last week i went to utah with daniella, mainly to see the 'so you think you can dance' tour! but she has a friend going to school out there so we visited him too. the happenings: monday: we wanted to leave at 8am cause its a long drive but we woke up at 8. oops. we we eventually got on the highway around 10 and i had this funny thought that wouldnt it be weird if one of my turn signal lights burned out during the trip cause i dont know how to change it plus it would make the trip eventful. well, no more than 45 minutes later i was switching lanes and my turn signal started blinking ferociously fast which means that it is burnt out. freaky! so we had to find an auto parts store and figure out what kind of light i need. luckily i had newly acquired a swiss army knife from the hotels lost and found (i love the lost and found haha, see also $70 watch that i own) so with daniella reading the instructions from the car "bible" i was able to change the light and we were on our way again! i rock. later down the highway we encountered an accident that just happened and the car in front of me ran over a hubcap which sent it straight at my car and bounced over the hood. luckily sport was fine. when we finally got to provo we went to dinner for sushi, which i have found a new love for. we sat at these little tables on the floor, or so we thought. we sat down and there was actually a hole underneath so we could sit like we were at a table but we were still on the floor, pretty cool but definatly not authentic at all. afterwards we went to see indiana jones at the dollar theater. except because there was 3 of us it only cost us 50 cents each! we need a dollar theater in the mountains tuesday: daniella really wanted to go hiking so we found some trails that went near waterfalls. they were pretty. and i also was traumatized. i was leading us on one trail when all of a sudden out of the corner of my eye i saw a gray snake in the bushes moving. i, of course, freaked out and ran back to daniella. she went and confirmed the snake and then she said the most horrible thing ever. "oh look, theres a second one." now if you know me you know i hate snakes. no, not hate them. i am deathly afraid of them. she kept hiking along while i was frozen on the trail. finally i just ran and caught up with her but i made her lead the way so she could scare any more snakes. we made it to our waterfall and started our way back down with her still in front. at a totally different spot on the trail she stopped, turned around and told me to stop while i looked in front of her just in time to see another snake slither itself off the trail. at this point i was ready to be done. we pretty much ran the last half mile back to the car. we ate lunch at a chinese buffet and then proceeded our way to salt lake city to go to the show!! which was just amazing. i decided that i will be seeing the tour every single year, except if i am on the show then i will already be on the tour . i also decided to take some dance classes to learn some basic moves so i can audition for next season. wednesday: daniella and myself visited the temple square in downtown salt lake. basically its just a city block where the mormons established their first church. its kinda cool but a little creepy. the whole area is surrounded by a high stone wall and you cant go in the main church unless you are a baptized mormon. but you can go in the tabernacle which is where the mormon tabernacle choir performs and it is beautiful. they do not use microphones but the acoustics are so good that they demonstrated that they can drop a pin and you can hear it all the way in the back of the room. i also took daniella miniature golfing for her first time ever. you have to excuse her, shes from peru haha. i also bought a $10 pair of aviator sunglasses that make me look pretty dang hot. that night we met her friend back at byu to go to a play, pericles, which was interesting. it was designed for children but was still entertaining. thursday: spent the day in the byu library doing homework. not fun at all but it needed to be done. when we were leaving i wanted to sit on the grass because all the students were doing it and it was such a sunny day. so we relaxed on the grass and i fell asleep. it was weird being on a college campus. i felt too old to be there but at the same time walking around with a backpack i felt like i still fit in. that night we had a big peruvian feast which consisted of some kind of spicy chicken, an egg/potato side dish, and a dessert of cooked milk. muy delicioso! friday: driving the 7 hours back in a quiet car because daniella fell asleep practically the whole time except when something would randomly wake her up and she would grab the ipod, switch the song and then fall back asleep. it was funny the first few times but then got annoying because i was tired and cranky. we got back just in time for us to go to work at 5. all in all, a very fun week and i was not happy to get back to work again. i am hoping to plan a trip to go home for a weekend at the beginning of november just to see the family before the season starts. oh and i forgot, i applied and interviewed for front desk assistant manager at a property we are opening up this season right at the base area of the mountain. i havent heard back about it but we will see. | 
