The Adventures of Lonely Girl

So for the last long time, I've been trying to come up with something to blog about. I kept telling myself that nothing particularly stellar has happened since Abram has been in Oregon. And really, I was kinda right. But here we are, almost one week from now I fly up to meet him and I think that I've done "strictly okay" (as Autumn would say) and doing the "alone thing."

So the highlights include a few things. First, playing some serious Settlers of Catan: Cities and Knights with a few very awesome friends. Between the Sekaquaptewas and the Sievers we've had some awesome battles to the finish. It's all about getting to "happy level" on the book commodity and bustin' a move with a good port or two. It loses a little luster when someone (ahem, KORY) steals the golden arches of your metropolis!!! GRRRRRRRR. However, if you happen to remain on top, it seriously feels so good to win that game!!!

Number two: Weekends. I spent the last two weekends up in Farmington moving around bark, enjoying truly amazing (please catch the sarcasm) service at the local Chili's (the food was tasty though), singing in church for Mom and enjoying good company and a nice cool basement all to myself (which is a super nice change from my little hot house in Provo). I also got to swing by Stansbury Park to enjoy some time with Baron, Donette & the kiddiewinks. We had a great time playing frisbee ("far out") and Baron showed me around on his Warcraft account. The tour included the most hallowed grounds where the Sword of A Thousand Truths defeated the most evil of enemies and a cathedral that's looks suspiciously like the San Diego Temple. (Don't worry if you don't get that sword stuff. It just means you watch less tv than I do).


Number 3: Weddings. (Drinks all around!) I enjoyed going to a sealing of two friends in the Mt. Timpanogos temple last Saturday. Besides the beautiful ceremony (which was kind of hard without my sweetie there), my favorite was Ariel's polka dot wedding dress!! I was all white with a netting top on the skirt that had white polka dots in the netting. HOORAY FOR POLKA DOTS!!!

Four: DIAD. Boo DIAD. DIAD is the name of the new software we're implementing at work. It is the cause of me having to work this Saturday and Sunday. It is causing everyone a lot of stress. Some guy from IT told me it was written back in the 70's. So yeah, we're movin' on up! It's by a company called Procomm Plus, I think. Here's a typical screen shot for your viewing pleasure:

So you don't really use the mouse, AT ALL. YEAH! No offense Mom, but I remember how much fun you had learning how to use the mouse. Maybe you'd like this! ;) But anyway, I'm REALLY hoping that things work out with this dinosaur.

So that about does it I guess. Exciting, no? Well, a week from today I fly up to Oregon and my lonely woes shall end. Thanks for all the support and for reading this. :)

What color are their hands now?

So I've been secretly living the life of a criminal for almost two months now. Unbeknownst to me that is. I can say that it's easy when you're ignorant, but when confronted with one's crimes, all becomes frantic checking of the rear view for cops, coming to a full and complete stop at every 4-way, and driving as slow as the old lady in the Lincoln in front of you in the right lane and being grateful for it.

So what am I REALLY getting at? Well, I happened to notice my driver's license on Wednesday night. Guess what the expiration date was? In case you can't make it out on this crappy scan, the expiration date is 04/14/2008. Yeah. What an unpleasant surprise! And thus followed the over-cautious driving (which is how I ALWAYS drive, Dad ;) ). So bright and early on Thursday morning I nonchalantly stroll into the Provo Driver's License Division, filled out the renewal form and tried to act natural. I really thought I'd have to re-take the written driving test or pay some fine or something. Fortunately, the, shall we say, less than exuberant government worker behind the counter required nothing of the sort. I signed some papers, paid my 25 bucks and gave a dorky smile to the camera. And thus was issued freedom, albeit temporary, from my criminal life. It doesn't compete with Mountain Fuel, but it's "pretty tasty." And yes, the new licenses really are pink like that. Oh goody! So the moral of the story is, keep in mind that your postal forwarding when you move only lasts 6months-ish and the government is not going to make any real effort to notify you that you're about to turn illegal. I'm glad it's all over though. So many bad things (namely, a FAT fine) could have happened!!!

The Big Fat Month of June :P

So, as I'm sure you all know, because I whine about it a lot, Abram is in Portland this month and I'm here in Provo. Boo. But things are going okay so far. But then again, this is only day 5 of 34 days apart. So, he's at a firm called Vial Fotheringham (http://vf-law.com/index.html). Right now he's working on some trust stuff. I don't know. It's all greek to me. But he says he's enjoying himself. I'm jealous of course, that he gets to be in beautiful Oregon, eat his mom's amazing food everyday and be sooooo close to Little T & Sydney (whom I still haven't met!).





But hey, I'm still keepin' it real here at good ol' PDC. Ha ha. The rejection specialist lives on. We're gearing up for some BIG changes in the company. We're switching all our software over to something else. From my understanding, the nature of my job will change quite a bit, but no one can really tell me the details. Oh, and the least exciting of all is that they're changing my department name from Rejections to Queries. BLEH! I'm already hearing new jokes about it. I'm going to continue to call it rejections as long as I can. But at least I've got some amazing greenery in my corner of the office. I wish I could upload some pics, but Abram took the camera. Sorry. :( But I have 6 plants in my tiny little cubicle corner, 3 of which are approximately 3 feet high. Woo hoo! "Mom, it's a jungle out there!" The two biggest are rubber plants named Perseus & Andromeda (go Clash of the Titans!) A big palm tree looking thing called Brecht (a gold star to you if you know who he's named for) a very ambitious pathos named Reggie (for rejections), the little leafy thing Mom gave us all in a paper cup named Dot and a new little spider-ish plant named Quintessa (we tried to find a Q name for Queries). I really wish I had some photos. Use your imagination. ;)



So you can tell by the above paragraph that there is A LOT going on for me right now, ha ha. Oh, for all you Brian Regan fans, you can pre-buy tickets for his August 15th show at Thanksgiving Point this Friday. I don't know how much they are. I might not even be going, haha. I've decided that the Nintendo DS is the new re-incarnation of the old NES, and is fantabulous. I don't have one, but a friend let me borrow one. Hooray! I also really like it when my wireless is working at home. Our PC (which never gets any use, but does now that Abram's laptop is gone) struggles a bit with it, but hey, baby steps, huh? So I'm going to put an end to the randomness that has become this post. Feel free to suggest any meaningful activites for one who has suddenly become single again for a month. Thanks for reading!!

Trip to St. George

So we had a wonderful little weekend in St. George (9th - 11th) in celebration of Abram finishing his first year of law school. We had a great time hiking in Snow Canyon State Park and doing a whole lot of nothing. The vacation was short lived as Abram was in the middle of (and still currently) working on becoming a state certified mediator, and preparing for his June externship in Portland, OR. And of course, it was back to work for me. Hope you all enjoy the pictures!!

Hi friends!
So here's my first attempt at blogging. Woohoo! It's late and I need to get to bed. Tomorrow I'll figure out how to upload some photos of our most recent trip to St. George May 9th - 11th. Hooray!