Bring on the SNOW!

So, this last week in the field, I saw more collective snow than I have ever seen in my life, and I'm sure that goes for most southerners I know too! I went into the field on Tuesday and there was maybe a foot of snow on the ground (still alot!) and that night it started snowing and didn't stop until saturday morning!!! That's right, no sun for 5 days! It is amazing the mental toll that takes on a person, and it was doing numbers on me. Thank goodness I was working with amazing people so we were able to laugh and keep our sanity as much as possible. Here are some pictures from the week, the biggest bonus is that the snow in Utah is very dry so it isn't the sticky wet snow that comes to us in the South, it is perfect for snowballs and snow sculptures, and doesn't get nasty very quickly....

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I tried to find a bible verse that talked about how God puts wonderful people in our lives for a reason, the extent of my search was google, so maybe i didn't try hard enough...

I have made it official that I am leaving Utah in May, the 8th to be exact. And it has amazed me how much support i have gotten with my decision and i don't know why, but I am surprised at how much of a life I have built here in Utah. I guess because I am almost always on the go, it surprised me that when i slowed down that there are all these people who care so much about me. And if i wasn't so attatched to being close to my family then i could see myself staying here for a while in this world I have created for myself. But alas, family is who I want to be close to, and even though they are the driving force behind me leaving, it is already becoming hard for me to imagine myself leaving. Knowing it is the right choice doesn't make it the easy choice by any means. Keeping in touch through email and phone doesn't touch the bonds I have created in person and a part of me is fearful that those relationships are going to waver because of distance and that is something I have seen happen a lot in my life and I guess I am hopefull and fearful that they will hold up and know that there is a good chance that they won't, hard to admit to myself. It is hard to prepare myself to let go of certain friendships while i still try and get the last few drops of fun out of them. Soudns self defeating right? Just whats in my head at the moment, it helps for me to write it down sometimes and not feel so alone in my sad thoughts.

Ok, enough sadness for tonight. I'm going to try to go enjoy some time with a dear friend before heading out to the snowy snowy snowy desert (said snowy 3 times for how many feet we are supposed to get)

Thanks for reading!

Sleepy Ship

So, The sleepy ship is a couch, a very very comfortable couch that belongs to my friends Shad and Jp. Jp happens to be one of my closest friends here in Utah an older sister figure to me out here away from family. I spend a lot of time at her house on this couch and we usually end up chatting and then falling asleep...hence the sleepy ship.

I have decided to make some changes in my life coming up this summer and they will be taking me away from Utah and sad and happy thing. And something I will miss the most about living here is my friendship with Jp that has grown over the past year. Most recently we took a trip to Seattle to see the Titans and Seahawks play, it was an amazing trip! Jp has worked at Second Nature for 10, yes 10 years! So she has been a great resource for me and helped me develop into a better staff than i could be without her.

Anyway, I just wanted to post a little about JP so people back home could know a little more about her!