Nothing really
oh hey whats up!
ADAM!!!
HEEEYYYY!!!
I'm so glad to talk with you again!!!!!
Hahaha what has been going on?
Well, I had a dentist appointment earlier today, and then I went to walmart with my mom. I've been cleaning ever since
oh?
oh for what part> ?
what is all the cleaning for?
We have a realtor coming to look at our house tomorrow so we have A LOT to do
Oh wow are you moving?!
My family is moving to NY, I will be moving to provo this fall
oh yeah why new york
My dad got a job there
where do you live right now again?
That's fair to ask, and since I've already probably broken a rule by giving you my email, why not one more lol I'm from New Mexico
oh it is ok to tell me where you are from just no addresses
ohhhhhh makes sense
and no last names thats at least what they said specifically and that wasn't your email technically it is just a random made up on one
that is true. I literally made it up just for this
What is the craziest thing you have ever done in your life?
I'm not a really crazy person tbh, but I'd have to say mummifying a chicken
What? Seriously?? how?
It was in 6th grade for social studies lol We used a cornish hen and A LOT of table salt It was quite disgusting honestly
yeah that isn't quite what I would want to see on the dinner table
You aren't the only one
haha I had to drive back to provo this morning and i ate a bunch of sugar for breakfast I was shooting down I-15 when i crashed really hard it was really bad I know know terrible joke but true story :)
Well, I hope you're okay, because let me tell you. That sentence could have been read one of two ways Okay, I figured you were joking, but thought I
I had to turn the air conditioning all the way down to 60 degrees to stay awake
Holy cow!!! That's pretty cold! sometimes! Although, I keep the air conditioning in our house around 70
oh that is the best temperature I knew some people in my mission that did 82
That's like so hot!!! What the heck? I sweat when it's less than that!
I also knew some people who did 56 and I can't quite do that either
That would be like an icebox!!! What the heck???
I could probably get used to it if i lived their 24/7 but the moment i walked in I would nearly freeze to death! The guy managed to get a full weight lifting set in his apartment and he would lift every morning that was one big missionary!
I would probably be found always wearing a jacket tbh. And weight lifting too? Although, if you are working out, cold is nice
yeah
Dang. I'll be right back! I have to go eat!!! So don't go anywhere!!!! You still have stories to tell me!!!
Oh yeah i forgot about that seee ya in a bit!
Okay, I'm back!!!
oh hey sorry how was dinner?
It was great! We had chicken and rice and carrots!!!
that doesnt really sound that appetizing when i envision it ok i tried again and it looked better this time i just ate dinner so I am full
Well, it did look appetizing, so the second envisioning was probably more accurate! And what did you have for dinner?
I had chicken, rice, and macaroni salad! And it came with some lettuce stuff
ooooohhhhhh! that sounds soooo good!!!!!! what kind of lettuce stuff though? because some lettuce stuff isn't all that good
i really dont know actually have you ever been to the aloha plate?
No, I do not believe I have. Why?
that is where i got it they have one on campus and they have some of the best food!
I've never even heard of it, should I try it when I get to BYU?
oh definitely! they are awesome! I have a couple friends that work there too!
Yeah? I might need you to show me where it is though, because I've only ever been on campus like once for EFY years ago
oh really? It is huge. The first semester is rough because you feel like you are lost every second of the day but it is so exhilarating i love college life
Yeah, I might need help getting around tbh. Or just someone to motivate me to get up and go to classes lol
hahaha yeah i know that feeling
it is a weird feeling
Do you think you will get that ipad? I was going to tell you a story yesterday but i forgot what it was
For the iPad, I would like to, but I doubt that I will And I think it had something to do with bedbugs
but you are close arent you? Oh yeah
But I would loveeee to hear any stories
oh yeah... hahaha
I mean, sure, but I doubt I'll be able to get into the lead, and stay there lol
So I served in omaha nebraska Up in the north with the young single adult ward and my companion was not a fan of bed bugs he had an appartment that got infected with them once so he found a dead one in his bed once and he freaked out! we spent the whole day turning over our mattresses and checking the entire apartment we were calling back and forth with the office to make sure there wasnt an infestation
Oh my gosh!!!!!!!!
