The Importance of Being Lauren

The other day at work I was feeling particularly unattractive. I had eaten a sausage biscuit, I had not exercised that morning, and I had a giant pimple in the middle of my forehead. I hibernated in back drive-thru the whole day because I didn't want anyone to see me.  Anyway, I was getting ready for the end of my shift by stocking. Which meant I had to go up front. As soon as I rounded the corner I found myself face-to-face with the most attractive ginger man I have ever seen. (Similar to the picture below) I quickly tried to get out of sight by running to the front drive-thru window. I must have been totally red from blushing because the girl said very loudly, "Lauren are you crying? Why are you so red? Are you okay?" Because she was being so loud the guy looked over at me and started staring. I was mortified, and tried to leave as quickly as possible. As I made my way to the back, three people stopped me and asked why my face was so red, and that made me get even...

Oh my goodness, life is so busy. I am so grateful to almost be done with my associates degree!! I am also so ready to be done, for real. This whole college thing is getting pretty old. (hahaha.) My major is in Nursing. I am super excited to start my classes at a university to get my degree! I feel at peace with this decision right now, I feel like it will be a good career no matter where my life takes me. I am starting the application process to go on a mission!! It has been a long road in coming to my decision to serve a mission. I went through many trials, and moments where I felt like I would never be spiritual enough to go. I have been attending two institute classes in order to prepare myself spiritually for my mission. I know that wherever the Lord calls me to serve will be exactly where I need to be, so I am not hoping to go anywhere in particular. I am just so excited to have the opportunity to serve. I was talking to my dad today when out of the blue he asked me, "Lau...

My uniform at work is a button-down white polo shirt. Because of the white color I always make sure to wear an undershirt, so I don't accidentally flash the customers. (as some of my coworkers are wont to do). Anyway, so today my assigned position was back window order taker and cashier. People were super nice today and everything was running very smooth throughout the whole restaurant. Then around 10:00 am, this kind of cute guy drives up. He was super friendly and flirty. I checked my face to make sure there wasn't something on it, because I thought he was making fun of me or something... I finished counting back his change, and he waits a few minutes before pulling up to the next window. During that time he just sits there staring. I finally duck down to clean something, wondering what the crap he was staring at. Ten minutes after the incident, the store manager walks to the back drive-thru. I tell her what happened with the cute boy, and asked if something looked ...

This past weekend was pretty eventful. First I attended a wedding! It was so beautiful! I also got to meet some of my family members from Indiana. Which included the Mayor of Elkhart, Indiana! How cool is that?  (The bride and groom, after exchanging vows) ( This is my great-grandmother! I absolutely adore her!

As many of you know, I have been working at McDonald's for almost two years now. Through these couple of years I have had several interesting experiences. I have also become a different (and hopefully better) person in that time. Today, I am going to write about three lessons that I have learned so far in my life as an employed almost adult. Lesson: 1) I seriously cannot stand people. I am just a mere McDonald's employee. I do not make the prices, I cannot give you free food, and I most definitely will not use my hard earned money to pay for your order because you don't want to put $2.00 on your debit card. Oh, and yelling and cussing me out for not giving you "fresh" enough food is not going to solve anything. Nor is it going to make either one of our lives any better. Lesson: 2) Never ever flirt with a fast food employee. It will be super awkward, especially if you come in for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.... You are obviously hard up for a date, maybe ...

A couple months ago I was in the library at school. It was around finals, so I was dedicating myself to writing one of my research papers. I had been focused on the computer screen for at least three hours, when my mind began to wander (which is actually a long time for me, because I am easily distracted). As I looked around the library in boredom, my eyes fixed on the most gorgeous boy I have ever seen. My goodness, this boy was at least 6'2, with dark hair, blue eyes, and he was laughing so I could see that he had very white teeth. (Yes, I am still obsessed with teeth) I am ashamed to say that I had been gawking at him for at least two minutes, I may have even started drooling a little. Suddenly, he looks up and he starts staring back at me, then I was like, "oh crap", and proceeded to do the following: It was seriously one of the most awkward moments of my life. I pretended to be looking for someone, then checked my phone to pretend like I was waiting ...

Today in Seminary there were three people who either gave or got things from their significant others. A couple of the girls in my class were bemoaning the fact that they are single and alone on Valentine's Day. One of the girls even went so far as to dress in all black and act depressed, throughout the whole Seminary lesson. I am going to be honest here... There are only two girls in our senior class who are in relationships. I like the majority of the girls in my class am single right now. Mostly, it is because I am filling my time with other things (like blogging), school, work, and preparing to serve a mission...Okay all those things, and I don't really get asked to go on dates... But I will save venting on that for another day. Ha! Okay, so there is one couple in my Senior Seminary class, and they are adorable. I think it is super cute that they are happy together. For instance, today she bought him a nerf gun, and he brought her handmade valentines and flowers. I will...

I got accepted to my dream school! Holla! This gif, explains my reaction perfectly! It was an amazing day! I had just gotten off of work, and I was in a bad mood. I grumpily walked into the house and there was my beautiful manila envelope that read "To: Lauren Cord--- From Sam Houston State University". I had already received an email from them informing me about being accepted. However, getting an actual physical notification was beautiful. After seeing the envelope I proceeded to run through the house, singing, dancing, and saying, "I got accepted, I got accepted, I got accepted. They want me. They really want me." I am just grateful that no one from my family slapped me, and they allowed me to celebrate for at least five minutes! Today is the first day I've posted since Thanksgiving....So I am planning on posting a couple posts to catch y'all up on my life! You know, if you care and stuff...