I've finally moved into my apartment! My kitchen stuff all has a home. The stray bags found a place under my bed, although I'll need to lower the elevation in the near future. I don't want to be queen of the room. Also, it was a little scary getting out of bed.
I got to do the family names in the temple today. I went and got baptized for the two girl names, then they confirmed me at the waters edge. After that they asked me if I wanted to do a few more names, and of course I did. Right after I got out of the font, a guy got baptized for the guy name. From the time I walked into the temple from the time I walked out was about 15 minutes. It was a really nice experience. But I felt a little silly when I walked out, because I didn't bring a brush or anything so I had the dripping crazy hair. Turns out a bride and groom had just come out. Someday, a couple will be watching their wedding video and see me dripping wet in the background.
I went running this morning at 7:30 and it was really great. I didn't even feel like throwing up. But it is really hard running in Utah because there is no air here. Oh, well. I'll get used to it.
Oh, also, I reeeeeeeeeeally need to write my missionaries. It's been a week since I've gotten their letters, so I really need to write them with my new address.

Horray for 98!

I just moved most of my stuff into my new apartment, and I am totally excited. For once in my college life, I feel organized. I know where everything is, and my room already looks cute. I decorated and everything. Turns out I love those little plastic hooks with the stickies on the back more than ever! My only question is, how did I acquire so many winter clothes? Seriously, I have like a million sweaters, jackets, coats, and an endless supply of thick socks and scarves. Where did they all come from? I'll be glad to have them in a couple of months, but for now they are all sitting on a shelf in a closet. All I have left to do to be completely moved it is find places for all my kitchen stuff, raise up my bed, and stick the random leftover stuff under it. I can't wait!

Miscellaneous

I was just reading Sister Flanagan's blog, and she said remember who you are at the end. This made me think of something my Book of Mormon teacher once said while everyone was filing out of the classroom after the bell: Remember who you are... and don't let it get you down! I loved Brother Swift, the hippie/convert teacher. I don't know, it's just a good story.
Mom and I went on a long walk this morning, and it was totally fun. It was also nice not to have slept in until 10 or 11. Holly Mom and I saw Hairspray today, and it is a really great, upbeat movie. I especially liked Seaweed, but that's a different story.
BJ and I went on a date last night. We went to this really nice Thai food restaurant kind of by ESRI, and we were going to go mini golfing afterwards, but we had to take Brother Laurence on some errands. So, we postponed the after dinner fun for today. We're going to sneak into the Johnson's backyard and play ping pong. You can tell who got to plan it. =)
The closer it gets to me leaving Redlands, the sadder I get about leaving. I'm also nervous about going back up to Provo and having to go to all my hard classes, and having to meet new people in my ward and classes and apartment. I don't have any idea as to who I'm going to be living with, so I hope they're nice. I am TOTALLY excited to see Roxy again. I've been thinking about her a ton lately, and telling Roxy stories and stuff. When we get up to Provo, I'm going to see if we can find her. Maybe I'll have to stalker-net her. Whatever it takes...

Last night was fun, because I got to make Mom a blog. It turns out that blogs are so much easier to get now then they were way back when I got mine. I tried to find the place to add links to her blog, but it took me a while because it's different than mine... and way easier. She is so funny though, because I was typing what she was saying, and she called me Boom Shadow instead of Julie, because she doesn't want someone to take her children. I said that it is nearly impossible for someone to steal your identity if you don't write all your personal information. But no, she is concerned about someone coming to our house and stealing her children away. She is silly.
So I am feeling 100% finally. My throat looks amazing, but I honestly think I'm going to have a scar on one of my tonsils. I'm not tired. Mom and I went on a long intense walk this morning, and it felt great. Kirk and I have gone running a couple of times. I have an appetite again, and I can eat more than two bites of food before getting full. I haven't gained my weight back yet, but I think a big part of that was that I lost a lot of muscle. So now that I'm active again, hopefully I'll be getting some of it back, and therefore, the weight back.
Yesterday I got to spend the day with Kirk and his friends. First we went and got sushi with the incomparable Kenny Brown. He is more dreamy than ever! It was pretty funny to hear Kenny talk about when Kirk was telling him about this "Julie Chatfield" person, and he said that he knew me. Good times. So then Kirk and I went back to his house, and we started making this Italian dish that sounded really good. I've never chopped so intensely in my life! But I did learn eggplant is really fun to cube. I got to watch Kirk and his brother give their dad a healing blessing, and it made me respect Kirk that much more. Anyways, his friend Diego joined us, and he brought over his Wii. This dude is really funny and chill, and he was very understanding when I was having difficulties with the Wii. I had to go home before I could taste the dish that Kirk and I were making, but that's OK. It was fun to help make. All in all, I'm really glad I have a hang out friend. I'm feel bad that I have to take a car to do it, since he lives in Yucipa, but I'll only be around for a week and a half more, so I've got to cherish this time we have together, before he goes off to...Prague... or wherever he gets called.

Getting Better

So I've seen three different doctors in the past two weeks. The last one was to get a prescription that the previous one had given me, but we lost it. You know it's got to be really bad for me to ask to go to the doctors. So we went, and she gave me the medicine. I got it at lunch, and by the end of the day I was already feeling better. It turns out, I love steroids!!! This is the end of the second day of my being on them, and I already feel soooo much better. My throat doesn't hurt when I swallow, and the puss pockets have shrunk a ton. I know that sounds gross, but I've had them for three weeks. It was getting old, and more and more painful. So thank you steroids! My rash is gone, by the way. I'm not as tired as I used to be. I've been sick for a while, and it feels great that I'm finally feeling better.

Horray for Wisdom Teeth

I went to the teeth doctor's office this morning and they took out my packing and stitches. For some reason the dissolvable kind never dissolve in my mouth. Anyways, I feel free! When the lady was cutting out the stitches, she said, "Don't mind me..." She was really funny and nice. So all I have to do is wait for the holes to fill in, and I'm good.
I'm going to the regular doctor's office this afternoon about my throat. Its been feeling kind of soar, and I've been feeling kind of tired. On Sunday, I started taking a nap at 1, and didn't wake up until 7. Then I went to bed at 10, and didn't wake up the next morning until 11. I think that helped, all that sleep, but I'm still going to the doctor's anyways.
We played ping pong at Daddy's school last night for family home evening, and it was soooooo much fun. I reminisced about the good old days when Tim and I would play, or when Roxy and I would play, or when Andrea and I would play, or when... you get the picture. I spent a lot of my life at that ping pong table in Q Hall.

