On Monday my mom, friend Lexie and I went and looked at college apartments. I'm a sophomore in college at the Utah Valley University. (Go Wolverines!) Anyway, when I was freshman I decided to stay at home and not worry about the things most of the UVU freshman have to worry about. This year I decided I did need to get out of the house, because I really wasn't living. I would go to school, come home, study, eat, sleep and do it all over again the next day. I didn't interact with anyone or anything which of course wasn't enjoyable.
As of now I'm all ready to move into my apartment on the 22nd of August! I am pretty excited, but I'm also nervous, which is understandable because I've never done this before... unless you want to count EFY in San Antonio which was only for a week... which I don't, haha.
My mom and I went to Target yesterday and got some things we needed for my dorm room. I love the color blue, so that's what I got for my dorm! It's cute:)
Next week on Friday, my mom, sister, and I drive down to Texas! I can't wait to see all of my family including my cousin, JESSICA! It will be a fun vacation:)
Leanna
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Hiking
Have you ever had a moment when you have a goal you wanted to keep, and you think it sounds easy or awesome, but once the moment gets there it's in actuality a horrible idea, but you keep doing it anyway? Well this summer my mom, sister and I decided to go hiking every week of summer break. I thought at first, this will be fun, I haven't gone hiking since last summer and I remember liking it so this will be a great thing to do. Once I went on the first hike however, my mind switched gears about hiking. I absolutely hate it. Here is my pros and cons list... or in this case cons and pros list. (Once you go to college all you can think about is pros and cons to any situation... it's kind of a curse.)
Cons of hiking for me:
-My mom and I are the only ones that go every week with a group of women from a nearby church. We wake up at 8 to be ready by 9:15 to meet at a house and get on our way to a hiking trail. Krista somehow has been able to get out of every hike except two, which I think is a little unfair.
-Every single hike is either going straight up or feels like it's going straight up. Almost none of the hikes have a leveling off area where you can take a break. I'm not even kidding when I say I either get heat exhaustion, pass out, or feel like throwing up every time I go hiking.
-After going hiking in the morning all I want to do is take a shower and sleep the rest of the day when I get back home. So the day is basically wasted, and I end up having a headache for some reason.
-I get blisters and dirt all over my feet even though I have shoes and socks on... not to mention how sweaty you get throughout the whole hike.
-My hands swell when I'm hiking for some reason, I have no idea why... maybe I'm allergic to hiking?
-Once you go up you have to come down... which usually gives me a cramp in my side.
Pros of hiking:
-You feel good about yourself for climbing up and down a mountain every week. I mean seriously you feel like a superhuman.
-If you are on a diet you can get away with eating more food when you hike, because you burn 1000 calories and up every time you go. Party!
-You get gorgeous views from hiking up a mountain. If you bring your phone you can take pictures and post them to Instagram with the label #nofilter on it. They also make great cover photos for your Facebook (;
-If you want, you can get a camelback and wear/drink out of it on hikes. I have always thought was cool to do because you feel like an adventurer, or someone really awesome like Indiana Jones, The Librarian, Virginia Lewis, Russell or... someone like that.
-Sometimes you see wildlife, like a real life Bambi (which I did see last week drinking from a small waterfall) and sometimes you hike to waterfalls which is a nice relaxing spot to cool down.
Even though I hate hiking as much as I do I'm glad I go, because I'm proving to myself I can do anything I set my mind to. Once this is all over, I can say I have completed a goal, going through with it until the end. That very idea is what makes me keep hiking every Tuesday when I want to give up so badly, when I could easily turn around and wait in the car, I don't because I know it will all be worth it in the end to say, "I did it."
So far I've hiked everyday of June and now one week in July. "Sadly" I won't be able to hike every week of July because my mom, sister and I are going to Texas for about two-three weeks starting on the 21st. So I have only two weeks left of hiking until I can stop and be proud of myself for completing my goal, and man will it feel good (:
Leanna
Cons of hiking for me:
-My mom and I are the only ones that go every week with a group of women from a nearby church. We wake up at 8 to be ready by 9:15 to meet at a house and get on our way to a hiking trail. Krista somehow has been able to get out of every hike except two, which I think is a little unfair.
