Monticello

I know, I know, two in one day doesn't make up for my lack of posts lately, but hey, at least I'm doing it now... So over Easter weekend I went down to Monticello... Not with my family though haha I actually went with the boy from country dancing a couple weeks ago.This is Jason and me:) like I said, he's kind of adorable.

I rode down with his family on that Friday and we got there at like 11, in the car it was his parents, his 13 year old brother, his twin brother's fiance and myself hahaha so funny. It probably should have been really awkward for me since I'd only met his family once, but it really was fun. I talked to his brother's fiance quite a bit too. She's super fun. So when we got there we couldn't go to sleep of course so we went in the hot tub. His three brothers, the fiance, him and myself... It was a small hot tub and let's just say I am a footsie slut, just from that hour and a half haha. We then watched The Princess and the Frog, I actually really liked that movie. I think it's cute, but his brother was snoring soooooo freakin' LOUD!!!!!!!!! It sounded like a chainsaw it was so loud! ha Jason's twin, Derek (the chainsaw) on the left and his 18 year old brother Ryan (a footsies culprit) laying down.



So the next day, we got up at 8 so we could leave by 9, yes if you do the math it's about 4 hours of sleep since we didn't get in bed till around 4 or 5. I was so stinkin' tired!!! We were going hiking though and I was excited to be out in the sun, since we'd had snow at home for like a week. Ugh have I mentioned I hate the snow? Well I do. So we got all ready to go and left for the Medieval Chamber canyon near Moab.



















For those of you familiar with me, you'll know I don't like acting like a girl when I'm doing things like hiking or camping. I'm one of the guys for the most part so instead of walking around the girly way, I went the exact same way the guys did. hahaha



It was a 3.5 mile hike and we started at noon.... Guess what time we got done? I think it was 5:30 ha. It wasn't even our fault though! There was a group of 4 who caught up with us right before the first place we had to rappel so we let them go first since there were 6 of us and we figured they'd be quick...... Yeah, no. It took them like an hour to get down.Oh well, our turn came, and I can't say I wasn't a little nervous, but it ended up being so fun! I loved it!

The first shelf of rock on the rappel, about twenty five feet from the bottom.

Right before I hit the bottom. Oh yeah I made it!




The second rappel. This one was so much worse to start out! It just dropped straight off whereas the first had a little hill and then it went off. I did this one a lot faster though. I was pretty proud of myself. I'm almost to the ground here because Jason's dad kept telling me to stop for a picture and I didn't hear him ha
Now look closely at this picture, what do you see? If you said two people rappelling at once you would be correct.... Jason and Ryan used each other for their counter weight and went at the same time. Can you say heart attack for those watching?They made it down, don't worry:)
So, that was my adventure in Monticello. It was sooo fun! I need to go hiking more!



PS I know the layout of this post is kind of weird, I tried to be cool with the pictures and failed.... Whoops.

Almost a Month???

Wow I feel it's been so long... It's been a busy three weeks though. In the space of these three weeks I've been on a road trip, babysat overnight for 4 days and become a stress eater....... We'll start with that last one because it makes me sad.

It all started last week while I was babysitting, all I ate was Ramen noodles, frozen personal pizzas, fast food and candy. I even stooped so low as to eat french fries from McDonalds. Blech. I ate Costa Vida and cereal too. This is just the beginning though, those kids were crazy and it made me frazzled. So when I got home Sunday I was pretty ok, just feeling annoyed so I decided to have some chocolate, one piece turned into two and it all went downhill from there! Before I knew it I'd eaten the rest in the box. It was a half pound and there were only about four gone... Yikes!!! So at this point I'm trying to figure out why I'm so munchy.... Then I remember the crucial element, my aunt is coming to visit in a couple weeks, she always stresses me out. For the sake of anonymity we'll call her Aunt Flo. Darn her poor timing.

The next day at work I was still feeling like I needed something sweet and decided against my better judgment to buy the delicious pumpkin cookies the bakery makes..... And ate 5 of them during my break. Sick! At this point I'm feeling like a whale and thoroughly annoyed with myself and my lack of control. Tuesday my uncle fell 15 feet so I was freaking out about that at work the whole time and had a donut and Dr. Pepper at work. I ate something bad Wednesday, Thursday and Friday too, but you get the idea and I can't remember what they were ha.

This week I've also had a whole can of Pringle's, about half a package of Chips Ahoy, I did share that with my nephews though. I also had Del Taco one day after class and last night I had a quasidilla from Costa Vida. GROSS! I've probably gained five pounds this week alone. I'll let ya know ha...

So now that you all know my nasty habits, feel free to shun me until I start jogging again and tell me I'm gross. Who knows, maybe it'll help haha