It is finally time...

To say good bye to my long hair. It nearly made me cry to cut it all off, but I woke up this morning and new that I wanted short hair again. My aunt cut it and she was having a great time doing it (as you can tell by the pics)! The kids also enjoyed it. Looking at these pics, I do admit it is quite humorous to see my hair at different stages of the cut. I am so happy to have short hair again, but I'm not making any promises that it will never be long again.

You can see her having a great time!
Definately the new trend in hairstyles
cuttin away...
Tada! I am back to my old self
Yeah, it's been nine months since I cut my hair the last time. It is so great to not have hair going everywhere. I like it.

Pool Party

I have to say that I have a pretty good life out here in the countryside of MA. I am so grateful for it! I love living with my aunt and uncle and it is a huge blessing for me. One of the awesome benefits of living with them is their swimming pool and being able to invite my friends over to spend the day enjoying the pool. My pool party last weekend was a blast! Thanks to those who attended. I really hope I can do it again soon.

Bryce and Erica
Marci and Erica
Enjoying the sun
Hanging out
We had a great time :)

Laughing...

I can't believe it is midterm for my summer semester! With this, brings a lot of tests and added stress. I have not been sleeping well and last night was one of the many that I rolled around in my bed wishing I was asleep. When finally I had drifted off... I was in a hotel/conference center in a big centrum that opened to the entire facility. I was attending a pharmacy conference for school and I needed to get up to another floor of the building. So, myself and another student get into an elevator that has no walls and no ceiling and functions only by a huge hydrolic system underneath. I thought, "this is a cool elevator," but that was all. As it started to go up, it also started to fall forward a little. Just enough to get me a little uneasy. Then it would move back to its vertical position. Soon, however, it was moving quite wildly, as if I was at a theme park on some wild ride. It was moving so fast and violently that I had to hold onto the little edge just at the foot of the elevator. It was a CRAZY ride! (Picture a mechanical bull, only it was an elevator many stories above ground). Everyone in the centrum could see what was going on, because it was an open area to the entire building. They were all gasping at such a horrific site. I just held on, until finally, the elevator swooped down and threw me off about 5 feet from the ground. I did a James Bond roll as it flipped me off and I came to a safe halt. I was LAUGHING my head off, partly because I was so shocked by the elevator and partly cause it was a fun ride. I looked up to see everyone with their mouths wide open staring at me. I laughed even harder. My laugh echoed in the big open space... I woke up laughing and it was 3:00 in the morning! It's been a good day every since. I have never had a dream in which I woke up laughing, but I sure hope I have another one, it was fun!

Lake Powell

Well, its not quite summer here in New England (not to my standards anyway), but in a few weeks my family will embark on our biennial trip down to Lake Powell. Most of you know that I love France, but Lake Powell has to be my second favorite place in the world. So, as I think of my family all going down to the lake for a week without me, it makes me kind of sad that I can't go bask in the glory of nature. Real beauty, sleeping under the stars, hiking, playing in 80 degree water all day long, sleeping on the top of a houseboat and listening to the bats fly by! There really is nothing better. I found some old pics, so we can all enjoy Lake Powell!

Why do I live in MA?

Mike, Christie and Rian at the Fire Station in the North End




Well, on occasion I ask myself why it is that I decided to move across the country to New England. Besides the fact that I only got into 1 pharmacy school (which happened to be in MA) and Pharmacy school has been my life long goal, Why do I live in Massachusetts?

The last few weeks have given me one really good answer: I live in New England because I LOVE it out here. Otherwise I may have already moved home. What do I love about the East? I love that I can go on midnight walks through downtown Boston with my friends visiting for the weekend. I love that I can have a 'Tea Party' on Boston harbor. I love the incredible people I have met. I love having a pool in my backyard. I love being in Pharmacy school. I love driving down the highways and seeing nothing but green trees! I love that I left Utah for a time. So many great things have happened to me since I moved here. Things have worked out like I could have never imagined. "La vie est belle"