June 16, 1997

*I decided to pull out another journal entry from the vault*

Dear Cat,
Well since it’s been a while since i’ve written, this entry will be long. :) i’ll start with the biggest things first. i got my ears pierced! i love it! For a while my left ear was infected, but it’s ok now. :) Lee went on his mission. He went to Chicago. That’s where my dad went. And yes, i am writing to him tons. :) Mary Ann went to Russia in January to teach english for 6 months. She just got back on Friday, 3 days ago. During the school year, me and my friend Christina, began doing homework together because we had 5 classes with eachother. it worked out really well & i raised my grades. For 4th term i got a 3.9 GPA which brought my average up to a 3.7. i’m really proud of myself and i hope i will be able to do this well in high school. See! i’m a sophmore now! :)

The reason why i am finally writing in my journal is because i was reading my other journal last night & i loved it! it was really cool to read even the little things in there. So no matter how boring my day was, i want to write every day so i will always remember. :) On Sunday was father’s day. it was really fun. i got dad some new clothes because he really needed them. He liked them a lot. This summer i am running at the Jordan River Parkway with Megan & Christina. i lost 5 pounds from last weeks excersizing. (i can never spell that word!) Sherbet is laying next to me snoring! :)

Today i went to Smiths to apply for a junior courtesy clerk because i need a job. But they said they would get back to me in three weeks because there are so many people applying. And i don’t really think i will get it. Ari is visiting from Colorado, so her & Elaine went with me. i bought some really cool, bright blue nail polish at Smiths. Ari says it makes my fingers look like Christina Ricci fingers! Everyone tells me i look like her! (the girl on Casper) After Smiths we went to Now & Forever & bought some cute stationary & stickers. They are so cute!

We went to our “big” family home evening tonight at Varena’s house. But when we got there Varena & Sam were taking Jairon to Primary Children’s hospital because he had fallen & cut his lip. So we just went ahead & started to eat. We were eating outside. There is a metal wire that is hanging in their backyard. it is for the dogs. They are attached to it. Well we called everyone to prayer. Russell came running and smacked his head right into it. He fell down screaming. The wire had cut him bad, right below his eye. He is very lucky because if it was one centimeter higher it could have caused him to go blind &/or loose his eye. Dale took Russell to Primary Childrens also. Mom was feeling very depressed & upset today. She had stayed home. When we called her she yelled at us to come home & hung up the phone. This was like the last straw for me & i just found a corner outside & sat with my head in my arms, crying. All my bottled up anger & feelings just exploded. i was embarrassed because everyone was looking for me & when they found me i wouldn’t lift my face up because my face was soaking wet with tears and snot & i had little snot bubbles coming out of my nose! :) (you’re supposed to laugh!) Anyway, after i talked with everyone, (still not showing my face); & after everyone talked to me i finally went home. Brother B was there. He is our home teacher. He talked with us & gave Mom a blessing. Brother B is very handsome, he has a strong testimony & a wonderful sense of humor. He is exactly the kind of man i want my husband to be when i grow up. :) Well, me & my blue fingernails better get to bed. it is 12:37 & i’ve got to go running at 8:00 in the morning! :) See ya!