Too Excited For Summer;)

I ought to learn to like winter.  Once Christmas break is over, winter is a drag for me. I want to try cross country skiing this winter. I think one of the reasons I don't like winter is because I don't know what to do for fun/exercise outside when it's friizin. I need to discover what people enjoy about winter, and my friend Bekah's blog gave me a step in that direction. She wrote: "There is so much to be learned from this tiny miracle. Snow is not rushed, snow patiently falls, forming each flake uniquely. Snow blankets the earth making even the largest mud pile look like a pinacle of mountainous splendor for a moment at least. Snow brings magic to children's eyes. Snow makes the world go slower, take more time getting where we need to get and really deciding if our needs are needs or not."  If you have more wisdom of this type, please share it with me so I can do more than survive winter. Or if you want to give me a chance to drive a horse-drawn sleigh (dream of mine, and would be a fun way for my horses to earn their keep).


I also really want to be a morning person, so if you can help me get out, and stay out, of bed in the early morning, please give me your pep talk/advice. I want to be an early riser, but that is usually overridden when I'm groggy and my alarm goes off every 5 minutes for 40 minutes. I sometimes get really ambitious around 10:30 pm (our planned bedtime) and do homework and stuff, which doesn't help my sleep schedule.


McKay has rocked school this semester. All of his classes are math classes, and he has often gotten the high score or second to highest score on tests. He is going into finals with nearly 100% in all his classes. He is working hard on research, his calling, and work as well.

I'm halfway through my masters program, and 2/3 of the way through my classwork semesters (the two are 12-week fieldworks).  I love fractions. I have a year and a few months 'til graduation, and then the board exam.  I don't really enjoy grad school, but I still feel that OT is what I should be doing, and that OT is a worthwhile, fulfilling area.  Sometimes I wonder why I'm in grad school, but I really am glad and sometimes amazed that I'm here. I still can't think of any associates or bachelors degrees I would be interested in that would actually prepare me for life, make me feel more self-reliant, feel like I'm really making a positive different in people's lives, and so on.  For at least 5 years, I've felt like I can't stop now and put a stopper on my potential since I've worked so hard. I feel like I've been working toward this since elementary school, and it would be a waste of time and life to not finish. Otherwise, I almost just as well have not started 6th grade;)

I've heard other students say this fall semester is the calmest of the program, and this upcoming spring semester is the hardest.

I've been playing soccer with mostly international students on about a weekly basis since summer, and still only know a few names, and I probably couldn't pronounce most of them anyway. I've been the only girl except for one time.  Yesterday one of the guys asked if I am on the U of U women's soccer team. For a moment I was flattered, but then I found out he's only been in the U.S 1 1/2 years, and probably thinks girls aren't very good at soccer.  It's funny how soccer has brought me together with strangers my whole life. It's an activity I now do for the sake of the enjoyment of the sport, where the social interaction is secondary (plus it's hard to communicate when nobody else on the field speaks english as their first language). Both here and in Logan I've gotten together with complete strangers who basically remained complete strangers after playing with them several times.  Need to exercise, and this is a fun way to do it. 

We all have different learning experiences including spiritual experiences that make all the difference in our decisions in our life journeys. I often marvel about how different and yet similar we all are. God gave us different talents, opportunities, experiences, and interests, and this really makes the world go round. I don't understand why anyone would want to go into dental hygiene, accounting, or electrical engineering, but I'm glad there are people who do. 

There are so many people who have helped me immensely in my life. I am so grateful for them, and I hope they know what blessings they are.

We are hoping to move to St. George for the summer, so I hope we can find a good apartment when we move back up. If you have any leads, I'd appreciate them!