and it was honestly so crazy! Once you get a bed bug infestation they practically never go away and the travel on you every where you go so in a matter of months the whole mission can get infected with them. They follow your breath trail and feast on your blood in the middle of the night in clumps on your skin it is disgusting
Wow. So, was there an infestation?
luckily we didnt have them in the end but i learned a lot about them that day and I am honestly a little paranoid now if i see one
Wow. I probably would be too Also, I used to have a great aunt who lived in omaha she now lives in hawaii, but that's besides the  point
yeah i walked down the most deadly street corner in omaha it was sketchy maybe a story for another time. You have any cool life stories?
first, yes story for another time, because I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT!!! And second, I have a few, but they aren't that crazy
well i already heard the one about the mummified chicken!
Like I was in a car accident when I was in 5th grade, and the people who saw our car were shocked no one had died
You are lucky that those things stay dead oh wow
And I was at the point of impact on a street with a 55 mph speed limit But, no one even got any broken bones! My back hurts because of it, but I can live with that Another time I was doing family names at a temple (during EFY last year) and one of the names was Mary Anne one of the temple workers names was also Mary Anne, and I can just remember her giving me a huge hug and saying thank you Those are my two stories.
Oh wow that is an amazing experience! Not the crash hahaha sorry I got in a crash like that as a kid and my mom came really close to dying how old were you when you crashed?
Oh my gosh! She's okay now though right???? I was like 10 at the time I believe.
yeah thank goodness she has had a rough time recently she found out she had cancer and she made a full recovery before it spread at all luckily
Dang! I am sooo glad she's okay though! And oh my goodness! She has a lot of angels watching over her
she is obviously still meant to be our mom, i am glad that the man upstairs agrees with me! yeah no kidding!
Man. She sounds so incredible!!!!
hey shes my mom, I wouldn't expect any less :) Our crash was kind of bad it was on the highway going who knows how fast (i was really young at the time so all i can do is retell the story) and my mom was making my dad a sandwich and he looked over to see what she was putting on it this is terrible and one wheel came off the road and into a ditch and when he tried to get back on the road both of the wheels blew out and the car took off into the mountain side rolling like 4 times and it threw my mom out the window since the window was open and she didnt have her seatbelt on at the time the car stopped one turn away from crushing her
oh my gosh I don't even know what to say, I'm slightly horrified, but also so extremely grateful Horrified that it happened, but so dang grateful you guys are alive You had to be so lucky, and you just kind of had to know the Lord needed you guys still to do His work Sorry, I'm still kind of in shock, and I wasn't even there
yeah maybe he still needed her she has been a really big figure in my life so i can see why she has always pushed me hard my dad is a lot more lax, but she was so happy for me when she found out I made it through the application process for byu Honestly I love the place
He still needed you too, first of all, and secondly I would be ecstatic too!!!! My parents were really happy when I told them What's your favorite part of BYU?
I love the challenge but maybe that isn't the best part the best part is that i get to be around people who love a challenge too, I feel like I have made lots of really good friends hopefully most of them will be friends for a good portion of my life
They probably will!
What are you most excited about?
I'm just hoping I will be able to make friends, because sometimes I can be really shy, but that's not the answer to your question I am really looking forward to meeting new people, getting new experiences, learning more, and getting closer to my future I just love BYU. It has literally been my life long dream to attend
wow you must be dedicated
haha, not really Well, dedicated to wanting stuff sure, but sometimes the process of getting those, not so much
Well you are passionate about the things you love I can tell that much! i am sure you will make lots of friends!
I have just heard so much about BYU from my parents, because it is where they met, and I just always  wanted what they had kind of And I don't know. Sometimes I am a bit of a people pleaser, and don't really show who I really am So, I'm kind of worried I can also be kind of intense sometimes
really, how?
