Switzerland

Oh, this path. 

the little things that happen. they prove that we are headed where we are supposed to OR that we should re-evaluate. 

Some sayings that cross my mind with every step I take:

Long Strides

Good Job!

hoor-ah sista'

you can happy cry now.

high five me bro.

way to listen! 

you, my friend, are a peach.

Trippin' and Fallin'

Give it one more try

NEGATIVE Johnson.

WRONG WAY

back to square one giiirl.

Why the heck did you do that?

WOA... final answer?

EVERYTIME

read your Patriarchal blessing

get on your knees.

Say a prayer.

Thank your Heavenly Father!

I see my path, 

but I don’t know where it leads.

Not knowing where I’m going 

is what inspires me to travel it.

Rosalia de Castro

Okay, well I do know where I'm going in the long run.BUT I have no CLUE as to which paths i need to travel between point a and b.  

okay okay soooo... wanna know about this whole Switzerland business? 

PART OF MY PATH GOES INTO SWITZERLAND.

:) :) :)  

Can you believe it??? holy smack. I can hardly believe it myself! Story tiiiiiime!! :)

Sooooo.....at the beginning of this semester there was an ART majors meeting. I somehow managed to remember that it was taking place ANNNND went. I knew no one... no one knew me. Im chillen at the frontish area of the auditorium and the staff began.Professors were introduced, program announcements were made. Study abroad trips were talked about... okay so at the end of all this business I was only paying partial attention to the study abroad trips (because as always I was thinkin...AINT NOBODY GOT MONIES FO' DAT.)I wished I could go somewhere and experience CRAZY COOL CULTURE... but no need for hopes to be dashed, right?Im in COLLEGE for crying out loud. wallet stealing, cash dash, broken piggy bank college.at the end of the 3 presenting professors shpeels about there beloved trips this feeling smothered me. Now this feeling isnt just any old thing. I had re-experienced it to full strength after an absence of months and I know what it is now with out a doubt. The spirit was nudging me... okay more like giving me a gigantic hug! So I get this impression...that study abroad is for me. WOA WOA WOA. wait!! what?! I wanted to raise my hand, wave it around and say "umm... can y'all restate everything youve been saying for the last 20 minutes?" so I missed out on the info... but BOY was I excited!!! Where was i going to go... what was it going to cost... who was i supposed to meet, WHO is supposed to meet ME? This study abroad has also become a way that I can graduate at the end of Fall 2014. The next year or so of my life has been planned accordingly. 

 Today I officially paid $250 to apply to the Switzerland Design Thinking Study Abroad.

   

Okay so... in all honesty,I barely tripped through this semester.Like BARELY. At the beginning of this school year I had a plan, I had chosen a path... well the path I chose was exactly what I needed short term!! The long term portion was not what Heavenly Father needed me to be doing. I have seen my life fall into place once again and I can't be more excited. A Job (USU bookstore YEEEEAH), all the classes I needed, and a summer study abroad?! Im SO lucky to have had super great friends and roommates! My ward here is super great!! more than that I am so BLESSED to have had my brother and sis.-in-law so close. woa guys. just woa. 

Love life! Love Choice.

You Can Happy Cry Now.

J-a-capitolN-e-s-s-a

 My name is JaNessa

don't wear it out

go to the store

                            and they're all sold out                             

I believe that some introductions are in order!

My name is JaNessa. the N is  most definitely capitalized!

Parachute radio is my favorite pandora station by faaaar. My other stations are Sara Bareilles, Fleet Foxes, Imagine Dragons, He is We, and Jenny Phillps.

On a productive day I am an artist and creator. On a not so productive day I am a  professional daydreamer. If anyone is looking to hire go ahead and let me know ;)

I love bright colors, the more colors you can cram into an outfit the BETTER. I own my very own pair of the PINKEST of tights which go great with my pinkalicious clippon earrings.

I don't buy full price. Vintage stores and consignment shops are my best friends. There is this store in Salt lake called Decades. It is an absolute dreeeeeam. The smell of moth balls and.. .well OLD. the smell of old has some great memories!

I believe in bucket lists and 11:11 wishes (ya gotta kiss the clock!)The two are VERY different though. I mean come'on people! We voice our bucket list but NEVER our wishes. those aren't for the ears of everybody and their DAWG. Magic is magic people and we don't mess around :)

I love people and their smiles, I also love helping people be happy. I believe there is a lot of power in just having someone remember your name so I try REAL hard to remember. (I love it when people know MY name :))

I believe that life has a ginormous supply of Lemons. Boy o' boy, everyone enjoys a good lemon every now and again!(note: this is coming from the girl drank straight lemon juice as a child...mmMmm!)to counterbalance all that sour Heavenly Father has an ENDLESS supply of ETERNAL sugar. So we're making a lemo'n de suga' facial scrub. WE have pores to clean!... I have pores to clean!! Just sugar doesn't do us any good and just the lemon is TOO harsh for our sensitive spirits to handle!! we need them both to become clean and Celestial. The good and the bad. sometimes we get a whole lotta lemon at once, we start to beg for the sugar so we can rinse and be done with the cleansing process. We are brought back to our knees and rely more on Heavenly Father and his Angels. 

Woa. well that's a huge part of my testimony in a nut shell.

well I now know more about myself... as do you.

The Hunt

Describe your best self in 3 words. WHAT? Thats not enough... no thats too many! NO. my mind went blank. I wanted to pull a Braedon "awesome....Awesome... annnnnd AWESOME. duh, thanks for clarifying!" 
no... I need this job! do i remember which words i ended up saying? sure don't ;)

I had a job interview today. For the USU bookstore... come ooon people! lets say some prayers for your favorite JaNessa with a capitol N!