Slowing Down For Now.

Hello everyone! You may or may not have noticed... it's been a while since I last posted.  Things have been crazy this summer as college has been quickly approaching. 

My best friend and I have separated to join each others rivalry school. Oooooo! I know.  But! We still always want to keep in touch and keep our friendship alive and updated while we are away.  So!  We came up with an idea to keep each other posted.  We created our own blog.  For now check my updates on that blog until further notice.  I will be writing and updating you on my life from there. We thought our story would make an interesting blog, so watch as we write and let us know you're thoughts.

Check it out by clicking here

Love you very much and thanks for all the love and support!

So long for now,

Cozie

P.S. This was the lastest thing I wrote. Posted on a wonderful website: mpowergen.com. Hope you enjoy one more bit of happiness and joy from my memory bank. :)

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I’ve always known in my life that whatever I end up doing, I want it
to help other people. I’ve always wanted to be able to use my stories
and my life experiences to help others. So starting a blog was a big
deal for me. Displaying my life to the world is serious! Everyone can
see it. Which is exactly why I tell my stories. Being asked to write
for this blog is a great privilege and I am extremely grateful for
this opportunity. In this restricted amount of time and space I have
to spend on this post, I hope you find something that can touch you
and empower you.

Throughout my life so many things have happened to me, both incredible
and terrible. But so far, one specific event truly changed my life
forever, thanks to a girl named Baylee.

Through my skating so many wonderful things happened to me, one of
which was a sponsorship by Global Brands McDonalds. And because of
this came more opportunities. My most memorable event happened when I
was about 12 or 13, when McDonalds asked my sister and me to skate for
the patients at the Ronald McDonald House of Manhattan. They brought
us out to New York and we got to put on an entire Christmas show of
just the two of us. Afterwards, the patients and their families were
allowed on the ice for games and socializing. I remember coming out
as everyone was skating and my eye was immediately drawn to one little
girl: Baylee. She was against the wall with her mom holding her hand
for balance. She was so tiny and appeared so frail with her several
layers of clothing, face mask, and a pink hat covering her bald head.
Something told me I needed to talk to her. So I skated over and
introduced myself.

I later found out from her mom that she had been diagnosed with
Leukemia when she was little and had gone through several bone marrow
transplants. After we skated, and I talked more with Baylee off the
ice, I realized this little eight-year-old girl had so much more to
teach me than I did her. She told me so much about her life, and how
hard things have been, but that she knows it was all part of a greater
plan for her. She had faith that no matter where life took her or how
hard things got, everything was going to be okay. She had more love
and more light than any person I have ever met. From that day on, I
knew that I wanted to find that kind of spirit inside myself.
Since then, Baylee has passed into another world, but her spirit has
always been with me as I strive to find the meaning in my life and
find my own light.

This story has served as a reminder throughout my life since then,
giving me hope in any hard situation. Now I live my life always
putting things in a greater perspective. This has given me so much
purpose and light in my life. I had no idea one person can bring so
much joy and enlightenment in someone’s life, and I know that as much
as I helped Baylee that day, she forever changed me. I live and write
everyday because of her. She’s my little inspiration! I only hope that
I can use my life to affect others, as she did to change me.

“Most folks are happy as they make their minds up to be.”
-Abraham Lincoln

Cosette H.

Summer Is Rolling Along

Daily Gratitude Shout-Out!

Thanks goes to: Exercise! For making it possible to eat more food!! Yum yum yum :)

Summer Is Rolling Along

Summer is rolling along as everything in my life is in a frenzy to sort things out before I leave for school!  There is so much to do, but summer keeps me calm with it's chirping birds and sunny days.  Everyday is a new day to get things done, and my brain is having a good time sorting things out in the sun. (I love accidental rhyming!)

Harry Potter Countdown!!!!

Harry Potter is coming! I'm so excited! I'm seeing it at 12:30 the morning it comes out with my best friend.  My excitement can't contain itself!  Our plans are to celebrate with a Harry Potter evening, which includes: refreshing our minds with the last movie, dressing up like our favorite characters, and baking some of the creative food found in the books!  Plans are looking terribly amazing, and I'll be sure to keep you posted! (ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT!!!)

