loud....who, me?

i came to salt lake for the weekend

because my little sibs are growing up and playing/cheerleading in football games.

you can't miss that kind of a thing....you know?

so i'm here. 

and i forget how chaotic and loud my house is,

until i get here.

i forget that i get my loud-ness and craziness from my family.

how cool is that?!

i'm sleep deprived.

i seriously don't find time for sleep anymore.

i'm trying to get a normal sleeping schedule back into my life.

life is so great.

i'm just loving everything.

aren't you?

yours truly,

jasmine

i'm sorry!

heeeeeeeeeeello people.
does anyone still read this? probably not.

i'm here! i'm in provo! i've been here a week....and it's just great.
school is going great....and i LOVE my roommates.

today i bore my testimony in church.....no i'm not looking for accolades from you...
but let me just paint the picture for you:

it's my second week at church...i really don't know that many people.
i stand up to walk down the stairs (our sacrament meeting is in a lecture hall) to the podium...
and i FALL. like not even a slight trip....
i FALL. my leg was completely asleep....i could not feel it AT ALL.
so i scream.
without even realizing it.
and i look up and everyone is staring at me.
so i start word-vomitting and rambling about how my leg is asleep...sorry....i just..sorry.
wow.
who does that?!



so now everyone knows me as the girl that fell in church.
and i'm fine with it.


yours truly,
jasmine

GAHHHH

tonight my mom woke me up from my nap.... i've been feeling lucky lately if i can squeeze it in somewhere my day...

at first i was a little bothered, until she told me she wanted to take me to target to look for a new bedspread!
wahoo. no objections.

so, to my lovely surprise....we bought a new yellow/white bedspread, turquoise sheets, and a cute little pillow. charming, right? i thought so.

it was really great, because i've been so annoyed of my current bedspread (the one i'm using because my last one got STOLEN in logan. who steals a bedspread? from the laundry room at my aparment...mind you. it was freezing and i wanted to warm it up in the dryer....came back and it was gone-zo). anyways, i haven't wanted to spend money on new bedding.....mainly because i just don't have money for new bedding...so my mommy read my mind and decided she'd get it for me. what a doll. thanks mommy :)


and....there you have it. if you can't sense my excitement through the computer screen.....i'm SO EXCITED TO GET TO PROVO. i'm excited for everything:

grocery shopping----probably one of my favorite things in the world to do....and ohhhh how i've missed it
going to school....?---yup. i'm even excited for classes.
meeting new people.........living at home in college (even for a summer) can be a hard way to meet people
my new apartment
everything.




when i wake up in the morning....i'll be able to say:

ONE. MORE. DAY.

three. more. days.

yayayaya

ahhh life is so great.

i mean, life treats me really well!

i just have one more week of work left before i move to PROVO!

i leave in five days,

and i'm peeing my pants with excitement.

for real.

i can't wait to be there.

i can't wait to just freaking be there!

all i have left to do is find a job.

which i feel good about for some weird reason.

on account of there are TWO universities in the provo area,

and wayyyy more students than utah state...
i shouldn't feel good at all about the job prospects hahah.
but

i just feel like i'll get a job soon!

so umm...keep your fingers crossed for me :)

(just cross them as you read this....that's right....i mean NOW).

i can't waiiiiiiit.

my dad just got a bike we've had in our garage FOREVER

fixed up for me.

and i can't wait to ride it around all the time.

good grief, i just can't stop smiling 

just thinking about it.

aren't you excited?!

yours truly,

jasmine

book club central

ahhh you have to read
i am intelligent by peyton and dianne goddard.

seriously, people.


it's about this girl who has autism and many other "disabilities."
she had no body control, nor was she able to speak for 21 years.
doctors couldn't really do much for her and she pretty much just had crazy outbursts and did really wacky and outrageous things.

but at 22, she was introduced to a doctor that changed everything. she was given this machine (called--facilitated communication/FC) where you can type with one finger into a computer of sorts.
she typed: i am intelligent.


the entire life of this woman was spent being viewed by others as severely disabled, and pretty much completely neglected (aside from her incredible parents/family). she was the "crazy girl" that everyone stares at and turns their head from.

little did ANYBODY know that she was completely aware of everything going on around her for 21 years. she understood everything people said, did, and the way they acted around her. she IS intelligent. and has the most brilliant mind. she is able to recount her life now that she has this machine. the way she speaks/writes is brilliantly poetic, and i just want to hang all of her quotes on my wall.

i'm not even done with this book, but i already know that everyone needs to read it. i don't know if you'll enjoy it as much as me, but i don't know how you couldn't.

this is exactly why i want to be a teacher. this is exactly why i want to teach "special needs." quite frankly, i believe the children/people we categorize into being "special needs" are really able to teach us how to be better, more compassionate, more understanding, more loving, more accepting, more genuine people.


and that's how i see it.



yours truly,
jasmine

owww-ee

i have one of those underground, cyst/zit things on my cheek.
and it looks like i was attacked by an insect with poisonous venom
or something like that.

make it go away.


also, sweet tooth fairy cupcakes are to diiiiiiiiiiiie for. they just are.

yours truly,
jasmine