Basically technically

This is to all you cousins who say basically technically(which is all of you). I don't know if many of you know how that saying got started so... Whitney, Miranda and I had a geology class which was very late at night. Our teacher was a VERY dry man and we had to keep ourselves entertained by any means possible. We took to making fun of basically technically everything the poor man said. He was giving a lecture one dull evening and he said this phrase and we all thought it was hilarious of course; you know us. So we have merged it into our favorite sayings. Last week my friend Christa came over to my apartment with a funny story to tell me. She is a student at SLCC and has a History class there. She was talking to the girl sitting next to her and the girl uttered the golden phrase of basically technically. Christa said, "I have a friend who says that all the time." The girl sitting next to her said, "what's her name?" Christa said,"Leslie" And Madison said, "That's my cousin." What a small world we live in. Speaking of small worlds I ran in to Alexis, Tahna, and Seth Bott on saturday at the Gateway. I haven't seen them for it feels like years which it probably has been. And speaking of Seth Bott, Kelsie you SKUNK what were you thinking? Mind you, you better run for cover when next I see you. 

BUSY

So My life has continued being hectic and seems to be getting even more so. This may make some of you think I'm not myself or even unwell but I have joined a punk rock piano band. Yes, unbelievable I know. I am the lead singer and I also do the piano, Jake plays the guitar and sings backup, and Mike is our drummer. We're actually pretty good. Now, contrary to the title of genre we don't play PUNK music we cover bands and write our own but we're more mellow. I don't know how to describe what we play. Kinda, Ben Folds ish. anyway, I've also started teaching piano lessons. I enjoy teaching my students seeing as they are not elementary students. They're a little older and actually care about what I teach them. Also, I've Joined a writing group called writer's collective. We meet every week and read and discuss the pieces that we've written. And, I've decided to become a substitute teacher for those days that I'm not working at the Apple store. 

It's official. I'm moving out sometime  in the next couple of weeks. I've found a roommate and we actually have an apartment upstairs from where I live now. Her name is Ashley and she is in my ward and she's really sweet.

This last week I went and visited Timpanogos Caves. It's so beautiful in the mountains this time of year. The weather was perfect and the hike was slightly strenuous but I didn't feel like I was going to die.  All of these pictures were taken from my phone. pretty cool.

Thank you Whit for the Birthday Letter. It made me cry of course. I miss you waay mucho. Did you get my letter that I sent you like a month ago? Also, When you get home I have someone I want you to meet. He works with me and he is a return missionary from Honduras...he's really nice.

I love you all And hope to see you soon. Love ya

Sunday

This Sunday was regional conference for my ward. so this morning i went to the conference center with my roommate Jewel. We left at 9:30 because we expected a little bit of a crowd (there are a lot of singles wards that are in our region). HOLY COW! so apparently it was the whole salt lake region and not just singles so i had to park at the gateway. there were masses of people it was like general conference. So we finally make our way through the extensive lines and sat down, in really good seats considering, just in time for the meeting to start. we were down in the front plaza in the middle so pretty close to the speakers. President Hinkley, (President Hinkley's son) got up and announced that President Monson would be presiding. Ok. no one in our ward told us anything about this meeting so I was a little stunned that not only were there tons of people at what I was thinking was going to be like a singles stake conference but the prophet was literally  a few hundred feet away from me. It was a really enjoyable meeting. The prophet was the last speaker and he kept cracking jokes. I didn't realize what a funny guy he was. 

Anyway, that was my exciting sunday. 

 

OH yeah

by the way my new number is 1801-448-4218

whoopsi

Okay, I know that this is going to sound like I did it on purpose but that is not so. I went to Lagoon on Saturday and went on wicked. At the very tip of the top low and behold I see my phone floating in front of my face right before it plummeted to the ground. SOOO, i conformed and bought the iphone. It happens to be one of the coolest things I've ever owned. However, I don't have any numbers so if you guys would be so obliging as to get your number to me I would be greatly appreciative. cell and home if applicable. Thanks 

HOLY LABOR DAY!

