sweet addiction

i have been searching high and low for the cure to homesickness or at least
to the intense/passionate dislike that i feel towards usu {no, i did not say hate}
but i still have yet to find it.
last night though, kaitlyn and i had an incredible breakthrough and
may have found a temporary remedy.

background info: when i was little, every sunday my dad
would give us a "reverence award".
if we were good/quiet in church, we were rewarded with a treat after dinner.
more often than not, this reward was his famous caramel popcorn.
we loved it as kids.
we would do just about anything for it.
when we weren't behaved enough to be able
to have it {which rarely ever happened because i was an angel child}
i remember crying my eyes out.
let me tell you, it is probably the yummiest thing ever introduced
to mankind.

now that i am all grown up, i have rediscovered its succulent taste
with my bf katymay.
boy oh boy are we hooked!
i introduced it to her in february and it has seriously become our new addiction.
i remember making it after dinner one night and we ate a lot.
then we woke up the next morning, popped in a chick flick,
and ate the rest of it for breakfast.
you think that is gross...but it doesn't stop here.
we love it so much that we made an entirely new batch and ate it
the rest of the day.
i am convinced that caramel popcorn is the sole
reason why the only difference i see on the scale is an increase.
it's a secret recipe, so all i can say is that it has
lots and lots of butter and even more sugar. mmm!

anyway, last night we were both in one of those moods
and thought that a little caramel popcorn could give us
some cheering up.
so for the first time while living here in logan, we decided to make it...

{doesn't it look incredible??}

and {as lame as it sounds} it has actually brought some serious comfort!
it's like taking a little piece of home with me.
i love these little reminders of home and most of all, reminders of my papa.
he is one of a kind and i am grateful for
everything that he teaches me.

{for those of you that need a little bit of sugar therapy yourself,
i might just make an exception and share this awesomely amazingly fabuloso recipe with you.
i'm sure you will love it just as much as kaitlyn and i do!}

things i think about late at night.

sometimes i have a hard time being motivated to do things.
the most recent topic of choice is to go to class.
i feel like such a loser.

i don't have a job. {super discouraging}

i tell you what though...if i did have one, there would no longer be
a sarah valene scott
attending utah state university.

it's only 3 weeks into the semester and i'm already
burned out as heck!
if i didn't know any better, i would think that
this guy....

was infesting my soul.
scary right?...i know.

change. i hate change.

today was the first day of my second week of school.

i didn't think it was a good idea to write anything about it last week,

because i'm pretty sure i couldn't have done it

without sitting on my couch for an

hour or more crying my eyes out. {oh wait, i did that everyday anyway}

i've realized lately, how afraid i am of change.

yes, i am living with my very best friends in the entire world.

yes, i get to be with the man of my dreams

everyday {DEFINITE PLUS}

and yes there are a billion things to do all the time because there is

actually a substantial amount of people living in the area.

but maybe i have a bad case of

the-grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side syndrome

because even with all of these spectacular things in my life,

i still can't help but miss

cute little ephraim.

{doesn't this picture make you miss it too?}

i miss my house.

i miss my yard.

i miss those sanpete mountains.

i miss my dog. {that's a BIG deal}

i miss the familiar smell of turkey poop. {never thought i'd say that}

i miss roy's pizza.

i miss kaitlyn's family.

i miss having one stoplight in the entire town.

i miss free parking at the college.

i miss the summertime bonfires.

i miss the fact that you can walk anywhere and it's

never more than a mile.

i miss the one finger wave to/from everyone you pass.

i miss going to wal-mart because there's nothing else to do.

i miss running into people i actually know.

but most of all, i miss these people...

{my cute family}

i miss my little brother and his sweet personality.

{michael}

i miss my little sister and her incredible ability to be herself, no matter what anyone thinks.

{lizzy}

i miss my older brothers and how much they make me laugh.

{david and daniel. no david is not crossed-eyed and no daniel is not an orney butt...posers.}

i miss my sister-in-law and our good sister talks.

{carli}

i miss my older sister and her enthusiasm for life.

{michael, rebecca, lizzy}

and lastly, i miss my adorable mom and dad. so much. i think i'll go tell them that right now...

i get kind of sentimental when i think about my family.

sometimes i wish i could go back to the good ol' days when

life was just fun and games.

all i needed was a sibling by my side to be happy.

i guess one good thing about all of this, is the fact that no

matter what happens, they'll still be family!

i love them all so much and can't wait to see them in only

4 days!! {and counting}