Internet Woes

The internet has been down at my apartment.

I feel like some sort of force is telling me
to go play outside,
to pick up a book,
to make a new friend,
to soak up the sun.

Its a good reminder of what Summer is really all about.

Also,
I love this.

Adventuring

check out these awesome books.

earlier this week i trekked the whole one and a half blocks to the provo library.
it was great
an adventure without even leaving utah county.

i took the long way to my study area
stopping to check out a book here and there
i ended up with quite a stack.

i learned that i love the world.
can i just go everywhere, 
right now?

that would be nice.
specifically india.
 i would love to go to inda.

i hear traveling is expensive,
maybe i'll just head back to the library.

Mother's Day

I want to tell you about my mom.  I want to tell you incredibly impressive she is.  How courageous she is.  How inspiring she is.  How her testimony is shared within our home and by the power of her example.  I want to tell you how much I love her.  How she makes me want to be a better person.  How if only I could spend every day with my mom I would have a better understanding of the world and a more motivated desire to be patient, kind and loving.  I want to tell you how my mom is my very best friend.  How she is an incredible listener and how she always knows just what to say.  I want to tell you how sometimes when I ask her about her day, I wonder how she is still standing.  I am often impressed with her drive to thrive in a foreign country.  Her motivation to carry on through those hard days, those hard weeks, and just those hard times. 

Sometimes I wish my mom could come to college with me.  Not so she could make amazing food for me or clean my apartment, although I am sure she would do both those things without ever once receiving enough thanks.  But so she could give me a hug every day before school.  So I could look up into the crowd during an intramural game and see her there in the stands cheering me on.  So that on those really hard days she would be there waiting and on those really great days she would be wanting to celebrate.

The amazing thing is this, that even miles away she still manages to be a force for good in my life.  Not a day goes by where I don't think of my mother.  I wonder what amazing adventure she is setting out on that day.  I wonder what she would do in a certain situation or I find myself bragging about her enduring qualities to an unsuspecting new friend.  That poor fool has no idea what they've gotten themselves into when they ask about my family.

I love my mom.  At the end of a phone conversation once I told my mom that I loved her most and she stopped and she said something a long the lines of, "Sarah, there is no way you love me most."  And we both paused.  She was very serious about this.  And I remember being stunned because I knew she was right.  My mother shows me and the rest of my family her love for us every day and it is incredible.  I hope some day I can love as she does but for now I am appreciative of her example and role in my life.

So Mom, thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you.  I love you and always will.  To the moon and the stars and the ocean and back, I love you.

life as of now

well, i have officially said good bye to winter
to winter school
winter clothes
winter drab
and winter blahs

its officially spring term
i greeted it with a trip to arizona
with some of the best friends around
we went to a basketball game
a baseball game
and swam in the pool

we visited the temple
and i even got to spend time with the grandparents
it was just great

now i'm back in provo
loving my new professors
loving my new classes
and loving the relaxed feel of it all

i moved
i am now in a new apartment
new roommates
new ward
new shower
the shower is much better here
i think i might like it here

loved it there
and so hard to give the old
a see you later of sorts
i think i will visit often

my birthday is soon
my wonderful sister took me out
to thai food and the jazz game
it was just wonderful fun

looking forward to the weekend
strange, it's already been a week
time flies

here's to more posts

Swimming Laps

I have officially begun swimming laps.  And by begun, I mean I have gone twice in the last three weeks and plan to go again this week.  Maybe not the most consistent effort to date... but there is effort there.  I actually really enjoy it.  It's still all very new to me, so each time I just work on getting a little better.  It's fun to have a new way to exercise, keeps things exciting.  Maybe someday I'll be like this rockstar.  You know, maybe.

Weekend!

I've decided General Conference weekend in Provo is basically a mini spring break.  Let me tell you all the much needed fun we were able to work into these last few days.

First, I got to pre-game the weekend with my wonderful sister.  She just got a new job in the beautiful Knoxville, Tennessee.  She's going to be awesome!  She took me to lunch at Olive Garden and it was of course, delicious!

Then, the weekend started.
We went to the park.  Everyday.  We're talking
baseball
frisbee
basketball
running
soaking up the sun
maybe too much sun
and barbequing

We ate lots of food.  Lots of food is actually a gross understatement.  We ate
omlettes
gluten-free crepes
potatoes
fresh fruit
super slush from sonic
hamburgers-hot-off-the-grill
lettuce wraps
gluten-free cookies
smoothies
gluten-free brownies
and its only six o'clock on Sunday

We watched Conference.  Lots of General Conference.

so much spiritual up-liftedness
all day
everyday
i even got to go to the Sunday morning session
live and in color
which included Music and the Spoken Word
amazing
breath taking
thank you for the tickets
testimony strengthened 


And like I said, it's only six o'clock on Sunday.  It has been quite the incredible weekend so far.  One that I believe was really quite needed.  We are all officially recharged and ready to hunker down for the last two weeks. 

Will we be laboring in the library?  Yes. Will we carefully navigate the dangerous world of group projects?  Yes.  Will we spend seemingly endless hours in tedious TA review sessions?  Yes. 

Bring it on BYU!  We are ready.