Farewell Weekend

I went down to the cabin this weekend for Daniel's farewell. Crazy to think he's going into the MTC this Wednesday! How did my little brother grow up so fast?! I'm going to miss this kid like crazy during these next two years.

Spent Friday skiing with the family at Brian Head. Taught my mom how to ski! She's so cute and did such a great job...pizza...french fries! haha. I don't know why we didn't take any pictures of it!

Spent Saturday snowmobiling...and then split my chin open and had to get stitches. Classic, I know. I was just thankful it was me and not Daniel this time. Daniel and I were out snowmobiling with Brianna, and long story short I didn't land a jump right. Let's just say that I went over a dike (intentionally), way too fast (semi unintentionally). The machine hit my helmet on impact, my helmet hit my chin wrong, and my chin split open. Daniel's a great little brother and we got in to the ER a record hour after the incident, which is amazing considering we were a ways away from our cabin, and our cabin is over the mountain from Cedar. All I have to say is thank goodness for having ample amounts of snow to press against my chin on the ride back to the cabin! It numbed it up right away, so it didn't ever really hurt too horribly.



Two of my favorite people. Such a good morning.


Prepping for the jump. Note the trajectory. My brother says I got about ten more feet of air after this picture. Awesome...til I hit the ground.


Did a quick self-eval after I landed...and whoops. Snowmobile-1, Brooke-0



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Ok, this is your fair warning if blood makes you woozy: don't look at the next picture. It's really not that bad, but ya know, just warning :)






All in all, it was a great weekend. I love my family and cannot believe Daniel is going into the MTC in three days! I'm thankful that the tsunami warning Hawaii had on Saturday turned out all right, and that my family over there is fine. I'm also thankful I wasn't hurt too badly considering the amount of stupidity that went into that jump. haha, never jumping that again.

The Jump

I feel like time just crept up on me. Not in a bad way, just in the all-of-the-sudden-holy-hannah type of way.

59 days until I've officially graduated from BYU.
59 days to figure out what I'm doing.

I could seriously use some beach time to just clear my head right about now. Miss this so much.



On another Hawaii note, I stumbled across the following photos today. Plug to the parents: BEST family activity yet, we need to do something like this again. Anyways, you're welcome to make fun of me all you want, but when I was looking at these, I realized this is kind of how I feel about my life right now. Thus, skydiving=brooke's life was invented. let me recap for you:


About to jump out of a plane.
AKA about to graduate college.
Note the absolute look of terror after I looked down, which in this case would be me post NY interviewing, etc.


Left the plane, not sure what I'm doing but realizing that there's no going back now.
AKA keep interviewing and try my best.


Realizing how liberating it is...and how I might as well enjoy the ride now.
AKA me realizing how badly I want NY and throwing everything I have into trying to get it.


Trying to decide if I really like this or not.
(AHHHH the stress of uncertainty is starting to get to me.)


In L.O.V.E. with it all. minus the peruvian man. he was a creep.
(cross your fingers everything NY works out, and then this can be captioned 'brooke in love with nyc')



Yes, I know, I'm a dork. Meh. Who isn't? Gosh I'm excited to see how the next few months pan out.

I Prefer Crazy

I'd like to say that I prefer my life to be mellow all of the time. But fine, I admit it. I prefer my life to be busy 90% of the time. Don't get me wrong, that 10% of mellow is essential to my sanity. For example, last weekend was a WELL needed 10% to just chill and do nothing besides laundry, cleaning, netflixing, and sleeping, since NY absolutely drained me. And take last night for example, too. I had a long week, so it was perfect to end it with a friday full of skiing, working, climbing, and then just kicking it with my favorite Chandy, grabbing dinner and then watching Down With Love.

But today, I have zero plans besides spending a couple hours studying global issues for an exam. hrmm. I'm bored already. What's with this 20% mellow shenanigans? I need to go climbing or something.

Bella.

I love the name Bella. Every time I hear it, I can't help but think of Steve's adorable little daughter from a few summers ago...Kristie remember that? Oh gosh, that summer was so long ago.

Anyways, I watched this movie this weekend and would highly recommend it. It's a beautiful piece: artistic with a touch of indie, but all in all a bit more mainstream with a beautiful message. Watch it, you won't regret it.

Call Me Vain...

...but have you heard of a Brazillian Keratin Treatment?

Generally speaking, I love my wavy hair. But. This could be awesome. hmm...what do you think about this? Could be a nice wintertime hair treatment don't you think?

Does Anyone Sleep In NY?

Let's just say that my past two weeks in NY were seriously amazing...and seriously lacking sleep! But, I'm all caught up now, so I'm happy.

Recap:

-AAF Most Promising Minority award. This was honestly one of the coolest experiences, and I am so grateful for this opportunity I had to network with both industry professionals as well as my peers who were there. AAF did a wonderful job! Interviews all went well...wish me luck as I try to actually land some of these jobs!

-Spent my non-working weekend with Carissa, Jonny, and Kennedy! I don't know how we managed to never take a picture together! They are the best hosts, and little Kennedy is a doll. I cannot believe how big she is getting!

-The Garnier pitch could not have gone better! That feeling of completely nailing a pitch makes all of those sleepless nights and early mornings worth it. I cannot be more greatful for such an amazing team to work with on this...we had so much fun together, but still worked hard. Garnier is donating $10,000 to BYU, and were very impressed with the work we produced. YAY!

-Oh, and how could I forget the Super Bowl...one of the funnest Super Bowl parties I've been to! Kaisha, Vanessa, Hayley, Melissa, Brad...ahhh I miss all of you NYers!

I love NY. But, I love UT too. Went skiing all of Friday morning...love the mountains so much. It's good to be back.

for now :)

Alive.

Just checking in with the blog world. NY week one: complete.

I can't even begin to describe how amazing...and busy...this week was. I had a chance to interview with some of the top agencies in NY and brush elbows with some of their top peeps. Sleepless and slightly stressful...but definitely a week well worth it! Ugh I'm starting to sound like the blog SSB, but really, such a blessing to have been invited to this event this week.

(Pictures and more details to come next week.)

Oh Dear...

Dear US Airways Agent,
You made my day by changing my flight for free when I forgot my wallet at the airport. Seriously, you rock.

Dear PHX Airport,
umm I'm not your number one fan, but I'll deal. At least you have free WiFi.

Dear last COMMS Elective,
Seriously, why are you so hard?

Dear Technology,
Thank heavens you exist! how else would I get everything done while being stuck en route in various airports all day long?

Dear black lady screaming on your cell phone,
If you're not mad or excited, why, WHY on earth would you ever talk that loudly on your phone in a public place? For pete's sake I have my headphones in and I can STILL hear your entire conversation with your girlfriend.

Dear New York,
I can't wait until I'm back tonight.