I-da-what?!

School sucks. Seriously, whoever tried to convince me it's better to take a class (i.e. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY) in the summer was smoking something and was going to fail all the classes anyway so why not in the spring? I'm stretched thin with school and life, and ridiculously stressed so to de-stress, I went up to Idaho Fall this past long weekend to spend some time with family friends of my parents! Okay, all the above is true, but it's not really the TRUTH. I really went up to see Brian McKellar, who is the son of the family friends of my parents, and coincidentally the one who hijacked my computer and wrote that last post. His mom set us up, and we've been talking for a bit, and decided to spend the long weekend with him (and before you ask if he's my boyfriend, DON'T! we still don't even know what to call ourselves haha). I have to say, that this has probably been the best weekend ever. We had such a good time with his family and friends and just relaxing that I didn't even think about the fact that I am going to fail every since one of my classes this summer! (too bad THAT didn't last). I just put up a couple of pictures from this weekend, but to be honest there are way too many and too much fun to sum up in pictures. So use your imagination (but keep it clean!)

The two of us at Historic Chesterfield on Memorial Day. it's just a old pioneer town that was pretty lively for this one day of the year haha. We went with his family. and no that is NOT a beer in his hand (although he is 23). It's a huckleberry soda.

The start of it all...our dads served their missions in Germany, and then studied Mechanical Engineering both at BYU and Purdue University. Our parents are literally the best of friends. they both had sons, then daughters then moved to opposite sides of the country (the rest of the kids match up too. The McKellars had 3 daughters and 1 son, and we have 3 sons and 1 daughter. massive match making going down right here, ya'll!) This picture was taken in 1990, where I am already checking out Brian apparently by looking at him and pointing! I knew I was a smart baby!

Anyone have a pitchfork we can borrow?

Idaho Falls Temple, about 5 minutes from his house. the only temple in the world that is next to a river. It's a GORGEOUS temple!

Don't we all wish we could be more like Brian. I mean, he's just so...cool!

. :)

If you really want more pictures you'd have to look at Facebook. I don't know why you didn't just look there in the first place haha

Ohhhhh, wow!

I'm pretty sure that I just found the most wonderful man in the world!


Written by Brian. Hijacking my computer.

:)

It's not even 8:30 in the morning. I have been up since 6. I have 2 ridiculously hard exams this week, a simulation, and a 7 page paper to write.

But I am happy, giggly, have butterflies in my stomach, and can't stop smiling.


I love good weekends, cute boys, and talking to my best friend about both :)

Completely RIDICULOUS day!

So I had a completely unbelievable day yesterday. Not really good, not really bad, just absolutely hilarious. After Erin Wilson asked for details, I emailed this to her, and I realized it was just to funny I had to share it with all of you. You may think I am making this up, but I promise you, I'm not hahahaha. Key words are in bold for your convenience :)

I almost won a CRUISE, but I didn't because I'm not 25. Got asked out on a date by a guy I've sorta been seeing for almost 2 months (but haven't talked to in like a week) about 2O MINUTES before he picked me up, so I had to stay in the sun dress that I had been wearing all day because hey, we were only going to make pizza. Then when he picked me up, he told me that he had been jumped by two completely DRUNK MEXICANS a week ago and he hadn't called for the last week because his face was STILL SWOLLEN even last night, a week later! haha. Then turns out the girl who's house we went to was the best friend of Trevan's girlfriend that he cheated on me with (KARALEE BUCKHOFF) and totally put her foot in her mouth when she found out haha. She then continued to drill me for details. Not cool. Then one of the guys at the group date asked if I knew where CLIFTON PARK New York was. Hello random.Then BEE MONEY (the mentally retarded local rapper) ate dinner with us, blessing the food by thanking God for the "CD sales he has accumulated" and asking that "these beautiful girls get what they want from their dates". hahahaha. Then I playfully slap Todd (the guy I've been seeing for almost two months but haven't kissed---surprisingly) with my hand on his stomach and he completely shrivels up so I make some joke about him having mono and I must have hit him in the spleen, and turns out it wasn't a joke!! He has had MONO for TWO MONTHS!! (explains the lack of kissing! as it shall remain) So then we're all just talking and relaxing and then we apparently were going to go up the canyon for a BONFIRE. I'm in a SUNDRESS and flip flops!! While we're there Todd and I go the river and I FALL (since it's pitch black and there are sticks/rocks everywhere) and my dress practically goes up over my face hahaha. then while at the campfire, we ROAST STARBURSTS (a Utah delicacy?). Then the smoke from the fire triggers one of my ATTACKS and all of a sudden for 10 minutes, when I already can't breathe, everyone is around me basically staring. Random people I met that night were practically groping my legs. so awkward. haha. So after like 20 minutes of not really breathing, Todd carries me to the car, but DOESN'T CATCH THE BOTTOM OF MY DRESS. therefore carrying me past our campfire and two other campfires with my lovely YELLOW PANTIES completely exposed. Thank goodness they were at least cute. And finally, I collapsed on my front door when I had a little bit of another attack, my roommates heard and opened the door that I was leaning on, and I FELL at their feet. hahaha. I then proceeded to laugh about the whole night hysterically for the next 2 hours.

