Lazy Perfect Saturdays

Today Will and I had quite a few errands to run, but we did it in the most slow and slothful ways. We watched extreme couponing, Mad Men, went to Wal-mart, Costco, Target, Wingers, Wal-mart again and the Payson Temple. I wasn't able to figure out how to get tickets to go in to the open house, but we drove past it and it was so beautiful. The amount of detail on that temple is amazing and wonderful.

It was also rainy all day long. From 8 am to currently, nothing but rain. It was awesome. Driving down to Payson we took back roads that took us past farms, windmills, mountains etc. I think that I take Utah for granted a lot of the time, but on days like today I get reminded of just how beautiful it really is. I just love it. The clouds were so low and all the grass was extra green. It was amazing. I love city life but I think that I will always like nature more. There's just something majestic about it all. Especially my Utah mountains.

We also cleaned out the other 2 rooms in our house, so now we are officially moved in. Cue party poppers and drinks. My brother is coming to live with us tomorrow for at least a week, potentially the summer, so we figured it would be best if he had a room. Meh.

It's been a pretty lazy summer so far, but boy am I enjoying it.

Empowerment

So I checked out for a while, but none of you can be mad because I was working on final papers and exams. Which I nailed by the way in case you were wondering.

Since I came out of my finals week cave, Summer has begun and it's been wonderful. I made a one stop shop to my parents book library and picked up lots of junk. Teen fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, adventures, it's all so exciting. I plan on reducing my brain cells this summer, and these books will do the trick.

I went on a hike yesterday, it was over six miles, mostly uphill the whole way, and tons of fun. My friend that I went with is a total fitness nut so she was skipping the whole way as I was panting and resting. Psh. Fitness people. I forgot how much I love being outside. It's fantastic. I welcome the warm weather this year.

I chopped all of my hair off. Almost 8 inches of it. I've never had my hair this short and I totally love it. My thick coarse awful mane of hair is gone and it feels freeing almost. No more heavy mess on my head giving me headaches.

This morning was a landmark for me. I cooked a fried egg without breaking the yolk. What an accomplishment! Cooking correctly, accomplishing something that you have practiced so many times is a great feeling. Who knew that cooking would give you that feeling. I usually got that from a jump shot, free throw, double play, etc. I've started cooking more than I normally do, and I'm starting to enjoy it more than I thought it would. Looks like I'm growing up.

Here is the view from my hike. And this was only half way up.