july is here! holy cow! it is 6 days into july to be exact. and a fair amount has happened this last week of june and first part of july. i last left you before i was going hiking with jonathon. well....that was totally awesome! we started in ogden canyon and hiked what we both believe to be called the indian trail. it went up and up and switchback and up. the hike up seemed a lot longer and father than coming down. jonathon and i had a good chat coming down. hiking up, we were both so out of breath, or maybe it was just me, that we didn't really say much. it is really a beautiful trail and i think everyone should at least get out and try it. we didn't go too far because jonathon had other things he needed to do and it was starting to get dark. i am not really sure anymore about where jonathon and i stand. our chat coming down the mountain was more serious and open then what i have ever discussed with jonathon before. not that we are getting serious about us, at least i don't think we are, yet. but i have decided to just let bygones be bygones and see where the game of life takes me. we still went mountain biking on wednesday, and for some reason, i was a major pansy and couldn't get up the hill that i had done in the pouring rain a few weeks ago. i think maybe in part it was because we went a little earlier in the day than we usually do, and i may have been dehydrated, and i had also gone swimming on tuesday. so i was a pansy and felt terrible, and still do, that it took us...well me... an hour to get up some of the mountain and only 10 minutes to get back down. jonathon is a much better mountain biker than me. i slow him down.
anyway....so monday i went hiking with jonathon. tuesday i went swimming at the gym. wednesday i went mountain biking with jonathon. thursday i was lazy and did laundry instead of running. and friday i drove to dolores, colorado. saturday i spent the day with brooke, chris, chandler, and all of chris' extended family. (they have basically adopted me into the family) we watched the parade in rico and then explored old mines and just laughed and relaxed a bit and had fun enjoying each others' company. saturday night we went back to rico and watched the fireworks. for a tiny little po-dunk town of maybe 40 houses...the fireworks were AWESOME!!! the fire department puts on the firework show all from donations. they light them off on one mountain across the highway (the only paved road in rico, probably because it is a federal highway) and the spectators watch on the other mountain across the highway. so really, the fireworks are blowing up in your face and echoing across the mountain valley. it is super awesome! sunday i went to church in cortez and we all had lunch then it was time to hit the road. i tell ya, 6 hours isn't that long of a drive, but when you are by yourself, it gets boring quick. i can only talk to myself for so long. oh well. i am back now and this week should be another good week, i am hoping.
today i went swimming and did a few good laps before i felt my heart was going to jump out of my chest. so i slowed it down a lot and just took it easy. i need to start getting used to not swallowing water but breathing air when i come up between strokes. tomorrow i am going mountain biking with jonathon (since he can't make it on wednesday he asked if we could still go tomorrow) and then i am going to the 'boys like girls' concert with mary and lis. (i think) and then wednesday i think i will go to institute with erin since my usual plans got rescheduled. and thursday i am not entirely certain what i have going on, but i think i have something. friday i am not sure yet either. and saturday...ok, really i just have through wednesday planned. but it works for me. i am going to end here so i can go get public pool water smell off me.
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