LILIA

This should be pretty easy ;)

Love It

• FINALS ARE OVER!!!! There is freedom and a pure, overwhelming and undeniable sense of joy within me now. I don't even have a picture to document how much joy there is in me right now, I'm pretty sure that a camera lens wouldn't be able to cope with the HAPPINESS radiating from my ENTIRE BEING.

• I get to leave Rexburg! And whilst I've enjoyed the past few months in this sleepy little town... I'm ready to BUST OUT OF HERE. However a few nights ago, I did manage to capture a little moment, as the sun was setting on a cold evening here in the 'Burg, and it reminded me of the beauty that can come, even in those cold moments.

• BYU-Idaho sure knows how to bring the Spirit of Christmas! It was so great being here for that experience, and what a better way to end the semester than with these wise words from President Clark.

 

Love It Anyways

• Well it's tough to find negative things when FINALS ARE OVER. But I guess there is one thing. The end of the semester comes with people leaving who aren't coming back :( Like Edo. I'm sad because I hate goodbyes. A lot. But these really are just "see you laters" Edo lives in Cali, so Spring Break visit with my main mandem? I think yes.

Edo and I at a super swanky classy Christmas Party

• This time last year... I wore the same outfit... different occasion

 

I guess I just miss my friends... a lot

Aren't we adorable...

FINALly :)

So if you know anything about me, you'll know what finals week means.

Stress

Crying

Junk food... lots of junk food

Lack of sleep

But as soon as it's over I'm back to the happy, relatively person that you are all much more acquainted with. So I'm not going to say much about the past week, but I will say how I feel now.

I am filled with GRATITUDE and APPRECIATION for the experiences that I have had and have been a part of.

They have not all been good. In fact, for the most part, this is not they way that I imagined the semester would be, but I am so grateful for the many things that I learned and for the PERSONAL GROWTH I feel like I have had.

This little lady is ready for a well deserved break.

MY DAY.

 

This describes my day.

So I guess there's a lot of reading to do this week folks, but I just couldn't let this Friday go by without another Love It... Love It Anyways :)

Love It

• I'm watching The Santa Clause as we speak.

BERNARD

• I have great friends. Great, great, great friends. Last night we celebrated Spencer's birthday and it's pretty safe to say that we know how to party.

I was a big fan of the theme by the way ;)

• SIXTEEN DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!! I was sat next to this beautiful tree in the Benson building and couldn't help taking a picture! So I did, and I'm kind of in love with it. It "looks like a Christmas card".

Love It Anyway

• It's freezing. FREEZING. It's been around 15 degrees farenheit, which is MINUS 9 for my friends back home.  cold. BUT... more hot chocolate for me? I think yes :)

• F.I.N.A.L.S. there is no need to expand. BUT... one step closer towards graduation? I think yes. 

I love it when that list is short!!! 

Just Do It

So this week, I've had a lot of experiences that have led me to think that after a while, you've got to remove abandon all of your fears, and just do it.

What is IT? Well this well for me this week, IT was talking to someone who looked like they were crying.

Weird, I know, but I have this problem... I can't walk past someone who is crying without wondering why it is that they're crying. Happy...sad...hungry... I just want to know why. Curiosity? Nosiness? Either way that's just they way that I am. So I saw a person crying, and I wanted to say something, but I thought... "No, that's just too weird, they have no idea who I am and it's really none of my business", so I didn't say anything. Two days later, same person, crying again... "Ok, I should probably say something... but how? how do I explain my ultimately stalker-like behaviour?"

I honestly fought with myself for about 30 minutes, and I just felt so uneasy that I decided to lay all of my fears away, and JUST DO IT.

So I went up to this person (extremely awkwardly) and didn't mention the crying... I started a conversation with them. So you're wondering if I made a life changing contribution to this person's life. Umm no. They weren't even crying. Apparently its SNIFFLE season and everyone sounds like they're crying.

So do I feel silly? Like I wasted my time? Like I embarrassed myself for no reason? Not at all I actually sat down and laughed to myself at the situation, wondering why I had been so prompted to talk to this person who clearly didn't need anything from me.

I realised that it was a lesson in just letting go of fears and apprehensions, and finding the strength in myself to JUST DO IT. So I wanted to share that. Our ITs are going to be different. And obviously there are good ITs and bad ITs... we probably shouldn't do the bad ones.

But you'll recognize the good ones. You won't be able to shake it. AT ALL. And that's when you know.

JUST DO IT.

LILIA

So.. in light of my new decision to have a more positive and grateful outlook on life, I have devised this little segment wherein I'm going to talk about things that I love, then things that I don't love so much- but have decided to love anyways... we'll see how this turns out eh? ok. here it goes.

Love It 

• I'll start with the good- it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas :) Yes this truly is THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR and I am so so happy to be where I am. Whilst I love the music, and the joy that fills the air... my favorite part? Light. 

    

• I wore the same cardigan as my biology professor today- it was a truly wonderful moment. He's pretty stylin'.

 

• I got crafty! Which is definitely something that is new to me, but I LOVED IT! I had a girly sleepover with the wonderful Cydney Allen, where I watched her continue to beautify her new home, and I made a rose out of felt. I was SO HAPPY!! oh the simple pleasures in life.

Love It Anyways 

• School is stressful, and difficult and sometimes I don't know what to do. But then I think to myself about how absolutely blessed I am to be here. With people who are a joy and a pleasure to be around, and furthering my education in a great way. The more I study, and the more difficult it is, the more I think that I'm closer to my ultimate goal... not only career-wise, but life-wise as well.

• I miss hugs from my mummy. I miss her jokes. I miss her cooking. I miss her "beautiful smile"- President Monson (yes she met him and he said that). But.. soon right? soon.

Well there it is! But I mean who likes ending on a bad note? Here's another Love It:

THERE ARE ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT OF UNI! That makes me happy... I'm so ready for a break!