Procrastination....

I have a lot of homework to do, so naturally, I am going to do the smart thing and avoid it at all costs. Since my last update my life has drastically changed. Kidding. But camp ended (Thankfully. I was sick of eating frozen sodium for all my meals). School started. And here we go again. This semester I got the genius idea to take more credits so I can graduate next December. (Bad idea no. 1) All throughout my college career I avoided taking to many history classes by taking my generals so I could get them outta the way, and not have to worry about it (Bad idea no. 2). So now, in the second semester of my junior year, I am taking three history classes (bad idea no. 3) on top of a CIL class, an FCHD class, and the worst of all, Deductive Logic (which in itself is bad ideas no. 4-7). Holy workload!!! Its only week two, and I am so bogged down with reading, more reading, oh and more reading, that I almost feel like I don't have time to even go to class. (Which would be bad idea no. 8.) At least I have way less workload as far as writing papers. So....
Anyway, I am super excited for Jacob because he is graduating this semester!!! I couldn't be more thrilled. It is kind of strange to know that he will finally be done with school, and it is really scary to think about the job market, but I know things will work out how they are supposed to. I just hope he makes it through the semester alive. (He has a lot of fun classes like me :D) So yup, in a few short months Jacob will be the proud owner of a college degree. Lucky duck. I might be just a little bit jealous. Just a little.... :D
Our lives are really not to exciting right now. But we are in school and trying to enjoy every minute of it. My new personal goal for the semester is to have gratitude. I need to appreciate the chance I have to go to school, because not everyone gets this chance. Hopefully that will help me stay positive. Hopefully....

Story Time

So...I have worked out scout camp for several years. And in the several years, the most famous person I have met there was a guy my dad knew from the Tooele County Health Dept. Until last week...
On Tuesday night, I had decided to go to bed early....I was tired...And Jacob came back from his free time shoot...He woke me up and proceeded to tell me that Donny Osmond and his son were in camp, and that they had just been up at the rifle range. Bull CRAP!! I told Jacob to stop lying to me and to let me sleep. But he continuosly persisted that THE Donny Osmond was in camp...After some comments of yeah right, and I just taught Britney Spears basketry....I realized he wasn't lying.
A few days later, I was sitting in my precious handicraft shelter, quietly singing the Mulan soundtrack (Logan had been listening to it earlier in the week, and it was stuck in my head). Pretty soon, Donny Osmond and the scout master he was with came in...The scoutmaster was all do you know who sings that song? do you know who Donny Osmond is? do you know what he looks like? Of course I do! Duh!!! (Not that I said that...) Next thing I knew Donny Osmond Katie and Skylar are singing freaking Donny Osmond songs....Yup! Sweet ACTION!!
In other events, I am so happy camp is halfway over. This year has been so much less stressful than last summer (I blame the fact that Jake is there to keep me sane). It has been a good experence, and it is actually kind of bittersweet knowing that this is my last summer there. (Hopefully, if Jacob can get a good job) I have learned so much from camp, and have met so many wonderful people because of it. Heck, that is the reason I met my husband!!! :D I have so many memories of Camp Steiner, and so many of them come from experiences that I would never change for the world. So it is kind of weird to know that the Camp Steiner part of my life is quickly coming to a close.
In other news, yesterday, Jacob and I got to attend a wedding for one of my best friends from high school. And having spent the last four weeks in 70 degree weather, it was quite shocking to our bodies to be in 104 degree weather for the better part of the day. We were disgustingly soaked in sweat....EWW...But anyways, Brittany and Derek looked so happy! And it was good to see some people from school again. Its so weird that they are finally married (they have been together since we were like 16). But I am so happy for them!!! Being married is the shiz nitz!
Only four more weeks left of camp. I am so excited to go back home, to do my own cooking/recipie finding, and to be able to shower every day without feeling rushed for time :D