Let me tell you all about my labor day weekend starting from the very beginning. A group of friends and i decided to go camping/ hiking down in little wild horse canyon this weekend. Little wild horse is a slot canyon right next to goblin valley. We left on Sunday night around five o'clock. It was kathy and pam, who are sisters and Jake and Jared who are brothers and me. we got to our camp spot about 9 pm that night and set up our tent. It was very windy and a little bit rainy but it was still warm. however, because of the horrible wind half of our tent collapsed about 6am so we decided to get up and start our hike early seeing as it was a nine mile hike we thought we would get an early start. after putting up camp we headed out around 7am. It was a beautiful canyon it really was amazing. Sheer cliffs about 30 ft. up on both sides of you you can reach out your hands and touch both walls. Anyway, we were about a mile in and Jared decided to go up to the top of the cliffs and take pictures of us down below. Pam and i were ahead of the group and had turned around to watch jared try and come down. He slipped on some loose rocks and plummeted down the 30 ft. drop. he dissapeared behind a rock so all I heard was his thud and the rocks landing a few seconds later. We all thought that he would be just fine so we made our way to him not really in a rush. His brother was the first one there and as soon as I heard the fear in Jakes voice I knew that it was bad. I ran to them Jake was trying to lift Jared off the ground to carry him out. Jared's head was bleeding and he was completely unconscious his breaths deep and labored.  I screamed at Jake to not move him. we didn't know if his back or neck was broken so we laid him in my lap and Jake ran for help. I have rarely prayed so hard or been so scared. I thought that Jared was going to die in my lap. So we prayed and mid-prayer Jared started to moan. HIs eyes fluttered and he looked up at me. Both his pupils were the same size so and he recognized his own name. I had to keep him awake until the EMTs could arrive. I checked his body asked him if other things hurt and he would grunt at me. then he rolled to the side and puked on his arm and my leg. (I will never drink gatorade again) both his hands were sliced open and I could see the bone of his right pinkie. I grabbed Jakes bandana and wrapped his hand. His head was what I was most concerned with after I realized that his neck, back, legs and arms were okay as far as i could tell. He had a gash on his forehead and was also bleeding from his nose and ear. After about 45 min Jake and the EMTs arrived and we rolled him onto a back board. Me, Jake, and four goblin valley rangers hiked him out over rocks and boulders. It is amazing what you can do when you have adrenaline pumping through you. We got him out it took about two hours and finally we reached were the ATVs could drive up and we loaded all our bags on those and the big ranger switched me out and I drove kathy and the bags on one ATV and another lady drove pam out. while the rest continued on with Jared. WE got him to the ambulance and loaded him in and they drove him to Castleview. WE went to goblin valley to fill out a report and then followed after him. We were at the hospital until 5pm I think we got there aroung 12:30 or 1. they did x-rays and CAT scans and realized that Jared had a fractured skull so they life-flighted him up to provo. ironically enough Jared is a fourth year med student and he is doing a rotation at the same place they life-flighted him. We drove up to provo and Jake and I dropped kathy and Pam off at their house and then we went to the hospital. I was there until 10:30 pm. Fortunately, Jared is fine his face is broken and he has a wicked black eye and his pelvis is fractured and he has too many stitches to count...but his brain is fine he is still really smart he remembers mostly everything. They moved him out of ICU today and they think that he will go home tomorrow. and that was my long weekend adventure which I hope never to repeat.    

Hey all, This week has been very interesting because all 3 of my roommates decided to go to washington so I have had the apartment all to myself for this week. It is quite relaxing to have a bit of time to myself. Also the best thing about not having my roommates around is that my apartment is blissfully clean! Last thursday I received a very exciting package. My new IMAC yay! It is so much fun I play on it all the time. there are so many new applications to play with. Anyway, school starts on monday and here is a list of the classes I've decided I need to sign up for sometime in the near future: The pleasure of chocolate 101, Communications (animal comm. that is), end of life issues, Ghost hunting, and African drumming.Unfortunately, my schedule is full this semester and I was unable to fit these fascinating  courses into it which is slightly depressing i've always wanted to know how to talk to animals. I'm glad that someone in the world has figured out how to speak the language of animals. And I'm sure that i would have taken great pleasure in chocolate this semester however, it is not to be. Speaking of school I found out that apple will reimburse me for my education if I apply for a full time position. sooo... 

 I have been riding my bike to work every day this week I love it. 

Other than that nothing much has been going on this week. I hope that I am still able to go camping this weekend we will see. I'll let you know later this week when I find out more about m

y schedule.  Love ya

p.s. remember this little thing?