Il pleut - beaucoup

What's on the forecast for this whole week? Rain.
At least it feels like spring and the blossoms are out.



This song is keeping me company, courtesy of Hello Saferide, on this rainy day as I try to get things done. It's actually kind of our house song after one roomie played it and we've all looked it up since. The video is kind of weird, but I like the song.

I can't wait for this semester to be over, though things will carry over. Finals and the recent weeks have just been kind of stressful with logistics and projects. If I can get through Thursday I can get through anything! It's been a crazy four months. Wow....

R.U.D.E.

Saw this posted on a friend's facebook that she overheard on our reading day.
Two girls were walking into the library next to a guy.

He says,"I don't hold the door for girls wearing sweatpants. If you're not going to try, neither am I."

Well rude guy, I'm not going to hold the door for guys with basketball shorts and sneakers or a five o'clock shadow. If you're not going to try, neither am I.

Then I found this comic, which applies perfectly:

Sweatpants don't usually complement the butt.

BUT WAIT... isn't holding the door just a common courtesy and not a decision based on how put together someone looks? A little bit of a selfish attitude there my friend. Only doing a little service if something is in it for him.

I liked one of the comments under my friend's original post. Something along the lines of how he's going to get stuck with a really high maintenance wife and a couple years down the road will hate his life. He'd deserve it.

Seriously, give the girls a break! It's finals week. I think sweatpants are a good sign right now. Don't you want a potential girlfriend/wife to care more about her education, during a time when it really matters like finals week, than looking good to try and impress whoever she might see in the library. I'm not saying you can't look cute and be studious, but don't hate on girls who just want to be comfortable.

After relaying this experience to guy friends I was surprised to see that any of them were on the rude guy's side.
What the?
But after explaining our reasoning they understood the situation and sided against him. Majority were already on our side, just fyi.

Then I said I was going to wear sweatpants for a month and they asked if I thought I'd get asked on any dates. HA! Every day I head to campus it's not just to try and get asked on dates.
Mrs. degree? No, I want a real one.

When a girl looks nice it's not just for you boys. It is partly for you, but it's majority for herself.
For example, if I feel like I spent time getting ready it makes me feel more confident to tackle my day, feel like my life is put together, and do things with more lady-like grace.

What's up with this BYU expectation that girls should look their best everyday?

That's it. I hope I run into that tool on campus sometime. Good luck with the ladies my friend.

warming winter

P is soon leaving for London and this weekend we went on 2 dates. First was just all over town trying on onesies, to The Chocolate and we got sugared out so we ended up at Sammy's to balance it out. Then the next night we went to our ward christmas party, which was a party up at the Aspen lodge and then I took her on a tour around Sundance. It's pretty chilly up there, but the lights are beautiful and so we took some pics. We really do love hanging out together, but it would've been 10x better to be on real dates after being surrounded by couples at the christmas party. Oh well...

I was just tagged in these photos from a fun date night for my birthday! S baked a caked cause there were actually 2 birthdays to celebrate. We carved ice cream (crazy right?) and it was so fun! You can see the JEEP we carved in the front right out of vanilla ice cream. It had the top down, seats, and even people, so it was no surprise we won first place. If you use your fingers to carve though they'll go numb....careful.