After traveling the globe (well just the US), I made it back to California. It is weird to be back in California during the fall (haven't seen the fall since high school, which was only a few years ago =P). The weather has become colder, which is not very cold compared to Utah. Currently, it is 63 degrees outside and I am wearing a sweatshirt. I guess I have already become acclimated to California weather! After five years in Utah, I have fallen so far.
I started working back in September and I am liking work so far. I have been doing odd jobs like counting pages, photocopying binders, and delivering tax returns, just to name a few. It is sure nice to get paid in this economy so I can't complain too much (and especially since I didn't work for four months after graduation).
I think the best part of working is that I feel like a real adult. Before, I was just pretending. Now, I pay for my own health/dental/vision insurance. Yes, I still see the same doctors I saw when I was kid and I live in the same house (with my parents), but now I hand the receptionist the insurance card with my name on the front. It feels really good to be a real adult. And I have my own business card with a reputable company on the card. Wow--life couldn't get any better, or so I thought . . .
Monday, October 12, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Cassie and Paul
Alright, here is a photo of Cassie and I. Cassie and I met back in May and now that we are officially dating I thought I would post of picture of the two of us. More photos and posts to come...
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Since graduation...
So my last post was about the four years since I returned from South Africa. This post is dedicated to the two and half months since my graduation (all of which I have lived completely out of one suitcase). Some of the stuff I have already reported about so this is the newer stuff.
I have paid the change-ticket fee four times for my Delta flights (one of which was an international fee) not to mention forfeiting two other flights that were not Delta flights. If I could do things over, I would have tried to avoid those fees since I could have flown a couple of times between California and Utah with that money or bought a new jacket or a new computer...But avoiding an arranged marriage in South Africa is priceless.
I have visited four different wards: Huffman Ward (Anchorage), Brockett Ward (Decatur), Quailbluff Ward (Logan), and Canyon Road Ward (Salt Lake City). Unfortunately, none of these wards are my designated ward. My BYU ward still thinks that I attend that ward--I receive weekly emails and texts about FHE and other activities. Maybe I will move my records--probably I will do that once I unpack my suitcase.
In Alaska, I have gone to the shooting range (shot a .40 and .45 glock and a M4 fully automatic), gone kayaking at 9:00 pm in sunlight, washed kayaks, washed cars, gone fishing (with no success), visited Build-a-Bear (the lady helping us reminded me of the girl from Napoleon Dynamite), visited Color Me Mine (to paint the cheapest thing there), watched the fourth of July parade in Anchorage, gone to the Imaginarium, visited the Forest Fair in Girdwood (more like an Art and Wine festival with plenty of hippies), driven to Seward three times and visited the Alaska Sealife center, driven to Whittier and had fresh Halibut for the first time, went camping twice, attended girl's camp as a leader/transporter/gear hauler, saw the sunshine on the longest day of the year (June 20th at 12:00 am), painted walls inside the house, changed poop and pee filled diapers, loaded the dishwasher, watched Whale Wars, watched the Proposal and Land of Lost in the theaters, and watched Wow Wow Wubbzy more times than I will admit.
I have liked all of these activities a lot, but each one is made that much better since I drive a F150 Super Crew Lariat Truck. That truck is a beast and hauls ass. I feel like I am large and in charge when I drive that truck around town. I think that I have converted to being a truck fan...
I have paid the change-ticket fee four times for my Delta flights (one of which was an international fee) not to mention forfeiting two other flights that were not Delta flights. If I could do things over, I would have tried to avoid those fees since I could have flown a couple of times between California and Utah with that money or bought a new jacket or a new computer...But avoiding an arranged marriage in South Africa is priceless.
I have visited four different wards: Huffman Ward (Anchorage), Brockett Ward (Decatur), Quailbluff Ward (Logan), and Canyon Road Ward (Salt Lake City). Unfortunately, none of these wards are my designated ward. My BYU ward still thinks that I attend that ward--I receive weekly emails and texts about FHE and other activities. Maybe I will move my records--probably I will do that once I unpack my suitcase.
In Alaska, I have gone to the shooting range (shot a .40 and .45 glock and a M4 fully automatic), gone kayaking at 9:00 pm in sunlight, washed kayaks, washed cars, gone fishing (with no success), visited Build-a-Bear (the lady helping us reminded me of the girl from Napoleon Dynamite), visited Color Me Mine (to paint the cheapest thing there), watched the fourth of July parade in Anchorage, gone to the Imaginarium, visited the Forest Fair in Girdwood (more like an Art and Wine festival with plenty of hippies), driven to Seward three times and visited the Alaska Sealife center, driven to Whittier and had fresh Halibut for the first time, went camping twice, attended girl's camp as a leader/transporter/gear hauler, saw the sunshine on the longest day of the year (June 20th at 12:00 am), painted walls inside the house, changed poop and pee filled diapers, loaded the dishwasher, watched Whale Wars, watched the Proposal and Land of Lost in the theaters, and watched Wow Wow Wubbzy more times than I will admit.
I have liked all of these activities a lot, but each one is made that much better since I drive a F150 Super Crew Lariat Truck. That truck is a beast and hauls ass. I feel like I am large and in charge when I drive that truck around town. I think that I have converted to being a truck fan...
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