Giving Thanks

"Blessed is he that gives without remembering, and receives without forgetting."

Rabbi Eleazar, 1250 AD


Thanksgiving season leaves me brimming with gratitude.  I am so happy, because my heart is so full of gratefulness that there's no space for sadness.  I feel great all the time.  This year my thanklist is as follows:


Family.  Boardgames.  Silly dances.  Nana Bett.  Little lights.  Little kids.  A warm home.  A free country.  Acceptance.  God.  Cold feet by the fire.  Pie.  Good friends.  and especially, a NEW BABY!


My sister is having a BOUNCING BABY BOY!!


(to be updated when she breaks the news on her own blog.)


I cherish these days when it is so easy to smile, and a laugh is around every corner.

Don't Give Up!

Sometimes even after days, months, or years of patient perseverance, I wonder if I've been wasting my time working so hard.  Thank goodness for Jeffrey R. Holland and timely yet timeless wisdom.  Thank goodness for God and His Gospel and how He lends his strength to all his children.

Alumni Soon

I just applied for graduation in April 2011!

(Hooray!)

Autumn Happenings

Orange Aura
(photo via)

- hopped Halloween parties
- got barfed on
- got bitten by teenage stranger in the chest region
- dressed up as batman and as Angus Young
- stole a lovesac and DIDN'T return it (yet)
- runned up Provo Canyon
- watched BYU pummel BYU-H in basketball
- watched BYU pummel UNLV in football
- then my head got pummelled by a telephone pole
- had giant shaving cream fight in a hospital.  called it "cleaning."

Don't you just love autumn?  What have you done this fall?

Don't Ask Me!

What would Abraham Lincoln do if he were alive today?
Probably try to claw his way out of his coffin.
Credit:  Brock Holman

Uh Oh...

My life is out of control.

This happens every semester (but on the bright side, it usually happens a whole lot earlier).

Also, SOMEBODY keeps calling me a Pollyanna.  What does that mean!?

The Dirty Dash!! (and other things)

I've been waiting until I had a picture!  We were so filthy:

Lucky, D-Luxe, A-Ham, Crave, and G-Money

The Dirty Dash was held at Soldier Hollow, the cross-country ski track of Olympic fame.  We braved obstacles such as bales of hay, 9-ft walls, tunnels, muddy sludge up to our thighs, and a slip-n-slide over 100' long.  Though we were the last to cross the starting line (Lucky was late - it couldn't be helped), we were far from last to finish.  Our team, The Pervy Piglets, completed the 10-K "race" in a little over an hour, blinded by muddy spray, and legs burning with fatigue.  We blindly stumbled across the finish line, and I peeled my gritty eyes open for this photo.

Also, General Conference was amazing.  Nothing compares to the renewed hope and peace I feel after such a wonderful meeting with the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ.

Lastly - I'm sure all my avid followers have been dying to know my MCAT score report.  I can't actually tell you my score, because I am working for Altius, who requires that we not divulge our scores.  So I'll get as specific as I can contractually tell you:  I scored above the 90th percentile!  I've got the score I need for med school, but call me crazy, I might actually take it again next year.  (I can promise you, Altius is the way to go.  My money was well spent on this course, and between group sessions and private tutoring sessions, I'm sure it's also the best value out there.)

So that's it for now.  Have a great week everybody!