That blizzard may have been a bit weaksauce, yes. But . . there's still no denying it.
SNOW. :)
I have class in 45 minutes, and I do not want to even move.
4-day forecast for Logan, UT (high/low)
Fri: 38/22 Sat: 43/22 Sun: 38/20 Mon: 43/25
You'd think surviving a Logan winter would pretty much toughen up your skin enough to be okay the rest of the time, right? HA. Think again. Of course I knew Logan was cold, but still I seemed to have forgotten that it was always this bitingly numbing outside. And this is just child's play.
Just to humor myself, I Googled the weather in Kiev.
It's comforting, really, that the weather is still in the 60s in that part of the world. I feel a little bit better about going.
But that still doesn't solve the problem that I have before me at this moment.
Engineering building... Why are you so far away?
4-day forecast for Logan, UT (high/low)
Fri: 38/22 Sat: 43/22 Sun: 38/20 Mon: 43/25
You'd think surviving a Logan winter would pretty much toughen up your skin enough to be okay the rest of the time, right? HA. Think again. Of course I knew Logan was cold, but still I seemed to have forgotten that it was always this bitingly numbing outside. And this is just child's play.
Just to humor myself, I Googled the weather in Kiev.
It's comforting, really, that the weather is still in the 60s in that part of the world. I feel a little bit better about going.
But that still doesn't solve the problem that I have before me at this moment.
Engineering building... Why are you so far away?
I must make a correction. Sorry St. Petersburg, but I will not be visiting you, or finding my Demitri for that matter (such a shame).
I got placed in Kiev, Ukraine!
I leave sometime between January 7th-12th.
I WILL BE THERE FOR SIX MONTHS!!
CAN WORDS EVEN EXPRESS HOW ECSTATIC I AM?!
(Ahem, Mallory, I am still torn, despite my great enthusiasm. ;) I am going to definitely have some withdrawals without my lovely roommie. And no texting you every single random happening that I could ever even ramble about in a day?? What is that going to do to me psychologically??? *shudder..)
Anyway. I am going to live in a foreign country. For six months. During the coldest of absolute deathly bitter freezing months. Yikes. And do I speak a lick of Russian? Have I even figured out how to say "hello" yet??
Of course not.
It's 12 letters of the Cyrillic alphabet long. And also, Russian is not phonetic. It is not pronounced the way it is spelled. Intimidating? I think yes. But never fear. I am determined to learn this fantastic, beautiful language.
There is going to be a LOT of charades going on for those six months :)
Oh, and by the way, if you are wondering how to pronounce "Kiev,"
It is pronounced "keev" in Ukrainian, and "key-ev" in Russian. So no matter how you say it, you'll always be right! (I know you were stressing about that)
Досвидания!
I got placed in Kiev, Ukraine!
I leave sometime between January 7th-12th.
I WILL BE THERE FOR SIX MONTHS!!
CAN WORDS EVEN EXPRESS HOW ECSTATIC I AM?!
(Ahem, Mallory, I am still torn, despite my great enthusiasm. ;) I am going to definitely have some withdrawals without my lovely roommie. And no texting you every single random happening that I could ever even ramble about in a day?? What is that going to do to me psychologically??? *shudder..)
Anyway. I am going to live in a foreign country. For six months. During the coldest of absolute deathly bitter freezing months. Yikes. And do I speak a lick of Russian? Have I even figured out how to say "hello" yet??
Of course not.
It's 12 letters of the Cyrillic alphabet long. And also, Russian is not phonetic. It is not pronounced the way it is spelled. Intimidating? I think yes. But never fear. I am determined to learn this fantastic, beautiful language.
There is going to be a LOT of charades going on for those six months :)
Oh, and by the way, if you are wondering how to pronounce "Kiev,"
It is pronounced "keev" in Ukrainian, and "key-ev" in Russian. So no matter how you say it, you'll always be right! (I know you were stressing about that)
Досвидания!
Thank goodness for conference. Thank goodness for institute. Thank goodness for scriptures that fill my soul with light, truth, and hope, no matter what unbearable things continue to go on around us in this world. I stumbled across this scripture when I absolutely needed it (funny how that always seems to happen, isn't it? :) Thank goodness for these truths..
