SPRING! Again!

It's finally spring again and a high of 74 degrees today... with snow in the forecast for tomorrow. Damn. Oh well, welcome to Utah! My spring break has been pretty awesome, even with working 21 hours in 3 days. I haven't gotten too much running in unfortunately, which is going to come back to bite me in the long run (no pun intended haha) but it's all good.

So the University has a new student group this year called Talk. I'll Listen. and it's made so students know there's always somebody to talk to that will listen without bias. Because of the high suicide rates of young adults, they are striving to reach out to those in emotional need and encourage friendships. Anyways, I think it's great that our University has a group like this, especially cause it's close to home for me; it's a group I wish was here last year so I could've used it as a resource. I'm working on getting involved and getting set up to be trained to be a member and team leader. I still have yet to get in contact with the creator and leader, but the more I think about it, the more I SO want to get involved and give back, especially after my own hardship. I love to listen and I'm still not the best at the talking part, after 19 years of keeping to myself, it's been a very different, but such a relieving change. I also haven't gotten into being very involved with the University so this would be beneficial and fulfill that part of my wanting to be involved. (Wow I've said "involved" a lot in this paragraph haha I guess I ought to pull up a thesaurus.) Oh! And I also want to become a part of this group because I feel like I am a good listener and I'm not judgmental, but I genuinely care. AND because I've always thought about doing something like this with my Sociology major so I'm hoping be involved will help me figure out if this is something I want to pursue. Okay, sorry to ramble on... If your interested and want to know more, they do have a website: http://www.talkilllisten.org/ Check it out! :)

As you can maybe figure out, I thought I'd write this post in pretty spring colors. I can't believe there are only 5 more weeks of school. Time goes by fast these days and I love it!! Oh I wanted to mention I have made a couple more really good friends who I absolutely love. It is so nice to finally have someone to talk to about life and relate to and laugh with and who I feel like I can truely be myself around. You three know who you are and I appreciate your friendship more than you know J, C, and E. :) Well, back to homework I guess... Later!