So, for one thing, when playing sports I get really competitive (I've accidentally scarred my friends playing church ball...) I also think I talk too much about myself (as can probably be seen) I get really heated about certain topics But i also try really hard to get people to like me, but it doesn't always work. sometimes I'm the third wheel friend, ya know?
yeah that happens You seem like you are intense but you cant judge a person by their chitchat so i guess you never know
Ha ha, hopefully not too intense. Or too clingy... That's another thing i think i might be
also talking about yourself is a good thing if it helps you make friends with people i think. If you don't talk about yourself it is hard to make friends.
That's true
what is your favorite board game to play with your friends?
Well, I don't actually play that many board games with them, we normally do something like watch psych or do homework together lol But I do love farkle, wits and wagers, taboo, Phase 10 or phases whatever that is called.
oh phase ten is fun! I am not a master but i sure try hard
I was literally losing last time I played, but then suddenly I won... The game is soooo much fun!!!1 And, that's how you start. Someone who tries.
have you finished that series yet by the way?
which one?
oh psyche
YESSS!!!!!! Multiple times actually!!!! I love it sooooo much!!!!!1
wait how many times hahaha
Probably more than 5 times I am certain. I have been watching that show for years. Not continually, but since before it was taken off netflix
oh wow my brother and I used to watch it all the time before my mission Have you seen white collar ?
I have seen a few episodes, but I wasn't as into that as I was into psych. Or bones. or the finder
i havent seen those other two netflix is such a good deal my family all shares one account. I haven't watched much on it since I got back but i was watching this one called limitless that was kind of cool
It totally is!!!! They have the finder on netflix, and it's really good, well, i liked it. and limitless was pretty cool too! Also, taken the series is soooo good!!!!! But bones, it's basically and fbi guy and a forensic anthropologist teaming up to find murderers
i will have to watch it this summer or part of it haha if it is a long one
I don't know if bones is still on netflix, but I did watch all 11 or 12 seasons Taken only has one season on netflix and so does the finder
oh thats short
Yeah, but they are sooooooo goooooooddddddd. I really did like them
but 12 seasons is insane! The last show I watched that was close to that long was lost
Really?
yeah
Most shows that long I lose interest in after like 2 seasons Or if I have to wait for the next season. then it just isn't as appealing
yeah i watched it all after it came out and i was hooked. honestly the show is kind of scary though.
Yeah? I don't think I've seen it. Is it on netflix still?
thats a good questions no it isnt! I am absolutely offended! It is online somewhere for free though I am pretty sure Thats how I watched it originally i think have you ever seen avatar the last airbender of the legend of korra?
Yes for avatar the last airbender, but no for legend of korra But, tv show is for sure better than movie
yeah waaaayyy better I absolutely cannot stand the movie
I didn't even want to see it tbh
And they stole the thunder with the blue alien version of avatar i think they even changed the name of the tv show and made it really long when the blue alien avatar movie came out
That movie was so funny though. i loved it.  But yeah, it gets confusing when you just say avatar
yeah What super power would you choose if you had one that you could have for the rest of your life?
Potentially the ability to refill anything Like bank account or a drink or energy or cushion fluffiness, idk
wow that could come in really handy
Yeah. I'd sometimes appreciate it lol. Especially now, when i'm gonna have to start paying for college.... ughhhh What would your super power be?
I would probably go for telekinesis. or any one that starts with a t time control, telepathy, teleportation you name it
tomato ripener?
i actually would really like them all you would be surprised
teddy bear controller?
that one comes in handy when i am visiting my grandmothers house definitely
Yeah, it probably would table lifter?
could you imagine how many people would be freaked out by a zombie teddy bear that comes to life every night? Oh i can already do that
I would definitely be freaked out, especially since I have one that's like 4 feet tall And that means you're already part way to the other t powers tamberine player?
triangle player now that stuff is legit
Trombone player? and yes it is
wow i forgot about all these t instruments
trumpet too
wait do you read books a lot?
Yeah!!!!!!!! Probably more than I should!!!!!! I lovvveee reading!!
hahaha you and i should really be friends what genre do you like best?
