Another Day

Today started with bowling. I didn't bowl too bad today, so I suppose that is a plus. After that I went to my parents' house for a meeting with our "financial advisor", a.k.a. my mom. Haha We had the financial meeting and bought an IRA, which apparently saved my mom's butt, as far as her keeping her license goes. So yeah. It was a bit crazy at her house after the meeting, with the kids there because Darcy and Joe are in Cancun. But it was nice to hang out with them all for a bit.

I have had a stomach that has been pissed off at me ALL DAY LONG. It is getting to be pretty old news to me, and I am done dealing with it.

On the brighter side of things, Jon made dinner tonight, and it was very good. He surprised us both. Haha but yeah, it was yummy chicken with cheesy broccoli rice and veggies. Yum!

After dinner we watched 101 Unforgettable moments of SNL. Jon worked and I have been bored all night. I realize that I could probably clean the house to curb my boredom, but I still don't feel very good, so that doesn't completely intrigue me... I'm sure I will gain motivation when the arrival of guests is coming up. I really need to weed my garden out back too. Like bad! Sigh...I just need to do it. No more excuses.
It is getting too late to do it tonight, but starting tomorrow! I don't have any plans tomorrow until later, so I should be able to get alot done during the day. Let's be positive!!

My friend Andrew (Gilbert) is back in Utah from Arizona. Hopefully he is here to stay; he is alot of fun to be around. We were in the same group of friends in junior high and a little bit in high school. We're friends mostly through Alex Thedell, who I'm still good friends with now. We are all going to a movitomorrow as a group. It should be a good time.

Well my first day of school was yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised at how this semester is probably going to pan out. I'm not sure if I would go as far as to say that I'm excited about it all, but I definitely have a better perspective and a better attitude about it, now that I have had my first day back. I'm sure I will be writing a bit about my schooling adventures throughout the semester, so don't get too worried! Ha

Well today's post is pretty boring (again), but I don't really have much of anything else to say. So I think I will go get in the shower and get ready for bed. And maybe, if I get real ambitious, I will clean up the house a bit. I will at least do a ten minute walk-around with Jon before bedtime though. :) Hooray for childhood chores!

Later...

Last day of summer...

So, today is the last non-school night night. I have been milking it by staying up late (it's 1 AM now). It will be a bittersweet return to school I think.

Today consisted of first going to Gramma Pam's house in the morning to help with some things around the house. We had some breakfast and chatted for an hour or so, then we got to work by making the bed downstairs with a fresh set of bedding, then we were off to work upstairs by shifting the cupboards around and such. Then we chatted some more. After we were satisfied with where the cabinets were, we went to lunch at the Deli on 5th. The sandwiches there are very good! Then of course, we chatted some more over lunch. We then headed to Ross and did some shopping. She bought me a couple of tops and a hat to wear for school. I like! So we came back to her house and set up another bed set in her bedroom. She had to go to the hospital for work, so the day ended there. But I had a good time, and I think she did too. It was nice spending the day with her. She is a great person to talk with. I love her and I love the fact that we can be so tight.

I came home and soon after, Jon came home from work, only to work some more. He has been so busy lately with his projects at work. I feel bad for him because he has been working 10-12 hours a day, with very little breaks, and his brain is getting fried! It seems I hardly have any time with him anymore, even though we are in the same room, because he is glued to his computer, working. Hopefully his projects will be accomplished soon, and we can spend more time together. But I do appreciate all he does, and the hard work he puts into what he does. Jon is so fantastic.

So while Jon worked, I was tired, and decided to take a nap for a bit, before dinner. So I did. Very nice! Once I woke up, I came downstairs and made dinner. Meanwhile, Jackie was texting me, telling me how badly she wanted a piece of pie, a milkshake, or some other sort of sweet yummy. I have been trying to cut back on sweets because I am trying to lose some weight, but I knew it would be good to see her anyway, so I invited her to go to Village Inn with Jon and me after dinner for some pie.

So she did. We went to Village Inn and got some pie! (As pictured above) I had the French Silk Pie, which was good, but gave me a killer stomach ache afterward. Perhaps it was because my tummy knows I shouldn't have eaten it..?

Now I am going to play some music with Jon. We have decided that we like "Picture", as sung and played by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow. So we have been practicing that, and we even sing it together, AND sometimes even play the guitar for it together. It's fun.

Phil also texted us tonight and asked us both if we would be interested in starting a country-ish band. He said I could play the ukelele and sing. How awesome would that be?!? Haha fun stuff. He said he would most likely have more information on it by Saturday when he comes over for his piano lesson that I give him. Should be interesting, we will see what happens!

Alrighty, it looks like Jon has the stuff set up to play/sing Picture, so I better bring this to a close. Later!

