The Land of the Living

Well folks, I'm back. :) This summer brought many unexpected changes to my life and I took some time to adjust, readjust, and settle in. I'm now single, living in a new house in a new neighborhood, have a new pet, a new haircut, 3 new roommates, a new ward, and a new calling. Whew--told ya lots has changed.

Okay, where to start... well, my closest-thing-to-family-that-lives-in-Utah needed help demolishing and rebuilding parts of their newly-acquired domestic domain, so I spent a good bit of time working through some frustrations on their old roof and lots of old walls--only to rebuild them later. Nothing like good manual labor to cure whatever ails ya. ;) The fun part was that the house was built in 1918 and the roof has a pitch of 45 degrees. So Janet and I shingled the thing wearing full body harnesses while Ryan and Julie held us up with rope.

Then my parents came for a visit and we had a great week (I participated in the commencement ceremony even though I won't officially graduate until December). I tried elk meat. I like it. :)

I moved.

I bought a snake--Scheherazade is a lot of fun and has a great snake-ality (like a personality, only for snakes :) She is probably more popular in my new ward than I am. She's beautiful--pink and orange--and has a Y perfectly centered on her head. Fate.

My new roommates are amazing--Amy is from Utah and is training for a sprint triathlon in November. Brittanie is from New Mexico, and grew up on the Navajo Reservation, even though she is 100% caucasian and has beautiful red hair. Krista is from Virginia and is working as a librarian...cool, huh? They are tons of fun.

I cut my hair. 100% of people who have commented on it like it better than before. So that's good, right? :)

I have 4 amazing friends (the two in the middle, Anthony and Angie, are newly engaged to be married) who ran a half-marathon in Price, UT this past weekend and I was their 1-man support team. That was fabulous. I tried lamb. Not as good an experience as the elk.

Brittanie and I attended the Ryan Shupe concert this past Saturday at Thanksgiving Point. The coolest part, by far, was the atmosphere--an outdoor amphitheater where you sit on the grass on blankets and look at a stage backdropped by the largest man-made waterfall in the US.

So, life is amazing. God loves us and is 100% aware of our needs all the time--and He guides us to where we need to be when we need to be there to fulfill His purposes. I'm grateful for my new friends and my new ward--I have found a great support system in them. I'm excited to see where this semester leads and will be updating this blog lots more regularly.