Coming up with a clever title: not as easy as you might think. . .

I'm back in the blogging world, and I've decided to change things up a bit.

For starters and a little update on my life, here are some of the random things my summer has consisted of:

• Finished up the semester and decided to not do summer school, but just work instead, not realizing how difficult that would prove to be.
  
• Moved out of the scary spider infested duplex into a beautiful condo around the corner.
  
• Looked for a job.
• Found a job doing custodial on campus.
• Passed out in front of the entire crew on my second day of said job.
• Scraped up my face, took an ambulance to the hospital.
• Was told it was a combination of stress, dehydration, and exhaustion. Awesome.
• Went home to reassure my mother that I really was fine.
  
• Bummed around with my family and friends for a week.
• Came back to Provo and played for the weekend with my sister Cassie who drove back with me.
  
• Looked for a new job after quiting the custodial job due to the total humiliation.
• Went to California for a fun-filled weekend, ended up doing nothing in California all weekend(it's a long story, you really don't want to know).
• Worked at the Stadium of Fire for July 4th (sadly, only a one day job).
• Continued looking for a job.
• Met up with my dear friend Kayley (one of the girls I went to Russia with and have not seen in years) and her husband Paul.
• Planned on meeting for lunch, ended up spending twelve hours together.
  
• Went home to AZ for three weeks:
• Nearly died from the heat,
• Chatted with my mom,
• Played with Linds and Chels,
• Was surprised with tickets to see Beauty and the Beast (thanks girls!),
  
• Held sweet little newborn Ruthie,
• Laughed with my brother,
• Played in the game room with my dad,
• Saw Wicked at Gammage,
  
• Went swimming,
• Bummed around with my sisters,
• Had my nails done by Annie about a million times,
• Visited with extended family at LJ's Pizza (my favorite),
• Turned 24 and was given Pushing Daisies season 2 and tickets to see Chicago (the band, not the play).
  
• Watched about a billion movies and relaxed.
• Nearly sang myself hoarse as I made the eleven hour drive back to Provo, looked for a job.
• Was visited by Hillary and James:
• Stayed up way too late every night talking and laughing,
• Went shopping all over Utah,
  
• Realized how much I have missed those two - love you guys!
• Looked for a job.
• Sat in absolute horror and tried my hardest not to giggle through the worst concert I have ever attended, but couldn't just leave because there were only like twenty people total there.
• Narrowly escaped being puked on by a poodle the size of a great dane. Still a little traumatized.
  
• Spent a few hours lying in a meadow in a sleeping bag up the canyon watching a meteor shower.
• Had the sprinklers come on and discovered how difficult it is to get out of a zipped up sleeping bag while trying to find your shoes, cell phone and keys, at the same time scrambling up a hill and attempting to avoid the jets of icy cold water while laughing and freezing.
  
• Continued looking for a job.
• Watched numerous lightning storms from my stoop, and was reminded of how much I love monsoon season.
• Registered for classes for the fall.
  
• Started packing to move(again).

That's all I can think of for now. The only other thing that comes to mind are the numerous drives up the canyon, movies, and excursions to my favorite Thai restaurant. Pretty boring, I know.

Speaking of drives up the canyon though, I took this picture this afternoon somewhere along one of my stops up the Provo canyon. I took it on my cell phone, so the quality is pretty bad, but it was a beautiful day and I was reminded of how much I love summers in Utah.


PS, while looking for the above picture on my phone, I came across this little beauty and thought I would share. This was taken while driving back this afternoon:




I know it's hard to see, but those are sheep. In the back of a truck. Cruising down the highway. Why? The world may never know. . .