everyone smokes and rollerblades here!

today

was filled with VERSAILLES. 

haha. it was beautiful!!! but since my camera battery wasn't fully charged, i had to rely on my flipshare video.

unfortunately i dropped it halfway through the castle tour so i only was able to get some of the splendor on film.

poopy.

BUT

i have to say that Chateau de Versailles was my second favorite to The Louvre. :] it was amazing to see the castle with all its paintings and furnishings, just like it would have been HUNDREDS of years ago.

so crazy.

today was also amazing because Samantha, Kaitlyn and I discovered an awesome deal at this creperie next to the hotel! we got a panini, a crepe, and a drink for 4 stinkin euros. it was aweeesomeee.

SO

tomorrow

will be a day full of relaxing and shopping! i'm sooo stoked.

then sunday... i'll go to annecy.

:/

i called my host family on the phone and they don't speak one word of anglais.

needless to say i'm tres scared.

also, they don't have an email.. which probably means no internet. :I

that is def gonna be hard to cope with..lol. but oh well. we'll see how things go.

i'm excited/nervous!

*puts on jean shorts* - "You slut."

Paris.

hmm..

how to describe you..

welp.

you are beautiful. thats fer dang sure.*tres belle!* 

the French air smells like coffee and cologne, with the occasional wiff of cigarettes.

your buildings are tall and ornate.. almost everyone has flowers in the windows.

your boulangeries are delicieux! j'aime les crepes!

your days are long and full of sun.

your clothes are sooo cute and fashionable. 

your inhabitants are actually not very rude :] 

your museums are amazing. 

and your patisseries are just stinkin fabulous.

also..

your escalators and ice are almost non-existent.

:I

overall, i've met some pretty rad people, experienced amazing things, and my french is slowly getting better. :]

i don't think you can have TOO much NCIS. or House.

somehow, my last post completely disappeared. soooo.. ima try this again. 

FIRST

i love being home :] 

being in Logan, i was jonesin for the St G sun!!

so i laid out yesterday with Ari and got TAN. it was amazing. lol. felt so good.

also...i had missed my dad's FOOD. i'm sooooooooo donee with the junction and marketplace.

so

done.

NOT TO MENTION

i've missed my awesome friends here :]

AND

my crazy hilarious family. haha.

i'm so happy here :]

THOUGH

that's not to say that i don't miss my Logan friends.

no.

not at all.

but coming home was like... i dunno. stepping through some sort of veil? hah. lame, i know. 

i just feel like singing "I can see clearly now, the rain is gone!" :P

because now that i'm back home, i realize that everything happens for a reason. some of the friends i made, i WILL see again. and i'm really grateful for that :) 

some other friends, i won't see again. but you know what? thats ok. because at least i got to meet them, and i got to benefit from their awesome examples.

i learned a lot from them :) 

THEN

there's the subject of Devin.

that silly boy. lol.

i thought missing him would be horrible, miserable, terrible. yuck yuck yuck.

but, surprisingly, i didn't just die like Buttercup off of Princess Bride.

i love him, and he loves me.

thats comfort enough :)

ALSO

as a side note, i got my wisdom teeth out. 

i think i've memorized every commercial from the USA channel.

how to have a boyfriend and keep your friends at the same time.

you can't.

*muah!*

This post
is gonna be completely shameless.


here's all the boys i've ever kissed (excluding my kindergarten bf) in chronological order:


1. Michael Mendoza- age 14; he was my first boyfriend. we ended things a while after i moved to UT


2. Joe Wolfe- age 15; i liked him a lot.. we only dated for a couple days and kissed maybe twice.


3. Zack Sheffield- age 15; we dated my sophomore year. our first kiss was spiderman style. so cute.


4. Ammon Sorden- age 15; we were both Valentine-less so we went on a date. we kissed laying in the grass under the stars :]


5. Quinten Hardman- age 15; at a party once. i barely knew him. i was dumb.


6. Steve Ott- age 15; he was actually the reason i broke up with Michael, but we didn't legitimately date til later. we kissed ONCE whilst we were dating.


7. Jordan Mendez- age 16; he was the first guy to give me jewelery. :p


8. Darrin Simmons- age 17; after his swim meet by my truck...


9. Austin Paxman- age 17; we went on a date and he kissed me in the back of his Range Rover


10. Cody Cannon; age 17; we dated over the summer before i went to BYUH and he went on a mission. i thought he was "the one". he never really wrote me back so we lost touch.


11. Timmy Greenwood- age 18; my BYUH bf :] we used to sneak on to the softball field at night and talk til the sun came up.


12. Kendrick Pope- age 18; the very first guy i met in HI. winter semester we tried dating nut it didn't work out. awesome guy :]


13. Tyician Knight- age 18; dated over the summer before USU. the relationship didn't end well.


14. Clinton Jolley- age 19; we met at the 80's dance. we hung out and i let him kiss me.. then i found out kissing was ALL he wanted to do. 


15. Devin Gillespie- age 19; current boyfriend. our first kiss was in the doorway of Valley View :] i had never been more excited.

this summer'll be bittersweet..

so lately..

i've been super stressed

and super nervous

about going to france... ahhhhhh!

it's so exciting, but.. i dunno! i'll be in another country for 5 stinkin weeks! different currency, different culture and, most importantly, a different LANGUAGE.

as of late, i'v been scared my french "knowledge" won't be good enough

also...money.

i need it.

for french transportation, french field trips, and french food.

*sigh*

but.............

yesterday i realized that it's all gonna be okayy. i'll get by, no matter my circumstances.

and............

i also realized that this could be a really awesome missionary experience for me. :]

surprisingly, this realization gives me THE MOST comfort and happiness.

spring break!

i love..

reading something powerful

writing something original

doing laundry

cuddling with Devin

watching who-knows-what with Arianna

speaking/understanding french

dancing

singing on occasion 

talking with my mom

joking with my dad

doing Becca's hair

when my brothers tease me

going to church

feeling the spirit

being HAPPY

and knowing that everything is going to be alright. :]