The Lists that Govern my Life

My apartment (it looks pretty sweet now that we've organized things) My roommates Help and sincerely kind people My ward! Parties every night Divine Comedy! Exercise galore Exciting classes! New running trails:) The mountains are lovely...even though I said I wouldn't like them The sweet thunderstorm we had last night The thousands of smiles and people who make me laugh The library The maps in the buldings Everyone is your friend! (and wants to give you food)

Doherty's history office Doherty's foyer Doherty's courtyard The BYU library (don't tell me 98 miles of books doesn't get you excited) my room in Colorado Springs Wyview The map in the international college at BYU with all the countries of Europe in their own language My kitchen in Colorado Springs

Lenin, Stylin, and Hitler: The Age of Social Castastrophe (Gellately)- good book to start of my summer of 20th century tragedies The Age of Napoleon (Horne)- felt like I owed it to Mr. Ecks to read a book about Napoleon From Dawn to Decadence: 500 years of Western Cultural Life (Barzun)- dense with knowledge, humanities here I come! Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe (Cahill) - good from what I remember... Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin (Snyder) -really made me appreciate my life and put things in perspective Gulag voices (Applebaum) -good afterthoughts of the previously mentioned The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill (Humes) -what a funny man The Man Who was Poe (Avi) -hey look! fiction! kinda... That's Not in my American History Book (Ayres) -I like American history textbooks better On the Wealth of Nations (O'Rourke) -I thought I had enough history to get through it, but my

People look smaller and younger, even when you haven't grown since 7th grade You prefer to socialize with adults Your email inbox is not full of messages from friends, but from various organizations, colleges, and people reminding you to pay for housing You read more nonfiction than fiction People who left to serve two year missions two years ago are home. What a concept. You print out calendars to plan our your week, or month's, meals. You make more business calls than "let's hang out or talk" calls Your friends are starting to get marrried. And have children. And retire. Oh wait, not that last one. The "in five years..." talks are sounding less and less like the previous five years. Your calendar gets used more than your wii. You start to lose your hair, and then you realize that's just from stress. You do things to remind yourself of childhood, like buying crayons. You know that you only have a few more birthdays before age

Irritated eyes Heightened emotional responses Feelings of devestation and anxiety Nail biting Snacking all day Not doing things that need to be done Failure to run, or painful running Slower reflexes Messy room with lots of piles Lower defenses--the heck with being careful! More conversations with my dog than normal Loss of motivation Increased clingyness Watching Lie to Me because that's almost like napping Knowing my body can adjust to a college life schedule with minimal side effects

·          Read ten more books ·          Make geography blanket ·          sew skirts? ·          Run a half marathon ·          Have a picnic (maybe date style?) ·          Enjoy final outing with friends ·          Write letters to friends and family ·          Pack for college and deep clean room ·          Print out history people and quotes for picture frame board ·          Notes to piano students ·          Tennis with Marcia ·          Eat frozen goodness often

I'm leaving for college in 15 days and want to leave something behind, and forward. Lists govern my life; I make at least one a day, and I think you can tell a lot about people from the lists that they make Facebook just doesn't get the whole job done. Some inner force is telling me to blog. It might be my spleen or possibly my liver. It's one more thing to add my crazy life!