Lists :)

1. Personal Progress should be done in TWO WEEKS :)
2. I'm in Peter Pan, the play our school is doing this year. I'm also helping with sets and publicity.
3. We are moving...in three days that stress should be over.
4. I'm starting a singing service thing. I dont know how to explain it.
5. I'm finishing the Book of Mormon and D&C by Christmas.
6. I'm meeting some pretty AWESOME people :).
7. I LOVE MY SEMINARY CLASS!!!!
8. I have a lot of "play dates" set up. YIPEE!!
9. Going to football games, yay that the season has started!!!
10. I'm changing myself for the better!

Ahh, life is good :). Keeping busy is really good! And I'm so glad that I have some people in my life right now....now I just have to let them know in a non-stalker like way how much they mean to me...since they probably only know my name ;).
Unexpected, hard things came up, but so much is out there to be grateful for!

Quote from Bono (U2)

"At 16 you think you can take on the world...and sometimes, you are right!"

I love this quote! I think I'll try and remember this when I feel down....I've got just as much potential as anyone and I can start ANY time I want to, just because I'm a teenager doesnt mean I have to be held back!

Piano

Yesterday I was so mad at the piano! I couldn't get anything done it seemed, and I was playing horribly...this was the end point of a long tedious summer of playing the same old songs and not being able to play new ones. I was so frustrated I thought, this is the end....I dont want to try playing piano anymore. Then I had quick inspiration that I was so grateful for. I was reminded how fortunate I am to have my piano talent, Heavenly help was definitely behind it. I've only been playing for 2 1/2 years and I can play plenty of hymns and the Phantom of the Opera. Everything I know, I basically taught myself. I was so grateful and felt so blessed that I was able to remember that and how lucky I was I didnt quit, that decision would have changed my life.
Today, I had a great time sitting at the piano making up songs. When no one is home, I love to sit down and pound away. I came up with a pretty song, it reminds me of the spring when the earth is coming back to life. I doubt tomorrow I'll remember it, but I played a bunch of variations of it today! The feel of piano keys on my fingers was wonderful and the energy that feels my spirit is unreal. I think playing piano like that is what I imagine drug users get from their high, pounding away is my addiction.
I cant wait until more time is between the starting point and where I am, so my talent is more fully developed. I've got a long line of players ahead of me, and I hope one day I can be half of what they were, because they are all amazing! I'm lucky I have many I can ask questions and get support from, because piano is hard.
But for me, piano is so worth it!

More Happenings

Well, I know I promised you I was getting back to posting...life has just been so busy!

• I went to youth conference and had an amazing time! We went to raging waters the first day and had a blast. The next day we went to Welfare Square, The Humanitarian Center, the Conference Center and around Temple Square (all of those places I learned a ton about the church, what a neat opportunity!) The last day we went to the cemetery and had a long fun ride home. The car rides were the best!! What a fun group of girls.
• I also started school. Yuck Yuck Yuck. I suppose I'll survive this year, but things are changing, and I just dont want to go through the motions of this current high school. I got my pictures done....what a lot of pressure! 20 years from now my friend's kids will look at those, you've gotta look good! I was wearing an orange shirt and lots of blush cuz pictures usually make me look very white....well, my picture looks orange. Oh well! Its probably one of the cutest of my entire education life. I dont take well to those awkward pictures.
• I dont know why I made a bulleted list, that's all I really have to say!
  Hasta la vista!