Email #4

Sunshine!!!!!!!

Oh man I've been looking forward to this email SO FREAKING MUCH you have no idea. I'm sitting here in the library (just came from class) and I was laughing and smiling and stuff at your email. I don't think anyone noticed though, and I don't care! I miss you hecka bad fool. No joke, yesterday I saw the first group of EFY kids going to dinner and then later having a dance, and I was so tempted to call you and reminisce on EFY past. I was thinking about how weird it is that when we were here for EFY I didn't know my way around and everything was unfamiliar, and now I live here. So weird. I remember we took pics with the Y in the background, and that funny guy Brett that we renamed Stewy and all those other crazy things. I felt so OLD. I mean, that was three years ago. And now I'm a sophomore in college with almost 50 credits. I mean, what the heck. So weird.

I'm so happy about your shower. I bet it was amazing. Showers are great anyway, but after that many days, I bet it was the greatest shower in human history. You should record it in detail for posterity's sake. And I'm so glad you're feeling better, especially that you're well enough to go on dates. That's the important thing. Haha.

And I can't believe StringBean left! He really has matured, and as odd as he is, he is a really good guy. Maybe when he gets back from his mission he'll be super hot and suave and he'll return to sweep you off your feet and steal you away. Maybe. But yeah, that was really funny when you sent me that text. I wanted to tell Mark what it said but then I remembered he doesn't know about Charlie. He hasn't even met Charlie yet. Hahaha.

Charlie is good I suppose. He's settled into Provo quite nicely, although to be honest I haven't really talked to him the past couple of days. It's cool though. We hung out on Friday. I'm proud of myself for not relying on him as much as I used to. So that situation is lovely.

As for me? I'm fabulous. School stress varies weekly. One week it's super easy, another week I'm swamped with homework. My roommates are awesome, as I've already stated, so no problems there. We don't even mind sharing food and stuff. It's great. And CLEAN. Haha.

I've been hanging out with Mark a lot, as I mentioned. We are so alike, it's insane. But no, I'm not attracted to him. Sometimes I wish I were because then life would be so much easier, but alas, I'm not. So he's just a cool friend that I contact daily in some form or another. I also exposed him to a couple of the Moho's. It was sort of awkward because they were the guys that I don't really like to hang out with, but I was hanging out with them to be nice. Mark came and kept me sane. He thought it was funny and didn't mind at all that they were all flamingly gay. Then Mike came over the other night when Mark was at my house. Mike was totally open about being gay and stuff and he and Mark got along well. After Mike left, Mark said he seemed like a really cool guy. So I was pleased with that interaction. Mike is one of my favorite people, and since he lives next door I see a lot of him, much to my delight.

I met this uber cute guy in sacrament meeting, who happens to be from Roseville. He was hilarious and really friendly, and we hung out a lot at the ward activity on Monday (aren't you proud? I'm being social in this ward!). Unfortunately, he just graduated and is only here until late July before he moves to Irvine, CA to start his new job. I'm so bad at this game of getting guys.

I'm loving my music class though, and I'm succeeding in my psychology class, so it's great. At first I didn't like having so few people on campus, but now I do---the library is never crowded and it's very relaxed.

I miss you and Julie like crazy though. As much as my roommates are cool to talk to, they aren't nearly as entertaining as you too. Or crude. I sort of stifle my crude comments and your mom jokes around them. And I haven't broken the honor code in like a week! Haha. Maybe these roommates will save me. :)

As for Peter, we still talk online and email on Facebook. I'm sort of glad he's in another state too because I don't think I'd know how to act around him if he were here. I mean, I can't flirt or anything if I know he has a girlfriend, can I? It's weird though, cuz I keep remembering little things that seemed to indicate he was interested in me, and yet, I have no idea now if that was just me wanting him to be interested. Also I remember two little things about his girlfriend that I just didn't realize before. In his scriptures he had that paper that said "Emma and Peter" and had retarded sacrament meeting drawings. Also I remember looking through his phone and he had some texts from Emma. At the time I didn't know who she was so I just figured it was some friend of his. And Mark told me that that night we went out with his brothers, Samuel asked me if I was going to India too (like Peter's last girlfriend did), and Mark quickly said I didn't know about India. Apparently I hadn't heard either of them, so I asked what he said and he just said nothing. So yeah, there were little clues, but I just didn't get it. In the mean time, I'm sort of just waiting around to see if things work out with his girlfriend. And if they don't, I'm going to be ALL over that. Ha. And I doubt Mark is interested in me.

Also, I'm REALLY GLAD that you ignored Matt and that he's finally getting the picture. I was ready to tell him that if he ever talks to you again I would stab him in the eye, but luckily I don't have to do that anymore. Good thing too, cuz I don't think it's very Christ-like to stab people in the eye.

And I'm sure your parents don't mind getting things for you. They're probably just happy you're alive. I wouldn't mind getting things for you! You guys took care of me when I was sick. :)

Congrats on getting in to the Jerusalem program thing!!!! I was secretly hoping you would decide not to go because I want you all to myself, but I really am happy for you. How often do you get to go to Israel? I mean seriously, this will be such a great experience for you. And I know it's something you've always wanted to do. Yay for fulfilled dreams!!! So now, if we never get married, we can at least say that you went to Jerusalem and I learned how to play bells. Hahaha. Careful though--you'll be on the same(ish) continent as StringBean! :) I really will miss having you as a roommate. You better have email access so I can contact you or else I may go insane. Luckily Julie will be around. She's going to be mega sad though. I think she should move to Cali. But that's just me. And if we have a crazy roommate, we'll just make sure she moves out. But wait--you'll be living with us in the winter right? You better!

Dude this is MEGA long. I better let you go, and I better go get some studying done! Hope you have a fabulous week! If you can ever get your phone to work, give me a call sometime and we can chat it up! Love you lots and I can't wait to see you in less than a month!!

Natalie