8. Chapter 72---To whom shall we go?

So quick insight that comes from John 6. Basically the whole chapter is about the Bread of Life, which is Christ and His Gospel. My teacher had us view this through Elder Scott's talk in October General Conference. In his address Elder Scott said, “Father in Heaven knew that you would face challenges and be required to make some decisions that would be beyond your own ability to decide correctly”. There are certain trials we will face on this earth that we are not expected to face alone.We were expected to face them with the Savior-The Bread of Life. In John 6, the people come to Christ for bread (physical bread) and He points out to them there is more to being a disciple of Christ than eating his bread and partaking of his miracles. We must partake of Him and His Atonement to be considered His true followers. In verse 66, after hearing this, many people choose to walk no more with Him. I can vividly imagine the scene. Christ is there feeling rejected and heartbroken that his children whom He loves have turned away. He had offered his life for them if they would repent, come unto him, endure to the end, but they left because they wanted the instant gratification of the physical “bread.” In verse 67 Christ then asks his apostles, “Will ye also go away ?” To which Peter profoundly answers “ Lord, to whom shall we go ?” That has never hit me so strongly before in my life. To whom shall we go? Who or what else is there to turn to? If we turn away from the Savior, the Bread of Life, TO WHOM SHALL WE GO??? There is no one else. If we choose to turn away from the Savior and His atonement, to not partake of it for WHATEVER REASON-to whom shall we go? Eventually everyone in this life or the next will realize that to whomever or whatever they turn to will not really feed them what they need. Christ is the only one who “hast the words of eternal life.” He is the only one with the plan, the only one with the doctrine, the only one in which we can find true happiness, comfort and peace. He is the ONLY ONE.

Returning to Elder Scott's address, if Christ is the only one and we turn away, who can help us with those decisions and challenges that Heavenly Father knew would be beyond our ability? If we choose not to follow Him, how shall we survive? To whom shall we go? I know there is no other way. With every fiber of my being, I know Christ lives and that because He lives and died for us, we can inherit eternal life. He showed us the way...He IS the way--- the Bread of Life.

7. Chapter 88---Jaws

Around these parts, I go by the name "Jaws"--- because I am THAT tough!

Haha actually it all started because I made the claim that you could tell how good a guy kissed by how good looking his jaw was! I still stand by my theory. It is a hypothesis I would dedicate my life to proving true. In fact, as a science minded person, I plan on actually doing a legit study and publishing my findings on my hypothesis one day. I will be famous one day :)

That's why I go by Jaws :)

6. Chapter 7--- Engaged Roommates....Bridezillas Occasionally

I couldn't have asked for better roommates this semester! I didn't know any of them moving in, but I felt like I was really inspired to live where I chose to, even though my friends wanted to live somewhere different than I did. The Lord is so good to me, and put me exactly where I needed to be! From the moment I moved in, I fell in love with all three of the girls I live with!

Three weeks into the semester though, my room-roommate got engaged! We were all so excited at first! We would throw her a shower and help her shop for flowers and buy her lingerie! It was our little apartments dream! We were all so excited! (And don’t get me wrong, we still are most of the time)

Then our engaged roommate morphed into “bridezilla” for the first time! Taking her stress of school and wedding planning and fiancé time out on us, she turned VERY scary! This began only to manifest itself on small occasions and then slowly more and more, until now it is almost all we see with occasional sprits of the roommate we love.

Also once you’re engaged, apparently it is an unwritten rule that you are a professional at relationships. This then entitles you to force your opinion on relationships and dating on to all those around you. This applies to every new bride to be, including those, who like my roommate, have only ever dated and kissed one guy, their current fiancé. I feel as if I, who have kissed and dated a multitude of men, had my fair share of serious relationships, and have had five older siblings as examples of what to do and not to do, have more advice then she will ever have. (In case you can’t tell, I’m a little annoyed at that one…) What frustrates me the most is that we have one freshman roommate who is barely getting the hang of what it means to be in college, and the bridezilla is trying to control her every move when it comes to dating and boys… Everyone deserves their agency!

Now don’t get me wrong, I still love this Bridezilla, but I just hope the wedding comes soon or she gets over the stress of being newly engaged! Because if not, this will prove to be a very long semester! Good thing my other two roommates and I can just laugh at her and ignore her slight temporary insanity!!!

Isn’t life a blast?!

5. Chapter 19: English Paper Topic

This isn't going to be an entertaining story :) But it could lead to an A paper, which would lead to me getting a good grade in this class, which would lead to me celebrating, which inevitably---because I am who I am--- lead to a very exciting, very entertaining story!

My Research Topic has to do with Metabolism and genetics.

How much is the ability for people to gain and lose weight (metabolism) a genetic factor? Do people have natural tendencies to be fat or overweight?

