more tag

my friend jennifer stock did not actually tag me on this (what is it with me always tagging myself? sorry megan, you really did tag me, but i wasn't reading any good books and didn't feel creative at the time :) but on my wake-me-up walk this afternoon i started thinking of all the answers i could put. so here you go.

20 Years Ago (March 1988) - uh...i was four years old. LOL. i don't remember too much about this time period, but judging by the date i could tell you i had been a big sister for just over two weeks (little rachie was born on march 6, 1988). i loved to read and "play pretend" and my best friend's name was also lindsay. i wore glasses and had curly blond hair...and i liked to talk.

10 Years Ago (March 1998) – i was 13, in 8th grade. i believe this time period has been referenced in previous posts...junior high was a very awkward phase. i ditched the glasses, got braces (which were unfortunately colored for halloween at school picture time...lovely memories entombed for all to see), got a sassy attitude and loved (we're talking LOVED) jonathan taylor thomas. i also babysat for a bunch of families in the ward to make some extra cash.

5 Years Ago (March 2003) – i was 18 years old and LIVING IT UP in my freshman year of college. i lived on the 4th floor of DT's S hall with all of my best friends and averaged three hours of sleep a night. i loved midnight trips to wendy's, going to shows (this was the heyday of my punk phase), IMing all day and night and buying whatever i wanted with my dining plus card. i was the 4th ward publicity chairman (preparing me for my future career, perhaps?), managed a 3.6 first semester (a 2.8 second sememster...all that partying caught up to me ;) and loved to eat ice cream waffles. ahh...freshman year. that was seriously the best time of my life. which may or may not have set me up for a major catastrophic episode of depression and anxiety at the beginning of my sophomore year, when i came back to reality :)

3 Years Ago ( March 2005) – i was a junior in college, doing everything i could to set myself up for the greatest senior year ever. i worked at the marketplace cafe in the tanner building as a student manager, making the most phenomenal panini sandwiches on the planet. i was living in the glenwood for the second year (don't ask me why we stayed after the leak above us dumped pee through all our light fixtures one night), i met my BFF brittany karford (and still lived with my since-freshman-year BFFs lacy & sami), i was secretary for BYU PRSSA and not dating at all (probably a good thing since it was also around that time i had a crush on a guy with star tattoos on his arms).


1 Year Ago (March 2007) – i had been married for six months and loved our routine -- go to work for eight hours, come home and cook dinner, go to the gym and watch one of our favorite TV shows. we had just gotten our dresser and nightstands so i stopped crying about living out of boxes. brandon and i did the dishes together every night by hand because we didn't have a diswasher. i was working at golinharris (where i still work) and wondering how i would ever make it through even ONE YEAR at the same job (still adjusting to leaving the college timeframe). i was the ward activities director and we were trying to figure out where we fit in a ward full of crazies and people totally different from us.


So Far This Year (2008) – i've booked plane tickets to europe, found a new apartment, chopped off all my hair and thought about making some big changes. i'm serving as 2nd counselor in young women and LOVE it...and i officially love our crazy ward. i've dealt with big girl things like work pressure, shattered windshields and family drama. i'm now a sucker for (quality) reality TV and i still love to bake and cook. and i'm excited to see what happens to us next!


Yesterday – was sunday, my favorite day of the week. we gave a lady a ride to church, i told my young women that i'm moving, we took a nap at our favorite park in beverly hills, i read a bunch of church stuff and made brandon finish "singles ward," we made a list of everything we have to do before we move, i cooked dinner and ate WAY too much sugar. then brandon made his amazing homemade hot chocolate, i drank it, and just about threw up. when will i learn to regulate my sugar intake? then i packed our lunches for today and went to bed early.


Today – i got up early and went to work an hour early. i felt on top of my work for the first time in a month. i read blogs on my little self-imposed breaks. i hit a sleepy wall around 2 p.m. and had to take myself out for a walk to wake up, but it was crazy windy in downtown today. i ate green jelly beans at our office st. patricks day party. i left work on time and came home and cooked pesto chicken, garlic mashed potatoes (spray painted green with my awesome spray food coloring), green beans and mini grasshopper sundaes for dessert. i burned the crap out of my thumb when i forgot how hot the oven was and tried to pull the chicken out with my bare hands. hopefully now i will go to the gym, watch jon & kate and get some quality time in with my hubby.


Tomorrow – i have two meetings at yamaha and can't figure out what dressy clothes are clean enough to wear. i need to go grocery shopping to get a couple things. i need to cross more things off on my to do list and pick up some empty boxes our friends have saved for us. and i need to stop eating so much dang sugar!


This year – will be amazing. i'm looking forward to moving to pasadena, to seeing my sister get married, to visiting "the motherland" of germany and meeting all the people brandon knows from his mission, to getting promoted. i hope to find ways to help other people and fun new adventures to explore with brandon.


i tag kelly, angela, erica, megan and my SEESTA...and anyone else who wants to play!