Well I'm Just Killing Time...Writhing

Not really, but I do have some breezes to shoot because I can't do my homework until mommyo deposits my textbook funds and I can get my books. Anywho, this is a divine opportunity to catch everyone up. So.
Andrei is still MIA, I got a new calling as VT Coordinator last night (shout out to the mormons out there who know what this means) and was up until 130 doing the spreadsheet because I'm so excited about it, realized this morning that to apply for the Broadcasting program here at BYU I have to take one more class (pre req that no one can get into because it's like 18 people total capacity for each class), went on a date on Saturday with a cute guy from the accounting program, Duke died and I was given 11 new fish by Kay, still crushing on K. (hopefully no one in my ward knows about zis blog), got a 100% on my first couple of Arabic quizzes, played dodgeball last night and was better than I expected, went spelunking last weekend, worked out on Friday by biking 13 miles, got a new phone (same #), decided to write a book called "malleable" about the dilemma and the obsession with identity in today's world, and am awaiting a letter in a few weeks from Jerr-bear. Yup I'm pretty lucky to have one of the best lives going on.
Fun fact from my Foundations of Islam class yesterday: 75% of Muslims don't live in the Middle East! Most are in Southeast Asia with Indonesia being the #1 Muslim country. I'm loving hardcore on my major. I was able to spend some time today reading up on the Middle East on Fox News and CNN articles like: this one. I have a Family Finance class in a little under 2 hours, then Arabic, then home-free to hopefully convince a roomie to go shopping. I can't bear any more fish dying because they're being fed beta fish food. Also I need face lotion.
I have had two songs stuck in my head: "Paradise" by Coldplay, and the song with the lyrics "In another life, I would make you stay" which plays EVERYWHERE. I rode the bus this morning with Caro and the bus driver was "unusually attractive" (I believe those were my exact words at the time) and a guy got on the bus who looked a lot like B and we kept making eye contact. Missed my dance class again this morning, 8 is just an unholy hour to have class. That means though that I haven't been to a class yet which is not gewd. I really need to get back into writing because I constantly have things that I want to write about and I'm worried all these good ideas will be lost if I don't pen them. Also, the mission is ON. I can put in my papers this July and I'm considering leaving next January. Woah, I said it so now I have to be a perfect saint. I am DYING to travel, like I can feel my eyes wrinkling at the corners when I hear about people who have study abroads planned and I'm like... oh yeah, still on campus. GET ME TO JERUSALEM. The amazing Haley H is on her 2nd study abroad right now: in Thailand. Her first was in London. THAT is how college should be. I would love to go foreign for my mission, but I'm worried that will jinx it and also the point of a mission is not to vacay.
Well I have to go to the bathroom again since I started this water binge and I worry about leaving a blog post open around this group of guys sitting near me. xoxo Court

Oy with the Poodles Already

The best way for me to deal with stress or concerns is to physically do something about it. Either make a call right then, send an email, talk to someone, clean it up, write it down, whenever I physically do something to solve a problem it always makes me feel much better about my abilities. I have realized that I have quite a few big plans for myself, including but not limited to: write a book (stream of consciousness possibly), be on the Ellen show (I spend a bit of thinking time thinking about what I would say), travel the world with my husband (get some spectacular photography shots for our home), be a reporter with a Middle East liason, and be in a movie at some point. I have spent a lot of time thinking about what is important to me. I think about everything all the time and I think specifically about how I feel about different people in my life and what they mean to me.
The biggest frustration is when people think that I haven't thought through something because I GUARANTEE I've already thought about it, and followed the idea through to multiple conclusions and come up with various solutions to any and all potential issues and stored those thoughts away in my mind or otherwise written it all down in poem or song format. A big thought hogger right now? Boys. Boysboysboysboysboys. I like them a lot. But a theme of my thoughts is that guys have no idea how much time I spend thinking abou them/their problems/their attractive qualities/our relationship to each other, on & on. I seriously have no "off" switch to my mind which I kind of love but at the same time, it gives me all this power (knowledge) which means that I have a lot of responsibility to do stuff with it. Which is fine, but there's SO much to do that I usually go to Tumblr to pamper my creativity and idea of self. I need to write more often, because there's so much else I'm thinking about but it could get overwhelming real fast because I type quickly but not nearly as fast as I think SO class now, perhaps more later. <3 Courty

What Is My Deal?

