Back in Provo

Well, here we are back in the land of BYU, it almost feels like we never left. I have mixed feelings about being back. I did love being able to have fun and play with my family during the summer, and I just plain love California! I did, however, miss the pretty mountains here in Provo, and I'm excited to be back at school because I'm a senior and this is my last year. It is pretty crazy to think Rick and I are almost done and are going off into Grown-Up land, the real world where a whole new set of adventures begins. But I'm glad I get to start that process as a married person, it is a lot less intimidating knowing Rick is going to be there with me.

Our trip to Vegas was a blast! It was awesome, except that it felt like it was a million degrees outside, even at 2am! We stayed in the Luxor (aka the pyramid one) and it was nice. The only downside was that we didn't get our preferred room choice of a room with one king sized bed. We had a room with two beds! Oh well. We pretty much just hung out, we didn't have a schedule or anything. But we did manage to go swimming, see the lion habitat at MGM, tour a chocolate factory, go to M&M World, see Ka ( a Circ de Soilei show), and watch the fountain show and the conservetory at the Bellagio. We also just walked around and checked out a ton of the hotels on the strip. We also ate a ton of good food, which I think was Ricks favorite part. It was mostly just a fun time where we could be together and not have to worry about work or school or anything.

Since we've been back we went mega grocery shopping since our apartment had no food, plus I finished reading Angels & Demons and Rick and I went on a date with Matt and Christina and saw Ocean's 13 at the Dollar theater. It was a very good movie and it made me laugh. I think Rick was happy to see Matt, they are so funny together and such good friends. We made plans to hang out again and include Ben and Liz, and I think thats a great plan. I really like Liz and Christina, and when the boys get together it's like insta-entertainment, so much fun to watch.

Meteor Shower

So my husband is in Florida today soaking in the sun and staying in a swanky Disneyworld resort hotel. I'm pretty jealous, but not too much I can do about it.

This morning I woke up at 1am so I could drive Rick to Pamona, to meet up with a friend of his from PwC so they could carpool to LAX to fly to Florida. It wasn't fun, because I had only gotten about 2 hours of sleep before that and I hate the early morning anyway. We woke Julie up at 2am so she could be my riding buddy for the trip home. I'm glad she came, cause by 3am I was sleepy and might not have made it. I told you all of that so that I could tell you this: the only good part of waking up at this God forsaken time was that Julie and I got home, went in the back yard and we watched the meteor shower. It was pretty awesome, I've never seen one before. Even from the city we saw quite a few.

After going back to sleep and sleeping till almost noon, I had a pretty bland day. Did some homework, picked up kellie from band practice and ran some errands. I got another 100% on my accounting quiz though, which already puts me worlds ahead of where I was when I took this class in the spring, so I'm pleased. The rest of my week holds more homework, some clothes shopping (cause I really need some new clothes!), having Holly come down (Yay!!!!), picking up Rick from the airport and going to a wedding. Not too shabby, actually.

Yesterday was a blast because there was so much family in town. Dad was made bishop, which is kinda weird and hasn't really sunk in yet. But it was fun to have the Birds in town, and it made me really look forward to having Brittany at BYU in a few weeks. And the Walkers came over, and they are so funny. Grandma Chatfield was there too, and she is such a nice lady and so funny when she is with Sister Peterman. We had a day full of family, excellent food and a nice 2 mile walk.

Yay!!!

So today was a totally great day! I had the chance to just sleep in and hang out. I didn't even put on a bra till around 2pm. I played pirate Life and a game carlie has. We watched Princess Diaries 2 and I made cookie dough. But the news we got today is what made it really great. Rick was offered a job! I'm so happy for him, that is so great. We're not sure this is what we want to do when he graduates, but just that they offered him one is awesome. Plus that means he gets to spend all of next week at Disneyworld!!! That is so great! Plus, both Rick and I got pell grant money!!! Yay!!!!!!

Today will (hopefully) be a great day

Well, first of all, I am so happy just to be around still. I got hit by a semi-truck yesterday, and I walked away without a bump or scratch. My throat is a little sore from screaming, but thats it.

For those of you who don't know, this is how it went down. I was on the onramp to the 10W freeway. I was stopped at a red light waiting to cross alabama street and go on the freeway. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw an ambulance 2 cars behind me and I thought to myself "I hope he doesn't turn on his lights right now, I wouldn't know what to do cause I'm the first one at the light, where would I move". That really doesn't have too much to do with the story, but it's the truth.

Then the light turned green, I saw the cars in the cross street lane closest to me stopped, so I went. I wasn't even half way across the intersection before something hit me, something coming perpendicular to me, like I got T boned. I got scared and let go of the wheel. Then I saw it was a semi, I then started screaming and literally thought I was going to die. He hit me with a couple parts of his truck, but lucky for me he only hit the front corner of my car and then near my door. When all was done, my car had been turned 90 degrees by the truck. A guy ran over to my car and opened the door and asked if I was okay. I was crying, but I hadn't even bumped my head and our airbags didn't go off. Then the nice ambulance guys came over. I was so shocked and scared I had a hard time talking, and they called the police for me. They also helped me feel a little better by saying they saw the whole thing and assured me the light had been green when I went. They made sure I was okay and they were amazed that I was perfectly fine. Rick says I should have said yes to the ambulance ride they offered me, cause then I could be like on Grey's Anatomy.

The police finally got there and had us move out of the middle of the intersection. I had called Mom and Dad to come to be with me and for one of them to pick up Rick from the metro station, since that was where I'd been going. The policeman was very nice and understanding. He said it was the other guys fault since I had gone on green and he had run a red light. So that is at least a good thing, hopefully our car isn't too far gone, it was good enough to drive home, so thats a good sign.

And Rick is wonderful. He was so nice to me and offered me anything I wanted, like ice cream, a pony, a puppy and a bunny. Julie says I should have asked for crest white strips :)

Today is a big day for another reason. Rick has an interview today at 3. At this interview he is going to find out if PWC wants to hire him full time when he graduates. I think he will be just fine, and I really hope he gets a job. That would be so nice to know he has a place to go when we're done with school. And, he would get to go to Disneyworld, and mom has quite the shopping list for him. Well, this post is long enough, so everyone be safe today!