Moral of the Story: Never wear a dress...ever and always ask the guy you are dating if he has mono or is prone to random attacks from drunk Mexicans.

HOLY SCHNICKES! TIME'S A-FLYIN'!!

Today is a very special day!! It's another Hump Day!! I promise I won't do one of these posts for everyone I know that is on a mission, but this certain missionary has a very special place in my heart. Ladies and Gentlemen...BRETT WILLIAM BROOKSBY!!! Brett has been a very very good friend of mine since I can remember. Brett and I, in addition to our whole families, have always been very very close. So close, in fact, that one time when I lead the music for church, a member of the bishopric announced me as Melissa Brooksby! Everyone had a good laugh about that one. But Brett is serving as a missionary in Birmingham England, but despite the distance, our friendship is still strong! Brett and I write all the time and I have to say, he's one of the best missionaries to get a letter from. His letters never cease to make me laugh, he picks me up when he can tell I'm miserable (even so far away, now that's talent) and his letters make me miss him like crazy, but no fear, because today is Brett's HUMP DAY!! He's been out for one year today! I would say that this means he'll be home a year from today, but he got to talk to his family on Mother's Day and apparently he thinks he'll be home probably 2 weeks before the 2 years. Of course, as I am writing this right now I realize that's really not helpful to me considering I'm supposed to be doing nursing service abroad from April to the end of June (thank you Nursing 400) but I am so excited for him to come home! In honor of this special day, I have put a collection of pictures (one might say a plethora) on here of my favorite English missionary!

Making Jackson Pollock paintings about a week before he left.

You know he's a good friend when he lets you wipe paint on his back haha

Brett and I understand the importance of cleanliness.

Brett left a handprint on my pants (get your mind out of the gutter!) and wiped his all down his own pants.

Just so you know, if you dip your hands in bright green paint, your hands look like they belong to the Hulk. just FYI.

Our masterpieces!! Mine is hanging in my room at home, not sure where his family put his...

Breaking the rules at the airport right before he left. We condemned ourselves once we took a picture of it.

SUCH a tender picture!

I absolutely love this picture of Brett.

Oo Oo!! This one too!! In fact whoever controls his facebook (cough cough Erin) I would recommend making this his profile picture :)

Farewell Friend! I miss you!!

Buy away your problems.

I had a roommate. For privacy purposes, we'll call her Keightlyn. Keightlyn was a friend from freshman year who lived next door. a very lively person, very fun. We had our good times, but we also clashed heads from time to time. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't like walking into our suite was like walking into a WWE match (although if it had been, I could have taken her in no time, because everyone knows who I am!! Melissa Maughan, WWE DIVA!). It was actually never like that. We just viewed things in different ways. Like spending money. Keightlyn had the opinion that if you even drove PAST the mall, you had to stop in and buy $150 butterfly earrings that are designer made! (yeah, true story. She tried to tell me they were worth the $150 because they were made by Burberry, and my response: "Is that a proper noun or a verb?") Keightlyn got basically anything she wanted from her parents, never wore the same outfit twice, and once went to Best Buy to fix her computer but came back with a $300 coat from Nordstroms ("It was on sale!"). Since I freaked when I spent $40 on a phone that has since been a reliable phone for almost 2 years, it goes without saying that Keightlyn and I had different opinions about this. Where she made any excuse to go shopping, I do everything in my power to avoid shopping.

That was yesterday, my friends. Today I am a whole new person. After having a TERRIBLE day, I decided I would relieve my stress by...gasp...going shopping! And even worse....CLOTHES SHOPPING!! It was always a form of torture. Or worse. I would have rather had 3 enemas, a catheter, and a ventral gluteal shot then go clothes shopping (sorry for the nursing analogies. It's pretty much the only thing I can relate to). But I went today, and OH the exhileration!!! I swear, when I pulled my face through the hole of the first shirt, I saw angels singing hallelujah from the clouds. and when I looked in the mirror deciding if I liked the way I looked it it, I saw Ashton Kutcher in the mirror telling me I looked like a babe. When I saw the price tag and saw it was on sale for $5.99 (SCOREEE) I'm pretty sure I lost 10 pounds instantly. Yes sir-ee! I walked out of that store with a grand total of $30 spent on 3 shirts and a very cute pair of sandals. I found a particularly attractive outfit that I would describe for you, but since I plan on wearing it 24-7 for the rest of my life, you'll all get to see it at some point.

