A Little Arizona Sunshine

One week's worth of homework for one class typically takes me 8 hours. Within the last two weeks, I've had to do 8 weeks worth of homework for one class and 6 weeks worth of homework for another class and take two midterms (about 100 hours of work). While working. And attending two meetings a day for Week of Prayer. And doing some volunteer work for GYC. I guess I could compare it to... trying to stuff an elephant into a Polly Pocket. Or trying to tell a giraffe to duck... under a handrail. Or having a gorilla read the Declaration of Independence and write an essay about the mistreatment of the colonies by the King. Wait, that was me two nights ago. I'm less than 9 hours away from my deadline and I'm happy to announce: I got a B on my Religion Midterm, a 96% on my History midterm, and I only have 4 more assignments to complete to be caught up. In order to accomplish this feat, I went on a complete media fast. Instagram and Facebook accounts were deacti...

Mostly because I'm getting used to the concept of being single living here in Spangle Washington. Total number of residents (including the school staff and student population): Approximately 480. Total number of residents that are male: Roughly 210 Total number of those males that are single and over the age of 21: Maybe 25? And number of males that are single, over the age of 21, younger than 40, and Seventh-day Adventist???? ... 3. And I'm not interested in any of those three guys. But that's not the reason I'm writing this post. I'm writing this post because I totally took apart my vacuum this week because it wasn't working. AND FIXED IT. Like a boss. I'd like to thank my grandpa (who is the best mechanic I know) for bestowing his grease-stained genes to me. I'd like to thank my parents for always telling me I could do anything I set my mind to. I'd like to thank my Auntie Audra who showed me first hand what it was like to be a...