Things I Am Thankful For (A Short Excerpt)

- Target's dollar section
- my black high-heel shoes from Walmart
- Primary kids
- student loans
- Walgreen's photo developing
- rubber duckies
- sunglasses
- bathrobes
- friends who work at the library
- texting
- book recommendations
- sisters
- contacts
- mail
- BYU
- baguettes
- ponytail holders
- fleece
- the John Charles Salon
- USA network
- GarageBand

Happy Time

10 things that have made me happy this week:

1. Amelie
2. New phone
3. Kit Kittredge's hair
4. Skype conversations
5. New dresses
6. Make-your-own aprons
7. The Price is Right
8. My time zone chart with where everyone is
9. Ed
10. "Lochner's" Butcher Shop, found in Germany

Where the Heart Is

Things I've Done Since Getting Home:

1. Eat homemade pizza.

2. Appreciate not having to put shoes on to go the bathroom.

3. Get 12 hours of sleep.

4. Arrange to have my box sent from UT.

5. Eat homemade chocolate chip cookies.

6. Drove around town to shop.

7. Arrange to go to the HS play with Kyle.

8. Advise Mom & Dad in the decorating of our

newly-painted living room.

9. Eat a baguette from Panera.

10. Watch Twilight with the family.

Y Not?

After our Divine Comedy plans epically failed (within like 2 seconds of their birth), we scrambled (for the hour before we were supposed to leave) to make it to the base of Y Mountain on time and in one piece (after a quick stop at Subway and Jamba Juice, where we met up with Jordan).


Um.... I almost died on Y Mountain. And I felt like the biggest wuss ever to set foot on BYU campus. If I was ever to be cremated, I would seriously consider having my ashes scattered along the trail, since I almost died there anyways. And it was especially embarrassing with Jordan there, who kept offering to take my bookbag and wasn't even breathing heavily the whole way up. MUTANT. WHO HAS DONE EVERY OTHER SPORT EXCEPT TRACK AND FIELD. Dang. Here's some other highlights of our night:

1. Pulsating all over my body as I hiked up the mountain. And feeling like I was going to puke.
2. Feeling like my head was touching the ground, it was such a steep incline.
3. Feeling like I was getting gout in my fingers. I couldn't take my rings off, they were so fat.
4. Taking the flat trail to the bottom of the Y, then having to climb up the Y itself (which is kind of illegal) to get to the top where everyone else who didn't want to come down was. Also near very loud Spanish-speaking people.
5. Getting a sweet scar on my leg climbing up said Y.
6. Feeling like I was about to plummet down to my death at any moment bear-climbing up said Y.
7. Watching The Princess Bride at the top of the Y. And having all the boys quote every single line... lol.
8. Falling walking back down the mountain. I'm pretty much awesome.
9. Swinging on the park swings.
10. Playing on this AWESOME big swing thing that looked like one of those horse-walker things, like in Princess Diaries 2.
11. Doing a cartwheel for the first time in a long time with Audrey.
12. Getting kicked out of the park by the cop, who apparently approved of our choice of Princess Bride, but said the park closed at 11.
13. Having to wait 20 minutes for a seat at IHOP, at 2:30 in the morning.
14. Kristian ruining his fries I was to eat by drenching them in pickle juice. (Ok, I guess he *did* buy them...)
15. Seeing Jordan eat his 6 pieces of french toast in 5 minutes flat, and draining a glass of water less than a minute after we had received them (I actually think this is his normal pace, not out of extraordinary hunger).
16. Awkward Jordan hug. Oops.
17. Awkward Kristian hug. Again.
18. Getting to bed at least an hour before Megan woke up for work (yay! we're improving! ^_^)
19. Waking up at 8AM to a mysterious call from Jordan... who turned out not to be Jordan.... which is another long story.
20. Disbelieving Jordan actually came with us and put up with our insanity. For a very long time. I kind of admire him for that.

P.S. Nick the Hippie Kid is actually very nice. =)