If you have followed my blog since the very beginning, I have mentioned a few times on how Halloween is not my forte. I guess I just don't have the haunting spirit. Year one at college, my Halloween consisted of numerous exams, followed by comforting my best friend through her first breakup. Needless to say, no costumes, parties, or candy was involved.
Year two was my absolute favorite. Bria and I got out of class and both agreed we didn't want to go to the Halloween dance. We decided to spend our evening at Arby's and talk about random TV shows we had recently watched. If I recall correctly, we talked about some woman getting a parasite stuck in her head from some lettuce in her salad. Anyways, we ended up going to redbox afterwards to rent a "scary movie." Something to know about me is I am the biggest baby on the planet. I don't do haunted houses, and I don't do scary movies. To tell you the truth, the cover of this movie would look quite frightening to any child under the age of 6, and the movie itself was considerably laughable. It's called "The Curse of King Tut's Tomb." If you're having a cheesy movie night, please go and rent it. Year three was such a bore that I don't think it deserves an entire paragraph. Garret and I stayed in while watching some movie at my apartment. The movie was forgettable because I don't even remember what we watched... 
Year four was my first attempt at any Halloween festivities. My sister and I dressed up as Indians. We looked through our closets and makeup, and threw together whatever we had. We then attended our wards Halloween bash for about an hour before returning home. I'm quite the party animal.
So it's the time of year again where Halloween lovers of all ages dress in their ghoulish best, and set out to have fun. I actually have come up with quite the fabulous getup this year. Pictures will post after all hallows eve. This year, I'm going all out!
So on a spur of the moment whim, I decided to take my two days off and visit Rexburg :) I called up my little newly married sissy and said "I'm crashing at your place and staying in the room that has my name painted over it!" One bus ride later, I was picked up at the side of the Hart building with my hair pulled back and messy, sweat pants, and wrinkles on my face from my pillow.
And do you know what? Rexburg has gotten significantly cooler than when I left. What the heck? The REX FINALLY went out of business and Fat Cats took over. It's about time! They actually had money to do something cool with the place. There is a full mini golf course, nerf gun room, and updated everything! They're even going to put in IMAX theaters :)
Then I went to Sammys; a new Rexburg burger joint. For once, I actually think that a small College Ave. restaurant wont go out of business. Cocoa Bean has been doing well too! So, saw a concert at Sammys, got Cocoa Bean, went to lunch with Rachelle and Chelsey at Craigos, had dinner at Original Thai (I splurged on eating this weekend!) Even made Creme Brulee with Jess and visited a bunch of friends.
Other sidenote. Rexburg is an awesome place to visit for 2 days...not to live in for more than 5 years :P But I insist you go to Sammys and eat their sweet potato fries. Yum. For all you other Rexbugians, enjoy the fall while you can because I predict hibernation is coming soon.
So I laughed today because as I was stalking through my list of friends on blogger, I click on everyone elses blog to see what they're up to...Then I look down their list of people to stalk their friends as well... Creepy I know, but when you've worked a 16 hour work day, there's no guests at your hotel and there's nothing left to look at on facebook, you gotta go somewhere else. Anywho, everyone's blog has a partner...
Bria and Jason
Chelsey and Miles
Lindsay and Cameron
Mishelle and Jake
Rachelle and Rick
You get the idea...
Then you see my name on their list:
Jenica
Just an FYI, my name isn't lonely. It's on an adventure :P
Have a good one :)
I have quite a large bucket list. It grows consistently every day and I figured that I should probably write it down so I have something to measure it by...I finally made it to Puerto Vallarta this year, but what is next? My friend Jessica and I have made some plans for the next year, but the plethora of places that I want to visit in my lifetime is going to take years.
Europe:
Ireland
Scotland (Loch Ness!)
