Things I've Learned Recently

1. Hot springs tarnish silver rings... and it looks pretty darn cool.
2. Sulfur makes water foggy. Somehow I grew up reading all about volcanoes and geysers and hot springs and never learned that until now...
3. Moms make excellent advice-givers
4. Dads are super-duper cute when they're missing mom. And they tend to talk to kids more often so that they have something to do besides calling mom.
5. Utah sun is unforgiving if you forget sunscreen
6. Graphic designers wince just as much over poor photoshopping and lighting as I do over grammar and spelling errors
7. Some guys (namely my coworker) actually like listening to girl-talk
8. Cookies n' Cream ice cream from the BYU Creamery has amazing healing properties
9. Computer viruses are evil
10. Even though William Shatner as the Priceline Negotiator makes me want to gag, the website he advertizes is actually pretty cool. I got cheap airline tickets.
11. No matter how many times I type "advertizes" in a spell-checker, it never looks right
12. One moment of silliness at Walmart with your best friend makes up for a whole day of ickiness
13. When you start planning your little brother into your Utah plans, like inviting him to hike Mt. Timpanogos with you and your friends, you start to feel really old.
14. I need a new password, because I almost never type it right the first time. You'd think I'd have it down after a couple of years...
15. Life is always better with a pen and some paper to write on
16. Miracle of miracles, I can actually cook. Quite well, in fact. Who knew?
17. BYU offers a geology class that's once a week, 5 hours long, and you spend the whole thing out in the actual geological formations you're learning about, which is way better than taking notes on them in a classroom. If only I'd learned this a semester earlier...
18. I'm officially a senior in college. Back to the feeling old thing...
19. Never tell a guy that something in a Jeep is impossible. Because he will then do that thing. Possibly destroying something in the process.
20. Perseverance pays off. To quote a good author I read recently, "You find out the strength of the wind [and your own strength] by trying to walk against it, not by lying down."