I want the sun to stay for awhile

Daryl and I went to St. George this past weekend. It was REALLY great. We got some sun and got a nice little break before the stress of finals and papers started.

I am currently writing a terrible paper right now. I am struggling to concentrate and even get the minimum requirement done. It is going to be a rough paper. I just hope it turns out alright. I am doing very well in the class though. So hopefully it won't bring my grade down if I don't do well.

But going to St. George was super GREAT! We tried to find these falls that didn't exist. So basically we walked around in the desert for hours wearing flip flops. It was a nice little hike though. I got these intense blisters from my flip flop which kind of made walking miserable after that. But they are almost healed now! Thank goodness.

We also went down to Zion's canyon. We road horses there and it was just a lot of fun. I am kind of obsessed with southern Utah and the red rocks and stuff. I think I kind of love the desert weather. I think that it just because I grew up most of my life in green states. That I kind of like the color change. But those rocks are so amazing. They just spring up and are breath taking to look at. We got to ride horses up in Zion. It was so wonderful. Daryl rode a horse named Fancy And mine was sweet. It was speckled like a cow but it was brown instead of black and it had blue eyes. Mine's name was Charlie. We enjoyed the ride but my butt hurt like crazy when we got done. I wouldn't have been a good cow girl.

Then we went out to eat and laid by the pool and listened to conference. It was wonderful. I enjoyed getting some sun and hanging out with a sweet weekend with Daryl. He is my favorite person to vacation with :)

I wish we could have stayed longer. I have just been busy with tests, quizzes, papers and what not. I am going to be finished with a lot this week. So finals week will be a breeze for me. I am excited for that.

I went to a job interview this week and Heritage. Just waiting to hear back from them. Hope I got the job. That would be sweet! But not getting my hopes up just yet. It is kind of my last chance to get a job in my field for some experience so finger crossed!

Daryl's sister came down early for the weekend to hangout with us. It was a lot of fun. I got to hang out with her a lot. We got to talk and what not before she headed back to Indiana for a couple weeks. I am excited for her to move down to provo this summer! It will be nice to have family down here!

We also bought a Gopro camera! I am way excited to try it out in Hawaii and what not. It will be a lot of fun! We just picked it up this morning. Adventures to come with that sweet thing!

Well that is about all that has happened this week!

Pop, Lock, and Drop it

I feel like it's a Friday but it's only Tuesday. The reason being is because all the stressful tests are done. I had 3 tests since last Friday that I had to get done by Wednesday. Good news is they are done and I no longer feel stressed! I don't know how well they all went considering they were the first tests for the semester but we will see soon enough.


Something I have realized is that I will screw up a new recipe a lot before I get it right. I made no-bakes. I mean you don't even have to bake them and I screwed them up. On the bright side though it was the texture not the taste. They still taste as yummy as ever but they are super runny. But practice is key right?

It is snowing here like crazy! It has snowed since I got up this morning at like seven and it is still coming down. Looks like we are in for a lot of snow the next few days. Daryl is just soo excited that he wants to go snowboarding. I have been kinda sick lately. I just have this never ending headache. It seems like I have a lot of sinus pressure going on. I am not sure though. I just would love it to go away. Snowboarding hasn't seemed to fun to me just because I have been feeling so crappy. I am kind of mad at the snow anyways. I washed my car and it was all clean and non salty and now it is back at it from today. I never like to go anywhere when it snows. Sitting at home  on the couch just sounds too good to be true. 

This past weekend was a lot of fun. We didn't do a whole lot but a weekend is just always nice. We got a calling at our church to do scouts. So that should be fun. Didn't see that one coming. That is for sure. We also have to speak in a couple weeks which I am dreading. I hate public speaking. I especially hate it at church because I feel so unknowledgeable on that subject compared to people. But it will be alright. Then it is over right? ;) We played some games with our church leader (the bishop) He is a funny guy. It was a lot of fun. He mentioned that I could go help out at track at the high school where he teaches. So I need to look more into it. Because I would love that! It is super close to our house too! I need to get in touch with the coach or something. We stayed home a snuggled and watched tv and ran a bunch of errands. It was a good weekend!

I just finished making a power point. We have to present for like an hour and 15 minutes in that class. Kind of a long time! At least I have 2 other people in my group. I have worked on that power point for more than 2 hours. Which is still blowing my mind. There is like 20 slides on it though. I am meeting with my counselor tomorrow. So I am excited about that! Hopefully she will give me some good things with my schedule and with my life. I want to talk to her about an internship and my schedule and possibly job opportunities  My name at school isn't changed yet. Which I was kind of hating because I have to write Taryn Willie on every paper instead of Klingaman. But my counselor is way legit. I have talked to her like twice and I really don't wanna get one of those awful counselors that people talk about. So maybe I won't ever change my name? Jk. I wanna graduate Taryn Klingaman. 

