Objects in the mirror are redder than they appear

For some unknown reason I've always had a fasination with auburn hair. I don't know if it's because auburn rhymes with Hepburn and I really love Audrey, amazing woman. Or that I'm not so secretly jealous of my younger cousin's auburn hair and his really cute freckles. Either way, it doesn't look good on me. I of course have a talent for forgetting that it doesn't look good on me and always turns out lighter than the box for some reason. This is all true for the most recent attempt, although I must say that the color itself is really quite amazing, it just doesn't look good on me. So at 8:45 May 28, 2008 I will be going to the store to purchase a dark chocolatey brown color to cover up the red. Next time I get this wild idea to dye my entire head red (highlights of red actually turn out beautifully) someone please remind me to listen to my mom when she says, "Now are you sure you want to do this? You have such pretty brown hair, just let it be brown."

Letter from me

So five years ago I was probably a junior in high school. I do know that five years ago I was in Mrs. Gephart's psychology class, I'm not sure what this has to do with psychology, but she made us write a letter to ourselves that she would mail to us five years later, at the time I thought it was silly. Reading it now, I think it's funny, and kinda sad too. Here it is. And yes all smiley faces really occurred in the real letter. My comments on letter are in text...


Dear Meg (in five years) <----Yes I'm a dork April 28, 2003
This is my letter to you (me) that I wrote (am writing) for psychology, my (your) junior year. I am hoping that you (I) am doing well. Like how I clarify the tenses?Hopefully you (I) have found a very good looking return missionary and have settled down. :) Nope, sorry! I know Mom was probably VERY keen on him being good looking. :) Gotta love Mom. She is great. She is great, an also determined to have cute grand kids that live in the same town as her... meaning I can't leave!

College is/was probably great. I hope you have settled on a career. I wonder what you (I) have chosen. Landscaping? Physical therapy? Dentistry? Whatever it is I hope you (I) love it. I don't remember wanting to be a dentist... maybe it was a random career that day...

So this hopeful mate- or any guy you (I) am dating- is he everything we dreamed of? Does he make you laugh everyday? Is he kind? Does he honor his priesthood? Can he/did he take you to the temple? Does he love kids? Does he respect your (my) dreams? Let's hope he isn't a geek- Mom would have to kill us! :) If only, If only... I love how much I know at such a young age what my mother expected from me...

So how is the family? Did you (I) go to the same college as Conly? Yes. Were we there at the same time?Yes. I bet some nice girl has him wrapped around her finger. He always falls hard for those silly girls. :) He does, but no luck yet, still too shy. I bet Dad is still fighting fires and Mom is still showing dogs.Yep. I wonder if she will ever get down to two. :) Nope.They probably still live in the same house and Mom probably got sick of your purple room. She painted it green about a year ago... you actually consented, although you wouldn't have if you knew that it would later look like baby poop green in certain lights...

Did you (I) ever figure out how to be organized? Kinda. Mom really thinks I am a mess. There is just no time to be clean and tidy, and anyway, it is my nature to be messy! :) Disclaimer: I'm a clean person, just not super tidy and organized. Look at how I'm justifying things. I probably still do that and you (I) probably over analyze things still. It's the bane of my existence to this day, even had an issue of that today! Stupid over analyzing.

So what's become of your (my) friends from high school? They all got married... And is Jesse Munns still a friend of Conly and the family? I hope he is. Your (my) cute guy is probably a lot cuter than him. Can you tell I had a crush on Jesse and wanted to marry him, but he was too stupid to notice, that's okay now, I grew out of the Jesse liking phase pretty fast! Well, I can't think of anything else. Bye. Have a good life. ?

Sincerely,
Meg :) (Holy lots of smileys!!!!!)

P.S. Are you still friends with Ryan Silvester? No crush on this boy, he was just my best friend and was sitting next to me at the time, he wanted me to add that...

And she is gradumacated

Holy Crap... I graduated. I am now a college graduate. What the crap do I do now? I'm finding it to be a strange feeling, I have so much uncertainty of what I should do now. I know that I should really look for a real job now, I'm ready to be done with Walmart, but I really like using it as a security blanket at the moment. This is just one of those big steps that I'm feel so inept upon taking.
Graduating was really great, Conly and I got to graduate/walk at the same ceremony. I loved looking down at my mom as she took pictures of me crossing the stage. I did really well with the water works too, until they had us stand up and thank our parents forsupporting us by round of applause. I found my mom in the crowd, and once again the waterworks that she so willingly passed down to me started up! I have the greatest parents and brother, they are always there for me no matter what I do. From ballet recitals (which were pretty sad since I always turned the opposite direction of all the other ballerinas) to coaching softball teams, my parents were always there, and for this I am very thankful. It sounds very cliche, but I really couldn't have done it without them.
So with that, here are the lovely pictures from graduation!



The Graduates

The Family

Me, Grandma, Con

Before graduation I couldn't have told you that she was the head of the English department, but I got to shake her hand as I crossed the stage (then I promptly had to ask someone who she was when I sat down- still couldn't tell ya her name.)

Jeremy and I showing off the "covers" that our diplomas will go in once they are sent to us, cross your fingers that we actually pass!