David Archuleeta

Imma Count this as a Journal Entry

Sitting in New Testament, reading from Acts about how the apostles testify of Christ's Resurrection. The frustrating thing is that I can sum up this discussion with that one phrase, which would be roughly one question on a test and we're 30 minutes into class. Shishkebab. I need to find my waterbottle so I can bring my smoothies to school because I'm hungry but I can't buy anything here because I'm doing this "unprocessed October" experiment which I'm stoked about. I bought food from the Farmer's Market and Costco to get fresh fruit, vegetables, and meat. I need to remember to pay back my roomie Hailey $20 for the money she lent me. So far I have done okay, I had cereal yesterday because I can't bear to waste any food I bought. Just volunteered to read John 18:10-11, hold up. Last 4 minutes of class, more information now. I am SO behind on Arabic, ugh. I have mainly been studying the alphabet because I have a script midterm tomorrow. I just have to memorize the "connect 4" part and I'm set, might learn the "connect all" for extra credit, we shall see. Btw, came across two poems I wrote for You from a while ago. I'm pretty proud with myself, I should write more poems about things because I explain myself so much better that way. <3 Court

Thoughts of a Happy Girl

I'm in the library, "No Shhh" zone, at a round table, sitting in a plush, spinny chair and waiting for Andrei.
It's cloudy, about to storm, and if all goes well then I will watch this thunderstorm while snuggled up in flannel shirt under a quilt through the windows of my roommate Kay's mountain cabin. That would be love-a-ly.
I find the phrase "rustic mountain lodge" very pleasing to the ear and soul.
I just bonded with a girl in my Arabic class when we met up to study in our library room 1215. I cannot describe how fulfilled I feel after a deep discussion with someone who needs a listening ear or a word of advice from experience. I care so much more about people when they trust me and feel comfortable telling me personal things, thank you.
Listening to Enya "Tea House Moon" right now with both headphones in, makes drinking water from my waterbottle a little weird for my ear pressure.
I like all of my roommates. They all are good people with good intentions and pretty smiles. They are all very different but, lesson for life: mutual love and respect can overcome almost all differences.
My FHE group is perfect. Two apartments of guys for our one apartment of girls. And we have uber good attendance. We have some of the cutest and funniest guys in our "family" and we've had great FHE activities so far!
I like graphic tees when they're cutesy or appeal to a sense of dorkiness. I'm wearing my Fawkes (Dumbledore's phoenix) shirt that I bought in Harry Potter's Wizarding World and it is so comfy. It's the perfect temperature in the library right now. If you have the means, I highly recommend you come by and sit. But bring a sweater because it's slightly chilly when the vents gush fresh air.
I love my sisters sosososo much. They are so important to me and I would do anything for them. I have a family that is so supportive that I feel like I can do anything. I am an incredibly lucky girl and I have always known "The Secret" which is precious information. Use it wisely. I pride myself on being mysterious sometimes. :) TTFN! Court

Sorrysorrysorrysorry

To All Who Approached Me About Updating My Blog:
This is cool.
Did You Know?
I didn't know.

xoxo Court

P.S. SO much lovely information to post, just waiting for the time to write it all.

Bittersweet

Bad News:
Jerusalem Center will not be my Winter Semester. Too many applicants --> put all eligible applications into a "random shuffle" --> mine was not chosen. Pretty crushed but I'm sure it's for a reason.

Exciting News:
Sealed a deal with BYU Broadcasting to volunteer every Wednesday in the News Room! Today was so much fun: wore a headset, held a clipboard and highlighter, cued the reporters for their makeup and cameras! Super good for my application to the Broadcasting program at the end of this semester. <3

My New Testament teacher is AWESOME. Go Brother Stanley Johnson!