Since January...

I read a hecka cool post by one of the coolest girls ever and decided to follow in her perverbial footsteps and make one just like it.

Basically before December of 2007 I was a video game junkie. I went to work, came home, and played video games too late before going to bed and going to work again. I didn't really do much else! In December I started heading back to church and trying out activities. I went to Jon Pinney's new years party, and even though i felt really out of place and intimidated I had fun. Now not even 6 months later I have somehow transformed into a social butterfly with the help of the spirit and the best friends anyone could possibly have!

I feel so stinking grateful for everyone who kept inviting me out to things even when I was a party pooper and not very social. I also am SOOOO grateful to all of the people who took me into their group and became my friends. i had never really had friends in my life before that besides one or two people. That social cushion really touched me and I felt like I owed it to everyone to become a better me. That started me on my journey of spiritual realization and happiness. I know I'm long winded, but this is so important to me!!!

Here are just the few things I can remember over the past months of amazingness:

January 08-now
-Quit World of Warcraft and never went back-that is a huge feat for those of you who may not have known me before
-Started going to Volleyball and family nights
-Quit my job repairing arcade machine where my boss hated Mormons haha
-Joined the HOB crew and felt like I wasn;t a loser for the first time in my life
-Started praying again
-felt the spirit for the first time in a long time
-Started reading and actually enjoying the scriptures after praying for help to do so
-talked to girls without freaking out (haha sad right?)
-learned that I enjoy dancing, and gradually got better and better at dancing by not caring how dumb I looked
-went from 300lb to my current weight of 245-250! Goal weight is around the 200 range...LADIES
-Started building my testimony on a foundation forged by my new experiences
-Naked Hot tubbing
-Went dirt bike riding with Jon Mcdonough. He was awesome for his first time (that's what she said!)
-Got contacts
-Bought lots of new clothes. The first time buying new clothes in like 2-3 years haha
-Built a Gaming computer that I used for gaming for a few weeks and now don't play games on haha
-Got my first cuddle, first kiss, and my first make-out in that order. It was amazing...
-Have been called a walking wikipedia too many times =)

There are so many experiences that I just can't think of but I know are there! What an amazing year this has been so far!