it's amazing our capacity as humans..
a brief interaction with another person can cause tidal waves.

so here i am in boulder, utah. and this place just keeps growing on me with each day. the work is fun, like with any job, there are challenges...
i have the amazing opportunity to go out on a horse packing trip with e.c.o. a company here that does hiking trips in the canyons of the escalate! the country here is beautiful.
i went out on a trip in august and now i got offered a gig to be the cook at the base camp, so not only do i get to go out into this country for 6 days, hike around everyday, check out lots of old ruins, but i am getting paid too! so grant, who leads the trips, is an amazing human being, i am so stoked to have meet these people and for the chance to learn some of the history of the area here.
i have been lagging in means of keeping in touch recently.. but again i am leaving it short due to my never ending lack of patience.

peek-a-boo

yesterday, was amazing, we went to these slot canyons here called peek-a-boo and and spooky! some parts in them were so small that we could barly fit through sidways! it has been very warm here, so i am going to the mountain tomarrow where it is cooler.. summer solstice celebration this weekend then all the fam is coming!..

bees...

so at the farm today, we dug into the bee boxes, and they pulled out a flat of fresh raw honey comb! it was so exciting all the farmers took a break and we just dipped our fingers into the yummy warm honey. bees are quite amazing! we probably had a few pounds of honey in that one comb and there are dozens more in the boxes.. it's getting warm here in boulder though, i was let in on the secret swimming hole the other day though, that makes me feel a little more like a local around here! and i get thursday off this week so i am going to finaly do some more exploring.. there is so much to see around here with the mountain right here and then so many canyons and desert type landscape to check out as well.
i am also in the market for some fun warm summer afternoon chill out games for the solstice weekend. i figured ashli would have some good ideas... considering, it is boulder and i don't really have any resources to get new prop type stuff. if you are so inspired let me know..

bees...

megan got married..

i thought i would leave an update since i have some access to the internet! i am in st. george utah and megan got married on saturday, it was so much fun and we even got lots of people to dance! the day after, megan and micah left for thier honeymoon and i talked one of micah's friends into taking me to the little farm that he lives on just out of town. his sister-in-law raises micro greens and sells them here in st. geogle to restruants and the farmers market, they are so amazing!
anyways i was bumming around and i ended up working there all day! it was so fun we planted like 100 tomato plants and weeded, and ate good food. it is still a little hard for me to believe that i am loving working outside and gardening so much.. but it is so exciting.

boulder, utah

this is a little picture of boulder, where i am living.. things are going well, it is kind of like i am camping.. i am living in a trailer that we have painted and laid flooring to even make it livable.. and we now have water! that was an exciing day..
work is amazing! i work with wonderful people and all the customers are happy and grateful when they so that makes it that much better! so life is good and simple, i am sleeping a lot, reading and relaxing plenty! that is my update so far...

down the way..

so i am getting ready to load up my little blue pick up tomarrow morning and hit the road.. cinco de mayo celebratioins and seeing all the people that i love once more here in the city of salt.. everyone thinks i am crazy and brave, and that only makes me grateful for being raised with the confirmation that i can do anything i set my mind to.
I am excited for my friend megan to get married the end of may. i am so grateful for her, she has been such a positive part of my life the last 9 months and i feel a connection with her that i will cherrish forever.
going home for a visit was different this last time, i feel like i have crossed a barrier that made my head a little clearer about where i am from. i have been caught up in some bitterness about my hometown for sometime and i feel like all of a sudden that was gone and in place of it is a great appreciation for my home..

hells backbone

i got the job! i am moving down to southern utah in four weeks! yikes. i am so excited and a little scared at the same time. it is going to be so much fun. the resturaunt is hells backbone grill in boulder, utah. this is the garden there, they serve organic, seasonal and mostly local food. i will be libing in a house with eight other people whom i haven't yet met. it is going to be a great new adventure!

i heard about the trombley fam going to alaska that is awesome, you guys are going to have so much fun! same stuff going on here just working and doing a little time in school... in our store there is concepts in home and apparel that change with the seasons so when christmas is over the whole store gets revamped. i am in charge of the display for all the concepts, so i first have to get familiar with them and then atempt at the display. so i finally got the display done for the appreal side and now i am working on the home side, and changing the windows too. there is always a lot going on and plenty of wonderful deadlines! anyways, in the home part of the store the section where we merchandise most of the books and things i am doing a display where i have old books stacked everywhere, floor to ceilling! hopefully it will be cool and not fall over on some unsuspecting customer..
i am heading to seattle in march for a long weekend i am pretty excited it was last minute, but it will be fun, i will be able to help gramma a little so that will be nice.
(oh and the party last weekend, i decided to make guac, and jason and his friend dustin made green chile quesadilas). it went pretty well.

'sick day'

i called in sick today.. but mostly i am just sick of work. it is a dreary day here, i went to the gym for a while and walked home in the rain it was really nice. i really needed this day off, i am writing my resume and applying at this resturant that is in southern utah in the escalante national forest called hells backbone. i talked to the women who own it the other day and i think it is going to be a lot of fun!
it was so foggy here on wednesday that we couldn't see the eclipse, but it was a blood moon, and i feel like it made me a little crazy. i am cycling with the moon right now, i have been so emotional and couldn't figure it out, it is kind of cool though, being so intune with my surroundings, it's been a long time since that has been the case for me.
jason and i are going to a little party with his work people tomarrow and we have to bring comfort food, and we can't agree on what that is going to be so i have been asking around about what different peoples comfort foods are.
mine changes a lot, i wanted to make some guacamole though but jason wanted something cheesey and warm...

i got a thank you card from stuart for his birthday gift this year, it had a cool grafic print of a bird, i used the card as inspiration for my cash wrap display at work.. i took two large canvas drop cloths, and painted them white and then drew and painted the blue images on them, i hung them from the celling behind the cash registers at the store, they were really fun, and the scale turned out nice considering that i was doing the painting on a table that was probably only 4 feet by 5 feet.
thanks stuart.

sunday

sunday and just relaxing today.. it was like a spring day here in salt lake today, i was so excited! i'm getting excited to bust out my bicycle already.
on friday night a few girlfriends and i went and say the vagina monologues, it was a great girls night for sure
the readings ranged across the board, we laughed a lot and also nearly cried many times. all the proceeds from the ticket sales went to the rape recovery center here in salt lake, so it was for a good cause too..
work has been pretty busy, getting ready for spring. so i guess that is a good thing.

after driving up to ogden to see megan and eli yesterday, jason made some delicious seared tuna steaks with a carrot and ginger sauce, i felt like i was in a sushi resturaunt! i feel like i might be getting on the right track with my physical and emotional health.
'personal growth is a winding path. expect to revisit the same issuse- and the same mistakes.'

tuesday_

tuesday night, i am anticipating another long day at work tomarrow, we are doing some big moves for the new spring concepts, i just have to day that i am pretty close to being lost in the consumer world. i really don't think that it is good for my soul. i liked it a first and i do believe that it is good for everyone to be 'exposed' but i am over the whole idea, i did my time and i am ready for something new. i am just waiting because i fell obligated to.
enough of that... i listened to a radio show 'the geography of bliss' this man wrote a book about happiness and it's relation to where someone is living. because i want to belive that if i move i will be happier, i was enthralled. (radio west on npr) and i believe that i do have the personalitly that i acclimate to where i am living rather than just living...

so i'm sitting here on sunday morning, it is so cold here in slc but i'm hanging in there...
i went to portland last week with my friend lauren from work, we rented a car and took off for a few days, i had such a good time, i am very tempted to move up to portland!
i'm also dating this guy named jason. he actually came to worland in november before we were even dating and gave me a ride back to salt lake.. jason is a good guy, (i will post a picture some day) we have a lot of fun together, we both love to cook and laugh, we have a lot in common and i really enjoy talking with him.
and there is my cute roomate megan, we really get along great i think because we are so different..
well super bowl sunday right?

saturday morning

satluday morning in the city.. i guess i can call it a city. coffee is good along with a good book.
'eat pray love' is what i am reading right now, i am really getting into it makes me want to travel the world though..