Romans 5: "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
More than conquerors. Can you imagine anything more glorious than that? I absolutely love this; I am so grateful for these words. I am so grateful for the constant hope and light that I can gain from them in even the most difficult of times.
Romans 5: "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor pricipalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Dear St. Petersburg:
Kaitlin Ann
Please stop distracting me from EVERYTHING. I can't really focus on anything lately due to utter excitement at living in the gorgeous confines of your wintry city. You see, right now, I should be analyzing Chopin's prelude No. 14 in E-flat Minor and practicing it so that I don't get yelled at tomorrow. Instead, I am sitting at my apartment thinking of all of the amazing places I am going to see and people that I will meet. I don't really appreciate that, so could you please stop being such a distracting fantastic prospect? Because I still kind of have a life to focus on in Logan right now. Thanks.
Yours Truly,Kaitlin Ann
So a few weeks ago, I wandered on over into a "Marriage Prep" class for Sunday school, because I thought it was interesting that it was being taught by a married couple that used to be in my student ward. Now, until that point, I had steered FAR, far away from any class even remotely coming close to that subject, as I don't need "YOU NEED TO GET MARRIED SOON!!!" smonched down my throat, thank you. Also, the people I generally imagine attending those kind of classes in my mind were "the desperates." You know, the ones who are really in a serious hurry about getting down to it and finding "The One" (which does not exist by the way) they can snatch up and ride on off to eternity. Yay!
No. Me? Marriage? Soon? HA. I have so much more growing up to do....
So, naturally, this was a first for me. So I drag my brother and his two friends on in, and give them an awkward laugh as we all take our places on the very last row.
And hey, I actually kind of liked it. I also learned a few pretty useful things.
Allow me to elaborate.
I spent quite a bit of the class trying to figure out if the young man teaching it had a sense of humor or not. Some people, you can absolutely tell, but I couldn't really pin down his style. At the end, I was still unsure, but I listened closely as he began telling everyone advice on "how you'll know they're the right one." He said, one of his friends felt peace, his other friend felt this, another experienced that, yada yada. but....... "As for me? Well, let's just say, I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and.... I could not deny it!"
WELL. I thought that was a joke... literally, I genuinely thought he was trying to be funny and charming, quoting Joseph Smith and all. Right? So, I laughed.
Funny thing.
He was being DEAD serious.
Luckily I didn't laugh very loud because man, that room was silent. These people were really taking that to heart, and here I'd thought it was a joke. Wow. Go me.
I was seriously so glad to get out of that room fast, as I felt pretty guilty and I was really hoping the teacher didn't hear my little "misinterpretation."
One thing's for sure, though.
My husband?
He WILL have a sense of humor.
No. Me? Marriage? Soon? HA. I have so much more growing up to do....
So, naturally, this was a first for me. So I drag my brother and his two friends on in, and give them an awkward laugh as we all take our places on the very last row.
And hey, I actually kind of liked it. I also learned a few pretty useful things.
Allow me to elaborate.
I spent quite a bit of the class trying to figure out if the young man teaching it had a sense of humor or not. Some people, you can absolutely tell, but I couldn't really pin down his style. At the end, I was still unsure, but I listened closely as he began telling everyone advice on "how you'll know they're the right one." He said, one of his friends felt peace, his other friend felt this, another experienced that, yada yada. but....... "As for me? Well, let's just say, I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and.... I could not deny it!"
WELL. I thought that was a joke... literally, I genuinely thought he was trying to be funny and charming, quoting Joseph Smith and all. Right? So, I laughed.
Funny thing.
He was being DEAD serious.
Luckily I didn't laugh very loud because man, that room was silent. These people were really taking that to heart, and here I'd thought it was a joke. Wow. Go me.
I was seriously so glad to get out of that room fast, as I felt pretty guilty and I was really hoping the teacher didn't hear my little "misinterpretation."
One thing's for sure, though.
My husband?
He WILL have a sense of humor.
Pretty sure I only started this blog for the playlist. Just the fact that you can make some custom playlist for your so-called blog was enough motivation for me to figure out this thing out.
My life is complete.
My life is complete.
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