Gratitude List 10/21/08

There are so many things that I am grateful for right now, or at least that I should be. I'll write at least some of them. :)
I am grateful to my Heavenly Father that:
-Brian came home!!!
-I went to Chicago
-I got to go to an orchestra concert with Justin (and it was a pretty awesome concert too). And he was great. We had lots of fun.
-I got to see an awesome presentation about Viola and William Primrose (world famous violist - I think he was known to be the best violist ever or something).
-I got to go to the temple and feel the spirit.
-I got to know members of the branch better from the trip.
-I'm just grateful for everything that happened this weekend on the trip and also the next day spending time with Brian and his parents at the home ward.
-Brian's reading my blog - that's cute.
-Emily is a great person to talk to - she's a good listener and a supportive roommate.
-Debbie has been giving me lots of rides.
-I have new viola strings and bow hair!! I love my new made-over viola.
-I impressed Daniel with my Spanish - he was like, what? lol
-I got a 94. 5 on my Spanish exam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woot woot woot woot!! I was so nervous about it and studying like crazy - literally, because I was studying so inefficiently and stressing out and losing sleep. And that day I also asked Bigelow for a recommendation letter and I told him, look at my exam and my general performance in the class and you won't regret writing this letter. And he was like, of course I'll write your letter. Like I said, another respect boost for him.
-I did my spanish homework today - well, a good amount anyway.
-I practiced my conducting too, I think that really helped, and I actually watched the tape of the lab so I could improve. We have a tough piece tomorrow!
-Conference talks have been helping me when I've been worried.
-Oh, yeah! I made a jack-0-lantern for the first time!! especially by myself. I'll definitely post some pictures and have a whole blog entry dedicated to it. It was SOOO fun! What a fun fhe! I'm so glad I went. I was quite pleased with myself about it, because I was like, alright, I'm going to do this. And it's funny, but I think a lot of it was for Brian, though it's hard to admit. Well, he's always happy when I'm happy and I'm happy when I accomplish something new and different and even though it's like burnt toast, which it wasn't, it was great, I am quite pleased with myself and Brian thinks it's cute when I am. (and hopefully he'll like the pictures too) So maybe it was to impress him a bit.. heehee. It was fun carving with other members of the branch like Sarah and Sam and Brie and Katie and Justin Northam (different Justin). We had fun. And took some pictures with Sister Johnson's camera and PJ made us Mexican food lol.
-Then, later that night, I took Sister Johnson's recipe and baked the pumpkin seeds!! I know, me, cooking. Well, it wasn't too hard. Washing them was the toughest part and even that wasn't bad. They're pretty yummy! I keep telling people to try my new creation I Made By Myself.. with some help. lol. I'm grateful that creating feels so good for my self-esteem.
-Jamilyn is still awesome. She gave me some good advice on Saturday and I'm trying to take it. And she's helping me with orchestra music too. I'm so bad at rhythms! but she's like, you'll get better, always encouraging me.
Well, I'm sure there's more but that's a lot of writing for one day, I'll talk to everyone later. I am so grateful the my Heavenly Father loves me and wants me to be happy. I love Him so much.