I Bet My Bottom One Too Many Times...

Daily Gratitude Shout-Out!!!

Thank you California for your beaches and the sand between my toes!!! California makes for a grrrrreat vacation!

I'm All Done!

It came! The end of school and beginning of summer came! Graduation was so crazy for me as I was busy preparing for my speech. I guess I wouldn't be "Me" without keeping myself busy until the last moment of school. Anyhow, the ceremony was amazing and all the speakers were just so so good and truly inspiring. It was fun for me to sit on the podium facing all my classmates throughout the ceremony. I remember looking and going through each row naming everyone I could, remembering how I met each of them. Then when we all threw our hats up together, I remember feeling this huge sigh of relief come over me and this weight leaving my shoulders
. It was an incredible feeling, leaving me so happy I danced with my friends out of the ceremony and out of the stadium. It was such an amazing experience.

The ceremony was followed by a million pictures with friends and dinner at Olive Garden with my family. Then the sports mall for "Grad-Night" with food, games, and prizes until 4 in the morning. So great. I was so tired the next day, but brightened back up when I found the $40 I won in my pocket. Ah... Sweet sweet moments... :)

A couple days after graduation I left for NYC with a few kids from school and my theatre teacher as sort of my "Senior Trip." Needless to say it was SO much fun! While I was there I got to see shows, meet famous actors and do everything there is to do in New York. It was so much fun, and truly inspiring for me. Every time I saw a show I had such an overwhelming feeling that this somehow needs to be a part of my life. Wherever life takes me, I hope acting is in there somewhere with it.

I Bet My Bottom One Too Many Times...

A few days ago, the day after I got home from New York, I had the sudden urge to go rollerblading. As some of you know, rollerblading is my "go-to" when I need to get outside because it's a lot like skating. And being such a close resemblance to skating, I looooooooove going fast!

Every time I go rollerblading I always go the same way home: past the lake, around the roundabout and down the hill. The hill is my favorite part, as I can just glide down and feel the fast wind going past me. Now, usually I break enough to make the turn at the bottom of it, but this time I didn't. So because of the speed, the turn was too dangerous; it was too sharp for how fast I was going. I went to turn and as I curved, my rollerblades skidded side-ways, I lost control and flew forward. I remember in that moment thinking, "Not my face!" so I flipped around causing me to land straight down on my bottom in a sitting position, skidding down the road, and ripping up all the skin on my back-side and upper thighs. It was great. I remember feeling so embarrassed and so shocked, I hadn't started feeling the pain yet and slowly got up and skated on home. My mom was then greated with me coming into her room saying, "Mom... I think I hurt myself." I turned around to show her the damage. Behind her eyes I could tell she was extremely worried and panicky, but instead of yelling and freaking out, she calmly said, "Um... Alright. We're taking you to the doctor." I slid into the car face first onto my stomach for the ride over. By now I was feeling both the pain, and the nausea due to the shock. The doctors treated me, trying several different cleansing methods and numbing agents. By the end of the three hours spent in the procedure room we established that I needed a Tetanus shot, to keep the wound clean and wrapped, and to lay face down for two weeks. I guess my recklessness caught up with me once again... But anyone who knows me can say, "It's probably about time."

This recovery process has been hard on both my body and my emotions. It's hard not really being able to do anything myself or without pain. But thank goodness for family! My mom has been my savior throughout this process. I honestly don't know what I'd do without her. And the rest if my family has been so willing to help. I'm so grateful for them.

