Winter Song

This is my winter song to you. The storm is coming soon. It rolls in from the sea.

My voice, a beacon in the night. My words will be your light, to carry you to me.

Is love alive? Is love alive? Is Love....

They say that things just cannot grow. Beneath the winter snow, or so I have been told.

They say we're buried far. Just like a distant star, I simply cannot hold.

Is love alive? Is love alive? Is love alive?

This is my winter song. December never felt so wrong. 'Cause you're not where you belong: inside my arms.

I still believe in summer days. The seasons always change. And life will find a way.

I'll be your harvester of light. And send it out tonight. So we can start again.

Is love alive? Is love alive? Is love alive?

This is my winter song. December never felt so wrong. 'Cause you're not where you belong: inside my arms.

This is my winter song to you. The storm is coming soon. It rolls in from the sea.

My love, a beacon in the night. My words will give you light, to carry you to me.

Give me a break! Give me a break!

It's finally Christmas Break!!! Well it will be tonight around midnight when I finish grading and entering physiology final exams!  Love my job :) Had so much fun at a TA grading party Friday night. Then a date to Zoo Lights last night. If you haven't gone, you should! It's fun. I can't wait for family fun time Thursday and Friday. It will be board game awesomeness. Ummm not sure what else to write about. Can you tell I am procrastinating my grading? My finals went very very well and now it is just a waiting game for final grades. Still have a smidgen of Christmas shopping to do but lots of wrapping. Plan for the week is: grading today/tonight, a Winter solstice party tomorrow, a Christmas party Tuesday, a Party and our football bowl game Wednesday (Go UTES!), and Christmas family fun Thursday and Friday! Woot. 
Love the Holidays.

L.

Can I get an Ohm?

I went running after class tonight to ease my troubled brain. My chakras are all out of whack. Es lo no bueno. I know this because I have been hacking up a lung ever since I got back. It was supposedly around 10 degrees when I went. It's about 3 now. I didn't start to get cold until I was doing my "cool down" hehe, a walk around our block. Note to self: Invest in ice clamps for my nikes. Another note to self: Get better running shoes. Basically, I need a good massage and a good dose of me time. I hope I get a yoga class pass for christmas.

And So It Begins

Less than two weeks until my last final. And my first one in 5 days. I think I may die from anatomy...It's slowly swelling my brain with useless information. The only good thing about anatomy lab right now involves a cute young man with dreads.

On a happier note it is now December. and I like December. December means phone calls from missionaries. December means beautiful scenery. December means family fun time. And December means I can finally take a break.

Holly jumped into this position waiting for the ride to grandma's for thanksgiving! When Tony picked them up off the freeway she jumped right in his car and in to this position too, but she hasn't done it until now. She's such a funny dog, love her :)

Action shot of the monopoly throw down after Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Simpson's house...

Another action shot. Jared always took the longest on his turn haha

Buddy and Holly wanted to help me with my pictorial writing project on Yoga poses...Holly had trouble focusing her chi.

My sibbies

L.

Win or Lose

Max Hall is still a jerk.

GO UTES!

The snow makes me want one.

Oh the joys of the holidays.....

Good thing I have a 24 accessible location.

Now, to risk dying in the blizzard to get one tonight or wait until tomorrow?

Decisions, decisions.

(For all you haters this is a peppermint mocha - my new obsession.)

BLAH!

Life sucks. Bring me Thanksgiving.

Another fun weekend...

Had another great weekend full of football and friends! I will be so sad when football season is over :( We play TCU this week in Forth Worth and ESPN college GameDay will be there....do we go??? There are only about 5 weeks left in the semester!!!! AHHH!!! I am already freaking out. (If you couldn't tell.) I feel like I am always behind. I'm making dinner tonight for my roommate and her boyfriend Justin, it should be delicious: tomato soup, orzo pasta, and grilled cheese! yummmy :) Ummm my life is pretty boring aside from school/work and U of U sports...so yeah. Here are some pictures from this weekend and let's hope I can have a productive 4 hours of studying at work tonight!
L.

