Holiday

Finally. 

School is gone for 2 weeks.

I can finally get some MUCH needed sleep. I am suffering from sleep deprivation. 11:30 each night is sooo not good for me. I regret it every morning, when I reset my alarm from 6:30 to 6:40. Those ten minutes save me. But every weekend it catches up to me. Like now... It's only 8, and I'm fighting to stay awake. 

This week I.....

*Took the HARDEST science test ever.. Who needs to know the origin, insertion, action, and location of 44 muscles? Me? Oh right...bombed that test.

*ACED my math test. I used to hate math. Now, I love it.

*Played wallball.. 

*Attempted to play Wizards chess.. Using myself and my sister as pawns

*Went to Temple Square and saw the lights!! :)

*Will wake up and watch cartoons with Taly boy!!

yeah that's a really shortened version. But hey, those are what I can think of now. 

Christmas is NEXT WEEK!!! WOOHOOO!!!!
By the way.. Y'all should watch BYU Divine Comedy's videos... They rock!!

You'll Always Be My Best Friends

I love holidays. The biggest reason? I get to spend time with my family. My family includes; Mom, Dad, Spencer, Ashley, Jacque, Tyler, Carissa, and now Curtis and Talon. Let's start out with an introduction of everyone.

Mom- Probably the craftiest person I know. Some awesome memories are coming home from school and her having cookies/brownies for us to eat. My favorite thing is when she and Rissa get into an argument.. It can be pretty funny. 

Dad-Oh Dad... He's gone a lot with work and church stuff.. but when he's home, he's a party animal. Okay, not all the time. But I can remember times when he'd be making breakfast and would just randomly burst into song and dance. Yup, that's my Dad :D

Spencer- Big brother. Always has the coolest toys. When he moved it made me so sad because I never got the chance to go on a food run for him.. and I miss him.  My favorite memories are; playing Xbox with him, him trying to get us to do dishes for him for money ( I never wanted to...), and he always gave us his leftover fries and chicken nuggets. 

Ashley-The eat-and-run sister. Okay not really, but we like to tease her about that. She is also crafty. ( We are a crafty family..) I loved playing in her dance dresses!! (Okay, I still do...) And she has the cutest little boy ever!!

Jacque- My twin. Seriously, I look like her and sound like her. It was cool at first, but now it's gotten to the point where I'm like "People.. I am Michaela" haha jk it's really not bad, but answering the phone is a pain. We share a lot of stories :)

Tyler-Hmm... Annoying? Haha. He got better after being gone two years. Those two years were reallllly long. Don't worry, I still have one more year before the my other "brother" Tyler comes home. His friend acts like he lives here... Yeah not all that fun ;)

Carissa- Rissa Roo!! We are pretty tight. Maybe it's the fact that we are only 18 months apart? But we look like we are from completely different families. Since we both don't have any friends we play together a lot. (Just kidding, we both have friends, most of which are the same)

Curtis and Talon- Coolest Brother-in-law! Took me and Rissa for a ride in his Jeep one time, probably the coolest thing EVER! Talon is the cutest little nephew! He is getting SO big!! Taking care of him over the summer was awesome and now that I don't get to see him everyday, it makes me a little sad. 

Well that's my family in a nutshell. Since Spencer and Ashley are gone, it just doesn't seem the same. That's why I like holidays, cause then it can be just a little like the good ol' days. We may seem quiet to some people.. but when we get together it can get pretty loud. We have had some awesome times, from Capri-Sun wars, to awesome camping trips, to Apples to Apples games where everyone has that one card, and just chilling in our backyard like white trash. 

The Best Things

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love being with my family and eating delicious food. So here is a portion of what I'm thankful for this year!

*My Family (They are so awesome and we have some awesome times together, at a later time I will write a post to do them better justice..)

*The Pets (Princess makes me happy all the time, Gucci makes me laugh with her weirdness... and Jynx, he makes me smile because of the fear he instils in people)

*Friends- I tell them my life stories, and they respond with awesome advice. 

