House on the Rock

 The turn  of the new year brought about a massive change for my husband and I.  After months of indulging, going out to eat, gorging ourselves full of pizza and donuts from school functions and rewarding ourselves on weekends with burgers  and tacos, we were feeling awful. We were exhausted, unhealthy, unwell, unenergized, and experiencing other symptoms related to a perpetually unclean diet. My extremities had become fields of psoriasis, and sleep often escaped me due to excessive sugar intake. So, we decided to do the Whole30. Whole30, for those wise enough to not do it,  is not meant to  be a lifelong diet, but rather a 30-day palate cleanser that allows  your  body to decide what  works  well inside  of it and what does not. You eliminate all foods that aren't natural and  all foods that might trigger abnormal bodily reactions. Among the plethora atop the no-list, you'll see dairy, grains, legumes, alcohol, any processed o...

 2021 has certainly been a year for the record books. There have been higher highs and lower lows than probably any year before it. I think this is my fourth annual recap blog. I was a sophomore in college the first time I wrote one, and oh how much has changed. While last year was the year of the valley, this year felt a lot more like the year of the peak. But I had absolutely no idea what a grueling, tiring climb it would be - how desperately I would have to cling to the Rock of Ages - in order to reach that peak. A Year in Review January was a month full of wedding planning. I moved back into Taylor for the first time since March of 2020, where I lived in an apartment with Megan, Reyna, and Audrey, enjoyed morning trips to the gym, long afternoons in the Admissions Office, and tons and tons of reading with my tiny but mighty English capstone class. I visited Joe on the weekends to talk about our honeymoon and wedding colors, and we relished in the excitement of our fast-approach...