This week has been ridiculous.
it is a good thing that G and I have a sense of humor.
im not going to bore you with the details of all the car problems we have had since being backed into.
because frankly i might start crying out of stress.
and it's awkward for every one involved when there are tears.
so lets talk about other things.
like the weather!
literally.

it is in the 90's for as far as the weather forecast goes!!!
And that brings me so much joy.
so of course this means time at the warm slough!

Also,
last night we went to put fliers on apartment doors for the Paul Bunyan Music festival and got home around 1:15am
and our door knob was broken.
it would turn but that was it.
it was so frustrating to have a key in your hand and the door not open.
luckily the night before we slept with the window open.
so i was able to pry the screen off and climb in.

today i did a presentation on "working from home"
totally just made things up while i was up there and got 100%.
thaaaank you.

I know i talk about Sal a lot.
but he is just the best.
we have been making him sleep in his own bed lately.
but in the morning he will let out a little cry for me to come get him
so i take him out to go potty
and then he gets to get back in bed with me.
and i get to wake up to this:



Originally he would cry around 6:30.
and then 6:00
and then 5:30
and now its around 4:45.
I think he has learned that the earlier he cries, the longer he gets to sleep in our bed.
he is still as playful as ever
and is a happy pup.

yesterday when G picked me up from school someone backed into us and messed up the bumper and the blinker.
we didnt think it was a big deal.

today i woke up feeling sick.
so i skipped work.
and later on we went to the sand dunes.
but before this happened:

its monday.
i had two test to take today.
and slept through my first class.
and ended up having to skip one class in order to take a test before the deadline.
after taking my test i went to exit the testing center and turn in my test and i went out the wrong door....!
i went out the emergency exit.
and the alarm went off.
and i was so embarrassed.
the testing center is all new and different and i am not used to it still. (obviously)
and i was looking down at my test and thinking about other things.
woof.
when you return your test there are two doors right next to each other.
one where you go to turn in your test
and the other that leads to out side and is the emergency exit.
so when i went through the wrong door and was standing out side with my test and the alarm sounding
i had a choice to make.
walk away really fast, hope no one noticed it was me, and forget about turning my test in and just get a zero on it.
or walk all the way around, back into the testing center, stand in line, explain that i was the one who went through the wrong door like a fool, turn in my test, and leave with my head high.
as much as i wanted to hide,
i did the later.
(though my head was not high)

i picked these off a GIANT rose bush on my way home from work.
braking off rose stems is really hard with your bare hands, in the rain, trying to hurry so the owners of the giant bush don't see you.
sal wont stop staring and barking at them.

4 weeks from right now we will be on our way to California.

I started reading The Art of Racing in the Rain.
My mom and sister both read it and highly recommended.
(We are dog people.)
I don't usually like reading/ watching about animals because they are usually really sad and make me cry.
Or they are all the same.
But this one is differnt!
It is told through the view of Enzo, the dog.
I am only a few chapters in but it is really good.
It has really made me think about animals, their views of people, and how big their hearts are.




And then today we took Sal to the vet.
He weighs a healthy 8.6 pounds now, up 3 pounds from 4 weeks ago.
The vet was doing the normal checks
but he kept checking Sals heart rate.
Like 6 times over.
It made me real nervous.
He then asked how much we paid for Sal.
That made me even more nervous.
(thinking that the vet was hoping we didnt pay too much because he wasnt going to last long or something)
And then the vet said
"Sal has a heart murmur."
I swear I felt my heart stop.
Though I didn't really know what that mean, it scared me.
I am proud to say that I held it together and did shed a tear!
He went onto explain how odd it was that he didn't hear it during our first two visits and that some dogs live a long time with it. And some don't. But if we keep Sal healthy he should be fine.
We just love this little dog so much.

I swear i thought it was friday all day.
if only right?
sal is doing this thing where what ever chance he gets he runs for it.
i dont know where he is going, but i HATE it.
He has done it a few times in front of our house dodging cars and stopping traffic.
today he did it in the Broulims parking lot at 6:00pm.
and if you have ever been in the Broulims parking lot at this time, then you know how crazy busy it is.
i was so mad/scared for his life.

today when G picked me up from work we saw a J-walking cop (yes, Rexburg has a J-walking cops in a smart car) siren at a girl and she ran. SHE RAN! it was sooooo funny.
every time i think about it, i start laughing again.

For some reason that Diet Dr. Pepper with vanilla in it at Maverick has been tasting sooo good lately.

And in case you were wondering, yes, i do still constatnly think about living in an RV.
I just try not to talk about it because it makes me "trunky"

Yesterday we had the oppurtunity to attend the wedding of our good friends Josh and Mallorie.
The wedding was beautiful.
They were beautiful.
Love is beautiful.
Mal and Josh started dating around the same time as G and I.
I didn't really care for Josh at first (for good reasons) but he is such a good man and him an Mal are really good for eachother.
I was so emotional yesterday and kept having little crying spurts.
But it was a good day.
I am really going to miss them when we move.

G played music before the ceremony as well as during part of the reception.
Mal sang Crazy Love for Josh.



