October

I really can't believe it is already November. It's hard for me to believe that 4 1/2 months ago my life was completely different. I was very happy but not progressing anywhere with my job that made me dumber each day. Its hard to believe that now I live in Los Angeles and I only know a handful of people, I am not really working (which I am not complaining about), I go to school and I LOVE school! I have a very simple life now but I am happy and I know that everything takes time and the more time I spend in LA the more I will like it. Here are some pics from my crazy October...


The first weekend of October was of course General Conference. It felt weird for me to be so far away from "The Motherland" as I have come to refer to Utah as. I watched the Saturday sessions on my computer and that was definitely different then flipping on channel 5 but I got the message. Luckily I was able to watch Sunday session with Meg and her kids and that made is feel more normal to be around family. I just love conference and listening to the important messages!




The second weekend in October I drove to San Diego for Rosey's Birthday party. She is such a doll and I am glad that she lives "close". I left too late on a friday and it ended up taking me an extra 1hr and 20 min... but that is the story of LA and I figured out how to listen to conference on my phone. A very calming way to be in traffic!
Her friends threw her a great Black/Gold party. It was so cute! They even painted dolls gold and The Roseys instead of the Oscars. So cute! Meredith, Rose's sister was in town so it was so fun to hang out with her and get caught up. It was fun to see them interact as sisters because they are so close in age and it made me miss Jessica a lot. The next day we went to the beach and can I just say I LOVE San Diego beach. In all fairness I haven't experience LA beach yet and hopefully will get to with the heat wave this weekend of 90 degrees!






The 3rd weekend I went to San Francisco and ran the Nike Women's Marathon. I spent friday sightseeing by myself and I went to Japanese Tea Gardens in Golden Gate park. They were so pretty and peaceful. Then I went to the Aquarium and the coolest thing there was the tank of jellyfish... I guess I was expecting a whale or something :)
The race was really hard. I had just developed my cough (which I still have) and running 13.2 miles with a barking/hacking cough plus it started to rain... awesome. But I finished and I am glad I went. It is always so fun to be apart of something so big.






The next weekend I flew BACK to San Francisco to be a bridesmaid in my old roommate Michelle's wedding. It was a great weekend and great day. She looked so beautiful and happy! Congrats Michelle!






The last weekend in October my friend Kari from my last job came. She loves Disneyland so the first thing we did of course was go to Disneyland!!! It was my first time going since I moved here.. I cant believe I live so close! I love how they decorate it for Halloween. We took a tour of the Kodak Theater where they hold the Oscars and I had my FIRST Celebrity citing since moving here.. We saw Jane Lynch who plays Coach Sue on Glee... we walked right by her and made eye contact... so fun! We stalked celebrity houses, ate good food and went to a cool movie theater. It was a busy but fun weekend!!!! Thanks for coming Kari!



And Lastly my favorite part of living in LA is I get to see these cute kids more... I took them to Shave-Its last week and we had so much fun. They say the most random and hilarious things! Love them...

There is my October. Congrats if you are still reading. After recapping my month I realize no wonder I am still sick... So this weekend I am doing NOTHING and couldn't be more excited!

Cheers!