Procrastination
by Kit McCallum

Yesterday, I said I would
Until the time had passed,
And now today, I see my list
Of never-ending tasks.

Why so, I ask myself, did I
Put off that task at hand?
For yesterday has added to
My ever-growing plans,

Of things I say I will attend,
Accomplish or provide;
Seems every day I put if off -
It multiplies in size.

A simple job if given
My devotion for a time;
Would surely have resolved itself
And eased my worried mind.

However, due to circumstance,
As always is the case;
I had no time to spend that day…
I had no time to waste.

For yesterday, I worked on
All the tasks I had delayed,
From days before when I would say
I have no time today.

You see, tomorrow’s easier
To say that I will vow,
To catch up on the overload,
And yet - I wonder how?

‘Tis easier to play the part
Of victim in this case,
And be the martyr ever-more
I have no time to waste.

It's Official

I've started my application to the BYU Nursing Program. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

12 Hour Days

School:

Chemistry 285-Intro to Bio and Organic Chemistry

I have this class everyday! I'm actually retaking it because I need a better grade to get into the Nursing program. :( Hopefully, I can get a better grade this semester. It's going to be hard. I'm taking from the same professor, Dr. Wood. He's...strange, but interesting. I've already made some new friends in the class, who are also retaking it, so I don't feel like so much of a loser.

Religion A 211: The New Testament

I love this class so far! I'm taking it from Brother Swift. I actually know his daughter from band. And I'm really enjoying him so far. I have the class with Kristen, Nichelle, and Kathryn too! I'm super excited for this class.

Music 101
This class is huge! There are quite a few people from Timpview in the class....I'm not sure how I feel about that. We're going to learn about the different era's of music. I will also have to go to 8 concerts throughout the semester. It's already starting to make me miss band. I'm such a band geek... :) The professor, Brother Brown, is great. He gets super excited about music, and I love it!
English 150
Ugh. I am also retaking this class to get a better grade to get into the Nursing program. :( It won't be too bad, I guess. I talked to my professor, Jim-yes, he told us to call him by his first name, and he told me I could use my papers from my previous class, which is great! And there a lot of cute guys in this class. :) Oh gosh.

Physics 127: Descriptive Astronomy

Awesome! This class will require some work, but I'm super excited. I have to learn 50 constellations! Our second day of class, we talked about astronomy in the scriptures! It was great. My professor is a total geek, but he gets super excited about astronomy in a way that makes his students excited too!

Work:

Pinnacle. Account Creation. Team Lead. 20 hours a week.

Work + School = 12 hour day

12 hour days = Tired Courtney

Moving On Up

Carriage Cove-

Kristen, Nichelle, Courtney and Kelsey (my new roommate). Room 4. Dishwasher. TV. Bathroom Door. Purple. Pool.

Moving out was the quite the task. Monday was packed full of moving, making, and shopping. It started at 8:30 when we arrived at Carriage Cove, only to wait in line for a very long time to get our apartment number and key. Emily was the best mover. We got my car unloaded as well as some stuff from hers in record time. I spent the day unpacking and trying to make my room trendy. I went to Costco that night with my mother to buy food. Thanks Mom! :) My father came over and put my bookcase together. Thanks Dad! :) And before I went to bed that night my bedroom was all put together, except for a few exceptions.

I share a bathroom with Kelsey, our new roommate. She's cool. We like her. Hopefully she likes us too... :)

I'm loving my room. It's perfect. And purple!

It's weird to be starting another year of school, especially without my two best friends. It's weird to be going back to BYU without Richard. It's weird not to have Christopher to text late at night when no one else is awake. I miss them. But I'm so grateful for their example! I'm scared to start another year of school without them, but I'm also excited for what it all means. I feel like this year is more of a new start for me than last year was. I look forward to the experiences of the next few years. I'm excited for the good and the bad. Buckle up and hold on for the ride, right? Or better yet, strap yourself in and throw your arms in the air!

Bye Bye Hair

I was driving home from work and felt like being spontaneous...so that night I got 10 inches cut off my hair and donated it to locks of love!

Before

Cutting it off!

After

A Series of Unfortunate Events

I've decided that I have the worst luck pretty much ever. Here, let me explain....

Kristen, Nichelle and I took a road trip to Vegas last weekend. It was SO fun, well except for the drive down. We decided to take my new car. We were having a grand ole time until we reached Fillmore. I look in my rear view mirror and see a cop with his lights on. I immediately look at my dashboard...I was going 10 under (It was raining and rather windy, I was being safe). I thought to myself, could he be pulling me over? I pull over to the side of the road and the cop walks up to the passenger side window and begins to ask me a series of questions. He asks for my license and registration. I hand them over to him. I might add that I was fuming. I was so angry. He comes back a few minutes later with a ticket for $107.00!!! I was extremely angry. Failure to slow down or move over for emergency vehicle....

About 20 miles previous I passed a cop on the side of the road with someone else pulled over. I did not change lanes. He chased me down, 20 miles down the road, to give me a ticket for a new law. I was not speeding. I did not have drugs. I was not drinking. But still the cop gives me a ticket. But wait the story gets better....

We had just gotten off the freeway, Nichelle was driving by this point. We were driving to Nichelle's Aunt's house, where we would be staying. I notice my car is making a horrible sound. It was still running fine, minus the noise, but my heart sank. We made it to her aunt's house all in one piece, including my car. And let me add that I had just gotten this car about three weeks prior. I immediately call my father so he can listen and ask him what to do. He tells me to turn off the car right away. He said it sounded pretty bad. And he wasn't sure what we were going to do. At this point, I was trying to stay calm. He told me to wait an hour, try starting it, and call him back. An hour passes, during which I'm very anxious. I go to start my car. It starts, but the awful noise is still there. I call my dad. He tells me that we can't drive it and that he will have to come get us. I lost it and started crying. First the ticket and now my new car. Luckily Nichelle's Aunt was nice enough to let us borrow her car. My parents borrowed a truck from my uncle, rented a car hauler, and came to pick us up at the end of our trip. We still aren't exactly sure what is wrong with my car. It's in the shop trying to get fixed.

This is why I've decided that I have the worst luck.

Pulled over-7 times. Towed-twice. Accidents-one. Broken down-twice. I can only imagine what comes next.

MILEY!!!!

For the fourth this year, I worked from 7 to 3, I love work, and then we had a BBQ at my house and then Heather, two of her friends, Kristen, Nichelle, Jeff, Brian, Michelle and I all went to the Stadium of Fire! It was SO fun!

Jeff, me, Kristen and Nichelle waiting for the show to start!

Jeff and I were SO excited for Miley to come out!

MILEY!!!

Fireworks!

All in all, it was a great fourth! We had a lot of fun! Including the traffic afterwards. Miley for life!