Whenever I have nasty things like this happen to me, I always think about the reason. And even if there really isn't a reason for something, I like to think there's at least something we can learn from them. As I lay on my stomach for two weeks, it's hard to find more enlightening reasons other than the obvious: don't be stupid. But the other day my dad said something that I have never thought about in any situation like this. He told me that maybe what happened, and what is happening, to me is not for me to learn things, but also for someone else; to help someone else. Maybe my children or a close friend will face something similar to this and not know how to handle it or know what to do. But now I do! I guess my main message of the day is this:
So many people say, "Think about how your actions or choices will affect someone else before you do them." But often do we think about how our experiences affect other people? When something hard in our lives happens directly to us, it is easy to feel like "the only person this is teaching is me." But I think everything in our lives can help someone else in the long run. So next time you fall and scrape your knee, go through a nasty breakup, get in a car accident, get gum stuck in your hair, or anything, just remember what you go through can help someone else. :)

Relaxing.

 

Daily Gratitude Shout-Out!

Thank you comfy clothes for always being there to do homework in when I get home.  You make me smile.

CALlies

Last night I attended my annual high school CALlie awards!  For those of you who don't know the "CAL" in "CALlie" stand for "Change a Life," which is our department's theme.  The CALlies are my high school's version of the Tony's.  It is where people are nominated for and receive awards, perform, and even announce the next year's theater season.  This year I was nominated for a few things, but I took home one award last night, best featured actress, which was amazing. It was a fun way to end the theater year and seeing everyone all dressed up was so great.  I'm going to miss the CALlies and every moment of my high school theater experience.

Relaxing.

Life slowing down towards the end of this school year has been SO nice.  In fact, it almost seems... too nice.  Sometimes I have too much down time!  I have time to actually do what I need done after school and at home and still be in bed at a reasonable hour.  It's incredible!  I guess getting to sleep before the next morning is good for me... so I guess I'll learn to live with the change.

School ends in a little over a week.  Can you believe it?  I can!  I feel good about it, and it feels about time for it to be let go.  It's a bitter-sweet feeling to think about leaving what I love at school, but going on to bigger and better adventure.  I've gotten to know some of my roommates for school, and already I am so stoked to be with them.  I kinda love that I have no idea who I'm living with.  It's like a blind date! ...Except with a year long contract.  It's awesome!  I'm also very excited to be at school with my siblings, which I've never done before because of the age difference.  So I guess it'll be a new adventure for more than just me in my family.  You know what they say... "Let the good times roll!"

Hello All!

Daily Gratitude Shout Out!

Thank you lovely Harmon's Grocery Store for providing the most delicious pineapple I've ever had today.  You just made my weekend!

Senior Dinner Dance

Yesterday I had my last dance concert of High School.  Oh man... I'm going to miss that.  It was so fun!  I was in two pieces:  the first I choreographed (it was about Alzheimer's Disease. Watch it here! ), and the second was a Bollywood number choreographed by my lovely Indian friend Namisha.  It was so fun; all of our hard work paid off and it was a huge success!  Great way to end my high school dancing life.

Below you will see a picture of me and my Bollywood-babe, Namisha, who choreographed with me in the dance concert.  Love you girl!

Today my brother and sister-in-law, Dallin and Mariel, left for DC for the summer.  My brother got an internship down there so they'll be there for a few months.  The stinky part about that is they won't be here for my graduation, my birthday, or my family trip... which is poo.  However, I'm so proud of my brother and very excited for their journey!

I'm cutting my hair!!!  No, I'm not chopping it... but I am doing something kind of different.  I'll have to post a picture afterwards, but only if it turns out!  I'm nervous... I've never really gotten what I want out of a haircut before so I'm scared I'll look so different after.  But I need one because I look like Hagrid, so I'm going to have to buck up and take it like a woman!  Wish me luck!

Later tonight is my Senior Dinner Dance! I'm going with a bunch of girlfriends since it's a "non-date" dance, and we're going to have a ball.  This is the final dance of the year and ONLY for seniors.  Seniority rules! We're going to get all shnazzed up and get some good groovin' on.  I'll make sure I take plenty of pictures!

I Have a New Address for Fall!

Daily Gratitude Shout-Out!

Thanks to the stage crew at my school.  Without them, our show would be nothing! 

The Wedding Singer!

Our wonderful production of The Wedding Singer opens this Thursday and runs through Saturday.  Show starts at 7:00pm, so if you're in the area come and check it out!  It'll be a fun show for a great night out!

