How to Wash a Cat.

How to Wash the Cat...
1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.
2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.
3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids. You may need to stand on the lid.
4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the noises that come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.
5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a "power-wash and rinse".
6. Have someone open the front door of your home. Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door.
7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.
8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, and run outside where he will dry himself off.
9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.

Keeping my Internet in Check

I'm cutting off my internet use. I've deleted almost all of my profiles in social networking sites. I need to focus on my schoolwork a bit more. If you need to get a hold of me, my email is vccharisma@hotmail.com.

Stake Conference.

What a wonderful Conference this has been. Last night the talks were mostly about being prepared, provident pantry stuff, yada yada. I did enjoy it, but the Spirit of today's talks were absolutely overwhelming. There was a talk be a lady in the Panorama Ward about her journey finding and (finally) joining the Church after about 6 years of investigating. She was such a wonderful speaker, and her story touched me quite a bit, and made me think of my own experience with investigating, and my own two awesome elders, whom I still love and keep in touch with today. Another story from a man who received a letter from one of his converts 28 years later also made me reflect on the past few years, and made wonder about the years to come.

The Spirit felt this morning was amazing. It's hard to put my feelings and emotions into words, but I felt a connection of some sort with each and every speaker there today. I don't know what it is, or how it works, but I just love it. To feel a very personal connection with someone who I've never met, someone who doesn't even know I exist is truly a feeling to behold. And the really awesome part, is that I'm sure I'm not the only one! This happens every day in the Church, with thousands of members I'm sure, in every corner of the Earth. It's what brings us together as members. It's a feeling of "one-ness" under God. I feel at home in this Church, and these people really do sometimes literally feel like my brothers and sisters. I love it. <3

I'm not quite sure anymore.

Ever felt like you had to live up to some sort of unspoken expectations that your family and friends have set up for you? Yeah. That's been me, ever since about April of 2008. I kind of rushed into picking a career, because I thought I had a deadline before all of the money that my grandparents had invested into this Heritage Fund would vanish. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'd really like to be a nurse and all, it's just not this dream that I've had for years or anything. I did not expect this course to be so tough when I first enrolled in it. I knew it would be tough, but I didn't expect this. People keep telling me that "Oh you're so smart, Sarah, you're so smart, blah blah blah," Of course I am! And is every other person out there.....at their own pace. This whole course is insanely condensed, it's so much information to absorb in such a short time. I know I could do it, if these classes didn't come in 5 week increments. I could do this, if it were more spread out. I'm just not that booksmart. Sorry everyone.

I already have to re-take my Anatomy course, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to take my Patho course over again as well. We don't have the money to do that. I don't see how I can go on without being at least a semester behind. I have an appointment to talk to my course coordinator tomorrow to see what my options are, and just to tell her what's going on.

SIGH.

My life in a nutshell. Hate it right now.

x_x

Do you ever...

..wonder how things would be today if you had chosen one little thing differently in your past?

Well, today is one of those days.

What if I wouldn't have accidentally left my journal open for my parents to read?
What if I wouldn't have offered?
What if I insisted and demanded an explanation?
What if I had left you alone completely?
What if I had completely and openly rebelled?
What if I hadn't kissed you at the soccer game?

Guess I'll never know.

Hm.

Christmas is in two days. It doesn't feel like it :/ Christmas lights are up....trees are up...I've done al l (most) of my shopping...there's even a foot of snow outside!! Which never happens around this time of the year! I guess I've just been so busy with school AND work I haven't really had time to get into the feel of it...yanno? And last year Carl and I were doing the Pageant down at Heritage Park, so that definitely helped the Christmas Spirit along. It's just different this year, for some reason :[

*ALSO*
If you haven't noticed already, I added my playlist here at the bottom of the page, so you guys can listen to my awesome music ^_^ Hehe.