Sometimes I wonder why I make it a point to write in here so much because I never have anything cool to say after a couple of days of my last post.

My birthday is creeping up a little too fast. I am almost 21. That is crazy talk! I've almost been married 6 months too on my birthday. I don't know what is better than those 2 things. 

So in class we have been talking about how someone can't make you happy. You determine what makes you happy. I totally agree with that and what not. But I like to say my husband makes me happy. And it would be really weird to say it in that other way. I mean he really does do things that make me happy inside? ha that sounds funky. But I feel like people get in the point of what I am saying. 

Life is great! School is going. The snow is fallin. Car is still working. TNT is still in spanish. I ain't complain!

Risque

I really don't get commercials. I was watching television today and there was this girl climbing a ladder. I never knew that climbing a ladder could be so sexy. But it can I tell ya! Then she got to the top and there was a light bulb. And I was like WHAAAT? All of that was for that light bulb. My mind has seriously been blown. It was an advertisement for a light bulb. And don't even get me started on those Carl's Jr ads. Who knew eating a hamburger could be like that. I personally hate it. Why does everything have to have some sort of sex appeal. I really feel bad for my future kids. I can't imagine what this world will be like in another 20 years when my kids are teenagers. I just pray people will still be wearing clothes!

I have this terrible headache that has been going on for days that is absolutely no fun. I really want to work out at the gym but I can't with this terrible throbbing. It always is lingering there but sometimes it comes in throbbing. I really don't enjoy it and wouldn't mind if it went away.

Well enough of that. I found today I have 3 tests next week! So that shall be fun. I will admit I am most nervous about my STATS test. I have been doing alright so far. Let's just hope my tests will go well.

This past weekend was pretty great. Daryl and I went to a movie with some friends are Friday and then went ice skating and to an Indian place on Saturday. The food was really good but we had such a funny experience we were out with this cute couple from Daryl's work and the guy was just not friendly and I don't know if he knew a lot of English. We were pretty much dying laughing at him the whole night.  Then we watched seven pounds with Will Smith. I had never seen it. I guess this whole time I was getting Pursuit of Happiness and Seven Pounds mixed up or something and just thought I had seen both of them. But nope. It was about texting and driving and it was really sad actually. I dreamed about it and thought about it for the next few nights I went to bed. 

       This week has been kind of a bust. We went to our full ward for once and let me just say. Our ward is very old. There is like no one in it. It reminds me of how church was back in North Carolina. There is no primary, there aren't hardly any youth. They have to combine with another ward there 1st hour and our 3rd in order to have a class for the youth. How sad. I am not too excited about that. We are probably the youngest in the ward. There are a few other couples but other than that I feel like we might have a funeral every week. 

      Also the job search is still going on. I know so pathetic. I got a step closer though. I had an interview. But I don't know if I would get many hours and it is kinda far away and not worth it if I don't get more than 8 hours. I saw this job at a school I would like to work out. It doesn't sound the greatest. But I am thinking maybe I should look into it because I could get an in there at the school. When they post jobs for this website they have "in-house opportunities" only which are for the ones that are working there. They are usually better hours and better jobs in general. Then they have "out-house opportunities" which are for people like me. They are just usually super crappy hours but jobs I would love to do. So this job is like a sport assistant sounds like you kind of head activities dealing with sports and might referee them. Sounds pretty legit. But the hours could be crappy. One they don't give many hours and two they are in the evenings. The nice thing about it though is I wouldn't be working every night at those hours just when they have the games. Another thing is you have to be 21. I called about it and he just said I should come to the interview and if they really need someone they won't take me but if they like me. They might wait until February. So I am thinking about going and working some crappy shifts hoping I would be able to change my hours eventually and do what I really want to do there.  

I can't express how great my husband is. He is just a really good sport. I keep thinking how annoying it would be to be making all the money while your spouse just sits at home and doesn't do much. I just hope he keeps seeing that I am trying to find something! He is so patient and great! I am one lucky girl!! :) One thing I really admire is a hard worker. I never realized how important that was to me until after I got married. A hard worker is an attribute I hope that our kids will learn from Daryl. I can't wait to tell them stories about everything he did to keep me happy. I hope they will strive to do the same for there spouses.

                                    

Anyways, Life is FANTASTIC! I really do love being able to go to a great university as much as I might complain about it. I am lucky for this education in AMERICA! Love you all who even take the time to read about my "exciting" life. ha! :)