Summer/Recently

So it's almost summer. I can't wait. I don't exactly know what I'm excited for, just the fact that it's "summer" and everyone looks forward to "summer." There are a few things that I don't like about summer though..

First thing to mention is bugs. Most people don't really like bugs, but I on the other hand loathe them. I don't think I'd hate them so much if I didn't live next to a field of doom and had to murder at least 3 spiders and 10 earwigs every freakin day of my life once the temperature starts to increase and summer comes. For some reason, I have this theory that all the bugs in the field just sit over there, on the other side of the fence, and plot and scheme about ways to get into my house, majorly to crawl on my skin and make me freak out like a small child. Evil little things...

There are also the bees. I don't know if most people would consider bees as "bugs" but to me, they qualify. Creepy, crawly, fly-ey, bitey, nasty, pokey, shiny, ugly, etc. etc. The worst is when you're in your car, you've got your sweet tunes on and your windows down to feel the cool breeze that provides temporary relief to the insane heat. Just as your favorite song comes on and you stop for a stoplight, you see it. The wasp or bee starts speeding towards your car like it's being pulled by some magnetic force. You reach for the window roller-upper (hopefully you have an automatic one, otherwise you're screwed and you might as well not even try) to try to beat the bee and block it with the seemingly invisible force field. Sometimes you make it, the wasp slams into the window with a smack and you smugly smile to yourself at beating the small bug. You:1, Bug: 0. Sometimes though, you don't make it. And now it's your life on the line. When the light unfortunately turns green, you can continue driving and try not to get a stinger in your eyeball as you swerve across the road and into someone else's lane, or you can try "shooing" out the insect while looking like a crazy psycho to those around you. It's kind of a lose-lose situation.

Another thing I dislike about the summer is the fact that it's now swimsuit season. Sure, that'd be fine if I were a guy or a petite little chickadee but, alas, I am not. I'm an athletic-shaped girl who's gained a few pounds since high school. What's funny is you think you look horrible and everyone looks like a supermodel but really, it's a rare few who look that great or who even care what YOU yourself look like. Stupid women, we're kind of a helpless bunch when it comes to not worrying about what others think lol.

Done with summer discussion, although there are probably about a million other things I like/don't like about "summer." Perhaps I'll blog about them another time..

Now, on to more recent things. Last Sunday I got back from an awwwwesome trip with Pete and his family. We went to Capital (Capitol?) Reef down in Southern Utah. Needless to say, it was an adventure. I'd never heard of it.. but don't really know why. It was a vacation, but not typical for me. The family went on like 3 hikes every day, and hardly sat down to relax and be lazy (quite different from my family vacations, hahaha). But it was fun. Most of our time was, like I said, spent hiking and also hunting lizards. Yes that's right, they hunt lizards. Perhaps hunting isn't the appropriate word because they just catch them and let them go, but it's so friggin funny to watch. The landscapes were beautiful, the food was good, and the company was fantastic. If only I could shower everyday (although I'm told this is NOT camping) then the trip would have been near-perfect.