*gasp* I thought we already were friends! We'll just have to start meeting up sometime and discuss books in more depth And I love fiction Adventure, romance, fantasy, some sci-fi, historical fiction I read a lot of different genres
wait do you live in provo?
not yet, but I will be coming to provo in a few months :( ugh. it's so long away
bad timing,
that's for sure
i will be leaving provo after spring semester i think (thats currently the plan) but i still have a contract for my apartment so i think i could still come back and visit any time i like
Yeah? are you on spring winter track? or summer? Because I actually want to meet you someday
oh there isnt a track
Unlike BYUI
yeah that was my second choice thank goodness my first choice thought i was worth letting in
Me too. If I didn't get into BYU, BYUI would have got me. And same. I am sooo thankful I didn't think I'd get in... Don't have the greatest gpa
I actually didnt get accepted the first time
WHAT?????
I know they didn't know what they were missing! But it must have been meant to happen!
Yeah? What makes you say that?
because i felt strongly that i should try again on my mission when i was deciding which college to go to and i got let in
Wow
i am doing really well here 100s of times better than i did in highschool
The Lord works in mysterious ways apparently, and congrats! I'm proud of you. lol
yeah, thanks! you should be proud of yourself too! You made it your first time! I think that means you must be a genius hahaha
I had a good ACT score. My gpa is like a 3.5 max right now...  maybe not even that Or they like my weird essays lol
yeah mine was lower like 3.16 but i slammed the act
Well, at least it had a 3 to start! What did you get?
31
DANGGGGGG
but i learned pretty quick that that is like average here freaks me out a bit
My dad got a 32 the first time he took it. Never took it again
woah. Yeah I only took it once. I figured i must have gotten lucky or something so i didnt try again
I got a 31 the first time I took it. But I wanted to beat my dad's score so I took it again lol That was smart.
did you beat him?
Barely
nice a 33?
Yeah
you are a genius hahaha
Or just had a lucky test. I didn't know a lot of what they asked, and I use commas more than i should... I thought I was gonna fail though. I also had to guess on a lot
well I dont know many people in high school who got as high as I did on the act not even my best friend who was valedictorian
DANG! Man. That's what this shows you Some people are good at school others at tests and some just get lucky sometimes
i am good at tests especially multiple choice but math and science are just subjects i do well in
I'm pretty good at math, and guessing. I once guessed the answers to one of my friends quizzes. I got them all right before she even solved them
wow that is good what was it on?
math I think I didn't even read the questions though I just went a b d c for the entire quiz
oh nice I really like biology a lot so my roommate cracked out a plant science quiz and i remembered way back to the time i was in ap biology and got a b on his take home quiz i got one wrong about stomata but remember what they are now i just had forgotten
Wow. Do you want to help me when I take bio??? I'd really appreciate it :))))
yeah of course!
YESS Thank youuuuu
I would be a bit rusty but i would enjoy it
Biology just isn't my best subject. Chemistry, and geology on the other hand Those were easier
chemistry was fun
It really is !
did your teacher let you make ice cream in class?
No!!! WHo does that??? I'll take chem again to do that!!!
oh my teachers were like hey, lets make ice cream to demonstrate how salt changes the heat of water
ughhh I wishhhhh
it was awesome and we did it every year with each teacher
Oh my gosh!!! I am jealoussss
which was a welcome surprise even though biology isnt really about latent heat and what not haha
ugh. that sounds so amazingggg
have you ever made your own ice cream?
I haven't, but my mom does sometimes, and it is soooooo goood
home made ice cream is the best! it is not easy though. Home made mall pretzels are really good too like the kind with pepperoni on them I specialize in that
Oohhhh!!!! That sounds sooo good! I kinda want to try it!!!!! And specialize huh? must be pretty talented
i asked a girl out to prom by making the word out of pretzels it was awesome and i am sure they tasted really good Have you seen this guy in first place?
That would have been so cool to see, and they probably did i don't know. Do we know his name at all?
he is insane yeah he is jaelo have you talked to him?