Hallowiener

Halloween weekend was a blast! Had the BLACKOUT game and beat Wyoming! GO UTES! Got to see the true freshman quarterback in action....I <3 Jordan Wynn haha. Went to some costume parties and had a really good time too! Here are some of my favorite pictures from the weekend.....

 

 

B is for bruise, black, and blue

I got into a fight with one of the machines at the field-house yesterday...it won.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...a little too early for my taste.

And it begins. It's snowing. I hate the snow when I have things to do. I hate the snow when You have to walk on campus in it or you have to drive in it. It is amazing to me how Utahns forget how to drive in the snow and have to re-learn every year! Amazing! I went to the fieldhouse this morning with my roommate. Yay for lifting weights! I have a feeling that I will have dead arms tomorrow. I am craving caramel-apple-cider from starbucks, so much. I am going to spend the afternoon with my mom and I'm so excited! We're going to finish my halloween costume! Toga! Toga! Anyway, that's all for now.
L.

Daily Grind

Boo being back in school. No bueno en serio. I'm just trying to get through this week, so nothing too exciting going on. But I did want to share this quote from my anatomy professor:
"Males can voluntarily control their scrotal sac by contracting the skeletal muscle in the spermatic cord. For all you know I could be working those muscles right now! ... Yes, by controlling these muscles males can literally bounce their own balls." - Mark Nielsen

That was said at 9 this morning. It made for an entertaining day :) I made some delicious caribbean jerk chicken pizza tonight for my roommate bre and her bf justin. It was delicious! Now I just need to finish up some reading and go to bed. I need a new book to read. Any thoughts? It's 11:11 and I wish for tomorrow to go by quickly! haha and to sleep all the way through the night and not wake up to thunder shaking our old and cute house! That's all I have for now...vaya con dios
L.

The end is in sight

Fall break is technically over, but I'll be milking it for all it's worth until Monday at 745 when I have to wake up! I haven't done much and it's been great :) I did get most of my Halloween costume finished, got some homework done, and watched some college football so it's all good. The Utes have yet to play but we'll dominate. GO UTES!

L.

Rule #2 : Cardio

I am deep in the throws of FALL BREAK! Woo!!! We went to Zombieland on Friday which was way good! I really recommend it! and have had a few movie nights since which included Wedding Crashers and Swamp Thing...epic. Next up is another trip to logan perhaps or perhaps just more movie nights. But first things first, brunch with Allan tomorrow :) That's all for now!
L.

The times they are a changing...

I have had a lot of change in my life recently. I ended my relationship of 15 months with Chris, I started my third year at the University of Utah, and I am living on Douglas with my good friend Bre. I am not sure where these changes will take me but I am excited for the adventure. It's fall break next week, can't wait for a week off! Woo! Mine starts today at 5 PM...only 4 hours to go! I watched Across the Universe last night, I had forgotten how much I love that movie. And the Beatles for that matter. It's pay-day! I think I may end up purchasing some Beatles tunes this week, just a hunch. Liz is coming down tonight and I can't wait to see her again :) Going to see Zombieland tonight...supposedly it's way good. I guess we'll see! That's life at the moment so yeah, toodles. L.

I'm such a bad blogger I should go to blogging jail

I now live on Douglas Street on Salt Lake City and still attend the university of utah. GO UTES! Had a fun weekend of birthday activities with my mom including a 3D movie and dinner with the fam at Auntie Jann's. She even made me a garden burger, it was delicious!!!! I am not at work woefully doing homework and trying to forget the fact that I have to wake up so early tomorrow. Boo class. But I have 3 awesome things to look forward to this week! They are: 1) Grey's premiere! 2) Meeting up with an old friend 3) Going to Logan for some quality Liz-Lisa time! So excited!!! My goal is to update this at least once a week, for Erica's sake hehe :) Wish me luck!

It's been a while

So I made this in September...and apparently I am a terrible blogger. Ha! Anyway the school year is winding down, only 3 weeks until finals! and I am stressed stressed stressed! I am actually taking time off from studying for a test I have today to write this. I can't believe it's already Easter weekend! crazy. Meliss turned 24 last Saturday so that was exciting. I made her red velvet cupcakes from scratch. They're delicious if I do say so myself! I have resolved to be better about this so hopefully I will write again soon. Time for more studying! L.