Blowing off the dust...

Ohhhh....OHHHH...It's been so LONG...I can hardly remember what it feels like to BLOG....*creaking and cracking of knuckle joints*....

Anyway, not that anyone reads this anymore, so this is for you Melissa. Just for you. I'm going to do your tagged thing. I don't think I'll tag anyone else though, if its okay. Here it goes:

11 Facts About Me:

1. I like to sleep with a fan on me always, even in the winter
2. It is very rare that I will dislike any movie I see, I'll always find some reason I liked it. 
3. It is really hard for me to wake up in the morning without a shower.
4. I hate listening to other people eat cereal. 
5. I do not like water-oriented activities and I have never been a strong swimmer.
6. It makes me sad when innocent bystanders in movies die. 
7. I like to drive barefoot. 
8. One of my favorite things to do is sing in the shower or car, and lip-sync to the song in the mirror.
9. I like to sit in the front row wherever I go. 
10. I have an odd fear of standing in front of a microwave in use because I'm afraid it will explode and impale me with shrapnel. 
11. I desperately wish I had superpowers.

Questions from Melissa

    1. What is the most disgusting thing you have ever eaten? Either octopus covered in mayonnaise or cow stomach soup. Blargh....

    2. If you could marry someone famous who would it be? Does Lindsey Stirling count as famous? Cause it would be her by a pretty large margin.

    3. How long can you get a piece of Bubblicious gum to last? Like a minute, that stuff is flippin' worthless

    4. What is your number 1 pet peeve? Arrogance, when people disrespect me or others

    5. Describe your mom in 1 word. Saintly

    6. What is your favorite color crayon? Silver or Red

    7. Mac or PC? PC, but I've never really used a Mac so I guess I don't know what I'm missing right?

    8. What music artist are you a secret fan of? Carrie Underwood, but its not really a secret

    9. What is your favorite animal? The American bald eagle, because it represents FREEDOM

   10. Are you good at poker? ...wouldn't you like to know...

   11. What are 2 things on your bucket list?

         1) Work on at least one humanitarian project in Mexico, and hopefully more in other places.

         2) Travel to Europe and see EVERYTHING.

  

The Best Mom there ever was

So I'm here in Minnesota, which is beautiful by the way. I've begun my job here working selling Living Scriptures. Last Saturday was my first day. But we can talk about that later. Today my topic is something much more important: My mother.

I love my mom. She's is the greatest mom ever. She is the kindest, lovingest, most charitable, sweetest, most spiritual person I know. She has taught me volumes about what it means to put God and your family first. She works so hard to serve her family and show them and everyone around her that she loves and cares for them. Let is be known unto all nations, tongues, and people that Kayla Mann Decker is the most wonderful woman that ever lived! If there is anyone I know that is near perfection, it is her.

Not that I'm an Olympic Champion, but she makes me feel like it.

Thank you Mom, I love you. Happy Mother's Day :)

In One Month...

I have no clue where I will be. Somewhere in Minnesota or Wisconsin.

 It's strange. I really got used to life this year as a college student. It got really comfortable. I made tons of new friends, had tons of adventures, learned a bunch...

But I know this has to happen. Things have to change, progress, for better or worse.

I'm seeing this summer, this job, this living somewhere else, as yet another transition for my life. You see, I've never really seen my life as one continuous flow of events. It's always been divided into nicely defined chunks, defined by major changes taking place at both ends (I suppose its like that for most people). For example, when I was growing up it was divided into school years, or grades, and summers between them. On my mission is was divided into areas that I served in, and those chunks were divided into companions I served with. When I got home that chunk of time was defined as starting the day I arrived in Utah, and ending the day I moved from home to Logan. Since then I've divided that time since August into two chunks, from August to the end of 2011, and from the start of the year until now (also known as semesters).

Its like a graph where the line moves up dramatically, then plateaus out, and goes straight until something else happens, changing the line and plateauing again.


Kinda like this one, except hopefully going all up, not down into oblivion as this one seems to be.

This chunk of my life is ending, and I'm gonna miss it. I met some of my best friends in this chunk, and some of them I might never see again. It was full of some awesome times, and might yet be, there's still one month to go, and a lot can happen in a month.

Then I'm off, to be a salesman. Its gonna be different, but I feel once its time, I'll embrace it for all its worth. I've got nothing to lose but everything to gain. I'm leaving my jobs here and except for missing a little fun with friends during the summer I've really got no reason not to go. I need to do it. And for more reasons than just the money. I need to grow, to have new experiences, meet new people. I feel like I'm going to be that much better when I get back. 

So I'm nervous, but excited. Optimistic about what the future brings. Wish me luck. Or better yet, pray for me. I would love that.