Learning to be Flexible..

Those who know me well know that it is an incredible challenge for me to go with the flow when things don't go as planned. I am such a planner, I like to have nearly every hour of the day scheduled with something..even if that something is nothing. I know that I'm a crazy woman. I can't help it!

So remember last week when I was planning to head up to the mountains for some snowboarding? Well almost nothing went as planned. And I learned a valuable lesson about being flexible. Because basically I had no other choice! 

Meet Josh and Tyler: Two crazies that I've grown up with since jr. high. They are brothers to me and best buds to Alex. Last year they upped and moved to the mountains. This year Alex and I decided to pay a visit. We went to stay with the two of them their one other roommate. Or so we thought.

We get up there and see 7 cars in the driveway. They belonged to the 7 residents of this 4 bedroom 1 bathroom cabin. Did I mention 1 bathroom? Ya, 1 bathroom. 

I was outnumbered 8 to 1 in this cabin in the woods. I felt like I was in some knock off version of New Girl.
Talk about an awkward living situation!
Needless to say, Alex was extremely apologetic because neither of us had any idea what we were walking into.

Side note- Can I just point out how awkward I look in all that clothing??

After some deep breaths on my part, we had a wonderful time snowboarding and seeing mammoth mountain from a local's perspective, and an awesome New Years Eve which I managed to take zero pictures of! Blogger fail. As a whole the trip made for some great story telling.

There was the bakery that didn't serve breakfast, an overflowing of the bathroom of the gates of hell, Alex learning to knife fight, debating politics with rumplestiltskin, and when Alex fell off the ski lift. Eventful to say the least and I'm glad I lightened up enough to enjoy it : )

Here are a few pictures I did manage to take while we were up there: 

Wintery goodness!

My Life as of Lately

It's killing me how little I have been posting lately, and I feel like I owe an explanation of some sort.

I want my posts not to be about quantity, but about quality. And quality posts take a lot of time. Especially food posts. And while I love spending my time on them, last week and this week are about the craziest weeks of the whole entire year for me. If you have talked with anyone in college right now, you know why. It's finals week. Here is what my week looks like in  nutshell:

Tuesday:

7:30 - Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries Lab Practical.
12:30 - Inorganic Chemistry Final Exam
5:00 - Team meeting (great timing coach)

Wednesday:
9:00 -Intro to Psychology Cumulative Exam

Thursday:
10:00- Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries Final Exam
6:00- Measurement and Evaluation of Kinesiology Final Exam
Before Midnight- Complete 10 blog posts for Communication of leadership.

Friday:
Sleep. All. Day.

I guess it doesn't seem too bad, right? Wrong. Sorry, but I'm stressing big time. Just for the fun of it let me give you a sample question from one of my study guides:

Scenario #2

 A member of your high school tennis team comes to you complaining of an extremely sore elbow, especially on the outside (lateral).  She just returned from a big tournament where she played many matches.  Upon examination you note that she has pain in the region of the lateral humeral epicondyles that becomes worse immediately after participation.  She also states that the pain sometimes radiates into the muscles of the forearm.  The lateral epicondyle appears to be swollen.  What would you conclude based on this information?  What would you recommend to this athlete?

How is it possible to love something so much, yet hate it at the same time? When I figure it out I'll get back to you.

In the mean time just sit tight, next week I'll be back up and running. For now your prayers are much appreciated!

To my girls going through finals too, here is some motivation:  

Xoxo

It's Christmas Time...

...in the cityyy.

I have had that song stuck in my head all day.. and now I pass it along to you : )

December in San Diego, there is nothing like it. But don't take my word for it:
 

Try not to be too jealous that I'm still wearing my rainbows to class.. it's kinda sad that I've never known a white Christmas. Or the fact that I get super excited when one tree out of 100 turns to fall colors.

But I'm a baby in cold weather so I'm soo thankful for where I live. 

Just a California girl through and through.

Happy December!

❤ Terra

Pumpkin Patch!

We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday, and I think we created yet another fall tradition. We had so much fun!

They had scarecrows, cornstalks, and of course pumpkins everywhere!

Everything was decorated so cute.

The girls loved smelling all the new smell.

Aren't they cute? I just love taking them places. That's Cami on the left and Spirit overheating on the right.

I though it would be really cute if we got them to sit behind this and stick their heads through.

Spirit was cooperative, but Cami on the other hand, wasn't having any of it.

Yes, if you look closely thats alex behind her trying to get her to stick her head through.

Maybe if we had held a cookie on the other side it would have worked.

Haha he was so good putting up with my picture taking frenzy. 

These two trouble makers snuck into the corn maze. Cami kept trying to retrieve the corn.

See? She's such a little bird dog. 

 Me and my boy had a great time.

My tired little girl approves of our picks. 

Are you enjoying fall as much as I am?
I hope so!

Apple Days!

New favorite fall outing!!

Apple picking! My guy and I went this weekend and had so so much fun.

 We went to Julian Ca, known for their apple pies.

 The apples were so cute, and soooo sweet. Seriously just like candy.

We didn't even see it all, the orchard was so big.

 Such a great date day, we can't wait to go back. 

And we got so many apples that we went home and made apple crisp. The recipe is for peach crisp, but easy substitute apples for peaches.

My mother loved it, and she doesn't even like cooked fruit.

I highly recommend it, we are still talking about it two days later.