The Perfect Storm

Sailing is probably the sweetest thing I've done all summer! Kelli knew this guy (Seth) who owns a sail boat, and he takes some friends to go sailing pretty often. So we went to Bear Lake and went sailing with him! Good times. Here are some pictures of our adventure...

The weather was absolutely perfect. The perfect amount of wind
to keep us moving, and the sun wasn't too hot, seriously it was perfect.

Ohh, just Kelli and I. I'm not quite sure what she was doing though
LOL!


That's better.

Just relaxing. I love this picture. Kelli also operating the boat.

She was quite the captain!

Too funny! I think Steph took this picture, and we voted that

this totally reminds us of a post card. Caption: "Doing fine without you."

Haha, that's Jake by the way- He did most of the sailing.

Seth taking over- being awkward. Love it.

Two of my AWESOME roommates, love these girls.

Steph and I bundled up, it kinda got a little breezy

Titanic Reenactment. Nice one Kelli!

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Okay, So right after we're all bundled up and it starts to get a little cold, we look at the sky and it appears that a storm is coming up! Seriously it came out of nowhere! The wind picked up, and the sail boat was tipping hardcore! The guys put the sails down, and at this point we're just moving with the help of a motor. Not very fast at all, and the storm is definitely beating us.

Here's what the clouds started to look like.

Here's some lightning. Still 20 minutes away from the marina.

So scary!

I seriously have never thought I was going to die until then. Luckily we did make it home safely, thanks to the guys who didn't choke under pressure. But the boat was rocking, tipping, and I was so scared of that lightning. It was seriously what you see in movies, and hope never happens to you!

* There is a moral to this story though--- Don't go boating on a Sunday! I will NEVER ever ever ever do that again. Needless to say I repented as soon as I got home..

Here's to.. anger?

Haha, I feel like being a pessimist today. I recently posted a blog about ten things that make me terribly happy, and now I'd like to focus on ten things that make me terribly angry. It makes it so much better to write everything down..

1. People who aren't reliable
2. When slow people drive in the fast lane, ahhh I swear Utah Drivers never took drivers ed!
3. When I don't get paid for over 3 weeks, and have no money in the bank on top of that.
4. Not being successful at finding decent jobs
5. When I look my absolute best at church in hopes of running into some hot guy, and never do.
6. When people interrupt me or someone I'm talking to
7. Annoying/self absorbed/thinks the world revolves around them kind of people.
8. LIARS
9. When I have to miss FHE/church/or any other church function.
10. Girl drama. soooooo annoying.

Haha, I feel so much better now!

Stephanie's Birthday Bash and Other Happenings

Yesterday was Stephanie's 20th Birthday!! Woooot! I thought it would be fun to throw a surprise BBQ for her, so the roommates and the guys next door helped too. Steph came home from work early, so while we were preparing her food, it was kind of obvious we were doing this for her.. so the surprise was out, and she went shopping with me for other food items at the store, haha. A failed attempt at a surprise party, but still fun. Here are some pictures.


Happy B-Day Steph! haha the guys went and bought her a b-day
crown. Much better than the one they were going to get at BK!


Oh just Kelli and Steph chillin on the Partio. Notice Kelli's beautiful
drawings, and our random assortment of furniture! That couch
is LEGIT.


Waiting for the awesome food!

Ohh, just cookin up some broccoli. Steph's fav.

Bubbah grillin up some Hawaiian burgers! yummmmay!

Steph riding the Birthday Unicorn! You can see the picnic

table in the back too.. Patio furniture would be nice.. haha

After the BBQ we headed off to check out the NEW Walmart! It's huuuge!

This is Jared and I jamming out to some Jurassic 5, IN THE HOUSE. Youtube it.

We also went to the park after, and tried to play a little ball, but it was too dark to even see the ball.. so we just hung out.

**Stephanie I hope you're reading this, cause this part is alll for you!

-I am so glad I met you! You are seriously like my other half. I've never met anyone that is basically the same person as me. I enjoy our late night chats on the patio, exploring L-town, going on walks, and getting a snow cone like everyday! You are such an inspiration to me, and you're soooo nice. I hope we can remain best friends as the years pass. It sure is going to suck without you as my roommate during the school year.. You are the coolest person ever and everyone loves ya! I hope you had an amazing day, you're the best!

