Down at the farm

Since I didn't have to work today I went to hang out with my friend, Corinne, who works at Thanksgiving Point. (There are so many cool things to do at Thanksgiving Point. Next I want to check out the gardens, I hear they're amazing.) I was there to help Corinne teach kids how to garden but I couldn't resist the farm animals. I also learned that I would like to have a job where I get to drive a golf cart.

How beautiful is the white peacock? Also that goat in the bottom left is only a week old. So cute. There were also these chickens:

Let me just say that I hate chickens with a passion. We had some one summer when I was growing up and they were a pain. Everyday my step-brother and I would come home from school find that they had escaped. We would have to chase them back and lock them up again. They were dirty and stinky and gross. Ew. But that chicken? He made me pause for a moment. I actually considered stealing him beacuse he was so oddly fluffy and cuddly looking. Gross, I know.

Odd Confession

So I was just noticing that I always close my eyes when I make a wish. I'm a big wish-maker I suppose, whether it's throwing change in fountains, blowing out candles, reading chain emails*, going through tunnels, or just whenever. I always close my eyes. Is that like a rule of wish-making? Does it make it more likely to happen? If I squeeze my eyes more tightly shut does that make it even more likely?

*Maybe this is two confessions but I totally make a wish when an email forward tells me to, even though I don't believe them or forward them. Always.

Still here!

Don't give up on me yet! I'm still running around. Life has been pretty intense lately with work, school and the good ol' personal life.

But!

Only seventeen more calendar days of classes left! I'm simultaneously thrilled and terrified by that. I will be so happy to be done with going to class, writing pointless papers and working unnecessarily hard on "group" projects but at the same time part of me isn't sure if I'm ready to be done. Is it really time for me to move on? Did I do all of the things I was hoping to do? Ah!

While thinking about the aforementioned changes in life and also thinking about some of the things that have been happening in my personal life I came across this quote on another blog and it hit home with me.

God expects you to have enough faith, determination, and trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. He expects you not simply to face the future; He expects you to embrace and shape the future—to love it, rejoice in it, and delight in your opportunities.

God is eagerly waiting for the chance to answer your prayers and fulfill your dreams, just as He always has. But He can’t if you don’t pray, and He can’t if you don’t dream. In short, He can’t if you don’t believe. - Jeffrey R. Holland

So, as cliché as it sounds, I'm working on rejoicing, delighting, dreaming and believing. (That sounds even more cliché than I thought it would!) I promise I'll be back soon, with pictures even! Wooo!

Keepin' On...

Remember my goal for 2008? I'm still going, I've just been bad at blogging about it.

I kind of had a freak out moment in March when a week before the end of the month I realized that I hadn't been to a concert and I didn't have one planned. I checked to see what was playing and was pleasantly surprised to see that Vampire Weekend was coming. I really only knew one song but they came highly recommended by my friend Andrea. I called her up, we bought some tickets and went!

Andrea and I


The opening band. Yacht I think. They were bad. Like really bad I thought. Sorry if I offend your musical taste.


Andrea agreed with me.


The keyboardist and the lead guitarist were both really cute.

Andrea and I made some friends, Jonathan, Mindy and Logan. I have no clue who that girl in the front is.

Vampire Weekend pretty much rocked it out. I loved it. I've heard them on some TV shows and such since the concert and I'm pretty happy about it. Here's a video of them live, please excuse my dancing, the quality of this video is not so great but I don't care because, hello, I was dancing.

I heart graffiti

(Click HERE if you would like a link to the original photographs and photographers)

The weekend recap

Have you ever had a weekend that would be considered completely amazing if not marred by one thing? Yep. So check it out...

Friday night we watched the Jazz pull off a pretty sweet victory and then watched Moulin Rouge which is a favorite I haven't seen in a while. I decided I too need a projector in my life because basketball (and other things) are even better when they take up a whole wall. Also, I was accosted by a friend, who I will never call old again, wielding a pillow. She apparently hit my face so hard it bled. Which is actually hilarious to me. We checked the pillow out later and found nothing that you would think could cause such damage.

This is a few days after the "incident." I swear I'm not trying to be dramatic. Just think about it, a pillow did this to me. Or Melissa. But I think she prefers to blame the pillow.

Saturday was sleeping in, a fast and really random trip to my new favorite burger place, Fats Grill, in Salt Lake. (Please don't think I've just tossed out In-N-Out, I decided I have different categories of burgers.) If you're in Salt Lake I definitely suggest trying it out. Plus if you go during lunch and buy food you can play pool for free. I recommend the Blue Cheese Bacon Burger and my compadre said the Pastrami Burger was really good. Also, the fries that come with it have just enough cayenne pepper on them to make your lips tingle. Mmm. Anyway, Saturday continued with a manicure, some guitar hero, and then Iron Man. While I really liked it, my friend Austin reviewed it here and is better at reviewing movies than I am.

On our way to the movie. Some how I got shafted and stuck in the backseat.

Me and my permanently damaged face in the backseat. Yes, I realize you can't really see it in this picture but pretend with me.

Sunday I gave up my sleeping in to see my awesome friend Mallory who was in town for a quick visit. She brought the hubster and the mini man and it was really good to see them all. I love seeing my friends happy in their lives after we've kind of spread over a few hundred miles and years. Mal's mom made us cinnamon and orange rolls and her mini man played us some tunes on the baby baby grand.

So did her not so mini man.

These girls mean so much to me, I can't believe we're so far apart now!

Sunday continued with church, a lovely dinner of chicken Parmesan cooked by someone other than me, a hilarious game night with friends and I rounded it off with a chat in the car, which I love.

I really couldn't have asked for a better weekend except for that one little thing I mentioned. Someone close to me told me they're moving away for the summer, possibly longer. I wasn't really ready to hear that but it's going to be okay. (I know this all seems very vague and that's intentional. If you want the details call me or shoot me an email.)

I blog in protest.

Hello. Remember me? It feels like forever since I blogged.

The end of the semester tends to warp time a little bit.

I just typed up a big explanation of why I've been gone but it was long and boring. In summary, instead of being stretched between Friday and Wednesday all of my finals were done Saturday at 1 PM. Because I was done early I had a week between winter semester and spring term. Because I was done early (aka sleep deprivation and cramming) I spent my week between classes sick. Woo hoo, that ruined my fun plans! I still haven't been sleeping much and I'm not really getting completely healthy but I've been having fun!

Wanna hear a funny story? I locked my keys in my car again. Go me! This time I really really didn't mean to, they fell out of my bag as I was getting out of the car and I didn't even know. I was trying to leave work, walked out to my car and started looking for my keys. Nowhere to be found. I went back inside to security and asked if they had any keys turned in or a slim jim. We worked for over an hour with a slim jim and a coat hanger and a door wedge but were unsuccessful. During this awesome hour of my life it was supremely windy and my skirt decided to party along with my hair. Also awesome? I was parked right where everyone leaving work saw us struggling. Oh good times.


Right now I am in class. Tuesday/Thursday from 6-8:50. Gross, no? We're talking about economics and supply and demand. I should be home watching The Office. I blog in protest.