Highlights and Lowlights

New highlights and lowlights will be added periodically in bold print.

Lowlights

• being in a minor accident (scratched the paint) in a rental car
• being chased by a bull moose while hiking
• finding out there is no recycling in Utah County (except newspapers)
• finding out I must pay $10 a month for garbage pick up (when I'd rather recycle most of my garbage!)
• moving a futon into my apartment by myself in the rain and dropping the mattress in a puddle
• shopping for a used car and missing my Metro
• trying to get a library card (I basically had to sign away my first born child)
• having a temporary crown fall off my front tooth while eating pizza in the laundromat
• losing my keys and having to break into my apartment

Highlights

• living with Kara, Bob, Cody and Alex for two weeks - what a great family!
• hearing Cody yell, "Myrna's home!" when I pulled up to the house and having him greet me with "What took you so long?" when I came into the house
• realizing that I had bought the rental car insurance, so the scratch on the rental car was covered
• being chased by a bull moose while hiking (it was kinda exciting!)
• finding Springville Community Presbyterian Church
• finding the Good Earth grocery store in Provo
• finding the Bombay House (Indian food in Provo)
• having a neighbor stop by and introduce herself, then come back later with her family and some pastries for me (yum!)
• having a couple from church lend me a bed, table and chairs
• realizing my little Geo Metro is "da bomb"
• becoming a library card carrying member of the Springville community
• meeting Drs. Brent and Kent Hansen (dentists) who like me and treat me well because my sister is a dentist
• finding my keys in the leaves along the side of the street outside my house
• finding a coffee shop that sells hot white chocolate (in Spanish Fork)
• buying a guitar for $20
• Arches National Park
• the drive to Arches
• Moab
• the view from my apartment
• having a neighbor offer me a love seat (they got a new one)
• working at a job with fun, interesting people
• working at a job in which I get to spend much of my time outside in a beautiful setting
• working at job that I can feel good about (helping to clean up the planet)
• meeting tons of new, nice, interesting people