Of Late

So... forcing myself to blog is harder than it once was. But since all 6 of my followers MUST be dying to know what I am doing with my life of late, I will do it! I will share with you all what has been and is going on. I take very few pictures (which I should change) so these images are either stolen from my sisters-in-law or else boring images from the world-wide internet (doesn't that bring back a flood of memories: dial-up, "You've Got Mail", AOL, middle school, IMing!? Good times)

This past weekend I went to see a PLAY! At Ford's Theater.

It was SO fun. The reason that I went to this play (since I usually do not get to the theater nearly as much as I want) was that my and Rachel's friend Matt Anderson was performing in the play. It was really fun and he did a GREAT job. If it hadn't closed on Saturday, I would recommend it to everyone. The theater itself made the show even more fun. I had never seen a play in Ford's; sitting there and thinking about the reality of what happened there was pretty neat (...not that what happened there was neat, but feeling the history and the importance of that event was neat...) Afterward, Matt took us all backstage, which was really fun. Backstage at Ford's is TINY and Matt said he had something like 29 costume changes... can you imagine the chaos! Here is Matt in his Parisian outfit:

THIS weekend I will be participating in the crazy single Mormon Memorial Weekend celebration known as Duck Beach. This is my first official year going down (the unofficial year being about two weeks after I got home from my mission and I was with my family and did my utmost to avoid the single's group and was PAINFULLY awkward in the few things in which I participated). I will be staying with mostly people I don't know. My visiting teachee who is awesome will be in the house and a few good friends will be in a house nearby. I am excited to get out of town and to beautiful North Carolina, and to meet some new people.
This is a picture from my Aunt and Uncle's house in the OBX on the sound side- gorgeous sunsets.

As far as what I am doing day to day: I have two part time jobs (one that was just an internship until recently). I work Monday, Wednesday, Friday at the National Archives looking at Civil War soldiers' pensions and inputting data from them into different comp. programs. I also scan documents. It is OK. My other gig is with the group Morality in Media and the War on Illegal Pornography. It is a really good cause. I am involved in the grassroots efforts, growing our coalition, working with volunteers, fund raising, calling congress, etc. I do not LOVE it, but I am learning a lot and it IS a good cause and I am getting good experience with a non-profit, so I can figure out if that is what I want to do. I REALLY like and look up to my supervisor though, there are basically just two of us + an intern in the office, so I spend LOTS of time with my supervisor. She is stellar.

I reread the Hunger Games last week and I love them more than ever. We'll see how the movies turn out. I am a little bit concerned... ESP. about Peeta- who is my favorite and the most important.


I really enjoy using PAINT on my computer:


As far as my future:
I got wait-listed at BYU, which is not a surprise. But, that makes it really difficult to know what I will be doing in September... I am really thinking about moving somewhere completely new- San Diego is on the top of the list, but I am open for other places. A job would be nice, of course. Also, I need to figure out what I want to do/where I want to go for Grad school (if I don't end up wanting law school), so I can START a real career.

The best part of my life right now is them:
Joseph:


Abigail (Hapigail):


Lucy:


This is a random collection of things. I did this while doing other things, so my mind was not 100% focused, so that explains any disconnectedness or confusion :)