i didn't die!

i went horseback riding on friday! i didn't die!! i'm still alive and i didn't break anything! so i had this really big fear i would get bucked off and break my butt, much like what happened to my friend a few years ago... but i didnt! a nurse at my work has a few horses so i invited myself to go horseback riding with her. we went up american fork canyon (by provo) to silver lake. there was a great view of mount timpanogos along the trail. it was so fun! i rode chico the mule first, then jim, a horse that didn't do a thing i wanted it to, then charlie, a horse with a.d.d.. we got along splendidly! here are a few pictures from this adventure:

making mom and dad proud

i believe it all started on monday. i had the day off and had kept myself busy in the usual ways: hiking, cleaning, taking a long shower, watching a movie and driving around with no particular destination. so by noon, when i had already done all that, (seriously, my life is like that guy in rocketman who does everything to keep himself entertained and the elapsed time is 1 day) i started looking at schools. just one of those random thoughts that linger... and linger.... and linger... well, this one had been lingering since my dad put it there 2 1/2 years ago. thanks dad. so anyway, i looked up a bunch of schools, then checked out the university of phoenix where my mom graduated from. about 1/2 hour later, i had applied to the school and had submitted my fafsa. about 2 days later, i got the call confirming i'd been accepted and i'm registered to start sept 30 to get my bachelor's degree! it's a 2 year program, i'm doing it all on-line, i take one class at a time, i don't have to do clinicals and my work will pay back a total of $6000 if i contract to work with them full-time for 2 years... big deal!
so what is the lesson learned here? boredom does not suit the harshbarger children...

city of rocks

i went to city of rocks last week! it was SO much fun!!! we had just played a frisbee tournament in boise and went climbing on monday on the way home. it was SO great!! i'm definitely going back! i kept thinking to myself how dumb it was that i lived an hour away for 3 years and never made it there... better late than never! this is my first time using the "slide" application, so hopefully it works!

as for today, i slept in, showered, and made myself a ham and cheese sandwich... later i will be going to the bank and grocery store... i'd rather be climbing!!!