Krystle

Farewell Blog

2011-02-19T13:53:00.000-07:00

It's a beautiful Saturday on the coast and I've decided to stay inside on my computer. Ironic. Anywho, the point of this blog post is to say Peace Out. I will not use this blog until I return from my mission. "But what about the very few of us that want to hear from you from now until August 2012?" Have no fear my friend, I will have a missionary blog. The catch is, you have to request to see it because I don't want people looking at my blog that I don't know. My mom (more likely my sister) will update my blog w/ my family e-mails so you can have a looksy whenever you like w/o getting an e-mail every week from some girl that like but don't really have time to read an e-mail every week and then you feel guilty because you delete them haha. Speaking from experience. ANNNYWho the blog is :
http://sisterforester.blogspot.com/
Let me know if you want to be granted permission to view it :) Love you all! 25 Days!!!!!

Letter for Vanessa

2010-09-05T23:20:00.005-06:00

So I wrote this on my computer for my best friend serving a mission and decided why not post it. So here it is:

This is me at the game ha I’m such a goob, but it was fun.

The pic on the right was this wall some of us climbed up on the hike we did. It was about 40 yards up and we had to hold on to this rope. The scary part was there was water coming down so the rocks were kind of slick. One of the bishopric made this gospel analogy with this wall that I thought was really cool. He said that we are all trying to get from point A to point B in life and it doesn’t matter how strong you are or experienced you will probably fall. Sometimes in life we have situations like this when the only thing that you can hold on to that will keep you from falling is the rope (your testimony). That’s why we need to make sure we have a strong testimony because there will be times when we won’t have our footing and there will be nothing and we will need it.
Also Kristen Metzger (who did the climb as well) made another gospel reference from this climb. She said in the beginning everyone is cheering you on and helping you. They are telling you where to place your foot and such and she said there was a small moment when no one was cheering and that’s when she began to panic. She had a split moment where she needed to make a decision, so she followed the spirit and trusted and continued down. Not long after everyone began cheering her on again until she got to the end. (Funny thing is the same thing happened to me, but I didn’t apply it like she did ;) She then said that’s how life is, sometimes we feel like we have all the support and we can feel the Lord there telling us where to go and continue and then there will be times when the Lord lets us make our next step because we need to trust in the spirit and continue onward and then quickly after the Lord is there again helping us forward. That’s where the whole agency is a gift, not a burden came from. I really like this application because I could physically remember everything. It was a literally life or death situation (not being dramatic). If we let go of our grip of that rope we would have fallen and it would have done some SERIOUS damage. So there you go, another analogy

This is in my bathroom . . . what do you think it is?!? That chain thing doesn’t pull out or anything, it just sits there. Ya, it’s weird and slightly creepy. It doesn’t move from side to side either. Just thought I share that with you and see if you have any ideas.

