back in the US

well, i finally made it home. yesterday i got off the ship and got an amazing taxi to the belize airport where i flew from belize to miami, hitched a taxi ride from miami to ft. lauderdale, "stood by" and got a flight to vegas and got on the last part of my treck; a flight to salt lake. i got in about 220 this morning and am now settling down for the night. im awfully tired, its something like 7 am ship time and i havent slept for almost 24 hours. im glad i came home. im not going to lie and say that im not sad for missing out on the rest of the cruise, but everything was perfect on the way here that i know the lord had it all planned out way before i had made the decision to come home. im so grateful for all the tender mercies i have received this past week, and all the kindness from so many strangers. they made the trip so much easier than i ever could have imagined.

cruise

so the pursers on the ship called me down last night. when we finally got a line out i talked to dad. im trying to get anyone to email me at angeqt4568@hotmail.com so i can figure out to get home. i called us airways and the lady wasnt nice and said that i needed to fly to ft. lauderdale and then fly home because thats where my original flight left. so im trying to fly from cozumel on friday or belieze on thursday to SLC. Or i have to wait till sunday to fly home. (saturday we're at sea all day). im fine, really dont worry about me, grandpa would want me to have a good time so im doing my best. love you all and ill see you soon.

(you can call me and leave me a message, i check my phone every so often. 2083909664)

vacation!!

so im in ogden with pat jess and brayden before i leave for florida. our flight leaves salt lake at 10 and we fly to vegas. we have an hour layover and then fly to north carolina. i think we then have a 2 hour layover and then its down to ft lauderdale. we have to wait for a friend for about another hour and then we get on a shuttle and go down to miami, then its onto the boat and into the caribbean. pretty much im stoked. the cruise is 7 days and we're spending 2 nights in miami (one full of sleep im sure) and then we arrive back in salt lake on the 2nd at 3am or something. so theres the plan! love ya!

my pre-vacation

my friend kristy and I at temple square. she told me to stick my tongue out too, but i look like a dork, so i opted for this face instead!



this is my shayla we were roomies in IP the summer after i graduated. i cant take a serious picture if my life depended on it!



from the roof of the conference center. it was sooo bright that day that i couldnt see my digital screen. but it came out pretty regardless.



many of you will recognize this strapping young fella! me in the provo mall, acting a little ridiculous!



my photo skills are definately improving.

blast from the past!

so for awhile now a lot of californians are selling their couple million dollar homes to live here in Idaho, where there then tiny house is being turned into a massive house with tons of lawn space. this has upset many idahoans because... well,.. some californians cant really drive. but, lately, driving around idaho falls and shelley i have seen so so many oregon plates and i think, really?! what is all this about?! and every time i have a flashback to the days of oregon. i thought it was funny how we seem to be the trend setters and other people follow. i mean, thats of course why they're all moving here, cause we're here! :) not that the world revolves around me or anything.

ive been sick for the past couple of days. its been getting worse and worse all week, and ive just ignored it hoping it would disappear, but unfortunately it didnt and at work on friday i felt like passing out and pretty much dying. so i left early and then ive had the weekend off fortunately. ive slept more than i planned and feel a bit better. not to mention ive drank more gatorade and powerade than any one person should be allowed in a lifetime in 3 days. mom and dad went to preston for the weekend where adam pat jess and brayden joined them. basically, im sad i didnt go but am glad i didnt get anyone else sick.

and just FYI, 13 days till i leave!