Summer and work

The summer is coming to a close, so I figured I'd write a brief synopsis of my adventures! This summer has gone by incredibly fast, and at times incredibly slow. The vast majority of my summer has been spent working as a window washer. I started literally the day after graduation, and plunged head first into the new life experience of working a full time job. I was kind of nervous about it all. I've had jobs before, but have never worked a full 40 hours in a week, so I was slightly intimidated by the prospect, and a little dejected because I thought it would put an end to any fun summer plans I'd had. While I did spend the majority of my days at work, this job forced me to learn how to schedule my time more effectively so that I could work, hang out with friends, and spend time with the family. I actually feel like this has been a very productive and fun summer for me! (though I do wish I could've gone camping more) I also managed to make some much needed money for college and a mission, and I learned how to work, a lot. Some weeks were painful, not so much physically, though I did get less sleep in my attempts to have fun and work, but mentally. We've worked 50 hour weeks, and there have been times where in two days we worked over 25 hours! So, this job taught me even more so how to work, and I made it through with minimal emotional scarring ;). This job also helped me partially overcome my fears of heights and spiders; tall ladders and innumerable window wells do wonders! So I'm grateful that I had this job, even if I did tend to complain about it quite a bit...

The fun things I've been able to do this summer go from playing sports and hanging with friends, to our Disneyland trip (which I still need to finish writing about)! My most recent adventure was a little backpacking trip with my good buds Brad and Tanner. We had the eventful experience of getting "lost" in Little Cottonwood Canyon and bushwhacking our way through trees, marshes, and boulder patches to finally find the trail we had originally been on! I also found time for a few dates here and there, and had a good time! The Real Salt Lake game last night was, by the way, extremely fun to go to! I'd definitely recommend that as an activity to do at some point. So all in all it was a good summer, and I look forward to this next week, my final week of work, and the week of my final summer adventure, climbing to the peak of Mount Timpanogos with the fam! Then begins the adventures at Brigham Young University! It'll be sick! :)