synopsis.

i am a terrible blogger. for that, i apologize.
i just never remember to do it. that, or nothing all that interesting happens to me?
you decide.

but i'm here, and ready to report on my life.
things that are cool:
1) i have an interview on thursday for an internship as a sportswriter. hello, best job ever.
meet deron williams? don't mind if i do.
2) i bought some new running shoes today, in hopes that they will inspire me to actually run again.
3) i have still two more weeks of summer, while my u and uvu-going friends start on MONDAY. yes, monday. very unfortunate.
4) i found a ticket to long beach for a ridiculously low price. best news? it's not on delta.
5) THE HILLS. enough said.

things that are less cool:
1) one of my very favorite places to visit is long beach. mainly because of the company (e&j, n,j&kg) but also because it is a very cheap airport to fly into (see good things #4) and because it is a fantastic place. the beach is amazing, lucilles bbq makes the most delicious veggie burger i have EVER eaten, etc. annnnd emily and jeff are moving back to fresno. so, no more long beach visits. boo.
2) i worked 45hrs last week. although, this may seem to semi-qualify in things that are cool, because of the overtime factor, i still don't like to be at work for that long. woof.
3) i am not running in hobble creek half marathon. injuries prevail. anyone know of a good half marathon in oct/nov?

so that's life right now.
cool things > less cool things.
seems pretty good.

tahoe makes me think of mark twain and nostalgia.

this house we are staying in is very funny. it appears that the owner made some additions without really foreseeing what they would cause. example: there is a room on the very top level that has a slanted floor with carpet on it. oh, and there is also a sliding glass door that leads to, uh, the side of the house. like, you walk outside and drop two straight floors to the ground.

very strange. i was up there with my nephews, literally on edge that one of them would open the door. i had to bring them downstairs because of the stress it was causing, in fact.

but tahoe is lovely, and it's under 80 degrees, and i'm not at work. so life is good for me :)

flying < everything else.

so this is the story of my LIFE.

booked the wrong date for my flight to vegas... so that awesome deal that i got on my flight has now cost me over $500 to fix. yes, delta charged me an additional $200.00 for a flight that i DID NOT ASK FOR. oh, and the freaking people at customer service DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. and DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING.

hey delta. i'm never flying on your stupid airline again.

viva.

so for $88, today i will be flying here:



to hang out with this girl for her 22nd birthday.

how awesome is that?
oh, i know.
oh, and we'll be residing here for the next three nights.


i love my life.


anyway, in other news, i am officially running again. which is good because the hobble creek half is in approximately 44 days and i am only to about 4miles so far... yikes. my stupid leg is being very dumb and decides to start aching at mile 2, which is quite annoying. but maybe when i get back, it will have healed itself. :)

also, i'm going river rafting/camping on 24 july, which is pretty awesome/terrifying. i have never really been camping before, as i was raised in a household where hotels were always the way to go. but i think it will be fun, partly because of the presence of this one boy...

well, i'm at work so i should probably actually do some work.
okay, peace out.

tagged.

A- Attached or single: singy.
B- Best Friend: sisters, emily, yan.
C-Cake or Pie: pie. mmm especially banana cream.
D-Day: friday.
E- Essential Item: phone, chapstick.
F-Favorite Color: pink.
G-Gummi Bears or Worms: i do love both.
H-Home town: the 'no.
I-Indulgences: shopping, tanning (i know...), diet coke sometimes.
J- January or July?: ehhh july is killing me right now. but how about july when i have a/c in my car?
K-Kids: zero.
L-Life is incomplete without: family, friends.
M- Marriage Date: ...
N-Number of Siblings: 3 sisters and 1 brother.
O- Oranges or Apples: apples if they're super crisp and tart, oranges if they're sweet and juicy :)
P- Phobias or Fears: being alone, failure, change.
Q- Quote: "he pulled a beyonce move: to the left to the left" (HAHAHAHA this old man sportscaster said that on espn and i still crack uppppp when i read it)
R- Reason To Smile: going to vegas on 10 july, that quote.
S- Season: spring (shorts, running outside, hoodies at night)
T- Tag Four: lis, bean, jess, kels.
U- Unknown fact about me: i would choose watching sports over most other things.
V- Very Favorite Store: i really like targ haha.
W- Worst Habit: obsessing.
X-Rays or Ultrasounds: i've had about 3847492 x-rays lately, and they aren't so bad. ultrasounds hurt.
Y-Your favorite food: thai curry, pizza, ice cream.
Z: Zodiac Sign: pisces.

babies are difficult to shop for.

so yesterday i went to buy a present for eli, a new baby that i know. and let me tell you, buying boy baby clothes is so not as fun as buying girl baby clothes. (unless it's these, which i bought for boozie) but i ended up buying something really fantastic for kate, instead of eli, because there just was nothing for a boy baby. he would've been forced to wear some kind of strange romper with no sleeves (yikes.) that said "dad's construction worker" or something equally as ridiculous (double yikes.)

so, sorry eli. it's just not fair for you boy babies.

anyway. there is a nest of birds that live outside of my window, and every single morning at 5:30 or earlier, they think it is a very fun idea to scratch their little feet against the window and also crash into it. i am considering hiring a bounty hunter to alleviate the problem, as i haven't slept past 5:30 in three weeks. and that is extremely grim.


does anyone have advice on how to quell caffeine-addiction headaches? i'm quitting coke and have had a perpetual headache for three days.

being a juror?

so this happened.
i have lived in utah for four years. and so far, in the last month i have been summoned three times for jury duty. three! but the trials kept getting cancelled, so then i was still on the list. apparently. so today was a real trial that i actually had to show up for! i'll admit it, i'm a nerd; i was a little excited. i mean, it seems a tiny bit cool, no? but then there were like fifty people there and i was pretty sure i wouldn't get picked...
but i did.

weird.

and the whole trial (even though i'm not supposed to talk about it...i'm not saying names or details though...) is about someone who may or may not have shoplifted a thing. which is weird, also, because this trial shenanigan seems like a lot of work for two packs of batteries.


so anyway. that's my experience with being a juror. i get to go back tomorrow for lots more sitting around fun! the trial parts are sort of cool, i think, but today i learned that lawyers take some seriouslyyyy long recesses.