The Finish Line

I'M HERE!

I made it to London safely and I am so excited to be here. Pictures will be coming shortly, maybe even by tonight. :)

The Journey...

Sitting here in the Atlanta airport I can’t help but feeling some relief that I am finally on my way to London. It seems like the events of the past few days have been set up to keep me from going, but I guess that’s part of the fun of the journey.

Finals ended ok, there was the usual stress of six tests in four days but I didn’t really feel relief when they were over – it was move out time. Since Jess and I are not living in Alpine Village next year and we have sold our spring and summer contracts we moved all of our things to Grandpa and GrEllen’s condo in Orem (thank you so so so much guys). My mom, Jess and I spent hours packing and cleaning but by Tuesday night it was pretty much done and we were planning on leaving late Wednesday morning…NOT.

So Tuesday night I am out saying goodbye to my friends when my car decides that it doesn’t want to turn anymore. Luckily Freedom (a very busy street for those of you who don’t live in Provo) wasn’t very crowded at 2 in the morning and I was able to pull into a parking lot safely. After a few phone calls and some time spent outside waiting for the tow truck in my pajamas at 7 in the morning my car was towed…yep, the car I was supposed to be driving home just three hours later. Come to find out the power steering hose had disconnected from the power steering container thing causing my car to be inoperable. Of course the dealership didn’t have the necessary parts so my car was stuck for a few days. Not to be thwarted from our mission, my mom ordered a rental car and we were on our way home around 4 in the afternoon.

Wednesday was supposed to be a day for me to run errands and get ready to go to London, but I got sick and mostly just laid around all day. Luckily I am feeling much much better today and sitting here in Atlanta I can’t wait to get on my flight in a few hours and get to London! I am so excited to spend a few months there and you all can expect to see all of the fun things that I am doing.

Ridiculous

This morning I woke up to this view outside my window.

You would never know it was the middle of April. I just keep telling myself...6 more days in Provo....6 more days in Provo...

Major Catch Up

A few weeks ago, when I was home visiting, my uncle told me I was a terrible blogger, because I hardly ever updated anything. I disagreed with him at the time...but now I am fully admitting that yes, lately I have been a horrible blogger. I don't really know what happened - I guess I could say mid-terms caught up with me, I have been having too much fun, or that Sundays (my usual blogging days) have gotten crazy lately. All of the above is true. Anyway, I have decided to catch up on everything that has been going on since the last time I posted anything...almost two months ago. Better late then never!

As you can tell, my blog isn't the only thing I've been neglecting...

This Weekend...

This weekend has been busy but so much fun. On Friday night there was a St. Patrick's Day dance down in the parking garage of our building. We dressed in our green clothes and drew four leaf clovers on our faces, unfortunately the pictures we took were deleted from my camera before they were put on my computer :(

Torrie, Me, and Jess before the dance in our matching jeans.

Saturday morning BYU hosted a race to raise money to fight cancer. Jess and I decided to run the 5K and it was so much fun. There were so many people there and it was great to be in such a positive atmosphere.

Me and Jess before the race. Sometimes I forget that i am in Utah and not in Las Vegas - like when I showed up to run in only shorts and a t-shirt when it was 35 degrees outside. Good thing the sun came up right before the race started.

I was number 971 and Jess was 970 thanks to our last names being right by each other in the alphabet.

Saturday night we had a bunch of friends over to join us in an indoor camping experience. We built a fort in our family room out of our couches, chairs, table, and a lot of blankets and then broiled smores in our oven. We topped it off by watching Disturbia from inside our fort. Unfortunately, no pictures were taken. I know, I can't believe it either.

Sunday we invited the girls that live across the hall over for some dinner. We made enchiladas and they brought some brownies. It was delicious and so much fun spending time with these girls. We will definitely be doing it again.

All of us after we destroyed our food. It was delicious.

Valentine Vacation

Over Valentine's day weekend me, Jess, Erik, and Justin went to Vegas for our friend Cameron's missionary farewell. My aunt January was there too with her new baby and Laynie which was a fun surprise. On Saturday we did some shopping in the morning and that night we babysat the kids and made homemade pizza while my parents went out. Later we had a group date (with the little ones) to Golden Spoon. mmmm deliciousness. Cameron's farewell was the next day. He did a great job on his talk - we sure do miss him.

Me, Justin, Jess, and Erik taking a lunch break at Pei Wei.

The whole group at Golden Spoon.

Jess asked Matthew to be her date for the evening. I don't think he will be able to top that date for a while.

Stuck at Sundace

Friday afternoons often include a quick trip up to Sundance to do some boarding. This Friday, was no exception, but it turned out to be a little different than any other trip. It was snowing so hard when we got there that I couldn't see anyone at the top of the mountain. It was almost like I was riding blindfolded.

Me, Erik, and Jess on the lift. It was so cold and windy that we had our bandannas on - I'm on the left in case you couldn't tell.

Even though it was freezing and very windy, the powder was great. I had a great time riding and it didn't even hurt when I fell (not that that happens very often...). I know this picture doesn't look like I'm doing much, but I promise I was moving at the time.

The snow kept coming and the roads down the mountain got pretty dangerous. As we were trying to leave we got the news that a few cars had slid off the road, which meant our way out was blocked while they tried to clean up. We went into the cafe and had some dinner when we heard more news - the cars were cleared out of the way but an avalanche had fallen, blocking the road. So, we settled into our chairs and spent the next couple of hours playing cards and just relaxing.

Jess and I in the cafe waiting for the road to be cleared so we could finally go home.

Luckily, Jess had some cards in her bag so we played a few card games and then tried to do some building. My card tower was two stories until I made the mistake of exhaling while I admired what I had accomplished so far. Yeah, that didn't go over too well...everyone's tower was flattened.