BOX OF FUN.

Today I got a surprise in the mail! It was a graduation package from my good friends Ty and Jess. I was so excited to open it, but was confused as how do to so since it was completely covered in green duct tape! When I finally figured it out, this is what I found:

- 1 Powell's Books shirt (PURPLE!)
- 1 pack of CAT playing cards
- 1 box of 32 Crayons
- 1 rape whistle
- 1 tiny spool of thread
- 1 Donald Duck Disneyland pin
- 1 Kung Foo Panda magnet
- 1 travel Battleship game
- 1 sparkly Hannah Montana puzzle
- 4 Transformers Band Aids
- 1 pack of stickers
- 5 37 cent stamps
- 1 pack of fruit snacks (which I already ate)
- 4 #2 pencils
- 2 dice
- 1 gray paint swatch
- 1 clothes pin
- 25 random facts about Rainn Wilson
- 1 Biore nose strip
- 1 original drawing of "Sandy Bee-Atch" the Drag Queen
- 1 "Reading is Sexy" bumper sticker
- 2 Goosebumps books: Say Cheese and Die! and The Cuckoo Clock of Doom
- 5 CDs: Music of Russia, John Denver Collection, Amy Grant Christmas, Smallville Soundtrack, and a creepy one that's supposed to help you fall asleep.
- 20 red pepper packets
- 24 parmesan cheese packets
- a card with $1 and a dime (for tithing) inside

As I pulled each item out of the box, I continued to laugh harder and harder. It was HILARIOUS! Some of the things they sent have some kind of inside joke attached to it, but most of it is just random. This is the front of the card:

Somehow, they seem to have captured the exact thought that is running through my head at this very moment. AMAZING!

And the inside:

It's always nice to have a little reminder to pay my tithing...

Anyway, just thought you guys would enjoy that. Miss you tons!

14 days!

<3 mikey

Job Search

Wanna know what stresses me out? Let me list them off for you:

1. Deciding what I want to do for the rest of my life
2. Looking for a job that I qualify for
3. Putting together a portfolio
4. Finding a place to live
5. Making my car payment
6. Living out of a suitcase
7. Not having a computer cord (yep, still don't have one)

So I spent the day job searching. woohoo. I actually found a lot of jobs that I am interested in that are located in the Salt Lake area, but now I have to put together personalized portfolios for each one. That'll be exciting. Hopefully it will pay off. I'm feeling positively about it. Portfolio day begins tomorrow! Yay!

<3 Mikey.

Catch Up!

So it's been a few days since I've written... ooops... My excuse is that I was in Preston having the best weekend EVER! Me and Beth headed down to the ranch on Thursday afternoon and got there around dinner time. We went star-gazing in the back yard and hung out with her parents that night. The next day we got to see Brittney, Lonny and their new little puppy! It was so fun to have half of the gang back together. We went to a parade, ate at Big J's, went horseback riding and had rodeo burgers too. It was awesome. On Saturday morning we went for a hike and drank water right from the mountain and rock climbed in Beth's barn. Next, me and Beth showered for the first time in three days (don't judge) and went to the sidewalk sale in Preston, went to another parade, and finally got to go to the Famous Preston Night Rodeo! It was so fun. We all dressed up in our cowboy/ cowgirl get up. We looked pretty sweet! You all should check out the pictures the Brittney uploaded to Facebook! We played "My Team/Your Team" and I got some pretty hot guys on my team! Beth's was the best though. He was this drunk guy with a long braid down his back. He ended up getting kicked out by the police, sneaking back in and then getting kicked out again. It was hilarious! I wish we could have gotten a photo with him. Since Kayla couldn't make it to the rodeo, she requested that we get her the rodeo queen's autograph. We succeeded. She looked like Malibu Barbie in her yellow Wranglers and cowgirl boots and pink shirt. This is word-for-word what she wrote to Kayla, "Sorry you couldn't come! Dream big!" It couldn't have been more perfect. What a fun weekend! Miss you girls! 17 more days!

<3 Mikey.

Just Around The River Bend....

