Provo in January

It snowed, once. 

This month has been full. It's been full of friends, a new place to live, and getting back in the groove of going to school on the BYU campus. It's also been full of London homesickness, but I've been fortunate to always be around my friends from the program so we can commiserate together. 

I've spent lots of time catching up with my favorite nuggets. Bowling, Fashion Place Mall, Museum of Art with Mom, snuggling, the works.

I've also been trying to spend as much time as possible with my favorite Madeline before she leaves on her mission in two weeks (!!).

I bought a set of metallic letters at the dollar section at Target, and this was the best thing I could come up with with one set of letters.

This building alone saves me from severe classic architecture withdrawals. (and those mountains?)

I seem to always think "What Would Mindy Lahiri Wear?" because she is perfect.  

and another!

Naomi and I made a trip down to Nordstrom's to go to the Steve Madden event. That there is Steve Madden, and that there is the selfie pose of the year.

Jayne and I, Roll-up Cafe, Study Abroad get together as usual. 

Morgan and I went up to Salt Lake and Park City last Monday for the Sundance Film Festival. After all this time, this year was the first time I've been. She got tickets from the film program to see To Be Takei, a documentary about George Takei that I really enjoyed. We made a pitstop at Trader Joe's, and then drove up to Park City. We strolled around Main Street, ate free veggie burgers, tried and failed to see The Trip to Italy on the wait list, found our new favorite cafe called Atticus, and saw the much anticipated concert by Belle and Sebastian.

 This is the result of meeting and taking a picture with the one and only Stuart Murdock.

 I've also began my skiing class up at Sundance. It's been really icy and we seriously need some more snow, but I'm slowly getting the hang of it.

On Saturday, Morgan and I went to Cat's Cradle Antiques so she could get some footage for her film class documentary. This was my first time there, and I'll be back there again soon because it was my kind of place.

This week has been tests, studying, and assignments, but this weekend I'm going to a concert in Salt Lake and it'll be February. Now back to an attempt to study for my test, be back eventually.

Septiembre

Hello everyone!

Most of the time I forget I live in Utah. College becomes its own little world and you forget what's out there. Happy October! It truly is my favorite month, and this year, I should hopefully not have to worry about it snowing. I have good intentions of blogging regularly, but assignments and procrastination get in the way. Here's a small recap of my first month of college:

 I saw this magical dance concert required for my tap class. There was a caberet piece that blew my mind. The concert was comprised of pieces performed by all of the BYU dance ensembles. The concert left me again longing that I was a ballerina. 

 A few Fridays ago I went to see my bcf Maddie cheer at her homecoming game. There's nothing quite like Friday night lights.

 (ignore my ridiculous face and focus on the majesty of the coat)

 The following Saturday morning I found myself up at 8 am to go to a yard sale called the Collective that exceeded my expectations. I came back with Mindy Gledhill's tea chest, a perfect grey vintage coat, a floral romper, bow, and ring. I celebrated my success with breakfast at Guru's.

 Not having class until 4 pm on Fridays makes for prime opportunities to go to the Provo temple, where I was in and out in two hours. 

 A new exhibit went up in the HFAC (Harris Fine Arts Center)

 The leaves are turning and it is magnificent!

 One Friday night I decided to hike the Y for the first time. It's about two miles straight up the mountain. The view on top of the Y is beautiful, and since I was there at night I could see the whole city as well as the stars. I'll hike it again before it snows, and this time with other people.

  I got to spend time with these munchkins and saw Finding Nemo 3-D. I love, love living close to them!

I had to write a 7 1/2 minute play for my theater class. I wrote a story based on my grandfather. An elderly man with dementia who recently lost his wife has to relearn that she has passed away. It's a tragic but sweet story and I'm really proud of it!

 I finally got to see the exhibit at the Museum of Art. It was a brief walk through, but I love the focus BYU has put on learning about Islamic culture. I recently read and saw a play called A Second Birth that is based on the culture in Afghanistan. 

Last Friday night's football game against Hawaii was a blast since I got to sit by my friend Michael in a section right up close to the end zone. Also, getting on the jumbotron and winning 47-0 made it the best game yet!

I have plans to post sooner than later. Life is swell and I have 17 days left of being 18 before I turn 19!

Love,

Megan Marie

Tornado of Blur- May 2012 Edition

In case you missed me this first 2/3 of May, it looked something like this:

 Dinner Dance 2012! (I danced, sang, Mastered of Ceremoni'd)

new dress, Rex did my make-up!

Pulled an EVE and skipped lots of school. 

My emails know how I feel.

I could apply lots of Elf quotes to me life.

cheese'd it up.

Ate some food from Harry Potter 2.

wore pajamas.

received flowers

Did some cleaning.

Went home a few times. 

Livestrong'd

hung out with the sun

 sang some tunes.. lots of singing..

Acted Cryptically Effectiviely

sang at a concert, missed a concert, more singing to come!

Snuggled and ate some babies.OKay wow, I know how that sounds but my ward at church has ridiculously cute babies all ova the place! I couldn't resist those cheeks!

did lots of pondering.

Acted Sly and sipped superhero juice.

Wore heels casually.

sent secret signals to Vulcan.

Got sum new makeup! Thanks Sephora.

Put things from Lulu on my wishlist* (*kindof)

regained an appetite after a monstrosity of a stressful times!

this is totes caffeine free and totes legal.

and I did some smiling.

HAPPY MAY!

lOVE,
MMA