The Trip from Down Undah and More

I know I've been home almost a month from the greatest vacation ever. And every time I see someone they ask me about it. My usual answer is, it was fun. Probably not the answer anyone is looking for. They're probably looking for something more in depth, but doesn't take 30 minutes to explain. So, for those of you who follow my blog, here is my trip in 12 pictures. :)

1. Billabong Koala Zoo.

2. Me petting a koala.

3. Sydney Opera House picture (sadly it was closed).

4. Baldwin Street in Dunedin, NZ. The steepest street in the world. We drove the car up and down it.

5. Beautiful NZ country side. If you look hard enough you'll see sheep.

6. And I had to get my picture with a red telephone booth because I'm a  tourist.

7. Lanarch's Castle in Dunedine, NZ.

8. (a duplicate of a picture in the previous collage). 

9. We went on a tour of the Cadbury chocolate factory!

10. Cadbury!

11. Went to the Skytower with these ladies.

12. At the over look of Auckland called One Tree Hill.

And there we have it. My vacation Down Undah.

Summer Ketchup

The past two summers, I couldn't wait for August to come. It meant seeing my family, going home, starting normal life again. It seemed to drag. This summer has gone by way too fast. Just slow down already. I leave for Australia/New Zealand in two weeks-ish. Isn't that crazy? I'm excited for that adventure! Although, I'm kind of nervous for the flight. I've never flown for that long before so it's definitely going to be an experience.

I've been working like a crazy person. I still work at Victoria's Secret. It's definitely been fun but it makes me realize that my education is important and I wouldn't want to make it a career. I know I need to start about putting in my two weeks notice, but that's always scary. I never know what to say. But I'm confident that I'll figure it out. :)

Next thing: dating. I've been on three dates with two different boys. The first one is named Ben. He picked me up and we went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory in City Creek. We just talked and caught up on how each others summers have been going. He is actually really fun to talk to about anything. After dinner we went back to his house and watched 30 Rock and then he let me borrow three books. I've been trying to read them but it seems like I can't get through the first one. Maybe I'll do that later tonight.

The last two dates have been with a boy named Stan. He is also fun. Date one we went four wheeling. He let me drive it some of the way up (I wasn't too good at the whole gas/clutch/changing gears thing). And then I drove it all the way down. We went on another date just this past weekend. We went to dinner at a place called Moore's Family Restaurant. I had a grilled cheese. Then we went back to his friends parent's house and watched 21JumpStreet. It was freakin' hilarious. I can't think of any of the one liners from the movie, but they were funny.

I've lost like 5 pounds this summer. Not that great. But hey, I'm workin' with it. My next problem is that I now have a stress fracture in my right foot. It hurts. Bad. So I'm in a boot for the next couple of weeks which will most definitely put a cramp in my style in the workout department. I decided I'm still going to go to the gym though and just ride the bike. Like all hard core. It's still going to be a tough workout (I hope).

Anyway, that's about it for now. I hope everyone is having a great summer!

Much love. Peace and blessins.

I Shouldn't Date...

I always say this. I usually mean it. It just seems that every time I go on a date some catastrophe happens. I decided to go on a date this last weekend and just like clock work, something happened. We went to Utah Lake to have a nice time in a peddle boat. I went with a boy from high school, Jimmy Neville and two other kids from high school- Samuel Josie and Nicole Greaves. Nicole and I peddled the boat out to the buoys and then the boys decided they wanted a turn. That's when things started getting bad. The waves started getting more intense and the little peddle boat couldn't take it. It started taking in water fast. So we got it to the closest shore and were able to lift it up out of the water and onto dry land and dump the water out. We took it to the other side where it looked less calm.
We got about 20 feet away from the shore when we realized the thing underneath that makes it possible to go anywhere was broken (or having problems) due to the fact that it had been mangled in our attempt to get it to shore. Nevertheless, we tried to peddle. We even switched back to having the girls peddle the boat because we were better. But this time, tragedy struck. The boat started sinking. All four of us weren't going to make it out not soaking wet. I was the only one who said we needed to do something so I jumped out and tried to push/pull/paddle the boat to the closest shore. Sam got out and tried helping. We tried in earnest for about a good 40 minutes to an hour. Finally, helped arrived in the form of two separate strangers. One group took the boat, Jimmy and Nicole and towed them to the shore. The second group of people told me and Sam to swim to their boat and they'd take us to shore. I was dead tired.
On the car ride home, the boys asked if we wanted to go to dinner and a movie. I opted out. I was in soaking wet clothes that were wet from Utah Lake water. Gross. I was still cold for hours after I got home. Brrr. I know that one day I'll be able to look back at these dates (memories) and laugh, but  for now I'm thinking, ugh. I should probably just stick to dinner and a movie type of dates where nothing can go wrong.

And if you know me, you know I always bring my camera everywhere. Even on disaster dates. So my lovelies, enjoy.