My Exciting Adventures

Yesterday I had my bottom two wisdom teeth out. I was worried that they weren't going to touch me because I'd had headaches for the past couple days, and I found a white sore on my throat. But they looked at it and said I was fine. Mom made me take a jacket and a new era, because she thought I would be cold and bored. I wasn't either. Oh, well. Mom was just being a good mom. So we get there and we're in the waiting room, me reading my New Era, and Dad reading Harry Potter 7. I noticed that the lady next to me was reading a Harry Potter too. I had assumed that is was the 7th one, but then all of a sudden she looks up at Dad, and says, "You have the 7th Harry Potter?!!!" Then she goes on a silly rant about how she had ordered her copy from Barns & Nobel, but it hasn't gotten to her yet, and she almost bought it at Costco, but now she's just stuck here reading the 6th one because her copy hasn't gotten to her yet. She was really funny. You could tell she was a Harry Potter nut, though. Anyways, they called me into the back and the minute I sat in the chair, the lady started hooking me up to all there wires. She even put a thing on my ankle. Then she put one of those bibs on me, accept it was huge, and a hairnet. Then she was like, "we'll be right back, so you can read a magazine. How about Hanna Montana, 'I luuve my daddy!'" She was really funny. All the nurses were really funny. Anyways, I had finished the magazine when my doctor came in, and he asked me if I learned anything. He is funny. He was wearing cowboy boots, but the fancy kind. Anyways, after a bit, he and his army of nurses decided it was time for my IV, so then poked me in my right arm, but I'm tough on the outside, he said, so they tried my left arm. That was a no-go too. Then the smacked my left hand for a while to try and make something happen, but then they went to the right side again, and tried a different spot. This time it finally worked. And I'm happy to say, I never passed out once! I warned them about that, and they gave me a great tip to flex my leg muscles. It helped a lot. Anyways, when it was finally in, I said, "Now the hard part is over... for me." And the nurses laughed a little. Then I said, "my vision is kind of crazy." The doctor said, "yeah, getting a little weird?" Then I was out. It's odd that they didn't tell me to count or anything. So a second later I was sitting in a recliner with a blanket of, and a full mouth. I thought I was super swollen, but then a nurse came and changed the gauze that was in there. It was a relief. Anyways, I woke up really well, I got a frosty on the drive home, and I read Harry Potter for the majority of the day. My jaw was completely numb until the late night, so I felt ridiculous when trying to drink out of a cup or something. Anyways, I'm fine now, not even on any pain killers. I'm not noticeably swollen or bruised (yet), and I feel good. Can't really walk around that much, and I have no apatite, but I feel good.
So Harry Potter. I liked it, but I prolly would have liked it better had I not been completely lost about stuff I'd forgotten, and if I wasn't drugged up, but I liked it. I think that was the first time I finished a Harry Potter in daylight. I thought the epilogue was a little cheesy, because it was the happily ever after deal, but I like happily ever afters. I was tres confused at some parts, because I didn't see how they connected, but Carlie helped me out a ton.
Carlie and Kellie are very nice girls. All of yesterday they would help me with whatever I needed, and were very sweet. Last night, I was laying on the couch, and my head was throbbing because of my headache, and Carlie came and sat by my head and we held hands and talked about Harry Potter. That made me feel a lot better. Then when Kellie said the family prayer, she asked to make me feel better soon. But more importantly, I think, was that she blessed Carlie in her work. Carlie is worried because they only scheduled her for one day next week. And anyone who's talked to Kellie about Carlie, or in other words let Kellie rant about Carlie, knows that that was a big deal. Anyways, they are so great. And that is what I say, being in sound mind and judgement.
Oh, I forgot to say this. Once the feeling came back in my tongue, I felt around where my teeth used to be, and the stitches are so long. It feels like they didn't cut off the ends after sewing. That is kind of annoying. Oh, well, they'll go away soon!

Back in Redlands

Being back in Redlands has been nice, because I am able to do what I want and not have as many responsibilities. I've gotten to see some of my friends that I've been missing, like Bryson, Charlie, BJ, Adam, Courtney, Brandi, and I want to see more of them. I got to go to Shelley's and Ricks house for a few days, and it was totally fun. I got to be with Shelley and do fun things, and I didn't have to paint anything. Indeed, Grey's Anatomy is very addicting, and it kind of threw off my sleep schedule, because I would watch it until all hours of the night, but still stay up more to read my scriptures and all that. Being able to read my scriptures every night consistently has been really nice. Being able to eat different foods every day has been nice too. I must admit that I like sleeping in the same bed with Kellie, (I've bedded with Carlie once too) I don't exactly know why, but it's fun to be close to them.
So it has been a week and a half since Tim and I stopped emailing each other. It has been two days since Tim has gone into the MTC. It has been about a day since I wrote my first letter to Tim. It's all kind of weird. I really can't wait to start writing all my missionaries. I counted, and I think I'm going to have about 11. Talmage Blaine David Romney Tim Charlie RHBen Ben Kirk Wayne BJ Daniel. A very lovely bunch. My fast Sunday's will be busy. Dad came home from a meeting last night, and told me that a boy from my seminary class, Christian Carlson, is going on the Hungary Budapest mission. He is going into the MTC just as Tim is leaving, but I would not be surprised if they are companions some day.
So I am missing being in Provo, mostly for the social aspect. My Fall semester back at BYU is going to be crap-tastic. A crapulous mass, even. I'm taking Shakespeare, Music 201, Stats 221, Physical Science 110B, 2nd half of the New Testament, and LDS Marriage and Family. I can't afford to do badly in any of these courses, so I'm not going to have much of a social life. To anyone who is reading this, I will need all the help I can get with staying on task, so tell me to do my work when it starts coming. Boy, I'm nervous for next semester. I hope I'm still able to go on dates and stuff. Well, I'd better get back to painting the house.

