I know it's been a while since my last post, but give me a break because I was in WA and my sis doesn't have internet at her house. They are never there, so they just use the data on their phones. So I wasn't able to update you to our shenanigans. Without further ado: the highlights.
The Tetons were very pretty on the way to WA.
Yes, the pic was taken while driving, but it's REALLY slow driving thru there, so it was all good.
The weather continued fantastic and this was in OR.
So green.
I really, really missed these kinds of things - just me and my music and my thoughts going down the road.
When I got to my sister's house (after 16 hours of driving) her dog was the only one home to greet me. She was happy to see me though, so that was ok. My sis and bro in law were at their neighbors house, so it's not like they were far, but it was fun to tease them.
The next day they were hard at work clearing out trees from their property.
I supervised.
Puppy tried to find comfy places in the shade.
I love their house.
And the view.
And the company! Hehe.
The couple that works together stays together, right??
Again, supervising. I also took this opportunity to check out more of the features on my car, putting the seats down is so easy!!
Time to chip the trees they cut down.
In the evening we watched movies on THIS! Gotta love projectors and screens.
We also made good drinks - this is a Christmas in July. Hendricks gin, lemonade, strawberries, and cucumbers over ice. Sounds weird, tastes amazing.
My sister loves me, she made me THE CAKE! Not the original from the Stewarts, but still good.
On a cold, rainy day we also made a fire and made s'mores.
Fires and pajamas and s'mores for ALL!
So fun and so good.
This is a "where is mine" face. Silly pup wants ALL the foods.
Then we had to get rice krispies to finish off the marshmallows, as you do... then we had to get more marshmallows to finish off the rice krispies. We ended up with 3 batches of rice krispies... one had peanut butter in it, too!
Someone wanted her hair dyed and as a typical oldest she TOLD me I was doing this as opposed to ASKING me to do it. Sigh... she had me trained when we were growing up: when she knocked on our adjoining wall, I was to come and see what she wanted. She said she was contemplating stomping on her floor to see if it still worked. "Sister's minion" is truly my longest job... and unpaid even!
Puppy likes to lick people's hands... it's weird... she also was licking the couch at one point. Entertaining little girl.
My only revenge - getting pix like this and posting them. Actually I like this one because her hubby had just made her laugh, so it was a genuine smile... not a "you're taking ANOTHER pic" smile.
I am honored to have the puppy butt next to my head... NOT!
Then we also made tamales one day... it was an assembly line system - there in the back you can see the corn husks and the bowl of masa, then Mo filled them with the chicken, cheese, and peppers, and I tied them.
Step 1.
Step 2.
I couldn't exactly take a pic of me tying them, so here's the result. TAMALES!
The margarita to go with the tamales. That night we had their neighbors over to their house and we played Cards Against Humanity, which is always fun. I was heading back to WY the next day.
On the way, I found the elk herd I'd heard so much about. This was about an hour or so into my trip.
The trip back was uneventful, and I got to see the elk herd that is also near the Tetons. Thankfully no animals decided to play chicken with my car, or try to end their lives by car, so everyone came thru unscathed. I was home at about 11 on Sunday night. Monday morning at 10 am I had an interview at a liquor store down the road. When I got home from that, I cleaned, arranged, and otherwise made Mom's guest room into something that looked less like a crazy person had just moved in. I also did my laundry (O.M.G. using a dryer to dry my socks instead of putting them out individually to dry was AMAZING). In the early afternoon I got a call from the liquor store and they offered me a job as one of their managers. As you can imagine, I said sure and so I start tomorrow.
So it's been great being home, I got my 'life change' or 'between jobs' road trip. If you want to know the numbers, it was 2 months (technically 7 weeks, but I'm rounding up), 8 states, 5000 miles, and plenty of wonderful memories made with friends and family that I missed SO much! I'm officially back in Riverton for the time being, I have a decent job, I have a few things that I still need to do, but I'm feeling good about all of it at the moment. The next chapter should be fun. I'm actually really looking forward to seeing my home as an adult. :) Much love!!
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