First Half Marathon

2010-08-28T16:00:00.005-06:00

Awhile back I asked if I should do a triathlon or marathon or something else equally adventurous. My friend Amanda saying she'd do a half marathon with me. So half marathon it was because I would rather do a half marathon with a friend than a triathlon by myself. I did the Moonlight Half Marathon in Mapleton, UT. Here are some of my thoughts and reflections on my experience.
I'm convincing myself that I am NOT nervous at all. . . but in all reality I'm am. I got my wisdom teeth out the week before and I didn't do a whole lot of running. I mean I ran ONCE last week (3mi) which is not very good training for 13.1 miles. Then this week I ran ONCE again this time (4.5mi). I was feeling a rusty and hoping that all my training before I became handicap by my face was sufficient. I mean how much out of shape can you get in one week? If Amanda and I hadn't busted a long run (9mi for me 10.5mi for her on accident ha she got lost) I would've been REALLY nervous.
It's race day! I'm so excited. All my running this summer has been coming to this very moment! I MUST complete this successfully. No walking! I wasn't really sure what to eat for pre-race but I knew not to eat bon bons or mexican. I wake up, read my scriptures, run to campus to buy some books off of a guy (saved 40 bucks!), eat a snack, off to the MTC for 3 hours, then off to one of my girl's bachelorette parties at Olive Garden (where I found out my friend was doing the same half marathon! Apparently she got the idea from this blog ha. Funny I always picture myself just talking to myself), and then I came home for about an hour recoup before I left. After much debate we decided to leave at 8:30pm to head over to the race. 8:27pm I hear a knock on my door and realize that I am still in my jeans, I would! So I quickly change into my workout gear, carefully choosing clothes that I think would cause the least amount of chaffing possible, which apparently I chose well because there was no chaff-age.
We arrive to the starting line and we are ready to go! We start at 9:45pm sharp! I'm feeling ok. It's a normal run ha. Amanda, Kim, and I are going together, but I soon realize by 1.5 mile or so that I am not going to be able to run their pace the entire race and still feel good about the run. I drop off and start to go my own pace. For the next mile I run along side this girl the entire mile. I figured this girl probably thought I couldn't make up my mind with passing her or not so I say "Apparently I like your pace, just letting you know I'm not trying to pass you," she replies "I know, right? It's good to find someone who runs your pace." I'm feeling good and strong. There's some hills but their not like running around the temple. The first water station comes up and I'm still running with this girl. She decided she wanted a drink. I didn't want one because I never drink after 3 miles and I didn't want to change anything. She leaves and I thank her for jogging with me and I'm off. Slightly sad that I lost my jogging buddy, but I felt it would've been awkward to wait for someone I literally just met ha.
So here I am again. Alone on my journey. I pass the 4 mile and I'm feeling great! Not even hurting or anything. At this point I take the time to have a little chat with my Father in heaven and thank him that I'm not in pain and that it's not pouring (we were jogging in a lightning storm). People are passing me, and I'm passing people. In the mean time I'm kind of hoping the girl catches up with me, but I am not going to slow my pace to let her. At 4.5 miles or so I hear someone coming up behind me slowly but still making ground. Right when I'm about to move to the side I hear a "hello again!" From that point on I ran the race with this girl. Or shall I say woman, technically ha. We talked on and off through the entire race. No joke. It made it go by that much quicker! I've never ran long distances with a person, generally I do them alone. So this was a pleasant tender mercy for the hardest longest run of my life. Ha so dramatic, but it's literally true;). There was a mile or two in there that we were quietly focusing. The thought of walking never came through.
Here is some information that I learned from my running buddy. Her name is Camile (or Camilla ha), she's from Washington. She got her undergrad in journalism and is finishing up her graduate at BYU in recreation management and is thinking about getting her doctorate to teach at the university level. Wow it's crazy how much I remember ha. Maybe my mind was enhanced with all the blood flow, or I was searching for anything to keep my mind off of the pain (which by mile 6 or so was starting to fade in and out). She served her mission in Argentina. Funny how recently I've been meeting sister RM's, I must be crossing the age threshold or something. She is an avid runner who has done many half marathons, 2 marathons, and she hiked Mt. Rainier! Based on everything she told me I was guessing she was about 26 years old. I came to the conclusion that if we were in the same ward we would be friends. Needless to say we talked quite a bit.
I was entertained and shocked that I was able to talk! To me for some reason I associate physical fitness with your ability to talk while exercising. I think it's because whenever we go on hikes as a team my coach, who is mid 60's, talks the entire way up while I'm dying ha. He seems so strong and in shape when he's talking and we're dying. Anywho, it was my chance to feel cool and in shape. Don't let me get you wrong, it was HARD! We were pushing very impressive pace for me. We were jogging a pace faster than I normally do, AND I didn't even slow down on the hills which was a new thing for me because I usually have a hill pace and then on the down hill I bust it. I saw the mile sign coming up and thinking to myself "wow that was a very long mile!" I saw that it was mile 9, apparently both Camile and I missed the mile 8 marker haha. That was comforting, otherwise I would've been pretty discouraged. Once I passed mile 9 I knew I was in new territory. . . uncharted ground. It was cool. I was breaking a personal record here! My time didn't matter at that point. I had already achieved what I wanted out of this, and that was to feel happily accomplished. Mile 10! (Whoot I'm doing it! just a 5k left and I can do that in my sleep!) I'm feeling the finish line so close. Camile rolled her ankle. Not too bad, but bad enough :( Rolling my ankle was one of my biggest fears because it was dark and I couldn't really see anything. She jogged it off and was fine. Then I had a mini scare on a glow stick, but I didn't roll it all the way.
Around 11 miles I'm distracted by this cop car to our right and a car behind him. I'm slightly annoyed wondering what is their deal! Their right in the middle of our path! As I was looking over and jogging, at that VERY second there was a pot hole. Probably no joke the ONLY pot hole on the entire race! Needless to say I stepped in it and rolled my ankle. Not only did I roll my ankle. My entire came down along with my pride. I skid and my hands and side. I quickly got up and start hopping along. Camile was trying to help me and was asking me if I was ok. I'm hopping along trying to keep going. "Seriously Lord! I asked to get through this without harm... Yes I am aware that I have to do my part and actually look where I'm running, but you couldn't have given me some sort of signal to move to the right a little?" 12 mile sign. "Man, I'm soooo close! I can't stop now! I don't WANT to walk! Not after I've gone so far, so strongly." Though the pain was pretty bad, I was able to kind of jog by pumping harder with my right leg, hobbling along. I don't even know if I was keeping pace. I think I was fast enough because Camile didn't say too much. But then again she could've just been being nice. It was at that moment I thought of a gospel analogy haha. I know nerd right? So here's the gist of my thought process. We could be going so strong! Feeling soooo good and the end is close! We KNOW we're going to get there. Then we lose focus. Just for a second and that is all it takes to bring us down. Whatever it is that causes us to not only let go of the rod but fall away too far to where we can't even reach it anymore. Luckily if we get back up quickly and have good positive support to help us get back on track we will finish. I know having Camile there was crucial to my rapid recover. I didn't want to make her slow down, and she had just done the same thing before and jogged it off.
I was able to pick up my pace to what I wanted and by 12.5 miles I am going strong and surprised ha. The end is so close and I start to get excited. I'm at the stop sign before the park, there is so many cars and light all over the place that I get confused to where the finish is and how far away it is. All I know is that it's close. Fireworks shoot off! "Dang, I was so close to midnight! Wait. Yes, I'm so close to midnight! Right on! I'm basically here." We're going strong still and I say "you want to sprint to the finish?" Camile "yes!" So we're off and finishing strong!!!!!! I did it! I finished!!! Yes! I feel AWESOME. I give Camile a big hug and thank her for running with me and it was great to meet her. (Now I'm wishing I got her last name so I could be friends with her on facebook. . . grr. I mean 2 hours of running together is definitely worthy of facebook!) Then I start to walk to the car and on my way I run into some friends (Hannah) who came to greet us. Their sooo nice! We find the other girls. Amanda finished about 2 min or so before me 11:59pm, Kim kicked trash and finished at 11:54pm, and I finished at 12:02am (Sadly I didn't look at my time immediately because I didn't know where to look. When I looked I had been walking around w/ Hannah for awhile it said 12:04am. Since I got there right after the fireworks I'm assuming 12:01 or 12:02am)
So I found this on my other friend's blog and it's the pictures of us crossing the finish line! You can't see too well. But there I am to the left and my new friend to the right.
http://www.zazoosh.com/photos/331010443
Yep, and that's a VERY long account of my experience. I just wanted to make sure I got it down. Mainly for myself. I loved it! I feel great, and it was beautiful. I feel like I grew, and learned a great deal from it. Not to mention the gospel application throughout the race. I also enjoyed winning the mental battle.

