Livin' in Color (15)

I'm just going to put this out there from the start: the title of this blog doesn't really fit with what I'm going to write about. I feel like when you read it you may expect some sort of metaphor that compares my life to, like, the beauty of the colors of this earth or something, but really I just want to talk about the Festival of Colors. And honestly, I felt like titling this blog entry with the event would be lame, but maybe a cliche title just makes it more lame.

Anyway, if it wasn't obvious, I got to go to the Festival of Colors yesterday! It was my first time, which was exciting because I'd always seen people from my stake back home go to BYU and then post pictures of them at this event. I've done the Color Run before so I felt prepared for all the chalk and the lack of oxygen that follows the countdown to everyone throwing their chalk up at the same time. I really enjoyed this festival! I mean it's hard not to love rockin' music, being covered in color, and beautiful weather. One of the coolest things about this event was it's location, which was at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork. It was a pretty awesome building and my roommate and I loved being able to go to the upper part of it. The view up there was pretty sweet and the warm breeze that passed through felt great.

It was also a much-needed occasional escape from the constant cloud of chalk below, you'd be surprised at how much of that stuff gets in your mouth. Spoiler: it doesn't taste pleasant...like, at all. But it's not too bad, I wouldn't not go just because of that. However, I'd suggest wearing sunglasses and bringing a bandanna to cover your mouth if you're worried about it.

Since the festival is so popular, there were a ton of people there! It got a little hectic briefly because my roommate and I got separated from each other and cell service wasn't too great out there. After a while though, we found each other so it was all good. Then we had to find the other people we went with, which took quite a bit of time as well. So basically what I'm saying is that I've learned the importance of designating a meet-up spot...the hard way. I'll have to keep that in mind for future things!

Once everyone was together again and we were all ready to go, we decided to drive to a nearby creek and wash off. The water was really cold...at least that was what I was told. I honestly didn't really notice the temperature because just jumping in filled me with a bunch of adrenaline. We went to a part of the creek that was pretty deep and that had a rock that you could jump off into it. The only bad thing was that if you didn't jump far enough out off the rock, you risked landing in a shallow area. It took me a long time to build up the courage to make myself jump, but part of me must have hesitated because I didn't quite make it to the deep part.

Messiest and most crowded car ride ever, btw

Luckily the ground was muddy and really soft! It was like landing on a memory foam slide because my body slid down the ground and I was still completely submerged in the water. But yeah, what an adventure that was!

Needless to say, I had a lot of fun and I'm glad I was able to go! It was worth the hassle of getting all the chalk out of my hair, clothes, and shoes. Going to the festival yesterday made me realize that this semester, and freshman year, really is almost over. Now's the time to not only focus on finals and all of that, but also have fun and enjoy my time here at BYU. Sure school is challenging, but I wouldn't give up the remainder of my semester for anything!