Since August...

Many, many, many things have happened.

Did you know I have several blogs?

It is true.

I have one for my thesis research...which I update a little more than this one,

all the missionary blogs,

tumblr,

and a contribute to a few others.

Well, not really.

I haven't really been good since the end of August, when all the madness began.

I am not going to talk much about the thesis and PhD stuff because that is on my thesis blog but I will give a quick photo update of the last 3 months.

Bug turned 18.

This should have been in my last post but I somehow skipped it.

I gave her a betta fish for her new apartment and yes, he has a telephone box in his bowl.

She named him Sir Geoffery Bruce in honor of our lovely friend Bruce.

Unfortunately we did not realize that he could not live in her apartment.

That stunk.

She visits him when she comes home with laundry.

Her gifts centered around food.

 

Specifically rice and gravy.

She also started her tenure at BYU

which includes:

late nights at the library:

and all-day/night study sessions.

She is learning about taking breaks whenever possible.

We actually get to study together most days which is awesome.

To start out the semester we went watched Remember the Titans at the football stadium.

That was awesome.

I also had my magical birthday.

Numero 27 on the 27th.

The padre cooked me the most amazing cake in all creation.

It is not pretty but that is a lemon glaze on top.

It was AMAZING.

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My semester has been crazy!

It goes something like this:

wake up at 5,

get ready,

read scriptures etc.,

start studying,

get to library around 7 to write/ do Latin,

(bless you Pond for the mobile whiteboard)

Latin at 10,

run to bus,

bus to Frontrunner,

Latin homework/study on train,

Frontrunner to Trax,

Trax to Church History Museum,

work until 6pm,

run to Trax,

Trax to Frontrunner,

Frontrunner to Provo,

I used to take the bus and walk the mile home from the stop but since it has gotten dark the glorious Cita picks me up.

I get home between 7:30 and 8pm.

I do the dishes for the day, try to straighten up a bit, finish any homework/thesis writing and head to bed to get started again.

To say I am tired is an understatement.

On top of all of those things I am turning in thesis chapters, meeting with my committee every so often, and prepping PhD application stuff.

I am so very, very tired.

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Speaking of my internship at the CHM...

Things are going well.

I like the work and I love the people I work with.

I am getting to do a lot of cool things like getting trained on a forklift,

learning to make a "naked book",

("naked" meaning it doesn't have a cover but has acrylic paste to protect the outside)

doing preservation and cleaning on pieces in the collection,

holding historical guns from the exhibits,

and mounting/storing objects.

While most of the objects we work with are historical, I did get to mount a 2000 year old vessel last week, 

It has all been a blast!!!

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To finish off here are a few more pictures from the last few weeks.

Bug joined the BYU women's rugby team.

She broke her nose on her first tackle in her first game.

No joke.

Here is the evolution of her black eye:

(technically both her eyes were black but her left one was the worst)

With all of the time I have been spending on the computer writing/researching my contacts have not been doing well.

Therefore I bought glasses,

online,

for less than 100 bucks.

They are saving my bacon,

my eyes,

and my head.

Seriously, nothing starts a migraine like contacts and extended computer screen exposure.

The weather this October has been AMAZING.

We went on a bike ride/walk down the canyon before Halloween.

Provo is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.

I love it here.

Finally, on Halloween Bug and I decided to start a new tradition.

We went trick-or-treating with the extended familia like always,

but then we went to a corn maze and shot zombies with paint ball guns.

It was a blast and something we definitely want to do again.

If I am here next October at least.

While we were waiting to for the familia to arrive I took pictures of grass.

It was probably the most beautiful Halloween that I can remember.

The weather was absolutely perfect.