Check out this morning's beautiful sunrise over the snowy mountain peaks!!! I snapped this picture just as Dad and I were leaving to head into BYU, and we were surprised that the sky stayed like this for quite a while. Usually those really pretty moments are very short-lived. The sunrise kicked off a perfect, gorgeous fall day. I went into campus with Dad this morning to tie up a few loose research ends on an article I'm hoping to have published in BYU Studies. I was seriously in heaven this morning, as I had several uninterrupted hours to spend at my favorite place: the Harold B. Lee Library. I seriously am in love with that place and would spend all day every day there if I could. I miss being a student at BYU. When I first started out there as a freshman, I took it for granted, but thankfully I soon realized what a blessing it was to have the opportunity to attend such a university. After spending time away and seeing how things are at other schools, I have gained an even deeper appreciation for my alma mater. The student body at BYU is most definitely unique (in a good way), and there are some amazing professors and faculty members there (I'm especially fond of the Assistant Dean in the College of Life Sciences!). There is a special spirit there, and I can't think of a more beautiful setting for a college campus. Basically, I LOVE BYU!!! Even though I'll be far away in a couple of weeks, and right now I am technically an Eastern Illinois University Panther, deep down I'll always be a BYU Cougar.
Since, in addition to BYU, we're on the topic of cool fall nature photographs, check out this sunflower that Mom and I found next to a parking lot in Springville the other day. We were sitting in the car when Mom spotted a pretty little clump of bright sunflowers. We found this little guy standing all by himself, and discovered that he was the perfect subject for a rather artsy photograph.
Well, nothing says fall quite like flu shots :-) I actually love getting flu shots because it means I get to have a fun outing with Mom and Dad (and Rich came along today too--except not for a flu shot, just for the fun outing). Last year when I got a flu shot by myself in Charleston just for the sake of getting a flu shot, it was zero fun. So I was glad to once again join in the annual BYU flu shot fun today. After receiving our dose of flu protection, we had a yummy lunch at Stan's Drive-In. Then Mom, Rich, and I went to go see the new conservative-slanted movie, "An American Carol" which, unfortunately, is only being shown at a limited number of theaters. Good ol' Spanish Fork was the closest place to us where it was supposedly showing, so we drove over there. But there was no one at the theater (literally), so our quest to support a very rare non-liberal cinematic event was for naught. But we still had a fun afternoon.
Well, I'd better go to bed since tomorrow will be a busy day at Camp Floyd. We've got a flock of fourth graders coming, and it will just be James and me holding down the fort there, so it will surely be crazy. I can't believe that Wednesday will be my last day at Camp Floyd! I have really enjoyed working there and will be sad to leave. Although, it is kind of a funny place. The other day Mark said to me, "Oh, before you leave, we'll have to have you go to BYU and find all of the journals in Special Collections that talk about Camp Floyd." If he had been making a joke, it would have been a funny one, but he was serious. While I of course always love an excuse to visit Special Collections, there are hundreds of journals there that potentially talk about Camp Floyd. There is no way that I could even chip off the very tip of the iceberg before Wednesday. So I said, "Ummmmm, actually, I think that's a project I would have needed to start back in June." He thought about it for a minute and said, "Oh, right, because next week is your last week here. Well is there any way you could make copies of the journals before then?" Nope. However I am going to compile a list of the relevant journals that Special Collections has, but I'm afraid that reading through and making copies of those journals will have to be a project for another intern--or if he wants to hire me to come back and do it as a real employee, that would be cool too :-)
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