Friday's Letters

Dear Mr truck driver picking your nose, yep, I could see you in my rear view mirror. Busted.
Dear Thanksgiving Blend at Starbucks - thank you for arriving.
Dear Weekend Classes - you are my last. Ever. Never. Again.
Dear Self - no partying this weekend. Let's concentrate on those books.
Dear Winter - you are rolling in slowly...you can take your time....no need to rush.
Dear Steepandcheap.com - so glad we have met.
Dear Family - you crack me up. Thanks for a fun photo shoot.
Dear Thanksgiving Break - Please hurry!! I need to sleep and catch up on homework and relax.
Dear Sunsets - you have been spectacular lately. Thank you.

My beautiful sister and I

Driving Home for the Weekend

Color Run

A couple of weekends ago a bunch of my friends and I ran in the Boise Color Run. It started at 9am, and after a night of fun halloween festivities we were wondering why the heck we signed up for it when we were dragging ourselves out of bed at 8am. I am glad to say that as soon as we showed up at the event we were so happy that we signed up and arrived on time to run! The event was so much fun, I would recommend it to all - whether you are a keen runner or not. People dressed up and families with young children walked and chatted on their ways. After the run there was a dance party - this was my favorite part of it all. Everyone gathered around the stage and DJ, color packages were thrown out and every once in a while everyone would throw their color packages up in the air. It was crazy! Note to self: next time consider wearing ski goggles.....maybe a gas mask. Ahhh....you only live once, who cares if I was snorting multi colored bogies for days.
If the Color Run comes to a town near you - do it!

* Photos 1-8 by Megan Santi
*Photos 9 - 12 by Chris Bower

some cute for the day

Whilst in the Netherlands I had a wonderful friend and neighbour who would take me home with her during the holidays. Her family are wonderful (you can read more about them here and here). Her family would open their home to me and I consider them some of the kindess, most hospitably people I have ever met. My friend's nephew, Bastiaan, called me Sunny...he couldn't quite get his mouth around Sally but I didn't mind in the least! Bastiaan would chatter away in Dutch and want to show me his favorite form of entertainment - the washing machine - whenever he had the opportunity. It didn't seem to matter to him that I was only able to talk back a little in Dutch. Since moving away I have become Sunny "who lives in the computer". I miss this little guy! The other day my friend messaged me this, and it really made me smile. So cute.

Halloween

This year I (really) celebrated Halloween for the first time. You Americans sure love your holidays! I find it so endearing how suddenly every store smells of cinnamon, there are fake cobwebs in Walmart and Starbucks reveal their Holiday Specials - I love this about America. How long until the Christmas music starts I wonder....
Halloween was A LOT of fun. My wonderful friends got extremely creative and a bunch of us were crayons. Yep, you heard me, crayons. I loved my crayon outfit so much I even recycled it and went as a lone crayon to another party the following night. I missed my gang and the effect wasn't quite the same though.
Hope y'all had a good one!

life lately according to instagram

The weekend is finally over. For once I am rejoicing about this! I have been in class all day long, Saturday and Sunday - to say my brain is fried would be an understatement. And I have an exam tomorrow and homework still to do. Oh Sunday night, you are going to be fun.
And....the broncos lost last night. It seems I am slightly attached to the team...didn't see that one coming. I am genuinely upset.
On the bright side of things, the sunset this evening was spectacular and I am loving running in this wonderful fall weather. Perfect.
Here is life lately on instagram. My username is sargeantsally - follow along y'all.
Happy Sunday! Here's to a great next week.

Beautiful Sunsets / Autumn Leaves

A Bowl of Soul at Java / Pumpkin Carving

Homecoming / Party Bus

Outdoor Program newbies! / Tea on a sick day

Halloween / Colour Run

Coffee Making / The Men went Hunting

Friday's Letters

Dear Halloween - you were a lot of fun.
Dear crafty friends - you did me proud with our awesome crayon outfits! (Photos to come)
Dear Flip Cup - you are my new favorite game.
Dear lady who skipped the line in Starbucks this morning - no. Just no. Don't do that again.
Dear Starbucks customer who took a full five minutes to place your order for one super fancy grande skinny egg nog latte with no foam extra hot...oh wait...no actually...make that with foam...and not so hot...oh and with milk not half and half... - just order freakin straight coffee and be done with it.
Dear Pumpkin Pie kindly gifted to me - you are the best breakfast. And lunch. And dinner. And in-between snacks.
Dear Broncos - please do us proud tomorrow night.
Dear weekend class - really? Please be somehow fun.
Dear Outdoor Program - I am so excited to be on staff with you!! Whoop whoop!!
Dear Invisalign braces - you broke? I thought you guys were invincible?!

Homecoming

The weekend before last was Homecoming....my first ever Homecoming! I didn't manage to make it out of bed in time for the morning parade but the game was a lot of fun. Black out baby. The Bronco's did us proud! I think I am finally getting the hang of the game and I just about got the chant down. I am all set for next year.

(First 6 Photos - credits  to Ale Barajas)