Old Friends

Last night was really great. Two of my old roommates from Ricks College came over. We hadn't seen one another in over a year. Its amazing how rejuvenating getting reacquainted can be. Annie is working as a school teacher just up the road, and Ann and Jedediah are expecting their first baby. They have a house in California where Jed is going through Med school. Its really good to see them doing so well.



Jedediah, Ann, Annie, Me, Mack

Deep thoughts - I stopped doing this after Uni

I have just spent a wonderful hour reading my friend Emily's as well as my friend Jeff's blogs respectively.

These two blogs led me to a thought - something I have managed to avoid since graduating from university.

The thought was this -

I am still capable of deep thought.

Now that might not seem very profound to some, but it hit me like a ton of bricks. Over the last few years, I have allowed my thoughts to be frivolous. I have allowed my mind to atrophy. I have wallowed in the world of reality TV. I have done nothing to try and actually maintain a higher level of brain function needed to do more than lift the remote. And more pathetic than anything - I have been consumed in the pettiness that I once used to call "the company I work for".

So to Emily and Jeff, I say "Thank you". I needed to realize that my blogs can contain and sometimes should contain more than just my sentiments on a pretty pair of shoes I saw, or a little trinket I can't afford. More than that though, just because I am not compelled to study for a test or to take a class I am still capable of study and learning.

I think I'm going to go read a book now.

Underwater

This is what we do for Fun

A few weeks ago Mack and I decided that we really wanted to go camping. We do not however have any camping gear. On a whim we went to Cabelas to check out their gear. Well who would have thought but they were having a great sale at the time and an extra 10% military discount. I think you can see where I'm headed with this - you're right. The next thing I know I have moved my furniture out of the Lounge to make room for our new tent. A tent in which I had to sleep that night. I can't wait till I have a yard!



And here my darling husband is dismantling the tent so I can have my lounge back. Isn't he adorable?

Back Home and Loving it!

So I've been home for a week now and am really enjoying being in my own space again. I picked up some sort of disgusting bug in England and felt absolutely aweful on the plane home. Then I spent the next two days lying on the couch sleeping - what bliss. I completely lost my voice and having been hacking up a lung since then and now just when I finally feel almost human again, Mack has come down with the exact same symptoms. I feel bad, but at least I'm feeling well enough to look after him.

Also this next week is the last week that I work - Woohoo! I am so excited to not have to go deal with my pervy boss everyday anymore.

I will post pictures from my Europe trip in the next few days.

Bloody French Keyboqrds

I am sitting in a quaint little Parisian internet cafe, typing on a keyboard that has me reverting to the two finger method. The keys on this keyboard have been completely switched around and I feel like a begginer typist again.

This trip has been amazing, but I think my companions and I are all in agreement when we say "I want to go home". We are tired and sore and feel like we have walked around the world and back. My feet are protesting so loudly that I can barely stand up.

But we are happy. Thats all.