What if...

We all have those crossroad points in our life where if we had made a different choice our life would be very different right now. Do you ever think of the "what if"? What if you had taken that job somewhere else or hadn't gone to this school or dated that guy/girl. I am of a mind that all the choices we make are the choices we needed to make and no matter the outcome, it was for our good. If it was a bad outcome, then it was a lesson we needed to learn and, if we're smart, we won't make the same mistake again. That's the way I usually think but lately I guess you could say that I've been dwelling on the 'what if's' of my life.

The biggest what if I can is how would my life be different if I had moved to LA with Katy and Sara like I was planning last fall? I talked with Sara a couple of weeks ago and she's doing so well and having so much fun. She's still teaching full time at the two Orthodox Jewish High Schools but she's also been co-writing with another teacher she works with on screenplays/tv scripts. She is currently casting for a tv pilot for a show that she is the associate producer for......yeah. You read that right. She's only 24 and she's an associate producer for a tv pilot show that has sparked a lot of interest in a couple of networks. She's dating someone, living in a beautiful home in the Burbank Hills. Sounds pretty great, no? She and Katy have fun and hang out. They go to the set of Scrubs and have parties.

Now, in my heart of hearts, I know that I made the right choice in staying in SLC. More than the obvious reason that I needed surgery, there were more important reasons that I needed to stay in SLC but I still can't help but wonder about how my life would be different if I did move to LA. Life isn't all flowers and sunshine right now. It's hard and it's stressful and it's dark. I have to fight the urge to bolt. I know my life wouldn't be perfect in LA and I know that Sara's life isn't perfect and she's not me and she deserves absolutely everything she has gotten (and more!) but I can't help but wonder....what if....?

Sara and I at our Graduation Morning Brunch.

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I can see Russia from my house!!

You may not like Palin, you may not like Clinton, but this is just funny.

For All you Disney Fans!

Disney Lab Unveils Its Latest Line Of Genetically Engineered Child Stars

I protest!

I strongly protest the new Facebook! Stupid, silly, immature, I know, but really? Why did they have to go and mess it up like that!? I can't figure anything out. i don't know where anything is and it has just sucked all the fun and time wasting ability out of it! I DON"T LIKE IT!

St. George or Bust!!

So Friday night I'm hanging out with my friend (and future roomie) Lisa. We were going to watch old musicals and just hang out but instead we decided to drive to St. George and see Les Miserables at Tuacahn. It's my all time favorite musical and Lisa had never seen it. So...about and hour later tickets were purchased and plans were made.

Saturday came and two excited girls, 4 pairs of shoes, one suitcase, a ziplock bag of brownies and pizza (in separate bags), and two nalgenes filled with water later we were on our way. We had the ultimate road trip music playing (Eagles) and we were off. Nothing to stop us...the wind in our hair...sort of. We're cruising along laughing, singing and talking when suddenly...about 10 minutes North of Nephi, the right driver side tire starts making a strange sound. Thump, thump, thump. So we pull over and discover we have a flat tire. Never fear! We've both changed flat tires before. We go to the trunk to get the spare and the jack only to discover there is no jack! oops! While Lisa is on the phone with her insurance, trying to get some help, a Red Minivan stops and backs up to our car. A very nice young man named Cody steps out of the car. He smiles, showing his abnormally white teeth, and asks us if he can help. I tell him we have a spare but no jack. He quickly gets the jack out of his car and removes the spare tire from Lisa's trunk to discover the jack underneath. We just felt a little stupid. So he very kindly changes our tire while chatting us up. He was from Payson and was on his way to Manti to play live country music for something or other, which explained the super white teeth, cowboy boots and the Kenny Chesney blasting from his minivan.

So spare tire on and a thank you to our Knight in shining minivan we are off. We stop in Nephi to get the flat fixed only to hear from the tire guy that the tire was ruined and we would have to buy a new tire. He kept looking at us like, stupid women...don't know how to properly maintain their vehicle. Needless to say, we got the new tire and were once again on our way. We made it to St. George with no other mishaps.

We checked into our hotel, got changed and went to dinner at Winger's and then drove out to Tuacahn. The guy at the hotel said it would take 10 minutes but it actually took about 30 but we still made it in time. The production was really good! It was far better than I was expecting. This was my 6th time seeing it, I told you it was my all time favorite, and I would say this was a close second or third.

We had a fun time and I think Lisa enjoyed herself. She had never seen Les Mis before and I'm glad that she saw this one as her first. The cast was overall pretty good. There were a few nit-picky things that bugged me but I've seen it so many times, I suppose that's to be expected. All in all, a very fun weekend. We even made it back to Salt Lake in time to make it to Sacrament meeting.

Mile Marker 233...enemies of tires everywhere!
Tuacahn theater. Lots of fun!

The times in which we live

This is Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC on Thursday. You may not like his politics but I don't think you can deny that he's an amazing individual, indicative of the exciting times in which we live. It gives me hope for the future and the future of my children and their children. It's a long speech (40 mins) but if you have the time, even if you don't plan to vote for him, I think it's worth watching. He's an amazing public speaker.