London, England
Switzerland
Nice, France
Greece
Spain
Germany
Sweden
Prague
Venice, Italy
Rome, Italy
USA:
New York City
Havasupai
Mt. Rushmore
Virginia Beach
New Orleans
Superior, Colorado
Middle East and East:
Jerusalem, Israel
Egyptian Pyramids
India (ride an elephant!)
Beijing, China
Tokyo, Japan
Everywhere Else:
Auckland, New Zealand
Sydney, Australia
All over Africa!
Argentina
Chile
Madagascar
Nova Scotia
Fiji
Jamaica
Belize
I better start earning sky miles :)
So I looked at my last post...February? How sad. Even more sad is that I have had such an eventful year and nothing to show for it on the wonderful world of webness...At least I don't suck so much at my personal journal...
For those who don't know, I am back in the GREAT STATE OF UTAH!!! (I added emphasis because I'm actually really bored here, and don't really understand why people vacation here...) I am once again working at the Marriott in the activities department, but frantically searching for a new job that has something to do with my area of interest. So, if any of you have any connections to any PR firms, give me a shout out and let me know! Also, if any of you want my job at the Marriott Mountainside, they are currently taking applications...
Here is a list of things I did this summer:
Moved to Utah
Showed my dad that he really does love chihuahuas
Bought an awesome beach cruiser!!!
Got a longboard and went longboarding down Provo Canyon
Went to Moab on a backpacking trip
Survived through 2 break-ups
Watched my little sister get married
Went on a cruise to Mexico (Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas)
Went Ziplining through the rainforest!!!
Survived my car blowing up on the freeway
Learned how to make sushi
Kissed an Israeli Fighter Pilot :P haha
Met awesome new people on the cruise
Went to the State Fair and rode the GIANT YELLOW SLIDE
Went to Dew Tour, and watched Neon Trees
There is my update in a nutshell...My summer was awesome. How was yours?
He's got this big personality, and this name fits him perfectly! If you've ever seen the movie Hook, then you know what I'm talking about. He already knows how to sit, stay, speak, and dance! What a smart puppy :)
Ok, I still have yet to take pictures to post, BUT it will happen. So let me give you a quick update on the past week. Last weekend, I went home for Sundance...I also planned on picking up my precious pup Monday morning in Ogden, on my way back from my "supposed to be awesome" weekend. On the way down, Garret and I reached Ogden when we started hearing this rattling in my car. If you know me well, you know that I have the WORST luck with cars ever! There is hardly a long distance trip where I don't encounter some kind of problem.
After driving a few miles on this rattling noise, we noticed it getting louder and louder...to the point of 5th gear sounding like a lawn mower engine. So, I call my brilliant car savvy father who tells me to pull over and open the hood. Do you know what I saw? Nada. I can understand the underside of a car about as much as I can read a book in Egyptian characters. It didn't look like anything was out of place though to report to my dad, so we decided I could carry on, but driving the rest of the way in 4th gear.
When we finally reached my house, my dad took the 4runner for a spin concluding that the transmission was going out. Fantastic. The silver 4runner was my 3rd car up in Idaho. Cost of repairs: $1250. Well, seeing as how I had about 600 dollars in my bank account, repairing the poor truck was not an option. So, I hopped on KSL classifieds and found myself a little '95 Honda Civic. It's in pretty fair condition, lots of miles, but the guy who was selling it was a mechanic. Pretty nifty huh. He was moving to Florida in a week and was willing to give me the car for $700 if I took it out of his driveway that day. Deal. Dad paid the other hundred (thanks Dad!).
Sundance wasn't really an option for the weekend, seeing as how I didn't have a car and we were snowed in pretty badly. We went one evening for an hour or so, and after our feet were frozen, decided to call it quits. The remainder of the weekend was spent watching movies, playing games, and chillin with the fam.
So Monday rolls around and I can hardly contain my excitement to pick up my puppy. I had told the lady on Thursday that I would be in Ogden around 10am to pick up the puppy, and would call her that morning. Well, Monday morning, Garret and I called her 33 freakin times with no answer! Her sister finally called us back to tell us that she had sold the puppy to someone else. Lame. My heart sank and we continued back to Idaho (33 miles to the gallon I might add).