I can't wait to go home, just because I'll be able to eat real food more than once a week. I think I will really miss my friends, and not having to work very hard to hang out with them. I won't have many people in Redlands, though. Most of my church friends will be leaving, because it just so happens that they are boys. Xinyi is staying in Provo. My BYU friends don't really live in Redlands. Tim will be going to the MTC, so I won't be able to email him. Roxy doesn't even have email, and when she does go online she won't even write on my wall. Oh, funny story. Mike came over last night, and was like "check out my way cool new shoes!" and when I look down, all I can do is laugh, because they are Roxy's sneekers. The green and silver ones. It was weird seeing them all new... and on a boy.
So Mikes friend Aaron, who is now my friend too, is totally awesome. We somehow started this joke that we are engaged, so whenever we see each other, we call each other pet names like honey and sweety and dear and stuff. It's pretty fun. I was sitting on the couch between them, and Aaron put his arm around me and everything. Right in front of Mike. I thought it was hilarious. Now, Aaron has taken to stealing a kiss whenever he says goodbye to me. He is so crazy. And he's really good at ping pong.
I am very not excited for finals, and everything that goes along with them. I just hope I will survive. As long as I know how to love I know I will survive. I got all my life to live, and I got all my love to give etc. etc.
So, I'm in the library right now, and there are two guys sitting across from me practicing their Russian together. It's pretty fun. Oh, I got to talk to Carlie the other day in french for about a half an hour. It was fun trying to remember my conversational french. n'est-ce pas?
Moral of the story: I'm glad it's the weekend, but I'm not glad that it is going to be occupied with homework, writing papers, and studying. The end.

Wasting time

So, I'm sitting here in the Wilk computer lab trying to take up time until I have to go to work. I was just in stats, and I slept for the first hour, but the second hour was ok. Today was cleaning checks, and I had to do the living room and dinning area, and my part of the room. They have you do sooo many things, and it was totally disgusting. I swear the living room hadn't been dusted in at least 100 years...maybe a trillion. But that's Ok because now I have a sense of accomplishment. And I thought that it would take me the whole time in between my classes, but it didn't, so I got to eat lunch, and I wasn't late for class. So last night at about 11:15, I was in my bed studying the New Testiment, and Mike texted me, asking if I wanted to go running. Then he called me and asked me, and I said yes, so we left at about 11:30, and drove up to the residential places up past the temple. It was fun, but it was really cold, and my blisters were not enjoying the run. Also, my guts hurt, not from running necessarily, but I'm sure that didn't help them. So after we were done running up this monster hill, all I wanted to do was go home and try to make my guts feel better, but he dorve like 20 MPH the whole way back. I was dying! Then when we were walking back to my place, he read the back of my shirt and got very confused by the Julikins across it. Then he tried to get me to stay out with him on the porch or something, but I kind of ditched him. It was already like 12:30. Don't worry, Shelley, I did take my phone, and Melissa knew where I was. We're having a dance party on Friday at 9, and everyone is invited! Wayne will hopefully be there, and pull out his dancing magic. Every other song will have to be Geek in the Pink, for Andrea. I kind of promised.
Well Caleb, I hope you're glad that I finally posted!

The exciting adventures of a Wednesday

Today has been an emotional rollercoaster:
7:30 AM: Happy. I got right out of bed, and got ready very quickly, so that I had extra time to study for Music 202

9 AM: Feeling like a crapulous mass: The Music 202 test. However, there was some humor on the side when our teacher practically gave us the answer, and some stupid kid didn't get it. Classic.

12:40 PM: Relaxed. We got to take a ten minute nap, or just lay there with out eyes closed and listen to soothing music. It was fabulous.

1 PM: Humor. American Heritage, Dr. Holland, and a little girl with a cake and a knife. What can I say more?

2 PM: Fear. The American Heritage test. Not as bad as I thought, but still not great.

Aproximatly 2:20 PM: Surprise. As I was sitting in the testing center, trying to concentrate, who should sit down by me but Tim, taking the same test. So we shared answers, and then had a make out session afterwards. Just kidding. He didn't even see me there, but his presence really distracted me.

