This whole year I have been trying to get Clark to hike the Y with me but there hasn't been a good time for us to go. I didn't have school today -- which has been amazing-- so I decided to walk to the trail head and hike it. Little did I know that I am in really terrible shape and seriously almost died once I got to the top but I eventually made it and loved every minute of it!
(The only thing that could have made it better would have been having a dog to do it with me)
Here is a picture of the Y from campus that I took on a rainy day last week. How beautiful is that?
I made it to the trail head!
For anyone who doesn't go to BYU/live in Provo here is the hike. I decided to take the trail to the top of the "Y". that last switchback was a huge killer for me!
I made it to the top and decided to take a picture of the view and found my house!
Just a couple of tips when hiking the Y:
1. don't listen to your ipod, it totally ruins the experience
2. running down is a lot more fun and actually easier than walking down
It was such a beautiful day I just had to take a picture of this street. the trees were so pretty and the blossoms smelt so good once I got into my neighborhood.
I freaking love spring in Provo. Here are some tulips that popped up along our driveway a few weeks ago!
This has nothing to do with the hike and is not from today but Clark is just so dang cute.
I was told by my professor that it was NOT going to be comprehensive except for like 10 questions that were to "test our long term memory".
There were 90 questions total and like 46 T/F questions.
So naturally, I studied from 1 to 7:30 (that is 6 and a half hours, peeps!)
for one final.
with the hopes of completely Acing the test
No Problem--right?
Definitely HALF of the questions were from the first test
--- of course those questions included all of the above, just A and B etc.
(Hello TRICKY!)
And probably about 15 percent of the study guide was actually on the test!!
I was super sad when I turned my test in and found out I didn't get an A....
The funny thing, for the amount of time I studied it only took me 27 minutes to take.
Complete. Wasted. Day.
{i hate you finals}
Thanks for letting me vent.
Sigh.
On a brighter note, I got $125 from book sell backs!
(5 of which I already spent on Subway for dinner right before I took my test)
Definitely going to City Creek this weekend and spending the rest on something cute!
Enjoy what has been going on in my head for the past week.
I've been meaning to write this post for a long time but never really had the time to do it.
It's about a lecture I went to this semester in my adult aging class
(who would have known this class would have been so amazing? not me that's for sure!)
My professor is a Marriage and Family Therapist and gave the lecture on what else?...
Marriage.
I've wanted to write this because I think there are too many blog posts and facebook statuses about how wonderful everyone's husband is
(which I am guilty of)
and not enough on the truth of what marriage really is like.
Don't get me wrong I love being married and Clark is down right the man of my dreams as well as my best friend,
But I just want to be honest here.
We fight and we have problems.
I know there are couples out there who don't and that is wonderful
but in reality I think a lot do.
That's just what happens when you put two completely different people into one new life.
As a result of husbands being portrayed as knights in shining armor 24/7
girls sit there and think...
their husband doesn't love them as much as other husbands love their wives
or
their husband isn't as good as other men out there.
Which leads to one of the largest problems today
Divorce.
Which has become EXTREMELY prevalent in the world as well as in the Mormon culture
and especially here at BYU.
I am probably one of the largest advocates of preventing divorce as my parents are divorced and I have seen many ugly and painful things as a result of it.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE MARRIED AND HAVE STRUGGLES
THIS IS FOR YOU.
The three most effect ways to maintain a strong marriage
1. Commitment
Commitment is THE most important principle in marriage. Which when you think about it, makes a lot of sense.
What does this mean?
It means you and/or your spouse are doing the things you have said you are going to do. It means being able to rely upon each other and trust in your relationship with each other.
How do you develop this?
Set goals for yourself and make sure to hold yourself accountable for them.
Be straight forward, honest and a person of integrity.
Make the person who you are on the inside match with the person you are on the outside.
Do what you say you are going to do because you want to do it.
When commitment is the most important principle in your life it leaves divorces as nothing, absolutely not an option.
2. Forgiveness
Because marriage is hard at times and we all make mistakes we HAVE to be forgiving of each other.
This forgiveness can actually be a gift for our spouse as well as for us in that we don't need to be using the negative energy of holding grudges and can put that energy to better use.
It allows for ourselves and our spouse to:
Change
Heal
Get back on track
(because every single marriage gets off track every now and then)
A fresh start
Hope
It gives you the ability to change and to move forward
3. Work
Every marriage takes work to be successful, just like any good, fulfilling thing in life.
Do something to try and improve your marriage every single day.
The joy of marriage really is the journey of it and of working hard at it.
Don't let your marriage turn into just being the word.
A lot of people can say they are married (because they don't want a divorce) yet live two completely separate lives.
Be stubborn for the good things in your life. Make it work because you feel strong about it and don't settle for less.
I 100% think if we all (and by all I mean husbands and wives) tried harder at these people would be happier in their lives and marriages.
One of the most genuine and sincere examples of what apologies should be like from the movie Fireproof
Cute Lululemon biking {{pants}} I would love to add with the bike :)
I really want a bike for a few reasons:
It would be so wonderful to run to the store during the day to get groceries. I find sooo many things that sound sooo deliciously good to make but never have the right food to make it with.
It would be so wonderful to get up to campus in 10 min. Although I have definitely improved in my speed walking... a walk that comfortably gets me to campus in 25 minutes I have done in 13. (Which I would not recommend when you are late for class and then come in completely out of breath plus sweating... not fun)
I think I would start enjoying exercising alone. I have to admit I hate working out alone. Legitimately, hate it, but riding a bike alone sounds pretty fun to me.
I could get to my bank and renew my debit card, update my current info, change my name (they don't know I'm Mrs. Brimhall yet.... whoa that still sounds werid). When was the last time you paid with a check at the store? It is really quite annoying to be honest and unfortunately my bank isn't exactly walking distance away.
Ok so those are just a few reasons why I really want a bike but then today on {{Lululemon's blog}} they had a post about 5 reasons why you should ride a bike.
1. it’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood(this is a Canadian Blog, hence the spelling)
2. get your bike to do the heavy lifting
3. it’s good for the environment
4. it’s good for your wallet
5.log a little extra sweat for the day
(check out the post it expounds upon them a little more)
Uh ya. I'm all about that!
So I think I've decided to make a little splurge and buy a bike.
Anyone know of some good places to buy one?
(and a fairly inexpensive one at that... I don't care about the brands, definitely not that intense.)
Clark was telling me I should just get one at Walmart?
k well when I do get a bike i'll be sure to update on here with my adventures!
