personal climate changes.

happiness is...

island air.

palm trees.

small classes.

nature-powered air conditioning.

chatter in chinese, samoan, german, russian, spanish, and more...all day long.

pidgin.

fresh, homemade sushi

poke. (POH-kay: raw marinated fish)

familiar faces, familiar places.

tutoring.

sand and sea.

...and 10 things I probably would have never done if I didnʻt go to BYU Provo last semester:

1. Buy a 3 gallon bucket of Creamery Ice Cream (with friends) and consume it over a couple days.

2. See "The Lion King" Broadway Musical with my cousin Matt in Las Vegas instead of seeing the Osmonds with the rest of the family.

3. Get swine flu AND adenovirus (? I think thatʻs what it was called. I had swine flu while the doctor was telling me this. Not much computed.)

4. Play with my favorite faux nephew Mason all the time (heʻs my cousinʻs kid, but thatʻs the closet Iʻve got!)

5. Attend a BYU football game with my Dad

6. Attend class while it was snowing so hard outside that looking out the window was useless. The tree three feet away was hard to see.

7. Get into all sorts of trouble with my wonderful roommate Jasinda.

8. Visited Rexburg for Thanksgiving.

9. Had a cousin sleepover at Grandmas on Halloween.

10. Visit the temple multiple times in a week.