does everyone...?

Does everyone go semi-crazy and get an "oooh-bad-idea"-haircut when they get home from a mission?
..
just me?
Cool.

So I got a haircut. And it looks cute. I admit this. But I miss my long hair SO badly. And my short hair has finally grown to the point that I like it. But I haven't blow-dried my hair in oh... two to three weeks.
(that's the secret, my people. don't blow dry your hair and it should grow like mad. should.)

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In other news:
Tonight I finished season 2 of this puppy:

(Yes I jumped on the Downton Abbey bandwagon. So sue me.)

and can I just say: FINALLY!! Finally Matthew and Mary! FI.NA.LLY!

I haven't touched season 3 yet, so all y'all ruiners out there, don't even think about it. I will kill you.

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In other other news:

Jonny boy is doing well. I'm so proud of him. He's going to be such an amazing leader, and he already is such a great missionary. He just works so hard, I can tell. 

Slightly related I had my 2nd interview at the MTC yesterday. Trippiest thing in the world to be back there. Anyway, they said they'd let me know about the job in a few weeks. Crossies, guys??? Thanks.

And slightly related to that; sometimes (like yesterday morning times) I miss my mission so much that I can't breathe. 

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I'm going to do my own spa night :] Gallon vat of coconut oil, here I come.

love y'all. I've missed ya.

-jillian

happy happy girl

Today, when I got to work the first thing my supervisor, Desiree, said to me is "Why are you so happy?"
Cause, people, I am happy.
I attribute it to a couple of things:


I seriously believe there is nothing in this world more refreshing than taking a run. Or a swim. Or a bike ride, or a walk. And I have been doing just those things. Thank you, my lovely roommates who are either triathletes or training for the Ragnar.
Plus, while I run I listen to J. Biebs. Best. Work-Out. Music. Ever. Believe it. Your work out will nevah be the same.


Secondly, I found out where I will be living the next year and a half of my life:

dun dun-dun duuun!



That's right, ladies and gentlemen. "Deep in the heart of Texas" (please believe I hear Hadfield's voice singing that e'ry time I think it. E'ry time.) And it's taken a while, but I am thrilled! I'll be serving in T.H.E. Mission (Texas Houston East). I can't even imagine how rad it's going to be. Which is terrif- the most marvelous things are always unexpected.


(coolie - I just googled "define:tejas" cause I refer to it in my mexicano-speak 90% of the time and check this out: 
Tejas: Sanskrit word meaning fearlessness, valor.Awesome.) 


And last week I reread Mrs. Dalloway By Virginia Woolf. The most scrumptious, delicious, breathtaking language in the world! It's one of those books that makes you feel like lace and pearls and fresh flowers - instant "classy".
Read it.


Plus, on top of all this sugar, I've been feeling really inspired lately. By quotes and classes and books and all of these sparking people.
Have a taste:
"The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." - Charles DuBois


See what I'm saying? I'm a happy girl of late. It's bliss. 

hello goodbye

Hello, Hello
to...

• Provo Take 3
• University Avenue Condos conveniently located right across from Provo Library!
• These lovely ladies, Mikelle, Jenna, and Kimmy

(minus matthew)

(there are almost 0 pictures of all of us together. please believe this was a last resort.)

• Last years summer project - aka College Quilt
• Work. Ugh. I miss Bryson already!
• Escuela!!
• London friends!! You are the reason I am way more excited to come back to Ptown

• Fall

I don't know why you say Goodbye
to...

• Mi familia :[ I will never be happy about this.

• My(almost finished) beautiful home

• My bed
• My shower (this is a BIG DEAL. I hope the UAC shower is more than a drizzle, please?)
• Walks with my Mom and Wilson (we went on two yesterday)

I say Hello

• To the best year of BYU yet! I have a major that's going to stick (cross your fingers), good friends to live with, good friends from the UK, and... a handy bus pass in case I need my mother!

whoa oh

FREEDOM!!
is mine. and i know how i feel
it's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life


and i'm feelin' 
good.


in other words- done with finals!! yeah yeah!

tax day!

Wow. This is a beautiful day! It's 70 degrees outside - nuts! It is my last reading day and I am going to spend the afternoon in the sunshine doing reading and etc. then i will get my hair cut (woo!!) and then I will come back and study some more. And maybe I will update the breakfast blog.
Hey, guess what? I'm really happy.

i know, i know

I need to to a major update post. But this is not going to be it. I am sitting in the library. I have been here for 4 hours. And I love it. Seriously. I am pretty happy. It's just a little rainy, dark, and cold. So I am steeling myself to walk home whilst writing paper snippets and watching one tree hill - season 1. it's... interesting. but i love nathan. what can i say? I'm a sucker for basketball players who are not named chad michael murray. yeah. 

here is where i am:

okay, i didn't actually take this. and it is no way that light outside. but i am looking down a row that looks remarkably similar, except i'm at the window end. so happy studying, happy finals, happy april. it's gonna be a killer-great month. 

p.s. update soon. like asap. promise. cross my heart and hope to die.

some kind of wonderful

How is this possible? How do I have the opportunity to see

(coming to p-town! isn't this nuts?)
and (drum roll please, please, please)

this is nuts. This is the most nuts week of my life. I am so happy and so lucky and so blessed. all the time.

P.S. Michael I love you.

little post

These are some things I am loving recently:

• Sunshine
• instant oatmeal
• brown sugar + maple variety
• cinnamon roll variety
• watching an episode of Gilmore Girls before I go to bed (except the first time of the two times this has actually occurred I had my first nightmare in MONTHS afterward. And it was super creepy. Like, actually horror film creepy.)
• Planning for LONDON
• The world's best wedding shower gift - thanks mother! - honestly it's the cutest thing I've seen.
• Fattykins. I just miss him. Look,

bellissima

**
Honestly, this day is WONDERFUL!
It's sunny and beautiful and we had cleaning checks today! I am writing my paper on Othello right now. 
It makes me want it to be summer and so I can run around barefoot and go swimming and soak the sun til I am burnt to a crisp. 
I am just in a good mood. I am blessed and happy. And it's sunny. huzzah!


**this picture is the mood i am in.... not necessarily what p-town looks like... just ps

friday in pictures

At work, I felt like this:

I talked to this person and felt much better

(BEST PART) I saw this @ BYU's International Cinema ... for free *

I went here:

 and tickled my fancy with one of these suckers:

Then used a truly wonderful coupon to get these two for just one dollah (I know, am I frugal or what??)

And now I am sitting here about to buy this:

Cause I loved it so.

Try and show me a better Friday. 

* It was incredible. Ugh. I need better words to describe it. Beautiful, romantic, moving, suspenseful, shocking, memorable, unforgettable. Unforgettable. Magical? sure.  

Salim looked like Arlen, my first autistic kid. So I double loved it. Wow. Wow-wow-wow.

sunshine

It is such a very beautiful day today! The sun is shining and its warm out and I feel good.

Also, I might have to get this cd today:

He is -

so -

genius.

happy list, the first

I got this great idea from The Rockstar Diaries (which I love so much that I follow on Google Reader) and today is a day where I really need to remeber these things:

things i'm just tickled about
1. my doggy who still loves me even when i call him fat
2. the silver lining
3. letters
4. feeling giddy
5. my mom for becoming the best of my friends
6. sun
7. opportunities
8. quote books
9. long walks when you don't run out of things to talk about
10. thai sticky rice with custard

in fact, i think i will order myself a dish of sticky rice today after work.