{Finals and Mom}

Well folks, finals time is here again. It came way too fast, but Mom made it just a little better! She bought a "finals kit" for me :) It came with a blanket (good thing cause it's supposed to blizzard on Saturday!), snacks, gum, a pen and pencil, chap stick, a water bottle, and a coupon for hot chocolate. This just brightened my day! Thanks, Mama!

PS- I'll be home in 8 days!

{Thanksgiving}

We have skipped right past Thanksgiving and headed straight for Christmas outside, but I figured I should pay tribute to another great holiday. Happy Thanksgiving!

{Numbers}

I didn't have clinical today (I got to sleep in until 6:54am!), but I did have a simulation this morning. It was only an hour long, so I came home, made myself some pancakes, and watched Dr. Oz while I stuffed my face. Oh the irony. Anyway, he had a woman on the show named Glynis McCants, who is a numerologist. She explained that numerology is the "science of divining information about life through numbers," and it was developed by Pythagorus in ancient Greece.

She taught everyone how to determine your "life path" number.
(And, of course, she threw in the medical stuff for Dr. Oz)

Mine is 4. Here's what she said...
Personality- You like structure in life. (Hello, that's me!)
Leads to- headaches (Every day of my life...)
Solution- Focus on what you can control,  and go outside to enjoy nature's beauty

Holy crap. She pegged me.

Find out what yours is here!

(Side note: I'm a sucker for weird stuff like this... horoscopes, dream interpretations, reflexology, all of it. It may just be coincidence, but somehow it all seems to be true!)

{BLR}

I never get tired of these.

 

{Hot Topics and Tension}

I discovered something today that I'm sure will brighten your day. There are two new facebook pages on the world wide web concerning some hot topics here in P-town... "BYU for Caffeine" and "BYU Against Caffeine." Legit. 

At first I thought it was a joke, but people are having very heated discussions on these fb walls. This is why the world thinks we're so weird. Church officials did just come out and say that caffeine is not against the Word of Wisdom, and that must be was sparked all this hilariousness. Whatever the reason, I'm happy for it. The pictures people have made are pure awesome. 

{Freedom Festival}

I willingly woke up at 5:15am on a holiday. "Why would you wake up at such an unearthly hour?" you ask. HOT AIR BALLOONS! Going to the balloon festival in Albuquerque is on my bucket list, and since I can't do that for at least another three years (can't miss school, you see) I couldn't miss going to Provo's. And it did not disappoint. It just made me want to go to Albuquerque even more! Way too cool. We were there in time to see most of the balloons being inflated and taking off. We had colorful, classic balloons, Smokey the Bear (totally appropriate seeing as the world is burning down right now), the American Flag (also appropriate), and even a piggy bank from Bank of American Fark (that's how the Utahns say it). After the festival we had some french toast, and watched the parade for an hour or two. (Side note: people here take the parade very seriously. They started staking out their spots yesterday at 8am, spent the night, and then stayed all morning through the parade. It's just a parade, people!) It was a fun morning, but I did come home and sleep for the next two hours!

PS- Happy 4th!

{Manti}

I took a trip to Manti this weekend for the Manti Pageant. Jesus was there. And we got a picture with Captain Moroni (lower left) and random Lamanites (upper almost left). Can't ask for much better than that!