Ring, Ring: This is the jail calling...

Ok, so quite possibly the greatest thing happened to me last night. So after totally dominating in Operation (Writer's Cramp nothin') and then doing some donuts (and potentially jacking up my power steering), I crawled into my bed and started to fall asleep to the Gladiator Soundtrack while playing Klondike on my iPod. It was almost 2am, when I started to hear The Office theme song, (which also happens to be my ringtone). So I answered my phone, and I get this recording that says, "This is a pre-paid phone call from the Utah County jail from (then the recording stopped while a girl said her name:) "Amber." My mind started to race. What Ambers do I know? Who would be in jail? The only one that I could think of was Amber Gregersen. Then I started to think, "Why would she be in jail? And why would she be calling ME?" I figured maybe she got in some kind of an accident or something, and she figured I was the most nocturnal person she knew, so naturally I would still be awake. But then I thought she was supposed to be in Paris or something.

So, I accepted the call, and started to talk to the girl on the other line. So here is the gist of our conversation:

Me: "hello?"

Amber: "hello?"

"is this Amber?"

"yes, who is this?"

"this is Drew. are you looking for me or someone else?"

"is my mom there?"

"what is your mom's name?"

"Julie."

"I don't know a Julie. What number were you trying to call?"

"801-427-9536"

"This is 801-427-9535"

"OH MY GOSH. I AM SO SORRY"

"Don't worry about it. Hopefully you can get ahold of her and get everything worked out."

"I'm so sorry."

"It's all right. Good luck with everything."

It was quite possibly one of the coolest things ever. I just busted up laughing. It was freaking awesome, and I couldn't hold it in. If it weren't for my curfew, someone else might have shared in the awesomeness of it...

Life As We Know It...

Has changed. It's great. It hasn't been at all what I expected, but hey that's life, right? I'm glad school is almost out. School=lame. But it's all good, this semester has been worth it.

Ok. I just remembered this awesome gem that my sister Amelia showed me like a year ago. So money. I don't really have a Sexy 'Stache, so I just see this and dream...

Haha. Awesome. But anyway, on a different note. 15 years ago today was actually the day that I was baptized. Kinda crazy. I actually remember quite a bit about that day. I remember there were a couple of other kids getting baptized that same day (I remember at least 3 of them. Haha) I don't remember a whole lot about what happened that day, but I do remember the way I felt. I remember just being completely happy and excited. I didn't fully understand what it meant at the time (sometimes I feel like I still don't), but I have definitely come to understand and appreciate it much more over the last 15 years. If I could find some pictures from my baptism, I would put them up, but this baptism was definitely one of the most meaningful to me. His name is Bernie, and this was probably one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had in my life. Maybe I'll blog about it someday.

Kind of like Lagoon, or maybe even Six Flags

So yesterday was a total emotional roller coaster. I was up for a long time, and it was definitely an eventful day. I really don't want to talk about the BYU game, but even though we lost, I actually had a lot of fun in the whole process. I watched it with quite an awesome group of people, which made it really fun at least. I mean, how could ripping on the mtn. and ripping on people who left in the middle to see Twilight NOT be ridiculously fun? But afterwards I watched Robot Chicken. If you don't know what it is, you are missing out. Seth Green has a couple specials that are a parody of Star Wars, and they are quite possibly some of the funniest things I have ever seen. There are two of them now, and they can be seen here and here. But yeah, I got home late, and I was falling asleep on the floor of my living room and I was totally smiling. How could you not be after watching deer and laughing at awkward high school stories with the coolest person in the whole world?

Another Update

So, just to update on the situation the last couple of days. I've kept in touch with my friend from Minnesota the last few days, and we've had some long talks on the phone the last couple nights. (Usually around an hour or so, hope no one's jealous) But anyway, it's really been amazing to see how awesome she is. Every night she just seemed happier and more cheerful than she did the previous day. And tonight she told me that she wasn't going to leave the Church after all. It was honestly one of the best feelings that I had had in a long time. It really was a testament to me of the power of the Spirit. She had been fed a whole bunch of garbage, and she knew that a lot of it wasn't true, but I don't know if she has really had anyone to just answer her questions for her. It's amazing how learning the truth, and hearing things straight from the source make a big difference. Her goal has been to receive her Patriarchal Blessing, and she told me that tomorrow she is going to quit smoking, and I'm hoping and praying that she'll stay strong on it. It's amazing how just re-focusing and trying to listen to what the Spirit tells you will lead you in the right path. 

So yeah, there is my spiritual post. On a lighter note, here is more from the Onion. Once again, the most accurate reporting is right here.

Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

Robert George

If you missed his forum address on October 28th, you missed out. It was one of the most incredible things I have ever heard. Ask me about it.

Today Was...

Officially the best Sunday ever.

An Update

So I was told that I need to update my blog more often. Haha. You know who you are....

But I've kind of had a lot on my mind today. I had the opportunity to teach the lesson in Priesthood today, and I was really grateful for that. But I also had a chance to talk to a really good friend from my mission as well. 

So she has had a lot of struggles since she has been a member of the Church for the last few years, and I have always admired her for sticking to it and working through the adversity, no matter the outcome. She kept on trucking. So today I got on facebook and I saw that she had made a decision to leave the Church. I was pretty disappointed, but I didn't want to preach to her or be all missionaryish, but just to be a friend and talk to her. But, I didn't have her number, so I just wrote her a message. I just kind of talked about some basic principles that I felt were important, especially as she was making a very big decision. It was amazing though that as I wrote, I realized how much the gospel really does mean to me. Sure, I have messed up a lot, and done some stupid things and I have fallen in more ways than one, but as I was thinking about everything, I just really realized how integral the gospel is in my life, and how it has really shaped everything that I believe, and everything that I am.

Anyway, she wrote back and told me to call her, and so I did. And we talked for an hour or so. It was an amazing experience. I hadn't talked to her since my mission, so it's been at least a year and a half. But she is so awesome. She had a lot of questions, and she is very open minded to everything, which is so great. But to make a long story short, I wasn't trying to persuade her one way or another, but just to give her the tools and the information necessary to take before the Lord to make her decision. It's kind of amazing how the things that I studied for my lesson in Priesthood was exactly what she needed to hear too. I'm not sure what she is going to do, but I'm definitely going to pray for her and I just hope she knows that I care about her and hope that she'll make the right decision.

Well, this is definitely different than most of what I post on here, but that's how I am. Sporadic.