I Feel Like Doing This Again

I have been looking through some old posts today, and I read this and thought it would be fun to redo it now. I'm going to leave the original answers in, and the current answers will be in italics below them.


originally posted SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2007 


What I was doing ten years ago: I was 12 and feeling incredibly awkward leaving Primary and going to class with all the high school girls.


I was a sophomore in high school, in Winterguard competitions, having a crush on the guy who would eventually be my first date, getting my first contacts, trying out for drum major, and starting my Laurel Personal Progress projects early.


What I was doing five years ago: I was a senior in high school, applying to BYU, taking and retaking the ACT, and not caring about my grades anymore because I'd already had senioritis for a year.


I was living with the Glenwood Dream Team (Sam, Jennie, Mandy, Megan, and Whitley), having hall parties with Lindsey, Simon, Todd, Curt, and co., loving my surrogate roommates in apt 169, working at the day care in Provo, and feeling really crappy about myself.


One Year ago: At this time last year I was trying to decide whether I wanted to date Phil or Tyler and, as a result, doing a BOYS RUIN YOUR LIFE page in my giant journal.


In the spring of last year I was nannying Hannah and Lana, starting my food revolution, having serious family and personal drama, and starting to hang out again with Meredith, Lori, and Bethany from high school (high point of the year for sure)!


Yesterday: Volunteered at the Scarecrow festival with Jennie, Megan, Sam, and Mama Zaelit. It was Mike's and my 11 month anniversary, and we spent it watching Serenity with my roommates and nerdy boys from our ward.


I worked at both jobs (nanny and personal assistant); after work, Mike and I went to IKEA with Meredith and Zach and had dinner, then went blacklight miniature golfing at the mall and to Barnes and Noble afterward.


5 snacks I enjoy: flaming hot Cheetos, baked cheddar and sour cream Ruffles, Symphony chocolate bars with toffee, strawberries in sour cream, avocado on bread with lemon juice


Replace the Symphony bars with Lindor truffles/Ferrero Rocher. Also, I do love strawberries and sour cream, but I almost never eat it, so let's replace that with Snapeas. And nix the lemon juice on the avocado... just salt.


5 Things I would do if I had $100 million: pay off all my student loans, give some to each of my siblings and my parents, put the majority in savings, start a college fund for my kids, and of course do some frivolous spending.


Pay off all our student loan debt; give $1 million to each member of Mike's and my immediate families and probably to all the grandparents, plus smaller amounts to aunts/uncles/cousins, etc.; buy two new cars, new laptops, and a house; put a few millions in savings; and TRAVEL.


5 Places I would love to run away to: home, an island somewhere, Mesa, the East Coast, Europe


Anywhere in Europe, South America, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, Alaska (with restrictions), New York or Washington D.C.


Five TV shows I like: The Office, Gilmore Girls, Friends, Seinfeld, What Not to Wear


30 Rock, Friends, Scrubs, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show


Five things I hate doing: waking up early, folding/putting away my laundry after I've washed it, getting any work done on my car, returning things at the store, clearing off my bed before I can sleep in it


Still the same! Except scratch the last one and replace it with... cleaning the kitchen after cooking.


Five biggest joys of the moment: Mike and I had a really good night. He's planning the proposal/working on the ring. I'm starting like my fifth book of the past week. I get to (have to) start planning a wedding. I'm feeling really good tonight. :)


Having Jaylee closer, having great friends to hang out with, our plans to go to Washington D.C. this fall for the National Book Festival, making my lifestyle more healthy, and having the inspection and registration taken care of on our (finally official) new car!