So I Stink At Blogging...

So I stink at blogging.  Like a lot.  This is why my attempts to keep a journal epically fail every time.  It is because I get bored/distracted/too busy/feel like I have nothing to say so I just kind of stop writing.  But I should probably at least attempt to catch myself up on the end of summer and the beginning of the school year!  

So the end of the summer was a blast!  Mal & I went hiking like four times a week and found some of the coolest places!  I have absolutely fallen in love with the Alpine Loop and all of the hikes on it!  They are beautiful!  Here are some a few of my pictures:

Mal & Me (somewhere on the Alpine Loop)

Weston when we hiked Wardsworth

Hiking Wardsworth

During August, I went home for a couple of weeks.  It was pretty fun!  I hung out with my family, went shooting, fished with my dad, started sewing a halloween wall hanging, and just had fun with my family.  I also got a few more projects done at my house.  I painted Lisa's old room and all of the doors (I now have a special hate for painting doors, like a lot).  But for the most part, it was fun to spend some time with my family.  Unfortunately, I'm a loser and didn't manage to take any pictures while I was at home!

My summer roommates also moved out and my old roommates (Amber, Katelyn, Amy, Talicee, & Kirsten) moved back in.  Shortly after, we started school.  The first week into the semester wasn't too bad until I realized that I wanted to graduate in two years (instead of the three I've been planning on).  So I was like, dang it, and went to my counselor (which I mostly avoid doing at all costs).  He flagged me for 20 hours of credit (which is a dang lot of credit) and I about had a mental breakdown deciding if I really could handle 20 hours.  Turns out, I can't.  Not safely and sanely at least.  So I dropped all of my classes a week into the semester, got all new ones (but only like 16 hours), and went to my first week again.  It went okay.

But then, my family had something happen and I had to leave for California for a week.  So I missed my classes for a week.  So, in the first three weeks of the semester, I've been to one week of classes.  It was bad.  But I'm almost caught up (except for my literacy class which I would just like to give up on).  

Now I'm back and life is getting back to normal.  I'm still working for Dr. Tunnell as a TA.  I'm going to classes and trying not to fail at life.  In my free time, I still hike, watch football games (LSU is undefeated but its too bad BYU is terrible this year :/ ), and cook.  In fact, I just barely tried to make homemade butterfingers (they were kind of interesting... not good, not bad, just weird).  Last weekend, Michelle, Kevin, and I went to hike Big Springs in Provo Canyon.  It was pretty and I drank spring water (at least, we hope it was spring water)--which was delicious!  This past weekend, I headed to hike Buckskin Gulch, a slot canyon in southern Utah.  However, that'll be for a future post!

Michelle & I at Big Springs

These pictures are always so awkward!

Big Springs 

It was so pretty--canopied trees that were changing colors

Our sweet jumping picture!

Me, Kevin, & Michelle