Camp, Birthday, More Camp

Well...Jacob and I have been working at our super fun summer job for two weeks now. It has been so much fun to have Jacob at camp with me. He loves shooting guns all day, and teaching kids how to be safe/smart. I am having a blast doing a million different things, but my favorite thing is teaching. Especially since the stuff I am teaching is very hands on. I have been teaching the leatherwork and basketry merit badges. I am pretty sure I do not have a career in basket making, but it is really fun to work with my hands all day and to keep myself entertained. As another part of my job, I am the head commissioner, which is what I went to camp school for. Might I say that I really hate commissioning. It is so not my cup of tea. Walking up to complete strangers is not so fun to me. But I do it. Because I have to. So that is camp, minus a few lame experiences that I don't want to share...
This year, I actually have to take my poor old car back and forth to camp, and since our car is so not fantastic at long drives, we have to pull over at least once every trip, so we get to see some pretty spectacular views. So far this year we have stopped at Provo River Falls and Bald Mountain Overlook. Next week we are thinking of stopping at either the Duchesne Tunnel or at the Hayden Peak Overlook. I absolutely love the Uinta Mountains. They are so beautiful. I love driving the Mirror Lake Highway. And every drive is different. I especially enjoy the times when we get to see wildlife. Moose are by far my favorite animal in the mountains, and eventually I will get some pictures.
Last Monday, Jacob celebrated his 23rd (For a minute he thought he was 24....) birthday. Since we were going to be at camp, we celebrated with the Bangerter side of the family on Sunday. Cleadonna made him a chocolate cake, which he was so excited about, because I never make chocolate anything. He got two new pairs of jeans (which he needed desperately) some tennis balls and a movie. Pretty sweet beans I think. On Monday, I decided I was going to sing him every birthday song I know just so that I could annoy him. Plus, one of our camp friends thought it would be funny to have the whole camp sing to him. Oh yes, Jacob loved that. (Pretty sure he was incredibly embarrassed. Love Katie!!! Oh I forgot to mention that we went to birthday dinner on Saturday at the Brick Oven. Jacob loves that place. And holy cow. He decided we should get the feast for two (It turned out to be like a family feast). We both got garlic bread, a salad bar, a pasta bar, a pizza, and dessert. Wow. Talk about a lot of food. And it was lame, because I have been trying to lose weight, and I was down nearly fifteen pounds at that point, and I am pretty sure I gained it all back in one weekend. Not really, but still....It was a lot of food.
And so that has been our summer thus far. It has been a great experience, and I wouldn't change anything about it for the world.

Oh MY HECK!!

So... Long story short. So Jacob and I had free ice creams at the ice cream shop. We decided to make a date night out of them. I really wanted to see the movie Date Night and it was playing at the dollar theater on Wednesday night. Ice cream was perfect. Everything else...Not so much... We made it to the light by the movie theater. And suddenly the car decided it didn't want to work anymore. I thought it was the battery (again) so we called for a jump. Turns out it was not the battery. Rather, the serpentine belt decided to fall off. So we got a tow home. Talk about embarrassing. Everyone in our apartment complex kept looking out at us to see what was going on. After a Thursday of torment, walking to the grocery store, and trying to see which parent wanted to come rescue us (neither could), I decided to be really mean and sad. On Friday I decided I was going to figure out how to fix the car myself. Yay...Thanks Dad for telling me that the graphic of how the belt goes on is actually on the hood of my car...Anyway, so Jake and I got really excited because we thought we finally had our car fixed. Nope wrong. We couldn't figure out how to move the idler pulley to get the belt around everything snug. So...I finally remembered a conversation I had with my visiting teacher's husband. He said anytime Jacob and I needed help with our car he would be more than happy to help. So after several days of being retarded (on my part) he came over and helped Jacob put the belt back on. But he figured the belt came off for a reason. Turns out it was the water pump. Luckily, we were able to buy a refurbished one for about 25 bucks. And the water pump on the car is super easy to change. Strangely, it is actually located in a sensible place, unlike most cars. So about forty dollars later, and no trips to the mechanic, we have a car that works!!! YES!!!! Thank goodness for my visiting teacher :D

WOW!!

