Hollaback Gurl.

It's time for a quick catch up! Winter semester was great! I saw Fun., Imagine Dragons, Battle of the Bands, Joshua James and Isaac Russell concerts. I also managed to see the midnight premiere of The Hunger Games, went to Holi, ate at The Pie, made it to a few ward gatherings, watched Troll 2, made who knows how many midnight Denny's runs, met Jason Alexander, went to an AA meeting (just for kicks), went to the aquarium 3 whole times, saw a plethora a movies, kissed a handful a men and caught up with a few old friends. Oh the joys of college.

And now I'd like to formally welcome you all to summer. I hope it is going well for all of you! Mine has been fairly eventful thus far. I had some family come into town and that was great! I really adore my brother and his family. I am always so grateful whenever I can see them, which is usually just Christmas so this was a real treat. We just had a picnic of sorts and all the family that was around was brought together. It was super chill but made me wish that I had a better relationship with my siblings but it's hard with how busy everyone is especially since most of them are parents now.

Other than that I've paid a boy $300 dollars for a blanket (WORST STORY EVER), then had to dish out another $150 to fix my car and now my laptop is starting to fail me... These are expensive times and my income from my part time job is not up to the challenges it has had to face lately. These days sure are expensive even if I am now back at the parents homestead.

My future plans are sure to drain the wallet as well. Robert, Maren, potentially Hilary and I would like to take a road trip out to Colorado in July to see our old roommate Ashley who we all miss terribly and just got her mission call to England (way to go Ash)!!! I also have plans to go to the Twilight and Rooftop Concert Series but they shouldn't really effect my wallet since they are free unless I decide I must buy all kinds of merchandise. 

I'm teaching summer school at Walden but this will be my last time teaching there as they have asked me to not return in the fall. It's good because it really is about time I move on seeing as Walden has been my life for the last 8 years but I am heartbroken about leaving the kids I work with behind. I have been telling students I won't return in the fall and they are all very upset by this which makes the idea of leaving much harder. They really have made life worth living for the last year or so. I really hope I can keep tabs on quite a few of them. They really have taught me so much despite the fact that some of them are only 5 years old.

My life as of late however has been fairly consumed by one Zackery Terry who drives me insane but I completely adore him. He's a real cutie pants. He has gone through more than anyone I've ever heard of and is now managing to do some damage control for things he has had no control over. I really admire him for this because he is doing a lot of things I am not sure I ever could and he's doing it all by himself which is mind blowing for a 20 year old boy. I also love that he really looks out for me and it really pisses me off at times due to the way he decides to go about things is terribly embarrassing but I have no doubt in my mind that he cares. He has managed to not only shed light on the fact that I have a tendency to hang out with douche bags but he has also managed to make sure that quite a few of them never contact me again despite my efforts to keep them around. Zack really is great. He is one of the most intelligent people I have ever interacted with. And even though he has a tendency to act like Jack Sparrow whenever we're out in public and busts out lighters in movie theaters and tries to make things as awkward as possible, I know better and I am very glad that I do. His friendship has taught me a lot about other people, myself and what actually living the gospel is versus just studying it.

And just in case you haven't had enough man, oh man, THIS SONG makes me want to punch myself in the face but I also want to sing and dance along.... This is quite the conundrum and I hate my self for even considering this slightly enjoyable.

New.

Hey family. I haven't updated this in years. Sorry 'bout that. But alas, I'm back with some basic updates for you. New apartment. New girls. I love them. They are quite probably my favorite females of all time. They are sane and chill and we go on the greatest adventures of all time. And they are teaching me how to do girl things like hair, make-up and such. So I basically adore them.

Other new things; I love Dexter. It is a fabulous show but not it's not very easy to watch for most people. I love shooting guns. I've gone shooting twice since my last post and it's a new favorite activity. I have a pretty solid group of friends this year which is very helpful. UVU is good, very very different from BYU though. I'm poor all of the time but that's standard right? Also, forensic science. I'm thinking about as a minor to my psych major so that could be super exciting. And that's all I can think of for now. END.

Music Scene

I really really love the local music scene I just wish I could just be more involved in it. I have friends that are constantly going to parties and free concerts and I just have no idea how they hear about all of these things. I feel like I've missed out on something somewhere along the road. It's a bummer and I'm jealous of the in crowd.

Whoaa.

Just went to the doctor and apparently I've lost 15 pounds since I was at my heaviest. So that's cool.

It was also my birthday recently. It was pretty swell. I went to breakfast with the parents, shopped around park city, ate dinner at the olive garden then watched a movie and lit some fireworks. It was grand.

I'm also heading to denver this weekend then to seattle and to top it all off I'm going backpacking all while I work, get ready for school and move out so I should be pretty busy for the rest of the month but I'll try to post pictures or something.

hello summer.

Hey followers. I am sorry that I am the worst blog updater ever. It's been, what, a month? And that last post was not informative at all. Now all I can do is grovel and beg for forgiveness in hopes that you'll forgive me.

So lets see. I've totaled Old Rusty... Poor Lad. After all those years he never saw it coming and neither did I since I blacked out thus the accident. Luckily I walked out of that accident just fine. A true blessing. Since that incident I was in another car accident, this one wasn't my fault and the car was fine but now I'll have to spend the rest of the summer in Physical Therapy. I've also been working nonstop which has been great. Teaching summer school and special ed has been amazing and I love all of the kids I work with. I know I struggled with school but I was nothing compared to these kids. It's been a real eye opening experience that I wouldn't change for the world. I hope that these kids can continue to teach me about life and what it has to offer. My dad is broken and even though I give him a hard time I really do feel bad for the poor guy. Family has also been around and that's been cool. It's always fun to see them. Especially other than Christmas. It's a real treat. Oh man, my nieces and nephews are the most attractive children. It's not fair. I wish I had more money just so I could visit them once in a while. Maybe over spring or fall break if I'm rolling in dough I can head to the east or west cost and see someone.

And that's my summer thus far.