Urban Poly Princess

I looove this gospel sooo much!!! It is EVERYTHING and without it is NOTHING.

2day I went to several meetings and got to listen to Elder Snow and Elder Cherrington.

I'm going to a new ward next Sunday with Tiffany. I'm excited! It should B fun.

We are like mice in a maze-we can't see the whole game. We only C directly in front of us. Although it sucks to B stuck here I probably wouldn't have figured out my AC isn't working again if I wasn't home in Logan. I also had the chance to attend our corporate meeting yesterday which I couldn't do if I was home in SLC. MayB just mayB I was supposed to B here. I'm glad my closet and laundry doors R fixed and I'm glad the AC is getting fixed. It's nice that it's not scorching hot like it was when I moved in. The heat isn't unbearable like it was. It makes me mad that the AC is out again Bcause it makes me think it never was really repaired the way it should have been.

Laaazy day here in Logan. AC repairman came, left, coming back Monday. Perhaps that's why I ended up not going home-to resolve stuff here. I need to finish my story for the Herald Journal.

Since my AC isn't working I opened my window and it's VERY windy.

This is my blogging therapy so I'm going to vent!!! I forgot about my automatic insurance payment I have set up...so...my bank account is now NEGATIVE!!! GRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!! I paid my tithing and when I do that financially I'm usually alright and I don't 4get silly stupid things like this-Y I let my account get this low in the first place is a whooole other issue I need to resolve NOOOW!!! I can't believe this happened. I had to call and cancel 2 library shifts in Salt Lake City Bcause yeah I kind of want to eat this week! Time for uber-pauper behavior like NOT eating out for the next few months. I'm not buying ANYTHING until I have at least 1000 sitting in my savings GROWING without retail interference!

Life is still good! I had an amazing time last night editing at the Herald Journal. I'm glad the people I get to work with R young. I had this idea the paper would be staffed by stodgy old geezers but thankfully I was VERY wrong about that. One of the editors is leaving on vacation to attend the Burning Man festival he's attended the past 9 years. Since I'm an Adam Lambert fan I know a little about the gathering where he had his epiphany about working to make things he REALLY wanted happen in his life.

This blogging therapy really works!!! I begin lamenting about how things suck but then I just realize how blessed I really am. I have lots of food and enough gas to get me the 3-4 blocks to work and back next week until I get paid again. This isn't how I wanted to spend most of my weekend but it'll work.

Sunday my friend from work Tiffany's picking me up for sacrament at 10am somewhere else then it's some conference? with a GA in the "Spectrum"-USU's version of the Marriot center. Later Tiffany and I get to attend a meeting about a new singles ward for people 31-45 that our current ward is forcing about half the ward to attend. The joys of not Bing married at my age never cease.

B4 I try anything for the first time I like to read reviews online. Right now I'm especially committed to discovering unique Logan establishments. Someone mentioned Crumb Brothers to me for Artisan bread and pastries. I spent time online reading reviews and Bing impressed. A man from Idaho drives to Logan regularly to buy a bunch of bread to take home and freeze until he makes his next trip. A Utah Valley customer complained about not Bing able to buy it closer to home. Someone from Park City also mentioned driving to Salt Lake City just to purchase Crumb Brothers bread.
I have to confess I don't know very much about Artisan bread. I bought some once at Costco (I know, don't judge me!)and didn't like it Bcause I could barely chew it and it didn't taste good enough for me to want to keep gnawing at the "brick." It made me feel like a dog chewing on a bone, only my satisfaction was nil.
Earlier this summer I worked as a recruiter for the census bureau. Along with a couple other recruiters we manned a booth at some home show held at the South Towne Expo center. Our booth was right next to an Artisan bread booth that sold pastries along with many different types of loaves of bread. I bought a couple pastries and WOW!!! I also bought a loaf of some type of cheese bread that was delicious. I ate about half of it that day.
Artisan pastries R incredible. Yummy AND filling. Crispy Creme donuts for example that R scrumptious in a completely different way feel deceptively light. Artisan bread should be chewy but NOT tough!!! U should be able to eat these WITHOUT exerting too much effort.
I bought a cinnamon/sugar pull-apart, a ham and cheese croissant and a cibatta loaf of bread. The verdict? Very good!!! I plan to B a frequent patron. I haven't been to Europe, I haven't tried their bread nor have I sampled Artisan bread in any other major city-sooo... I can't wax poetic like all the other reviewers did BUT I CAN say I'm going back!!!

