Rare Fresh Air

I didn't try to rhyme the title, so don't judge! I WAS trying, however, to get across the point that Utah is so smokey these days that its hard to get any fresh air. But, my friends and I found it! Near a waterfall up in a canyon. Plus, according to this screenshot, my city is due for a week of thunderstorms! BEST. NEWS. EVER!!

Anyways, back to the waterfall. My roommate Chelsie and I were very bored one afternoon, so we called up our friend Matt who always has good ideas of things to do. He said...'Lets go to a waterfall!' This was obviously a better idea than anything we were coming up with so we changed, grabbed our shoes, and headed up the canyon together.

 

The water was glistening! Also, Chelsie is fully unaware of the fact that her socks are showing BSU pride. Blue and orange baby! (Sorry...college football season is almost upon us. I highly suggest you watch this preview for my other favorite team.)

After hiking on a path up to the waterfall, we decided to actually climb down the waterfall to get to the bottom. It was fun! And I only fell twice!

 

 "And above all watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

Refresh...

(This is a picture of the pathway I took to get to an old Roman amphitheater ruin in the Swiss countryside.)

Oh, life and how it gets away from me. After a short trip to Switzerland, I'm officially back from my internship at the Scottish Parliament. As always, it was weird getting back into the swing of things, but I moved into my new apartment this last weekend and I finally feel set.

I also feel set with school now too. I was crazy busy right after getting back because I had to finish my internship classes. That meant a lot of essay writing and editing, including a 22-page policy recommendation paper on "Nuclear Disarmament in an Independent Scotland." I made up the topic. And I loved it. I also got an A on it. I'm pretty much legit. So now that I'm caught up with my 3 new spring classes, I can focus on getting a job. Too bad I can definitely guarantee it wont be as awesome as my job back in Edinburgh...

As you may have noticed, I renovated my blog. I really needed to do it and I love the way it's turned out. It feels clean, simple, and fresh - the way I want to live my life right now.  I hope to be back blogging more often. Well no, I don't hope, I commit to actually doing it. And for simplicities sake, if you want to get updates about when I have a new post, put your email in that little space at the end of the right column and hit submit.

So for now, this ^ lovely campus is where you'll find me, especially on the 2nd floor in the library. I hope to visit Boise sooner rather than later and spend time with all my family and friends that I haven't seen since the beginning of the year. Also, I need to get them their souvenirs soon or else I will end up eating all their Scottish shortbread and Swiss chocolate I brought back. And I wouldn't want to do that...