Running and Emily's birthday

I feel healthy and whole (more whole) today because yesterday I got my stitches out of my mouth, and I finished my physical therapy with permission to run. I fought against the urge to run out the door to the Provo River Trail when I heard the news, and this morning I woke up early to go running. It was fantastic, and after I got home, it got about 15 degrees colder and began raining. Included is a picture of how happy I was to run.

We celebrated Emily's birthday last week. She is now very old. Here are the before and after pictures of Emily opening her birthday presents. Certain family members should notice that Emily is indeed wearing a Fully Invested shirt.

I began my lab research this week. We are starting to make a drug out of a Peruvian plant, Maca, to test on a line of breast cancer cells. To learn more about the medicinal value of this plant, please go to the following website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maca
I was just a little taken aback to learn what the exact effects were.

A Student's Life

Yesterday I woke up at 6:30 to do my laundry. I got some other stuff done and got ready for my 9:00 class. I managed to stay awake the whole time even though the demos were boring. The last one redeemed the others, though: The professor shot a ping-pong ball into a kid's back with the force of 6 Gs. After that I hurried to the Marriott Center to get a seat for President Hinckley's devotional. It was packed, and we managed to get a seat looking at President Hinckley's back. It was awesome to hear him talk. After that I went to the bookstore to get a few things, and I ate lunch. I got a free t-shirt and a free hot dog at the Homecoming kick-off,which made me happy. After that I went to work. When I got off work I went read over the material for my lab. I went to the lab, and spent two and a half hours trying to work the equations for the data we got. Finally, at 8:45 I got home. I ate a burrito and a big bowl of ice cream, and I talked with some girls in the ward about the Ohio State Buckeyes, and I headed off to bed for another long day.

Over the weekend I went to the IndiaFest. I ran into Rachell Roberts, which was fun. As my friends and I were walking around a girl in a sari ran up to us and asked, "Do you want to help get the devil out of the pond?" We excitedly ran up to the pond to participate in this cool religious ceremony where we help exorcise a devil. We were disappointed to instead find that a big cardboard devil that they were going to burn had fallen in the lake, and they needed help lifting it out. It was funny anyhow. After, we watched the BYU game at Kiwanis park on a huge screen. It was fun to watch the game outside like that with 1,500 other students, but it was also a disappointment. At least Ohio State won.

I'm looking forward to Homecoming weekend, although I'm having my wisdom teeth taken out on Friday. I'm pretty positive I'll take it well though. I will post some pictures when my friend emails them to me...which could be awhile.

It begins...

I have been hassled into writing, so welcome to the blog of Sarah Afton Scoresby. Some people may not believe it, but I am happy to be in school again. I like all my classes, and I am especially excited to finally start doing undergraduate research. I met with the lab director today to talk about which project I would be working on. It is possible that during this semester I will achieve one of my life goals and find a cure for cancer.

Emily, Preston, and I took Joanna to the MTC today. I was more than happy to miss an hour of work to go, and I'm glad I could. I was impressed with how well Joanna composed herself considering she is one of the softhearted family members. But then, I know she didn't eat anything all day and could barely say more than two words at a time. I am committed to write to her at least once a transfer, but I have a feeling she will be expecting more.

I'm already anxiously awaiting the weekend. I am excited for being able to sleep in until probably 8:00, watching the BYU football game, and attending the India Festival at the Hare Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork. Also, I'm really hoping to be able to run soon. Hopefully I'll get the go ahead when I go to physical therapy Friday, and I can go on a refreshing morning jog Saturday morning. I hope I can run soon because I think my forced lack of exercise is finally starting to catch up with me!