6 Months

 

Dean said we can't celebrate because its an "anniversary," so it only happens

once a year. I told him we are celbrating our Bi anniversary now where's my present*?

I decided to cook some BBQ for dinner

and Nicole and Jackie came over to visit.

Hooray!

*we did not actually exchange presents

I Can't Even Watch This

I still can't believe it's over, but Harry Potter will always live in my heart.

I'm Usually Very Punctual

Recently, a friend brought up the fact that when I finish the nursing program, I will have been graduated from High School for 7 years, and only have an Associates Degree.

Thanks for pointing that out. I feel really good about myself now.

Haha but really, it is something I think about a lot.  I go back and forth between disappointment and encouragement.

Disappointment because I never imagined myself having this kind of school experience. I thought I would be a 4 year graduate. I never had much respect for super seniors. Well, here I am.

Encouragement because (I keep telling myself) it doesn't matter how long it takes, as long as I finished what I started. (I keep telling myself) Things happen for a reason, I was led this way to learn something, or to go on a path I wouldn't have forged myself. (I keep telling myself) Things will work out in the end, as they always do, whether my way or God's way.

I'm  trying not to be upset with myself or anyone else for how things have worked out.

On a slightly more positive not, I have been thoroughly enjoying school. Even though it's a lot to keep up with, at the end of the day, when I'm walking to my car after class, it is so satisfying. I don't know if I will be saying the same thing after 2 years of this, but for the first few weeks, that is how I have felt. I am finally doing it. It's going to be a long road, but it will go by quickly, as have the last 2 years, and even the last 5 years! Next thing I know I will be blogging about the first days of my new job! It is really exciting.

Hair

I got my hair done again. It's slightly ombre, which I was unsure about doing a second time, but I LOVE it. Dean was playing around with the camera and so I thought I should share a picture that shows the color

For reference, here's my hair before:

Bridesmaid Dresses

I don't know if this is a new bridesmaid dress on their website, but I just recently found it.

It reminded me of my own bridesmaid's dresses that I got at H&M for a lot cheaper!

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(Obviously mine were much darker)

It is oddly satisfying. Sometimes I wonder why anyone buys clothing from jcrew, because I always see duplicates at other places. But if I had the money I probably would shop there still.

The Perseids

Sounds fancy, right?

Where we live, it can be difficult to see some of the brightest stars, so something like this is a treat. Even if it involves an hour or more of driving.

We made our way to the closest "mountain" range at around 10pm, parked the truck on the opposite side of the city, blew up our new truck bed mattress, and waited.

Every minute or so, we saw one. It happens so fast you almost miss it every time. But it is glorious. And fascinating. And beautiful.

This happens every August, and is worth every second.

We didn't catch any meteors on camera, but dean took some long exposures of the stars:

Sorry for the picture overload of basically the same thing, I just think these images are so cool! Especially the first two with something so recognizable ;)

P.S. it was really, really dark when these were taken, but it would have been awesome if we could get shots like this at dawn like it seems haha (That orange haze you see is from the city, not the sun!)

So this happened

A couple in my ward has a relative that makes cute beanies and scarves and they asked me to model some for them. You can check out the website here. As you can see, this modeling thing does not come naturally to me. Here are some more for you viewing pleasure. (These are the only good ones, the rest I am smiling like a fool)

They gave me a complimentary beanie, and I really wanted the orange one but they joked about it as we were shooting, so I just said surprise me. It's weird how I'm not as embarrassed to share these as I was to actually take the pictures.