Knowledge Brings Great Responsibility

2010-07-24T22:33:00.002-06:00

I haven't had a "real" blog in awhile so this is me unleashing some of the thoughts that have been occupying my mind for the past little while.
I was driving home from work thinking "I wish I was a little kid and didn't have any responsibilities, like I could just lay around and do whatever I want." Then I was thinking how the older you get the more you have to do and why that is the case. It came down to the old adage "with great knowledge comes great responsibility." After pondering the subject some more I decided that to be like a child in that aspect, I'd have to offer up my knowledge or at least stop the increase flow thereof. Also, it was kind of a funny moment for me because I'm quite conflicted in my desires. I don't want to have to do anything and be responsible, yet I thirst and crave to know more. I cannot have both at the same time. I thus concluded that I'd rather have the knowledge because knowledge brings many other things. (and now lead into my next thought process)
You can never be truly happy without knowledge. Your options for activities, thoughts, and friendships are broadened when you actually know your options. I mean really think of all the things you would be missing out on if you didn't learn anything. Thus I take a fulness of joy (knowledge) even if it comes with the other side of knowledge's bargin. . . responsibility

Newport, OR

2010-06-26T10:03:00.027-06:00

I had the pleasure of going home for this past week. I've realized a lot has changed and on the flip side, a lot has stayed the same. Here are some of my reflections.

*You know you're from Newport when you can be deep in forest and trees one minute and then 3 minutes later at the beautiful ocean.

*You know you're from Newport if you're jogging on the sidewalks and people slow down, not to be curteous but to look and see who you are.

*You know you're from Newport when you go to the store (there's only 2 to choose from) and you run into 10 people and one of them you have a 20 minute conversation.

*You know you're from Newport when you can walk into a restuarant with live music and chill for free.

*You know you're in Newport when you see a drunk guy on a bicycle and a red neck in his truck get in a fight.

*You know you're in Newport when you collect pop cans because you get 5 cents a can when you recycle them

*You know you're in Newport/Oregon when you say pop instead of soda

*You know you're in Newport when you know all of the transients by name

*You know you're in Newport when a transient comes to your house, steals a bag of cans, then you catch them and give them another bag.

*You know you're in Newport when you're walking on the street and you each greet eachother and tell eachother to have a great day

*You know you're in Newport when you're on the sidewalk and two cars consecutively honk their horn at you because they know who you are

*You know you're in Newport when Marionberry syrup is offered with your pancakes

Ok, now to me talking about my vaca (pronounced vay-k). So I went to 2 baseball games of my little bro. I took way too many pictures but whatever it was exciting lol. So here are the pics.

Little Bro (Ryan) and his coach

Mommy and I enjoying the game

More of Mom and I

They had us score the game. . . It was an adventure. It's more complicated than it looks!

Gooo little man!!!

Bring it on home bud

Baseball scoreboards are not meant to go into the 20's haha!

My Bestie from home!!! Haley came by and boy did we have an adventure which will me explained while I add the pictures.
So I took Haley to a local hippy restaurant where live music is played and it's just an awesome hangout place. While we were there we met two VERRRRY handsome brothers. One was, of course, in the band. The other was at the table across from us. Sadly we didn't take a pic with them, we thought that would make it a little too obvious.

We also made another friend ;)

Basically I had a good time at home :D

Officially Summer!!!!

2010-06-17T19:09:00.008-06:00

Just finished my last final until Fall 10' semester! Oh and it feels GREAT! Actually I can't fully expound upon how great it feels because it's still kind of fresh. The stress of school still lingers, kind of like the smell of a banana in a warm car, it doesn't go away for awhile.
BUT now that I have free time. . . oooooo say it again. . . free time. . . still gets me. Anywho I was thinking that since my summer has begun I should make an official list of things I would like to do and or anticipate doing:

Read books I WANT to read!
Finish the half marathon
Jog to the Y, jog up it, and jog back! sooo hardcore haha
Make a quilt out of all my old Ts shirts
Get certified as a Personal Trainer
Volunteer! Somewhere, Anywhere
Go to the temple weekly. Right now I have Thursday mornings as my tentative time
Clean my car inside and out
Memorize songs. Heard it'll be good for my brain
Camping Trip! Anywhere! On the side of a lake, up a mountain, I'm down
Finish knitting the scarf I started 2 years ago ha
Cook my dinners and find great recipes. This includes Sunday dinners
Get some good friend bonding! I need a base for Fall when all my regulars from the past 3 years leave
Maybe go to a concert
Make Banana Boats
Write some new songs
Watch some good movies/Make some good movies
Take a mini road trip
Kiss a guy haha I don't have control over this, I'm just saying I'm open
Get a tan/Go dancing (country/salsa)/Go swimming
Get a more rocking bod
Make art

. . . ok that's all I can think of for now, but this list is NOT over, NOR is it limited to just these things. Quite plainly I plan on making and enjoying the experiences of life!

