finding my way home.

My thoughts on my weekend trip to Utah: (For those who will read this and think WHAT SHE DIDN'T CALL ME!?...I knew I'd be really busy and so I didn't tell anyone I was coming! I still love you all!)

1. Utah is FLIPPIN' COLD! Yeah don't worry that I flew to Utah and didn't have so much as a light jacket to protect me from the freezing cold weather! LUCKILY Jen loves me and lent me an adorable jacket for the weekend - which I incidentally still have. =)

2. I'm SO lucky to have such awesome friends of Amanda, Jared, and Cathy! They always open their home to me and let me tell you people - this is first class accommodations! And it's just fun to visit them. The BEST travel companions in the WORLD. And we're soooo going back to Holland together soon. We have to retake all of our pictures with our new hot bodies!

3.. Pomegranate frozen yogurt! A MUST HAVE. We went to Red Mango after lunch one day and it was TASTY!

4. I realize that really the only thing to do in Utah is eat...because yeah...we ate like ALL day. Incidentally I now LOVE Noodles & Company cause it was probably the healthiest thing I ate the whole time I was there...but man those sliders from Harley Davidson! Oh yum. And let NOT forget all you can eat French toast and raspberry blondies from Hagerman's bakery. AHHHH! If I lived in Utah I would probably weigh 800 pounds...well actually I'd just have to be hanging off a mountain everyday in order to balance out my waistline.

5. If you like rock climbing you HAVE to to go Momentum gym in Sandy...that was awesome! So many good climbs for all levels. I had so much fun and was so sore the day after.

6. Radio stations. What the freak? There is like a radio station on every wavelength BUT it's either country (which I can stand for a while, but oh my gosh not FOREVER!), hispanic, or church music!! Where's the rock - classic, indie or otherwise! Where's the alternative? I mean people - how can you live life without some Cake!? If my rental car didn't have XM radio I think i might have died.

7. Daylight savings time - sucks. I knew about it and I prepared for it. I set the alarm on my phone which switches over automatically. I ALSO set the alarm in my room. Now the alarm in my room was wrong the whole time I was there so I set it correctly before I went to sleep...or so I thought...I set it 12 hours ahead..yep so I was supposed to wake up at 6:30 am so that I could take a quick shower and run to the airport...and I was laying in bed that morning quite surprised that I was waking up before my alarm. I lay there for a few moments and then I roll over to see that it is 8:00 AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!! Yeah - my plane boards at 8:40 am. AND I have to return my rental car. I'm in TROUBLE! So I literally POPPED outta bed - THREW everything into my suitcase....ran down the stairs to my car and sped off. I was on the phone with Jet Blue asking if the flight was ontime and if they thought I had a chance of making it...and Yeah - when I hit Magna I was going 100 in a 65 and oh yea...sirens behind me. Thankfully the cop had complete mercy on me - I think he was afraid I was going to bust into tears because I was so frantic...and he let me go with a warning and told me to slow down. Which I did....to 90 the rest of the way to the airport. =) Well I did make it...but i was in SUCH a rush and barely got on the plane before the door closed...that I didn't realize when the cop pulled me over. I threw my cell phone on the passenger seat of my rental car. Yeah - my phone is in Utah. Thankfully Jet Blue is very kind and is sending it to me on the next flight tomorrow. So I'm just out of a phone until tomorrow. I might survive...but don't get me wrong...it's been TOUGH.

So what I learned in the end was that I do miss Utah...for the outside stuff and for my fabulous friends...but I belong in Vegas and I'm glad to be home.