More News!

So as I might have mentioned before, I will be attending BYU in the fall.  This is wonderful because it made me eligible for scholarships, of which I received a merit scholarship for Theatre!  How exciting is that!?  On top of that, I finally got my new home for the fall last night! It's crazy. Time flies so fast at the end of your senior year.  I hope with the show opening and all of my senior activities, the rest of my year year will keep moving and all of my final fun days will make it all worthwhile. 

Tah-tah for now!

Catching Up

Daily Gratitude Shout-Out!

"Thank you" goes out to my sister, Brianna, for the fun night we had last night together catching up!  We had dinner together and saw Water for Elephants, which was great.  Love you Bri-Bri!

Where Have I Been? 

Sorry it's been a while!  I was gone for a week in California with my performing arts group.  We performed in Disneyland and took an amazing workshop in Hollywood!  It was a beautiful trip.

After that I've spent this last week staying busy with homework and rehearsals.  Our show opens in about two weeks so rehearsals are getting later and later.  Also, AP and IB testing starts this Tuesday so everyone's been busy prepping for that.

News!

I have so many announcements!  First announcement is that I graduate in a month! Woo!  Speaking of which, I was selected to speak at my graduation which is a huge honor.  I was also accepted to BYU where I will be attending school in the fall and I cannot wait!  I will be rooming with one of my best friends, Clarissa.  Then my brother, Matt, received his mission call to San Diego, CA!  How amazing is that!  I'm so proud and excited for him!

This week...

This week things are going to pick up again as rehearsals go an hour later than usual and my IB testing starts.  I'll try to keep you posted along the way!

Much love! 

Happy Birthday to My Sistah!

Happy Birthday Bri Bri!

It's my sister's birthday today!

Daily Gratitude Shout-Out!

Thank you Brianna for the many wonderful years together!  Thank you for being an amazing sister, best friend, and example to me.  I couldn't ask for a better sister. I hope your birthday is a memorable one.  Love you Bri!

Wow.  Today the "craziness" finally kicked in.  YARG!

Well, that "crazy" I was talking about earlier finally hit me.  I have so much to do!  I was having panic attacks all day, but my day started out stinky from the very beginning.

I woke up with a migraine and a terrible sore throat, had a horrifically bad hair day, my breakfast spilled ALL over me in the car on the way to school and I almost died while trying to clean it up, and after hitting every single red light I arriving late to school.  At this point I accepted that I had a horribly bad day ahead of me.  Then, at lunch I needed to run out and grab something out of my car.  I run out there and see that my keys are inside my LOCKED car.  Called my mom and started hyperventilating as I tried to tell her about my keys, which turned into me bawling in the parking lot to my mom as I vented about everything going on.  It was crazy.

Then in my next class, something hit me.  I remembered my post from a few days ago!  "I decide whether my day is good or bad."  Duh!  So I wrote down everything that was bugging me or that I  needed to get done, ate some chocolate, splashed my face with some water, and was brilliant.  After that my day started getting better and better.  Came home to my sister's birthday party and had yummy cake.   Made everything better.

But then, I looked at my list of things to do, and realized... I have a heinous amount of things to do!  Not only throughout the next couple days, but during Spring Break nonetheless!  That's just rude.  But I'll make sure I keep chocolate with me at all times, so in case I need to "decide" to make my day better, I'll have a plan of attack.

State!

Tomorrow is my State Theater Competition!  Woo!  I have an all day event for our One Act portion of the competition, and then the next day I compete in three rounds for my monologue event.  Wish us luck!

 To Bri, 

Here's a virtual birthday cake.  Yummy!

Full of Crazy.

Daily Gratitude Shout-Out!

"Thanks" goes to rest and chicken noodle soup.  Thank you for your comfort and healing properties.

Waiting For the Crazy to Kick In.

Nothing much is going on so far.  This week is scheduled to be SUPER busy and crazy, but over the weekend I made a promise to myself to take this week one day at a time.  And it's working!  So far all the craziness hasn't kicked in!  It's great. So I hope to keep that up.