Also... I wanted to mention this.. The night before Stephanie's birthday all of the guys and us decided we wanted to do something extreme. We've heard about Haunted houses and things like that all over Utah, so we thought it would be WAY EXTREME to go to the Haunted Nunnery just up the canyon. Legend has it, that at the nunnery there were little kids who were killed in the pool that's there. or somewhere around there.. Anyway, pretty haunted. Upon arriving at the nunnery, (You have to walk a ways to even get near it. its basically in the middle of nowhere) I started to feel super sick. Like, a feeling I get when I've done something wrong, or something bad has happened.. only times that by like 70. I was seriously going to throw up if I went any further. Maybe it was the Wendy's BACONATOR BURGER that I had a few hours before.. I don't know?? (P.S. I will never eat that heart-attack-in-a-sack again!) But anyway, yeah. So sick. Everyone else was like, come on! We came here, and we're going to see it! It was a good thing Stephanie was on the same page as I was, because she felt like she was going to hurl as well. I was so glad that Steph didn't want to go too, cause there was NO WAY I was going to go back alone, but there was no way I would have gone any further. So Steph and I go back to the car while the others go a little further. When we saw them come back to the car, we asked how it was. They said they didn't even dare go too much further either. We just all felt sick about it. So who knows what would have happened had we gone all the way? I just know that I had a feeling that I needed to stay away from that, and I did. I don't need to know what would have happened. Seriously I've never felt that sick about anything! It was crazy. Weird thing too, Stephanie went to this WAY haunted house where she saw ghosts, and there are pictures of it too, and the organ was playing while she was in the house. But she said when she went inside the house she felt sick, but not to the point of throwing up. She said this was the worst feeling she's ever felt! Ahhhhhhhhh. Anyway, just thought I'd share that with ya.

One last thing.. about the job...

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I didn't get it. :(

Sad day. Oh well, I hate being annoying anyway. Buckle employees buggg. But they've gotta do what they've gotta do. Kudos to them.

More updates!

I've been pretty busy these past couple of weeks, believe it or not! July 1st- I registered for school.. got that step out of the way! I have been studying super hard for a Math Placement test too. I was hoping to get into Math1010, so I wouldn't have to take the easier one. Math1010 is a pre-requisite for a statistics class I need to take for my major, so if I was in the easier math class I would've had to take that class and math 1010 before I could even start taking classes going toward my major. Well, all that studying payed off- cause I passed! I'm in Math 1010 baby. 4 days a week.. suuuck! So I think I'm at 16 credits for the fall semester. And I have to work at least part-time... Kind of over-whelming, but everyone else seems to do it!

Also, I've applied for a job at the Buckle. Ahhhh.. it's going to definitely take some self-discipline not to spend my paychecks on clothes/shoes! But, I don't even know if I got the job yet. I had a 'mini' interview yesterday, and she said she'd keep in touch within the next 48 hours. Can I just say, it was the weirdest interview I've ever had?! First of all, I went in a little early, so when she was with other people in the meeting room, I was totally okay to sit and wait. I was browsing through some clothes, VERY cute ones - might I add.. And she comes out and says, "Laurel?" So I go up and greet her. We're still chillin in the clothing section, I was thinking she was going to take me back into the meeting room. Nope. She asks me all these questions like, "Why do you think you would be a great asset to our team?" "Why not go back to work at Sizzler?" "What other jobs have you done?" Just short questions like that. I told her that I did want to work full time right now, and keep the job throughout the school year. So, I figured that was a good- employers usually want workers who want hours, right? I was kind of disappointed it was so short. I didn't have anytime to sell myself! But I thought it went really well. Hopefully I get the job, I need hours!

And the final update for the afternoon: Boys. Totally meeting lots of new guys everyday! Infact, during the 4th of July weekend, I woke up at 5 am just to make it in time to go to my ward! Let me tell you-- TOTALLY WORTH IT! My ward is filled with tons of cute RM's. And my roommate, Stephanie, is the Ward Prayer Coordinator, so I knew I'd be chosen to do the thought or prayer. So I did the thought on Sunday night. Met lots of other guys there. They invited us to watch a movie over at their place. Note to the wise: DO NOT SEE THE KNOWING. Sooo lame. But it was a fun night. Monday night Stephanie and I were just hanging out on our "partio" (we have this enormous balcony/patio in the back of our apt. We share it with the guys that live in our complex as well.) Anyway, we've lived here for like 2 months and barely even hang out with those guys next door. But they were outside when we went out. Hung out a little bit. Lit off some fire works. Lots of other guys came, it was great. Bubba who lives next door made some homemade ice cream too! Then we went over to their apt and watched a movie till like 2 am. (Don't worry mom.. nothing happened. haha) And tomorrow is Stephanie's birthday, so we're going to grill up some Hawaiian burgers and party it up! I'll definitely post pictures tomorrow. or the next day. Bubba is also going to hook us up with a big projector screen so we can watch a movie on our partio! So excited! I feel like the only thing I've done all week is watch movies.. But it's been so fun!

Stay tuned for: Stephanie's BIG Birthday Bash, My favorite places in Logan, and if I got the job!