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Everyone who is anyone at BYU knows who Brother Bott is...
and guess what?
He has a blog now!
At the start of his mission prep class he would do a question answer session.
I haven't gotten a chance to look too closely, but that's essentially what his blog is.
So if you're interested, check it out!
Randy Bott is the man.

Time.

Time is weird.
At times, it crawls. You never think an hour/day/month/semester will end.
Then the next thing you know, you have no idea where the time went.
What is up with that?

Klutzy much?

My body is covered in scrapes and bruises.
Not from one single event, but a plethora of klutzy instances on my part.
In this week alone, I have managed to hurt myself 4 separate times.

1. Sunday Evening. I was leaving the apartment and I was pulling the door closed with my right hand. I didn't move my hand in time and completely smashed it in the door. The bulk of the damage was sustained by my right middle finger. It was one of those "insta-bruise" moments. My finger nail is nasty now, but at least it's no longer hurting.

2. Monday Evening. I hate doing laundry... like, a lot. I put it off for as long as possible. I finally gave in and decided to do it. My laundry basket was freaking heavy. Needless to say, I was struggling to walk around with my laundry and two huge containers of detergent and softener. I slung the basket over my arm and the pressure from it all gave me a bruise on my left forearm. Kinda pathetic, I know.

3. Thursday Evening. Depth perception is not one of my strengths. I run into things a lot because I think I have more room than I really do. On Thursday, I was running out from my bedroom and into my kitchen. En route, I ran into the door and acquired a bruise on my right bicep.

4. Friday Afternoon. I was walking home from school around 4 and the traffic was pretty bad. I didn't want to stop and wait at a light, so i booked it across the street. I took a leap for the curb and my foot slipped off the edge. I totally got owned. I fell forward, almost like I was flying (hands stretched out by my head). Luckily, I was wearing jeans and a jacket, so only my hands got scrapped. However, I do have bruises all along my foot, hip and arm from landing mostly on my left side. This fall even had a witness. How embarrassing is that?

My goal for next week is to not get hurt.
We'll see how that goes over.

Fall Festivities.

I have no legitimate excuse for my failure to blog the past few weeks.

Forgive me?
Life has been pretty exciting, though.
I've definitely been keeping myself busy. So let's get started!

Fall is in the running for my favorite season. I can never decide between that or Springtime. I can never get enough of the changing leaves, perfect weather (Jackets & Jeans are where it's at), the excitement that accompanies the start of school, new friends, pumpkin pies/carving/candles...anything pumpkin, really. Ah, I just love it all.

When the leaves started to change, I just had to get out and enjoy them. Ergo, I went hiking with some buddies. We went up into Sundance and did a little bit of the Timp trail head. Unfortunately, Kait and I were not well prepared (we were wearing flippy floppys) so we didn't get too far before we had to turn around. It was loads of fun though,
Please note the pictures:


My roommate, Kaitlin, is keeping me busy. She is a riot. I have loved living with this crazy chica. I adore her. We have fun doing various things, such as: running around in 80's prom dresses, finding "cute" clothes at Saver's, attending General Conference, going to bed and waking up at ridiculous hours... you know, we do it all.


The nursing program has been fairly taxing this semester. Fortunately, I have lots of great friends that lighten the load. For example, my nursing buds throw rad parties so we can do our homework together. The pictures below are from a night when we watched WIT together for our communication class. I also have friends who subject themselves to me so I can learn new skills. Paul is an example of this. In clinical, there are some comatose patients that need to be shaved. The thought of shaving some dude's face scared me. Paul was a trooper and he volunteered his face so I could be more confident in lab. That's right, ladies and folks, I shaved my first face this fall. The fun with nursing doesn't stop here. We're also required to attend a research conference once a semester. This is where my friends provide entertainment to get me through the day. There's nothing quite like taking candid photos of your sleeping friends. Nurse Panda stays awake with me though.






Fall = Halloween.
I love Halloween. I love how crazy everyone gets. I'm not the best at coming up with good costumes, but dang am I good at enjoying them!



This October marked the first birthday in my apartment. Miss Jessica turned 23! We had a little drink night, danced a little and ate tasty cake. Good times.




Since their marriage, I have seen very little of Ben and Becca. Directly following their marriage, they left for Arkansas to make some moolah. Since their return to Provo, we have all been quite busy. However, this past month, we found some time to go on a double date to Fuddruckers. Man, do I love a good burger, fries and malt. And although I don't have any pictures of it, I've also been able to see Ruth and Dan. I am so lucky to have a couple of siblings out here with me.




Last but not least, I wanted to put in a little shout out to the Temple. I haven't been able to go as often as I would like, but I am so grateful that we have numerous Temples in such close proximity here in Utah. There's nothing as calming, reassuring and uplifting as going to the Temple.



If you have made it to this point of the post, I am very impressed. I'll try my best to post more often so I don't have to assault you with pictures again. Til then!