensical, so we just are absolutely ridiculous while trying to figure them out.

Then one week, Nikki and I both started having dreams about War. Like we were in a war, or training to be soldiers in a war, or there was a war we were hiding from... so we decided it was a matter for dreamforth.com. This is the website that we go to when we think our dreams really might mean something. This is what it said.

War: Dreaming of war is your subconscious telling you that your life is in disarray. You are surrounded by chaos.
No one likes being told this is the case in their life. haha but on careful consideration...
we might agree.

Some other reasons (besides the dream) why Nikki and I have decided this interpretation might be correct.

-We walk 100 mph everywhere we go. Walking to school is kind of a joke. We are sprint walking until one of us realize and slow each other down... then 3 minutes later we're going again!

-Stress. The other day in class, Nikki turned to me and she said "Alissa, we need a schedule for today. I'm stressing out." so I pull out my planner... put down class from 8-2, then make dinner from 4-5... and that's all we had. We didn't even have homework. I told her we needed to calm down between 2-4.

-We know the lady on the BYU emotional health sound recording by name and sometimes refer to her in our conversations. Like... Nikki, maybe we should go do some deep breathing with Shannon.

All in all... I think I need a vacation. That's why I'm going to california this weekend! I cannot even tell you how excited I am!

A day in the Life of Alissa and Nikki

So... basically I have this coolest roommate ever. and we have A LOT of fun adventures.

so today we documented them.

first we took our last final!! wooooooo!!! We didn't document this with pictures because it was quite boring and we didn't especially want to remember it if we're being truthful.

Next. I went to classroom to set it up a little... Nikki played Spider Solitaire. (only on medium. I play on hard. but she wins more often than I do... so it evens out)
While I was away.... I got my teacher badge!!! So now we both have one!
We are officially Miss A Pitt and Miss N Savage!! Teachers of the second grade!!! Can you tell how excited I am from all the exclamation points? Maybe? haha

I got home from my classroom and we decided we needed to get out of the house. We have a new goal to be more social butterflies. It's good for us. haha Soooo we went to CostCo. I know. That's your place to go when you want to be social too. On the way to Costco... we definitely just had waay too muhc fun listening to the radio waay too loud as we drove. Pictures to prove it:

On the way back home from Costco, we decided to stop by alissa's favorite place of all time. University Car Wash. I would like to remind you that not only did I get my first date with an RM at this carwash (I lent him a dollar... and he decided to take me out to repay me... only in Utah would this happen haha) and once upon a time I may have opened my car trunk inside of this carwash on accident... story for another time... but it has AMAZING tricolor foam!!! I know this may seem like a trivial detail in the car wash scheme of things... but when you are sitting in your car, listening to the iPod (cause the radio on would make the antennae up and that would be bad in a car wash) and your seat all the way reclined and then the octopus things start shaking the car and you feel like you might die....(picture to the left) when suddenly pink, yellow and light blue surround you and you feel like the octopus may have eaten you, but you have indeed gone to a better place. It slightly resembles heaven I'm sure. You may not believe it. Nikki didn't either, but I got her to see the light.
Obviously, the picture doesn't do it justice. You may just have to go try it yourself.

Lastly. Nikki and I are making dinner. Tator Tot and Green Bean Casserole. Recipe compliments of Mama Pitt. It's one of our favorites. We opened the two cans of green beans however, and they were different colors... this was a little iffy- but we figured it would be ok because one brand was "veri green" green beans and the other was generic... guess we don't want generic brown beans next time. haha Also, Nikki showed me a new way to cook the meat, while I blew bubbles in the living room. (Pardon the sieways picture... for some reason I can't get it to flip around. haha


And thus ends another fun filled day at my apartment. Now, I'm off to eat the wonderful dinner that is FINALLY ready!! yay!

Some thoughts today

A boy read this poem in church today. I loved it. Sorry it's a little long. It's worth it.

They all lined up so full of hope,
Each thought to win the race,
Or tie for first, or if not that,
At least take second place.

And one boy in particular,
Whose dad was in the crowd,
Was running in the lead and thought,
My dad will be so proud.

But as they sped down the field
Across a shallow dip,
The little boy who thought to win
Lost his step and slipped.

Trying hard to catch himself,
His hands flew out in brace,
And mid the laughter of the crowd,
He fell flat on his face.

So down he fell and with him hope,
He couldn’t win, not now;
Embarrassed, sad, he only wished
To disappear somehow.

