Carpe Arcum: The Crazy Whirlwind of Life....Part 1

How I got where I am...right now...in this moment...in Paraguay (huh?) is quite the whirlwind. Let. Me. Tell You.

I was going to do a mega mega post...but I realized it's literally impossible to explain everything in one post. So. Part one....

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Once upon a time I graduated......

How did that happen?

I still remember my mini panic attack I had, driving into Utah for my first day at BYU. And now I'm done. I still don't think it's hit me....

Can't forget to give a shout out to old gramps here....

My family has been the most amazing support through my journey at BYU and I honestly couldn't have done it without them. Love you so much mom and dad!

Now for the crazy stuff.

The whirlwind. The adventure. The traveling....all started with a boy.

Right after I graduated I finally opened my eyes and realized I liked this boy I had been going on dates with all year. 7 months of random dates, weightlifting class, drives up the canyon, and swig and then all of the sudden he was leaving...for eight months. To China and Paraguay. Not. Cool. But I guess they always say you don't know what you have in front of you until you almost lose it. Well...I decided I didn't want to lose this one.

Thus began the past 6 months of a whirlwind that I call my life. I don't even know where to begin.

My recent graduation kinda put me in what I'd like to call a pre mid-life crisis. I was working, but all I wanted was adventure. adventure. adventure

So...I decided to yolo it and try something new called...camping :)

See for me, this was an adventure. With a family of 4 girls, the most camping I ever did was through Girl Scouts. (yes I sold the cookies).

And let me just throw it in there that I checked off the biggest item on my BYU bucket list this summer (yes, bigger than marriage) ....I won an intramural t-shirt. Not the way I thought I would...but can I just say, those frisbee players are insane.

And then....once upon a time, I got invited on the Houghton Family Vacation.

To China.

Let me tell you....after months of not seeing Steven, I was beyonnnnd excited.

We chased down sketchy sleep-away trains, sang fun songs, rode bikes on a city wall, explored crazy caves and temples, went rock climbing, hiking, shopping and saw some of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen. I can't even begin to say how welcoming the Houghton's were, it was honestly a trip I will never forget.