1. School.
It's my last semester EVER (as an undergrad student). GO ME. I'm taking some cool classes, and not so cool classes but it's still going to be a good semester. I'm taking a jazz dance class, it's super great to be back in my element. (get it? SUPER GREAT?!) haha
Other classes I'm taking involve Stress Management, Psychology of Gender, Personality Theory, Child and Infant Development and Parables of Jesus. I love my Institute class. I love the University of Utah. I am a true UTE.
2. I'm quitting Fortis College.
I have absolutely hated not having my nights or weekends anymore and what I've hated even more is having worked 32 hours a week plus going to school full-time. Let's just say I've been pretty busy the last two weeks. I'm excited to start a new job that will only be ten hours a week and continue working at my other job, that is also only ten hours a week. Life is looking up again.
3. I went to Florida 8/19/2011-8/21/2011.
My mom and sister accompanied me on my journey. We mainly went because when I turned 23, I would no longer be able to fly free on SkyWest/Delta and we did cool things. Here is a copy of the itinerary so I won't forget it in 50 years. Feel free to skip ahead if you so desire.
Thursday: Skipped work and flew to St. George, UT. Hung with the family for a few hours and then drove to Las Vegas to catch our plane that was leaving at 10:40pm. Flew to Orlando, FL.
Friday: Arrived at 6:05am although it was only a 3.5 hour flight. Went to Breakfast at Denny's. Went to the Orlando Florida Temple where we saw lizards mating (haha gross). Went shopping and bought some fun clothes. Drove to Lakeland, FL where we ate dinner at an amazing Mexican food restaurant and had the sweetest waitress. Went to Walgreen's where we got a polka-dot umbrella (it was kinda rainy)... the umbrella went flying when I tried to open it. It was hilarious. We also got coconut Twix. Delicious. Went to my cousin's baseball game. He is a "Clearwater Thresher" and they won 1-0 in an extra inning. Go Jordan! Went to bed... we were dead tired.
Saturday: Woke up and drove to Tampa, FL and went to MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry). Jacee and I did a ropes course that was super intense. Got smoothies and Subway on our way to Siesta Key Beach that is ranked number one in the United States. Yeah, only the best for us ;) At the beach, we only had one towel and we all sat on the sand and used the towel as a tablecloth. I'm sure it was a hilarious sight. Decided to feed a bird, and unbeknownst to us, a whole flock surrounded us. We didn't feed any more after that. Swam some more and then a huge storm came in and we left to our hotel. For dinner that night, we went to a ghetto pizzeria that gave us these free mini breadsticks that were burnt and disgusting. We had a good laugh about that.
Sunday: Stayed at the airport in Tampa for four hours. Flew to Miami, FL. Froze to death in Miami inside the airport for 30 minutes or so until we flew to Memphis, TN. We flew first class. I love first class, it was amazing and it was free. Once in Memphis, we also froze for about 30 minutes before flying to Las Vegas, NV. Once in Las Vegas, we ate dinner and hung out until my flight left to Salt Lake City. That was such a long and exhausting^2 day. We started off the day at 5:30am and I arrived in Salt Lake City at 8:30pm. I was in an airplane for 7 hours overall that day. And I started school the next day at 8:05am.
I'm grateful my mom and sister could do that with me. It was a blast with all three of us.
4. I had a good Birthday.
I turned 23 years old. I feel kinda old now. I didn't do anything special on my actual birthday because I had to go to school and Fortis, but I did go to Florida beforehand and will celebrate this weekend in St. George. My roommates surprised me with decorating my chalk wall in my bedroom with chalk and a Justin Beiber poster, the movie "Step Up" to complete my collection and a whole slew of candy. Overall, it was a good day.
5. I became an Aunt today.
My brother and sister in law had an adorable little boy this morning around 2:15am. Poor Whitney was in labor for about 15 hours. They named him McKay Robert Whatcott. I cannot wait to meet him this weekend. He is a cutie for sure, and seriously, I'm not even biased at all. For reals, he really is that cute. The due date was actually on my birthday (August 30th) but I'm quite glad he was born on September 1, 2011 because birthdays are (mine) 8/30. (Mom) 8/31, and now (McKay) 9/1. It will always be such a fun birthday celebration time for us.
Well that about sums it all up! Get ready for pictures in the near future. Yeah I have a lot of posting I need to do still.
