Go West! (Reference to Priscilla Queen of the Desert intended)

It's not secret that I've turned into a producing maniac. In just six months, Now Soon Later Productions (our production company) has produced three full length original works and two concerts. It may not sound like much, but trust me, it was a lot of work. A lot of after hours... A lot of weekend hours...  A lot of sleeping hours. A lot of dealing with impossible and dishonest people... I loved it (minus the Shady McShadersons), but it got exhausting. I decided to do a little 4 day getaway to Utah to see my friends that I have missed so so much and so have some much needed (and earned) time off.

First things first: A stop at Cafe Rio. I had Ky and Ness meet me there. Amazing reunion. Erin was there as well. She picked me up from the airport and we had so much fun... Then we headed over to Karson and Betsy's house for some Dancing With the Stars watching.

One of my favorite things is to walk around BYU Campus. Is it not beautiful? I love that this is where I went to school. The fall colors are out.

More fall colors on my walk of campus...

Thursday included: A visit to the BYU Bookstore to visit old co-workers, a visit to Kylie and Vanessa's Folk Dance Team, an afternoon of babysitting Sweet Little Izzy and Red Robin with my people: Ky, Ness, Karson, Betsy, Izzy and Dave.

How cute is this?

At Corn Belly's Corn Maze in Thanksgiving Point... Perfect Friday afternoon...

On the hayride that was about to be the most fun moment of our entire Corn Belly's experience...

The bouncy hayride. This is about 2 seconds before Betsy's mom, Elizabeth, got bounced off her seat and onto the hay.

Little Iz the pumpkin

What more could I ask for than for an amazing afternoon with all my best friends? The only other thing that would have made it better would be if both Vanessa (who refused to miss class... selfish) and Rob (highly unlikely) were also there. 

Just because...

No trip out of the city can be complete without a visit to a chain restaurant. For old time's sake, I chose the Macaroni Grill, where I used to celebrate my birthday each year. Betsy had a Girl's weekend with her family and couldn't come to dinner with us. 

With my best girls. This statement includes Erin though she is not in the picture :)

 Because I secretly love the BYU Cougars no matter how bad the team is. I enjoyed going to the game. We had fantastic seats right near the end zone. The game was so close, it literally came to the last second. Oh rise and shout the cougars are out...

 A drive up Provo Canyon on a rainy Sunday afternoon: perfection

  Bridal Veil Falls

RISE AND SHOUT, THE COUGARS ARE OUT...

Counting the days~ 38 or possibly only 24

                                     

























A little reminder for all you loyal Cougars fans. I certainly needed a refresher. :)

BYU Police Beat

How I've missed thee... BYU Police Beats ran in the Daily Universe on Tuesdays. Often, after an early Tuesday/Thursday class and before devotional/work, they provided me with loads of laughter... I would sit in the terrace and laugh at the things that are considered news worthy... Only at BYU. 

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

 A male student was reported suspiciously looking into cars in a campus parking lot. Police discovered that the student was actually looking into his own car, looking for his backpack.

A female reported a suspicious male in the Widtsoe Building. He had asked her for directions.

THEFT 

A male student picked up candy in the BYU Bookstore Sept. 7 thinking that it was part of a promotion. After confronted he agreed to pay the 25 cents.

An older male was reported for suspicious activity after someone noticed him opening all the washers and dryers in the laundry at Wyview Park. When he was confronted it was learned that he had personal items in each of the washers and dryers.

PROPERTY DAMAGE

A grounds employee was trimming a tree when an object flew up and broke a window in Harris Hall. No one was hurt.

ANIMAL PROBLEM

 A female student reported a wild duck in the basement of Whitney Hall. Police opened the door and ushered the duck out of the building.

Believe it or not... I miss BYU

Yes, it's true, kids. I miss BYU. So bad. It's not even funny. The other day, during sacrament meeting the choir sang "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" and I seriously had to try so hard not to cry. I probably heard that song like 30 times during each of my work shifts at the BYU Bookstore, and I worked there for four years, so you can see why that song reminds me of BYU.



And... it doesn't help that the BYU Dancesport Championships were last weekend and I wasn't there and I didn't compete. And then I kept getting phone calls from Kylie and some other girls going "I wish you were here to do my hair and make-up." Believe me... Me too. I miss the ballroom world.

This is a picture of Christina Houston which I may or may not have stolen from her Facebook album... I used to do her hair. She did amazingly well at this comp.

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE living in New York. I love that I have this great opportunity to meet so many great people and experience so many cool things... but sometimes I miss the bubble. But... I know this is where I am supposed to be for now, so all is good.

The latest

As you can see, the blog got a face lift! I hate changing my blog background because if you use Pyzam, you lose all your links, which means you have to start entirely from scratch. And... sometimes, Cutest Blog on the Block is a little too MoMo for the likes of me... and they had all these free Halloween-type backgrounds... but then I remembered that I actually reeeeally hate Halloween. So, buried between all the Halloween and baseball and leaf/ribbon/ugly flower templates, I found this little gem.


All right... enough about that. Let's talk about ME!


So, here are some happenings worthy of mention:

* I received my BYU Diploma! I was so excited I asked some random girl at the airport to take my picture. I was en route to Miami when I got it!



* I got a "promotion" at work... and it is between quotation marks because it isn't official yet. I am now part of the creative team at The Bravo Group. I will be a traffic coordinator, meaning that I will be focusing on taking every piece of creative advertising from start to finish. As a part of my training for this new position, my company flew me out to Miami, and I got to stay with my AWESOME family.

* While in Florida, I got a rental car- a Chevy HHR... It is the sort of car that you would NEVER buy, but it is okay to rent it... It kind of looks like a hearse, I am not going to lie... But, I certainly enjoyed driving for a change...




Also, while being at home, I was pretty much laughing the whole time. My mom is the funniest person ever. No battle. Here are a few examples:

* Calls me on Wednesday around 6:30PM and wants to know why I am not home yet. She said "get home NOW...You are going to miss Project Runway." And... my mom absolutely LOATHES Kenley, so it was funny to watch alongside her commentary.




* When I got home, she asked me to take out the trash, so I did...and then as soon as I walked back inside, she wanted me to come look at something she had bought. When i told her to wait because I needed to wash my hands, she replied "Our trash is clean."


Another highlight was going to see my brother's family in Fort Myers. It was good to spend time with my little (or maybe not so little) sister, Amalia (who will soon be 23) on the drive up. We got to spend two days with my brother, his wife and THE BABY.







Is he not so cute? I am so happy I got to see him again.