officially

DONE
until next semester.
it feels so great.

this...

is how much salad my family eats.

and they eat it.
all.

it's that time again

summer is almost here,
school is done,
the grandparents are back...

time to move back to orem.

(hopefully for the last time)

ahhh....

that felt better.
a good time with friends always cheers me up.
i am taking matters into my own hands and finding a way to make this better.
here's hoping!

unknown

lately i have felt that things are happening for reasons unknown to me. i think i have things planned out, and then they go off in a different direction. frustrating. i am in a rut right now and don't know how to get out. i'm stuck. everyone tells me, and i know this myself, that things happen for a reason. that is so hard for me. i can only see the surface of what is going on right now, and that i have to wait and see the rest of the iceberg later...sometime in the future when the frustrations are not so pressing. one day i am hoping to look back on this all and go "oh, that's why" and move on like it has made me a better person. i hope things go that way. i really hope.

my new obsession

neon yellow, green, pink, purple
accessorized with a black flower
wedge.
love it!!

so compelling

and i highly recommend it.
be forewarned--it is depressing, descriptive, and heart wrenching,
but probably one of the best books i have read about the Deaf experience.
what an eye-opener.