-Dawn-

Today was a chillin' day

Today was nice. I am really liking not having much responsibility, as far as school or work is concerned. . . . that will all be over by a week from today. :( It will be a good thing, though, to be able to get my schooling done with. I really do want to have a feeling of accomplishment in my life, when it comes to school and such. So even though it is a long and boring ride to 9000 South every day and back home, I think it will all be worth it. I only have one more semester of long daily commutes, and then I have my full semester of Fieldwork/interships to do. *Sigh*...then what? Ha! I guess that only time will tell...Hopefully the world won't come to a blinding end before I get my degree. Where's the feeling of accomplishment in that?! Hee hee

Speaking of that, I didn't sleep very well at all last night, so today, I took an afternoon nap. It seems that I have very very strange dreams when I take naps, and today was not an exception. What I can remember of my dream...I dreamed that there was massive war and destruction around. Like the rest of the world, really, but this time it was actually affecting all of us around here. There was flooding and fires. I remember wading through waist-deep water and trying to get to a raft. ...and trying to make deals with Osama Bin Laden haha. I just remember being happy that we were prepared with our 72 hour kits on our backs, but also very sad that we weren't with our families for some reason, including our babies, Buster and Frenchie. I have no idea why I am writing about my dream, but partially perhaps because this is the second dream within a week, that I can remember, about being in a land where there are scary terrorists with guns and I am trying to do something.
The last one was about a mosque that had gotten blown up, and I was one of the many that were beign forced to help rebuild it. There were guards with machine guns all over the premises, and I really didn't want to throw sandbags all over the place, so I had a different plan! I distracted the guard with my incredible wit, while Jon turned into a morphing animal. Haha. that's all. Totally random. That's why I write it. :)

So speaking of Jon and me! We are doing SO good!! In my last post, I mentioned that we were on a bit of a shaky road, but everything has pretty much evened out, and now we are so happy. It's fantastic. I sure do love him, and I am so thankful that he loves me too. It works out best that way, I do believe! We like to just hang out together, and we have some hankerin' for trying some new things. For example, we were online for awhile last night looking at upcoming events around town. Jon found something at Snowbasin that sounds really fun. I guess every Saturday this month they do a cultural night. This week is Brazilian night, and there will be food and live music, as well as the gondola ride up there. I think that sounds like so much fun, and so does Jon. There is so much fun stuff out there, so little time and unfortunately as well, so little money.

So Jackie has been home for about a month now. Turns out she didn't stay and go to Las Vegas afterall. She had a little change of plans. . . She came home early because she found out that she is going to have a baby. So she is home, getting herself ready for that big change, and I am here, trying to be the most supportive best friend that I can be. I really wish the best for her; being a single mom definitely can't be the easiest thing in the world.

I said that I would tell about how the dinner with my parents went. Turns out that it went pretty good! The pork loin was really tender and juicy and had lots of flavor. My mom brought a yummy salad and we just had a good time. Ya know, played some games and such. It was fun, I think we should do it again. I did learn, however, that I need to get some serving dishes, such as platters and whatnot. My ideas and thoughts were confirmed when I invited my Gramma Pam over for dinner a few weeks ago. Yeeeah....I don't have any serving dishes..haha! I went to Ross and bought a vintage-looking tray with a painting on it, as well as some placemats that match our dishes. That was the nicest I had to present to Gram. Haha I'm sure she understands! I do like entertaining, and having guests over for dinner, games, or whatever. The only problem is the space...I have a teeny tiny dining area, and a nicely sized table, that fits it proportionally. It seats 4 people...So I can't have as many people over as I would like to have. I would really like to have my whole family over, or a few friends over. Oh well, I am nevertheless very blessed with
what I do have; I really shouldn't complain at all.

So what's new with me...Ooh! I got my hair cut the other day. I think it's probably the shortest it has ever been. I like it. I didn't like it two days ago; I went back yesterday and had it fixed. I paid 30 bucks though (!), so I didn't feel TOO bad about doing that. I like flipping it out and such. It really gets me thinking about doing a pixie cut, where it is pretty short in the back, so I can spike it out, but still have it a little longer in the front and on the top...but not too much longer. So yeah, it was nice to have a change. Maybe I will change my hair color again soon, it's been a long time since I've colored it. In fact, my silver streak is showing on the back of my head, so that just shows ya how long it's been, if my "natural colors" are showing up! Anywhoo... that is the newest thing for me right as of now.

Tonight, Jon and I are planning on working on some music together. Nothing of our own writings or anything; we haven't gotten to that point yet, although I do hope we will get there eventually! We plan on just doing some cover songs, such as Sheryl Crow, Flyleaf and others. It's fun to just jam out together. I like that we can, and that we both enjoy it.

Welp, I think that's it for today. We'll see when the next time I sign on here will be....