*Marin, McKay, and Kelsey-I feel so special because of them. They give me rides to and from school. They also take me home for lunch. These people are the coolest kids on the block.

*Cross Country-I learned a lot and met a lot of awesome people, who I hope to be like in the near future. In conjunction with this, I'm thankful for my Coaches, they have taught me SO much!

*The ability I have to participate in sports-No matter how aggressive I am when I play them

*The opportunity to attend school and get an education-I'm serious. Knowledge is so very important, especially in this day and age..

*My Craftiness- Sometimes I take this for granted, but I'm trying hard to work on this more. 

*Music-I listen to a LOT of music!!

*Quotes- Even though my mom hates it when I am constantly quoting things, it makes life oh-so much more enjoyable!!

*Jeopardy-DON'T LAUGH!! I love this show :) It makes me smarter...

*Late Start-Sleep.. Oh Sleep...

*Sweats.. They are so comfy

*Religion-Church is awesome, and it gives me peace in hard times and good times :)

*Health-I have been pretty healthy this year..

Well hope this got you thinking about what YOU are thankful for! :) Have an awesome time this Holiday Weekend!! 

-P.S. If you are in the Davis County (Which most of you I assume are.. there is a blizzard watch.. so keep an eye out for that... )

Dance Like It's the Last Night of Your Life

I, Michaela Uresk, went on my first date!!!! Let us all pause.. and revel in this sweet, sweet moment. My first date was the day activity for the Halloween dance. We ( Myself and my date, Ryan ) and the rest of our group, had a paint fight. An EPIC paint fight, down at Nichols hollow. If you don't believe me.. Drive down there, and look at the sidewalk. I think the paint is still there. Any who, this date was awesome. I had paint all over me. (It didn't come off until days later.) Then we watched Hocus Pocus. ( I made myself sit through it..) 

The Next Day.......

I got all Indianish ( the dress was legit ) So I picked up Ryan ( I met his parents, and they took a few pictures of us... I hate pictures.. I can never seem to smile at the right time..) Then we went and had MORE pictures taken.. Im super duper excited to see these, you don't even know.. Then we went to the dance, and "danced like it WAS the last night of our life". The fire alarm went off, so we ended up going outside... in the cold. Then the night was over. And yeah, it was fun!!

Some of the costumes that I saw, and LOVED

-Ash Ketchum and Misty

-Hercules and Meg

-Thing 1 and Thing 2 (Complete with footie pajamas!!

-Zorro and Catherine Zeta Jones( I cant remember the character name.. )

-Pocahontas and John Smith (Oh yeah, that was me :D )

Hope you enjoyed this post.. 

By the way... I'm running a 24 hour run today.. And I'm pretty excited. All nighter baby!! (okay, I will sleep some, but mostly party!! YAY

Why Must Things Change?

Us before the race.. Don't we look happy? (Me, i think i look weird.. but I had to put a picture of Jaden and I up. She just makes me so happy!! :D

The start. Where everyone runs like crazy... Yeah it's a scary moment in my life..

Myself running... You can't see her, but Kayla is right next to me. Why is she graduating!!?? Who am I going to run with next year!? I cried when she talked at the region dinner... it made me sad..

 Some of the times that we ran by Talley, instead of saying "Go Kayla, Go Michaela" He would instead say "Go Kayla's" which totally worked for me. Any words of cheer make me happy!

Final Stretch Baby!! This part is always sooo hard for me. It's hard to dig deep and run faster. My time for a 3 mile improved, and I'm super happy!! I took 20th, and ran 22.20 :) Davis dominated at that race!! We prepared by working so hard, and that hard work showed!!

Livin' On A Prayer

Halfway there!! To where, I have no idea, but I'm halfway there!! ( Few will get this.. fewer will laugh at it...) So this week.. its been interesting... A lot of deep thought has been going on in my mind. Stuff that is less important, and stuff that is important. Today I had to bike instead of run, and that was different. I just sat there, and moved my legs. I did a lot of thinking, and the occasional giggle at the man who was insanely working out.... The reason I had to bike... Picture THIS.....

