Last Names, Air Conditioning, and My Own Old Lady Choir

A couple of interesting things happened to me this week. I was in Relief Society, and the girl finished the lesson. I was totally ready to get out of there and go home. The presidency decided that we all needed to stand up and introduce ourselves. This made us get out eight minutes overtime! (on a FAST sunday) (Not that I was keeping track or anything) So anyways, this girl stood up and introduced herself, ... at first I thought that I heard her wrong, but no. Her last name is... (pause for dramatic effect) Savage. That. is. the. coolest. last. name. ever. I would die to have my last name be Savage. "Hi, my name is Janessa Savage" muahahahha! I think that you could get away with so much crap if that was your last name. People automatically wonder if you really are a savage. Awesome! Also, a good last name would be Rogue. tee hee. This is what I foresee in my future. (a cool last name... ? is that lame or weird, I can't decide). No one would ever forget your last name, especially if you acted like a savage or a rogue. This is the best excuse to act crazy. I may or may not introduce myself as Janessa Rogue Savage from now on... (just to warn you)
My room in my apartment is very plain. But there is one thing that drives me crazy. The air conditioning vent is right under the desk. So the AC turns on and the lower half of my body FREEZES! I just sit at this desk and wonder why I am shivering when it is ninety degrees outside. Bah! Ridiculous! (and this is the story of my pathetic life as a college student). I know that it will hopefully be nice when it is winter time, but I am on edge about the vent under my frostbitten toes. Don't mess with Janessa Rogue Savage (she is feeling more and more like a savage rogue)
Finally, I want to tell you about my 8 AM swimming class. I wake up early and jump into a pool. (not the best start to a full day of classes) We start swimming, and then we hear this eery moaning coming from the other side of the pool... It is super creepy if you don't know what is happening. I start to listen closer and I realize that people are singing... These (really) old ladies have water aerobics in the shallow end. And they sing throughout their entire workout. No offense, but they don't exactly sound like the Tabernacle Choir. Who sings during water aerobics?!? creepy. I recognize a couple of the songs, and they are really old and classic (and depressing) The echo is so bad that I cannot decipher most of the old lady songs. My coach said that the lifeguards have all of the songs memorized. (Those poor poor lifeguards, I pity them and fear for their sanity) So the entire forty minutes of lap swimming is improved by old women moaning/singing on the other side of the pool. (it is the best part of my day?.... not! Food is the best part of my day! how could you think otherwise)So I thought that I would just tell you about my Monday and Wednesday mornings, (watching people struggle to swim, and watch the life force of old women ebb from their mortal bodies via their vocal chords) I hope that you enjoyed my lovely experiences as a hackin college student. Ciao!

Utilities and Chocolate Covered Almonds

Happy Sunday everyone.

You would not believe what happened this weekend. On Friday I came home from running and turned on the shower. I kinda noticed that the water was not getting very warm, but I was so hot and sweaty I didn't even care. Later that day my roommate asked if our gas was turned on, because she couldn't get the hot water to work. We both soon realized that our gas has been turned off. I ask my roommate if the manager ever told her if we had to do anything when we moved in and she said no. At the first of the year my roomie promised to make sure that everything was worked out with the utilities so we didn't have to worry about. Naturally, she forgot to do it. They turned off our gas, and the manager never even mentioned that we had to call the gas company and change it to our names. o hackin.... so due to my roommate's and the manager's forgetfullness and lack of responsibility. I had to spend a full weekend without any hot water. grrrreeeaattt. I can also confirm that cold showers are absolutely no fun, (unless you go running beforehand). oi. I am such a wimp when it comes to the cold. I don't know how I survived three seasons of lacrosse practice in January and February.
Since the beginning of my life, I have been very dependant of food. (not just physically, but emotionally also.) Some girls need boyfriends or shopping to deal with stuff, but not me. I need food. And the food that I have been using to eat my feelings lately is chocolate covered almonds from Costco... ya... It is hackin delicious and heaven on earth (I reccommend them) BUT I ran out of them on Thursday, and there is no Costco in Cedar City. So I have had a slight break down this weekend due to my addiction to chocolate covered almonds... (Pathetic story) I watched the stupid Benjamin Button movie and ate the almonds the whole three hours... uhhhhh wow I am so cool. AND I have two tests to study for, and I totally blew off studying so I could eat and watch pointless television. .. I may or may not gain a million pounds this semester. I hope that next semester that I will be so busy that I can't afford to procrastinate. And for those of you who know me... I NEVER procrastinate... until now. Well, I am guessing that my bad test scores will get me motivated again soon. So I will just have to tough it out until I bomb these tests. (And tough it out means watching pointless television while desperately craving chocolate covered almonds almost to the point of insanity...) so.... on that happy note. I am going to go watch a stupid movie.
Later.

Pine Trees, Dishes, and the Cedar City Church Scene

Happy Birthday to my brothers! Artem's birthday was yesterday, and Devin's birthday is tomorrow. yay!

Alright. down to business.
My classes are going well. I am doing prerequisites right now, so my classes are pretty easy. My swimming class is surprisingly easy. and I am half way done with my biology online class. Score! I am trying to motivate my hospitality management group to do the project right now instead of waiting til the end of the semester. I will let ya know how that works out.

I was running to one of my classes and I passed this gigantic pine tree on campus. As I pass the tree I see this girl just crawl out from underneath the branches, and then I see the guy come out too. They start folding a plastic tarp and a sleeping bag! They are totally living in the giant pine tree on campus. what? Now that is cheap housing. The hackin pine tree has some secret hide out spot underneath. That is probably where all of the people go to smoke or something between classes. o man, I probably had the stupidest look on my face when the girl popped out of no where!

My roommates don't believe in cleanliness. I have never seen a pile of dishes grow that high out of the sink. wow. I want to just clean their dumb dishes, but I don't know what cupboards they put them in when they are clean. My room is above the kitchen, and my roomies forget that they are cooking and they burn a lot of food. Almost everyday I run downstairs to make sure our apartment is not on fire. oi. The story of my life.

I went to my new ward today. and.... The girls outnumber the guys three to one.. of course. always in cedar city. I walk in and everyone is just watching (and judging) everyone else. None of the guys are good looking, so now, (naturally) I am not even going to try and get ready for church anymore. yes! ponytail and whatever dress i can find each sunday. score!

Well, I don't have much else to say about school, except my incapability in finding employment. (and even I don't want to hear me whine about it)

Peace out. I gotta go downstairs and see if anything is on fire again.