The End

So this will most likely be my last post.  Well, I might post pictures from the last month if I ever get around to it.  :P  

We got back Thursday night, and I'm just chillin here in Provo/Sandy for the week.  The plane ride was killer.  Probably some of my worst jet lag ever.  But I think that's because we didn't go to sleep the night before we flew out since we had to leave at 3 am anyway.  A tip for all you future world-travelers:  staying up all night before you fly across the world does not help you sleep on the plane (sleeping pills are the way to go), and it way throws off your sleeping pattern even more than just plain jet lag.  I told my mom to just let me sleep til I woke up the next morning.  I didn't think I would sleep that late, since I've gotten used to getting up at the JC, but she came into my room and was like, "Hey, um, it's 2:30... and I'm going out, so..."  Ya.  And then I stayed up til 3:30 am coz I wasn't tired, and woke up at 7:30 am, and then the jet lag finally hit me like a rock at 9:00 that night.  Not fun.  Because I was with people, and I still had to drive back to Sandy (from Provo) at 1 in the morning.  Be grateful that I'm still in one piece, right.  

On Saturday night we had our very first JC reunion.  LOL!  My friend Daniel was like, "You're having a reunion? Already?"  Well, it was really just a graduation party for one of the guys that he invited us all to.  But it felt like a reunion, haha.  I walked in the door and everybody's all, "Lara!!!"  and hugging me like we haven't seen each other in weeks.  But you have to understand, we haven't been apart for more than the 8 hours (or less) we spent sleeping for the last four months.  2 days was pretty intense.  Lol.  It was fun to see everybody in their scandalous real-world clothing.  And ya, we totally missed each other, even in just those 2 days, so it was fun to hang out. 

It's been more of an adjustment to be back than I thought, lol.  My upper arms feel so exposed in my normal clothes, lol.  I finally was able to get to my real clothes this morning and I am so excited to not be wearing "muted colors"!!!  At the Chicago airport, one of the employees (a man) said hello to me and one of the other girls as we were walking past, and it was so funny, because both of our jerk reaction was *creepy merchant- don't make eye contact!*  and then we got about 10 feet past him and realized that we're not in the Middle East anymore...  Lol.  It was a little weird to be in a singles ward yesterday.  Well, let's be honest, it was weird to be in church on Sunday...  Actually, I think my internal clock still thinks today is Sunday, since yesterday was the Sabbath, right.  But neway, not like it should have been weird to be in a singles ward (the J-ru Branch is about 70% singles neway...).  I think what was weird was not knowing anybody.  Lol.  I'm so used to not seeing a single white face ever that I don't know intimately.  And I was a little scandalized by some of the knee length skirts hangin around... Lol.  Man, it's so crazy to be back in the real world.  Walking around campus today has been kind of a beast.  I will definitely miss that about the JC- classes, church, and apartment all in the same building.  It is SUCH a relief, tho, not to have to find 2 other people that want to go with me when I need to do something like run to the store.  I won't miss that.

Well.  Like I said, I'll try to get some last pix up.  But this really is the end of this blog.  I'm pretty sure.  I hope you've all enjoyed it!  (I would say, "as much as I have" but, well, let's be honest, I was there... lol.)  Thanks for reading!