As far as craziness goes...

Remember that competition piece my school did of "The Laramie Project?"  Well, our team competes this weekend at State!  So that is exciting.  But that's not even the craziest news...  due to those "important faces," I mentioned before, showing up to our Showcase, we were just invited to perform "The Laramie Project" at a district-wide principal's meeting on the 27th!  Crazy huh?!  Bah!  Everything's "crazy" right now!  On top of that, I might have to get my tonsils out.  Definite no bueno.  But, nothing's official yet.  They're still watching the little suckers, but I'll let you know when I get more information on that.  Hopefully I can keep them! 

That's all for today! I'm gonna go eat some more soup.

Stay healthy!

The Update

Daily Gratitude Shout-Out!

Shout-Out goes to my very best friend, Kate.  Thank you for your friendship.  Last night was the greatest! I'm glad we can make the best out of anything together!  It was so fun, and I wouldn't have replaced a moment of it to go to that stinky Prom.  Our fun and laughs are priceless.

My Frɒm Update!

Last night was bomb.  Frɒm went exactly according to plan,
and I wouldn't have wanted to change a single minute.

After sleeping in, having a delicious breakfast, and tidying up my room, Kate came over.  After I got ready, I did Kate’s hair and make-up, and we got in our pretty prom dresses from last year to take some pictures.  Then my wonderfully proud mother took our pictures while we were all prettied up. She was just so sweet telling us how beautiful we looked, and we felt pretty good!  We felt so pretty, and it was so fun to dress up even though we weren't going to the dance.         
 

After that we drove to Salt Lake City and decided to hit the 7:05 showing of the new edited version of The King's Speech at the Broadway Centre Theater.  It was such a great movie; very inspirational with a beautiful message of having confidence in your own voice, which was appropriate when we thought about it.  Then we drove around for about a half hour searching for our restaurant, The Red Iguana. Once we finally found it, it was close to closing time so there wasn’t a wait, which was nice.  It was a great atmosphere and the service was amazing!  Our waiter, Geraldo, was the best and was so good to us.  The food was SOOOO good and very authentic.  We ordered dessert, and when the big plate of sopapillas arrived he told us that no one has ever finished the whole plate before and he doubted that we'd be the first. 

      

Needless to say... we were the first!  Ha!  We downed that sucker in like two minutes!  It was awesome.  He came back to our table and freaked out when he saw we had actually finished. He couldn't believe it and, to be honest, I couldn't either.  There was so much on that plate!  (I'm pretty sure it had something to do with us coping with not going to Prom.  Subconsciously, I bet we downed that plate to cope with the situation and stress eating was the best coping mechanism our brains could conjure up.  But I didn’t mind… it was delicious!!!) 

Anyway, after Geraldo was done laughing he asked us why we were in Salt Lake.  We told him our sad story and he was very sympathetic towards us.  By the end of the night, we were the best of friends with Geraldo and he told us our dessert was “On [him] tonight.”  He also promised that if we ever come back, we just needed to "ask for Geraldo" and he'll give us the "hook-up," meaning we won't have to wait the two-stinking-hours.  It was so cool!  The night concluded with us falling asleep to Meet the Robinsons in our PJ's.  It was the best.

The night had not been wasted!!! 

Even though we didn't get asked to Prom, we made the best of it and went out ourselves.  And what came of it?  Well, we:

• Got all pretty in our dresses and still got our Prom pictures.
• Had a night out in Salt Lake.
• Saw a great movie.
• Had yummy food at a new place we had never been before.
• Had a whole plate of sopapillas for FREE! ("Free" makes everything so much better.)
• Made a new friend.
• Got "the hook-up" at a popular restaurant.
• And a stronger best friendship than ever and a million more inside jokes to prove it.

I think that’s a pretty nice list!  It was so fun and relaxing to just go out with my best friend.  I don’t regret not being asked to the Prom.  Before, it was easy to get down on the matter, but after Frɒm being such a huge success, how could I want anything else!  I wouldn’t trade the fun I had for anything.  Thank you, Kate!  Thank you, Geraldo! And thank you, Frɒm!