I know!!!! Like what the heck??? He is racking up points like nobody's business!!!! I'm talking to someone named jaezo
oh that ishim
He apparently served his mission at the same time in the same place as my brother, and they *know* each other! weird though...
weird yeah he has been on all day i think he took a lunch break and a dinner break but ever since 8 am he has been on i just got on a couple hours ago
No wonder his score is as high as it is, and rising as quick as it is
yeah he talks a lot
I've been off and on all day, in between everything i've had to do Yeah, he does! anywho...
I am honestly exhausted I am not the best at multitasking either
Yeah? That's fair. multitasking is supposedly impossible, because your brain can't actually focus on more than one thing
yeah hahaha i actually researched that once it is called serial tasking
Really?
but no one can really multitask. so we just switch between tasks in a series of rapid changes
Well hey, ya learn something new every day!
yeah. thats why it is so ineffective, because our brains store information and when we change tasks our brain just kind of dumps a lot of it
Exactly! Our brains really can't remember everything, so if we don't prioritize it in the moment, it might be forgotten
yeah, have you ever wondered how we are even able to remember anything at all?
YES!!!! It doesn't really make sense! Our brain is literally a muscle ORgan sorry But it has all this information And we can hear a voice in our heads when we think
yeah isnt it weird?
Like what is actually going on?????!!?!?!
hahaha this might sound weird but what does your voice sound like? the one in your head i mena mean mine sounds different than my actual voice i think
Oh my gosh I actually don't have the words to describe it I can hear it, but I also don't hear it AHHH WHat is happenoing But maybe the same as my voice, or a little different? maybe higher sometimes?? I think i can sometimes change the way the voice sounds, when I'm imagining someone else saying something
you know the weird thing is that in my head my voice can go up and down like 10 octaves try saying something abnormally low in your head
it sounds so funny
really?
mine doesn't go down really low It just sounds like me trying to make my voice deeper like a fake low voice
i can do a really high one and the really low one is unhumanly low
Really???? Ah man
yeah
I wish i could hear that it sounds like it would be soooo cool
i think i can go all the way to the bottom i mean there is a bottom isnt there? Like 0 hertz or somehting
Yeah! But apparently there is one note so low that if you heard it, it would literally kill you
really what note? i am really curious now
Yeah! The death note lol jk It's a few octaves below the lowest c on the piano
that would be really bad the military could weaponize it and send a virus to everyones phone
It's actually 52 octaves below middle c So really low
then you could make it the ringtone and call people you wanted to kill
probably just vibrates your heart to death and wow that's a decent idea
dont get any ideas now, that would be a horrible way to end your life
well, yeah
but if your heart just stopped i suppose it wouldnt be that bad
I think your heart would pretty much explode Like, when you feel the bass / base of a song and you can feel it in your heart That feeling times like a million
what do you do to keep yourself from falling asleep when you get tired but need to stay awake?
Well, when I'm driving, I blast music that pumps me up I don't really have trouble staying awake though It's falling asleep that is practically impossible for me
really? that is terrible
Yeah. I mean I've gone on less than like 10 hours of sleep a week, sometimes I don't fall asleep at night, but I function easy through the day I'll even play sports after a night of no sleep
i am talking to the guy who is in third right now. I think he is worried you will pass him i feel bad for you i would hate it if i couldnt sleep and felt tired all day
Ha ha ha, I might pass him, but I doubt it lol The thing is, I don't normally feel all that tired I get kind of slap happy, but I guess I've just gotten so used to it that I can't tell the difference Also, he is like 1.5 million points ahead of me
oh well he has been working at that all week you could probably catch him in a couple days and the if you could hold your spot you get an i pad that is like 899
Wow. I've only been on this site for a little over a day and wow
yeah impressive,
I don't think itll last though
yeah. and i think he really wants that ipad.
I'm not the most consistent person when it comes to longer contests or projects. And that's fair. It'd be cool to own one
yeah This is phase two of this contest. I won last time, but this time it is way harder and the stakes are higher if you could go anywhere in the world this summer where would you go and why?
