Long story short-er

Okay. So it didn't really start witha fried Twinkie, but its an important mile marker in our little developing relationship.

Long story short-er:
I barely survived college and developed severe anxiety along the way. Some people walked around campus with their iPod in--they loved music. I walked around with earplugs in--I hated people. That semester I was taking a health behavioral change class and needed a project. I felt like my spiritual and physical health were pretty good. My mental and emotional health were being taken care of (I got pills for that!), and that left my social health... something that I didn't really care for; however, to gain "balance," I decided that my goal would be: Go out at least once a week with a group of people and have fun. Normal college kids don't need a goal like that. I did.

One evening, while working on a stressful 15 page research paper, I got a phone call. It was a boy in my ward inviting my apartment over for fried Twinkies. I was the only one that went....BUT it wasn't just the fried twinkie I fell for :-)

Introducing: ME

My name is Mandi.
I'm 22 years old. I just graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelors degree in the humanities. I'm the middle of nine kids. I'm the only redhead in my family. I like salt on my apples and pizza. I don't like being pinched, flicked,or poked. I like eating rock salt. I hate wet willies as well as the more formal wet Williams. I like dancing, singing, doodling, and Chinese food. I ate an inchworm at my ninth grade picnic because I thought it would help me make friends. I grew up in Pennsylvania. I don't like wearing pink, but I still do. My grandma is my hero. I love yoga and using my imagination. I sit in an office at a computer for eight hours a day. I like rhubarb and Velveeta macaroni and cheese. I'm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I love opera, mo-town, country, oldies,and hip-hop. I really like Lifetime movies and the Sims. I love studying art. I don't like sad things. I cry at everything, but I hate crying in public. My favorite color is purple. My second favorite color is emerald green and then blue. Oh and I'm getting married in 34 days 16 hours and 5 minutes. But who's counting? :-)

His name is Daniel and he's wonderful.

It seems like stating a blog is part of the process of becoming a married individual (at least in Utah it is), so I thought I'd start early and give everybody an idea of how it it all started... with a fried Twinkie.