Bye Bye Brudda :(

Yesterday was a rough day. My brother, JD, and the rest of the 144th Area Support Medical Company, left for their year deployment to Afghanistan. I am scared out of my mind, but I could not be more proud of him and the work he is doing. I feel so honored to be the sister of a U.S. soldier who is fighting for our country and defending our freedom.
Here are a few pictures from the day...

JD and his unit in formation.

The 4 of us.

Me and Brudda

The family. And Aubree.

KSL was there doing a story of the soldiers leaving. Here is the link. If you watch closely, I am on the screen towards the end for about 2 seconds. My claim to fame. :)

ksl.com - 80 Utah soldiers deploy to Afghanistan; family and friends see them off

Yesterday was also the ALL-STAR GIRLS BASKETBALL GAME. Cait rocked it. She had 2 3-point shots, along with the rest of her baskets, countless rebounds, and about 18 blocks. She is such a super star. Apart from the All-Star game, which put the North schools vs. South schools, she also made the Second All-State team, along with another girl from her team. I'm sad her high school basketball is over, but I have track for the rest of this year. And college basketball to look forward to next year! Way to go Cait!

Am I Really Admitting This?

Can I really not get a date by myself? Do I honestly need a website to do it for me? Last week, my friend, Megan, convinced me to join ldssingles.com. So I did. And I still can't believe I did it. This is so out of character for me. And I'm not sure how I feel about it, even now. It is fun to get on and see what kinds of people are on there. But I don't know if I am an internet dating type of person. I'm not judging anyone who is on there...how can I when I am on there myself? I just always had this mind set that these people on sites like this are older, divorced people looking for someone knew. Not for 22 year old, college students like me. But. To my surprise, there are a lot of people like me on there. So I'm just waiting to find my "soul mate" or whatever.

I do have one story. The other day, I have a message from this kid. I look at his profile, and I'm not attracted to him in the least (not to mention the fact that he was shorter than me). The message continues to tell me that I am really pretty and how he thinks we would be perfect for each other (from the 5 lines I had written about myself). I try to respond to everyone who writes me so I don't look like a biotch. I told him I was flattered and was curious what he thought we had in common. For two days, he kept sending me messages and trying to "chat" with me. Last night, when my chat was finally working, he started talking to me. Once again, not wanting to be rude, I respond. The first question he asks me is if I would be his girlfriend. Oh boy. I wasn't quite sure what to say. I told him that it was WAY TOO FAST. Especially since (a) I had never met him, (b) we hadn't had any kind of real conversation, and (c) I wasn't attracted to him (I didn't tell him this part. That would have been mean). He said we could be friends first. Then he starts asking all of these personal questions. Once again, I had to slow him down. Finally, I told him that I just wasn't interested. Bless his soul. I think I broke his spirits. I feel really bad about it, but I couldn't do it anymore. I had the creepiest feeling from him.

So, in 4 days of being on here, I have already had an offer for a boyfriend. Well...it is more than I've gotten in awhile.