Saturday August 20, 2011: Lavender Fields and Little Devotional.

I have a totally valid excuse for why this is two days late: turns out my dad has programmed the internet to shut off after midnight. Ooh it feels good to be home. You’d think this would get me to bed at a semi decent hour but I manage to stay up stupid late anyway. That’s the night owl in me doing it’s job.

I spent most of Saturday alone and driving the 400 some odd miles between my current home and my family's home. Every single time I make that infamous drive I pass the lavender fields around Nephi I tell myself I’m going to go to lavender days this year. And I never do. There’s just something about a whole field of natural purple that makes me SO happy. I would have a hayday if someone put me in that field with my camera. Plus, I can’t even imagine how amazing it would smell. Yes, that settles it. I’m planting a little pot of lavender in my apartment this year.

Audio books are such a gift. I am one of those lucky people who was blessed with the talent to be able to fall asleep anywhere, and unfortunately that also translates into me having the capacity to fall asleep while driving. This has not happened yet, and audio books are mostly to thank for that. Audio books are also to thank for me “reading” a bunch of the classics: Jane Eyre, Peter Pan, Wuthering Heights and I’m currently half way through Emma.  They help me feel like those hours of driving aren’t wasted, but having something to actively think about and follow along helps me stay awake. Win, win all around. The site I get my free audio books from is librivox.org, they have a bunch of the classics and most of them are voiced over rather well.

While driving I started listening to Taking Back Sunday’s second CD, where you want to be. And I refound one of my old favorite songs: little devotional. I seriously listened to that song for forty or more minutes. By the time I hit beaver my voice was completely shot from singing along. *insert huge smile here*

In conclusion for today's post, I have finally done enough field research to conclude that my intensely awful heartburn that I've been experiencing is directly related to the amount of chocolate I shove in my mouth. I feel like this may be the biggest challenge of my life. (i'm totally kidding guys... well... kinda)