In the small gap between the billowing clouds, a thousand glittering stars seemed to race across the sky.   Courtney had only 3 days till she left on her mission, so on a midnight whim we headed to the canyon and stuffed the bed of the truck full of pillows and blankets for a night that of dried mangoes and indie pop that ended in fat raindrops and a lot of laughs.
     Survival mode college stye: a social life to water down the homework.  There is plenty to do in Provo, so activities range from hottubbing to cooking together with fresh produce from the Rancho Market to Latin dancing to group studying whilst watching the Superbowl to campfires to 1 AM grocery store ice cream trips to Insidious marathons.  And yes, life is good whilst I have my running shoes for my daily two-mile runs.
   After two years of being on different continents, I am just so grateful to be around both my sister and my boyfriend once more.  When I had a little stress meltdown today, Rachel made me take a break from studying epithelial tissues to make cookie dough.  She is so quietly resilient and so thoughtful.  As for Dallin Thomas, it's borderline hilarious the way it takes us a minimum of thirty minutes to say goodbye even if we'll see each other the next day.  You'd think we'd be trained for separation, but instead I think we just enjoy our time together each more.

trip to Logan to watch Dallin play volleyball

bye Courtney, say hi to the Preston MTC for me