P.S.  Here's some Frɒm-night pics:

It's "Friday, Friday..." and "We we we so excited!"

Huzzah!  It's Friday!!!!!

Speaking of Friday...
Check out this version of Rebecca Black's music video.  Epic.



Daily Gratitude Shout-Out!

Thank you Mom and Dad for being amazing!  You always know what to do to make home the best place on Earth and a comfort to come home to.
I love you!



You're Assignment...

As Rebecca Black once said, “Tomorrow is Saturday.”
  Ah… and it is, Rebecca… it is.

Which brings me to my next topic!  Frɒm!
 “Frɒm” is a form of the word “Prom.” (That funky "a" is a phonetic vowel.  So instead of pronouncing the word like "from" the "uh" sound
that the “o” makes is now an "ah" sound.  Fr - ah - m.  Make sense? 
In simpler words, say it so it rhymes with "Prom.") 

      Last year, I attended my Junior Prom and it was perfect.  This year, however, both my best friend and I will not be attending the Junior Prom… for we are Seniors!  (Well, that, and we also weren’t asked… Woops!)  So instead, we plan to have our own Prom.  A fake Prom.  A friend Prom.  Frɒm!  We figure we deserve to have a “Prom night” while we’re still in High School, and as graduating Seniors we’re taking advantage of the idea!  I’m actually very much excited!  Tomorrow will be full of fun and goodness that will make Prom look like an eleven-year-old’s birthday party at Chuckie Cheeses!  Which could be awesome… but that is not the point!  The point is, even though a girl may not be asked to Prom, or to any dance for that matter, doesn’t mean she’s not worth a night out.  A girl deserves the occasional pampering, and if a guy doesn’t make it happen when you’d like, then YOU make it happen!  Grab your best girlfriends and head out for a wonderful night on the town!  Those nights can even be better than if you had gone to that dance.  You never know!  So take advantage of your womanhood and set sail into the starry night for an evening of your choosing.           
  
        That is your homework for the weekend!  So do it!  
  
        And men, you have homework too.  Grab a girl and take her out why don't ya!

P.S.  I better hear about how you did on your “assignment.”   … YAY!

"The Marines Invaded My Gym Class"

Happy Almost-Friday Day!

WOO! WOO! Tomorrow's Friday! I cannot even handle it.  My crazy week is almost over! 

Daily Gratitude Shout-Out!

Remember that Showcase I was telling you about?  Well, that is now over and done.  It was our last show before State last night. Everyone who performed was truly inspirational and had such grace with their work.  The pieces I was in felt successful, so that made me feel good!  AND there were also many important faces there last night that seemed to like our stuff too.  So… YAY!  Everyone involved, it was a pleasure performing alongside you these past two days, and I know you will all be so happy with what you bring to State next week.  And to those who came...thank you! It was an amazing turn out and I couldn't have asked for a better audience!

