This might turn into a rant...

But before that, I will give some quick updates on my life.

2012 started out as very promising. I moved out of my parents' house to Draper on Jan 6th. I'm living with two girls, Tava that I work with, and Brittany whom we found through a singles' ward in the area.

But then! My beloved Peeta (my 1992 Acura Integra) died. It was heartbreak on a level that I've never felt. I started writing a eulogistic poem for him in my head over the next few days when I thought I'd have to sell his empty body and buy a new, less sexy car. It went on about how no other man had been there for me like he had, and how he'd brought me more happiness in a year than I ever thought I could get from a man...but then my friend JoNeale said she and her husband would be glad to look at it/fix it for me. It was like one of those scenes in a cartoon where the beam of light from above shines down and the heavenly chorus strikes up. So they looked at him today and the diagnosis is that it would cost about $1200 to fix by a mechanic, or $300+two months for them to fix it (since they live in Logan and would have to arrange to come down etc.). I think I'm going to go the mechanic route. It's still less than I paid for him, and I just can't deal with letting him go (I hope my future husband doesn't go in a coma ever, cause I can see that becoming a problem for me).

My new singles' ward is good though. So far I've made way more friends than I expected in just one month. It's quite delightful. However, I'm still getting used to a singles' ward that doesn't function like a student ward. And that doesn't have to abide by BYUI rules.

But all these elements combined cause me to feel like I'm just a teenager, or at least people treat me like one. Just because I handle situations differently than they do, or maybe differently than most people do, doesn't mean I don't know how to handle situations.

That's the end of my rant.

I've made some goals lately which are:

• Learn a new recipe, about twice a month
• Get at least two days dedicated to scrapbooking a month
• Get in contact with an old friend at least once a month
• Give out compliments every day

These may seem very simple, but I seem to be very preoccupied and disorganized, so hopefully I can get a little more on track through these kind of goals, and then make more ambitious goals. :)