2day after work I went to meet with people at the Herald Journal to talk about an internship so I can finish the Mass Communication degree I started at the U. When I stopped that to go to library school I had just 3 classes left. Now I need to finish 7. The HJ wants me to write stories then help them edit if I don't make the 6 hours I need to work a week.

Perfect and EXACTLY what I want to do now. They R all very nice, young, and laid-back. I'm very excited about that. It really is a blessing to B here.I didn't think I'd like it here this quickly. Opportunities open up everywhere and I looove it!!!

YES!!! I'm starting to like it here. I FINALLY got some more great-so-far restaurant recommendations-a silly thing to B concerned about at all but I feel A LOT better!!! Monday I meet with people at the Herald Journal to discuss the details of my internship. I'm WAAAY excited about that! I LOOOVE writing and I can't wait to do something there. Work is great!!!

My bishop is a sweetheart. He introduced my friend and I to these guys in our ward as secretaries. I was sooo annoyed. Like I'd really move from Salt Lake City to B a secretary. It also annoyed me Bcause of the whole dumb native thing-when I was first worked as a librarian substitute with the Salt Lake County people ALWAYS assumed I was a shelver when I had never been to that library B4. Now enough people know I'm more than capable. I guess I'm overly-sensitive BUT it never ceases to get the hell on my nerves to have to CONSTANTLY prove myself to people Bcause their initial reaction to me is that I couldn't possibly B capable of more than menial tasks because I'm not white. I know my bishop truly had the best intentions as do everyone I meet here. I just wish I didn't have to keep PROVING myself again and again. There really R nice genuine people here. I didn't get that feeling at work but then I was hired solely for my credentials and inexperience that allowed them to get someone with an MLS at a starting librarian's rate. Something I also noticed was when my friend mentioned to the bishopric that she worked at Stevens-Henager College 2 of them assumed she taught there. Her friend also went of of her way to tell me she was working on her master's degree in Speech Pathology. I just asked for her major. I could have told her I finished my master's degree in library science 2 years ago but what the L would be the point? I didn't say anything and I'm sure she thought I was awed by her intelligence-which is super but uh NOOO!!!

I need to cleave to humility Bcause I certainly don't think I'm better than anyone because I've had the chance to finish school. I'm VERRRY grateful for that-I should B married with children now working my way to eternity but I'm NOT!!! Education will make me a better wife and mother-that ONLY in combination with my testimony and the blessing it was for me to serve a mission which is Y I came to really know my Savior. It's not necessary to serve a mission to do this-if it was the Lord would require EVERY woman to do so-BUT it was life-changing to me. If everyone knew how much a mission CAN improve them-NO ONE would even consider not going.

I now have my apartment in Logan. It is nice and I looove it!!!-However-Financial surprises keep greeting me everywhere.

I can't wait to buy furniture-I just can't afford it right now. Sooo... I have this amazing job and get paid what I want-at least for now BUT I'm still scrimping and saving. MayB in September I can buy a washer and dryer-this is getting ridiculous-but it's also alright and I can handle it/deal with it. My friend from work is awesome-although I thought I'd FINALLY leave the singles ward she convinced me to attend her ward which she said is OLDER-yeah right... it's a USU ward BUT I do C a lot of older-looking people BUT I don't know if they're really older or just look older. Whatever... she is the best at work and out of work 2.

I know I need to B friendlier and make an effort to get to know more people. Sometimes though I just can't B bothered.

My nephew Matt is having his farewell this Sunday. I was also supposed to work at the Sandy library 2morrow BUT Sandy's AC is down so they R closing the library until Tuesday.

Driving when it's just the first time and not the 2nd AFTER working 10 hours makes ALL the difference in the world.

There R things I REALLY miss about Salt Lake City BUT I'm determined to get to know and LOOOVE Cache Valley/Logan too!!!

I decided to finish the 2nd Bachelor's degree in Communication I began at the U. I'm going to start with a 1-credit internship which requires 6 hours a week for 14 weeks to equal a credit hour. 1-credit costs $570 for a resident but since I've been living like a pauper for the past 2 weeks another 2 won't kill me. I'm also going to take an independent study class that'll transfer from the Y. I spoke to the Herald Journal or the Logan local paper about doing some entertainment writing. They were pretty positive. I didn't give them internship details yet but I will. For now I'll search for my Chronicle clips and a copy of that story I wrote for the Anomasima.
I'm going to focus on Logan arts and entertainment which will help me appreciate the local stuff AND help me finish a class I need.

I need 7 classes to finish this so I'm going to do it asap!!! I will take care of 2 of these this year!!!