Summer Projects

2010-05-27T12:34:00.009-06:00

Due to my lack of friends I have decided to accomplish things that I can do by myself:) Ok I have friends, just not ones that want to do the same things that I do. . . yet. I've met some hopefuls haha.
So back to my projects! Man I'm so stoked for these!
FIRST.

I will become a certified personal trainer. I'm planning on taking the test in July. Now I will have a piece of paper that says I'm legit and can help people. I've always wanted to be a personal trainer and now I figured I already know most of the stuff for the exam, might as well get it so I can make some money on the side. Plus I love helping people get healthy, I have a passion for it, and this will help me get a pattern of how to do it.
SECOND.

www.moonlighthalf.com
I was watching the Biggest Loser (BEST SHOW EVER!) and the contestants had to run a marathon. While watching them I became inspired and decided I want to run a marathon!
Possible THIRD (If I don't do the marathon)

http://www.bearlakebrawl.com/Bearlakecoursemaps.pdf

This is the day after the Moonlight Marathon so I will have to decide which one I want to do. I think the triathlon will be fun but I think the half marathon might be harder. . . I just don't know. If any of you guys have an opinion let me know;)

FOUR

I want to read the Bible and Book of Mormon in Spanish. Also I'm going to read the Ensign and Preach my Gospel. Basically I will never be done reading;)

Well those are all my projects I can think of for now. I'm pretty sure this summer is going to be GREAT!

A LOT TO THINK ABOUT

2010-05-01T23:04:00.006-06:00

I guess I'll start with a poem I wrote a couple of weeks ago. It was when I realized, "this is my last Sunday in my ward. . . Wait this is the last time I'm gonna see some people for a while!" A while being an understatement. So here it is:

I’ll See You Soon

Reflecting on the past years of my life

I don’t know how to say the proper goodbye

Should I shake your hand?

Or thank you for being my right hand man

Or should I say:

I’ll see you soon, I’ll see you soon

Whether in this life or the next, it’ll be a reunion of the best

I’ll see you soon, I’ll see you soon

So until we meet again. Have faith. Be strong. I love you

Remembering those late night talks

Never recalling what was said

Just how I felt when we finally went to bed

A good friend is hard to be

But for you it came so naturally

So:

I’ll see you soon, I’ll see you soon

Looking forward to the laughs, all the new memories/experiences we will have

I’ll see you soon, I’ll see you soon

So until we meet again. Have faith. Be strong. I love you.

It’s hard to describe what true sisterhood is

Through a couple metaphors maybe you’ll get the jist

We’re like a ball and hoop, peas and carrots, peanut butter and jelly, a pencil and eraser

We’re like a belt with matching shoes, macaroni and cheese, a blanket and warmth, coloring books and crayons

But of all these things

The one that means most to me

We are Sisters

I’ll see you soon, I’ll see you soon

Can’t wait to hear from you on the phone, a letter or two, or a poem

I’ll see you soon, I’ll see you soon

So until we meet again. Have faith. Be strong. I love you

Now it's been a couple of weeks since I started this block but I will continue! So update on my life. My grandmother passed away on May 1, 2010. May day the day of flowers which is very fitting because she used to have the most beautiful garden and on May 1 would let her kids pick from them and make boquets for people and leave them at their doorsteps. So I went home for the weekend and that was really refreshing, for those of you who don't know, OREGON is beautiful!! I added a picture to prove it, this is literally how it looks. Actually probably prettier.

So home was great. Now I've been just working at the same place last year. I couldn't pass up an offer. Oh ALSO I had the pleasure of dropping my cell phone in the toilet. Yes I am aware that is random. But I lost ALL of my numbers, so now I have about 17 phone numbers if that.

Time has been a little hard for me with losing all of my best best besties this summer. I have friends that I love a lot in provo, they just weren't the ones I'd hang out with ALL the time. So now I feel kind of empty and alone:( I feel like all my other friends have lives and I don't want to disrupt them if that makes sense. I will figure something out though, I'm praying soon. I keep telling the Lord I need someone or something soon because I'll go crazy! YES it's Friday! That pleases me. On the other hand at least being a loser has given me plenty of time to get homework done and ahead in school. One last bit of me whining. I really want to play soccer tomorrow or a basketball pick up game! But I have NO ONE to play with!! "Yes Lord, I do need my situation fixed as soon as possible. . . please:D"

Things I Want:

2010-03-22T15:04:00.006-06:00

I haven't written in awhile because I've been trying to write in my actual journal haha. I think I'm am realizing or maybe fearful that a blog will not always be here and I don't want to leave people in the future hanging on questions of who I am and what I'm like. Because. . . I think I'm a pretty interesting person if I do say so myself;) Anywho. Upon reading for History of Creativity I had a stream of ideas of alllllllllllllll the things I want to do, read, eat, sing, laugh about, see in my life and I began writing them down. Here are those thoughts:

