Weekend theme: Mission Accomplished!

GUESS WHAT! I met my neighbors! Haha who would’ve thought that that would be such a big deal, it surely was. Before last weekend I had my contract up for sale to move somewhere else because I just wasn’t quite feeling it at Alpine Village, that has all changed now. Alpine Village is the best! Let me tell ya, my neighbors, or as I like to call them, "the beauties of apartment 143," we all have the same personalities, get along great and love being around each other! In fact, I am hardly ever in my own apartment anymore, have even fell asleep on their couch several times and am now considered the "adopted 5^th roommate," its true; I even had to go through initiation. I would share the contents of this initiation but its very important classified information. All I can share is that if I involve myself in certain "activities", my vocal cords will be ripped out by wolves. 

We met on Saturday and the next day we were acting as if we had known each other our entire lives. Little did we know, the next weekend was going to bring us even closer. As most of you already know, this past Friday was the Boise vs. BYU football game, we totally dominated by the way. 

As devoted cougar fans and crazy freshman, we camped out on Thursday night to ensure that we would get awesome seats in the stadium. Me being my total oblivious self I thought, "eh it wont be that cold, it shouldn’t be that bad." I was wrong. We did not sleep because it was so cold, and when I got up to go home and go to physical therapy I had to check to see if my toes were still there. We all ended up having to huddle to save our lives! Okay, thats me over exaggerating. But yes, it was really cold. (I am a California girl and I am in for a rude awakening this winter!) We all took shifts standing in line so we wouldn’t lose our spot and got into the stadium about two hours before the game was to start. The almost hypothermia and running on about an hour of sleep was all worth it because we were in the second row of the student section right behind the end zone. 

 ^^^ Yes I am in the picture but was not exactly paying attention when we took the picture and I look a little dazed. Oh well. We had a blast! Standing and cheering on our beloved cougars to another victory!

Our weekend had just begun! We ended Friday with a scary movie....Note to self: Never ever ever ever watch a scary movie ever again! I was scared for my life. My friend Kayla and I ended up sleeping in our friends apartment because we were too scared to sleep alone. 

Saturday the group went to a Macklemore concert in Salt Lake.. without me, because I had to stay back and plan and be in charge of Austin's surprise party, which was a total success!! He had no idea! 

Love ya bro! :)

Because this week of course includes Halloween, we have some great plans! They include a Haunted Circus, Halloween parties and Park City fun. But not how lame would that be if I gave you every detail of our adventure now. 

Injury Update: Physical therapy is still going great and I am making progress every day. Cannot wait for the day when I can put my running shoes on and go and and do what I love. 

Stay Tuned!

Feeling Spontaneous

I started my day at 8:30 in physical therapy for about an hour and a half. Just after the first session I could really tell a difference in how I was walking and the pain I had while walking. I can now walk without a limp and my pain is next to nothing! I almost have more pain when I'm sitting down than when I'm walking. In fact, I have moments in class where I have to stand up and walk around because the pain in my ankle gets to be too much to handle. I either just stand up and walk to the back of the class or walk our and walk up and down the hallway a couple times.

After American Heritage (our only class of the day) Shawna and I walked out onto the roof of the parking structure and we stood and looked out over Salt Lake City and we both agreed that it was a beautiful day, a day that should not be wasted in doors! I mean how could we deny it, we could hear the gorgeous weather calling our names. We gave in and went on an adventure to Temple Square.

We began our adventure and we were going to catch the TRAX to go temple but decided.. hey! lets just walk. As we started walking over to the other side of the side walk we saw the entire Studio C cast. I felt famous just to see them.. totally weird of me but hey that is okay!

We walked through temple square and came to a great conclusion. I looked at Shawna and said, "Ya know what, I love being Mormon! You can't get any better than this!" 

We continued our conversation and got on the subject of the Lion House Pantry. I was quite shocked to I find out that Shawna has never had a Lion House roll! Of course I had to introduce her to the most heavenly rolls that I have ever tasted... in my entire life! 

(Mom has begun to rub off on me, I have found myself talking in absolutes.. I certainly am my mothers daughter)

 We proceeded to walk into the Lion House Pantry. We didn't want to get a full meal, just the roll. There were two really nice ladies at the front desk when we asked, "Is there any way that we can get just a roll? How much is it just for one roll?" One lady went into the kitchen and brought out two fresh, warm rolls and with a big smile on her face she said, "It's on the house!" We of course took the rolls and walk out of the Lion house feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. We took our rolls and root beers that we went back and bought in the Lion House and we walked through Temple square feeling quiet satisfied with life. 

We walked back to the car, sat down and made the trip back to the land of Provo.

This day was a much needed day for me. When life seems to hit you and 100 mph sometimes you just need a day or even a moment to breathe and let it all go.

Side note: I got of crutches about a week and a half ago and I have just started to make some process in my walking. Right when I got off crutches I could not walk without a limp or terrible pain. I can now walk without a limp and without having to stop every couple of steps. I still have pain in my ankle but it is getting better every day. Physical Therapy at the BYU Health Center has surely saved me. Although I am off crutches and I have escaped having to get surgery to keep my bones in place, this whole fiasco is not quite over with. I went in for an MRI to check to see if I have tendon damage and am still waiting on the results. If there is damage then I will be having surgery... not fun. Lets hope for the best.

All in all, this spontaneous trip to temple square was the exact dose of happiness that I was in desperate need of.

Adventure is out there.