Jet Pull

Every year US Airways puts on a charity event for the United Way which involves employees getting in big teams and competing against each other pulling planes across the tarmac.  I was so excited to be able to participate this year! My team was called " You can't pull this" and we pulled that jet in 6.064 seconds!  I had so much fun seeing all the other teams and all the names that employees came up with. My personal favorite was "pull me maybe".

Big Red came to hang out at the US Airways hangar

Chicken and Waffles

During conference I mentioned to my friends that I didn't understand why people love chicken and waffles. I don't understand and its probably because I don't entirely love waffles. So what did we do this weekend?? We went to LoLo's chicken and waffles on the strength of Ashley's recommendation. After all that I was still not able to bring myself to order a waffle with my chicken but I did love  my rice and beans! I would definitely hit that place up one more time!

Balloon Festival

Last weekend I flew to pick up my roommate Kate from her dental rotation in New Mexico. The plan was to go see the international balloon festival and then drive home either Saturday night or Sunday morning.  Probably one of the bigger disappointments in my life. I get all ready to go see the balloons, we wake up at 4:30 am, we catch the shuttle, we eat the famous breakfast burritos (not that awesome, needs less potatoes and more bacon), and then at 7am, more than two hours after we've been standing in the cold morning air.... IT GETS CANCELLED! Apparently it's not safe for 600 hot air balloons to take off  when it's windy outside. So what did we do? We said peace and drove back to AZ. We were back by 7 pm on a Saturday night. Luckily, I was able to find an amazing donut shop and eat away my feelings on the way home. Sunday was even better because I confiscated Carrie's house while she was in Portland and watched conference with my homies and played just the right amount of croquet in between sessions! 

This 4:30am bus ride to the field was the closest I got

All this excitement for nothing

god smiled on me

and then I smiled on my friends

Ashley and Jaxon

JC was just as comfortable as he could be

happy conference!

Pandas and Guitars

Two weeks ago Panda Express had a day where they were giving out free cashew chicken...of course my friends and I hit it up that night because.....why wouldn't we. We're all poor students or working our first time job and just beginning to get out of the financial holes we were in ( that applies to me). Anyway, after Panda we all hit up the TCA and went to open mic nights where we enjoyed surprisingly good music and then were awed by Jaxon and JC's performances!  It was a great night.