-Every single hike is either going straight up or feels like it's going straight up. Almost none of the hikes have a leveling off area where you can take a break. I'm not even kidding when I say I either get heat exhaustion, pass out, or feel like throwing up every time I go hiking.
-After going hiking in the morning all I want to do is take a shower and sleep the rest of the day when I get back home. So the day is basically wasted, and I end up having a headache for some reason.
-I get blisters and dirt all over my feet even though I have shoes and socks on... not to mention how sweaty you get throughout the whole hike.
-My hands swell when I'm hiking for some reason, I have no idea why... maybe I'm allergic to hiking?
-Once you go up you have to come down... which usually gives me a cramp in my side.
Pros of hiking:
-You feel good about yourself for climbing up and down a mountain every week. I mean seriously you feel like a superhuman.
-If you are on a diet you can get away with eating more food when you hike, because you burn 1000 calories and up every time you go. Party!
-You get gorgeous views from hiking up a mountain. If you bring your phone you can take pictures and post them to Instagram with the label #nofilter on it. They also make great cover photos for your Facebook (;
-If you want, you can get a camelback and wear/drink out of it on hikes. I have always thought was cool to do because you feel like an adventurer, or someone really awesome like Indiana Jones, The Librarian, Virginia Lewis, Russell or... someone like that.
-Sometimes you see wildlife, like a real life Bambi (which I did see last week drinking from a small waterfall) and sometimes you hike to waterfalls which is a nice relaxing spot to cool down.
Even though I hate hiking as much as I do I'm glad I go, because I'm proving to myself I can do anything I set my mind to. Once this is all over, I can say I have completed a goal, going through with it until the end. That very idea is what makes me keep hiking every Tuesday when I want to give up so badly, when I could easily turn around and wait in the car, I don't because I know it will all be worth it in the end to say, "I did it."
So far I've hiked everyday of June and now one week in July. "Sadly" I won't be able to hike every week of July because my mom, sister and I are going to Texas for about two-three weeks starting on the 21st. So I have only two weeks left of hiking until I can stop and be proud of myself for completing my goal, and man will it feel good (:
Leanna
PG Falls Hike
Timponogos Caves
Horsetail Falls (hardest hike of them all)
Julie Andrews Hike
Scout Falls Hike
Memories
I started this blog when I was a freshman in high school full of excitement, just looking for something to do. After about a year or so I slowly stopped posting until every other month when I'd feel the need to write something on my blog. Today when I decided to look through my blog I realized I haven't posted anything for nearly two years.
As I started exploring all the post I had, I found a lot of memories with bad grammar and not so flattering pictures of myself and others from high school. (Sorry to those involved). Most of these memories were small and insignificant to others, but it was fun to go through and relive those moments, laughing and smiling to myself for an hour or so.
Only a few days ago a forest fire broke out ten minutes from my house. People I know had only five minutes to gather what they could and leave because the fire was coming their way. It was frightening to know that I could get that knock at my door, and I would have to be forced to choose what was precious and what was not to me in only five minutes. If you know me well, that is almost asking the impossible! I mean really, what would you choose if you only had five minutes? Scrapbooks, pictures, journals, letters, books.... The list could got on and on! What is important to save and keep? After thinking this over my answer came to: Memories. Memories are probably the most important thing to me besides my family, which is why today while looking through my blog I'm thankful to my immature fifthteen year old self who started this way back in 2008. Even though almost all of the posts weren't exactly special to those reading, they were memories from my life and were important to me.
So I got an idea to restart my blog and begin writing my days and experiences out again. Yes, I did delete every single post I had except for the random video in the post below, but don't worry! I copied and pasted my memories onto a word document so I can have them forever. Now that I have a clean slate and all of you don't have to put up with my bad spelling and millions of exclamation points everywhere, I'm ready to start again.
So here I go writing out my life for all of you who are interested to listen. Don't take anything for granted, and thank God for everything you are blessed with, because you never when may loose them.
Leanna
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