An update... FINALLY!

I am finally getting around to updating my blog! Not a whole lot has happened in my life since graduating from college. I've been working full time for Verizon Wireless in their call center here in West Valley, part time for The Children's Place (I just can't get away from there!!), and doing volunteer work for West Valley City. I keep myself super busy. I've been making plans for this next year as well. I am planning to go back to school this spring. I'm thinking now of getting another bachelor's degree in Art History with a minor in French. I aparently have a thing with useless degrees! I'm also planning a couple of trips. I'll be heading off to Florida sometime in the near future to visit Leanne and her husband Christian and then to Egypt in July with my friend Jordan. I can't wait for the next big adventure!!!



A couple of months ago I did make it back to Cedar City to spend the weekend with my friend Allison. We went down to St. George while we were there to visit our friend Melinda.







This last month was my birthday. I decided to leave 21 behind and accept the age of 23. I hear it's a good age so I'm going to give it a try. Some friends from work (and Leslie and Dixy) went out to dinner the night before my birthday at Applebee's. We had a blast!!

Me and Leslie

Heather and I

Erick and Tricia

Hank and Tasha

Jason and Kelton (Tricia's son)

Graduation and NYC

On May 3, 2008 I officially became a college graduate!!! I graduated from Southern Utah University with my BS in Psychology and a minor in Criminal Justice. My four years spent there went by way too fast! I am going to miss it dearly but am glad to be an official 'grown up'.

Leslie came down with my family so she could be there to help me celebrate (and move)!!!

This is the Psychology graduating class of 2008!

This is me and my honor's stole. I was a part of the Psi Chi (National Psychology Honors Society) presidency and so we all had our position embroidered on our stoles.

This is me and my best friend Leanne. We met freshman year in the great ole' (and soon to be demolished) Manzanita C2!!!

The week after graduation my friend Shalie and I spent 5 days in New York City. We did everything we could think of while we were there.

This is the New York skyline from the ferry that took us to Liberty Island and Ellis Island.

We went to Times Square.

We went to St. Patrick's Cathedral.

We went to my favorite store ever... Tiffany's!!!!!

We went on a carriage ride through Central Park. Our driver was named Amith (he was from Ireland) and the horse was named Roger.

We saw Wicked! It was AMAZING!!!!

I saw one of my favorite paintings in the world. Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh.

We went to Ground Zero. It is now just a huge construction site.

We went to the Statue of Liberty and went inside of it.

We also went to Ellis Island.

We did a whole lot more, I just don't want to put up all of the pictures. Over all it was pretty fun.

What happens in Boise stays in Boise

After a drive that seemed like it took all day (mostly because I had never driven a minivan before in my life!) I made it to the RMPA Convention in Boise, Idaho! I didn't think it was possible to have a lot of fun in Boise but I was dead wrong! I had a blast!!! It was weird at first to be spending time outside of school with some of my professors, but after getting used to that it wasn't bad. The first night there we listened to the opening speaker who was amazing. She talked a lot about dissonance and this pyramid thing. It was so interesting. Later we went to dinner where Lynn was tipsy (I think she had about 3 or 4 drinks just at dinner) and beer was spilt everywhere. Still, it was good food and good times. We tried finding the hot tub that night but it closed at 9 and it was well after. The next morning Tana and I thought it would be fun to get up early (5 freaking am!!!) and go swim laps. I knew I should have taken pictures because no one is going to believe me that I woke up that early to exercise. It was very difficult, but I managed to last a whole 15 minutes before I wanted to die. After exploring what else the gym (it was a Gold's Gym in the hotel) had to offer (a sauna that smelled of mold and a hot tub that had questionable looking water and smelled of cleaning products) we went back to our rooms to shower and get ready for breakfast. That morning I went to a few presentations that were done by SUU students and a former SUU student. They all did such a good job! Then Tana, Christie and I went to the Boise Zoo. I didn't think it would be all that great but I had so much fun there. I saw penguins, a zebra, a lot of geese, a tiger super up close, and so much more. My favorite was the snow leopard. She was so fun! At first she was just sitting there and this lady that works at the zoo started running her hand along the fence and she chased it. So of course being the follower that I am I started doing it too. The people in the gift shop told us to go outside and run back and forth so I did that too and she chased me. It was so funny to watch her try to attack me. We went back to the hotel after that and listened to a few more presentations. Afterwards me and Tana decided that we needed more adventure so we went to the Discovery Science Center and played around for a few hours there. It was pretty nifty. I think it would have been a lot more fun if I had been a child, but my inner child had fun. On our walk back from that we stopped at the gas station and bought lottery tickets. Tana won on both of hers and I lost on mine. Idaho is now $2 richer because of me :). That night for dinner we went out for Japanese. A bunch of people wanted sushi... I had chicken that night. We then went to the Cheesecake Factory for desert. I love that place. Saturday morning I opted out of swimming because I was so tired. So I got up and went to more presentations. A guy from my school accidentally pulled the fire alarm and 3 or 4 floors were evacuated. I laughed so hard when I found out what had happened. Leave it to one of us to pull the fire alarm in a 5 star hotel. Tana and I then left to go to the art museum. It was pretty lame. I'm glad I got a student discount on that one. At dinner that night we pretended it was Steve's birthday. He wasn't really fazed by it so it wasn't as funny as we thought it would be. After dinner we went bowling. On my first time up I fell. It was great. The next morning we had to pack up and head back to Cedar. I was sad to leave but excited to get back to Cedar. The drive back wasn't nearly as bad as the drive there. Thankfully we all made it back safely and we are all getting back to school and work and life.

I'm down to 35 days until I graduate from college. I'm starting to wonder where will I go from here? I've been a student for the last 17 years of my life and now I'm not sure what I will be. I'm excited for the adventure that I am about to take and entering into the great unknown. I really can't wait to experience life from this view.

The end of the beginning...

So, everyone else has a blog so I decided to start my own. :) I'll try to post often and keep people updated all on my life, but it's nearing the end of school for me so I can't promise anything.