Hey, Hey, Hey, Good-bye

We all have our time to go, and we just have to put on a brave face, be strong, and deal with it. I just didn’t expect this time for my dear friend to come so soon. Last year when I moved to Logan I was in need of a friend who would always be there for me. I know that I left it many times, but I tried to find someone to make sure that it was fed, loved, and well taken care of. I guess being gone for two weeks in a warm apartment was just too much for my little fish, skip-bo to handle.


Skip-bo was named after my favorite card game, and was very kind and loving. He did dirty his fish bowl pretty fast, but I tried my best to take good care of my little fish. I have a great new roomie who even took on the responsibility of feeding it when she first moved in, but Skip-bo had other plans, a bigger fish bowl that he needed to swim in. My cool new roomie even took care of him in his final hour and made sure that he was properly disposed of before I got home.


I know that it will be hard to get through this, but I will soon try to find a replacement for my great fish, Skip-bo, but I just don’t know what I’ll name it.
Skip-Bo Aug 18, 2007-Aug 6, 2008

Sick Car Man

I have a few little repairs that I need to make to my car. Nothing major, just a couple things that would make my driving experience a little better. For example my passenger side mirror is cracked, my built in clock is not working, when I first got the car it has two lighter places which many people no longer use as cigarette lighters, instead they use them as chargers. The one lighter has always been broken, and the other I broke a few months ago when I was messing with my ipod adaptor and I broke part of it off in the lighter. Needless to say it no longer works.

Today I went to stay with my grandma and decided to run a few errands including getting my oil changed. While I was there I decided that I should run to a parts store and see how much it would cost to get these other small things fixed. First I was surprised to hear that a mirror is over 85 dollars. Who knew? Not me! Next I would have to take my car into a Toyota dealer to get the clock fixed, so I don’t yet know how much that will cost. Now for the lighters, I explained to the man what I used it for, my own modern conveniences such as cell phone charger, and ipod adaptor. So he knows that I don’t need the lighter part, I need the other part that is connected to my car (I also explained it to him using almost that exact phrasing). Now I don’t know car slang or terms so he may have been correct when he said to me “so the female part is broke.” Seriously! Why did he have to put it that way! I wanted to gag! I am a little more understanding if that is the correct car term, but if not he is a sick sick perv!!

Skeleton Key

Okay so this has nothing to do with the movie, it has to do with my hotel room key. I usually don’t mind hotel room keys, not a big deal, just keep track of them so you can get in and out of your room and go about your day. The first day I was at the hotel I checked in, got my room key and took all my stuff in. I went back to take more stuff to my room and my key didn’t work. I had to go back to the front desk and have them re-swipe my key. So took the stuff in, then I went to check to see where the pool was (you know that is important!) Ran back out to my car and grabbed a couple of books , purse, camera etc. Gone from my room less than five minutes, and wouldn’t you know the dang thing didn’t work! I had to go back and have them re-swipe my card. So I take my stuff to my room, check my pocket and make sure I have my key and leave the room.

I attended a couple hours of meetings, and when I went back to check in the room for the 4th stinking time that day I reached to grab my hotel key and realized that it wasn’t my hotel key in my pocket, it was instead my key chain! So I had to once again go to the front desk and get a new key, they didn’t even ask my room number, they just gave me a new key.

Throughout the rest of the week I did end up leaving my key in my room a couple more times, and had to go back a couple times because it wouldn’t work. I never realized how annoying that could be! Thank goodness I was relatively close to the front desk so it wasn’t quite as big of a hassle, but it was still annoying. Only one more day left in a hotel and dealing with the finicky keys!

Who would have thunk!

Yesterday when I woke up before my normal arising time, around 6:15 in the morning, I was slowly getting my clothes ready for the day, dragging myself to the bathroom, and getting ready to get in the shower. I got my shower stuff together, got in, turned on the water ready to adjust it to the perfect temperature. Unlike my house shower, that all I have to do is pull the handle out and its almost perfect, hotels are always different. Sometimes you have to turn the dial all the way around before it gets hot, sometimes it gets really hot really fast etc. Well don’t worry when I pulled the handle out I was standing very close to the front of the bathtub, and surprise the shower button was already pushed, and the water was ice cold. GOOD MORNING! There was no escaping no matter what corner of the tub I tried to run to. Needless to say my shower helped me in completely waking up. I was no longer as tired. Note to others if you need help waking up in the morning try surprising yourself in a cold shower!