Story of the Day

On the wonderful note I left on last night from the Showcase, I was sure that nothing could stand in my way of having an amazing happy, relaxing, breeze-of-a-day today... until I was blessed with a “gentle” surprise.
     In gym, my teacher was so kind to hand the class over to four, buff, angry, tattooed, and highly trained Marines.  I was dying with excitement.  As the class proceeded as usual (running, stretching, warming up, etc.) my heart was all a flutter when I heard the loudest, most booming voice I had heard in my life.  One of the Marines ordered us to sprint to the wall across the gym.  As soon as we started running he quickly started counting down from ten.  No one knew what would happen when he reached zero, but we sure-as-Hannah knew we didn't want to find out!  Once he reached zero we were still running. He yelled at us and said we weren't fast enough and ordered us to “Try again!” and we sprinted back to the other wall.  This went on about five or six more times. Then he taught us how to respond properly, using phrases like "Yes Sir!" or "No Sir!” or "Aye Aye, Sir!"  If we didn't respond loud enough, or with the right command, we'd sprint more.  Well after this went on and on, and a kind few refused to follow the man's orders, so therefore we all had to be punished.  However, instead of more running they gave us crazy exercises that made our bodies work muscles I didn't know existed!  Once they felt satisfied with how hard we were trying and how correctly we were responding we began the training.  Throughout the work-out we did exercises that Marines use to train with during their boot camps.  This is all fine and dandy for them, who are buff and toned and do this every day, but sometimes I wonder if they forgot we were a group of average kids in a high school gym class (for the sake of the story, I'll just pretend they did).  Once we were done with our training we all collapsed on the floor to die.  It was the hardest work out I had ever done in my life; however, I pushed through the pain and finished!  It was the most self-fulfilling feeling (say that five times fast... self-fulfilling feeling, self-fulfilling feeling…) I had ever had in my life, and the sweat dripping down my face and neck was just "pain leaving the body." 
      I woke up this morning craving a good day, and I almost had it until the Marines invaded my gym class. I was sure that I was going to feel worse when it was done, but in the end, I felt better than before!  And then I realized, it was mind over matter.  At the beginning of class, I decided my day was ruined when I saw the Marines, but throughout the training I decided to push myself and keep going.  I decided to make it.  And in the end, I decided to have a good day.  So lest you think you "deserve" a good day, or whatever, just know that yes, you will always “deserve” a good day, but ultimately you decide to have a good day.  Good things may happen throughout your day that make you feel "Yeah! My day really is good!" But terrible things may happen too, and things can go wrong, and it can be SO easy to destroy that happy feeling if you decide to let it; if you decide that you can't learn from it or can’t brush something off.  So, from now on... wake up deciding to have a good day!



Here We Go!

63 Days Until Graduation!!! (Above you'll see me jumping for joy.)

Happy Monday!

I hope your Monday was as fast and productive as mine seemed to be.  Despite waking up late this morning, everything went today as planned.  I was attentive in all my classes, got all my homework done in class, and rehearsal today got out an HOUR EARLY! Which makes me smile.  So I got to come home today and have a nice relaxing dinner of green beans and mashed potatos and can take my time getting ready for my performance tonight.  Oh, right.  Tonight and tomorrow night is my school's State Theatre Competition Showcase.  This is just a little free show where we show audiences the pieces from our amazing school that placed and/or made it to the State Competition in two weeks.  I'm very pleased to say I made State in two categories and I'm very excited to show people what everyone has been working on.  We have the opportunity at the end to share a One Act that is rarely shown to audiences, "The Laramie Project."  It's a touching story with beautiful and real messages within it.  It is a documentary of Matthew Shephard's death.  If you've never heard of Matthew Shephard, or want to learn more about "The Laramie Project" click here. 

Wish me luck!

Catch Up!

Here's me in a small summary:

I was born in Washington, moved to Tennesse, then back to Washington, and then to Colorado.  Throughout those changes I developed a passion of figure skating.  I started skating at age 4 and quickly progressed into the competitive track.  I feel very accomplished and blessed with skating.  It has taken me to other countries to share what I love and compete for my country.  It has also given me amazing opportunities to perform acts of service through what I love to do.  At 15 my mom remarried to a wonderful man.  This resulted in my family doubling in size (from 4 kids to 8) and moving to Utah.  After starting a new life in Utah, I had to put competing aside and I started coaching.  With skating a little less crazy, I decided I needed to discover any other hidden talents I had in me.  While at my amazing high school I picked up acting, singing, and dancing.  I am quite into theatre now and plan to pursue a major in BFA Acting over my next years in college. (At least, that's the plan for now.)  So, here I go… trying to finish out my last couple months in High School before I start my life elsewhere.

Now here's some pictures! Woo!

One Big Happy Family

Theater!

Getting Cozie!

Howdy fellers!

My name's Cosette, but you can call me Cozie.  This is my little blog about the last two months of my high school life and taking my next steps into the world.  Feel free to read and get to know me as I learn new things and transition into real lifedom! 

Talk to you soon!