So that brings me to today. I have found a new little puppy to adopt, and he will be arriving in Rexburg around 5pm today! Also, my iphone gets fixed today. AND I just ate a scrumptious breakfast at the Marriott. AND my best friend Jon is coming to visit! It’s gonna be a good day :)
Okay, so I realize that I am not the strongest blogger, which is why I am right now making a promise to myself to be better at it...I'm trying not to be too strict on my resolution because you never know. I have periodically held a journal my whole life, sometimes leaving months and even years in between entries. I feel incredibly guilty as I read my last entry that says "I need to get better at this! Until tomorrow night..." Yeah right.
Anyways, my last post was somewhat minimal, but straight to the point. I did graduate from college. Hallelujah! 4 1/2 years and 130 credits later, I can now patiently wait 6-8 weeks for the diploma to arrive in the mail. Don't let the fancy blue leather case fool you, it's empty.
After graduation, I remained in Rexburg for a week or so while I continued to work at my oh so glorious job at the Marriott. I actually feel quite special to have a job there at the moment because we currently have around 1,500 resumes and applications stacked up in the back office. The week after graduation was somewhat interesting. I slept on a couch for about 3 days while I waited for the guy to move out of my new apartment. That's right, I have MY own apartment.
It consists of 2 floors. The upstairs contains the bedroom, which I have to admit has quite the awesome setup. I have my own pillowtop queen bed (which is amazingly comfortable considering the fact I've been sleeping in crappy approved housing twin mattresses the last 5 years), plenty of storage space, and a little niche in front of the bed where my new HDTV fits perfectly.
The downstairs has a small living room with 2 couches (which I recently discovered are futons), a small kitchen, then the full bathroom beside it. I will get pictures up as soon as I can. Surprisingly, I pay $400 a month for my trendy pad, all utilities included. That's right, be jealous. And yes, that is cheaper than BYU's approved housing.
When work subsided for a full 11 days, I spent Christmas with my family and the 26th flew out to rainy Washington to spend the remainder of my holidays with Garret and his family. I've been to his house before, but only met half his family. Let me tell you something. If you think your family are hardcore game players, it is nothing compared to the Still family. I'm not talking about video games either. This basically has FHE every night until 3am. I learned how to play RISK Godstorm, Settlers of Catan, Rook, and several others. Parent's and all would be around the kitchen table trying to claim victory until the wee hours of the morning.
Vacation finally ended, and Garret and I made the long trek back to Idaho. After sliding off the road near Boise, we decided to take advantage of my Marriott employee card, and hunkered down for the night to safely finish our drive the next morning.
It's currently a few weeks into the semester, and all I've been doing since is work work work! I'm back to Utah this weekend for the glorious Sundance Film Festival, then on my way home, I'm picking up a new addition. Yes I'm getting a doggy :) Pictures will soon follow.
Sorry for the long, boring post, but now I'm up to date!
I GRADUATE TODAY!!! no more school :) that's all.
i hate time. i think it's cause i don't really understand it...you know when you're enjoying something and time whizzes by? or when you're waiting for something to happen and it takes a bajillion times as long to reach that point? ya...that sucks. today's going to be a long day.
So I've been shown this website that i keep looking at over and over because it keeps making me laugh :P It's called www.peopleofwalmart.com.
This website gives people the opportunity to take pictures of people shopping at Walmart while wearing the most white trash thing, or even just acting white trash. It shows their cars, their outfits, what they're buying...People take pictures of these people and submit them to the site. It's basically amazing and you're missing out if you don't take a peek :)
That's all.
I love Gmail. I think it's wonderful that they put all the junky stuff they think I wouldn't like into this little folder called Spam. Then, every so often I delete all of my spam, and my gmail account rejoices. See for yourself! It makes me smile every time.
