I am hungry ALL OF THE TIME.

I think it is hormonal though because when I eat, I am still not satisfied.

Honestly it kind of feels like the story of Christ with the woman at the well.

Remember that one?

I am doing another Project 52 and it has been a bit harder to start than the others I have done.

I think it is because things are so...not where I expected them to be as I leave my 20's at the end of this project.

It has caused me to think about this situation between the Savior and the woman a lot.

Things aren't always what we imagine.

Sometimes, like I am right now, we hunger or thirst without feeling relief.

He offers us that relief and so much more.

I am trying to remember and remind myself of that more.

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The last two weeks have been lots of...fun.

No, really.

I am trying not to be too sarcastic.

I am having a hard time working on my thesis at the moment but that is going to change this week.

It is!

Because I said so and I am a professional!

I can do this!

It isn't writer's block, it is Ph.D. student motivation block.

Not to worry though, I will conquer it.

While I have been not writing I have been attending inductions, classes (yep, I have one this semester), Young Women's responsibilities and walking about.

Pictures from my morning walks.

I know I post so many of these but I really love taking pictures here.

It is SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

The leaves are changing, the sky is FABULOUS, and it is my favorite time of the year.

Funny story about mutual by the way.

We had a woman come do a makeup tutorial for the girls but none of them wanted to volunteer to be the makeup model.

Ergo, I ended up doing it...and looking like this:

I was sad that I ate all of those people.

The best part was that I had to wear it home, which meant I looked like this as I walked down the streets of Durham at 10pm.

Oh, it gets better.

St. John's and St. Chad's (I think?) had their fresher's formal that night.

So the Bailey was full of drunk freshman and I looked like that.

On top of that, jerks are running around the area in clown costumes with knives trying to scare people.

AND I LOOKED LIKE THAT!!!

Thankfully I had my hood, I pretended to wipe my nose to keep my face covered for the most part, and despite some double-takes, I got home without incident.

It was pretty funny overall.

Working in Young Women's...totally an adventure.

Finally, last week, I attended the Full-Moon Market in Durham for some fire-oven pizza and music.

The good times continue!

All the random things

I am trying so hard to update this thing regularly.

The only thing I am regular about is missing the updates.

Oh well.

This post is dedicated to all the random things that have happened since I returned from my summer field work in July.

Mainly a post of random photos and stories I have removed from my phone.

So, here goes.

JULY

So...sometimes I don't replace things for A LONG time.

Like clothes (not too bad),

shoes (meh),

makeup...

yeah, still using a blush and other things from high school...a decade ago.

That is wrong.

It also explains why every time I wore makeup my face broke out.

So I replaced it and it was a fun thing to do.

So I documented it with pictures because I am such a major dork.

Also, before and afters are kind of fun.

AUGUST

I cut my own hair but I talked about that here.

Outside of that I did my work,

hung out in my hammock (best purchase of all time),

did a lot of walking around Durham,

got acquainted with various berries in an effort to be more healthy,

learned some Snapchat tricks from Pond,

and found a brand of flour whose name is what little Tyler used to call me when he was a wee lad.

There was a moment of homesickness there.

SEPTEMBER

More walking.

More eating.

By the way, that is the best pizza of all time.

Be jealous, very jealous.

I also got a fitbit which was the best choice I have made in a while.

I finished the month going to Spain (see here) and going out for hot chocolate with my visiting teachers who gave me this marvelous bath basket.

On September 30th I walked about Durham and realized that 1 year ago that day I left the good old U.S. of A.  

OCTOBER

1 year in Durham.

That blows my mind.

I really can't process it.

Starting this new semester I am walking/running in the mornings.

It gives a good opportunity for pictures.

This last Monday was awesome because it was particularly foggy. 

This last weekend was also General Conference and I was blessed to watch it live.

More walking pictures.

Oh Durham, you are so lovely.

So, there are the random pictures for the last bit.

If I start to post regularly, these posts will get smaller.

I promise.