Um. Ouch.

Once upon a time I thought I knew what four wheeling was.  I thought I had gone four wheeling several times.  I was wrong.

You may think that four wheeling is getting on one of these:

And then gracefully riding down something like this:

All the while laughing, taking pictures, and enjoying the view. 

Wrong.  Wrong wrong wrong. 

This weekend I went four wheeling. "Real" four wheeling. 

The trails looked like this:

and this:

My four wheeler did this:

Leaving me with a bunch of scrapes looking like this:

My four wheeler crashed, we decided to take a "short cut" and go off the trail into an abyss of cliffs and wild animals, we got a flat tire, we got stranded in the middle of nowhere, and we almost died.  I'd call it a successful day of four wheeling!!

But really, it was fun. 

Note to reader:  the pictures of the scary trails and upside down four wheeler aren't mine.  I may or may not have added them for dramatic effect.  The trails really were scary and I really did flip over though. :)

Silly Goose

I don't know how to cook.
I make good chocolate chip cookies (mom's recipe).

I will sing to all radio songs, you cannot stop me.

I will probably dance to those songs as well.

I roll my eyes every 5 seconds.

I procrastinate like it's my job.
I'm happy most of the time.
I am ambitious about my future.
I used to hate it when the neighborhood kids would say "salute to the Neeley nation!"
I love to sing.
I'm horrible at basketball.
I'm sympathetic.
I'm number 6 in my family.
I'm very stubborn.
I'm funny.
I will space out for hours if you let me.
I'm a fast mover (once again, get it from my mom).
I'm obnoxious.
I'm forgiving.
I snort for no reason.
I'm very competitive (mostly with card games).
I smile a lot.
I love being a girl.
I'm weird. Just plain weird.

I am proud of who I am.
And you love all that stuff.

"Look, in my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are.  Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person is still going to think the sun shines out your behind.  That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with." -JUNO

OH MY GOSH. This made my day.

Create a website

Really?

I went to the library tonight.  At 10pm.  You know why?  Because I was bored.  I thought the library would be exciting.  THE LIBRARY.  Is this a bad sign??  I vote yes.

Will you just get here already???

Well I feel sheepish...

Hehe. He. Hehe. Sorry for the absence.  Life is still good blah de blah blah.
I'm still selling.  I feel like Tom Hanks in Cast Away when he says "I...HAVE MADE FIRE!" and pounds his fists to his chest.  I..HAVE SOLD PEST CONTROL!

Things that have come with this job:
1. My voice is literally lower
2. I am extremely sweaty....allll the timeee.
3. I wear the same white loose polo every day.  Shexy.
4. Bugs don't have NOTHIN on me!
5. 90 degrees is a cool day.
6. Getting home early from work is getting home at 10:15pm.
7. Sunday is the best day of the week. Hands down.
8. The greatest and closest friends are made when doing hard things together.
9. Happiness starts with keeping commitments.
10. I HATE...i repeat...HATE the smell of curry.
11. I'm really good at pretending to love pets.
12. Monster, Red Bull, Full Throttle.  Meet my new best friends.

Life is really good.
I am happy.

I met the president of the United States....

Ok, just kidding.  But it got your attention, didn't it?

Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh.  SO much to say in so little time.  I only have 10 minutes.

-I got in a car crash before I left for DC.  Yep.  It sucked.  It delayed my journey for a bit, but now it's all good.

-The drive from Provo to DC was accompanied with flash floods, tornado watches, snow storms, and crazy wind.  It was fun and scary all at once.

-Emma and I stopped in Chicago on the second day of our drive.  Chicago is SUCH a cool city.  We went up in the Sears tower watch.  The whole time we were paranoid my car was going to get broken into so we didn't get to fully enjoy the city.  I'd love to go back.

-WE MADE IT TO DC!!  Yep!  Even though we just got here this past Sunday, it feels like I've been here for a month.  I love it!  The days are long and hard but i'm doing great!  Life is so busy I hardly have a second to breathe!  Man oh man.  I know that this summer is going to push me to my limits.  It already has.  The hardest part is being away from loved ones.  The people here are pretty awesome though.  Life is good on the east coast!

Well I must depart!  I love you all!

East, east, and away I go!

I opened a fortune cookie a few days ago and it said "You will soon find more adventure in life."

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Adventure awaits!  

My goal is to sell pest control to Obama.  Am I overzealous?

Oh my gosh.  You must see it!

Boys will be girls...

Since we came out of the womb, girls will not fully understand boys and boys will not fully understand girls.

Oh this just cracks me up!!

What's another word for update?

Brief life refresher:

1. I'm more than half way done with Winter semester at BYU.  School is super busy but i'm absolutely loving it.  Media Music is the perfect major for me.  I'm in 10 classes this semester.  It seems like a lot but that's just the life of a music major!  It keeps you busy and content. Next year will be my last...weirdddd!! It seems like yesterday I was nervously walking to my first class at BYU.

2. I'm still working for J Dawgs.  You guys, I'm still not sick of them.  I will always love J Dawgs.  Always and forever.  I'm still working on finding out the special sauce recipe and sharing it with everyone.  Ha jussst kidding.  This summer i'm moving to D.C. to sell pest control!  What an adventure!

3. My birthday was a week ago.  It was so much fun.  I went to lunch and a movie with my fam, got a pedi with Emma (it was my first pedicure in my life), and went to Cupid's Ball (our ward activity).  My 20th year has been a fantastic one.  I feel like I am 5 years older than I was last year.  This year has been full of independence and big choices.  I have learned even more about who I am and what I want to become.  I have learned that I am the only person who can choose my life and make my life decisions.  It's a hard and daunting task, knowing that I have full control over my life, but i'm ready for it!  I have learned to think of others before myself.  I have learned to be more patient and trusting to everyone, especially the ones I love.  When you truly love someone, you will be willing to sacrifice for them and think of them before yourself.   I still have so much to learn.  I'm lucky that my the people who surround me are so forgiving of my faults.  21, here I come!!

4. Other random highlights:  The Jazz Voices show was two weeks ago.  I'm in a performing Jazz ensemble for those of you who don't know.  It's amazing.  I went to the Billy Joel/Elton John concert a few weeks ago.  It was PHENOMENAL.   Best concert of my life.  My brother and sister-in-law (Derek and Sheri) had a baby a few days ago!  His name is Chase Neeley.  I love the nieces and nephews.


Life is good.  Smile.  A simple smile can change someone's day.  Laugh your heart out, even if the joke is offensive. :)  I SERIOUSLY love you all.


"Life's what you make it, so let's make it rock!" -Miley
hahaha...

Ashlie, me, Camilla, and Carly.  Jazz Voices concert.

Em and I before Cupid's Ball.

Billy Joel/Elton John concert.  

Summer roommates at Audrey and Jeremy's wedding.  Annaliese, me, Karen, Jeremy, Audrey, Janessa, and Nikki.