Changes.

Man there are a lot of changes when you move from the little Mormon bubble of Rexburg to the city of Spokane where you attend a Catholic school. Here is a little list of the things I am trying to get used to.

- having to drive EVERYWHERE I go

- having so many stores to choose from

- not knowing where anything is

- not feeling safe outside at night

- being told to not to go to certain stores by myself at night

- having to make sure everything is always so securely locked

- having crucifixes on the walls of my school

- living in a house with so much space (it kinda creeps me out)

- having my own room and so much privacy

- not having quiet, considerate neighbors

- only knowing a few people in the whole city

- attending such a small singles ward

- not having everyone I know go to school

- feeling really old because I'm a college graduate now

- not having all my best friends just around the corner

- having to pay $12,000 a semester instead of less than $2,000

- having classes that are 4 hours long

- having such a beautiful old campus (no offense BYU-Idaho but you've got nothing on Gonzaga)

- having tons of side streets with uncontrolled intersections (no stop signs or anything, its madness!)

- seeing homeless people on the side of the road

- getting to hang out with my sister all the time

- not having any memories with Griffin here

Some of these changes to my life are good and some not so good, but overall I am super happy and really enjoying my time here. I'm sure once school starts I will have even more changes to get used to... wish me luck!

I love being outside.

I wish I had more people to hang out with so I could go outside more. Or I just wish that I still lived right next to a park. Cause that is just the best thing ever. An instant place to be outside, relax, and read a book. But I do have Mel and Glenn here and last week we went on a hike. It was really fun even though we got lost and didn't go on the trail that we were trying to. We're going to go again and try to do it right. lol. Here are some pictures from our little adventure.

There was a sweet suspension bridge at the beginning of the trail.

That little person on the left is me. This bridge was super long.

Glenn liked to go off the path and at one point climbed up pretty dang high. (That is me and Mel down on the path.)

Part of our hike was really beautiful.

And then when we got lost it was pretty desolate. Welcome to eastern Washington. Oh how i miss the west.

But overall it was a good time and I can't wait to do it again.