College, the ALL American Experience

I. Love. College.
There just aren’t enough words to portray how amazing this phase of my life is going to be. Of course I have been told that from the start of this experience, but it’s nice to know that people haven’t been giving me false hope.
Not only are the people friendly, they deliberately go out of their way to be nice. Who the hell is nice these days? People in Cedar City, apparently.
It doesn’t matter if it’s 10:10 PM and Lilly is trying to do her homework, people still want us outside to go hot-tubing. I feel like the fact that our bedroom window is facing directly to the pool/sauna area is going to be a blessing and a curse.
Funny Story Alert:
So our blinds were open while we were taking a ‘Dance Break’ from homework – without music I add – and I looked up to our window and see that people were looking at us. Correction: Guys were looking at us, from across the parking lot. Yeah. I drop strait to the floor (I have the rug burn to prove it) and start laughing so hard that Lilly curls over in hysterics.
Less than 20 seconds later we hear a knock at our window (second time this week btw) and there are 4 guys inviting us to the hot tub; Lilly, the girl that has the most game ever, happily agrees. An episode of Better Off Ted, and some tried-to-do-our-homework time later, we have another knock at our window. Again the boys are inviting us out and we simply can’t refuse. Plus Lilly just won’t back down from a challenge.
We get there and are coerced into cannon-balling into the almost-seven foot deep hot tub. The wimp I am wouldn’t even dare while Lilly gladly took the challenge and literally ran with it. I was so impressed with her. (Next time I’m jumping in too).
For the next 30 minutes we conversed and laughed and got sufficiently soaked with water. It was a great night.
For being a scaredy-cat I sure am glad to have Lilly as a roommate to say, “Andie, don’t think about it and just do it.” And “Andie, you’re hot.”
I really don’t know how I got so lucky to have her as a roommate. She is a truly amazing person.
I love college.

Last Minute Thoughts:
1. I will not eat more than 2 times a week out.
2. Heavenly Father takes away the fear if you ask him to.
3. I might be the worst wingman ever.
4. I am getting up at 6 in the morning to go to the gym so this is the last thought of the post.
Love you all!
Andie;)

What to Do The World Views and EXACTLY Where to Put Them

It seems like there are just more and more heart breaking cases of immoral behavior among teenagers.

Girls addicted to pornography, Stake Presidents daughters getting pregnant, Stake Presidents wives having sex with missionaries.... it just goes on and on.

I'm getting discouraged.

If all of the 'good guys' I know that went on their missions are coming back a week after they left, where are the actual Good Guys? If some of my best friends are making choices that will dictate their future - for worse - what chance will I stand?

The worst part about my friends is that they don't understand what exactly they are doing wrong - sorry understand is the wrong word. Realize, they don't realize. Some of them actually do realize what they are doing but they are so self-involved that they are in denial that the actions they are committing will hurt them in the long run.

'I'm just experiencing what a regular teenager is suppose to do!'

'I haven't had sex. It only counts if you have sex.'

'It isn't a big deal Andie. This is my life, I can live it the way I want to.'

And my favorite excuse : "I'm a different person than I was. I don't believe in some of the same things you do anymore."

Guess what.

BULL SHIT.

They know exactly what they are doing. Their spirits are SCREAMING inside: 'STOP!'

Why the hell do I even try anymore?

Why cant I find someone who agrees with me to the same extent that their actions will follow?

Why are my best friends not who I thought them to be?

I guess why this scares me so much is because if it happens so easily for them, how easy can I fall and slip on this very slippery slope? What is keeping me from doing the same things? What examples do I have to keep my actions and future in perspective?

I have made a commitment to myself that I will not have any SEXUAL RELATIONS (and everything that that entails)* before marriage, and then once I am married, I will keep SEXUAL RELATIONS between my spouse and I - and NO ONE ELSE.

I have to hand it to my amazing Aunt Angie. I heard a long time ago that she had simple rules for dating and kissing to keep her away from certain situations that would get her in trouble. Some of these are hers, and all of them are endorsed by the church:

No kissing while parked in a car

No kissing while laying down

No kissing on a bed

No kissing on a couch

No sleep-overs with guys PERIOD

Do NOT be totally alone in a bedroom with a guy

Double dates only

A lot of these are the same standards of the church and I agree wholeheartedly to each and everyone of these rules.

I am making a contract before I leave for school that entails each and everyone of these rules and I will sign it and put it up on my wall in my apartment - right above my bed.

PLEASE!

Have these talks with your children when they are ready. Five year olds are kinda young by the way...

If children know from the get go that sexual relations are prohibited - AND WHY - they are less likely to do them.

Another point that I heard, and agree with, from my dear friend Sydney, was that teenagers do not need phones with Internet on them. Heaven knows that we don't need to be on Facebook 24 hours a day. I am trying - probably in vain - to keep my fb hours to a minimum of 1 a day.

I know this sounds like a lecture - and it is - but I sincerely want the people I love the most to know what is going around them.

Sex is everywhere. Movies, magazines, music videos, music, Internet, stores, ANYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE IS BOUND TO BE SOMETHING ABOUT SEX.

The best way to defend against it, is to not look. Easier said than done, I know. But it works.

Love,

Andie:)

*If you are wondering what that entails, go look in the Strength for Youth or the church website. If you need help further, please talk to a parent or heck, me! I will answer any questions you need strictly from the LDS Church's point of view.

5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Blast Off!

As of tomorrow I will have two weeks left at home. So here is my bucket list of things to get done - in case you wanted to know;)

These aren't in a specific order.

1. Get a hair cut.

2. Go out to lunch with my girlfriends one last time.

3. Lose at lease 5 lbs.

4. Try and get some Maroon 5 tickets.

5. Get to IKEA.

6. Go up to Logan one more time.

7. Start packing.

8. Meet with my roommate (if possible).

9. Go on a mini-vacation.

10. Spend as much time as I can with the family.

11. Get my Macbook.

So there is my plan! I guess only half of these will actually happen since my life now consists of work, work, and oh - did I mention work? I currently will be working about 35-40 hours this week, and thankfully I have Saturday off for Sydney's baptism and Tim McGraw.

I love you all! Hope you are doing well!

Love,

Andie;)