March 12th, 2014

TWO MONTHS from today (May 12th) I will be starting orientation for an internship with the FWS on Cape Cod. !!!

March 11th, 2014

18 calluses, 3 new semi-permanent lumps on my shins, umpteen large bruises, 1 toe blister, sore muscles most days, 1 rope burn, pinched feet, and 1 ripped off callus later and I'm still climbing.

March 10th, 2014

So about those first days in March.......oops.

February 28th, 2014

I never go to dance parties, but when I do, I dance like nobody's watching.

February 27th, 2014

That day I realized how bad my headaches actually are, and how it's not going away any time soon.

February 26th, 2014

That time I held a meditation group in my home and someone knocks on the door in the middle to see us looking rather cult-ish.

February 25th, 2015

Seafeeffins.

February 24th, 2014

I just realized that I'm going to be able to see the sunrise over the ocean as I wake up on the beach five days a week. !!!!!!!!

February 23rd, 2014

My new summer job was described to me by my interviewer as a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. 

February 18th, 2014

For the first time since she could differentiate faces, Rora and I had a good time together.

February 17th, 2014

Happy 23rd to the person who has stuck with me even through the bad college years (and I'm pretty sure she even still likes me).

February 16th, 2014

Apparently saying you're happy being single means the universe conspires to get people to set you up on blind dates.

February 15th, 2014

Sometimes sweet boys who are friends bring your whole apartment roses for Valentine's day...it could be taken in a different, slightly pathetic (in the world's view) way too, but we'll leave it at sweet.

February 14th, 2014

I've never been happier to be single (not sarcastic).

February 12th, 2014

You know it's a good climbing session when the person who doesn't show bruises finds five purplish blobs on her legs from yesterday.

February 11th, 2014

It's always good when your package is delivered to your door.

February 10th, 2014

Sometimes your headache turns into a migraine and makes you sit on the bathroom floor in the dark.

February 9th, 2014

It's always good to see good friends, but sometimes it also can make you cry.

February 8th, 2014

When you drop $140 on gear for a sport you just started, you better be serious.

February 7th, 2014

In which I consciously give up any pretenses of not having man hands.

February 6th, 2014

I guess it's not the best idea to tell your professor to shut up.

February 5th, 2014

Pronghorn are so pretty from far away, but not exactly up close.

February 4th, 2014

By the way, a seal's new name is dermaid.

February 1st, 2014

This is Major Tom to Ground Control.

January 31st, 2014

If we don't win the caption photo contest for the BYU Night at the Museums, I'll be surprised.

January 30th, 2014

New computers coming in the mail.....wonderful.

January 29th, 2014

Life is a little difficult when your computer won't turn on, you have headaches, your childhood puppy dies, and you're already behind on schoolwork--but it's made slightly better by home teachers who come over specifically to tell you how valuable you are and how they are privileged to know you.

January 28th, 2014

I'm realizing how little I eat.

January 27th, 2014

It's hard to come back from vacation to a brutal Monday.

January 26th, 2014

It's surprising the quality of friendships you can create when you only have 4 days together.

January 25th, 2014

Hi, I'm Becca the conservationist, and today I shot a pheasant.

January 24th, 2014

I've fallen in love with the CZ double-barrel break action Redhead.

January 23rd, 2014

Due to my time at BYU many of my opinions have changed, including how I now think that the sage-steppe habitat is one of the most beautiful places you can be.  

January 22nd, 2013

On the road to the Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow (CLfT) conference, imagining sleeping in bunk beds with tiny mattresses, in a dank little cabin trying to keep warm by the wood stove at night...however, it's five star comfort and the most beautiful cabins you can think of when we arrive at the High Lonesome Ranch.

January 21st, 2014

E-mail from professor at 3pm: Do you still want to go on the field trip to Colorado tomorrow at noon? YES

January 20th, 2014

Here, spend 3.5 hours doing work that can be done in 15 minutes with ArcGIS, and that difference is the point of this class period.

January 19th, 2014

Sometimes you get busy and forget all about your blog.

January 18th, 2014

Snowshoeing through the backcountry is a chance to remind myself what a blessing it is to live where I do.

January 17th, 2014

You know you're an outdoor person when you drop 100 dollars on ugly, warm, comfortable, snowboots...and you're still gushing about it days later.

January 16th, 2014

It's always a good prank when yellow snow is involved.

January 15th, 2014

Sometimes your roommate buys you the ramen you've been craving. <3

January 14th, 2014

I'm a big tough girl, I jump my roommate's car and everything.

January 13th, 2014

I actually might enjoy my classes this semester.

January 12th, 2014

Therapeutic massages are the worst, and also the best.

January 11th, 2014

Pugs: the most poorly put together creatures on this earth, obviously created and propagated by the idiocy that is man.

January 10th, 2014

Remember that time I had a dreadlock for three months? RIP.

January 9th, 2014

It's probably impossible to pay attention to statistics when you've been on campus since 9am and it's almost 7pm.

January 8th, 2014

Sometimes when your friends are all out having fun in the snow at a new Chick-fil-A opening in your hometown, you're nice and warm inside having a personal awareness day.

January 7th, 2014

Being at BYU for almost five years means you run into at least 7 people you know (who aren't in your classes) while walking across campus.

January 6th, 2014

For the first time ever, I weigh less coming home from Christmas break than I did leaving for it.

January 5th, 2014

Christmas in California ruins all my hard earned acclimation to Utah's cold, dry, and high environment.

January 4th, 2014

The best thing is when you are made fun of for listening to the Frozen soundtrack by your roommate who hadn't seen it, then when she had, listened to it twice in a row.

January 3rd, 2014

The headaches have finally convinced me to start keeping track of my life in the most annoying way possible.