The update's of a girl named Maren

so... my life is average. But here are some cool things that I have been up to:

Blackberry pulling game faces... apparently my mother trained me well "Yes, mother I'd love to pull blackberries out of the ground for 4 hours straight"...

Somehow I got put on lunch making for 200 people. Needless to say a spontaneous dance party broke out and Hollis and I got into the 'Swan Princess/ice skating' approach to dancing.

Friday Friendship Feast or F^3 if you like. Since our wonderful Senior missionary couple left, I have been helping out in the kitchen. Anyone want a new full time job at the Seattle Institute?

This is who/what I cook with... and learn with. Bro Knowles at the Barbee!

Institute Olympic games. Hard wood floors. pledge. socks. wicked race around a tape track in the middle of the gym. Need I say more?

1 dozen Krispy Kreme donuts. 60 seconds. How many can you stuff into your mouth with the beat of the music?

Preparing for the Olympic games. If looks could kill.

Basically, I am having a blast. more photos coming. enough procrastinating the calculus homework...the end.

um. feel free to call me. I always want to talk to others. !

Happy New Year!

Well Hello world!

I feel like I have been really responsible this school year about not blogging when I should be doing my homework, this new habit has 1. bored you all out of your mind and 2. allowed me to get semi-good grades and go to bed at a decent hour on school nights. I feel like it's a trade-off I am willing to make.

My new years eve was really fun, I went to a huge regional dance at the Seattle Center under the Space Needle and danced the night away and watched fireworks. It was good. I was able to have a good dinner with some new/old friends and now I this quarter is going to be really busy. I am going to REALLY enjoy my classes, the subject matter will be so interesting however, it will be really crazy and busy all the time. I know that I can accomplish all that I need to... it's just scary. I also know that I will be happy if I follow the Lord's timing, but that's also scary. Sorry that my post is kind of... heavy but that's how I feel when I'm in school. If you want to see pictures of my New Year's activities look here.

Oh, also, the Fireside tonight by Elder Neil L. Anderson was AMAZING. Talk about motivation.

well, good night!

love Maren :)

If I had facebook...

My status would be: 'I am about ready to rip my eyeballs from my socket and suck on them as if they were gobstoppers.'

I honestly understand my mother now. I can't believe she has been able to sit around for the past 8 weeks while her foot has been healing. I AM SO BORED. Needless to say, if you check up on me in a few years, I will probably be working, having kids (depending on when you call), working on my practice, going to school, doing stuff at church...yadayada. Anyways, I am going home tomorrow and look forward to helping with the house/hanging around there.

Other facebook status's and quotes from this quarter:

"Half of me is ashamed that I have to use an umbrella, the other half of me is really glad that I don't have a cold because of that decision."

"You'll have plenty of time to have your heart ripped out like your brother's"- name that movie!

"A spork, and a true love is all you ever need in life, and an electric blanket"

"It's a child's vest" - Maggie Brown

"Remember who you are. (now in high pitched voice) And kisses are speciallllll!"

"Make magic happen!" -Jon Cox

"What would I do if I had to marry one of you and kill one you? That's a really hard decision" (Laura and I are still waiting on that one, although I think I give up because she is so ahead of me in the rankings, plus I think she already won)

"MDF!" (in annoying high pitched valley girl voice)

"Let's just drive up these stairs"

"Maren! You look like a girl today!" ... "Thanks, Devin" ... "Maren, you know, it's surprising but today you look like a girl today too"... "Thanks, Brother White!"

All I have to say is that this quarter has changed my life. done.

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Finals? Anyone, anyone?

I am really excited to go home for Christmas. I think it will be really fun to get back into a different circle of friends and see my family again. Apparently it's really icy/snowy up there and I am excited. Maybe I won't be able to get home. That would be sad.

I feel like a bear, once winter hits I pretty much just want to eat, all. the. time. That's never good for me but I deal. Option one: nap. Option two: eat. Option three: continue studying. How about all three? Can't I have my cake and eat it too?

Basically this quarter = me feeling like I never study/studied enough and trying to be social. I feel like I have a good enough grounding here that I can scale back the social events and get a job and study more but don't worry I won't crawl into a social hole. I will make time for fun.

Alright enough chatting, I need to go study more/eat/sleep.

My mind is so scattered. Sorry!

love, Maren :)

Thanksgiving :)

This is what I have been doing all weekend, in between spending time with relatives and people who should be my relatives.what more do I have to be thankful for?

Hope you all enjoyed eating your brains out like I did!

love Maren :)

It's sad when...

Your life is ruled by these symbols....=happy day! =sad day and I don't understand why...

Other than that, I am loving school and everything in life.

:) = me most of the time.

Well I am heading off to bed now. sorry I'm lame and don't update you all enough...

Maren :)

p.s. yes, Mike and I are still dating...

(Sorry this picture is lamely small)
Ok, a quick update... yes UW is beautiful. So, while I'm in a good mood I decided that I needed to let everyone know how I am doing. Let's be honest, the first few weeks were... rough. Needless to say, I am now settling into my routine and getting back into the mindset of doing homework and 'just get it done so you can go to bed' land. If you were to really be standing right where this picture is taken, you would be just the to right of a building in which I have my music class. It is the music building... Shocking, I know! The quad doesn't look like this right now. The cherry blossoms have all gone into hibernation and are now resting warmly unlike anyone else on campus. Today is actually rained and I was excited. It's a good thing I live in Washington!

My ward is really great. I've found some wonderful people to spend my time with and now I am in the process of the configuring my life to be what I want... I just need the right balance of school and social life and hopefully a job soon. Bottom line is that I am definitely starting to get the hang of life and yes I will have my rough days but mostly I just shove it all into the depths of my prefrontal cortex and hope that my brain will never reach that section of my filing cabinets.

Ok. I have stalled enough. Back to homework...I'm a geek, Give me a call sometime.

love Maren :)