Favorite

The song I'm currently listening to on repeat. I love Rascal Flatts.

Love Who You Love

The new me!

I've joked a lot with my co-workers about becoming someone different before I move back to MD because when people don't know you you can be anyone! I wanted to get a drastic new haircut and start wearing jewelry. Not sure if the jewelry thing will happen but the (drastic for me) haircut did. I'm still getting used to seeing myself with, what I would consider, a stylish haircut so the jury is still out but I think I like it. Here are some pictures...that I took of myself, so I apologize for the weird faces and poor quality. (I got an A-line cut, thus the front and back photos) What do you think?
Oh and one random thing...I fell in love with two pieces of furniture. I didn't think that was possible but when I sold my bookshelf (the bookshelf that I searched endlessly for and finally found for a crazy expensive price but bought anyway...that bookshelf) I almost cried. Here is a picture of my bookshelf & DVD stand. Luckily I get to keep the DVD stand.

Things I want to do before I leave Provo...

In no particular order.



-Eat at J-Dawgs. I never have and I feel a great desire to try the special sauce!!

-Have a spring cookout! It's tradition!

-Go to the zoo.

-Go stargazing in the canyon. It's still chilly in the evenings and this is a much better summer activity but I need one last good star gazing session before I leave!

-Go to Mimi's and eat corn chowder even though I'm allergic to corn.
-Go to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point. I've always wanted to go but couldn't justify the price. I still can't, but I might just go anyway.

















Oh...and pack.

Things that make me laugh...

Sometimes I just need to laugh, don't we all? I love youtube for this reason. I have a confession, I quite enjoy the freecreditreport.com commercials. They're catchy, they get stuck in my head and they make me think of my favorite work friend, Callie, who knows all of the words to one (all?) of them. My personal favorite is the pirate singing in the fish restaurant. If you hate it and don't want it stuck in your head, don't push play, this is my warning.





This video is from SNL. Chris showed it to me and, with my love of High School Musical, I couldn't help but love it. In case you haven't seen it, High School Musical 4.



Happy Tuesday everyone! I have 3 days of work left and more days then that left in Utah. I can't count how many because I don't want to know...

Oh and I'm going to start packing...right.

Happiness!

Dear Travelocity,

Thank you for sending me an email today to inform me of $99 round trip fares from the state my sister lives in to the state that I am leaving her for.  Leaving the sister & the nephew behind doesn't seem so painful when I only have to wait 117 days to see them again.  

Sincerely,

Beth  :) :) :)

My emotions always surprise me.  When I first decided to move all I could do was cry.  I cried every time I told people for the first few days and cried every time I thought about it.  Then I went through a dry spell.  Maybe it stopped feeling real because the decision had been made but I had a long wait ahead of me before the move actually came.  

As the time for me to leave comes closer I'm still not crazy emotional, but have moments of overwhelming sadness.  Before you think to yourself "Beth is backing out", I must say that I feel such peace that my decision will not be changing.  I'm just kind of amused by the things that have brought out this emotion.  I would have expected the sad moments to come in quiet moments when I was alone and thinking too much.  Not during normal, everyday activities.  Sitting in a truck with my best friend, driving through NV in a silent, comfortable moment I felt that sadness.  Running around my friends basement being rowdy & playing a made up game with my nephew, I felt sad again.  Sitting at a Ryan Shupe concert last night listening to a VERY upbeat song I cried.  These little moments are perfect examples of why leaving Utah will be so hard.  Those moments aren't necessarily sad moments or anything spectacular, they're fairly common moments that make up my life.  It's in those moments that I realize how much Utah has become my home.  Some may be confused at the fear and sadness I feel about moving "home".  To you I may be moving home but to me I'm leaving my home.  I feel safe and happy in MD but Utah is my home and leaving will be much harder then I would have expected.

Random random thoughts...