3:20 PM: Joy. Tim called me after he got out of the testing center, and we talked for a while. Happiness...

Midterms are making me sad. They are scary and mean, and I have so many of them this week that there will be little to no time for other fun things... like ping pong. I have Book of Mormon, Geography, American Heritage, and Music 202. All very intimidating. But all these tests combined aren't as intimidating as James Madison. ::shudder::

That's what she said

The past couple of days have been really fun, but a little stressful. Stressful because James Madison has been breathing down my neck, but fun because I've gotten to see my friends a lot. Tuesday night, Roxy and I went to play ping pong with Tim, and when he and Joe walked us home at midnight, we ended up standing outside until 2:00. Then last night, I went and played ping pong with Tim for an hour, then we got icecream, then we played pool with Roxy and Andrea. I got lots of Valentines, and a great package from Mom. It was a pretty nice Valentine's Day. That's what she said.

oh, hip hop

Today in aerobic dance, we did some hip hop, and I learned that I am totally white, no matter how hard I try to do it. I can't even do it right for Phillip. But that's OK, because it was ssoo intertaining to watch phillip be totally gangsta. Its awesome how good he looks doing it, and how natural it looks. He made us gangsta walk for like ten minutes. It was intense. Tutoring wasn't bad today. The kids were making those hearts that you weave together, so I got to help them with that. Those kids are so funny. I have the activity tonight, and I am really excited, because we are going to do a variation of whoonu. I told Blaine that we were going to play a kind of get to know you game, and he was like, but we already know each other really well. That's true, but this is going to be sooooo fun. I have to read a book on James Madison by Friday morning, so maybe I should start doing that instead of this. Anyways, I love you!

Feeling good

It is a beautiful day today, much like the winters in Redlands. The cool air and the fluffy clouds make my inward sides smile. As I was walking to class, I saw Caleb Miscin (someone help me with the spelling please), and he said my name to get my attention, and said hello to me. It was great! I didn't know he even knew my name. That was a great start to my day. Then I saw Charlie Lambert, and he said I looked beautiful. I like that Charlie Lambert. I'm glad that I can come out of the funk I've been in for a while. Maybe it's because the wheather is changing, or things are just going better. I've gotten to see my friends way more than usual this week. I am rested. I'm not too stressed out about school or anything, and it's great! I got fun pictures developed, and there are some from Thanksgiving! I laughed out loud when I saw them, and I'm sure the people walking around me thought I was weird, but I don't even care, 'cause friendship is rare. Hand me that shotgun and that chaaaair.

Family home evening adventures

Tonight was fun. For our activity, RHBen had us play a game called signs. It was so craxy. Talmage and I were sitting next to each other, and we kept talking to each other, and he couldn't pay attention to see if his sign was being said, so then he kept blaming me for missing it. It was really funny. This game ended in an attempt to tell a fictitious story, then a game of honor code spin the bottle, where we hugged instead of kissed. It was me, Talmage, Wayne, Tim, this guy named Joe, Elizabeth, Roxy, Andrea, and this awesome guy named Dan(the same one who danced at me). Anyways, we played for a while, and it was great hugging. It got my endorphins pumping! Then we sort of migrated into the cougar cove. We talked about lots of stuff, then we started playing truth or truth. After some awesome questions, Tim asked me who I would make my valintine in our FHE family, including Andrea and Orson Scott Card. I said everyone, then someone said I couldn't say everyone, so I got the option of top three, so I said the only guys from our family, Tim Talmage and RHBen. Then Roxy made me do the Throw off a cliff make out and Marry. So in code I said my answers, then Joe was like "what? You're going to throw tim off a cliff, marry Ben, and make out with Talmage?" Really loud and it was... interesting. Then Tim started doing the fake crying, and I said there would be a big pillow down there, and Talmage said it would be made of humming bird feathers, which started a whole new conversation. Then we stayed there for many hours, and ended up leaving at midnight. This was a record for loitering after family home eavining time. All in all, it was a fantastically fun night. Horray!

