chain reaction

With my husband being in four shows and working for a professional theatre company, you can only imagine the commitment he has. Sadly, because of this, he had to stay in Logan while I made my way to Salt Lake City for my five year high school reunion. It was great to see old friends and I enjoyed hearing what everyone has been up to in the last five years. It got me thinking though...what have I been up to the last five years?.....

Well, the first big thing was I moved out of my parents' house and made my settlements in Logan. This lead me to....

Attend Utah State University. I was accepted into the Interior Design program with a Sales and Marketing emphasis. After my first year, I decided to move back into my parents' house for the summer. This lead me to....

Go to Nauvoo for a week. My cousin was a performing missionary for the summer so I tagged along to visit with my aunt and uncle. It was a fun trip and also lead me to....

Meeting my husband who was also a performing missionary. Yes, you are not suppose to check out missionaries because, well, they are missionaries. But we noticed each other. I wrote him a letter...he wrote me back...long story short....

We got married! About a year after the Nauvoo trip and seriously, it was one of the happiest days of my life. We honeymooned to Park City and then cruised off the coast of Mexico. When we got back, I was still attending USU so I dragged him up to Logan. He was going to go into business but after we talked about it and I did a little pushing to follow his passion, it lead him to....

Become a theatre major, and me a theatre wife. He's loving every minute of it, and I enjoy watching him perform. It was great to go to school together for two years. But the day finally came when I....

Graduated from college with my bachelor's degree. It's a great feeling to have accomplished all that work for a degree that I'll probably rarely use. But thankfully, after some looking around I was lead to....

A job at an elementary school. I am working as an instructional aid part-time and loving it. I'm even considering getting my teaching certificate. These are the big things, however.....

There are a few small things I've done in the past five years. Paid bills; got my first car loan; painted my apartment; worked at a hotel, a call center, and a switchboard; went on several family vacations; tried countless new recipes....

But most of all, one of the most fun things I've accomplished is that I've seen more plays in the last five years than I had in the first eighteen years of my life....

And I look forward to many, many more!

I'm excited to see what the next five years has in store for me.