Life Lately...

Yayyy I made it through the 3rd week of school! I literally minimized my schedule so much this semester so I could do better in school. I think I'm taking 13 credits this semester. I have Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Doctrine & Covenants, and Orchestra! Yes, I'm in orchestra! I am one of those losers who actually reads the student bulletin, found out about it, and went and auditioned! It's so much fun. I seriously have been trying to get involved with an orchestra since I graduated. LDS Business College was so small and didn't have one, then when I was at BYU-Provo, I missed the audition but it didn't work with my schedule anyways. I swear I was meant to come to Hawaii. I have a job AND am in orchestra! I've had so many more opportunities here.

Oh yeah, I haven't blogged about my job yet. I got a job within three weeks of being in Hawaii. I work in the Information Systems department at the school. For the past century (not really) our school has been using Blackboard (a ghetto online program that teachers use to post assignments, grades, etc...) and are switching to a new and improved system called Canvas. So I help all the teachers move over. We hold trainings and make individual appointments with professors. I absolutely love it. It's super flexible with my school schedule and I've had the opportunity to meet tons of faculty.

So based on my previous posts, you know how I've been doing really bad in school? Well this semester I've been so much more focused. I took my first test yesterday and got a 92. It was in Finance so I'm pretty proud. My most intimidating class is Accounting right now. My professor is totally on top of it and is somewhat intimidating, but she's only human. My first test is in the class on Tuesday so wish me luck!

I am so glad that I'm keeping busy this semester with school, orchestra, work, and oh yeah...the wedding. I am trying so hard to focus in school but have all this wedding stuff to deal with. I hate it, I just don't even want to deal with. I suck at planning. It's whatever though.

But yeah, this pretty much sums up my life right now. Thanks for reading! 

Another Marriage Post.

So...I'm getting married and I'm 20 years old. It's crazy. I know I'm way too young but it's just right, I can't help it. My mom actually asked me last week if I was having cold feet and at the time I was like, "YES"! I Literally had two panic attacks that week because I was really scared! It's not that I had doubts about Kyle, it's just that I was so freaked out by the fact that I am getting married. Luckily Kyle is so amazing and we talked about it and he calmed me down. I would honestly give more details of why I was freaking out but I don't even remember anymore. That's how emotional I was being. If you are getting married and freak out a little bit it's totally normal! Marriage is something that shouldn't be taken lightly and you should be concerned when making a huge such as marriage.

I am so excited to marry Kyle! I seriously can't tell you how much our relationship has matured since we first started dating. The first year of our relationship was sunshine and rainbows. We never fought (we still technically don't fight), were super kissy kissy, and yeah pretty much nothing ever went wrong for us. We both had jobs, were making straight A's, and had tons of friends. Then we moved to Provo....and our relationship took a 180. All these outside factors such as school, being jobless, and having no friends put tons of stress on our relationship. I know that sounds ridiculous but it did. During this "Provo" phase, we finally saw each other at our worst. After many late night talks we finally were able patch things up. As much as I cringe at the thought of our "Provo" phase, it made our relationship so much stronger. It made us realize how much we appreciate each other and that we can get through anything if we just work together.

Now we're in our "Hawaii" phase and it's been so much better! We still have had a lot of adjusting to do as our relationship is still maturing. It's crazy how much your life changes when you add someone else into the picture. It was hard enough just to worry about myself, then as Kyle and I became more serious, we had to make decisions together. It gave our relationship a whole new meaning. For example, we have become so much more financially involved with each other and I LOVE IT. As dorky as it sounds I can't wait til Kyle and I merge our bank accounts. I think it's just because I can't wait to make financial (and other) decisions with Kyle because we work so well together. I really love that we will be able to share responsibility for each other and later our family.

I am so blessed I have found someone so perfect for me who's going to be an amazing husband. I am so excited for our journey through life together. We will grow, learn, and accomplish goals together. We get to bring out the best in each other and see each other become successful people. Ahhh November 23, 2012 please come sooner! :)

If this isn't love, I don't know what is.

K&G Timeline

Before I ever had a boyfriend I thought I was gonna be that cheesy girl who remembered every significant date. Nope! It's getting harder and harder to remember so I'm documenting it now so I don't forget!

September 13, 2010: The day we met. It was both of our first day at LDS Business College and I was a fresh high school graduate and he was a freshly returned missionary. I was 18, he was 22. We had two classes together, communications and accounting. We sat next to each other In both classes and found out how similar we were. In communications, we took a personality test and Kyle and I both had the exact same graph. We were the only two in the class with that personality. This is when I actually realized my developing crush. Later, I gave him MANY opportunities for him to ask me to hang out with him but nope, he never did

January 2011: It is now winter semester and we have four classes together! He claims I copied his schedule when really there was no other way to map out my schedule! We "hung out" for the first time outside of class. We went ice skating with Kristina Fidler and her boyfriend at the time. Kyle even paid for me cause I didn't have cash. Today, I consider it a double date but he definitely thought we were just hanging out.

