Friday Morning Surprise

Today was a great day.  It's always a great day when I start it off with a run with a good friends.  Since I've been living in Fayetteville, I have only been running on a treadmill because I would probably lose my life if I went alone outside.  SO, I was so happy when my friend Anjuli was able to go with me today.

It was a warm, sunny February morning with a nice breeze.  PERFECT for running.  Along we were going having good conversation when all of a sudden a naked man ran across the trail.  A completely...naked...man.  First we were shocked, then we were afraid , and then it was hilarious.  Fortunately I didn't have my contacts in so I couldn't see anything, but from what I could tell he seemed pretty confused. I'm pretty sure the words,"how in the world did I end up naked in a park?" were going through his head.  I've been pondering all day how one could end up naked in a park without knowing why or how.  Baffling.

We didn't linger very long. Another passerby was calling the police so it seemed like it was getting taken care of, plus, seeing as he was a little unstable we weren't sure what he was going to do.  After our run we saw several police car and what looked like the naked man clothed in one of the cars.  I'm glad he was ok.  I mean, what an awful thing to happen, if you really think about.  But, maybe you shouldn't think about it too much.

Although I'm sure none of you will have more exciting stories than this this weekend, I hope you all have a nice weekend.

Sweet Potato Sydney

This is my niece, Sydney.  As of right now, she is my favorite little baby.  I just can't get enough of her, nor can the rest of my family.  It's kind of funny how happy she makes all of us.  If ever anyone in my family is down all we have to do is mention her name and we instantly smile.  Why is that? I mean, she's just a little baby that makes all kind of messes (see above).  I guess it's because she's just so dang cute about all of it.  You can't help but love her. I'm especially excited for this weekend because Kelley and Sydney are coming over on Friday and staying over until Saturday! Hooray!  

Happy weekend to all!

Details

Last night Wade and I decided to be a little social and go to the Institute activity to celebrate the Chinese New Year.  I wanted to see my friends I don't see very often since I live in Fayetteville, Wade wanted to get free dinner.  So, we got there-Wade excited to eat and me excited to see my friends.  Much to our surprise instead of finding YOUNG single adults, we found just plain old[er] single adults.  You know you're in the wrong place when people come up to you to tell you that they are friends with your parents. I should have checked the details on the facebook event.  So, how did we get out of it?  Well, since Wade technically falls in the Single Adult category, he felt that he had every right to eat the food.  So, we did. We mingled a bit, and then we went on with our night.

From Happy Valley to Cape Fear Valley

Good news!  I got a job. I know that's news to most of you, but it's the best way to introduce my topic for this post, which is how I ended up in Cape Fear Valley.

So this new job is actually the perfect first job for me in every way...except for the location.  I feel so blessed to have found a job not long after finishing my internship and it's so nice to be able to be productive. It's just funny how life turns out sometimes. 

When I lived in Provo (aka Happy Valley), I would have never guessed that I would end up here.  I'm sure here has its redeeming qualities, but what I'm most afraid of is ending up at the bottom of the lake somewhere like the guy I heard about on the news the other day.  Scary stuff happens down here. 

At orientation we learned about how not to leave ANYTHING valuable in our cars while we're at work because break-ins are frequent and they are so sneaky about it security doesn't always catch them. 

Also, when I checked the reviews for my apartment complex they said, "DON'T MOVE HERE"  "FREQUENT BREAK-INS"  "HEARD GUNSHOTS."  Oddly enough I live on Elm Street.  I think there was a movie about a nightmare on Elm Street????

Fortunately in the week I have been here, I haven't had any problems.  I diligently keep my car empty of anything, except a little trash to make it less appealing.  I walk with purpose. I pray morning and night for safety.  I try not to make people mad on the roads.  I only go outside in the daylight.  I still need to get some pepper spray (or wasp spray as a woman in my ward suggested, since it shoots further).  Maybe I'm a little paranoid.

Krissy's New Year's Resolutions circa 1992

All I can say for myself is that at least I was goal oriented.  :)