on letting go

I plan my life. 

I'm not one to just go with it and hope everything turns okay, I like to have a plan. 

Or so I thought. 

I have found in my life the more I plan and prepare and work towards something, the more I am turned in a completely opposite direction. This morning at 5am I thought a lot about that. 

And also why I was awake, but that's another story. 

So after much deliberation and a few moments of pinterest-ing, I've decided this will be my motto

...at least for now. 

mad

yes I copied my girl Katie.

mad

dear parents/future employer,

Please realize while looking over my grades from the fall 2011 semester that I did my best. However to be quite frank, that semester school was not my top priority. The following occurred during that semester:

1. I decided to go on a mission
2. I began paper work (Which is ridiculous, if you were wondering). 
3. I got my wisdom teeth out, thus missing some school and being dreary for about a week and a half
4. a super bad case of the lazies was caught
5. Some weeks this semester were just awful
6. I got my mission call....and lost any enthusiasm for school
7. I hit rock bottom.
8. And you know, the roommate problems of course...
9. I began dating this boy who is a total QG 
10. annnnnnnnnd a million other excuses. 

Please keep  the above list in mind when looking at the grades. They don't show how much I learned from this semester. Not in the least bit. And isn't knowledge more important than grades anyways?


mad

she dreamed of paradise

sing with me?

mad

On the Skinny

Yeah you have probably heard the latest laughable news on byu Idaho.
No?

Here's the deal: last week the quaint town of Rexburg made world wide news when the skinny jean ban was made known to people outside of our little village.

Here is my take on it and mind you I go here and just finished discussing the outrageous ban with a friend who works in the testing center:

The day the articles came out I took a test in my skinny jeans. The week before the articles I took a test as well. The difference between the two? Before the article there was a yellow sign at the computers for about three days that said something like:

"you should repent when you come to the testing center in too-tight jeans"

...ummm yeah. After the articles however, the ban, yellow signs and any evil eyes from employees were all gone. And now? Now you can go to the testing center in whatever you want. Because of the absurdness of the situation, the employees now won't stop you for anything. (unless you are wearing something really ridiculous).

As for the employee who banned some girl in her little jeans? He's been fired. As well as the guy in charge of the yellow signs.

Yes, sometimes this school is ridiculous, and yes sometimes articles blow things way out of proportion.As far as I'm concerned however, the cross-walk situation is a lot worse then the one-week ban of skinny jeans.


mad.

things you do when you have no more hope in the world...

send your teacher emails like this:

Hi Brother Allen,

This is your favorite student. I am imploring you. Nay, begging on my knees that you will somehow find it within your heart to let each student pick their essay for tomorrow's final. We have been studying as a group for quite a long time now and have found each of us has one we would prefer to get tomorrow afternoon. However, we are all very anxious and worried about some of the other essays that might be thrust upon us.

It would be more than a dream come true for you to grant our humble wish.

Thank you so much for your time,
Madison Sackley

do I sound too desperate? 

mad

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Amen Sister Meester. 

Amen.

mad

angels

There are people that are put in your life for a reason. 

Everything has a reason and a purpose. 

I believe honest to goodness that Megan Butler was put in my life as an angel.

For reals people.

There are so many reasons this semester could have been the worst semester of my life. 

There are so many things that went wrong, things I would have liked to say, problems I couldn't fix....

But this girl?

This girl has been my rock. And I love her for it. 

mad