LIST #5-SUMMER BUCKET LIST

I know we all have 'em, but I feel like posting mine for all cyberspace to see....

1. Climb a mountain to the summit
2. Go tubing in the Provo river
3. Actually use the swimming pool in my apartment complex...I might as well get my money's worth out of my astronomically high rent...
4. Visit the hot springs
5. Go mountain biking... you already heard how disastrous this was.  At least I can say I tried.
6. Float in the Great Salt Lake -- I have heard it is possible because of the high salt content...So me and Jordan are going to have our own little episode of Mythbusters.
7. Fry an egg on a sidewalk
8. Have a picnic with watermelon, potato salad, corn on the cob, and all other foods deemed "summer-y" on a red checkered tablecloth
9. Spend so much time in the sun that my hair bleaches to platinum
10. Before I move out of my apartment this week I want to walk to Jordan's apartment from my front door and time it to see if it really is under two minutes.

I'll keep you updated on what happens next.

OH WHAT ARE MEN COMPARED TO ROCKS AND MOUNTAINS?

It has always been my dream to hike to the summit of a mountain.  This boy made it happen.

Ok. Fine. The summit is right behind us. {We were close enough}

This is the beauty that we had to deal with for 9 hours....

--we had a buddy on the trail.

These little beauties are called Glacier Lilies.  They pop out 5 days after the snow melts.  Thats how you know where the snow drifts were and when they disappeared.  {In case you ever need that for survival on a mountain...}

I was tripping over rocks on the path because I was stuck on scenes like this--

Completed. Done. Check mark. All at 10,000 feet.

Victorious. P.S. Isn't Jordan a good photographer? These are all his photos. I'm impressed.

"Oh what are men compared to rocks and mountains??"

WHEN I GROW UP...

ya know....I want to start up SNASA:

Sarah's

National

Aeronautic &

Space

Administration.

{This is after I goof off on the TV show MythBusters for a few seasons}

But knowing the government, they will probably shut down my SNASA program, so I'll have to settle at some huge aircraft company, like Lockheed Martin or Northrop Grumman, where I WILL REVOLUTIONIZE THE AIRPLANE INDUSTRY.

{I have changed my mind on Boeing--I am a very punctual person and I wouldn't be able to handle working for a company that is totally a year behind schedule on the new 787 Dreamliner}

Then I will retire. I will enjoy the best things in life. Like fixing my children's battery operated toys as well as the dishwasher on occasion.

{While other mothers throw away the dead walkie talkies, I will be breaking into the circuit boards}

This is all before the age of 27.

"I CAN HAVE IT ALL!!"

Ok, I have some big dreams for the next seven years that don't quite fit into my budget or my time table. You ready for this? (One of my greatest joys in life is creating lists and organizing things into perfect time slots...oh so fulfilling...)

1. Graduate from BYU's Mechanical Engineering program ( April 2013)

2. Serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (CLICK HERE)
(February 2012)

3. Participate in a humanitarian group called Engineers for International Development (CLICK HERE) and travel to a 3rd world country to implement the product that we would design. (April 2012)

4. Study Abroad during spring/summer semester (April 2011)

5. Get a summer internship with some airplaine company...like Boeing...or Lockheed Martin. Maybe Northrop Grumman. (Summer 2012)

6.Get married (??)

7. Maybe work one or two years in industry at one of the above mentioned companies

8. Participate in the Orchestra at Temple Square(In the process of auditioning...)

I want you to notice that THREE of my goals would theoretically be occurring the summer after my junior year. Simultaneously. Dang. (mission, internship, EID)

Also consider that a mission and study abroad would probably cost me $15,000 if I did them both...And if I truly want to graduate from BYU in April of 2013 then if I take a year and a half off for a mission it will set me off to December of 2014.

And then... WHAT IF I GET HITCHED? Just to make things a little more complicated all around....That means that study abroad, mission, and possibly the internship wouldn't be possible.

Do you see my dilemma?

When I get frustrated I just remember what my roommate Victoria had hanging on her wall: A picture of Liz Lemon devouring a sandwich and exclaiming " I can have it ALL!"




{In the “Sandwich Day” episode from the second season of 30 Rock, protagonist Liz Lemon hopes to reconcile with her ex-boyfriend Floyd at the airport, who is leaving New York City to head back to Cleveland. Stopped by security, Lemon must choose between him and her sandwich, which she can’t take with her to the gate. Refusing to compromise, she yells “I can have it all!” and promptly devours her delicious sub before running through security.}

ALL ABOARD: SARAH'S TRAIN OF THOUGHT

So....I have this beautiful piece of art gracing the shelf of my new bedroom. My mother has excellent taste and knows me too well, so she gave it to me for my 19th birthday.



This is quite fitting and accurate, as far as I am concerned. But somedays I don't feel like that at all. Quite recently, actually. With a new apartment, new roommates, new classes, and a new job, I have been feeling a little out of place. A little more like this...



(I laughed pretty hard on seeing this. There are SO many treasures I continue to find because I forgot where I packed them)

As I continued to browse the site I came across another cute saying that I identified with. Upon graduation from BYU's M.E. program I will be purchasing this piece of wall decor and adding it to my collection.



I'm working on this.
Just you wait and see.

HOW I AM GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD

bi·o·mi·met·ics: noun.
The study of the structure and function of biological systems as models for the design and engineering of materials and machines.

For example, see this gecko?


It sticks to walls with millions of tiny hairs on the bottom of its feet. How do the hairs stick? By the weakest intermolecular force that exists: the london dispersion force.

Amazing.

"Can you imagine duct tape that would never lose its stickiness or a Band-Aid that doesn't leave sticky residue?"

{Courtesy of my materials science textbook by William P. Callister, Jr.}