Natural Sceptre

SO! Tomorrow is the big interview. I got through a phone interview (while I was driving to the mall…oh my) and get “face-to-face” time tomorrow with a company I applied to work for this summer. It’s an opportunity to work on editing a book. All in all, sounds innovative, high energy, and fun. AND, it’s not Vicky’s! I’m so done with that place. I’m hoping to be best-in-show…as they’re interviewing quite a few people. Hope hope hope hooooopppeeee. But, if not, there’ s got to be something I’ m meant to be doing around here this summer.

As for the status on school: I finished the two papers, and tomorrow I just have to study logic and get ready for my LAST DAY on Tuesday. Then I’ll be free to concentrate on John, working, my little bro, and the wedding. It’ll be nice to have time and energy to iron out all the little details my mom has been asking questions about for awhile.

Home is also getting homier. The futon has been a nice addition. We’re breaking this place in pretty well, plants, and pictures on the fridge. I’m liking it. AND, I love the ward. People from lots of places in lots of different age groups. Babies and old people again- feels like home.

Ok, I’m off to BED so I can be fresh as a Daisey tomorrow morning!

John tonight asked what was needed to get me to post on my website. I told him to ask me questions, and I’d answer them. “Every day?” Yes, every day. We never got to it, though. But I have a question for myself. WHY CAN’T I GET ANYTHING DONE?? So here’s my quandary. I like to think that I’m good at school. The results have always shown this to be true. I always (almost always) get my assignments done on time, with a good amount of effort. And I ALWAYS think to myself, I’ll get this next one done early and out of the way. Take this week for example- by today I was meant to have two papers done and out of the way so I can concentrate on the most DREADED of all subjects: logic. How many papers do I have finished? Well, almost one. Not even almost! I’m such a liar. What have I done instead? Well, I’ve cleaned some things up, gotten some needed things at WalMart, and spent quite a lot of time cuddling with John and demanding his attention. Good job he doesn’t have anything due tomorrow and I just distracted one of us! What if I need to be almost at the finish line before I can achieve something great and masterful? Am I destined to live my life two days behind schedule? Tomorrow I have a study session and then my LAST DAY OF WORK (hallelujah) and then I’ll resolve to get things done by such and such a time La La La. I cause myself more grief than necessary, but I’m not sure what to do about it. I want to finish school and go on to some graduate work, but what if I’m burning out? Fizzling? I think I just need a summer off to get back into it all. Then, just ONE semester and it’s on to bigger and better things. I guess I should figure out what I want a masters in, huh?

All in all, I’m way to happy a person to put any serious effort into changing things.
And, I’m tired now. So, instead of staying up and finishing what I started, I’m going to bed to dream about fabulous things.

Goodnight.

And John, I expect those deadlines soon, love.

We’ve returned from our weekend in Colorado! I do believe a good time was had by all We drove down on Friday after classes. It was a nice road trip- relaxing, not too much traffic considering it was a holiday weekend. We saw Kimberley and Justin and kids at Hole n”the Rock (that’s how it’s written on the side of the cave/house on the way to CO). They were on their way home and we were on our way down- it worked out just perfectly. We arrived a bit late, but sat up talking for a little bit. Saturday was a busy day! When we woke up, John and I decided to wander around the property. 80 acres is a lot to wander around. It was beautiful weather, we walked down the driveway and down into the “fort,” a gathering of rocks that previous owners made into a fort. Hence the name. We climbed down the ravine and let Emma run around for a bit (it’s really her property, I found out) and then climbed up a cliff back towards where we started from. I was surprised at how good it felt to be out of Provo, and how amazing it felt to have that much space around me. AFTER THAT, I got to drive a tractor! I would have been just fine with riding along, but after some encouragment I decided to give it a try. It was a bumpy ride, but I didn’t hit anything! After the tractor adventure we fed the horses that live on the property.  Only then did the real work start. We needed to move some appliances up into the living space above the barn. It’s going to be gorgeous when it’s done- beautiful views! The next step was getting the kitchen stuff upstairs. The only thing- the appliances weren’t going up the stairs! Soooo….we used the front-end-loader on the backhoe (if that’s not the right way to describe that, please forgive me..still working on farm vehicle identification) to lift the refridgerator, stove, trash compactor, and dishwasher up into the doors upstairs. It was quite the workout. We eventually used a pulley system to try to make it a little easier for everyone, but I think everyone was exhausted at the end- and I distinctly remember dangling from the rope when we tried to get the stove up. I thought for some reason that the fridge would be easier because it was taller- and therefore would be easier to just “tip” onto the platform. Yeah. I was wrong. It seemed like a lot of work- but it was actually a lot of fun. The rest of the night we just played- went down to Farmington New Mexico for Hamburgers, a double date! The date ended the way our dates always end- a trip to WalMart. I had never been to WalMart in New Mexico before! Hmm…what did we do after that? Well, seeing as we were all EXHAUSTED we headed home. I think we all fell asleep in the car on the way home- except for John…who was driving. Easter was lovely We went to church where I was informed that John was quite the catch and met a woman who attended the same ward I went to in Scranton (small world, huh?). Back at home we had an Easter egg hunt and a VERY yummy Easter lunch/dinner and finished watching The Holiday- which made me homesick for Christmas. All in all, it was just really really nice to spend time all together- as John’s parents have been on a mission I’ve only met them once! I loved having a couple days to talk and laugh and get to know each other. I think there is a lot to be said for moving large appliances and looking for hard-boiled eggs together. It’s all about creative bonding.