Kiersten L. Thomson, “Second Counselor, Young Women’s Presidency”
Sheehan and I really do like our callings, very much.
I do enjoy getting to know the Young Women. It feels like I’m in a continuation of being the Laurel President. I am so bossy and controlling I pretty much self-appointed myself a sub-leader in my Young Women’s years. So now it doesn’t feel much different except it really is my calling. I often hear this from down the hallway, “Hey Homie, Hey Sister T.!” or “OMG, you look fabulous!”
Sheehan is the den leader….he is a big Cub Scout at heart and is living the cub scout years that he never had.
Some quotes from the Cub Scouts:
Sheehan explaining that the pack is going to help one boy get his Arrow of Light. Justin raises his hand and says, “Don’t you think that will be kinda boring for the rest of us.”
After making a mini marshmallow catapult, one cub yells out, “Let’s play puppy poops!” Then begins counting the marshmallows that he stuffs into his mouth until he can no longer pronounce “puppy poops”.
Justin, “Since I was sick last week because I had a sunburn can we do Legos again this week?”
Sheehan was carpooling a couple boys when the car broke down. Mid-breakdown Samuel says, “Why is the car shaking?...”
I hate this question. How in the world do you answer it?! … “Terrible. Just Terrible.” Or “Oh, it just lovely! I love being married!” Or do you stay neutral, “It’s great. Good. Reallll Good.” After these one lined statement people just smile and wait there awkwardly waiting for more detail but do they really want more detail. I don’t think so… so they say,
“Well that’s good. It’s an exciting time in your life.”
I think it is safe to say in any stage, “It’s an exciting time in your life.”
Childhood = “Obliviousness is bliss. No care in the world."
Teenage = “These are the best days of our lives.”
Adult = Don’t know a saying for this stage. Maybe it’s not so great a time. Although, I think it is, it is a time of independence, it is the one stage you are in control of your life! Do you feel empowered… I do.)
Said to be “The happiest places on earth!! And I very much agree with that statement!
There is something about the music, characters, rides, cookies, statues, shows, fireworks, and general happiness that makes Disneyland bring a tear to your eye. You can forget about your bills, job, and obligations; Just enjoy your day! I don’t want to hear all of the complaints about how hot it gets and how long the lines are… maybe you just don’t know how to do Disneyland like I do! Keegan, Lauren, Katie would you agree please…. Thank you.Devin's face may just be my favorite one here.
Alyssa had her Baby! Kiley LaRae Perry was born on 9-9-09. Sweet birthday, eh? I thought so…
We, as in my family and I, have decided that my Aunt name will be Auntie Beetle. It may sound strange to you. I would tell someone to think twice about dubbing themselves Aunt Roach or Uncle Tarantula. Not very inviting, ya know…
Beetle has been my life long nickname with various alternatives to it. (Example: Beetle Loda) When I was learning to read I came across a picture of a Beetle in a picture book and tearfully exclaimed, “I am not a beetle! Don’t ever call me that again!” It still stuck despite my loathing the nickname, but as with many things, first we loathe it, then we tolerate it, then we embrace it… I am now at the embracing stage.
Associate in Science degree in Biology, emphasis in Human Biology.
Magna Cum Laude.”
The crowd cheers…
My graduation was great! It was nice to have Alyssa, Sheehan and my parents there to support me.
I could not believe I was shown up by another girl as the youngest graduate as I was only 18 years old! She is 4 months younger than me and had a grade point average of 4.0. Dang it! My GPA was a 3.8.
If you have ever seen happy feet and remember the Mexican hombres, that is what the people behind me were like… but girls. To each other they were all, “Hey! Watch it, watch it, I’m graduating girl! I’m going to look so good while I’m graduating! Watch out!” All I could think of was George Lopez’s Why you crying? stand up comedy show.
We wrote these seperately when we were dating back in September of 08.
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Well, I hardly remember anything from the movies we went and saw this summer because all I could think about was that I was siiting next to him. I heard Batman was a great movie though, but I wouldn’t know… ha ha. A couple times I was wondering how he was still in his seat. Sheehan would slide sooo far down in his seat. I wondered if he was even sitting in his chair anymore…. We started a tradition of being the last people to leave the theater. We would sit together and stare at the credits pointing out funny names. Who are we to be talking though? Sheehan…Kiersten…Hmm… :) One of the sweetest things he ever did for me was when he bought all of my favorite candies. He kept whipping out another and another… my love for him grew with every chocolate bar. :) I just wanted to jump out of my seat and hug him. I just thought he was amazing because he remembered MY favorite candy bars. He thought of me and that made me feel like I was special to him.
Summer Movies Part Deux
The first time I went to the movies with Kiersten I had the whole day planned out. I picked out a spot to knock on doors for a couple of hours. It was right next to a Vons and the plan was to pick up her favorite candy before I headed over to the theater. As I started knocking on doors there was no way I was going to sell a pest control service; a couple of people opened their doors, but I was in la la land thinking about Kiersten. Surprisingly, this area was full of bugs and I ended up getting a sale within 45 minutes. That made the day that much better. I knocked for a little while longer and finally RAN back to my car full speed. I had to pick Kiersten up at the Institute building in an hour, but I wanted everything to be right. I went to Vons and picked up some Kit Kats, but had a really hard time finding the Wild Berry Skittles (I looked at EVERY checkout stand!!!). I did happen to find the Cadbury Caramel chocolate squares so I threw those in my little basket :) Since I didn't find the Skittles at Vons I jumped in the car and on the way to the Institute building I stopped at an ampm and let a homeless man wash my windows for $3 while I got the Skittles. I had a lot of bugs on my window and he did a really good job...
I got to the Institute building and picked up Kiersten. I can't remember if that was the night that we went to Subway and those crazy folk were having a mafia meeting/gathering around the trash can...oh well, we went and saw Get Smart. I remember trying to hide the candy from Kiersten. The plan was to put the bag in my jean pocket... well, it was REALLY fat. I tried to stuff it in my pocket and I literally had to shove it in. I looked like I was wearing parachute pants. Kiersten rolled her eyes and was definitely embarrassed. I had her hold my hand on the side with the candy as to conceal it secretly from the unwary ticket-taker. I was kinda scared I'd get caught, but this kid was clueless. He was looking everywhere but at us. My heart rate went down and we finally got inside. I hardly remember any of the movie because I was thinking about how much I liked Kiersten. I thought about why. Before too long, I had slipped down into my seat. It was unusually comfortable so I stayed there. Kiersten looked at me like I was insane. *shrugs shoulders* oh well. The movie seemed to be over after I finally had a chance to stop thinking about her for two seconds. Then we would just sit there during the credits until everyone left. I loved being around her. I was so comfortable and had a great time.
Devin's face may just be my favorite one here.