SO last week Jacob and I spent the entire week baby sitting my brother in laws four kids. From Sunday to Sunday. And wow!! Talk about a lot of work. The kids range in age from seven months to six. Needless to say it was a long week. But it was a great week. For the most part...I mean, naturally there were time outs and messes, but the kids really are great kids. We took them to the park a few times, and we also went to my sister in-laws house so they could play with their cousins. My favorite activity of the week was taking the kiddos to Cabella's. I had never been before, but Jacob's sister mentioned that they take their kids there to look at the animals. It was so cute. My favorite part was that most of the animals there are things you don't see every day. But the kids loved the horses! When I asked Dace what he liked most it was horses. Jacob and I thought this was hilarious. He could care less about the moose, the fish, the bears, the zebra. . .
One day we went to a park up in Saratoga Springs and the kids starting acting really naughty, so it was time to head home. Sadly one block before our turn, a semi-truck hauling an ENTIRE house got stuck on a bridge going over the river. So instead of going where we needed to, we ended up at Camp Williams. Four crying or yelling kids stuck in traffic and we had no way to get home. OMG! Talk about a head ache.
Another funny event was the day the boys found a giant ant hill in the back yard. We tried to find RAID or something to kill them, but all we found was gas. So Jacob and I lit the ants on fire. The boys thought it was the funniest thing! Now they call themselves ant bullies, because of one of their favorite movies. SOOO cute!!
Lots of other events, but these are kinda my favorite stories. I love those kiddos!!

Busy! Sorta

Vacation!!! My wonderful in-laws have a time share in Cancun, and they weren't able to go this year, so they traded out for San Diego. But they got three weeks of San Diego. So they asked Jacob and me if we wanted to go. Naturally, we said yes. The problem was that you have to be 24 to rent a car in California, so we couldn't fly. And if you have seen our car, there is no way we would make it there. So we invited my parents. But my mom had to back out at the last minute because of her new job. (She lost all her vacation time :( ) So we brought my younger brother Logan. It was super awesome! We went to the zoo. LOVED IT!!! So much fun. We went to the wild animal park. Not so much fun...A lot of walking, and your ticket price is just park entry. Anything else you want to do costs extra money. I did enjoy feeding the Lorakeets (Or however you spell it), until one pooped on me. We went to La Jolla, the most beautiful beach in the whole world. If you are ever in San Diego I recommend you go there! There are tons of seals everywhere. You can almost touch them, they are so close! We also went to Old Town. For some reason I really enjoyed it more this time than the last time. The Mormon Battalion museum was really fun. Very interactive. Plus we got to look up some of my Dad's ancestors (I guess they are mine too). On Friday we went to a baseball game. When we were driving around trying to find parking, I thought I saw a Subway, which sounded like an excellent cheap dinner. So Jacob and I walked about a dozen blocks before we gave up. We found a delicious little pizza parlor that was really inexpensive. On our way to the ballpark, I found the Subway. It was right next to the gate for the ballpark.
This week Jacob is gone to camp school. So I am staying with my parents since I don't have a car to take me home. When Jacob gets back on Saturday, we are going straight to my brother-in-laws so we can babysit his four children for a week while they take my in-laws to Florida. Trust me when I say no amount of mental preparation will be able to prepare me for four kids ages six, three, almost two, and eight months... I am sure I will gain some valuable experience on how to parent, and I am guessing any thoughts of having kids anytime within the next five years will be discarded. Kidding. But seriously. Its going to be an interesting week.

Stress Relief

SO. It is my favorite time of the semester. Finals. Ugh. I really think finals are over rated. Which is why I was so glad my History of China professor said there would be no final. Just a research paper. Pretty sure by the time I completed that paper, I was wishing we would have just had a test. Really. I don't particularly find the higher education problems in China all that interesting. So writing a HUGE paper on it...well it was not fun. Needless to say that last night when I submitted that paper (Which I had been working on all week) I was ready to jump around a cry. Which I might have done...Just a little.
This morning I had my first test of the week. I was nervous because I didn't really have a lot of time to study for it, thank to my research paper. Luckily, the TA for the class held a study session last Friday. The test took my a whole SEVEN minutes to complete. OUCH. It was so simple. We had to write out the plot of Hamlet, identify some types of poems, and define 10 words. Part of the test was take home. So I got that finished super early last week, because I know me, and I wouldn't have done it otherwise.
It's Monday. I have two tests left. And I am done for the semester. And I am seriously wondering why on earth did I have such a good semester. Back in the day I was pretty lazy about the whole going to class thing. But this semester I realized it is kind of important. Which is why the possibility of straight A's is actually a thought in the back of my mind. I doubt it will happen, but the fact that it is possible is kind of surprising.
This time next week I will be on a wonderful vacation. Thanks to Jacob's parents, I get to spend a week at a resort in San Diego. (Yay time shares) I am really looking forward to the time away from home. After this week, I think I deserve it :D