LDS Film Festival, Famous People, and School

So this week was an exciting one!
Okay, the last two weeks, whatever.

Michael, my second to youngest brother, entered the LDS Missionary Training Center in Provo Utah on the 6th, the same day I started school. I already miss him so much! He's going to be a great missionary!
School has been fun, really fun! I love all of my teachers and I'm thoroughly enjoying the subjects. Intro to Theatre and Intro to Criminal Justice and an Institute class called the Gospel and the Productive Life. I'm actually learning something! It's great! (I DO have a brain in there! lol).
Then I went to see my doctor finally after over 6 months, maybe close to 9 months, of not going. I'm supposed to go every 3 months but yeah, couldn't. Anyway, quick update on my health. I got my blood checked to see my thyroid levels and see if I have diabetes since my eyesight just went down the drain in a very short amount of time. I have yet to get those results. He also wants my brain checked, and get this, to see if it's working right. No, not some psychological crazy person stuff but memory problems. He's worried my brain my be degenerating or something. WHAT THE!!! Well, my memory is bad and when I say that I flippin mean it. Nobody takes me seriously when I say it. Then people get exasperated with me because I forget things all the time. It's like things never even happened sometimes. I try to remember events or words and I draw a complete blank. Anyway, enough about that. It's discouraging.
I also got to go volunteer at the LDS Film Festival this year. Wow I LOVED it!! I cannot believe I've missed it all these years! It was it's 9th year and going very strong. The founder of it, Christian something-or-other, was super nice and such a classy guy. He was there all the time. I spent hours there, ushering, collecting ballots, counting votes, organizing other volunteers, selling books and DVD's, passing out the FILMUTAH magazine, and meeting so many amazing people!
I got to mix and mingle with some big Utah and Hollywood film makers, and no, not all of them were LDS, either. They were such nice and fun people! It was a really great atmosphere there at the Scera in Orem. Speaking of the Scera, that place is GREAT! It's a-hoppin! It's big, beautiful, renovated, and the theatres are awesome. Their plans to enlarge and expand the place are simply breathtaking (well, IMO they are). They have big plans in the works to becoming one of Utah's hottest film and arts centers. I cannot wait for that! Of course, sadly, I won't be in Utah to experience it first-hand. :( :(
I finally got to see The Yankles, a movie I was a Featured Extra in. They cut a lot of my scenes out, but oh well! The movie turned out great! A lot better than I'd hoped, even. It's 1 of 5 chosen to be featured in the L.A. Film Festival. How cool is that?? I was very, very disappointed that not a single one of my friends or family members showed up for it, though. At least I got my Tyler and girls to come and we got to vote. It was very fun!

Another really cool thing happened while I was at the Film Festival. I got to meet an author named Paul Thomas Smith. He wrote a book supposed to be excellent called Sacred Walls. His son, Brandon Smith, made it into a film; a documentary. Brandon also made a film about Mormon's and Masons based on a book. Check it out HERE.
Anyway, Paul Smith and I got to talking about his writing and I mentioned that I'd had a very symbolic dream about a pyramid. He began to ask more questions about it. I gave him a few interesting details and told him the entire dream was filled with symbolism and I'd had it several years ago and I've been feeling strong impressions on writing it and publishing it. I also mentioned that my grandfather was an author and wrote books for the church and told Paul that he had encouraged me to write since I was a very small girl. He asked who my grandfather was and I told him Glenn L. Pearson and when I said his name his eyes opened wide and he looked at me in astonishment and said "That's your grandfather??" He then proceeded to tell me how he knew my grandpa and had heard of his name until they were in SLC working on CES material together, or something of that nature. He loved listening to grandpa talked and had great respect for him. So, Paul told me that he'd love to hear about my dream and gave me his email and phone number and he'd help me write it and, I'm hoping, help me get it published eventually. Or at least lead me in the right directions.
I was SO EXCITED!!! I cannot even tell you how elated that made me feel! I felt that my grandfather lead me to this festival and right into the path of Paul Smith. Why? Well, for one they know each other, second, Paul respects my grandpa, third, Paul's specialty is in symbolisms, fourth, Paul is a writer.

So now that has been my life as of late.
I'm excited for my future now, at least I have more and more to look forward to every day. Sure, my health might be deteriorating, but I have amazing people surrounding me every day and so many hopes and dreams that look like they actually have a chance at success!

Pray I can remember what I need to do to keep the ball rolling!! lol