The remedy for a salty day

I have a few ideas..

A float in an inner tube down rock springs
A late night Beto's run
A long walk in my woods
A plane ride west
The smell of rain in the desert
A Red Cliffs burger
Icy water in my face
Curling up with a good book
To smell like poo after a long day of honest work
A view that takes my breath away
Paul, my jeep
Listening to an old playlist
A new favorite animated movie
A letter from a friend
Sending postcards
Riding my bike until I want to die
A night hike under a full moon
A new dress for easter
Rolling down a sandy hill
and
A hug from my mom :)

Straight Trippin'

I will be in Utah in a month and I have not even remotely started planning my extra curricular summer adventures. I will get on that in the next month.

They will be so good.

Also my parents are getting me an Easter dress this year, yay! I can't wait for it to get here, it's so pretty :)

Sun on Monday!

I am obsessed with pretty scarves right now. Target has a lot, and I wish I was rich, so I could buy lots of them. -> http://www.target.com/Scarves-Wraps-Handbags-Accessories/b/ref=sc_iw_r_12_1/188-3582964-1717523?node=370226011
I have a lacy, cream colored one I wear all the time, I LOVE it.

Also, I'm having one of those weeks were I feel like I know everyone. Not really, but like, a lot of people. Just enough to be well informed ;)

Also, I want to make cashew chicken for the sister missionaries this week. I think they'll like that!

Winter Doledrums

Today, I had a terrible realization as I was getting dressed for church. My clothes were much tighter than I remember them being at the beginning of winter. At first I blamed the season, saying "Oh, you just need to cut back on the v-day goodness after today." But as I thought I remembered I used to run at least 4 days a week, whereas lately I hardly get out once. I used to climb 3 days a week through the fall, and now I totally skimp on my upperbody workouts.

I don't even do yoga anymore.

So I've come to the conclusion that I need to make a Valentines day resolution. From this day forth I will start my days by jogging, not checking my email. I will stop eating twice what I need and most importantly, I will be good about drinking a gallon of water a day. It won't be easy to go back to healthy living, but it will be worth it to have a body I'm not embarrassed about.

Also, I can say 13 phrases in Thai now. Exciting stuff!

alotalot of nothing

I practiced my Thai today. I now know 13 phrases. I have a feeling my accent is terrible. I'll get second opinion I also looked up moving to Alaska. I feel like everything in Alaska is a hardcore version of stuff here. Maybe that's why Chris McCandless wanted to go there so bad.

I briefly considered applying for a job there as a rafting guide. But I remeber reading how bad misquotes get there in the summer. Like you have to take vitamin b tablets to deter them. And bathe in deet. Then I realized the water was freezing there, and if I fell in, I'd get hypothermia. And I'd have to wear a dry-suit. Which means I would not get a tan. So I decided against it. But look, that's a legit iceberg those people are rafting next to! Crazy stuff.

I need to take my EMT test within the next month. I also need to start studying that again so I can pass the test.

Destination Dedication!

I want to learn Thai. So when I finally go on my adventure great big whitewater to New Zealand, I can stop by Thailand for a while; and buy food there, like green papaya salad (which is delish). Also, I want to go to the Thai new years festival, because it's a week long nation wide water fight. Which is the most epic thin I can fathom in my mind. (also I hear the climbing there is sa-weet!)

So I looked it up online and found the website
http://www.byki.com/
It's pretty cool, you can download language learning tools. I'll probably have to go to a class or live there to really learn, but it's a step in the right direction.

I also want to learn Spanish and Italian. So I can live in Chile and go on to Italy where I follow the book Agony and the Ecstasy and see all Michelangelo's works. (And run around Verona pretending I'm Juliet.)

Cooking Class

Today I learned how to make yummy thai food :9

It makes me want to learn new languages and travel.