The Disney side of our lives

No matter who you are, Disney is the foundation of the side of you that believes in magical princesses, talking animals, triumph over evil, magical worlds, and all other things magic.  But Disney even has every day adventures covered! AND made a song for them.  Really, Disney has created the soundtrack of your life.  Traveling? There's Disney song for that.  Crushing on someone? There's a Disney song for that.   Going to the beach?  There's a Disney song for that.  Road tripping? There's a Disney song for that.  Going to work?  There's a Disney song for that.  (Have fun figuring out what songs I had in mind for each of those(; )
The past 4 weeks at field camp have been full of Disney moments for me... But not quite in the way you'd expect... Here are some examples:

I hiked until my shoes begged for mercy...

I feel every rock and tree and creatureeeee under my shoes that are meant just for runninnngggg

Sometimes our assignments were AWFUL and I couldn't figure it out...

Like FIRE, HELL FIRE this BURNING in my souuullllll

But I learned that the best rock outcrops are along washes and rivers...

What's a rounds the river beeeeend? Are there rocks around the river beeeeend? 

Getting samples made me feel like...

We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig because we are forced toooo! We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig to graduate BYUuuuuuu.

But there were those moments of bliss that came with finishing a big assignment before the weekend...

Iiiiiiiii got no strings to hold me down!  I am staving... Let's go to town!

But everyone was so ready to go back to Provo

One day mooooorreeeeee! (Pretend it counts...)

But finally, after a month of caveman-ing, Provo made everyone feel like...

Are those people? Are they ruuuunning?  I wanna know about these strangers like meee...

Just a testament to how applicable Disney songs are, right?

I asked if Javier had any Disney moments... He said not so much, but if he had to pick one, it would be Make a Man Out of You from Mulan.  Totally applicable!  

Javier is doing really well! He broke his personal record a few days ago. #soproud!  We have some awesome friends who have been making sure he's not eating chips for every meal(: 

Seeing Javier yesterday was probably the besting that has happened since we got married(:  5 weeks was looonnngggg.  But Philly is great!  (that I've seen so far).  We went to church today, ate some lunch, took a nap, and played some games with friends! We are excited for the next couple months of working hard and playing just as hard!

SpongeBob applies!

The above picture is the most accurate thing ever. It's pretty funny to anyone in school. BUT. For those quite accustomed to SpongeBob (enough that you could pick out the episode, explain what's happening, and quote the dialogue word for word...judge because you're jealous), it becomes even more accurate! Especially for the BYU senior. For example... Drunk SpongeBob is actually hungover from his night of partying at the Goofy Goober Ice Cream Party Boat with his one best friend, Patrick. It was supposed to be a celebratory party for SpongeBob's promotion after being the employee of the month for the entire length of his employment.  But Mr. Krabs chooses Squidward   over SpongeBob for a totally dumb reason and after days of anticipation and a ridiculous amount of
preparation, SpongeBob is crushed! He feels like a goofball, a wing nut, a knucklehead mcspazatron, and just a kid in way over his head (yes, those are all directly from the movie :P). After a night of  triple goo berry sunrises and the support of Patrick and a singing peanut, SpongeBob decides he's done feeling sorry and is so fed up, he picks himself up, doesn't even care he's late for work, and walks into the Krusty Krab and gives Mr. Krabs a piece of his mind, which includes a very long and dramatic raspberry.
The truth in this analogy is just perfect. Any student who has ever taken a college test is a Sponge! (Too far?)

I'm coming up on graduation (one more 6 week adventure far away from toilets, showers, washing machines, and electricity...more on that below) and after 5 years of college torture I would DEFINITELY consider myself an ice cream hungover, grumpy SpongeBob. Look out, spring semester...

Long story short, we are excited for summer. We made it through finals week and got to spend some time at home in San Diego. Javier is now in Philadelphia being a working man! He's already tried a genuine philly cheese steak, which he said didn't meet expectation. :P Also, we don't have a light in our room... Apparently that's a thing?  He also got to play a bit and visit the liberty bell!

That's my man<3 (: Being without him for so long is just awful.

After Javier left for Philadelphia, I spent some time with the family. It was lovely! I got to visit my old friend, the beach, sleep, and have some fun in LA. (:

I just landed back in Utah, getting ready for my 6 week adventure in the wilderness. (Please refer to the first picture and Jim Gaffigan's camping remarks to understand how I feel about this class). I will be mapping and analyzing geologic stuff and just looking forward to the end!