Ben and Jerry.

Ally went grocery shopping today. This is what she came home with.

6 cartons of Ben and Jerry's ice cream... and it wasn't even on sale. It's going to be a good week.

My Electrician.

Jay Brown, the (former) electrician, came over a few days ago and fixed one of the electrical outlets in my room. I'm not sure what happened to it but it was pretty smashed up and I've haven't been able to use it since I moved in. Luckily, he worked as an electrician this summer and was able to take care of things for me.

Thanks Jay. Your check is in the mail.

By the way, he and I are dating.

24th of July.

Here in Utah, we get the day off on the 24th of July for Pioneer Day.

I had a pretty easy going day and later I went and hung out with Caroline Hilton and went to dinner at Zupas (I am so obsessed with that place right now).

We drove up to the Y and just sat in her car and talked.

Later we picked up another friend, Kamille, and went to the Malt Shoppe (yum). Then we went back to my apartment and watched a movie. It was a good day.

Caroline, Kamille and I

The funniest thing happened at the end of the night. I got a call from her right after she left my place asking me where she parked her car because she couldn't find it. Her car got towed.

I drove her over to the University Parking Enforcement place where she had to pay a pretty hefty fine to get her car back. Sorry Caroline.

We got our revenge though by stealing all of their mints... take that University Parking Enforcement!

Harry Potter.

We went to the midnight release of Harry Potter at the BYU Bookstore while Ashlie Wilder was in town. She isn't a fan of the series but we dragged her along with us anyways.

We got there around 11:30 and we were in line for about an hour before we got the books. I started reading it right when I got home and didn't go to bed until about 4:30 a.m. It was hard to put down.

We were so excited!

Hanging out in line

Peter Madsen... he stayed up all night reading and finished the book the first day.
Ally and I getting our books

They were giving out the boxes as souvenirs

The book was way good. I can't believe it's all over!

Ashlie Wilder.

Two weekends ago, Ashlie Wilder came to Provo for a visit. It's been about 4 years since I last saw her and it was so great seeing her again. The entire weekend was a non-stop Germany reunion. It was such a blast hanging out with everyone. Some things never change.

Ashlie has decided to move down to Provo in a month. I'm so excited about that. I cannot wait!

At Cafe Rio... you can't come to Utah and not go there.

Drew, Me, Jessie, Ashlie and Ally at our Germany Reunion party.

Waiting in line for Harry Potter.Peter, Me, Ashlie and Erik squished into the back of Drew's car.

One Hundred Dollars.

This morning as I was walking on campus, I found a $100 dollar bill laying on the ground.

At first I assumed it was fake or that there was someone hiding behind the bushes pulling a prank on me. I didn't want to look stupid falling for the joke so I wasn't even going to bother to pick it up. Then the "What if?" factor sunk in and I just had to know if it was the real deal. Sure enough, it was real. I couldn't believe it!

I did the honest thing and took it to the Lost and Found on campus. If no one claims it in 3 months, they'll give me the money. So that means in October I *might* be $100 dollars richer. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

4th of July.

The early part of my 4th of July was none to exciting. I woke up early and had a long list of things I needed to do. However, the most productive thing I could manage to do all morning was go to Nordstroms with Ally to look at designer sunglasses, men's Seven jeans and baby shoes. Why did we go look at those things? No reason at all.

Needless to say, I didn't cross anything off my list.

In the afternoon, we went to Lehi to spend time with my relatives. My parents were visiting my other grandpa (who is in the hospital right now) and were lucky enough to miss the family feud that took place... Don't ask.

It was a very short visit for Ally and I in Lehi that day.

Later that night, Jay Brown came down to Provo and we had a fun time. We went to watch the firework show and picked a random spot on the grass by Heritage Halls. It was probably the worst spot we could have found. The bell tower blocked our view and we were only able to see the fireworks that went really high... it was pretty funny. I had a really good time.

This is sad.

Seriously. This is the entire contents of my fridge.

I have never seen a fridge this empty. It's been like this for about a week now and it was just so pathetic that I had to take a picture.

2 yogurts, a bag of baby carrots, a couple bottles of water, turkey lunch meat and a carton of milk (and if you look close enough you'll see that the milk carton is actually empty... we were just keeping it in there to fill up space).

And Ally and I share all this food between the two of us.

Lucky for us, our parents came to visit. After being with them in Washington for 2 months, they decided they missed us too much so they came and visited us 6 days after Ally and I left them to come back to school (hmm... now that I think of it, we may not have been their entire motive for coming to Utah. Their visit might have something to do with the fact that all our relatives happen to live here).

As always, it's always great when they come to visit. It's kind of like Christmas every time they come (which is pretty often). We spend a lot of quality family time together, do lots of shopping, go out to eat and (best of all) get our fridge stocked. Our parents very willingly took us to Costco to fill up on everything. Thanks Mom and Dad.

They've been here about a week and they will be going home to Washington in 2 short days. I've really enjoyed their visit and the time they spent me with here- and that's not just because they spoil me rotten. My parents are awesome and there is no one better that them.

Cell Phone.

Yes, that is my cell phone in a bowl of rice.

An unfortunate incident happened last week involving my cell phone in my purse and an open water bottle. Needless to say, my phone ended up a little water-logged and and no longer worked. I remembered reading an article a few weeks back that had said if your phone gets wet, put it in a bowl of rice and the rice would absorb the water. Desperate and not looking forward to buying a replacement phone, I gave it a try. Next thing you know my phone was working again.

I'm not sure if it was the rice or not but either way, I'm not complaining.