What I've been up to...

Here's what I've been up to...

I graduated!

Moved back to Montana.

Saw Mount Rushmore with my mom.

Went to this place... (yes it's New York)

with this girl.

We went on this ride. And almost died.

We went to this place to watch my team...

and this place to watch her team.

I went to the Augusta Rodeo...

and celebrated her first birthday!

Hung out with cousins.

Went to Gradma Mary's memorial in Colorado...

to see these people...

and these people.

Got to coach this team. We even made it to state!

Hung out with this girl on her birthday.

Made this.

Was in this girl's wedding!

Took too many pictures at the wedding that looked like this. (This was only the beginning.)

Spent New Years with this guy...

and these guys too!

Hung out with this girl some more.

Taught these kids a few times. 

And went to our 'movie premiere' with these girls.

As you can see I've been very very busy the past year.  

Haven't done this...

in awhile. Okay it's been a long long while. But I have reasons for that, despite the fact that no one reads this, and I really don't need to justify myself to the no people who read this. Still, I will. These may appear as excuses to some, but really they are just reasons.

Reason 1: Graduation and moving from Iowa caught up with me. I ran out of time to do the things I wanted to do and before I knew it I was in a car with just a few of my belongings headed back to Montana.

Reason 2: When I did get back to Montana I once again entered a place where dial-up internet still exists. It even existed in my parents house. I was completely separated from the outside world unless I wanted to go to the high school and try to use one of the secretaries computers. That was not fun.

Reason 3: I have not been able to find a job. It is harder to do when you are living in the middle of the country in Montana. People don't tend to take you seriously about jobs when you live in Montana. So since I am still living at home, in Montana, there is nothing too exciting to write about, and I can probably catch you up in just a few paragraphs. I will spare you the boring details.

Reason 4: I just can't decide if I like the idea of having a blog in the first place. It gives me something to do, yes, but I don't really know if there is anything so exciting in my life that others would want to read about. I just don't see myself as so exciting that people would want to come back and hear what I have been up to. Maybe, maybe not but I guess we will see.

So there are the reasons. I guess maybe I will make another post with fun pictures to show all of the 'fun' things I have been up to since moving back home.

Jen's Back

A good friend of mine who I started my grad program with broke her leg over winter break, and had to take the semester off. She wanted to come visit to see everyone before we graduated and spread out across the country. It has been a great week with her around. Now I just wonder when I am going to find the time to get all of my packing and moving stuff done now. Uh-oh. So here are a few photos to enjoy of our fun times out and about.
Kara and I

Kara, Abigail, Katie, and Jen

Katie, Amanda, Myself, Jen, and Kara down in front

Is it bad...

that I am pretty much counting down the hours until I am done with school, and done with being in Iowa. In less than two weeks I will be on my way back to Montana. Crazy. I know.

Torn

Ok I am actually not torn, but sort of. In about two weeks I get to go back to Montana,


after two years in Iowa.


I would love to say I have had alot of great times while living in Iowa, but in all reality I have been miserable here more than I have been happy. I do love the people that I have met while I have been here, but I miss Montana. I am a true Montana girl, but there are still parts of going back that I dread. I don't want to be that girl that is back home after getting a masters. I know something will come along sooner or later, but I just have very high hopes for myself. I want to get on with my life. Hmmmm.....

Depressed

So this girl was supposed to come visit me this weekend. (The one in the white sweater) It was actually her trip to get away, but it got me really really excited to see her. She is one of my best friends. So today she was about 6 hours away and then I got a phone call informing me that she ran into a snow storm in South Dakota. We then decided it was best for her safety to just head home, but she also really really missed her kids. I don't want to sound selfish. I know she needed to go back, but I got so worked up and excited for this, but then it didn't work out. I feel like that is how my two years here have felt. All of my friends have family and friends how live close enough to go visit, but I don't get to do that. And when I was going to get the chance to have my friends here meet my friends from home it falls through. Well, crap. Now I actually have to do work this weekend.

I don't get it

So I am pretty much obsessed with everything internet. First it was just email. Then came Facebook and MySpace. Now there is blogging. I think I probably spend about two hours a day on the internet. How sad is that? My 15 year old cousin is one of my friends on MySpace and Facebook, and I don't get how these crazy kids type today.


First of all, all the abbreviations drive me nuts. I don't get half of them. C U l8tr. LoL. What is wrong with just saying something like haha? Doesn't it convey the same message? I have noticed now that she types that way to me. I am worried about youth. How are they going to get jobs if they can't type a real sentence. Man I am starting to feel really old.
The second thing is all the cutsey hearts and symbols they type into things. How do they have time to figure these things out? I remember when I was her age, (well okay we didn't have a computer, but that's besides the point) I didn't have time to figure this type of stuff out. I had trouble enough just trying to figure out how to use messenger.
Lastly, what is it with typing in all caps, or even alternating letters. Do YoU kNoW hOw LoNg ThIs TaKeS? (That took me about 30 seconds). Why is it necessary?
This is my rant about kids these days. Why can't they be as perfect as me? I hate that I am starting to sound like my mother when I was in high school. UGH!