Keightlyn, Although I spend like 1/1000000 of what you spend, I must thank you for being my inspiration for today's morale boosting shopping trip. I accomplished the unheard of today. And although I believe this was a one time thing, the frog is in the cool water ready for a sauna.

SERIOUSLY?!?!

Some people really have no sense of what's polite and what's not.

The story goes down like this. I got up at 7 this morning, got all ready for school and went to campus to study for 2 exams before my class at noon. I decided to study at my favorite study place, the Pendulum Court in the Eyring Science Center. Let me lay it out for you. The Pen Court is sort of separated from the lobby by a barrier, and is a place where the dietetics program serves lunch during Fall/Winter. But I really like studying here because it's not too quiet that you're distracted and not too loud that you are distracted (I obviously have a very exact level of noise that I can tolerate). There are approximately 30 tables in this area, and they are nice tables with four surprisingly comfortable chairs around it.

So here I am, studying very early in the morning at the Pen Court at one of the tables, with only 3 other tables being used. Now, let's take a break and do some simple math here. 30 tables total-4 tables being used= 26 tables that are open and available for others to use. So here I am, studying for almost an hour and then SHE walks in. Girl In Purple Shirt, hereafter known as GIPS. So GIPS walks into the Pen Court and comes over to my table and asks if she can sit with me. huhh....? I wanted to say something like "So this table, completely identical to the open 26 tables, is somehow better?", but alas, I figured she was trying to be friendly and meet people so I told her she could. So GIPS says thanks and gets to work studying. As weird as I thought it was that she chose my table over all the rest, I didn't really mind because we were both just studying and it's not a huge deal to have two people study in silence.

But silence is not what I got, thanks to GIBS and BIS (girl in blue shirt and boy in suit). GIBS and BIS come to sit with GIPS and they start talking a lot, take out all the notes, covering the now completely filled table, and start doing some homework together. Seriously?! Conversation goes like this...

GIPS: I'm glad you guys could make it!
BIS: Thanks for letting us know you were doing the homework.
GIBS: Nice table! (FOR REALS?!)
BIS: So did we decide when the homework was due?
GIBS: I'm pretty sure tomorrow at 11.
GIPS: ::gasps way louder than necessary, looking at syllabus:: GUYS!! IT'S DUE TODAY AT 11!!
GIBS: oh no!!!
BIS: QUICK! We need to tell BIBS to hurry!!

SERIOUSLY?! another person is coming?! In my despair, I look around. I notice that two of the previously occupied tables are now vacant. which now means there is only ONE table taken other than mine. Out of 30. Seriously?!

In walks BIBS (boy is blue shirt), comes over to the now full table, takes a deep heavy sigh, looks at me doing my Pathophysiology and says in a highly suggestive voice:

"Sigh....There's no where for me to sit...." SERIOUSLY?!

Then the best part: GIPS (the original) being so kind says to me, "would you mind moving to another table?"

you. are. kidding. me.

Don't worry, I did. I went to a table far far away. Where I don't have to even see them. Or smell them. Too bad I can't stop from hearing them.

So thank you GIPS, GIBS, BIS AND BIBS for ruining my morning. and BIBS and BIS, you weren't even cute. Seriously.

NEW CAR!

Just wanted to let everyone know that Eric and I bought a car yesterday!! We've been needing one for a long time (thank you Salt Lake clinicals...) but we've been actually looking for like a week or so. We finally found one we could both agree on. We bought a 1997 Toyota Corolla. I'm saying it's grey, but Eric's calling it lavender (Why he would want to drive a car that is lavender I dunno. He originally called it periwinkle. sigh...I have failed as a sister.). It drives well, and doesn't have very many miles at all, so these are all things we can celebrate. And it will be very easy to share a car, considering Eric and I live...oh...say....100 steps from each other? Seriously. I can see his front door from mine. Alas, I digress. The point is, we're very excited to have a car, since now it means we can stop bumming rides of people. But don't be mistaken. I still plan on bumming rides from time to time. :)

I'm In Love.

Symptoms of Love: Heart skips a beat or two, feel like the world is spinning, butterflies in your stomach, never want to do anything but spend time with the 'one' you love, want to sing at the top of your lungs, crave a good piano and a sit down session with Jon Schmidt.

Oh I'm sorry, did you think I was in love with a boy?! HA! good one.