Days like today...

It's days like today that I don't know what has gotten into me.

I have PLENTY of things to do: two papers and a project due before Thanksgiving Break.
Not to mention the paper and two presentations after the break.
Oh, and then finals.

But today was one of those days when I didn't want to do anything.
At all.
Just sit back, relax, read a book or watch a movie, and drink a mug of delicious hot cocoa.
Not that I did any of that either.

Instead, I spent my evening grading papers and staring blankly at my computer screen, trying to come up with something intelligent for the paper I'm supposed to be writing.
Unfortunately, blankness remained with me, at least in regards to sea turtle population dynamics.
So, searching for any type of inspiration, I decided to check out Pinterest.
Surprising, right?

I have officially started a bucket list, complete with all the amazing places that I want to go before I die.
And don't worry, sea turtles do have their place in all this.
Tortugureo, Costa Rica has a special place on this list (if you don't know how this relates to sea turtles, look here.)
See, my project didn't completely fall to the wayside.

Other places on my bucket list (that are at least partly realistic right now) include Havasupi, Glacier Bay, and the Everglades.

The Everglades

Havasupi

Glacier Bay

 As Aldo Leopold says in A Sand County Almanac, “Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty. It expands through successive stages of the beautiful to values as yet uncaptured by language.” 

I think everyone should experience nature at it's finest.

So where have I been since my honeymoon??

Oh, just here and there.

I worked catching fish all summer. (Which included trips to Wyoming, Salina, UT, and Utah Lake).

David has been working at the MTC and Progrexion (the latter of which he pretty much despises, but you do what you have to I suppose).

And now we're happily back in school.  Or not so happily.  I guess it depends on the day.

However, before the onslaught of school, we took a nice weekend getaway down to Arches National Park.

Pictures will come later...I haven't uploaded them yet and I'm feeling rather lazy.

We're getting a membership to the climbing gym! Hooray! I got a beautiful pair of climbing shoes and a harness, so now we're all ready to go.  :)

It's nice to know that I'll have another thing to do when I feel like procrastinating.

School....

I'm taking 16 credits (crazy, I know) and working 15-20 hours a week.  Not terrible, just busy.  I'm still working as a research assistant, but I've also got my wonderfulamazingbestjobever TA position back for the semester.

David is only taking 6 credits (which sounds easier than it acutally is....) and working 40+ hours a week.

Needless to say, we're pretty busy people.

And yet here I am.  Wasting my time blogging.  But the worst part is, I haven't just been doing that.  Note to self: Pintrest is extremely addicting.  And before you know it you'll realize that it's 8pm and you should really be working on homework assignments.

But look at some of the way cool things that I found: