Spring Break

spring break was aaaaaaaaaamazing!!! It was so much fun! so like a month ago, leilani and I were thinking of how to celebrate our birthdays since we are only a week apart. we had a thought: go to zions during spring break. we really liked that idea. well, we told our friend, Irasema, and she loved it to. and then it just took off from there! Irasema was amazing, and planned the whole tripped out and invited more people. ten people, four boys and six girls, agreed to go. I was excited, and nervous since i didn't know anyone but lani and irasema. But I was still excited to go to zions.

well, we met up on thursday morning, we all met and packed and drove down to zions. we all hit it right off and got a long really well. it was so fun going and setting up our camp and getting all settled. we went on a few hikes that first day, and zions is so beautiful! we made a great dutch oven dinner, but we couldn't stay outside too much longer. a huge storm hit us, and we ran for cover inside the tents. the winds were so fierce that the tent was flapping like crazy! it was actually really cool. at on point on corner became unstaked and the wall came down upon me and leilani. despite the fierce winds though, I was beat. I snuggled down in my mummy bag (wearing two pairs of socks, leggings, pants, sweatshirt, gloves, and my hood on) and fell asleep. i actually had a good night! The storm was all gone in the morning and it was a bright new day!

the first hike we went on was Emerald pools hike. it was really pretty, and leilani, irasema, her boyfriend grand and I at one point went off the trail and explored. it was really fun!
well, I heard that angels landing is an amazing hike, and I really wanted to go on it. leilani did too, but no one else did. so we separated and lani and I went on angels landing. wow!! that is an amazing hike! and it is rigorous! It was absolutely beautiful, but I was almost crawling on my hands and knees when we were almost to the top, my legs were just screaming with pain and exhaustion. but we did it! and I am so happy I did it, I feel like I can do anything now :) and it was so pretty at the top! and lani and I met these two guys up there, and they were cute and nice and we ended up hiking down together.

that hike did me in, I was so sore the next day! but still went on a hike and had a blast with everyone!! I had so much fun, and was sad when it was over. it was a great spring break.

20th birthday

so, I had a birthday on march 7. I am now 20. 20!!!! crazy!!!! I am no longer a teenager!! I will never ever ever ever ever ever be a teen again! wow, it's so weird. well, I had a most spectacular birthday because of my spectacular family. on Saturday, my wonderful parents took me out to my favorite restaurant, carrabbas!! it was soooo good! man, that place has good food. then on saturday I was awoke by my wonderful father biting my arm and wishing me a happy birthday. :) I dressed my best, my hair straight and everything, and went to church. and since my dad is the bishop, he announced that it was my birthday. wonderful.

we had home made cafe rio salads for dinner, at my request. yum yum!! and my wonderful family got me wonderful presents that I was totally not expecting! and my finale present was my new laptop, which i love so much!

heidi made my favorite brownies to top it all off. what a perfect birthday.

Pain Day

I guess today is Pain Day, I wish I had gotten the memo and been more prepared. It all started this morning. I woke up with screams and painful stabs in my shoulders and legs when I moved them. that was understandable, I did a heavy workout yesterday. still, it doesn't feel too great. Then I had to iron some shirts. it was my first time ironing, so I tried to be extra careful. I did NOT want to burn my hand. I hate burns, they agonizingly hurt.
what do you know. I burned my hand. I can see blisters forming. lovely.
I tried to ignore the pain and my idiocy and continued on with my work. my poor burned fingers pulsed with blazing pain, but I tried to not think about it and continue on to my next task: Vacuuming. I vacuum every week, every wednesday, without anything ever happening. but of course today is Pain Day, so something had to happen. While I was carrying the vacuum up the stairs, it slipped and landed onto my foot. perfect. just what I needed, a squished, bruised foot.
limping, and with burned fingers, I finished vacuuming.
Then I had a dentist appointment. just a check up, clean teeth, yadda yadda, leave. oh no, not this time. this time the dentist says I need a tiny filling. so small that I don't need to be numbed. alright, since today is Pain Day I thought, might as well. it was really fast, but still unpleasant and of course, a little bit of pain.
I was on my way home, in my car, where I was safe from harm. well, since nothing could hurt me, my body decided to cause internal pain. knife stabbing pain in my lower abdomen, only thing I can think of what it was was cramps. painful, intestine squeezing, cramps. it took all my strength to concentrate on the road and driving, the pain consumed my mind. and as soon as I got home and stepped out of my car, the cramps left, it's goal to cause me pain while driving accomplished.
Happy Pain Day every one! hopefully nobody sustained too many injuries!