Summer Vacation Across the Country
How It All Began
Traveling the road with 2 and a half adults, 2 kids and 1 infant was difficult and yet fun when you have headphones. I can sleep through almost anything apparently EXCEPT for crying. I found ways to entertain myself though. Asking kids the most impossible riddles, playing video games, listening to music, and eating lollipops to get me through the ride.
Finally arriving in Idaho about 3 days later the first thing I did was unpack what was needed for that night then crawled into bed and slept til the world was over. Ok... That might have been false, because I'm blogging and you're reading it. Family gatherings were all that filled my days for awhile til it was time for the real fun to start. Shooting every and anything possible (within reason and in safe mode of course. Ok I should really stop over exaggerating cause that sounded destructive). I got to try many different types of guns living the dream every male has throughout his entire life.
Idaho Fell?
Going to the singles ward was not as bad as I thought it would be. Who knew Idahoans knew how to party?! The activities was the place where I made a friend who basically changed my perspective about Idaho, making me feel like it's not such a bad place to live for awhile. Guess having a friend really does make a difference. We pulled pranks everywhere and basically on everyone. They were harmless and very enjoyable... for us atleast. Being from New York City you don't really get to break into a person's home without it being a serious crime, but apparently in Idaho, it's all the rage. I rearranged furniture making life difficult for the person to get around their house but funny for us cause they were inside the house when we did it. They had no idea what was going on literally right under their noses! What I thought was going to be the start of a not so entertaining summer turned out to be awesome even though the "real fun" hadn't started yet.
Bedroom intruder!
Around late early August I had to get used to sharing my room. Dozens of people were in my house for reunions and me being the social butterfly that I am stayed in my room for as long as I could til someone called me up for something. Eventually still I'd find a way to go and hide in the comforts of my serene area undisturbed by the turmoil of all those relatives. Sharing a room wasn't all THAT bad. She respected and agreed to the rules of no one under 19 in our room (unless if my dear niece or nephew came to wake me up which is totally ok cause they're funny with it). You know what sucks though?... What sucks is when you're too nice and you don't fully hold to the rules of your room. What can I say? I'm a nice girl...
The entertainment
I still would go out with my friend's from the singles ward on occasion leaving the family night games to join people closer to my age in games or activities I've never done before. For instance we played Capture the flag in the dark, sardines,went on group dates and etc. I was introduced to a whole new world of innocent outdoor games that were highly entertaining. I am an interesting being as most of you know. I am sarcastic and pretty much will insult you if need be, BUT I'm very funny when it comes to my point of view on nature, life and your obvious mistakes. I found it weird when people asked me out on dates knowing how I was. Oddly enough we all found things in common, but none of them I liked enough to seriously date making me want to quit all the rest. I dated just to get out the house and have fun. Isn't that what everyone else does? ok yeah I'm considered old when compared to BYU students that are married, but I felt as though I have my whole life ahead of me and when that special person comes, I'll know. It's not something I wanted to look for. It was something I wanted to just happen. AND get this... IT DID!!!
BYU-Idaho ... Ugh... :P
Well the girl I shared a room with for a few weeks out of the summer was a student at BYU-Provo from New york City and she's never been to BYU-Idaho. So... I decided since I had friends out there why not have them give us a tour and we could all party and have one massive slumber party/sleepover. My friend from New York he showed us around, and introduced us to some of his friends. She had so much fun meeting all those new people and seeing the campus and how beautiful it is. We had a blast!
Later on I returned to Rexburg (BYU-Idaho) alone. trying to find a job out there and a place to live was pretty difficult. Hanging out with my friend from New York, and the people he introduced me to earlier was how I found this one particular being that alters my life in a way I didn't think was humanly possible. I needed to pack and get ready for my mom to come and pick me up from my friend's apartment. We planned on going to Utah together to visit some relatives. Long story short, my friends sent there roommate (I didn't really know him so it was kind of scary) to help me gather my belongings and wait for her at their apartment. He turned out to be pretty cool. My mom I'm assuming forgot about me because she never came that day. She called me the next mormon and i was like DUDE!!! YOU LEFT ME HERE?! She did and now I'm happy she did. I used that month and a half to spend every waking moment with the "scary" roommate doing fun things like going out to eat, watching movies, going to monkey rock, and just enjoying each others company.
Inseparable til Separated?..
Scary roommate and I became the best of friends. We made it a point to spend as little time apart as possible. It was pretty funny when he met my parents. I've never seen a man so scared before in my life, but they liked him after getting to know him and now he's as loved by them as I am. I eventually had to move back to Idaho Falls. Shortly after that I moved to Utah (this move I swear was the death of me), and I've never been the same since. Scary roommate became my boyfriend who I've eventually fallen in love with.
The move to Utah was like the saddest day of my life. I moped around the house for days. I pretty much was not enthused to meeting people, and I definitely could care less if they were going to the same school as me. Scary Roommate came to visit me all the time when I moved out there which was the only thing that could make me happy being left in a state like this... (no offense, but really?... this place isn't all that great). Eventually I got a job as a waitress at Sakura in Orem. Then I applied to school at Utah Valley University. My thoughts when applying to school was just get into any place that doesn't have so much school pride and rules. Perfect place I chose. Got my own apartment (with roommates of course. I'm not ballin' yet), and now I do the same boring tedious thing every single day.
Scary roommate had to move back to Oregon which I halfheartedly accepted. Now I'm just trying to find a way to have a memorable summer. Making new friends, and just being me :)
I Wonder...
I Wonder where my future is headed. It's too cloudy for me to see that far ahead.
