Livin' Like The Unemployed!

Wow!! I haven't wrote in a hundred years!! Um... Lets see well I have been home like a week and a half!! It has been pretty fun! I have been doing something almost every night!! Um... I got to meet my beautiful niece Jhi! She is so fun!! She looks just like daddy! I also so my new cousin Naylor! He is a doll! I am back in the Farr West/Plain City YSA Ward! And its good as ever! Crazy cause people my little sisters age are now in the ward! I feel SUPER old! O well... this last weekend I got to go to The Geezy with Chase Jensen and Brian Lattin! It was SO much fun!! We visited my grandparents on my dad's side and went cliff jumping/swimming... four wheeling... fishing... sandpit volleyball... tried to go to the temple but it was closed... and hung out with friends there! It was a very good weekend! We also went to Tuachan and saw Aladian. It was a pretty good show!! The Genie and the bird made it! I was a little disappointed by the flying carpet! But it was a decent show.  Being back in St. Geezy kind of makes me miss it maybe a lot! I think I miss the atmosphere of a college town more than anything... and my friends there as well!!! But it makes me kind of want to move back down there...  or to somewher with a colleege town atmosphere... I guess we will see... Um... Also on the Saturday that I got home I got to go and see Brock Richins!! It was so good to see him after 2 years!! He gave his Homecoming talk on that Sunday and he did amazing!!! We also went boating on my cousin's boat that he just got! It was super fun and I got UP on the wakeboard!! Yay! That is my first time that I have ever gotten up! That week I got my nails and toes done and hung out with mom before she had to leave to New York and Denver. She is just traveling a whole lot with this company but it's good for her salon! Also that week I went to Bear Lake with a few friends! We took up Jared's kayaks and paddle boards! It was fun! And we got the jeep stuck!Whoops! Ha ha! Thank you random stranger for pulling us out! A bunch of us went to Lagoon last week as well... good thing we were only there for 3 hours... Lagoon is not what it was when I was younger! Syd, Kie, and myself all went to the Brigham City Temple open house as well!! If you haven't been I encourage you to go and see that beautiful building!! It was so amazing! I miss living right next to the Geezy's temple! The last week and a half have been a whirlwind! I feel like all I have been doing is applying for jobs and hanging out with family and friends and trying to catch up with everyone! This job searching is kicking my butt! I wish that it wasn't all online and I could go in and see them face to face. I feel like on paper I am not that awesome... but I don't know... ugh!! Well... That is really all I have been up to!! Just living my life to the fullest and trying to decide what to do and where to go next! Hard decsions are ahead for me! Wish me luck! Have a good week!

Goodbye Alaska... HELLO UTAH!!

Okay well the day has finally come!! I am moving back to Utah today!!! :) In this last week.. I have worked every day! (you prob could have guessed that!) Ha! But it has been a wonderful experience here! I have learned so much while I have been here! I have loved my job and my co-workers! And especially my residents!! I think that I will miss them the most!! Everyone is super nice here and very excepting! I am finally starting to become real good friends with people here and now I am leaving. Kind of the sad part of the deal! But they will be life long friends for sure. I have loved this adventure, don't get me wrong it hasn't all been amazing and it has had it's trials but I am choosing to learn from my trials and the bad parts of my experiences and let them help me in the future and let them help mold me into the woman that I want to become. Well... work is work right!? Well... not when you have co-workers like mine!! They threw a little goodbye party for me at work last night! One ordered pizza and one made a chocolate cake! Yummy!!! So fattening but so worth it since I have been doing good and loosing weight here in Alaska!! We took some pictures and talked... it was very sweet of them! Thanks guys!!! Your the best! One said that there has never ever been a party for another CNA before! (They must really like me! I kid!) Um.... welp... today will kind of slightly be a chill day... I just have to shower and get ready and then got back into work to get my paycheck... then over to the bank so that I can pay rent before I leave and then basically it's just a waiting game! My flight doesn't leave here until 7:37 PM! So I don't have to be to the airport until 6 PM! But anyways... I have to get kind of ready for traveling this time around because my wonderful Mother is going to take me shopping on the way home from the airport to get a new dress and shirt! She is so awesome!!! And I get to see the rest of my amazing family when I get home! I can't wait! I get to meet my brand new 3 week old niece Jhi, and my good friend Brock is back from his mish so I will get to see him!! So this will be a weekend to remember! (And yes I will be blogging about it, so don't worry! Ha!) Well... I CAN'T WAIT TO GET HOME AND SEE MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS!! I HAVE MISSED YOU ALL SO MUCH! See you in 23 hours!! (Not like anyone is counting or anything!) Kay, Bye!

Last Week Of Living Like An Eskimo!

Auidee!!! I can't believe I only have one week left here in Alaska!! So crazy!! I haven't done all that I would have loved to do while I was here!!! But I can always make another trip up this way! Okay well... It's been like what?.. almost two weeks ago since I posted!? Well since then... like I said I haven't done a whole lot!! Just a lot of sleeping and working! Bringing in the money honey!! I have had one day off since the last time I wrote! Kind of crazy! Um... Work has been pretty good! It has kind of had quite a bit of drama lately with the traveling CNA's and they are re-doing the schedule so you work like 3 days one week and 4 the next and have every other weekend off... But I work everyday till I come home! I am using a lot of eskimo words now days... and I feel like my english is becoming more like village english everyday! And now I am finally getting used to seeing myself and feeling comfortable with not wearing ANY make-up in public and now I get to come home. I am loving my residents and not looking forward to leaving them behind!! I just want to bring them home with me... every single one! I will also miss my cute co-workers! It has been such a fun experience to come here and to learn about the Eskimo's of Kotzebue and the surrounding villages! I am so grateful for this oppertunity to come up to Alaska! It truly has blessed my life meeting all these wonderful people! Well my co-workers now know that I might be slightly obessesed with THE OLYMPICS!!!! I LOVE them so much!! The USA is doing an amazing job representing! It has been such a fun year to watch! They basically consume my life!! When I am at work I may or may not change all of my residents tv's to the Olympics so that I won't miss anything! (Whoops! Don't tell!)  It also doesn't hurt that we have a lot of good looking athletes! :) Well... I am SO EXCITED to come home to Utah! I have so much to look forward to!! My sister had her first baby which is my first niece, Jhi baby that I get to meet for the first time ever!! I can't wait!! I am also so excited to see my family, I miss them all so much! Absence makes the heart grow fonder, that saying has never been more true in my life until this summer. I can't wait to tell you all about my summer adventure! Also I want to thank my family for supporting me in all I want to do! All of my wonderful adventures would have never been possible without their love and support! Also when I get home... one of my best friends will be home from his mission!! 2 years is WAY to long! I can't wait to have him back, and I am sure that his lovely family is so excited, and are having (like myself) the longest week EVER! Well I will see you all in ONE WEEK!! Just incase you were wondering I am flying out on the 10th but don't get into Utah until the morning of the 11th! Well... I can't wait to see you all! And I can't wait to see where my next adventure in life will take me! Bring it on... I'm ready!!