You won?!?!? Congratulations!!!!! And I'd probably go to all the temples I could go to and do baptisms
yeah it was a good feeling i dont usually win these sort of competitions because they get so competitive! that sounds like fun. Are you planning to serve a mission?
I would love to serve a mission!!!!!! It has been a dream of mine for years!!! And if I somehow get married before I can go in a year, well then I'll force my future husband to take me on a couple's mission when we get old
hahaha well couples missions are awesome I knew a couple in my mission field and they are amazing honestly, like i love them they served with me in the young single adult ward
I love missionaries in general What were they like?
one was a catholic convert
I literally hug every sister missionary I see Yeah??? That is sooo cool!!!!!!
(which is really rare by the way) and the other was a less active member when they got married but they are such the cutest couple and they are way spiritual they were honestly the best thing that couldve happened to each other and they are like 60 years old and still both healthy and happy they will probably live to be like 90 i have no doubt
That is sooo cuteee! I wanna be like that in 40 years!!!
hahaha well life expectancies are supposed to be indefinite for millenials i read that somewhere that life expectancy is increasing by like 1.2 years every year and if you do the math.... at that rate people just aren't dying. I am not sure if i completely believe it but technology has definitely made some serious advances it blows me away and i kind of want to be a part of it.
That's true, and it seems like you are a part of it In a way anyway
Yeah what are you planning to major in again?
I'm undecided still. I just want to help people
oh yeah i remember you told me that have you ever gone cliff jumping? i did once and it was AWESOME
I kind of want to! But I'm sometimes scared of heights I have jumped off a telephone pole
woah why would you do that? haha was there a pool underneath?
Nope But I did have a harness on
ohhh
It was terrifying and 30 feet high at least
have you ever gone bungee jumping or skydiving? I hear those are fun.
No, but they do sound like a ton of fun!!!
its a big adrenaline rush. I have only ever done cliff jumping but someday i have to go skydiving i bet it isnt that bad if you have a good instructor
Yeah, and a good reliable parachute
yeah that is what kills people there was a guy from my high school who died jumping from a plane with a faulty parachute
Oh my gosh! That is terrible!!!
I know. I didn't know him well but i had friends who knew him and it was sad he was in the military and he jumped out of the plane and his chute never worked
Oh my goodness!!!! That is quite possibly the worst I've heard on this subject... I don't know what to say to that actually...
yeah it was all over the news so it isn't a usual occurence
I'd hope it wasn't usual
yeah hahaha that would probably break the decision for me to go skydiving haha
uh.. yeah! It probably discourage a lot of people!!!
what is your biggest fear other than heights?
Disappointing people Or bugs
oh that is sad. what bugs specifically? like caterpillars?
mainly spiders or other creepy crawlies
or butterflies? I am guessing those are fine right?
Sometimes
oh spiders are the worst
Butterflies are actually creepy up close!!!
have you ever heard of lauritzen gardens in omaha?
With their legs and their flying into you! No, what is it?
it is a house full of butterflies and they just all land on you it might not be you cup of tea
I think they are gorgeous, but sometimes I may be able to handle it
yeah
It is like when people with trip a phobia, or however you spell it, see little holes
tripaphobia? i cant say i know what that is
look it up, and you may realize you have it
nope no trypophobia but i used to have it i think
my sister has it
i would go swimming in the local pool for swimming lessons and i would freak out over the vents at the bottom of the pool
yeah?
it just really horrified me that stuff drained through those little slits
well, better those than sucking people down the huge drains
well i was worried the water pressure would suck me down against the drain and drown me anyway I had a vivid imagination
Yeah. This was when you were how old again?
hmm *flashback* probably 4th grade i dont remember to be honest but around there did you ever take swimming lessons?
Yeah i did! It was at someone's house, and her dad could sound like donald duck I hated not plugging my nose at the time though
hahaha that sounds like a great memory!
It was fun, I just kept getting water up my nose So is this the one open now?
yeah
Cool! I do hope your headache fades quickly though. I don't want you to be in pain :(
yeah in 30 minutes it should be better well i should probably actually get going it was nice chatting