Fall!!

Wow! It has been a while since I've posted.  Life has been good!! Super busy but still good.  Here are a few updates from what I've been up to the past month...

For Halloween we met some friends up in SLC and went to dinner and a movie. I am not a Halloween lover...actually, I have been called a Halloween grinch.  Corn mazes-lame. Dressing up-hate it. So we kept Halloween pretty low key. This is me, Blake, and Tawni at dinner.  Note: Spaghetti Mamma's-not the best choice for Italian food...

We went to the Joshua Radin concert at In the Venue.  I love LOVE Joshua Radin!! He seriously is so amazing! If you haven't heard his music you should check it out here or here.  You will love him too! Best part of the concert....we got to meet him!!!

We went on a drive to look at the fall foliage.  Unfortunately, we went just a little bit too late and missed all of the fantastic colors and caught just the yellow leaves.  My last fall in Utah...weird...

We had a fall pumpkin carving party.  I remembered that I like to clean out the pumpkin more than I like the actual carving...

I also decided to take a pre-thanksgiving break break and go to California for the weekend. Pictures and details to follow!

Starting from scratch all over again...

Once upon a time I decided that it would be a great idea to run a half marathon.  Me and Morgan went down to St. George with Tawni because she was running a half down there.  We stood at the finish line, watching people come in waiting for Tawni.  Turns out we missed her by like 2 minutes, but we did get to see all kinds of other people coming in.  We kept saying to ourselves...That person ran a half?!? If they can do it, so can we! That 80 year old man ran the half?!? We totally can do it! So I was inspired.  With the encouragement of my roommates I signed up and trained for the Salt Lake Half Marathon.  April 19th was the big day and I actually survived.  I'm just about the slowest runner ever, but I accomplished my 3 goals: don't stop/sit, no crying, and finish the race in one piece.  It was such a great feeling to know that I had just run 13.1 miles!! 

Then finals came. And a trip to Mexico. A trip to London. A summer in NYC. None of which involved any running. 

Now I find myself back in Provo. Back to the routine of school, work, homework, etc. And back to running.  Taking 4 months off from running was probably not the best idea.   I've decided to run the painter's half in St George in January. This week marks the first week in my training schedule.  Sometimes I can't believe that I actually ran 13 miles, all at once.  It feels like I'm starting from scratch all over again...

Quirks

Thanks Caroline!

Here are the rules: Link to the person that tagged you. Mention these rules on your blog. Tell 6 unspectacular quirks of yourself and tag 6 fellow bloggers!

1- If I eat something like skittles or fruit snacks, there has to be the same amount of each color.  If there is extra of one color, I'll eat the extras until all colors have the same number.  Then I eat them in order from least favorite color to most favorite.

2-I am terrified of being pushed into my trunk while reaching into it.  I don't know where on earth this fear came from, but I think about it every time I reach into my trunk.

3-I collect cookbooks from places I travel. These days I don't cook much, but I have shelves upon shelves of cookbooks just waiting to be used!

4-I love to re-read books.  Sometimes once just isn't enough. 

5-I am terrible with names, but remember birthdays.  When I meet someone, I usually have to ask their name 3 or 4 times before it sticks (terrible I know, I'm working on it) but for some reason birthdays stick.

6-I have an aversion to feet, especially socky feet.  Feet in shoes, ok. Bare feet, if they are newly washed and aren't near my face, bearable. Sock clad feet, yuck.

I tag Lara, Steph, Melissa, Lisa, Laura, and Morgan!

Love, Love

Fell in love with this shoe today!! Ruffles-so fun. Red! So fun! Love it.

The promised pictures

Alright...I really struggle with this picture posting business.  They go from most recent to least recent...enjoy!

Me, Laura, and Camilla-eating some fabulous funnel cake and fried snickers! Yum!

I am a hard core football fan now! Between the 3 home games so far this season, I've seen at 3 three quarters...ha ha ha

This is me and Laura by our front door on the first day of school!! My last first day of school picture!

Us at the temple for Allison's wedding! She was such a beautiful bride!

Kiersten, Allison, and me at Allison's wedding dinner!! It's been over 2 years since we've all been together!

My favorite part of our trip was the whale watching trip we went on in Cape Cod.  It was so amazing to be able to see those beautiful animals!

On our New England road trip we took a trip to Martha's Vineyard and rented bikes!! I fell in love with the house behind me!! I decided that I could totally be an east coast girl!

I got to play tour guide and show some friends around the fabulous city!! This is us on our circle line boat tour around the island.

A bunch of us girls at dinner at this fantastic Mexican restaurant, Iguana, in Midtown.  These girls were crazy but so fun!!

This is me with two of the other interns, Jordana and Bobby.  We all sat together in a little conference room and had way too much fun!

Ending a month of silence

I decided that it was about time to end my "month of silence." It wasn't an intentional silence...I am just a slacker and haven't posted for a while.  So what have I done in this past month you ask?

• I finished my internship with Deloitte in NYC.  I had a fantastic time and was so sad to leave!! The good news: I got an offer and will be returning in either June or August (keeping my fingers crossed for August) of 2009!!
• I traveled the east coast! I spent a week and a half on a great east coast road trip with some friends.  We went to Rhode Island, Cape Cod, Boston and Maine!! I had no idea the east coast was so green and beautiful.  I think the trip confirmed that I am an east coast girl!!
• I went to the wedding of my dear, dear friend Allison.  We have been best friends since we were 10 years old and she's like a sister to me!! It was so great to share her special day with her and to see her to happy and in love!!
• I spent some quality relaxation time at home.  I got a manicure and pedicure, caught up on all my fave TV shows, and reconnected with my domestic diva.  Thankfully after not cooking most of the summer, I still remember how to do it! I made an amazing lemon merangue pie and also tried a new recipe: mango sticky rice!
• I returned to Provo for my last year at BYU!! My last first day of school...
• I have become a hard-core BYU football fan. Ok. No not really. But I did decide that since it's my last year here, maybe I should try to have some school spirit and actually go to the football games.  I'm making good progress...I saw at least 30 min of the first game and stayed for 2 quarters of this weekend's game!! Perhaps by the end of the season I'll have actually seen an entire game...but then again, probably not. 
• I went to the Utah State Fair.  Quite the experience...large farm animals, more fried food than you can imagine, and great people watching...what more could you ask for?

It's been a great month that has brought a LOT of changes!! Now it's back to the daily grind of life as a student...8 months and counting.

ps-I tried to upload pictures but it wasn't working....I'll try again tomorrow...

5 more days

So I haven't been the best at keeping up on my blog! I will try to post some pictures from the summer soon!! I have only 5 more days here in the city. Sad.