February 2ish 2011: We went on our first official real date! He took me this Italian restaurant in Salt Lake called Settebello. This is how he got around to asking me. We were eating lunch with other friends and talking about dating. I was saying how all these girls had been asked out on dates except for me. Then Kyle chimes in and says, "I'll take you on a date!" He said it so sarcastically I thought he was joking. I thought to myself, "cool the guy I have a crush on wants to take me on a pity date." The next day, he seriously asked me if we were still going out. I smiled and nodded :)

February 13, 2011 (He thinks it was the 14th): We had our first kiss! After about a week and a half of giving him the cheek, I finally gave in :)

June 18ish 2011: This weekend I flew to Arizona for his sister's wedding and met the whole family! His sister had been engaged since December, but we never knew how serious we were for me to actually be invited to he wedding! It was a big step. I think this is when we both realized that we really, really liked each other.

September 1ish 2011: He came to Texas to meet my family! We spent a whole week with my family and had tons of fun. Can't wait to be there with him again! The night we got back to Salt Lake from Dallas was when we exchanged the "L" word for he first time! (Notice how long we had been dating before we said I love you. You can't just throw that word around)

July 14, 2012: We got engaged at Hanauma Bay!!! You can go read the proposal story.

November 23, 2012: WE SAY I DO!!!


&& To be continued... :)

I feel suffocated.

I can't tell you enough how badly I want to graduate, move to a big city, and get a big girl job. I just feel so suffocated being in college. I live in a small town, where my only option is to work at the school, getting paid $8/hour, where I have a work limit of 19 hours a week, yet have $400 rent -_-. I hate being nomadic, having roommates, having clean checks, and not having my own kitchen. I am just so over the college student life style. I know a lot of the restrictions I face too are because I go to a Mormon school. It's like when you're in high school and you beg your parents to lengthen your curfew, then you go to college and are out til 3am every night. I just feel like once I graduate, I'LL BE FREE!

EDUCATION.

So today at church they talked about education. WOW did I need to hear that. Ever since I graduated from LDS Business College I have lost ALL MOTIVATION. I have no idea where it went. It was so bad at BYU but I thought it would pick up after my summer break and once I got to Hawaii. Nope, hasn't come back. I don't know what's wrong with me. When I was in high school, I never understood why not everyone had master's degrees and PhD's. I mean if you live til you're at least 85 what's four more years of education so you can earn ballin amounts of money?! Boy was I wrong. I feel like I will barely be able to finish my undergraduate degree -_-. At least I have my associate's. But gahh it's just so frustrating. I'm majoring in accounting and I feel like they make it so much harder than it is. The only way I'll make money too is if I get my CPA. If I can barely complete my bachelor's how am I ever supposed to get my CPA!??! GRRR I hate school.

Another Wonderful Weekend!

So Kyle's aunt and uncle live in Waipahu which is about 20 minutes from Honolulu and they pick us up on Fridays to spend the weekend at their house. I got super excited to go this weekend since aunt Lorraine is so much like my mom. Also cause school is freakin a death sentence and I had to get away. On Saturday Lorraine let us take her car and we went to breakfast at this place called Cinnamon's. It was so delicious! Kyle ordered their special chocolate cheesecake pancakes and I got Hawaiian pork eggs benedict!

I have missed going to ma and pa restaurants. Provo was all chainnnn. boooo. Then we went to Bellows beach. It was super nice. The waves were perfect and the sand was really smooth. Last week at Hanauma Bay the bottom was all reef and I got all scratched up. The waves were really choppy too. Still pretty though.

 Then we went to Waikiki and saw The Dark Knight! So good. After that we walked around, and let me just say, I am in love with Waikiki! Pretty much any big metropolis with tons of shopping, I fall in love with. It kinda reminds me of Japan and Las Vegas. Anways, I dream about it during the week because it is so amazing. I'd live there. Idk why our school has to be in the middle of nowhere! 

YUMMM! THIS MADE MY DAY!

Wow so today I walked to and from school four times! I walked to school then Kyle told me he left his wallet at home so I was a good girlfriend and went and got it for him, then went back to school to give it to him. Then finally I had my last walk home. It's about a 15 min walk from my house to campus but you're right in the sun so it is very draining! Especially when you're carrying a book bag and laptop. So I was finally on my way home for good and I was EXTREMELY thirsty. All the water fountains at school were broken so I couldn't fill up my water bottle, and I didn't want to go and spend money on a drink. So as I was walking home I see these teenagers running a shaved ice stand in their driveway! They had an official banner and lots of flavors, it looked way legit! Not like some crappy lemonade stand run by some kid asking for pity money. I got so excited and had to check it out. I ended up getting a beautimous pineapple, lemon lime, blue hawaii, shaved ice for only 2 bucks! Last night kyle and I went to get ice cream and shaved ice and spent $11. It was way too expensive and the shaved ice wasn't even light and fluffy enough. I was so happy because this shaved ice was so good and so cheap and so convenient!!! I found out they're open Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. It's gonna be so hard to resist every time I walk by!

This huge thing is a small!

Note to kids on the mainland: run a shaved ice stand, not a lemonade stand