Back in the saddle again!

Quite a bit has happened since I last posted... I made it back to Salt Lake on July 29th which was kind of sketchy but I made it safe and sound, along with most of my stuff, though I must admit some did have to be thrown away since it just wouldn't fit in my little car. Although after arriving and finding some of the stuff that made it on my "keep list", I can't believe some of my decisions! (seriously, does one person need three boxes of towels? The answer is NO! Meanwhile I threw away one of my favorite bowls and two of my water bottles which would have taken up less space than all of these towels!!!)

The next day, we went up to Idaho where my brother was competing in the Spudman Triathlon. I couldn't believe people would voluntarily put themselves through that but I guess it would be nice to be in that kind of shape. It did inspire me to start working out and hopefully will be able to run a 5K either at the end of September or beginning of October.

Since all of my stuff couldn't fit into my room anymore, the dejunking began... HOLY COW! I can't believe the stuff I've held onto all of these years! Moving so many times has given me a new perspective on keeping junk... If you aren't using it, then it gets thrown away. I have even taken over some of the bedroom next door which was my little brother's old room, but now just houses his (and more recently my) stuff. Here are a couple of pics of my room and one of the room next door: It's gotten better since these were taken but still not quite there yet... Hopefully I can get to the point where I don't have clutter all over. I may just start throwing everything away!




I went to dinner with some friends from elementary school two weeks after I got back. It was fun to see everyone again and hear what they're up to. Everyone looks exactly the same (a little older though of course).

Last week I went with my parents and little brother to California to see my brother and his family. We stayed for almost a week and had a great time! Some of the highlights were going to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, visiting Solvang which is the Danish capital of America (our ancestry on my paternal Grandfather's side is from Denmark, hence my last name), finding Neverland Ranch, former home of Michael Jackson (you can't yet go inside so we just found the gates. Hopefully soon they will turn it into a museum or something), and playing on the beach. Of course we enjoyed their company as well. Here are a couple of pics of the trip:






Still no job but have heard of a couple of possibilities. Hopefully something will work out soon! I'm going to try and start studying for the GRE again and apply for grad schools for next fall. I didn't realize getting into grad school was such a process but I guess they want you to take it seriously!

As a side note, I actually miss Denver a little and will especially miss the Broncos! I went to two of their games last year and they're so much fun (albeit, expensive and one time really cold)! So since I needed a new background and couldn't find another one that I really liked, I chose this one. Go Broncos!