Fun Dance

Last night was the stake dance, and let me just say I haven't had that much fun at a dance in a VERY long time, possibly even ever. We did a bunch of line dances that we lerned for family home evening, and I felt truly mormon. It was so great to wear pants instead of a skirt, because you can dance so much more freely. This kid Dan who is really awesome came up and danced sort of at me, and it was really fun. I have never been asked to dance by other people before. I danced with Blane, RHBen, Talmage, Morgan, Thane, and Kevin. They were all really fun. When Ben and I were dancing, we were really close, so it was wierd to look at him. I would talk to him facing left or right, but eventually I got comfortable with it. During one of the swing songs, Talmage taught me this cool step that you do side by side with someone, and I discovered that it is very dangerous to dance next to him. He kicked like ten people just in that one song. He was also wearing his all white gangsa outfit with a dew rag and hat. He is so wierd. Anyways, it was always fun to be in different circles of people, because there was always a different kind of energy. Wayne was the... most intertaining person to watch. Tim was there, and I guess he isn't much of a dancer, because it didn't look like he was having much fun, and he left sometime through. After the dance, we all loitered around and talked, and I mentioned that I was so hot that I wanted to roll around in the snow, so RHBen was like, OK, and he started pulling me towards the door. Then on our way we saw some other people from our family, and he started convincing them to go with us. We stood there for a while, and I decided to go without him, or else I was going to cool down too much to do it. So Roxy and I went outside and ran around in the snow without any shoes on. I never knew people were serious when they said its like being stabbed in the foot when walking through snow, but it really does feel like that. Anyways, we all went over to T Hall and hung out till 1:30. That was really nice and fun and relaxing. Then when the boys were kicked out, Roxy and I went upstairs and watched the extras of Talladega Nights until 2:00. Thus concluded our very fun day.

Planetarium, Pizza, and more

My FHE dad, Blane, asked me on a date for Friday night, where we all went to the Brick Oven, then to the planetarium show in the ESC. who was there you say? In couple order: Blane and I, Roxy and Talmage, RHB and this girl Racheal, David Romney and this girl Ginny. We had sooo much fun. The pizza we had was so incredibly tasty! The stars being projected onto the dome ceiling were so beautiful, and the guy presenting also gave us a slideshow on the life of a star. It was so interesting and fun. Then afterwards we played with all the scientific toys that are in the ESC. We were in there for like, two hours. Then we went back to the Morris Center, and the group whittled down until it ended up being me, Roxy, Talmage, and Ben. We stayed in there, laying on the floor until about 1:30. It was so fun, and it was the first BYU date that the boy asked me on, which was a welcome change.
On Saterday, Roxy bought the game Cooties. We invited Tim to play with us at about 4, and he ended up staying with us for the rest of the day. We went to Caleb and Holly's house to play Mario, and Tim wasn't too bad. Then he came to Rick and Shelley's and had dinner and watched about 1,000 episodes of the Office with us.
Today has been fun, but it isn't over, so I guess I'll write about it later.

Home is great!

I like being home. It's really nice and fun and really warm. I like the fact that I can walk outside and not have to put on a coat (sorry Roxy, I mean hooded sweatshirt). I got lots of great things for Christmas, like a digital camera, new jammies and slippers, my DVD collection doubled. Surpridingly, one of my favorite things was an antique piece of music from the 20's with notes in it, and it is just the most fun song with the whole 20's style called "She's Got 'It.'" It's been really great to be with my family, and to see all my old Redlands friends. It is a really new experience coming back and and having things be the same, but different at the same time. I got to see my fifth grade teacher and mother of one of my long time friends get baptized tonight. It was really beautiful and very exciting. I also saw my most favorite person Sister Haimson. She is just so fabulous, and makes me feel so fabulous. I really like chilling with my family, but I do miss BYU and Roxy and all my friends.

OK, lets get down to the nitty gritty

So, in my last post, I said what do I need to do to make a boy ask me out. I say this because other people get asked out, but I always end up having to ask out the boy if I want to go out. Not one boy has asked me out this school year, so what do I need to do? This is an open question for all to answer to. Maybe I just need to go on an elbow touching spree.