Wow it's been awhile

LOL Well I am the worlds worst blogger :) I haven’t' done a post since January, and it's not because I don't have things to talk about because you all know I always have plenty to say

So starting it off, I got laid off at the end of June. Which SUCKED, but I found a new job and surprisingly I love it. Which is good considering all the benefits I lost to take it, but it pays my bills and I'm thrilled to have it. My family and friends where awesome throughout the 5 weeks of unemployment, thanks a bunch.

That was pretty much the only big thing that happened throughout the summer. Which seriously, how is it already over :( It's so sad when the warm summer starts giving way to fall. It always depresses me for some reason. Actually I know the reason, I look better with a tan :)

Last weekend I did something that will shock pretty much everyone who knows me. I hiked Mt. Timpanogos's summit (second highest peak in the Wasatch), which is roughly 15 miles round trip and 4,600 vertical feet. Elizabeth a really good friend of mine and her husband Ryan had wanted to do it for awhile, they got a group together and invited me. To say that I’m not a hiker is not getting the point across. I have been on two hikes in my life, both of which I turned around long before I made it to the destination. But for some crazy reason I just wanted to see if I could do it. And I wanted to see the view from the top.

I had to get up at 5:00 AM to meet at Elizabeth’s house. By the time everyone got there, drove to the trail head and got our packs on, we were on the trail by 8:00. I’ve always known UT was pretty but walking through the mountains in the early morning at the beginning of fall is something else altogether. Some of the leaves had started to change so it was really nice to see all of the colors.

I would love to tell you that I enjoyed every minute and would totally do it again but that would be a lie, if it weren’t for Lizzy pushing me on I would have turned around. The last portion getting to the summit was a little bit scary for me. The trail was very narrow going up the shoot. The only way to describe it was a little bit of rock climbing lol and all I kept thinking was that I had to go back down it, I’ve never been afraid of heights but I was that day. It was FREZZING COLD at the top, and the wind was blowing like crazy but the view was so amazing that you almost didn’t notice it.

It was a huge accomplishment for me, I am really happy that I made it the entire way and didn’t turn around. But I do believe that next weekend you can find me on my couch reading a book and not on top of a mountain!!!!!!!!!