Just a few quick thoughts.

I'm way burned out because of a three day trip, two days of which were full of 13 hour drives to and from Portland, Oregon. My friend Lauren came with me so i wouldn't be making the drive alone. she's going on her mission to Rome, Italy soon so it was absolutely fantastic to spend so much quality time together. we stayed at her family's house, and her parents were total gems. They cooked us dinner the first night we were in and got DELICIOUS thai take-out the next night.
Lauren and I went to two wedding receptions and then went to wunderland (i.e. like a nickelcade) with her old boyfriend (?) matt and two of his friends, cash and craig. it was actually pretty fun, lauren and i played a down-hill japanese bike racing game? it was really hard!
afterwards we went to matt's house and hung around in his crazy forest/ backyard and then built a bonfire. it was awesome. everytime i've been in oregon two things have happened: i've gone to burgerville and i've had a bonfire. its a tradition i intend to keep alive.
i fell asleep during the second harry potter movie and was awoken at 5 o'clock in the morning. pretty much totally burnt out. so i slept another four-ish hours before lauren and i had to get back on the road. then we got back to provo, i had about ten minutes to throw stuff into a suitcase, and then i drove all the way back to salt lake city. i got in at around two and woke up at six thirty for my flight. BLEH!
on the way back to SLC we got to talk with jacob m. who is now back from his mission. it was really weird hearing his voice and yet really natural at the same time, like he never left. it was also cool cause he's not an awkward phone-converser anymore!

in other news, my mom and dad don't come home until tomorrow. jordan and zach have been really intense. jordan made us watch "paranormal activities" which freaked both the kids out. just what we need. i made them watch "an affair to remember" but they wouldn't really sit still through mine and i got super annoyed. regardless, i was sobbing because the story is totally beautiful and it's so good.

being home is nice. even though the turbulence on the plane was bad (and i hate turbulence) i was so happy passing through the clouds. they were so big and fluffy and it felt like i was home. it smells better to me, and my meat feels good.

p.s. oregon is so beautiful as was cait's wedding reception. photos soon, hopefully.