Now here is a random question/thought What time is appropriate for the hotel staff to start cleaning rooms? For me, it really isn’t a big deal because like I said I have been getting up early ( I know you sick and twisted morning people think that waking up with the sun is normal). Today I was heading back to my room to grab some gear (like my computer so I could blog ) around 7:45 and someone was already cleaning rooms. Now I guess that it could be rooms of people who they know checked out WAY early in the morning to catch a flight, or someone who they know checked out late the day before after the maids were already gone, that is fine as well, but for the rest of the people that I am envious of because they are still sound asleep in their very large comfortable bed… That BITES!

Speaking of my bed (haha good lead in, go me!) At home I have a small little twin bed, which I am fine with. I am not a crazy sleeper and if I decided to make my bed every day it would take only a minute, but I have better things to do with that minute, and know that I will be back the next night (hopefully afternoon). This past weekish I have been in a hotel room by myself. Hotels don’t have twin beds in their room, so I have had a nice king size bed. The first night I started by laying on my little side, on the edge, no big deal. Then I thought to myself…Hum… I have this very BIG bed here, why am I just on this little corner. So I SPREAD out! It was great. Since that first night I have been a crazy sleeper because I can sprawl out! I wake up in the morning with at least a couple of pillows that have gone overboard, I try to make sure no corner of the bed feels left out, and it is awesome!

Where is the Beef?

I know that part of the reason that I read blogs is for the pictures of what my friends are doing and their adventures. Yep I have no pictures at all, so right now my blog is pretty much rabbit food (greens, lettuce, a little boring I do know this). Sorry! Here is the deal. I just got a new camera and (shocker) I didn’t bring the disk to download the program to my computer. I don’t know if you realize how long it took me to finally semi-start on this blog thing so be patient, I will get pictures of some adventures one day

Last weekend was my brothers 17th birthday, and I met my family in Twin Falls. While we were there we went to the Twin Falls temple open house. It is nice to see how they incorporate the local area into some of the rooms (Shoshone Falls, South Hills, the Idaho State Flower).

For other news I got my hair cut, I love it, but it is always a hard decision for me to make because I see people with long flowing hair and it is just beautiful so I try so hard to grow my hair out. Sometimes it works better than others, but I usually end up chopping it off so surprise!
It is short again, and now I am going to grow it out for a while.

Oh the Places You'll Go!

I know that I have mentioned that I like to travel, but it seems that once I start I don't want to stop. For example when I get back to Logan I will have been gone for about two and a half weeks. I started off my journey by go to little Manassa Colorado which is at the very bottom of CO, just about 45 minutes from the New Mexico boarder. I went with my mom and grandma so you know that it must have been a party.

One of the events that everyone comes back to Manassa for is Pioneer day, this little town almost doubles in size for the weekend. On the way to Manassa we stopped in Montrose and took my friend Tyler, who is on a mission, and his comp out to lunch. It was good to see him, and very fun.

Most of the weekend consisted of hanging out at my great-grandparents house and letting them talk to all of their family who would just stop by randomly throughout the day.

On the way back to Logan we stopped at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Did you know that the Olympics start next week (8/8/08) and I am a little obsessed. It was fun to see some of the athletes who were preparing to leave in a few days and compete in Beijing.

We finally got back to Logan, I switched suite cases, and then headed to Boise for my FFA meetings. I love the place we are staying! I have a HUGE bed all to myself, there are two, yes two flat screen TV's in my room, and Bath & Body provides all the lotion, shampoo, conditioner, and soap. The sink looks like one you could walk out of the hotel with ( its glued down I did check!).

I love staying in Hotels, I think that I could stay in one for a VERY long time. One of the many reasons is because someone checks on your stuff and makes sure that you have clean towels, a made bed, shampoo and lotion. I may be whistling a different tune after next week but for now its great!

Lets get Started (for real-ish)

Okay, I am a little intimidated to be doing this because some of my friends rock at blogging(Ris, Amber specifically)!
I really do wish that I could be as cool as them, but instead, you just get what you get... right.
So I think it is typical to share a little about yourself for all the bloggstalkers because those who know you should already know this info.
I go to school at USU. I Love LOVE LOVE it! I have great friends and love the town it rocks! I work for the Idaho FFA. It is a great job because I get to do a little bit of traveling, and work with great youth leaders from the state. I also work at a day care, which is very fun because one thing is for sure, kids will keep you young and on your toes. Plus lets be honest kids will say the funniest things that will make you laugh for days. In my spare time I work for Logan Parks and Rec. I mostly do that so I don't feel guilty buying fun toys that I really want. :)
I love to travel, go to concerts, and the Olympics!
Sorry this isn't great yet, but it is a start.