Festivities and Crashes

I have a beautiful life. I have a privileged life with good people in it. This month has been full of adventures. From vacations, to weddings, to my computer dying ( RIP Petunia) it has been a  memorable month.


To start it all out, Spring Break in Las Vegas baby! One of my favorite vacation places. Spring Break was WARM! It was great to actually do something rather than just work. The first couple of days on our journey was just in Southern Utah. There is no way in Hades that if I went to school there that I would actually stay inside and do school work. I would constantly be out hiking and going on adventures. (Probably a big reason USU has such a great stat standing for education students receive--we have to stay inside to avoid frostbit for 327 days out of the year). 

I have a lot of fond memories from Raspberry Butterfinger "mini" shake, to awkward statues, to choosing between monkey molestation or frisky old man in "would you ever". This trip reiterated to me the best part of a road trip is the road. Being cooped in a car with two other people for 8 hours is a blast. I don't know what it is about a vehicle but it is like a confession box, people open up....

But to get back to Vegas, getting lost and finding a drug lords house and seeing if we could stay there always make for fun stories to look back on a smile.

Cheering on the Aggies to a championship was delightful. We had such a great turn out from our school. It makes me really proud to say that I am an Aggie, but terribly sad to leave it behind to start the new chapter in my life. 

I think this new chapter that is opening, as scary as it is with how quickly it is coming, is also very exhilarating. I can't believe I am almost a college graduate. I don't feel old enough or smart enough. But I am loving the fun that comes from it.

Mr. & Mrs. Hansen

In the middle of this month, one of my life long friends found the man of her dreams and was married to him until the end of forever. She looked beautiful and he looked dashing. I am so happy that they allowed me to share their special day with them. I wish them all the happiness in the world. I am so happy for her, she has always been a great example to me and I love her for always being a great friend. I remember when we were little and our sleepovers full of boy talk, being in plays together and falling head over heels for the lead, being teenage girls together. I am very excited for their future together. Congratulations.

After this fantastic weekend, my technological life died. Petunia died about 20- 30 minutes after I printed off a bill that I had to write for my simulation class. I wanted to scream when she wouldn't run. I thought I lost EVERYTHING: my documents, my music, pictures, lesson plans, my school work. The 4 and half years we had together was gone in a second. I took it to Geek Squad the next day, and the numb skulls really don't know anything I am afraid, but they did tell me that I needed a new one that they could/would not look to see whar the problem was unless I forked over the amount of money it would cost to get a new one. I took Petunia from them and held her as I looked for her replacement. It is so sad how dependent I am on, as many are, on technology and when it breaks, we are screwed.

I now have a new laptop and it is sheik. And luckily, over Christmas Break, I put all my pictures, documents and 2/13 of my music onto an external hard drive (that is all that would fit). I am still sad and would still love to get all my stuff from Petunia's memory, so if anyone reading this knows of any way to pull things from a hard drive that does not have my user name on it, let me know. It is weird, everything is still on it, I just cannot access any of it, sadly. RIP Petunia I miss you little Gateway Lady, you were amazing for 4 and 1/2 years.

But after every tragedy there needs to be a celebration and I celebrated by going to the Festival of Colors. It was amazing. Prior to this attendance, I had yet gone, and I am now addicted. I can't wait to go next year. The girls I went with were a riot, we had so much fun together and had some real deep conversations. At the festival a man gave a little speech that caused me to ponder. Even though he was talking about celebrating differences, I want to celebrate this point in my life. 


[More to this thought below the pictures]

before

after

Driving a hour like this was interesting

Adventures are what this time of my life should be all about. Yes, the future is scary, trying to figure out and plan out the years ahead is scary. So I am going to focus on tomorrow. tomorrow can be simple and easier than thinking about the next 60 years. I want to do one thing each day that scares me. Going to the festival of colors was a blast- texting the car full of boys on the freeway who were from Utah's top hat was scary and spontaneous. My freak flag is continuing to soar, and is going to continue through April.

Thanks for making this month a memorable March!