Sarah and the Adventure of Life

Last week, my post was revolved around my resolutions for 2017. So far, so good. Especially with writing...because, look, a new blog post!! Well, I was inspired last night to write another chapter in my blog. After it all happened, I literally said to my mother, "Well, this will make a good blog post."  It all started when I was cleaning my room. It was after dinner time, and I had just finished sorting the last of my things. I was in a spring-clean mood and had a drive to rid my room of a lot of clutter. A couple of boxes and two trash bags of clutter, that is. Anyway, I had just moved all of this out of my room to begin packing and sorting for my impending drive back to Lubbock, when my radio suddenly stopped playing T-Swift and made a horrible, gut-wrenching noise.  *WHAAAA WHAAAA*  My heart stopped. I stopped, and turned towards my radio.  Oh Okay After the National Weather Service told me that they were just testing their alarm system, I finally let out

Well, here we are, eleven days into 2017. 2016 was quite a year. I started my blog posts in 2016 with resolutions to focus on for the new year . Looking back at my posts (as little as they are) I feel like I did a pretty good job of following through with the quote I chose by Mark Twain: " Life is short, break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly. Love truly, laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that makes you smile. " My adventures ranged from celebrating birthdays (and a half-birthday for Bailey), taking classes that challenged as well as intrigued, living in the dorm and then transitioning into a house, two amazing Raider Awakenings, a poorly-timed but awesome concert, my first tattoo, my first out-of-state camping trip, getting my guinea pigs (!!), teaching real kids about real science, and so much more. The end of the year was no exception with adventures, either. Very shortly after Christmas (on December 28), Luke and I went to Six Flags over Texas for