It looked worse while I was actually running... So at Syracuse. In the rain. In the cold. In the wind. I fell. I honestly dont remember it. I just remember getting up, having my teammates encouraging me, and running. The pain wasnt all there.. I looked down a few minutes later, and guess what!? My leg was covered in blood. Yeah it was intense. Quite the battle wound. I think I ran harder than normal, because i wanted to stop. When I touched that track, I sped up a little. (also, it turned into gold ) I was behind some chick, and Brad yelled at me to "Pass her and dont look back" Usually i think what Brad says is right, but that i cant achieve it. Today, I listened and acted. I passed her and sped up, and didnt slow down for that last 450 meters. It was the best feeling ever, cause I felt like I was flying down that track! When I got inside the school afterward, the pain hit me. I became so emotional, that I'm embarrassed to think of it now. I was crying hysterically. I walked down the hall, right by the boys team, and just let it all out. I cried. So. Much. Usually I want to be alone, and I was, for a second, until my friend came up to me. He gave me one of those hugs, and said "its ok, you did great. lets get you some help. you did great!" It's people like that, that make these situations okay. 
"You can't choose the ways in which you'll be tested." -Robert J. Sawyer

Kick It Into Gear When I See That Face

No, this title has no significant meaning. It's just a line from a song that keeps me going when I'm running super duper hard intervals or running that 3 mile race. XC has become a HUGE part of me. A part that I dont know where I would be without it. ( I know I would miss all those cute guys with no shirt on, but thats not the only reason I go.) In the paper Coach Talley handed out it said "Don't join xc if you have a crush on someone on the team, actually, thats not a bad idea, but just dont keep it as your motivation." Yeah, I cracked up at this, quite loudly, in the team meeting, where hardly anyone else laughed as loud as I.... Mainly cause I'm boy crazy, so this would be an accepted reason. But alas, I joined for other reasons. I love how instead of a bunch of people trying to do just their best, they are all about being there for eachother. I also love the random fun things we do. Like a photo scavenger hunt, that was pretty much the highlight of my day. And I guess I love running...( haha just kidding, I know I do! ) So here's what I have to look forward to this fine week:
Tuesday; Driving with the instructor and some kid...( YAY!! so close to that license! ) oh does anyone want to go running with me?????
Wednesday; Syracuse Meet! Boo-YAH! party on the bus with my buddies :)
Thursday; Running as a Dart of Davis, and then Lacrosse Clinic where I shall see my team! ( Nekel... we should wear our lax socks.. and we should get Erin to laugh, ALOT! )
Friday; Running as a Dart, then Lacrosse Clinic Again!!
Saturday; Running at Layton Park :) then pretty much sit around and do nothing at my home. Yes, please feel free to be jealous.
Sorry this was so long, ( actually I'm not, you chose to read this, I didnt force you.. okay maybe you with the eyes... ) I just had so much to say!!! Also sorry there arent any pictures, I usually like visual aids.. maybe next time??

The Beginning....

So I've always been a journal writer. But sometimes, theres things I write in my journal, that I want people to see, but yet I dont want to post it on Facebook. So I have joined my friends and family in blogging. Most of you reading this already know me, but just to remind you about me, this will be a Getting to Know Michaela post. Its just a few(really a few) things. I'll wait while you go get your popcorn, but hurry it up!!

Honey Mustard!! Yes, that is my favorite!! LOVE IT! It was a gift from Ashley, and you can't see it, but she already put my name on it, so no one else can have it!! Next to it is one of my favorite movies; Star Trek! Also a gift from Ashley(love her!!) It has Spock in it(sidenote, that word was in my phone, i didnt have to add it! SCORE!) Next to Spock is my Transformers game!! A gift from Spencer. You can already tell I'm a nerd... I shall be playing this game in the coming week!

This is random.. but so funny!! I'm "native american" so therefore, this is my "bible" if you will.

Yay Red Sox!!! I heart them.. oh so much!!

So thats just a few things about me... I hope you all enjoyed it, please exit this web browser with safety and enjoy the rest of your day!! :D