My Random Thoughts

Hello.
Here are some thoughts that are going through my head at this moment that I'd like to share/update with you lovely people.

I started another internship. I'm at Highland Interiors in SLC working with 3 unique and talented individuals. There's Mac, the boss from across the pond, Ilan (elan), Mac's right-hand man from Venezuela, and Lacy, the one that keeps them both under control. We're a pretty diverse group and I like to think I fit in well with them.
One reason I like hanging around this firm is because of their clientele. We're talking big money spenders here, so I get to see some pretty awesome places. Including one house that I'm convinced is being built just for the husband's cars. The garage has a hydraulic platform that lowers cars down into the basement. It's the ultimate man space, or batcave, however you want to see it :) Either way, 10 cars can fit in the space.

Wedding plans are moving along pretty well I think. We just have to meet with caterers/cake/and flower people to finalize everything, take pictures and order invitations. It's still a lot, but at least I found my dress and got that off my mind. My only worry is weather. It better not rain. We have an alternate location in case it does, but it better not!

We have an apartment now. Gerald moved in last week and I'll move in after the wedding. It's in a great location off of Washington (Harrisville, technically...?), and once we get some furniture in there it'll look awesome! One thing I've found out while looking for furniture is that even though I'm an Interior Designer, I'm having a really difficult time designing my own home. I think it's because I like too many different things and I can't figure out how to make them work together. Or it's because I can't decide how I want the space to look...But I think it's Gerald's fault. jk. :) but I dont' know how to mix his style in with mine and that's what's getting me stuck. But we do have 3 months to figure it out and the rest of our lives to get it accomplished! :)

In June I visited Texas for the first time. I went with Gerald's family down to San Antonio to have a fun time at the beach and visit the rest of the family. The beach was awesome and Gerald's family wasn't too bad either :) They also took me to their old house where they grew up and I'm glad I got to see that part of Gerald's history.
I loved the vacation time, but Texas was hot, humid and not very pretty to look at. Sorry Texas fans...I did however, enjoy the river walk in downtown San Antonio along with Alamo. Who doesn't like the Alamo!?

Adios Muchachos!

That is all.

My past 3 weeks

I promised I would start blogging again once I finished that little thing called college, so here I am! Disclaimer: this is going to be a long/heavily photo featured post.

Remember this photo from my last post 4 months ago?

Well it finally came true (happy dance).

Even though school is over and I can breathe again, it's more like holding my breathe...or baby breathes...meaning, I'm still busy, busy, busy...which is why this post is being written a month after school ended.

Speaking of school:
This past school year was the worst! Oh man, most stressful, exhausting, and any other negative word that's in the dictionary. Honestly people, no exaggeration--I was certain I wasn't going to make it. It seemed like no matter what I did I was always a step behind. I was working on my senior project (and other stuff) sunup to sundown and then after sundown until the sun came up again. No lie. Ask my roommates. Even writing this out and remembering how awful these last two semesters were is making me angry...that's why I was completely blown away by how this semester ended.
My Interior Design department has senior portfolio review, which is a presentation of our senior projects and our portfolios. This year two judges (professionals from the Ogden design world) judged best senior project board layout and best portfolio, and I WON BEST PORTFOLIO! Can you believe it?! What an amazing reward for everything that happened my senior year. Yeessssssssss!!!!!

Here I am at portfolio review.
And as if winning best portfolio (and actually finishing my project and portfolio) wasn't big enough, I ended the semester with a bang! GRADUATION!

Graduation was such a fun day!

My school buddies! (minus Jenn). We couldn't have done it without each other.

Traditional grad photo...in front of a giant cement column. So classy :)

Parents.

Grandparents

My Aunt Eunice even came from Oregon for graduation!

Graduating, parties, celebrating! Now that's my kind of day :)

Here we are covering up Amy's belly...
Speaking of the new baby--

Meet Benjamin Peter Gompert!
One week after graduation (April 29) little Benny was born! He looks like an old man in this photo but he really is a cute baby. Not an alien baby. And Jane is cute around him too. Just hear her say "Benshamin" and your life will be complete....

If you haven't noticed in this post some major events have happened within a week of each other: graduation, new baby Benjamin, and....drum roll please....! ENGAGEMENT!

Gerald, Allyse (G's sister) and myself went on a hike to Waterfall Canyon and Gerald proposed at the top. I knew what was going on 5 seconds before it happened (even though Gerald says otherwise), and I still can't believe it did. Weddings! Woot! Woot!

This is my, "This is so crazy!" smile.


September 24th! Save the Date!

Soooo as if my life wasn't full of plenty of exciting and new blessings, the story continues this summer (in a different post of course) with finishing my internship in Eden, starting a new one in Salt Lake, taking a trip with the Carr clan to Texas....and that's just in the month of June!
This is an exciting time in my life and also a very anxious time of "unknowns"...but I wouldn't have it any other way. God is good. He's made that very clear over this past year :)
It's good to be back and breathing again.
That is all.

My Return

...Is this still my blog?

Judging from the looks of it no one lives here anymore...

Wait, does that mean a ghost is actually writing this post?!
(I hope it's Space Ghost)


Well, well, well...look who decided to finally show up on her own blog...ME!
Sorry folks, the past 5 or so months have been Caarazy! and the next 3 are going to be even crazier (is that a word?).

Let me fill you in...

I started school 2 weeks ago. It's my last semester EVER. weird.
I graduate April 22 (mark your calendars!), but I'll pretty much be finished April 1 (say what?!). That's when my department hosts our "portfolio review." Anyone and everyone gets to come and view a summary of what I've been doing these past 5 years. Yikes.
Needless to say, I have 2 1/2 months to finish my senior project, organize my portfolio, print, blah, blah, it's going to be crazy. And if any of you were in the interior design program you would see my pain. But most of you were seniors at one point so imagine the time where you were the most stressed out and multiply it by 3. That's how I feel right about now.
Geeze....

Moving on, I started an internship last week. It's at "Eden Design" up in Eden (duh!) above the old general store, and it's going pretty well so far. Right now she's doing a renovation of the Ogden Athletic Club so I'm helping her draw up a proposal of materials and such.
I also helped pick out furnishings for a condo at powder mountain owned by a guy named Greg. It wasn't until he left that I found out he was Greg Arnette of Arnette sunglasses. Hey man, I own a pair of your glasses!

I'm up there 3 days a week so on top of everything else (school, work, intervarsity), this is the busiest I have been in a long time. Probably ever.
School, work, homework. School, internship, homework. School, internship, intervarsity, homework....and the cycle continues.

In spite of that busy schedule I try to squeeze time in for my main squeeze (yes that's cheesy. deal with it). Gerald moved home in December (aaahh, and the crowd goes wild...!!), started school at Weber, and lives in the apartments at the Junction. Oh yeah, did I mention it's 2 feet away from a movie theater, restaurants (like costa vida. sweet pork salad! whaaat?!), coffee shop, and pretty much anything else.
However, the view isn't the greatest (out the window is an orange wall of the theater), and a bird almost always poops on my windshield when I park there....fat bird...but i'm pretty sure G is enjoying not having to share a box with a random roommate in the army anymore, so that makes me happy.
Welcome home, Gerald.


So as of now, you probably won't see anymore posts from me (possibly from the ghost from time to time) until April 1 is over.
On that day I will finally be able to breathe again.