I want to read great literary works in their own language (so I am going to learn A LOT of languages. Surprising because to be honest I am perfectly fine with English, and Spanish)
Les Miserables (French)
The Three Musketeers/Les Trois Mousquetaires (French)
The Count of Monte Cristo/Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (French)
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame/Notre-Dame de Paris (French)
Wow a lot of French, I guess that makes things easier;)
The Sorrows of Young Werthers/Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (German)
Dr. Faustus (German)
The Divine Comedy/La Divina Commedia (Italian)
War and Peace/ Война и мир (Russian)
Frankenstein (English)
Dracula (English)
Guns, Germs, and Steel (English)

There are many more books, but that's an idea. Now just random stuff. I WANT. . .

a library in my future home
to ride a hot air balloon
to go to all the festivals around. Art, culture, food, anything
to travel the world, not just once, but multiple times to places of interest
to know the political history of most countries (just a base)
to read CNN or some international news daily so I'm informed (still working on this, any ideas?)
art hung in my house
a piano in my living/sitting room
to run a marathon
to complete triathlon
to be able to cook traditional dishes from all the countries I visit
to be a mother
to be a continual learner
to be an amazing friend
to go to an opera in Italy
to sew Halloween costumes for my family
to be a scriptorian
to serve people
to help people be healthier
to conquer the world!

That's all I got for now. I must get back to schools work:S

It's a New Day

2010-01-05T22:44:00.003-07:00

There's no pictures, no cute phrases, no nothing. Just me. Don't care who reads this or if no one does. I'm feeling refreshed! The things of the past are behind me! I recently was reminded of some incidents in my life that I through the help of the Lord have been able to forget. But in remembrance of the things that shape me and mold me to be the person I am today I have had the certain urge to give a shout out to those that have stood by me. My park place 4 girls! I LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much! I know we don't get to see each other as often as I'd like, but you guys have changed me in the best way possible! All of your diverse personalities have rubbed off on me in some way or another and I'm am twice the person I was before I came in there and I am so appreciative for that.
Vanessa, I know you won't read this but I'm going write about you anyway ha. You have been my rock for so long! I have learned so much from you about the gospel, how to treat people, how to think about things, fashion haha. Really though, there were times where I could only be myself when I was around you and I thank you for being one of the best friends I've had.
Katie. Thank you. You always uplift my spirits and are understanding. You CARE about me, you've cried with me! You are my ideal friend. You are right we would've been friends as kids for sure! We're like two peas in a pod and you make my life infinitely better!
But this blog is not to be sentimental. It's to be celebratory! I feel alive! I feel like I'm ME again!!!!! I'm ready for what comes (hopefully good). I'm ready to meet new people, take on new challenges, strengthen the relationships I've been blessed to have. I don't know if I've felt like this before to be quite honest. So aware of what I want and where I'm going in life. It's great to have an eternal perspective:D Just felt like expressing that I feel GREAT!

ldfkjw8ijclnsdhe9jdl;fkjaihvn!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-08-26T12:40:00.013-06:00

Super ancy! Want to explode!!! Just do some flips or cartwheels or run in the mud or swim. Whatever it is I want to do it. Anything but sitting here, or moving into a new place. I don't need to meet new people! I have an abundance of awesome people that I know. Ok I'll be rational, I guess I can meet new people but I'm not in the right mind to add people in my circle haha. But I know what will happen. I'm going to get over to the new lugar and start talking to people, cause I can't keep my mouth shut, and then I'll find out that there are MORE awesome people! Then my heart is going to burst because I don't know how many people I can add to my "I just love you so much. You're my bro or sis" list.

Actually I think that's the spectacular thing about love. We can never love too much, or meet our capacity. I guess I get stressed every once in awhile because I care about soo many people that I get overwhelmed with trying to show my love for all of them. Let me add some pics with people I love!!!!!! LOVE LOVE! If you are not included that doesn't mean I don't love you ha, it just means I didn't look at that facebook album to find pictures haha.

LOVE SUMMER ROOMMATES!

MORE SUMMER ROOMMATES (added this cause Sarah) The Girls!FHE Love Quality Always there Girls WARD!! HOMETOWN GIRLS
Yenny!!
Track Throwers!

Met in Track, Now Friends Forever

Wow that really brightened my day going through pictures and the people that have impacted me. I'm sure there will be many many more!
Peace Out,
Krys

Krystle's Boy Evolution

2009-08-14T16:40:00.029-06:00

Next item on the agenda. . . Oh being boyless!

Not so fun, or exciting haha. I'm trying to build up some pride and not think of him (aka Brandon). I don't want to think of him more than he thinks of me ha. But alas he has consumed my thoughts and actions too! Dang him! The sudden lack of him in my life has caused me to reflect on what I have learned this summer. When I think of this summer I think of my evolution with guys. It's been a long journey. Brandon aided and concluded Krystle's boy evolution. Let me expound.

I guess it starts with Nick, we dated for about 5 years (12-17yrs) and it ended badly with a lot of hurt. I learned how to work with one person and blend my life with another. Due to some of his actions I gained a distrust of the male species and their motives.

<=Nick

Then came a couple of rebounds of boys who I didn't care a lick for and there was absolutely no emotional connection. Like I said they were rebounds. I built up me being me for a couple of years. Some of the rebounds include Robert Stevens and Chivo Irving. The rebounds were not personal at all neither of us really liked the other in a serious way, more so just to have fun.

<=Robert

Chivo

Harold

Then I went to college and found a guy who was my Mr.Perfect, Harold. The only problem was I was so scared of guys and being vulnerable that I wouldn't succumb to kiss him. I also associated kissing or anything physical with a guy as sinful, and since he was so good I didn't want to mess anything up. It ended because I made things awkward physically. I liked him, but he wasn't as into me. Sad day.

