3/24/13

Hello!

I'm writing tonight still riding a cloud that we jumped aboard Thursday night and rode through the weekend. I had such an excellent time, I'd like to tell you about it.

First, though, I should mention that the beginning of the week was very busy, but I felt reinvigorated coming off of Spring Break, and I continually surprised myself with how much effortless energy I had to apply to homework, work, or whatever I was doing. It was quite heartening, since, as I've mentioned in previous posts, the end of winter has been a doldrums. I've switched from a canvas army jacket with wool liner to an uninsulated leather jacket, and I've put my heavy boots in the cupboard for the season. They were too small anyway.

When Wednesday came, I had prepared to spend the evening with Tiana and one of her wonderful friends from Rexburg, Haeli Johnson. We went out to dinner at Chili's (don't judge...this is Logan, Ut) and afterward spent the night laughing and philosophizing.

The next morning, I took off for SLC to meet my dad and uncle for four basketball games of the NCAA tournament. Four consecutive basketball games is not for the weak-hearted, or the health-minded, as all that is available to eat is fried, salted, and sugared enough to make Paula Deen say this.
However, I had a fun time, and I ate salad on Friday.

I had to return to Logan Friday morning for classes, although it was a little stupid because I didn't return until about 2 am and ended up sleeping through my morning classes anyways. BUT I didn't miss anything too important, and after I woke up was when the fun really began. Tiana came to Salt Lake with me Friday, and my wonderful friend since Kindergarten aka Mr. Manager Jason Birch of the Hyatt Place SLC hooked us up with a complimentary 6th floor suite for the night, complete with gift basket. But wait! There's more! Mr. Manager also took us out to a wonderful, free, delicious dinner at a fondue restaurant, which served as a segue to a fantastic night of debauchery and dancing, eventually ending back at the Hyatt around 4 AM.

Jason continued his streak of awesomeness the next day when he scored two free box tickets to the day's basketball games. We gave them to my dad and uncle, and the three of us sat in the upper bowl and watched Arizona beat Harvard, and Witchita State upset no. 1-ranked Gonzaga. It was great fun.

Today I had to work, and I'm getting up at 4 in the morning to study for a test, so that cloud we're on is on cloud death row, but I crashed my car into a bridge I'll let it burn I love it I don't care I love it.

Those pictures at the top were taken by my lovely fiance. We climbed to the wind caves in Logan Canyon over Spring Break with Steve Holt the incredible hiking chihuahua. I thought her pictures were great. And for the record, I spotted that mini rainbow, not Tiana. I'm like the director of that picture; she is the expendable peon.

There are only six weeks left in the semester. It's time to start planing my summer and fall. I've been thinking about doing an IT certification at the technical college over the summer (probably wrapping up early next winter) in order to get a job doing some hands-on computer work. I would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone with advice on that front. It's pretty reasonably priced, and the schedule seems flexible enough for my life.

I'm proud of Tiana this week because she made $100 selling found items from DI on etsy. Here is her shop, if you are interested.  I think it's awesome. I like having a lover who is so creatively productive. It is a pleasure to see the things she selects, creates, edits, steals or creates. I could never be with someone who didn't have a strong personal identity after being with Tiana. Admittedly, though, it is hard to believe I could be with anyone else at all after being with Tiana.

I heard this song on the way to SLC, and I was singing along embarrassingly loudly. It's a good one, I've liked it since I was 7.

Have a good week, everybody.