Hello from the mountain land. Utah has decided to get very cold, quite rapidly, and i am starting to realize just how much the risk of contacting frostbite has increased since moving to a cold place without a car. Minnesota was quite the frozen tundra, but you drove around in that frozen tundra in a car that had a heater. Here it's just you, your two feet, and 1.6 miles to central campus. At least I have great parents who kindly sent me a coat in the mail last week. What would one do without them? die...literally. Life here is absolutely wonderful, i'm so close to starting my major, and loving my classes. College is harder and more stressful than I ever imagined it could be, but it is also more rewarding and exciting than I thought possible. We're a family here, and I love that I can walk around our building with no makeup on, or have a good cry and not be judged. I was talking with my friend Brandon earlier today about the topics we had all chosen to write our research papers on for a general english class that pretty much the entire building is in, and he pointed out that if you listed every topic, we would be able to point out who each one belonged to without hesitating. We are all getting to know each other so well now, all the important details and everything, and there is nothing more wonderful. One of the most amazing things about college, is that we can all have different likes and interests and come from a plethora of different lifestyles, and still be best friends. I already know that the people I'm becoming friends with now will be in my life for a very long time.
The dating scene is quite different than I expected it to be, since the LDS mission age change has caused a slight shortage in the male population for the time being. The ten boys in my ward have big shoes to fill considering there are 114 girls. But i've dated a few people and kissed a few more and the husband hunt continues. It's funny because as much as I joke about wanting to get married, I am so content being single and independent and selfish, it would have to be absolutely the right person for me to give up the life i am living now. Sacrifice the good for something better is how the saying goes, right?
Work is good, my only complaint is that since I make coffee, I only get hit on by people who drink coffee, which is fine and dandy but really, I'm just surrounded by a bubble of mormon problems.
I don't have a lot of exciting stories to share today, but my november goal is to blog more, life is too short to not keep track of things on the internet.
Mostly I wanted to talk about how three months ago today at a very early hour, i boarded a plane in minnesota with no expectations and a pocketful of worries, all alone about to being a new life filled with unknowns. I have learned so many things and truly am growing into the person I have always dreamed I would become. I can not believe that the semester is over halfway through, what a crazy adventure it has been!
Happy monday, kids! and happy 3 months to me!
xoxo.
Sarah
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