But as he fell his dad stood up,
And showed his anxious face
Which to the boy so clearly said:
Get up and win the race.

He quickly rose, no damage done,
Behind a bit, that’s all;
And ran with all his might and mind
To make up for his fall.

So anxious to restore himself,
To catch up to win,
His mind went faster than his legs
He slipped and fell again.

He wished then he had quit before,
With only one disgrace;
I’m hopeless as a runner now,
I shouldn’t try to race.

But in the laughing crowd he searched,
And found his father’s face,
That steady look that said again,
Get up and win the race.

So up he jumped to try again,
Ten yards behind the last;
If I’m going to gain those yard,
I’ve gotta move real fast.

Exerting everything he had,
He regained eight or ten;
But trying so hard to catch the lead
He slipped and fell again.

Defeat: He lay there silently,
A tear dropped from his eye;
There’s no sense in running anymore
Three strikes I’m out, why try.

The will to rise had disappeared
All hope had fled away;
So far behind, so error prone
I’ll never go all the way.

I’ve lost... so what’s the use he thought,
I’ll live with my disgrace;
But then he thought about his dad
Who soon he’d have to face.

Get up -- an echo sounded low,
Get up and take your place;
You were not meant for failure here,
Get up and win the race.

With borrowed will, get up, it said,
You haven’t lost it all;
For winning is no more than this,
To rise each time you fall.

So up he rose to run once more,
And a new commit;
He resolved that win or lose the race,
At least he wouldn’t quit.

Three times he’d fallen, stumbling,
Three times he rose again;
Now he gave it all he had,
And ran as though to win.

They cheered the winning runner
As he crossed the line first place;
Head high and proud and happy,
No falling, no disgrace.

But when the fallen youngster
Crossed the line last place,
The crowd gave him the greater cheer
For finishing the race.

And even though he came in last
With head bowed low unproud,
You would have thought he won the race
To listen to the crowd.

And to his dad, he sadly said,
I didn’t do so well;
To me you won, his father said,
you rose each time you fell.

For all of life is like that race
With ups and downs and all,
And all you have to do to win
Is rise each time you fall

There are some things I don't understand, and sometimes I am stubborn and proud and sometimes I get caught up on little things. I've learned a lot in the past year. Mostly though, I've learned from my best friends who knew this lesson long before I did. They have inspired me.

This is what I've learned
<3

Summertime..

... and the livin is easy... kind of... ok. not so much, but I'm having fun anyways!!!

So I'm taking a TON of credits and basically working myself to the point of insanity doing my "fast track" semester to get ready for my internship this fall. But here are a few things I've done this summer to make it still wonderful and fun :)

1. Trip to Northern California :)

Jeff's roommate got married a few weeks ago so he was going home for the weekend so I got to go too!!! It was so fun to see what Northern California looked like and meet his wonderful family and have so much fun :)
Highlights.
the drive. yes. 12 + hours talking and laughing and listening to "The Host" on CD, and stopping at truck stops... sooo fun! Who would have thought such a long drive could be so fun?


San Francisco. Jeff lives super close to the city and we went down and spent a few hours being touristy. I took lots of pictures, we went to Pier 39, watched street performers, watched some sea lions battle it out for some room on the dock, shared a sundae at Gheradelli Square, went down Lombard Street and walked down this cute little beach... I forgot the name of. But it was super cute. :)

Oakland Temple. On the Saturday we were there, we got to go up to the temple and see Josiah (Jeff's roommate) get married in the Oakland temple. It was so pretty. It sits up on a hill overlooking San Francisco and it is just gorgeous. Also, it has this cool walkway on the temple with gardens and beautiful sculptures protruding from the walls of the temple. Jeff and I walked up there between him being in all the pictures and it was so pretty! I loved it.

Jeff's family. I don't have any pictures with them, but they were wonderful! They let me stay in their beautiful home and they made me feel so welcome and comfortable the whole time I was there. I've heard so much about them and it was so nice to finally get to meet them and find out where Jeff got all his wonderful characteristics from :)

And thus concluded California trip with Jeff. <3

2. Dinosaur Museum.

Ya, it may seem random to you, but I bet you didn't even know that Utah is famous for having a lot of dinosaur bones! It's true. I saw a lot of them. And took some funny pictures with my roommates.

There were giant dinosaur heads, footprints, and I even got to shake the hand of one of these huge piles of bones! I would recommend this museum to anyone! loved it. and it was free so who would complain!?

So... all in all, I'm liking this summertime business :)