(This is us driving home from Swan Valley in our "shades"hah)

 
Guys,
I have been hired for a post graduation job.
And it is a job that has to do with what I am getting my degree in.....!!!!!!
I applied for one job, and ended up getting a different, better job.
So I will be a VISTA for AmeriCorps working with the United Way and a new program they have created called Help Me Grow Utah. (HMGU)
VISTA is an anti-poverty program and is the domestic version of the Peace Corps.
I will be working with the Granite School district ( i will even be "put up" in the district office!) and working with the community and community leaders to help families in poverty find the resources available to them.
Salt Lake has the highest poverty rate in the state of Utah (which makes sense)
and about 90% of the students families that attend the schools in the school district are on some kind of government program.
I am so excited to be involved with this!
I will be doing lots of different things like event planning, research, community out reach, presentations and classes and many other things involving the community and helping families.
I am so blessed to be able to have this opportunity and I am so excited to get started!

now we just need to find a place to live...

Guys, my interview is over.
i think it went really well.
and now we just waaaaait.
uggggggh.
BUT!
in the mean time you should watch the show Hole In the Wall.
It is so bizarre.
but i cant stop watching it.

Basically, a wall moves toward you and you have to make it through the wall when it gets to you with out being pushed into the water.
and keep in mind, the prize for wearing that fancy space suit and getting through the holes in the wall-
A trophy!!!!!
Literally, that is the only prize on this tv show...
haha.
Watch the video. it is so great.

Sal is being a monster tonight.
running in the street,
trying to bite the spray paint tip while i was spray paining
barking just to bark
running around the room on his invisible track, under the chair, and jumping on the couch over and over.
chewed a hole through my purse (last time he chewed through the whole leather strap)
taking my things and running away with them
and he ripped up a bunch of my homework.
When I scolded him for the last time i think i really scared him.
i went to change the laundry and couldnt find him for about 3 or 4 minutes.
after calling his name, whistleing, and doing what ever I could to try and get him to respond
i found him sitting between the wall and the chair with his head down.
poor guy is really hard on himself.

We are so lucky to have wonderful friends, a car that works, and opportunities  to travel together with our little family.
This weekend we went to Bosie to visit Jared, Krista and their adorable daughter Hailey, G's best friends.
And it was such a good weekend!
We spent lots of time just hanging out and catching up, playing with Hailey and hearing her say, "Ohh, Sal is so cuuute." (she is 3 and one of the cutest kids I have ever seen so hearing one cute thing call another cute thing cute was the best.)
We roasted hot dogs and mallows
stayed up talking until 2am
went to my favorite water park(!!!)
ate tons of delicious food
played games
watched ridiculous tv shows
and were really sad when we had to leave this morning.
I am so glad we had a chance to visit them in their new house before we leave Idaho.

And let me tell you more about these water slides, or about one water slide.
They have one that is called the Cliff Hanger
It is six stories up and a four second drop.
You get inside of a capsule that has a see through window, they ask you through an intercom in the capsule if you are ready, you have to relply, there is a countdown and then they open a trap door and your just drop straight down the water slide.
I don't know how many people we saw get to their turn in line and then say never mind and walk back down the stairs.
it was intense.

G is in Salt Lake doing music stuff.
And Sal and I are at home keeping busy.
We played in the back yard, I laid on the chase lounge and read a book for class, and some how fell asleep and woke up to Sal with mud all over his face.
So Sal had a bath.
and has been chewing on a bone ever sine.
I started cleaning out my closet and started with my dresses.
I have a pile to get rid of and these are the ones i just couldnt part with. (at least not yet)
tomorrow we head to Boise and this time Sal gets to come!
This will be the first of many trips in the car for him.
lets hope he does well.

BUT look at this screen shot:

 Midas Whale had a telethon last night to get as many pledges for their kickstarter before it ends today.
they live streamed a party from 7-10 
it was so much fun!
we started off watching it at home before G went to work.
I then watched it from the hair salon.
and then i eventually made it to the actual event.
there were songs played,
peppers eaten,
dancing,
friends,
and just an over all good time.

it is so strange/ cool to me how one plant can make a room feel so different and more alive. 

Guys,
last night we were in bed by 9:00....
THERE WAS STILL LIGHT OUT SIDE!
and it was weird.
granted, we watched an episode of the new Arrested Development before falling asleep.
but man oh man, i felt like an old lady.

i have finally arrived to that age in life where you have to make lots of (important) decisions.
and though it is exciting, i dont like the waiting part.
i have a dream job interview in one week from Tuesday and i am SO nervous.
mainly because
1. its via skype and for some reason that stresses me out
and
2. because my last job interview was a looong time ago.
i realized that when i get a job, i keep it for a long time. (2-3 years)
which is good, except for times like this.
i mean, what kind of questions do they ask in interviews any ways?
i cant remmeber...

31 more days of school for me and then we are out of rexburg.

we have lots of trips planned between now and then and i dont know how we are going to do it all.

sal does this thing lately where he likes to put everything on the floor into one pile
and also, he tries to put as many things in his mouth as he can at once.

have you seen these poehler-oids?
so great. 

I some how ended up with a cold.
all i want to do is sleep and watch movies.
but what i need to be doing is midterms and homework.
G is at work until 11:00pm.
so Sal and I have watched You've Got Mail (twice)
went for a walk
and took a long nap.
now if only i could find motivation to do that homework and midterms...

We had such a good time in Salt Lake!
I always forget how much I love and miss the city until I am back in it.
We checked into our hotel


Walked around the city a bit.
Went to the city Library.
Ate dinner at The Himalayan Kitchen which is easily my favorite Indian restaurant in SLC