Jake
Then came Jake. . . Who I prefer to be as brief as possible. He taught me that I can kiss a guy and not have to feel sinful about it. He was kind of really crazy and I learned I don't want to feel manipulated. I didn't like him, but he was "in love" with me.

Brandon
Lastly comes Brandon. Finally a guy that I like that likes me! I've learned it's ok to be vulnerable, it's actually fun in some ways. I guess I've forgotten what it feels like to like a guy who likes me. He left to BYU-I and I'm pretty sure he won't come back. sad.

So now I'm back to the beginning, but not completely. I've learned a lot more and I feel now I am ready for anything:)

Homeless

2009-08-14T13:24:00.011-06:00

Thanks to my glorious friend Markie I was able to successfully check out of my apartment. It took a good 5 hours till completion. Man I have adquired a lot of stuff! I didn't think anything of checking out until I handed my key in. Then I realized I really don't have a "home" anymore, like if they catch me there they'll be angry and kick me out ha. I feel like such a rebel;)

Then I might as well stay there =>

I never imagined being this uneasy about my situation, it's actually kind of humorous. One thing I do know is I'm definitely going to miss some people a lot a lot! I worry that the distance of housing and the start of real life will draw us further apart:( I know that's part of life, but I just don't like it!! I love love LOVE my roommates right now. Every one of them, they all have so much to give to the world. They give colors, texture, smell and taste to my life. In other words they make it SOOOOOOO much better haha. Also there's just some sweet people I've grown closer to in my ward and I have guy friends! This is very unusual for me, but I LOVE that too! Man I haven't given guys any credit, but I've learned there are some freaking sweet guys that I want the best of life for.

Pensamientos

2009-08-07T08:13:00.005-06:00

I woke up super anxious this morning. I hate that! It bothers me, it's like a mixture between stressed out and frustrated! But based on a couple recent events I've collected some random thoughts that I have dubbed worthy enough to put on my blog:

-Tractors look like mechanical crabs
-God has a sense of humor: I recieved a wedding invitation from someone I didn't even know was dating someone
-How come when I wake up and leave earlier than normal I hit every stop-light possible?
-Speed typing games are fun, specifically Type Maniac on Facebook
-I think I'm going to start abbreviating Facebook to FB
-I wish I knew how to make my blog look cool, it's a reflection of your personality and I feel my personality is way more vibrant than it looks now
-I like lots of different colors in my foods, I feel like it automatically makes it tastes better
-Bread makers are the bomb.com
-Lefties are cool! I seriously think that if you are a lefty I'll automatically like you, unless you're awkward
-Guys need to learn how to get hints! If I don't like you I won't respond to your texts or messages. If I like you I will respond even if it's in a couple of hours, and usually I'll respond with a question or something because I want the conversation to keep going.
-Joseph Smith had a sad life! The scripture saying "your trials will be but a small moment" in my opinion was related to his whole life, and compared to eternity it was small. But I'm glad there is happiness in my life because I'm not sure I'm strong enough to have a life where unbareable saddness is at every corner.
-Brigham Young is amazing. He kept the church alive! When Joseph was murdered there was no piece of paper telling them how to do the transition of prophets. Brigham just prayed and led everything by the spirit and the lord! If Brigham didn't have that faith the church would have fell apart.
-Missionaries should not think about hooking up with girls when they get back, so stop asking!
-Change is scary, but I'm going to try to have a good attitude
-Dry weather is not as bad as humid weather
-Ahlin has the best taste and music style ever! She is the ultimate music connoisseur

My life is like a feather

2009-07-30T10:53:00.002-06:00

First of all, I'm going to be better and try and write more and put "real photos up" (even though that's what facebook is for) due to harassment ;)

I seriously cannot believe how quickly things change!! Or maybe it could be because I'm a girl and I'm an emotional girl ha. Sometimes I feel like I'm bipolar. Like one moment I'll be super upset about something and the next I'm happy and all excited.
For example last night, I had absolutely no plans other than just hanging out and this is what it turned into:
One of my best friends from home staying the night. Going to Olive Garden with my roommate and Haley. Laughing so hard about harassing people and a guy telling us he was a "gay male" (cause we needed clarification as to what his sex was). Then went to get my computer fixed and when we were leaving I thought Haley and I would just chill and laugh about our previous events. But then a friend had the idea of going to get food and we went and harassed the people there too at Sonic. Some of our offenses include staring at the couple next to us and talking about them loudly with our windows down, ending in them kissing and Brandon's request. Making fun of a stuck up California girl. Requesting a hot dog bun and giving it to a guy on the pretense that he had won the nicest buns award.
Basically I love random times and think how funny life is. Back to my feather analogy, it'll be like I'm stuck on the ground forever maybe even wet with stress or life, then air comes and slowly dries out some of the stress. Then out of nowhere a huge gust of wind will come and I'm flying and tossing and turning all over the place and I can no longer remember what it's like to be stuck on the ground. But at the drop of a hat there can be a freak rain storm that shoots me from floating in the air straight to the ground. And that is why my life is like a feather ha.

