storm

this evening i went for a walk and was surprised by the most amazing combination of atmospherical events. 1. the sun was setting, looking good as always 2. the right side of the sky was looking like spring time 3. to the left of the sun were some ominous silhouetted mountains covered in an orange-ish grey filminess 4. further left were some super scary black clouds. 5. thunder that lasted for like 30 seconds at a time 6. lightning that didn't stop for an hour! There was seriously a flash like every 10 seconds. and it was so close that it felt like someone was taking a picture with a flash. 7. behind me were some beautiful green mountains with two full rainbows arching over them. I could see were the rainbows actually hit the ground. it was amazing. and all the while it was about 70 degrees.

I was really enjoying all of this when I realized that i was standing on top of a very high hill surrounded by nothing, making me the tallest thing around. it has been a while since i reviewed any lightening safety protocols but something told me that that was not a good thing. so i hightailed it home just as it started pouring.

book

has everyone read "believing christ" already? seems like everyone has and that nobody thought it would be important to tell kaity about. so i i thought i would do the responsible and friendly thing and tell you all about it (not that it is a new or anything, I'm sure you've all heard of it). it is one of the best explanations of the atonement i have ever read. the blog seems like a not very reverent forum to address this kind of thing in detail, but if you read this i would really love to talk about it with you. probably you already have an understanding of these things- but I have learned a lot of new ways to think about and apply the atonement and to be a lot happier along the way.

recommended.

planning

i like to plan things. mostly because i like to have my expectations met. i spend most of my time somewhere in the following cycle: thinking of things to look forward to or planning things so i can look forward to them, waiting for these things to come to fruition, enjoying the satisfaction of said fruition, making a new plan. Sometimes I forget to start this cycle over and find myself with...nothing to look forward to. in which event i think of the next thing that is going to happen to me or the next obligation that i have to meet and make it a plan. this way, as i'm doing all of the things that i would normally just do anyway- everything is way more enjoyable because i planned it. but what if things don't go according to plan? typically this is when one would feel"disappointed" because the appointed activity was diss-ed, but i have learned that the quicker you can make whatever is happening to you- the plan. the less disappointment you will be living with, and the more you will be ok. i think being ok is underrated. it's important. ok.

ok i will

i'm going to start blogging again. its been a while, so just don'e expect too much and you won't be disappointed. here is a brief update of what has been going on lately...

I started the PhD program in Speech Language Pathology at Utah state

I decided that "Master" was a much cooler title than "Doctor" so I quit the program and graduated!

I moved to Sandy to live with my roommate's family- they are so amazing and so nice and so fun.

I'm have an internship at "health south rehabilitation hospital" for the next few weeks. it is good. I've been trying to start a health south frisbee league, but it doesn't seem like anyone is overly excited about this (which I am trying not to take personally so I'm blaming the lack of response on the high level of hip replacements and strokes going on around here).

I got a job in the Alpine school district!

Mostly I just spend all my time talking to old people and reading and trying to find people who will play frisbee and/or croquet with me.

it is summer time.

discovery

thank you sterling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-YhlfCq1AM

such a good song.

BYU Breath

This isn't that funny, but it was fun to see the botany pond at BYU...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVvFD5JFnP4

just some things

sorry i haven't blogged in a long time... here is a little update.




fall was looking really great a few weeks ago. then we got a bunch of snow and things have been a little dreary since all the leaves left. but i am really liking the cold weather, which is REALLY strange for me. so that is good news.



i went to boise a while ago with eric and adam. they showed me a good old fashioned idaho time and i got to meet the fam. we made pumpkin cookies and had some good times. this is my foot when it was in boise.



i really haven't been up to much lately, besides working on the thesis. that means that i have spent A LOT of time at the library (not this library- because it is in boise, and i am not).



i still like peas. even fuzzy close up peas... especially fuzzy close up peas.



and these are all of my fellow grad students! after over a year we finally managed to take a class picture. we are all so sad that this is our last semester together. but SO glad that this thing called grad school is coming to a close.

welp, that is about all that has been happening. hopefully things will get more exciting once school calms down. but for now, here is a list of things i am excited about:

1. mom and kendra + nephews are coming tomorrow
2. michael and dad are coming up to logan next week
3. there are only two days of school next week
4. my thesis is getting close to being done
5. i get a whole month off of school soon
6. the NEPHEWS are coming