Where the week has left me

Hello from California! After graduation, I had an amazing dinner with my closest friends and family. The list included my mom, dad, bonnie, Marji, Collin my brother, my four roommates and a boyfriend of Tori, Miguel Cano, Alan Babcock, Scott Wiest, Andrew Bennett, Zac Whittaker, and myself. We went to Ottavio's and I had the chance to say thank you to all of them for the support they have given me over the past four years.

Saturday I got in the car with Mom and Marji and drove down to California. We stopped in every major city we came to for bathroom and potty breaks. We also stopped in Zion's to take a bus tour of the national park. It was a reminder of my trip to Utah to go to college. Mom and I had stopped in Zion's and hiked on the way up, and now I was doing it on the way back. The drive took a total of 15 hours with our stops, so we were home by 8 pm that night and all the kids came over to visit. Exhaustion had set in.

Sunday I went to church, and then Kyle came to visit the family. We made dinner for everyone and hung out. Monday Kyle, Mom, and I cleaned out the garage in preparation for a garage sale tomorrow. Tuesday mom had surgery, so we took her down to the hospital and met up with my dad at Starbucks. Kyle and I went to the zoo after and walked around the whole park in 3 hours. It was really fun to see the animals at the zoo I have grown up with my whole life. The weather was beautiful and warm with a cool breeze. Here is a picture outside my favorite exhibit.




We went back the hospital to check up on mom and everything went well. Her spirits were high after the three hour surgery. Kyle then came with me to the beach to hang out with my brother's family. Everyone seemed to like him so it was nice to hang out together. Kyle had a job interview the next day so he left that night and I stayed at my brothers. Several trips later to the hospital, mom came home yesterday and is doing alright. She will be out of work for 6 weeks and I'm playing nurse for a while. My life consists of packing, cleaning, organizing, and job hunting. I have an offer from a biotech company in Denver, but I don't think I'm going to take it. I don't think I would enjoy the work I would be doing because I would have to stand the whole time and the pay isn't very good. Anyways, that is my life update! I would be surprised if anyone read the whole thing.