Night & Day

2009-06-29T10:44:00.005-06:00

After an extended period of time driving acrossed the West Coast I have decided there are different pros and cons to Night and Day driving and out of the kindness of my heart have decided to share some of those with you:

**Night**

Pro-You're awake
Pro-Less Drivers on the Road
Pro-Less Cops
Pro-Smoother Ride, less stops, lights are all green ect.
Con-It's dark and harder to see
Con-A lot of animals are more active at night so with the shortened vision you have to be even more alert
Con-If it's late enough then you get tired and it's dark and easy to fade out

~~Day~~

Pro-You arrive to your destination at a reasonable hour
Pro-It's sunny and you can admire the scenery
Pro-You feel safer because it's light
Pro-You can call people to stay awake because they are awake
Con-You're more tired because it's morning and you have to squint because of the sun which doesn't help if you're tired
Con-More cars, stupid drivers, and you have to stop and go often
Con-More cops on the road so you have to drive a reasonable speed
Con-You drive slower because you can see the scenery

Rihanna's Hair

2009-06-20T14:09:00.003-06:00

Rihanna's new hair style =>

I think the guys face in the back left pretty much describes it!

I just thought this picture was so funny and I had to preserve it somewhere

Oh boys

2009-06-17T13:31:00.005-06:00

So the other day Sarah, my friend Missy and I went to Cafe Rio. We decided to eat outside in the nice weather since that's a rare occurrence here ha. Anywho, we're sitting outside and these two guys decide to sit outside, but they decided to kick it up a knotch. They blasted the music in their car that was parked in front of Cafe Rio and started bobbing their heads to the beat as eating. It was so funny slash random! The music wasn't even normal music haha. What is it with guys that gives them some sort of satisfaction to make noise or rake havoc? You cannot tell me that you've never been walking down a hallway in high school and heard a random boy scream "YEAHH BOY" at the top of his lungs. I'm considering walking in a big crowd and doing something in this manner to see if there really is satisfaction of drawing that much attention to myself. I'll let you know how it goes;) I'm open to more funny guy stories or girl stories as well!

People

2009-06-14T22:59:00.008-06:00

I just love people sooooooooo much!!! Oh my gosh I can't even describe how happy they make me. Honestly I feel like everyone is amazing and is genuinely awesome you just need to get to know them! I can't even begin to describe the list of people I've gotten to know that have already inspired me. I am just so grateful for the opportunity that I get to sit down and learn about another person and that they permit me to know those things about them.
One may think, "what's the point you'll never see them again. Or they'll just keep living their life and that'll be the end of the story." Well my response to them is stop fearing loss and rejection, I'd rather have someone close the door on me than closing the door on myself. (I hope that makes sense haha) The gist of what I'm saying is how will you know if that person is amazing or they can change you're life if you never talk to them, and honestly I love everyone that I say I love even if we haven't talked in 6 months, they can still call me up and ask me for a favor and I'd do it in a heart beat. People just make me smile! :D
All interactions are uplifting and invigorating. I think oftentimes we get so caught up in ourselves and our pride that we think we don't or can't learn anything new from someone our age, but the truth of the matter is, WE CAN! Everyone has their own story, why not hear it? Why not love and be loved? My heart is so full with an appreciation to the Lord for placing people in my life. I guess I'll talk of a few but when I talk about a few then I feel bad because I didn't talk about them all. So the FEW recent interactions I've enjoyed. Sarah, one of my roommates, she's just awesome! She is so funny but it's like a witty funny which is sooo cool, I always wanted to be witty haha. I also can't believe how composed she is, she just calms me whenever I'm around her. What an intellectual ha, but really we have had some really stupid conversations and some deep ones, either or I'm edified when I speak with her:) Lucky me I am her roommate so she can't get rid of me too soon.
Next since we're on the whole roommate thing would definitely be Leah! I can't believe I missed her Freshman year! Somehow she swept through the cracks of life and I completely was unaware of the gold mine right among my midst! Well I'm glad the Lord decided to give me a second shot to get to know her, I'm not going to blow it this time. With her it's different because I want to tell her everything. Usually I don't bring up how my childhood was or anything earlier than high school or things I've done, but with her I feel a certain comradery. Like I feel like she understands me or can relate. It is incredibly nice to feel that here, especially with a Mormon. To be honest I don't think I've ever talked with a Mormon who I feel can deal with my history or hear it without doing the whole I look at you different forever thing. I just get surprised by her everytime we talk. It's like the more I learn about her the more I like her.
Then there's Whitney, Taylor and Jenny who are all so different. But I visited them today, actually I visited a lot of people today ha. Maybe that's why I'm so full of love for the human race. How is it possible that so many people are awesome! I guess it's a comfort to know that wherever I end up I'll find at least one gold mine that I can learn from and work through life's test with:)
Well that's all, I've written a novel but it has been an area on my mind starting with Jocelyn at a ward function ha

June 11,2009

2009-06-11T23:40:00.016-06:00

What the hey!
I've been nothing but a lazy bum all day! Ahhhh I'm going slightly insane. I can't believe I can sit at a desk for 8 hours! You want to know what I did? I played neopets all day, speaking of. Let me add a picture of my neopet for you. There she is haha! Her name is Flaca, that means skinny in spanish, real original huh?