I thought I would make this clear right away:
I am straight up Pocahontas!
Today Mark, Ashley, Pope and I had the day off (of course I did, who am I kidding?). We've been planning to have a fun day for the past week and we finally settled on canoeing. As we all know from our Mud Lake experience, I am VERY good at canoeing. The four of us rented two canoes at the ORC and drove out to Warm Slough. Getting there was half the battle. Apparently, the tie-downs they gave us were not sufficient to keeping the canoe on top of my car. The one on top of Ashley's was fine for whatever reason, but mine was sliding back and forth across my car and it was totally freaking me out. Me and Pope had to pull over twice to tie it down better. At least it didn't fall off! I kept imagining it flying off my car, catching the wind and taking out a small child or a parked car or something. Once we finally got there we put the canoes in the water and dropped my car off at Beaver Dick Park (our final destination). Then our adventure began! Ashley had never been canoeing before, so it was pretty fun to rock her boat a little. Pope learned quickly that if he made fun of me, he got an oar-full of water all up in his face. So fun! He did get me back a little, but that's okay. It took us about 4 hours to get down the river (which was VERY slow moving and shallow). We only ran into a single tree and became beached on the sand once, which I think is pretty good. We saw a blue heron and a water snake and I also may or may not have sang "Just Around the River Bend" for a majority of the time we were out there. Everyone else joined in as well. Like I said, I am straight up Pocahontas. My hair was even braided, I have a little racoon friend and I know someone who is Indian, so there you go! You can't deny the similarities! Luckily, the canoe didn't fall off of my car on the way home either. Once we got here, we made breakfast burritos and I am eating mine as we speak! DELICIOUS! What a great day! Miss you girls!

<3 Mikey.

Attempted Boating

Today started slow. I woke up at 9:30 and ate breakfast and wanted to go running, but I wasn't feeling well so I took a shower. Afterwards I decided to be productive, so I went and picked up Sydney's bike at 509 and went to Ace Hardware and purchased the necessary tool to fix it.


QUESTION: Guess how much it cost?

ANSWER: $1.11


Isn't that awesome?! After that, I pumped up the tires and took it for a spin around the neighborhood. It was great! (Don't worry Sydney, I will give you the little wrench so you can fix future handlebar problems easily and efficiently). Next, Beth called and said Kayla was coming into town and wanted us to go boating with her and her mom and all the young women from their ward. So, the three of us got ready and drove out to Ririe Reservoir (the long, scenic route through Idaho Falls). When we got there, there was no one else to be found. We circled the parking lot and camping area looking fro Kayla's mom, but to no avail. Unfortunately, there was also no cell service. Our last hope was to go down to the dock and wait to see if anyone would come around that we recognized. We laid out our towels and sunbathed (Beth and Kayla with their SPF 4 tanning oil and me with my SPF 30 sunblock). We were there for a hour or so and saw no sign of anyone we knew so we decided to go. Isn't it great that we drove for an hour one way and paid three dollars to lay out on a dock full of fishing Mexicans just to come back to Rexburg an hour later? Somehow, I still got sunburned. Good times. (You know you're from Alaska when...) When we got back into Rexburg we went to Taco Bell and came back to the apartment to have a slumbie and watch Coroline. Woohoo! We'll catch up more tomorrow. I miss you guys!



<3 Mikey.

Today was great! I got to sleep in for the first time since school ended, which was fantastic! I got out of bed at 10:30 and decided that I should probably go running since it's been awhile. I was super slow, but it felt really good. It wasn't as hot today as it has been (so is was 85 instead of 95). I sat around, took a shower, sat around, fell asleep, went to DI, watched the CSI marathon, and fell asleep. It was awesome. I finally woke up and went to FHE with Beth in the greenhouses. We went on a little tour of the tropical and the desert rooms and Beth made it rain. Afterwards, we went to Frontier Pies and Bishop and Brother Eaton treated us to pie. Delicious! When we were done, me and Beth went to Walmart with Brianna Dance and our new friend named Jacob. Jacob told ua about this terrible experience he had with warm 7up when he was in highschool. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time! He said that he took a huge drink of a warm 7up while he was driving. He drank it a little too fast and it somehow got caught in his troat and made him pass out. He ran off the road and took out 20 feet of some old lady's bushes, ran over the top of a road sign, and hit the back of a truck which rolled into the back of another vehicle. It was then that he woke up with all of this destruction around him and he had no idea what had just happened. So there you go, the moral of the story is that you should NEVER drink warm 7up, especially while driving. HILARIOUS! Me and Beth are planning on putting a large case of 7up on top of his car to ensure that it warms in the sun and that he drinks it while in the car. Sounds like a good idea to me! Love you girls.

<3 Mikey.

For Meagan

So it's official... I have graduated from college! Now I just need to figure out what I am supposed to do for the rest of my life. My tentative plan is to move to Utah and find a job. Good luck in this economy, right? My hope and prayer is that it will come easily. For now I am living with my good friends Ashley and Mark in lovely little townhouse in a magical place called Rexburg, Idaho. It's only been three days since I graduated, but it kind of seems like it's been forever. I had a lot fun this weekend. My friend Brad came into town from Utah and we were able to hang out a little with some of our other friends from back in the day. I was talking to Ashley about how we have the kind of friends who you won't see for a whole year and things are exactly like they were before. It is amazing how you can pick up exactly where you left off. The people you meet in college are the people you will be friends with for the rest of your life (which I am ready to get on with). Isn't that great? My thoughts are a little scrambled, but that's okay. At least they are all positive. Don't worry, tomorrow's post will be better. Love you all.

<3 Mikey