OH MY GOODNESS

I am so bad at achieving my goals, just making one is like setting me up for failure.

Also, I was supposed to be asleep over an hour ago. Just another goal that I didn't accomplish.

SIGH.

Well, good news. My current roommate and I have decided to live together next Fall, and we're going to visit some places tomorrow. Basically this means that I will not end up living in a cardboard box under a bridge! YAY.

Bad news, I got sick today. It's probably because I don't sleep. *POINTED LOOK AT THE CLOCK*

I'm going to bed. Five minutes? Pshaaaw.

Over and out.

Every other day? Okay

I swear, I am so bad at this. I'm still posting (somewhat) consistently, but not quite making my goal. Sigh. I'll go longer than five minutes today to make up for it.

I find that I tend to update after reading a friend's blog (check her out, she's amazing!). It's probably this latent jealousy I have toward her. I have excellent friends that are all doing excellent things and it just makes me want to be better. Those are the best type of friends to have, don't you think?

Right now my life has two main components: my schooling and my relationship. I love the majority of my classes this semester. I'm taking Media Writing (LOVE), Principles of Journalism (boring), Masterpieces of World Literature 2 (I'm iffy on this one), American Government and Politics (such a review class after APGov), Book of Mormon (LOVE), and Insight: Honors Program Magazine.

That last class deserves a little explanation. Basically I'm on the staff for the Honors Program's magazine here at BYU. I'm the only freshman on Senior Staff, which means that I write a lot and work my butt off. I love it, though. I'm finding that maybe I'm more into magazine writing than news writing...but we will have to see.

And of course, the other part of my life is my relationship with Boyfriend. Have I mentioned that he's amazing? He makes me feel even more self-confident than I already am because he is so loving and accepting and understanding. Seeing and being with him is often the best part of my day.

I just love my life! Occasionally I get bogged down with worries and doubt (for example, where am I going to live in the fall?) but I'm learning that if I have faith, humility, and patience, Heavenly Father will direct my paths and all will be well.

Hmm. It seems I enjoy using parenthesis. I wonder if this will be a continuing trend.

Over and Out!

Not again...

OH NO I ONLY HAVE 4 MINUTES LEFT IN TODAY AND BY THE TIME I POST THIS IT WILL BE TOMORROW AND I WILL HAVE MISSED ANOTHER DAY!

WHY AM I SO BAD AT THIS??!??!?!??!?!????!?!??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!

Well today was rather interesting. The whole thing was thrown off by a bad dream, which put me in the weird mood that swung between distant sadness to eating peach pie to ranting about Measure for Measure to tackling Boyfriend in his dorm's hallway. But then he cuddled me and we had a talk and I read to him from The Little Prince and now everything is better.

Okay, five minutes are up. I'm tired. Goodnight!

I'm really good at this...

So technically I've only missed one day, and that day was the Sabbath. Maybe I can pretend like I was just trying to keep the sabbath day holy...

Okay, write for five minutes. What do I have to write about? Well, I just put down Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, which is this really awful book about sex and prostitution and immorality. I wouldn't be reading it if it weren't for the fact that it is assigned for my Classic World Lit class. Yeah, I know. THIS IS BYU, PEOPLE. I would hope that in the least we wouldn't have to read such lewd and disgusting things. But, you know, it's Shakespeare, which must mean that it's good, right? ...Right? WRONG.

Recently I've been not liking Shakespeare so much. I mean, what's so amazing about the dude anyway? I mean, yeah, he wrote a bunch of stuff, but he borrowed ideas a ton and resorted to rude humor a lot. Bah, humbug.

Okay, two more minutes. Eventually this is going to get easy, but I'm so out of practice. It's like these rush writes I did last semester for my First Year Writing class. We had to sit there and keep writing for the whole time, not stopping, just to see what we could come up with.

One minute. Final thoughts time. Honestly, the biggest thing on my mind is love right now, but that's not new. One of the biggest parts of my life right now is my wonderful, fantastic, amazing boyfriend who is also my best friend. There is much happiness to be found when you combine BFF closeness and romance.

Time's up! I'll see you tomorrow, dear blog.

Happy New Years!

Dear Abandoned Blog,

Hello. Remember me? Yes, I'm that girl who is supposed to be updating you with words and happiness. Sorry for casting you aside like an used pair of mismatched socks. I am very ashamed of such behavior.

So, here I am, come crawling back with a sheepish grin. I do have a reason for being here. See, I'm supposed to  start writing daily. Nothing big, just writing for five minutes every day about absolutely anything I want to. This is where you come in. Yes, I am here expecting something of you after not giving you a second look for months. I'm terrible, I know.

So, five minutes every day. I know you can't be too optimistic about that. "But Jessica," you say, "what about your track record? Haven't you shown over and over that you never stick to these sort of goals?" Why, yes, dear blog, I have. But everyone can change right?

Right?

Well, for what it's worth, I missed you. See you tomorrow.

Love,

Jessica