Hmmm what else is there to enlighten you with. . . OH I know, I watched a show on Discovery channel about Piranhas that was pretty cool. There was this guy who was going around the Amazon river in Brazil trying to figure out what makes them tick. What I learned is that noise attracts Piranhas and there was a bus that crashed into the river and all the people in it were eaten alive by Piranhas leaving just bones and skeleton. Also sad story there is a house that is on the river that is invested with Piranhas and the family that lives there said that they were taking care of the grandchildren and they just took their eyes off the kids for a second and one of the little ones rand through the house and fell into the river, all they heard was a splash and then ran out there and tried to get the toddler out but it was too late and the Piranhas ate him! :( Isn't that horrible! I think I watched that show for a good hour and a half. But it was interesting.
Sorry if that ended in a died out sort of way I started getting into MTV's 16 and pregnant. Holy cow I'm so happy that I don't have to deal with that right now and if I did deal with a family and that it'd be under the correct circumstances and it'd be a rejoicing thing not an awkward try to make something good out of what's happening.
Well that's all for now, until I get bored and build upon this or fall asleep haha

June 10,2009

2009-06-10T14:07:00.001-06:00

So on Sunday I though there was this latin girl who was so cute! Like she seemed so nice ect. ect. Well we have a thing where you write notes to people and say if you think their cool and I wanted to write her one. I did, but I didn't know where she lived so I asked around got an apartment and sent it there and that was that.
My roommate Sarah and I are visiting teaching companions, we went to go do our teaching. I already knew one of the girls Jenny, I didn't know the other girl Kelly. Everything goes well with Jenny and we head over to the other girl. I expected seeing a little blonde girl with a name like Kelly ha, I guess that's stereotypical but that's what I was thinking. We knock and that same latin girl that I tried to write a note to before! I was kind of shocked, when she recognized who I was she reminded me that she talked to me after I bore my testimony in church. She never got my nice note because it was sent to the wrong apartment, but that's ok. So it was already a small world by the time we started talking but then she talked about her situation and stuff and I felt for the first time that I am supposed to be her visiting teacher. Like I can help her and the lord wanted me to teach her, also I know that Sarah is supposed to be my companion, she is so helpful. I think she's the first companion I've had that hasn't been hesitant or lazy about going, it's so nice haha. Well ya that was just cool with Kelly.

June 10,2009

2009-06-10T08:10:00.001-06:00

Ok so I haven't written in my journal for like a month so here is me catching up haha.

Well first of all I had the opportunity to go on a trip with a group of people to San Diego California. It was so awesome! Exactly what I needed, there was 6 guys and 4 girls:

(Right to Left) Michael Scott Carlson , Serena Loeb , Willy Goodman , Patrick Coffey , Alexi Politis , Michael Lydiksen , Markie Franc , Jordan Keeney , (Me) , Jason Woodward

So the first night we went to Las Vegas. I've never been there before, I was actually surprised that I haven't haha. Like it seems I've been everywhere basically, but not there. It reminded me of New York City in a way because of the big lights and such. We walked along the strip for a bit to find food. I wasn't too impressed actually it felt dirty in multiple ways than one, but I also took into consideration that the group I was with because they were not into Vegas at all. I think it was too worldly for them.

The next day we went to Six Flags Magic Mountain in LA. We were there all day! It was soooooooo fun, all of us really bonded. I didn't think we'd stay as a big group the whole time or even be able to but we did and I'm so glad. We'd stand in line together and I'd start out in the front of our group then in 5 minutes I'm in the back talking to Michael or something then back in the front talking to Markie haha. It was really cool though to see how comfortable we were with eachother. I also think the fact that there were more guys that there were girls made it so there was a lot less drama. It was also nice to hang out with guys and not want to date them, just hang out and have a good time. We played there all day and that night crashed at Lexi's Uncle's house. The next morning I seriously ate the best breakfast burrito of my life! haha seriously I've been craving it ever since.

Then we went to La Jolla beach in San Diego. It was gorgeous!! We were there for all day again. I did the stupid thing of not wearing sunscreen. Ok, but in my defense I have been tanning for hours in Utah without sunscreen so I figured I could go for a couple of hours sunscreen free and then put some on. Well my bad, I did that, but I kept going out in the water to surf and play around so that probably washed off most of my sunscreen. Needless to say I was fried that night and the next week or so, I'm still peeling and it's been over 2 weeks haha. It was soo sick, my face was blistering, awe man I was not happy. But it was so nice to finally get to surf again! It was way worth it! That night we went to Markie's family's house and her mom cooked amazingly! I love Markie's family, they are so cool. Not at all how I expected her family to be, like her mom kind of reminds me of an older version of me. That's why she was so cool haha joking. But really she was lively and such. Her sisters were cute too, we didn't meet her oldest sister because she was out and about. I love Markie so much and it was really fun to see where she is from and why she is the way she is. I enjoy getting to know my friends better, I think seeing there family or hometown can tell you a lot about them. Especially with Markie because she is not a big talker.

We went to church and then headed home and shopped half the day in Vegas. Oh my I was sooooo done with shopping haha but it was a much needed/very appreciated Vacation

Hand-vs-Typed

2009-06-10T07:59:00.000-06:00

I think hand written things are more personal. Speaking from personal experience, when Chelsi passed away I had a test that we did together and seeing her handwriting on it just sends something through me. Like I just love that piece of paper, especially since she's gone now. It's one thing to know that they thought something or typed it, but it's a completely different feeling to know that their hand was on that paper. I guess it's just more personal.

The Point of My Blog

2009-06-10T07:49:00.000-06:00

Alright so this is basically going to be my journal since I'm so bad at writing everyday or week for that matter, then I plan on printing this and posting it in my journal, or I'll just write everything I put here in my journal by hand.