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. 

Weekend Updated

So, as much as it breaks my heart to tell you this, I still don't have my new car. The dealership said it would come Tuesday last week, then they said Tuesday of this upcoming week, and now they are saying Friday of this upcoming week. Boo. Well, on Thursday when Will and I were told of all this new information, I flipped a basket on the dealership because I had just sold my car under the impression that my new car would already be here. They apologized and had us drive up there and they gave me a rental. I'm not paying for it, so that's nice. But it is a Dodge Dart and it's tiny and slow. At least it gets me from point a to point b and I'm only paying for gas. The cheap gas.

My grandparents are in town so we've been spending time with them. Yesterday we went to the driving range, Thursday we went to the movies, Friday we went to dinner and played a lot of board games. Today I think it will be more board games. Will especially likes when they are in town because the boys play a lot of golf. woohoo.

I didn't hate the driving range as much as I thought I would, and I didn't suck too bad either. So the plan is that next time the boys go golfing I will tag along and if I enjoy it I will get a cheap set of clubs so that I can play with Will more. I mean, we live less than a 3 minute walk to the golf course.

Saturday I also spent time with some friends. One of my friends is on the verge of divorce, and her family is all the way on the east coast, so she doesn't have a whole lot of people on her side at this point. I am a firm believer that treats, movies, and girlfriends can cure just about anything. Even if it's crying and talking things out. I'm glad we were there for her, but she's got a long road ahead, and I and another best friend of mine plan to be there for her the whole way through. I can't imagine what she's going through...

On that note, cheers to a sunny, beautiful weekend. And cheers to one more week of classes and a couple finals.

Sold

This morning we sold my car. My cute little 2003 Saturn. It's been a great car and I actually loved it. It only needed two repairs in the 3 years that we owned it, and it still has less than 108,000 miles on it. She didn't do so great on the highway, which is why we decided that it was time for a new car. Makes sense right? We want to turn Will's car into strictly a commuter car, so we don't have to repair that one as much, and it'll be nice to have a new car that we can depend on.

^^doesn't it just scream, "I'm dependable"?

Yesterday I got a call from some random guy with the same name as my husband. He wanted to meet up so that he could take a look at the car. He sounded really nice on the phone, but I've watched Criminal Minds so I knew better than to meet him alone. Will and I met him at the park near our house in the freezing cold wind. He liked what he saw and asked to drive it over to his mechanic to get a quick inspection. After he drove off Will and I went home waiting for him to call so we could meet back up. He called me after the inspection and offered to buy it right then. What a relief. He wanted a couple hundred off because the AC didn't work, but we had no problem with that, seeing as we asked a certain amount but had planned to actually get $500 or more less than what we asked. So a couple hundred was amazing for us. Will took care of the actual transaction this morning, and we are now a one car family. It's kind of exciting.

The new car we purchased is still being shipped out to us, so hopefully it will be here by Tuesday at the latest. Cross your fingers for us.

I've never owned a car less than 10 years old, so I am over the moon about getting our new car. Plus it's a jeep so it will be crazy fun to drive.

Selling cars is stressful, and dealing with potential buyers is even more stressful, but at least it's over. I should probably take down my ad now. haha.

Happy almost Friday

Tuesday

Aren't Tuesdays just the weirdest? It's not a Monday, Wednesdays are you halfway point, Thursday is almost Friday, Friday Saturday and Sunday all speak for themselves. Tuesday is just kind of there. Sorry Tuesday.

I was supposed to get my new car today, but yesterday we got a call from the dealership saying that my car's delivery schedule was pushed back a week. boo. The one time I was looking forward to a Tuesday. Hopefully it comes soon. It's incredibly brand new, and I will be the first person ever to drive it. Talk about clean seats. No germs. yessssss. Once it's here I'll post pictures for the 3 of you that read this.

In other news I still amaze myself at how good I am at writing papers and going off of nothing. I think all college did was make me better at procrastinating and still pulling things off, oh and making me sound smarter than I really am. There's your PSA for the day I guess. Go to college, kids.

haha....ha

At this point in my college career I'm starting to wonder if my major should be BSing things rather than English. I'm getting way to good at making myself sound a lot smarter than I really am, and making it seem like I did all of the homework when I really didn't. I don't cheat. I'm against it completely. But I'm all for bending the rules to make my life just a little bit easier. Meh. Hopefully I'm not the only one out there. My essay's will be killer this year. That's all that matters. Right?

Yikes guys

Spring Break has come and gone and I have done next to no homework. I'm a little bit/a lot worried. Big papers and finals are two weeks away and I have done almost nothing. I sure hope I can pull it off. Papers don't usually take me all that long to write, so I'm hoping that it'll be the same situation this semester. I'd rather not dwell on it all.

This weekend was sort of lost on me. I was running an event for work so my Saturday was full of food set up and take down, crazy needy sales reps, and AV problems. To the people in the world that feel like they need to do everything. You can only act that way if you are sure that your specific job is taken care of. Don't neglect your responsibility simply because you feel like you want to do more than what you were asked. Prioritize. Please.  Once the main event ended I was asked to help run the combine. (it was like a mini olympics for the sales guys/technicians) I was in charge of the dish toss. That's right. They flung satellite dishes like a discus to see who could throw it the farthest. They didn't rope off the parking lot well enough so there were a few cars. And they were hit by the flying dishes. Good thing no damage was done. Anyways, I spent the afternoon running back and forth on the dirt parking lot carrying satellite dishes. It's safe to say that I'm really exhausted. Blech. All in all it was a well done event, and I'm proud of our team for putting it on. We did a great job, everything went smoothly and people had a lot of fun. Comedy Sports even came, so I think they had a good time.

Tonight I'm watching The Deadliest Catch and eating the peanut butter bars that I made last night. It's all quite thrilling, but it's actually just what the doctor ordered. Happy Saturday night!