I would approach it from the science level (obviously), but I really do want to know once and for all: are you destined to be fat or skinny? Are my children doomed to be fat because my great Greek Grandmother weighed 200 pounds? Or is it the fact that my great Italian Grandmother always had homemade spaghetti sauce on the stove with fresh homemade bread to dip in it available at all times that we just have learned to eat fattening, yet tasty food?

It is something to think about huh? :)

4. Chapter 32: A little of Italy

Starving and driving down Center Street at 9 tonight, my roommates and I were on the prowl with one goal in mind: a restaurant. We had shopped all day long and we realized that it was now very late and we hadn't eaten since around noon; The adrenaline shopping gives us is very powerful. We had one extra qualification tonight though, we wanted somewhere new. I have always been a fan of the "hole-in-the-wall" restaurants and I wasn't going to settle for the normal chains of eating choices. Down one side street, like a message from above, I miraculously spotted a sign for a restaurant I had never seen before!

De Dolche Vida

Quickly taking action on what I considered to be pure inspiration, I dangerously maneuvered through traffic and pulled in front of this new discovery! "We can just look at a menu and decide how it looks, ok?"

One glance was all we needed! Gnocchi, tortellini, raviolis, etc. And to make it that much better, the staff BARELY spoke English! This was going to be great...

I ordered, by recommendation, the Chef's Patter: chicken parmesan, gnocchi in sauce, beef tortellini, and baked alfredo! It was way too much food, but I ate it ALL! It was authentic and delicious and I Loved EVERY bite!

I have a new favorite Italian place in Provo!! I would suggest it to everyone!

3. Chapter 10---The month of October!

Halloween has got to be one of the most irrelavent holidays, but also the most fun! I realized, after the excitement of conference had worn off just enough, that it was finally the first week in October. This realization came after the date I went on last night.

Like all first dates it was a little awkward, but our activity was effective at putting awkwardness aside and setting the Spirit of Halloween! It was simple, we had a date pumpkin carving contest: couple that carved the best pumpkin won.


I don't lose. Those that know me well, will testify of that fact. I was lucky enough to be asked out by a guy who didn't lose as well. On top of that much appreciated quality, he also was a skilled pumpkin carver in a prior life. As you can tell from the picture, we picked a perfectly round pumpkin---the first necessary step to winning a carving contest. We also secretly bought a pumpkin stencile. Some might call that cheating, which out of jealously some of our competitors did, but we call it using our resources! After I cleaned out the pumpkin's guts, we discovered my date had a natural talent for detailed pumpkin carving. So being the kind of person that I am, I just sat back and looked good and let him do the work, occassionally wiping off the pumpkin goo that was blocking the pattern. I was so good at my job!

Ours is the one on the far left...Obviously, we won. My date being the gentleman he was, let me take the pumpkin back to my apartment--- our VERY FIRST Halloween decoration!! Due to the common knowledge that I love stories and flaunting my skilled winning, I went to wake up my roommates to show them our newest addition.

Sara ran into the kitchen to see the surprise before Jessie could even get out of bed. Thrilled at the beautiful display, but a little confused, Sara ran back in exclaiming, "Katelynn! Your face is on a pumpkin!!!!" Because my life is blessed with having the most oportune timing to create stories under, that comment came just as Jessie was thinking of the best way to roll out of bed. I casually responded, "No... Actually it is a vampire, but yes that is my jack-o-lantern on the counter." Something about that comment, in her half asleep stage, made Jessie unintentionally fall out of bed sending us all into a 2 am laughing fit. This rupture of loud laughter woke up our other roommate, who was not as thrilled about the pumpkin as the rest of us were...

Oh the joy October brings!

2. Chapter 13---Because my stories don't always start with one!

You know that feeling when you first see a boy and your heart skips a little beat or the butterflies in your stomach flutter for a few seconds as he walks by? Thanks to my best friend, we've coined that term a baby crush: Not a real, mature, full blown, "I want to date him" kind of crush, but just the kind of crush that brings a tiny smile to your face when someone mentions his name.

Using baby crush for the first time in front of my new roommates though got quite the reaction! After explained to them though, it created a very accurate scale upon which we can rely on during our nightly "story time." We can now talk about a boy in one of our classes using phrases like, "I think I'm getting a baby crush!" or "I think he's graduating to pre-school!" or "Totally high school!" There is an image associated with each of these terms and I find myself constantly asking, "On a scale of baby to college how would YOU rate this crush??"

It has made our story time so much more effective by establishing a common language among my roommates and I! What started out as just a few minute chat while we brushed our teeth, can sometimes go on for hours until our ornery roommate wakes up and yells at us all to be quiet! That usually makes us giggle harder, but it does send us to bed eventually! It is the highlight of each night, the inspiration for this blog, and basically what dreams are made of!

What would life be like without "story time?" I hope I never have to find out!