Cycles



So yeah it’s been a while, and I noticed that when I don’t post on my blog it seems like other people don’t post on theirs either. It’s a vicious cycle. Isn’t that kind of a weird pairing of words? Usually when I think cycle, I think about bicycle or popsicles…which isn't really a cycle at all. But life is full of cycles, there’s ATP cycle from AP Bio (cue the collective groan here), there’s the human development cycle, there’s mathematical cyclic motion, there’s even the seasons, which I like to think of as a more picturesque kind of cycle.


Well two weeks ago, Provo went through a change of seasons. One day it was just like the Tri-Cities, the next it was just like Seattle all morning and then all of the sudden, this:
We had snow for probably two days straight and it covered everything. Walking in between classes became a joy as I saw the pure white blanket that hid campus from view. I watched grounds crews blow out the sprinklers, and the process left a diamond coating on the fresh snow. I got caught walking to the temple with a neighbor from back home in what we clearly thought was a blizzard, and it was AWESOME. Enjoy the rest of these snow pictures from Provo, because now it’s all gone due to a little less chilly temperatures and some rain.
 Okay I lied. Those first two are of White Pass Washington....I miss snowboarding. I can't wait for the season to start :)

College Cookin'



Woe is a college student without ingredients to make things to eat. I live on a diet of tortillas, PB&J, PB&H, potatoes, occasionally chicken, fast food, and cereal. Basically it’s cheap, easy to fix stuff that is available on a semi regular basis. Best part is I’m not gaining any weight because I walk everywhere on campus :)

 
That’s why I’m sooo grateful for home. In two weeks I will be home, free to cook whatever I want to a certain extent because momma has all the ingredients that I don’t have. Home also means free to not cook if I don’t want to, and the consequence isn't fast food. It will be glorious. Six weeks after I’m home more permanently, I will go to the MTC, then the CCM, where food is mediocre compared to home cookin’ but not as bad as fast food.  After that, I’m told my mission has women that cook for the missionaries on a daily basis, Peruvian food every day. So so stoked for that!

Credit for the incredible toon goes to this awesome blog: http://missionarytoons.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html