when you have nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire.

Firstly, I want to share a quick dream I had today when I was taking my enchanting Sunday nap....

I had a dream I had an app on my phone that could melt snow and ice on the road!

Nothing excites me more than seeing snowflakes falling from the sky. With that being said, nothing gives me more anxiety and stress than driving on an icy road with snow falling from the sky, so you can understand why this app would be useful to me. If I ever figure out the technology and skills to make this app, I will create it and I will make it FREE. You are welcome.

I drove to Boise, Idaho this weekend to watch the Utah State bowl game. We left on Friday afternoon and made it home safely around 1AM on Sunday. I was stuck in the backseat in the middle on the way there and back.

Things I learned being stuck in the backseat in the middle:

1. There is absolutely no place to move your legs to.
2. There is absolutely no place to rest your head when you want to doze off.
3. There is absolutely no place to rest your arms when you get bored of them sitting at your sides.
4. There is absolutely no room to adjust even a little.
5. There is absolutely no worse place to be than stuck in the backseat in the middle.

I don't have work tomorrow so you can imagine my happiness right now. Alas, I have ten finger nails that need desperate attention that I must go trim and paint.

Hope your weekend wasn't spent in the backseat in the middle, if it wasn't, your weekend was already better than mine.

26 hours.

Guess how long it took to get to San Francisco on a bus? 12 hours.
Guess how long it took to get back home from San Francisco on a bus? 14 hours.
26 hours total were spent on a bus traveling to and from San Francisco.
26 hours later and we are back in Utah.
I'm happy to be home but not happy that I will be at work tomorrow and no longer in San Francisco.
The worst part about a trip/vacation, is the part where you have to come home and not be on it anymore.
I had a fun time though, I have pictures to prove it. I didn't want to leave.

bits of my weekend.

I learned ONE thing over this holiday weekend/road trip. And it was: If I knew how to scissor kick the wind to make it stop, I would.

While in Colorado, the wind was blowing 79 mph. Yes, 79mph. That is 79mph of unpleasantness. You would want to scissor kick the wind too if you were out and about in gusts of 79 mph. The ride to Colorado wasn't as hellish as anticipated. I achieved the mysterious comfortable spot that sometimes doesn't exist in the front seat to take a nap.

And alas, I am back to my little apartment. On the couch. Watching Scrubs. Craving a smoothie or a milkshake... And wanting a snuggle... And a million dollars... And a box full of puppies... And for work to be canceled til the end of forever!

The worst part of three-day-weekends are when they come to end. Sad face.

 Can you spot the horse above? WOW!

 I labeled the one above to make it easier to spot.

 Ute Mountain

a good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

 

Wanna know the first sign you are great at procrastinating? Well, besides procrastinating your procrastinating, it's instead of packing for the road trip you've known about for weeks, you get on your laptop. In my defense, it looked lonely and it was just sitting here.

This road trip I am excited to:

+take pictures.

+ride shotgun with a pile of goodies on my lap.

+get some thinking done. 

+eat gas station food at rest stops.

+see four corners.

+not be at work.

+enjoy this wonderful three-day-weekend. Oh, yeah.

This road trip I am not excited to:

+Toss and turn in the front seat of the car looking for that comfortable napping spot that I refused to believe exists in any car.

bits of my weekend.

I loved this weekend because:

1. It was spent down in Moab, Utah. For those of you not familiar with Utah... Moab is basically a place full of outdoor activities, hippies, Subarus, Hummers (gag), heat, gift shops, cheap motels, red rocks, dirt, and Delicate Arch (the arch that is on our state license plate).

2. I faced the torturous hike to Delicate Arch. One water bottle and many rest stops later, I was finally there. See? Lazy people can hike too.

3. I licked my way through a Superman ice cream, and oh yes, it was with a waffle cone.

4. I saw a Bassador. What is a Bassador? Well, a Bassador is, are you ready? A Basset Hound Dog mixed with a Lab! I didn't know I was capable of giving so many hugs to a dog I didn't even know.

5. We went off-roading. Have you ever tried eating Chex Mix while going over large rocks at 15mph in an SUV? Well, it's messy.

I didn't love this weekend because:

1. After staring at the spot on the wall right above my laptop screen for a few minutes, I can't really think of anything I didn't like about this weekend. Oh, except that I forgot my swimsuit so I had to sit in a chair extremely close to the hot tub. I basically felt like a mom who had to supervise.

Prepare to be overwhelmed with nature photos..

 NATURE!!

just one out of the six reasons why i want a vw bus.

I want to take a road trip across the entire United States in a VW Bus for our honeymoon. Yes, puh-lease!